Aardman Animations LTD. has created an animation using Flipnote Studio on the Nintendo DSi. Aardman Animations is the studio you may know from popular stop-motion animated features like Chicken Run, Creature Comforts and the Wallace & Gromit series. They put their animation skills to play on the Nintendo DSi's free application, Flipnote Studio. It basically works like a flipbook, where you draw out frames using the Stylus. You can also share your creations online.

  The Battlefield: Bad company 2 beta was released today and it weighs in at 912 MB.

  Newegg.com has the PC version of Left 4 Dead 2 for $39.99 with free shipping.

  There's only been one Red Dead Redemption trailer released since the game was announced last February. That'll change in a couple weeks, though.

  VGB has compiled a list of the editable cheat codes for this epic sci-fi shooter-RPG from developer Gearbox. This handful of codes work on the retail and Steam versions of the PC game.

  Direct2Drive has announced a permanent price cut for Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV.

  Popcap's casual Zombie tower defense game, Plants vs. Zombies has been nominated for Best PC Game of the Year at the 2009 SpikeTV Video Game Awards. This is the first time that a game from a "casual" studio has gone up against AAA titles from large publishers. Other nominees are Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2, and The Sims 3.

  "If you bought Left 4 Dead 2 on the PC, you might be pleased to hear that some modders have figured out a way to import all of the maps from Left 4 Dead into Left 4 Dead 2, playable with the new infected, new survivors, and the baseball bat."

  BioWare hinted at an important announcement for Dragon Age: Origins earlier this week, which turned out to be new downloadable content. Now they're teasing a surprise for Mass Effect 2.

  Insomniac Games responds to the criticisms about them over-milking the Ratchet and Clank franchise.

  Zipper Interactive has had an overwhelming response to the MAG beta, so they have decided to extend it and open up some more spots on the battlefield.All you have to do is fill out the MAG beta registration to receive your beta code.

  Split-Screen: "Idol Minds, developers of the downloadable (now available on Blu-Ray) Havok-based torture simulator and all-around happy fun time game Pain, have been busy in the last two years. It appears their next title may be taking things a notch higher, however."

  Continuing the ridiculous Japanese publisher trend of counting down to everything known to man, the official Final Fantasy XIII web site is counting down to the final trailer that will be released before the game hits shelves in December.

  First Japan, and now North America. Capcom has announced that Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is the first title to support the new adhocParty feature available for free via the PlayStation Network.adhocParty for the PSP system is a service which enables PSP owners to play online multiplayer games featuring Adhoc mode over the internet through the PlayStation 3. PSP titles with Adhoc mode traditionally require users to play within close proximity to each other over Wi-Fi, but with adhocParty for the PSP, PSP owners can play anyone in the world through the PlayStation Network.Capcom has promised that further Capcom PSP titles will support this feature in the future...