Vin Diesel proves that he's more nerd than most of you reading this story, while David Hayter opens his own studio and San Diego officially grants Sony Online Entertainment their own holiday. It's an interesting day to say the least.
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There's little doubt as to the four key titles that look set to dominate proceedings at this year's ELAN Awards, with Left 4 Dead, Fallout 3, Gears of War 2 and Fable II all nominated in the majority of the nine categories.

In with a chance of winning seven awards apiece are Valve's zombie shooter Left 4 Dead and Bethesda's dark future RPG Fallout 3, while Epic's FPS sequel Gears of War 2 and Lionhead's fantasy adventure Fable II are both up for six awards.

In fact, of the nine categories - which each contain four nominations - those exact four will battle it out in four, while other prominent titles to be nominated just once include Crysis: Warhead, Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria, Call of Duty: World at War and Too Human.

The awards, which also present prizes for the animation and visual effects industries, will take place in April and be hosted by the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants, Tom Kenny.

The full list of categories and nominations is as follows:
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Secret agent action RPG Alpha Protocol has been laying low lately but it's set to resurface on Friday. In this week's episode of GameTrailers TV, the crew's heading down to Obsidian Entertainment's headquarters and they're not coming back 'til they've got some sweet, sweet gameplay footage for you. They'll also be showing us a little more about the upcoming Fallout 3 downloadable content.
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Yeah you saw that right. On the bestselling video game page on Amazon.com (which is updated hourly), for right now at least, Fallout 3 is number one. Make that the Fallout 3…for the Playstation 3! It even toppled the Nintendo Wii products (which Killzone 2 did some time ago).

This is despite Bethesda making the DLC (for now) 360 exclusive and Bethesda having given a middle finger towards the Playstation 3 version when it comes to giving them anything extra besides trophies.
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the latest Fallout 3 patch isn't just preparation code for the upcoming DLC… one of the small issues with the launch 360 game has been addressed: the specular maps are back. Perhaps the omission was simply a bug? Or perhaps not, because while the effect has been replaced in the more obvious locations, elsewhere it is still absent. But regardless, it's an obviously welcome addition for 360 owners, and we presume that the upcoming DLC will be looking as good as it can possibly be.
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MTV Multiplayer writes: "The Virgin Megastore in Times Square NYC, located right across the street from my office, is shutting down. So, they're selling everything: deep discounts on game prices and even the gaming displays are for sale. How much would you pay for this "Fallout 3? statue? It could be yours. Hurry up and make an offer."
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Kotaku writes: "In the West, Fallout 3's advertising campaign tried to keep things classy. So it is in Japan, with the release of these Fallout 3 shirts designed by...Famitsu.

Yes, the magazine/website Famitsu. There are three designs to choose from, each coming in two colourways, and the best part is, some of them keep with the radioactive theme by glowing in the dark."
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Taking place on Thursday April 23rd at The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London, this year's MCV Industry Excellence Awards will be the most hotly-contested ever, with 17 accolades up for grabs, across a diverse range of categories covering the entire industry.

Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft, Microsoft, Sega and Activision will battle it out for the Games Publisher Award, whilst individual titles Guitar Hero World Tour, GTA IV, FIFA 09, Fallout 3, Wii Fit and Call of Duty: World At War compete for Game Campaign.
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Torrence Davis of The Bitbag writes, "Well I was hoping to have some good news for Playstation fans today. I got a few emails yesterday asking if Bethesda will release ANY DLC for Fallout 3 on the Playstation 3. I can't believe I didn't ask Pete this question when I interviewed him. I did what any journalist would do…I sent him an email."
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Gamasutra writes:

"Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet leads the nominees for the ninth annual Game Developers Choice Awards with seven nominations, organizers have revealed.

Number None's Braid follows closely with five nominations. Among the nominations for LittleBigPlanet is the coveted Game of the Year award.

Other nominees for that category include Fallout 3 and Left 4 Dead, each of which received a total of four award nominations; Rockstar North's Grand Theft Auto IV, which earned a total of three nominations, and Lionhead Studios' Fable 2. Winners will be honored at an awards show taking place during the 2009 Game Developers Conference."
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Danny Cowan from Gamasutra writes:

"Gamasutra's weekly column, "Saling The World", covers the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide.

This week's charts, with data taken from February 5th, 2009, find Halo 3 and Call of Duty: World at War at the top of North America's Xbox 360 software sales charts, while Star Ocean: Second Evolution and Mario Kart DS drive sales on portables.

Data for "Saling The World" comes courtesy of the public sales information on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and Amazon.co.jp, with sales split out for each platform and territory, and pre-orders disregarded. This results in a true sense of what games are selling worldwide on the real-time updated service, as follows..."
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Those of you who prefer to play Fallout 3 on the PC and have yet to download Operation: Anchorage DLC should take note of some reported issues. Forum users at the official Games for Windows site are reporting that the game fails to recognize the DLC in some instances.

According to a GFW forum mod, it takes a couple of minutes to validate the DLC (see: boot up your game, go into the Wastelands, wait), but some users are still having problems accessing the content.
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Today was a big day in news. We found out some dirt on what Bethesda is up to, as well as some info on how Sony is doing financially. Not to mention the bombshell discovery of PS4 tech specs...
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Fallout 3, Megaten, Satoru Iwata and Dawn of War 2 hit the headlines today in TGRs news roundup.
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Darkpower of GameGazette.com writes:

"As most of you very well know by now, Bethesda's Todd Howard has made a very controversial quote concerning an endgame to Fallout 3 on the Playstation 3. He said, "Not at this time, no." This is while both the 360 version and the PC version of the popular game is scheduled to recieve post-ending content for their versions. Many people, even though that have no plans to buy a PS3 console, have called this move highly unfair and without a reason behind it. Many knew about Bethesda's decision to give the 360 some exclusive downloadable content, but never did they imagine this kind of shafting for one system's version.

This is where Game Gazette comes in. Todd Howard apparently has a love fest for MTV Multiplayer, and is obviously doing the rounds for talking to people. We want to have the opportunity to ask him a few tough questions about his reasoning behind the PS3 version being shafted like this. In this regard, I am going to challenge Todd Howard to answer these questions, and to e-mail me so we can get something set up for him to answer them, because the gamers deserve some answers that he isn't giving to questions that not too many will be asking him."

UPDATE: The story was just updated with Darkpower stating that he had already tried to call Bethesda and to get in touch with Todd Howard.
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Torrence Davis of The Bitbag writes, "There's been a huge misunderstanding about Fallout 3 and the ability to go back and play unfinished quests after the DLC has been applied to your 360 or PC. Apparently, gaming blog Next Gen News credited MTV Multiplayer with the info, but made it sound like there's actually a patch coming to the 360 or PC. There is no patch at all, it's just a part of the DLC functionality."
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360 and PC gamers will now be able to continue playing unfinished side quests even after Fallout 3's ending with a new Patch coming out.

When asked if PlayStation 3 players will get the same patch Tod Howard, executive producer, replied:

"Not at this time, no."
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Are you sitting around with no friends? Do you feel that no one loves or understands you? Well then here is you solution, head on over to eBay and buy yourself a life size Fallout 3 doll.
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Fallout 3 players have criticized their inability to keep exploring the wasteland after finishing the main storyline, and while that feature is coming to Xbox 360 and PC users via downloadable content, Bethesda Softworks told MTV Multiplayer there are no plans to update the PlayStation 3 version with the same feature.
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In response to numerous queries regarding a Fallout 3 soundtrack, the Bethesda Blog has posted details of an iMix that covers most of the tracks played on Galaxy News Radio during the course of the game. If you live in the UK the "soundtrack" will cost you £8.69 and includes the following tracks...
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