Get ready for the next battle. Time's-a-tickin' Tekken lords! We're just a week away from finally getting our Tekken on at home. We're not the only ones hyped up about the arrival of Tekken 6 for the PS3 and Xbox 360, fighting game fanatics down at Hawthorne, CA are just as eager to get their game on. That's why they've come together to hold this kick-ass launch event this Saturday. Read up and learn more.

This week's Playstation Network video store update includes the Ben Affleck-starrer Daredevil, The Pink Panther 2 and Date Movie. On the TV show department, you can download the season 2 of Futurama, Punk'd, Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series just to name a few. Hit the link for the complete list of titles.

Now here are this weeks PlayStation Network video content update. Some of the notable titles include the classic horror film Friday The 13th and the spoof classic Scary Movie 4. Hit the link for the full list.

After 8 years and 12 piercings, BME user metal_games wants to move on to other forms of art he can apply to his body. But instead of going down the tattoo road, this guy opted to go for scarification, wherein you intentionally scar yourself to create a pattern or an image. The interesting bit here is that the design isn't what you usually see - it's the image of the NES controller. For the squeamish, the pics may not be too suitable for you guys.

Other than the figurines displayed at Jump Festa, we haven't really seen any other Final Fantasy XIII merchandise. And this time, they're accessories you can carry on your person and not something to be ogled at from the other side of a display case (unless you're that type of collector). No, they're not Vanille's pig-tails. And no, it's not Sazh's afro either. They're actually based off of Snow's tattooed symbol on his arm... which makes me think... why that of all things?

I never thought I'd see the day when Fatalities aren't set ablaze, mutilated, or even look like they hurt at all. Ed Boon shares his thoughts on Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3), and how difficult it was to mellow the bloodthirsty MK folks down to kid-friendly DC level.

Oh man, are you guys ok over there? Right about now's a good time for you to get comfortable. You've got 20 full minutes of Yakuza 3 footage just ahead of you: it's got sushi bars, scary-looking men in coats, sunny beaches, oil-slicked hair, pole dancers... and of course, Kazuma's dragon tattoo.

Mike Tyson isn't the only new thing in EA's Fight Night Round 4: the game will also feature a brand-new physics engine that is touted to bring more fluidity and organic movement to the Fight Night experience. More from game producer Dean Richards in the full article.

It may have elements resembling a GTA clone, but a military GTA clone still happens to be a lot of fun. While Mercenaries, the first game in the series, brought some laughs and a lot of firepower (Merchant of Menace FTW!), these screenshots for Pandemic Studios' Mercenaries 2: World in Flames make us both drool and smile.

Why? Because some of them deserve weird captions and they still look good at the same time!

For instance, take a look the picture above. Don't they look like some radical version of "Miami Vice"? They look good and all, especially the impressively detailed tattoo on the shoulder there, but it still brings to mind Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell. Let's hope they talk as convincingly as they look. Meanwhile, in the other four screenshots we have for you, expect to see someone walking on the cannon barrel of a tank, Mohawk Man grabbing a ride on a helicopter, and a really cool tank blowing stuff up.

By the way, did anyone notice how strangely similar the guy in the background on the top picture looks like the guy in front? We thought so. Enjoy the screenies!

No, this is most definitely not news. And while this article may not contain anything earth-shattering, mind-boggling, gravity-defying, universe-altering tidbit on the current standing of video games in our lives, let's just say this is passion for gaming at its most colorful and most extravagant display.

These, my friends, are pictures of gamer tattoos harvested by thelastboss.com from their readers. Now, while it may elicit that "ouch" from you, it nevertheless succeeds in leaving us amazed at the threshold of these inkers for pain. And what beautiful misery it turned out to be.

So check it out and see how well your games. Can anyone find Wally?

Much, much more after the jump!