I kinda feel bad for Midway. They just can't get a break. After getting a US$ 33M bid from Warner last month, here comes another lawsuit that could make the Warner deal fall through.

Of note this week in Europe's PSN update are a handful of downloadable PSP games: LocoRoco and SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 2 being half of that list. The usual PS3 games get DLC packs again, but if you guys want to give Savage Moon a spin, there's a trial version available.

Yesterday, we had the game director. Now, we have the art director. Jeff Rubenstein rolls out another video in his series of interviews with the guys behind of God of War III, this time with Ken Feldman, who's been manning the visual side of Kratos and his latest dance with the gods. More coming up after the link.

Like the endless horde that countless movies portray them as, zombies have seen a resurgence in gaming, the most recent one being XomB (pronounced "zombie") from 3G Studios. Set in a re-imagined version of feudal Asia and drawing heavily from Asian mythology, XomB has the player fighting against a sweeping darkness that's forcibly corrupting the landscape and reanimating the dead.

Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Wii, DS) came out in Japan two weeks ago, so it'd be interesting to know how those games fared on their first week. Let's take a little trip to Japan and see how the Japanese gamers are spending their gaming cash, shall we?

Who you gonna call? And when are you going to call them? That's June 16, folks. That's when you get to roast the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. I don't know why I have a fixation on Stay Puft, but I'm buying Ghostbusters just for him.

It seems God of War may have looked to more than just Greek Mythology for inspiration. Sony and game designer David Jaffe have been sued for copyright infringement. The suit claims that story elements of God of War were stolen from pre-existing works of fiction. Nitty-gritty details in the full article.

In a recent interview, Square Enix producer Yoshinori Kitase, talks on some of the specifics for the command systems of the three games that comprise Final Fantasy XIII. Now if you've been following news on the Fabula Nova Crystallis series, then most of what Kitase says will already be familiar to you, but let this serve as a refresher course. Fabula Nova Crystallis 101.

In Greek Mythology, when Jason sailed in the Argo to retrieve the Golden Fleece, only one female was among his warriors: Atalanta, the huntress. Atalanta also appears in Codemasters' rendition of the classic story in Rise of the Argonauts. Atalanta waits for you in the full article.

Hell hath no fury like, well, Hel, daughter of the Norse god of mischief himself, Loki. In Viking: Battle for Asgard, Hel seeks to start Ragnarok, the final battle that will bring about the destruction of all the gods in Asgard. But is she as evil as she's cracked up to be? Or is she simply cracked? Check out the full article for Hel's story and also for some new screenshots.