After making an appearance on the latest Benny & Richie Show Jeremy Ray (Junglist) joins us for a special episode of The GAP! With five people sitting around the table things might get a little hectic - we discuss the EA/Activision role reversal, talk about all the games we've been playing and naturally hit all the news of the week (well, all the news we can remember).

We also ask some hard-ish questions of J Ray regarding the circumstances in which he finished hosting Good Game, and Jeremy answers them in good humour. This one's a big one as we squeezed an interview with a genuine games fanatic in - it's two hours and 12 minutes long, and around 90mb! Download Episode 10 of The GAP and tell us what you think! And as always, there's a language warning on The GAP!

The GAP Episode 10

It's true, I make a short cameo in this episode of Street Talk. If that isn't enough hotness for you, Sally is back to ask the punters at eGames what they'd like to see under their Christmas Tree.

Some of the answers are a little bit out there (who the heck wants Zelda for Christmas when Darksiders is out in January), as are the answerers... It's a good episode though. Head on over to our videos page to watch it, or our downloads page to download it! What do you want under your Christmas Tree?

Yeah, it's been a rough road if you're a PC owner, but unless you've had every last speck of love for Modern Warfare burned off you and you've vowed to not even look at anything MW2, this trailer is worth checking out.

We're currently under NDA however this trailer should pretty much encapsulate the breadth of what the story covers. Keen eyed punters will note footage of the US National World War II Memorial being shot up - something we predict will cause as big if not bigger stir than any airport massacre with diehard US punters once the game drops.

Modern Warfare 2 Launch Trailer

Okay, it's an epidemic. The man arguably responsible for dedicated servers being a standard in the first place, John Carmack, has told Variety he doubts dedicated server tech will feature in Rage.

Carmack seems to have had the question thrown out at random during a media tour pimping Doom Classic on iPhone.

“It’s not cast in stone yet, but at this point no, we don’t think we will have dedicated servers,”

Carmack seems relieved Infinity Ward are taking heat for being the forerunners:

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Andy is back with another Weekly Update - this time he takes a look at the eGames Expo, on last week in Melbourne. He caught us taping Episode 9 of The GAP, checked out what everyone was lining up for at Ubisoft and had a look at the awesome Rock Band 2 setup on the main stage.

He later caught up with Phil Day, the champion Galaga player who had to resubmit his world record attempt after a technicality rendered his previous attempt unusable! Finally, Andy took on Sony's newest addition to your family - the EyePet - to see how it would fit in with his family.

You can watch the latest episode in our videos library or download it from our files library now!

We knew it was coming, but even we're shocked at the speed with which the Herald Sun has managed to find a academic to claim Australia needs a gamer addiction treatment centre. We recently reported a rehab facility in Britain had expanded its practice to include gaming addicts.

Now, Associate Professor Vladan Starcevic of the University of Nepean has weighed in via that well known august journal of science, the Herald Sun:

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PlayStation 3 owners will be the first to see how Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is shaping up, with DICE announcing an exclusive multiplayer beta for PS3 owners starting on November 19.

PC users shouldn't explode in frustration just yet - an open beta of the game will be conducted for PC gamers in December.

Here come the caveats:

- the PS3 beta might be tied to a preorder scheme (boo) - DICE is asking non-US regions to "keep their eyes open for opportunities"
- the wording of the info says the PS3 has a "exclusive multiplayer beta" while the PC has a "open beta". We're checking with DICE right now to confirm the PC beta=MP

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Wow, that music game business seemed like an awesome idea awhile back. Big music names, cash, a whole new market.

Times are tough for Activision's music business at present. Rock Band is getting all the kudos for its treatment of The Beatles. Courtney Love just finished smearing mud over the Guitar Hero franchise for how it depicted fallen grunge hero Kurt Cobain. And DJ Hero - the big hope for music gaming cash this Christmas, has gotten off to a slow start.

So probably the last thing Activision needs right now is another lawsuit from another band in another of their music range. Yet that's what No Doubt has served up, dealing with their appearance in Band Hero.

The band has just issued the following statement:

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Remember Braid? The pretty and addictive rewind-capable platformer made by indy Jonathan Blow? Course you do. It's out on Xbox 360, PC and... well that's it. But Braid will grace the PlayStation Network this month, at least in some places.

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This episode of The Benny & Richie Show boots off with a bang, with Benny heading to San Francisco for 2K's BioShock 2. After a great look at the prequel to BioShock, Richie talks to Katsuhiro Harada - the Series Director on Tekken, in Australia for the launch of Tekken 6.

We then venture back into Rapture with a look at the BioShock 2 Multiplayer aspect before former presenter for Good Game Jeremy "Junglist" Ray joins the show to get some stuff off his chest (and smash Benny at FIFA). Make sure you read Benny's Hands On with BioShock 2, which is 100% awesome (if you kids can even read any more).

You can watch the latest episode in our video library or download it from the files library!