Nintendo of America announced that the first major system update for the 3DS will be available in North America the evening of June 6 (PST) and give users access to an Internet browser and the Nintendo eShop, which contains a variety of new content, including Pokédex 3D, an application that lets fans see Pokémon characters in 3D.

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit will transform online racing by bringing to life the adrenaline and intensity of high speed cop pursuits and changing the way that people connect and compete with their friends.

Dragonica is a free-to-play, cartoon side-scrolling, micro-transaction-based casual MMO mixing elements of action and arcade. The Tales of the Damned expansion will bring new content including dungeons, guild-wars, pets and much more.

PES 2010 will benefit from the most exhaustive raft of new features in the series’ history, with every aspect of the game benefiting from key improvements and major gameplay additions. On Nov. 24 Konami will issue a patch that updates the team rosters with the most recent transfers, adding four teams to the Champions League mode (Atletico Madrid, Olympiacos, Lyon and Fiorentina), as well as enhancing a number of elements in the full game.

Ready to set the standard for fighting games with stunning realism and uncompromising quality, Tekken 6 promises to deliver a pulse-pounding edge-of-your-seat experience with bone-jarring punches and gut-wrenching grapples. Namco Bandai is working on an online co-op Scenario Campaign mode update (winter), as well as a patch to improve the online game experience (currently in testing).

Killing Floor is a first-person co-op survival horror, set in and around London after a mad scientist’s “specimens” have broken loose and gone on the rampage. On Oct. 22 Tripwire will release the “Level Up” Free Content pack, and to celebrate Killing Floor will be available for free on Steam from Oct. 22nd through October 25th.

Battlefield Heroes is a Play 4 Free cartoon-style shooter that will bring classic Battlefield gameplay to a mass audience, featuring a built-in matchmaking system to ensure that players of equal skill are paired together for fair play. On  Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009 DICE will roll out a technical update which should take approximately 90 minutes.

Champions Online is based on the popular pen-and-paper Champions RPG, giving players the power of total customization of their hero experience while they explore a vast universe of richly detailed 3D environments.

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, thrusting players back into humankind's epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde. Epic is working on a major title update for GoW2 that will address bugs, online exploits (invisible shield, melee through some walls, gain infinite Lancer ammo), and new achievements related to DLCs. The online gameplay experience will also be improved by increasing penalties for quitting matches early, adding additional spawn protection against planted grenades and chainsaw attacks, and adding the ability to see the Submission flag carrier destination by using Tac/Com.

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 will unleash a new tag team experience, allowing players to build momentum and attributes, eliminate opponents with high impact double teams and finishers, as well as get the “hot tag” for the win. The patch will allow fans to give all of their created Superstars full attributes after completing the new Career Mode one time through.

While the Consumer Electronics Show doesn't start until next week (Jan. 7 - 10 in Las Vegas), Sony has already put up its CES 2008 website showing off its latest electronic products, including the PS3 and PSP. While details are still limited, the PSP section of the site does reveal a possible new feature to be unveiled at the show, support for Skype's free online voice chat/phone service. Sony recently brought a microphone on the market for the PSP, so adding Skype support through a firmware update is likely.

Having repeatedly said that the Wii would not be able to handle the Unreal Engine 3, Epic VP Mark Rein revealed that one of its licensees, which he declined to identify, is currently porting the engine to Nintendo's console, similar to what Ubisoft did with the Unreal Engine 2 for its slasher, Red Steel. And we all know how well that turned out ....

Atari and Marc Ecko celebrated as recipients of an MTV Video Music Award for its action-adventure game Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, named as winner of the first-ever Best Video Game Soundtrack category at the annual video music awards show.

Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure combines combat, action, adventure and stealth, using a thrilling graffiti-driven framework to tell its story of self-expression and the fight for creative freedom. A thug, an outcast, a rebel...the lead character, Trane, is all of these in Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure.

MTV Films and Paramount have signed Sean O'Keefe and Will Staples to write the movie script for Atari Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure video game, a story about a young graffiti artist who goes on the run after discovering a dirty secret about government officials in his city. O'Keefe and Staples most recently adapted the comic book Fathom for Fox, Columbia's The Murder of King Tut and The Northmen. Marc Ecko will co-produce, no director has been assigned yet.

Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure combines combat, action, adventure and stealth, using a thrilling graffiti-driven framework to tell its story of self-expression and the fight for creative freedom. A thug, an outcast, a rebel...the lead character, Trane, is all of these in Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure.

Atari today announced that Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure has shipped to retail stores nationwide.

Marc Ecko and Atari are giving you the chance to show off your graffiti and art skills to the world with the All City Graphics contest. By submitting a piece of original work, you will be entered into a contest (Jan.24 - Feb.14) where the best piece will be decided by fellow artists through a voting process, and get a chance to win a NY trip for 2 people for 3 days and 2 nights, the video game, and an Ecko clothing package.

Atari and Marc Ecko today announced that Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure has gone gold and is on schedule to ship to stores nationwide on February 14 in North America and on February 17 in Europe.

MTV Films today announced that it has acquired the feature film rights to Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, the videogame from Atari and Marc Ecko Enterprises, which is scheduled for a February 2006 release for the PS2, Xbox, and for PC.

Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure combines combat, action, adventure and stealth, using a thrilling graffiti-driven framework to tell its story of self-expression and the fight for creative freedom. A thug, an outcast, a rebel...the lead character, Trane, is all of these in Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure.

Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure combines combat, action, adventure and stealth, using a thrilling graffiti-driven framework to tell its story of self-expression and the fight for creative freedom. A thug, an outcast, a rebel...the lead character, Trane, is all of these in Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure.

Atari and Marc Ecko today announced a musical collaboration with Sean 'Diddy' Combs for in-game music tracks for Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, which will also be available on a soundtrack included in the Limited Edition of the product.

Atari and Marc Ecko today announced that the pre-sell program for the upcoming, action- adventure game, Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure is currently underway. Available for the PS2, Xbox, and PC, pre-orders for Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure will be accompanied with an original limited edition, movie-sized poster created by renowned artist, OBEY: Shepard Fairey.