Valve's VP of Marketing Doug Lombardi has revealed that Left 4 Dead was the "1 selling new IP on two platforms" in North America last year.
WorthPlaying writes: "Red Dead Redemption is a Western epic, set at the turn of the 20th century when the lawless and chaotic badlands began to give way to the expanding reach of government and the spread of the Industrial Age. The story of former outlaw, John Marston, Red Dead Redemption takes players on a great adventure across the American frontier. While earlier today a vague April 2010 date was revealed, the just release trailer narrows it down even further."
Cyanide's gridiron strategy title Blood Bowl has finally been given an international release, with the Dark Elves Edition of the game now available for download on Steam.
BeefJack writes: "It's not even December yet, but even Sony's pre-emptively getting into the festive spirit having announced a Paul McCartney and 'Festive – Fun 2' Track Pack will be hitting the SingStar Store soon. Included are classic Christmas tunes including Doris Day, Slade, Elton John and Cliff Richard.
The team behind the Deus Ex total conversion title 'The Nameless Mod' has announced the full release of the game, now available for download.
Today Ubisoft revealed the sort of online battles you'll be getting into with deception strategy game R.U.S.E.. They've provided what appears to be a complete list of multiplayer modes.
From Xbox LifeStyle:
Namco Bandai has announced that it will release a series of free DLC packs for Dragon Ball: Raging Blast on the 360 and PS3. The first pack in the series is now available on PlayStationNetwork and will be ready for download from Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360 on Nov. 26, 2009.
E209, which is now available in UK shops, has a full preview feature on the game which Realtime describes as providing persistent online action. You might describe it as GTA Online. Or WOW meets Counter-Strike. Now's your chance to find out exactly what you think it is.