Modern Warfare has been a topic of hot debate since its release. Was the single player gameplay too unimaginative? Are Infinity Ward trying to turn PC gamers into console gamers? Can P2P gaming work? We've put it out there and essentially said for competitive play, the PC version is a no-go zone. Chief among the reasons we cited was the lack of dedicated server support - but there's issues beyond that too.

Whichever way you fall, there's no doubt the game is already one of the best selling games of all time. We decided to strip emotive arguments away and expand on a few things Modern Warfare 2's multiplayer could benefit by addressing. We're not going to bother referencing dedicated servers as we made our stance clear in our review.

Obviously this is just our opinion and we're by no means gods of COD - let us know what your thoughts are.

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We should have known. Mass: We Pray - the "religious game" for Wii we suspected was a gag .... is. But the catch is it's (yet another) Dante's Inferno marketing stunt.

Clicking on the pre-order box or the link for more information about the "developer" on the M:WP site now sends you to a Dante's Inferno webpage which talks of the sixth circle of hell, Heresy.

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This week's update kicks off with Andy not showing off his Modern Warfare 2 skills enough while exploring the decision in Russia to pull the game from the shelves. Next up he talked to Andrew Jenkins from Microsoft about the new social networking features on the Xbox - Facebook and Twitter - as well as the Zune movie player feature. Finally Gemma Willocks at Sega talks Bayonetta - which they're calling "the first AAA blockbuster of 2010" - evidently based on its release date...

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The boys have put on an epic episode this week - Edge and Eve from the WWE join to talk Smackdown vs Raw 2010 while both of them are hit on by Richie and Benny. Next up Charles Martinet (the voice of Mario) joins Benny and Heather Murphy (from Nintendo Australia) to test Heather's Nintendo knowledge and Benny's mimicry talents. Finally MC Hammer talks golden toilets and hammer pants - oh, and Lips Greatest Hits.

Watch the latest episode of The Benny & Richie Show in our videos library or download the video from our files library now!

As Ubisoft's presser (and GreySquirrel) have pointed out - Supreme Commander is back making news again, and now has a date of sorts for its PAL release: Autumn 2010.

Here's what Ubi - also working on another RTS, Ruse - have to say about Gas Powered Games' sequel:

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You didn't throw away that vinyl turntable did you? Because you're going to be needing one to get the most out of the special edition of BioShock 2. And some wall space, but we'll get to that in a second.

Yes, for $149.95 (PS3 and Xbox 360) and $129.95 (PC) you too will join the special ed crew as you (in 2K' words) "celebrates the game’s unique music and art with contents inspired by the time period and the fantastic undersea world of Rapture."

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35 kilometer draw distance sounds like a pretty hot selling point for a military FPS that prides itself on realism. And while Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising copped a fair bit of stick post launch due to sketchy AI, no dedicated servers for multiplayer, and a lacklustre approach to environmental design.

However the concept was solid enough - and there's always hope that Codemasters will patch the blazes out of the game before the playerbase deserts it entirely. In the meantime, if you want a taste of what Op Flash:Dragon Rising has on offer, the demo has gone online.

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Capcom's new Dark Void didn't even make it to store shelves before it got collected by Brad Pitt's production company, Plan B.

The game should sell well when it goes on sale in the slow holiday period (January 22nd is its European listed date) for PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. However it's puzzling how it got the nod with so many potential titles in the wild. Here's how Capcom describes the game:

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Well now at least we know what the hold up is with StarCraft II, the one RTS meant to rule them all. Blizzard's been busy sexifying up it's official website, which went live this week.

It's not all HTML however, there's some new info being dangled out in order to get you checking out the new hotness.

Biographies, a rundown of the storyline, a discourse on multiplayer, and of course, new art and screenshots - some old, some new:

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Be honest, you haven't even completed Dragon Age: Origins yet. It's a monster. But a good one. And yet from the "can never get too much of a good thing" department, BioWare has announced "Return to Ostagar", fresh content for DA:O which will be winging its way to players this "holiday season" - presumably December/January.

Carved from the sacred word processor, sanctified by spellchecker, and released from the darkest depths of BioWare's PR dungeons comes this missive:

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