Capcom's platinum level release of Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (Windows, Xbox 360) will soon be hitting shelves. That's what we hear from a press wire straight from the company, who also claims that the Colonies Edition will be served to both Xbox 360 and Windows PCs. Unfortunately, it won't be ideal for those with Windows XP. More at the full story.

The BioWare CEO, Ray Muzyaka, was recently interviewed regarding the Mass Effect (PC, Xbox 360). To find out what he he had to say about the game as well as the possibility (or the lack thereof, as you'll find out) of the game hitting other platforms, head on over to the full article by clicking on the "read more" link.

We can't wait until Strong Bad crashes into WiiWare and PCs via Telltale Games' Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People. But there's hope for PS3 and Xbox 360 owners to get some burninating love: Telltale Games just announced that its open to the idea of publishing the game for Sony and Microsoft's respective consoles. More in the full article.

A lot of us were fairly surprised to hear that Ubisoft was removing DX 10.1 support for Assassin's Creed's PC version on its next patch. This follows numerous complaints that bad results came out of using Nvidia graphics cards along with Microsoft's software tools to run the game. Could Nvidia have bullied Ubisoft into its latest decisions? See the report in the full article.

 Pandemic studios has been known to take its sweet time as it teases fans about its upcoming releases. Such isn't the case today as a lot more than hints about their upcoming games has been dropped. The devs have confirmed that they're working on a new game called The Lord of the Rings: Conquest and its set for launch late this year. Read the full article and see some of the early details.

It looks like Microsoft's trying to increase the must-have factor for the pricey Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 suite, because the XNA Team has just come up with a VS 2008-only rendition of XNA Game Studio - upgraded to version 3.0 But there's a lot of catches, and they aren't pretty for the average, budget-conscious, and possibly still studying,  indie dev. Prepare to be blown away (the wrong way, probably) at the full story.

In its never-ending pursuit of innovation, Electronic Arts pushes the envelop of sports in video games further with the announcement of its new label, EA Sports Freestyle. Along the lines of EA Sports headed by Peter Moore comes sports-based titles with casual gamers in mind, highlighted by Facebreaker (Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii). For more details, hit that jump!

While a lot of video game development companies are hungry for middleware or busy acquiring Unreal Engine 3, Eden Games took the time to develop its own engine. It appears hardwork paid off, because they came up with technology flexible enough to give Alone in the Dark (Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, PC) - a survival horror title - driving sequences among all things. Learn more at the full article.

Surfer Girl is sharing some fun facts and a few revelations for this weekend. The video game seer talks about the continuation of the Prince of Persia franchise in the new generation of game consoles, plus some projects lined up for the next couple of years. Relationships between development teams are also delved into. Read the full article for the complete score on her latest post.

Portal may have been released on the Xbox 360 in The Orange Box compilation, but did you know that Valve once offered to release it on Xbox Live? Microsoft turned it down however, but who knows, maybe we might see it happen for Portal 2. More in the full article.