The closed beta for Gotham City Impostors is going on right now, but not everyone is able to see the action for themselves. So Monolith has decided to give the rest of the public a little treat with an animated short. It’s starts out with two average Joes exchanging pleasantries as they walk into their separate apartments. They then dress up as a Batman and Joker impostor (hence the name) and try to brutally kill each other. It’s a heart-warming tale about friendship. Watch it for yourself and tell us what you think.

Source: Joystiq

With a planned release window of early 2012, Counter Strike: Global Offensive will be available on Xbox Live Arcade, PSN, and Steam for PC and Mac. The new installment of the series will feature updated versions of some fan-favorite maps (like de_dust) as well as new maps, characters, and weapons. Counter Strike: Global Offensive promises to offer many other new things, such as game modes, leader boards, and matchmaking. The question is how soon until the hardcore Counter Strike players to stop complaining about the new version and go back to the original one? The answer: not soon enough.

Double Fine’s Tim Schafer took the stage at Microsoft’s E3 press event to show off their Kinect enabled Sesame Street game. As previously detailed the game looks like a story book with each level being a page in the book. A mock father and son played the game together with the son using his arms to flip the pages and then enter them to start the levels. One level saw the players using their hands to catch bugs, while another had them jumping up and down to impress a monster.

No release date was given, but honestly this was the best use of Kinect I saw all day. This could be a “monster” title for families that want to game together or to entertain young children.

Now that that’s out of the way…

NetheRealm studios (the guys behind all the Mortal Kombat games) announced today that they would be re-releasing a 3-pack of MK games on Xbox Live Arcade and PSN* . Dubbed Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection, the pack contains arcade-perfect ports of Mortal Kombat 1, Mortal Kombat 2, and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. The pack is expected to be released later this summer for $10 or 800 Microsoft Space Bucks.

via Joystiq

NBA Jam: On Fire Edition will feature online roster updates with more NBA stars and legends, challenges, unlockable players, and secret teams. It is also bringing back Tag Mode and Team Fire, so you can instantly swap characters to perform consecutive cooperatives moves that will ignite the whole team. The press release also mentions that the next NBA simulation game will come out in 2012, which pretty much means we won’t see an NBA Elite ’12. Hopefully the one intended for 2012 won’t meet the same fate as its predecessor.

NBA Jam: On Fire Edition is scheduled for an October release.

Get ready to smoke a big bowl of Section 8, because the multiplayer only frag fest is hitting Xbox Live Arcade on April 20th. Which if you didn’t know 4-20 is police code for space marine down. Section 8 was a retail title where you played a space marine who dropped into battle from up in orbit. The multiplayer was loved by a minority of mostly PC diehards so TimeGate Studios decided that for the sequel they would just make it multiplayer only and download only. The Games for Windows version of Section 8: Prejudice will be available on May 4th, while the Playstation Network version wont be available until a mysterious “Summer 2011″. The game will cost the equivalent of $14.99.

Yesterday we got word that Resident Evil 4 and Code Veronica were getting remade in HD for release in Japan. But what about us here in America, were we ever going to see those games? OF COURSE WE ARE! With one interesting twist. They will release for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 as digital downloads. Can you believe it? You wont even have to leave your house to buy games that you probably already have in your house! The screenshot above shows the upgraded visuals. On the left is the old version and on the right is the HDified version. Not bad. Look for the remakes this Fall.

What else do you think the future will hold for Doodle Jump, and how do you think it will control with Kinect?

Source: CVG

Tribes: Ascend is going to be a downloadable Unreal Engine 3 powered iteration of the storied PC FPS franchise. It’s been a while since we’ve seen a Tribes game, although some would argue that Halo: Reach’s jetpacks were heavily inspired by the Tribes games. The game is due out sometime this year and is being developed by Hi-Rez Studios. Tribes: Ascend is a prelude to a full fledged Tribes title called Tribes Universe. No release date has been announced for Universe.

Via PC Gamer

My next question is how do you turn a dishwasher into a snow plow? I’ll let you Google that answer.

Source: Joystiq