Today in Gaming News - September 8, 2011

by Keith Sadler, posted on 08 September 2011 / 1,140 Views

Activision totally yoinked “ModernWarfare3.com” from a fan of Battlefield 3. Also they say social and mobile markets “have finally reached critical mass.”

Nintendo of America comments on the 3DS Circle Pad accessory.

MineCon will be handing out vouchers for Scrolls and Cobalt their first-party and third-party titles respectively.

ThinkOptik is suing Nintendo for copyright infringement upon Nintendo’s Wii Remote. Good luck with that.

No rookies from the draft will appear in NBA 2K12 until the lockout is settled.

In Rapala for Kinect, you play the part of the fishing rod.

Get a free car in Driver: San Francisco here.

Infamous 2 now offers greater user-generated content controls.

At the NFL season playoff (a place not known for high concentrations of nerd) fans of Uncharted 3 will be rewarded with the first TV spot for the game. Conversely, you can click after the link.

Max Payne 3 (check out release date here) will probably cost $105 million to make. That’s a lot of cabbage.

Here’s the news that didn’t bark: The Last Guardian won’t be at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. We do have official boxart for ICO & Shadow of the Colossus HD

Here’s a 20-minute “Let’s Play” of Hard Reset.

Here’s new Final Fantasy XIII-2 screenshots and info on Historia Crux.

Asura’s Wrath unveils the second new playable character.

Activision says there will be at least six new Blizzard offerings within three years.

A new games creation studio, based in Montreal, will focus on “retro-games with a twist.” Tribute Games Inc. Cool!

Worms 2: Armageddon releases a new “Time Attack” DLC.

Aliens: Infestation has released their first developer diary, featuring the dudes at WayForward.

Dead Island’s new “Blood Bath Arena” will be out this month.

Brian Crecente deciphers eSports.

Rotastic will be available on XBLA on September 21.

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations seeks a non-lyrical song in a new contest.

Need For Speed: The Run’s new trailer outs a Porsche 911 Carrera S, for the limited edition of the game.

THQ says cloud gaming is the future.

Uncharted designer Richard Lemarchand will keynote the 2011 IndieCade.

Apparently Crytek is mistreating employees now. Time to stop that maybe.

Here’s twenty minutes of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.

F1 2011 devs talk Co-Operation.