Good news, PS3 owners. DICE and Electronic Arts have officially set a date for Battlefield: Bad Company 2's PS3 beta: November 19. PC gamers, on the other hand, will get in on an open beta in December. There will also be a demo launching early next year. Beta details and an announcement trailer are available after the jump.

Just like a PSN video content update, folks in Europe will be treated to a lineup of movies soon to be available for download. Unlike the usual Video Store update for the US PSN, however, these titles are pretty recent. How recent? Like Bruno recent.

Ubisoft's expecting a lot from Assassin's Creed 2 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC), especially since its predecessor holds the record for fastest selling new IP when it released. How much is that "a lot"? Yanis Mallat quantifies at the GameOn: Finance conference this week.

Action game fans now have another thing to look forward to for the New Year. Sega has penciled in an early January release for Bayonetta (PS3, Xbox 360) in the US and Europe.

Electronic Arts has announced that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be getting a Limited Edition version too. The good news is it won't cost you a penny more than the standard edition. It'll come with six customization unlocks that give players an advantage in multiplayer matches at the same price as the standard edition. Details past the jump.

It seems Sony is pulling out all the stops in order to get the God of War III demo out and into peoples' PS3s. Those who don't want to spring for the God of War Collection just for the demo now have another option.

Heavy Rain is apparently ready to douse us with some heavy downpour of surprises as executive producersGuillaume de Fondaumiere kinda confirmed that the game will be censored in different regions. But why, you ask? Why, because of the interactive, motion captured sex scene, that's why!

Cross-game chat is one of those features that a vocal group of PS3 gamers has been clamoring for with every new firmware update. Word is that it's coming soon -- like "next update" soon -- but in the days since it was rumored to be inadvertently revealed by a Naughty Dog dev we haven't heard anything about it. Oh, and speaking of Naughty Dog,  Uncharted 2 came out this week. Haven't bought it yet? Go buy a copy. Haven't played it yet? Put it in your PS3 now. Finished it already? Go play it again. After you read the PS3 Weekend Warrior, of course.

Itching for that elusive God of War III demo? Those in Europe are gonna have to find something else to scratch with. Eurogamer reports that Sony has informed them that the God of War III demo will not be available in Europe for the rest of 2009.

Splatterhouse (PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360) is definitely getting all ready to splatter up your consoles by 2010. Last June, it was confirmed that the US release has been bumped up to 2010. Today, Namco Bandai has sent out a press release confirming (re-affirming, if you must), the said release window, this time also applied for Europe and PAL territories.