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The case customizers over at Computer Choppers are at it again. This time, they’ve managed to dip an entire Xbox 360 in shiny 24-karat gold. For truly conspicuous consumers only.

It was a 21st century video game based on a 20th century video game, then it was a movie based on that video game. Now it’s a new video game again. Go figure. Just watch the gameplay and enjoy.

Bungie’s April Fools joke this year is a doozy. Combining the Halo universe with the classic Battle Chess, they’ve put together a game concept that seems just too good to be a prank.

iPad gaming is upon us, and Broken Radio Games’ Globetrotters will use the iPad’s multi-touch display to let up to 4 players bounce between planets as they try to catch stars before their friends.

Shattered Dimensions is a beat-em-up with web-slinging and melee combat, in which Spidey bounces between multiple parallel worlds, including a 1930s-inspired Spider-Man Noir universe.

Universal healthcare legislation has passed for all denizens of video gameland, regardless of the color of their pixels. From this day forward, everyone’s health bar shall be full.

Get ready for the latest in the Metroid series for the Nintendo Wii. In Metroid: Other M, Samus is back in prime form, with seamless transitions between 3D and side-scrolling gameplay using the Wii-mote.

Like war games and free maps? EA is readying the 2nd VIP map pack for Battlefield: Bad Company 2. The maps will be available and will include a special VIP code with every copy of the game.

Lost Planet 2 may still be a couple of months away, but in the mean time, here’s something to whet your appetite for blowing up the Akrid – 4-player Co-op mode. Yummy. Explode-y.

The latest preview video from Realtime Worlds’ APB: All Points Bulletin shows off the games’ over-the-top violence, massive street fights, and insane customization of cars, costumes, tattoos and graffiti.

Looking for a bad-ass gun controller for FPS games? XCM’s new XFPS Storm combines the best of joystick controls with a light gun. For Windows PCs now, Xbox 360 and PS3 versions soon.

Nope, it’s not a food challenge on Iron Chef: Nintendo. 2 mushrooms enter, 1 mushroom leaves. You’ve only got 24 hours to grab this fun Mario-inspired t-shirt by free_agent08 from ript.

After many delays, the highly-anticipated sequel to Mafia finally has a release date. Expect to see the cinematic M-rated killing spree hit PS3, Xbox 360 and Windows on August 24, 2010.

You are out of food. Would you like to fight? Of course you do. Sit back and enjoy a relaxing a game of Mortal Kombat vs. Oregon Trail. The ultimate finishing move? Dysentery, of course.

Watch what happens when master hunter Ironbeard McCullough from the Wii game Monster Hunter Tri tries to find a place to cook up his monster catch into a delicious monster burger.

Games Are Evil’s Game Developers Flowchart also doubles as a surprisingly broad and deep family tree; it’s the end-all, be-all definitive history of video game development studios.

Available 5/11/10: 3D Dot Game Heroes goes epic with this Ultimate Hero trailer, showing off giant swords, boomerangs, custom characters, and hordes of pixelated chickens.

Now available: we’ve never gotten into the Settler franchise, but Settlers 7 is a must buy for long-time Blue Byte fans; it features the three paths to victory and improved enemy AI.

Skate 3 Producer Brian Lindley shows off Skate 3’s Skate Create; it allows you to build your own skate parks using component pieces and also provides advanced camera functionality.

You’re already acquainted with the women of Red Dead Redemption, so learn about the smellier, more boozed-up sex in this Gentlemen & Vagabonds trailer; it’s due out 5/18/10.

Kill two vices with one stone (or spin) with the Drinking Roulette Set; it includes 16 shot glasses and two beads, with each cup matching to a corresponding red or black slot on the wheel.

Available 4/13/10: Dead to Rights: Retribution metes out justice in slow-mo in the trailer above; you’ll play a vice cop in a neo-noir crime drama which reboots the 2002 franchise.

LowRez Retroshirts takes classic 8-bit gaming back even further in time with low res, ultra-minimalist designs based on games such as Dig Dug, Donkey Kong, and Space Invaders.