Battlefield: Bad Company

Strategy Informer – Electronic Arts announced the public beta test for Battlefield: Bad Company multiplayer on Xbox 360. This public beta test is only for gamers from North America or Europe who has Xbox Live Gold account.

Just go to FilePlanet, there are a limited amount of keys, but they will also be available through IGN.com, GameSpy, TeamXbox, Planet Battlefield and Voodoo Extreme. So if you are too late for the FilePlanet batch, keep checking those sites. Additionally, for those in North America, Gamestop will offer 5000 keys.

PS3 Firmware 2.20 Will Include BD-Live Interactive Blu-ray

Engadget – Sony Inc recently announced that the next PS3 firmware update (v2.20) will add the new interactive features to the console. Playstation 3 owners should expect downloadable video content, interactive movie-based games, and the always intriguing “more” when the software is released in “late March.” In other words, in the next 11 days. The update will also allow you to copy photos and music playlists over USB from your PS3 to your PSP.

Rock Band Music Store Coming This Week!

Destructoid – While the question remains as to how long Harmonix and MTV Games will continue to support the current iteration of Rock Band, it’s evident that they’re committed to providing additional game content on a frequent basis. Prior to the game’s release, I was told — in so many words — that there would be no “f**king around” when it came to downloadable content, and there’s no question that they’ve delivered.

Parents Are Worried With Violent Games in Wii

The Onion – The incident involving 13 years old boy’s limp-wristed attack on his classmates in United States raise concerned among parents. Parents blaming several violent games in Nintendo Wii for that incident. They claimed that those games are a prissy little menace to the society.

Condemned 2 Demo is Out

IGN – EGA Europe Ltd. today announced gamers can sample the highly anticipated Condemned 2 video game from esteemed development studio, Monolith Productions, via a demo released on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

Prediction: GTA IV Will Sell 6 Million Copies in a Week

gamezine.co.uk – Games industry analyst Michael Pachter has claimed Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV) will sell six million copies in its first week of sale.

He also predicted GTA IV will be responsible for recouping $450 million (£221 million) of Take2′s expected $1.073 billion (£0.52 billion) revenue in 2008, generating a total of $135 million (£66 million) of the firm’s overall profit.

Capcom Announced Plunder for PC, Xbox Live Arcade and PSNetwork

Capcom announced that its developing Plunder for the Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC. Developed by Certain Affinity, known for their previous work on the Halo series, Plunder is a real-time multiplayer strategy game that puts players in command of a pirate ship with the goal of destroying your enemies and capturing towns for your pirate faction. Plunder is currently scheduled for release this summer.

There Will Be No Blu-ray for Xbox 360

Microsoft recently said that the world-known game console Xbox 360 will not support Blu-Ray. “Xbox is not currently in talks with Sony or the Blu-ray Association to integrate Blu-ray into the Xbox experience,” Greenberg told Reuters in an interview.”

1000 Xbox 360 Games by This Summer

In any case, the 360 is poised to beat the 800+ titles the Xbox original had by reaching the 1000 mark this summer, according to Xbox VP for Microsoft Interactive Entertainment Europe. Along with that long title comes the truth, supposedly, and summer is a nice playing ground for those big numbers since the kids are off from school and us working folk decide its too hot to work so much.

Pre-Order Your Nintendo Wii Today

Today, all of you could do a pre-order Nintendo Wii (pronounce “we”), the newest console from Nintendo. Nintendo claim that they will most likely to sell out the console in a matter of minutes.

The console will be available for reserve on a first-come, first-served basis. The Pre-Order will cost you around USD$25-USD$50. If your are around NYC, just head to Rockefeller Plaza to reserve your Nintendo Wii console. Othe place you might wanna go are GameStop.com and EBgames.com .