News Blips for March 4, 2010. Former Infinity Ward heads file a lawsuit against Activision, Sony readies a new line of handheld devices to rival Apple, Ubisoft quiets rumors of their new DRM system being cracked, and more.

We have been hit with an unprecedented console crash. Was it a date issue? Was it a trophy problem? We don't know. Currently, all we know is that your Playstation 3's are (mostly) not working. We are mad as hell, and we are going to patiently wait it out until it is fixed. Right?

In lieu of Valentine's Day, this week's Spotlight eschews many of the hard-boiled shooter reviews which populate the mobfeed. Instead, we'd like to highlight reviews which appeal to our more sensitive side.

The top 20 sales for January 2010 has been released by the NPD group and features a wide spectrum of games across all platforms.

Video Blips for February 5, 2010. Heavy Rain action made from real-time in-game footage, the first 20 minutes of MAG, a trailer for The Children in Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening, and more.

This Reviews Spotlight takes a long look at Flash and indie games. But if you're not a fan of free-to-play titles, Darksiders and MAG also fall under the critical gaze of the Bitmob community this week.

Video Blips for January 26, 2010. The trailer for the campy Dead Rising live-action movie, an action-packed MAG trailer, a bilingual (no English) TV spot for Dragon Quest 6, and more.

A double-feature born from the MAG public beta. First, a fiction to give the feel of the game and then a reflection about war games and what they give us.

Realtime World's APB, led by GTA's creator David Jones, reimagines the sandbox action-adventure in a world where the cops and crooks are all played by human players, up to a 100 at a time. This is just one of the games that is reinventing what it means to be singleplayer or multiplayer in this new decade of ours. It begs one to question: Are these becoming antiquated labels to apply to games?

New Super Mario Bros. Wii didn't include Princess Peach, going with two Toads instead. This neglect of female characters is rampant in the industry.

Impressions of beta testing Sony's upcoming multiplayer shooter MAG and thoughts on being a game tester in general.

Cologne's Gamescom is an avalanche of sausages and questionable haircuts. Today was media and exhibitors only…tomorrow, the gates open to the public and it really gets nuts. Here's what I've seen so far....