In the latest Blizzard Podcast, the lead designer Jay Wilson revealed that the game is in full swing production. Right now, the team is focused on content, content, content, it seems, while the art team is on to the second act already. Great news, maybe we will not have to wait until 2010 after all.

"A lot of the team is really production focused now and we're generating content for the most part; a lot of the tech and underlying engine is really solid," Wilson said.

Left 4 Dead has been delayed yet again. Don't worry though, this time it is only a short, 16 day delay. November, 20, 2008 is now the release date. The launch will coincide with the 10th anniversary of the original Half Life's release.

If you remember, a German Tech website had quoted David Reeves himself as stating that Mirror's Edge would be a Playstation 3 times exclusive. This came as a bit of a shock to a lot of gamers, as there were many looking forward to the title on PC & Xbox360. "According to Reeves, Mirrors Edge will initially be exclusively released for the PS3 this year. PC and Xbox 360 versions will follow much later."

EA, the publisher of the upcoming Dice-made game, have come out to say that the statement made by the SCEE top dog is false as far as they know. Mirror's Edge will be shipping for Xbox360, PC, & PS3 this Winter, simultaneously. Great news, sorry Sony.

Just a heads up folks, there is just one more day to enjoy the Steam TF2 Free Weekend. You can also grab the classic Beyond Good & Evil and Audiosurf for $4.99. Head over to Steam now if interested.

Ziff Davis, the movers and shakers behind the Digital Life Expo in New York City, has cancelled the event for 2008, citing "poor economic conditions." Whatever that means. Ziff Davis recently announced a bankruptcy reorganization, we think that might have something to do with it. Stay tuned for any more info, it is your as soon as we get it.

Dice Exec Producer Ben Cousins has revealed the plans to gradually roll out BF Heroes. Dice is apparently going to gradually increase the beta member count until, one day, they simply say, this is retail! There won't be a "big splash" release, says Cousins. How to get into the beta now? No word yet, but keep an eye out.

"We're not going to turn on a switch one day and suddenly our audience gets 100 times bigger," he explained. "It's really our plan, within the closed beta, to get a very high number of peak concurrent users and we expect in the later phases of the closed beta to be about as big as Bad Company is today in terms of online numbers.

The "best of" winners for the Leipzig Games Convention have been officially announced. For PC, top honors went to Spore, for Xbox360 it was Mirror's Edge (this is a timed PS3 exclusive, as far as we know, why they chose it on 360 is interesting), PSP was Resistance Retribution, The PS3, of course, was Little Big Planet, Skate It took honors for the Wii, Sonic Chronicles was the DS choice, and PES 2009 was the mobile favorite. Click read more for the full info.

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For the sixth time, the Leipziger Messe has awarded the title of "Best of GC" to the most innovative new products at the GC - Games Convention. This year's winners in nine categories were announced yesterday evening. A total of 29 exhibitors at the GC - Games Convention had submitted 122 hardware items and software titles (2006: 85) for the award.

Id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead has stated that PC manufacturers secret policy of piracy acceptance is the industry's "dirty little secret." According to Hollenshead, PC devs are happy behind closed doors with the levels of piracy, as it helps to sell PC hardware. We tend to agree, which is why you do not see much hardware-based piracy solutions. Interesting huh?

Bethesda today officially announced the release date of Fallout 3. October 23, 2008 will see the game on store shelves. For Europe the date is Halloween, October 31, 2008. Well, Halloween in the USA, anyway. Click read more for the full info.

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August 20, 2008 (Rockville, MD) – Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax Media company, announced today that its highly anticipated title, Fallout® 3, will be available on store shelves and online in North America on October 28, 2008 and in Europe on October 31, 2008. Developed at Bethesda Game Studios – creators of the 2006 Game of the Year, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® – Fallout 3 is slated for release on the Xbox 360®video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, and Games for Windows.

Bioware has cleared up the confusion about their new RPG game's planned platoforms. Speaking to Eurogamer, it has been confirmed that the new game, Dragon Age: Origins, will be coming to the next-gen consoles in the near future. The game's Director, Dan Tudge, hinted that the console versions will be released after the PC version in late 2009.

"Yes. Dragon Age: Origins will be coming to consoles in the near future, yes," Dan Tudge, director and executive producer for the game, told Eurogamer.