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Kojima Productions is understaffed and working on other projects right now, but it's something he has in mind.

Hideo Kojima is a legend in game design, but he’s had a hard time getting away from his most successful franchise, Metal Gear. Since 1987, Kojima has done almost exclusively games that center around the adventures of his beloved character Snake (in various incarnations) and, even though he’s tried to pass the series on to the next generation of Konami designers, he keeps getting pulled back. But that’s not to say that Kojima hasn’t been about to branch out a bit over the years. You may remember his portable game Boktai, which had a direct sequel and a DS follow-up called Lunar Knights. No? Well, you certainly remember Zone of the Enders. You know…the game that was included free with the Metal Gear Solid 2 demo? Despite having that moniker for years, ZoE has its share of dedicated fans, and they will be happy to hear that the series isn’t far from Kojima’s thoughts.

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I can smell what THQ is cookin', but it needs a little more time in the oven.

I've basically been a wrestling fan three times in my life. When I was ten, I first discovered the (then) WWF, and loved to watch Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior, and "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka. I got pulled back in around 1998 with the release of WWF Warzone for the PSX, and came to enjoy The Rock, Triple H, and The Hurricane. Most recently I've gotten back into the wrestling scene, thanks to some entertaining people like John Morrison, Kofi Kingston, and CM Punk. So, while I haven't been a wrestling fan the entire time, I can appreciate what THQ has done with WWE All-Stars: a game that takes all of those eras and allows those wrestlers to go toe to toe.

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Any new content added to the 360 dash will need to support swipe.

We’re just a couple days removed from the new Xbox 360 dashboard update, and it hasn’t exactly been a smooth transition. After a slight delay, the update had a few problems, including breaking some consoles. We’ve also learned that the new dashboard isn’t much of a fan of Xbox Live Indie Games. And now, the Kinect support that has been cited as a highlight of the update is going to be something that all developers will need to include in their apps moving forward.

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Or is this just another title for Night Springs?

We’re just two days away from seeing the first trailer of the next chapter in the Alan Wake series on the Spike TV VGAs, but we have some interesting news today for fans of Mr. Wake. Last year’s Xbox 360 exclusive was the culmination of years of development, only to release the same day as Red Dead Redemption and have poor sales. While we know an XBLA game called Alan Wake’s Night Springs is on the way, we got word today that there’s something else Alan Wake related.

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Redeem your coins for Wii Virtual Console games and DSi Ware.

It took us a long time to finally get the Club Nintendo rewards program on this side of the globe, and some people would say that the American version of CN gets the short end of the stick. That changes today, as it seems that Club Nintendo U.S. has put up some actual games that you can redeem your coins for, as well as some other loot.

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