Announced by TheSixthAxis today, Eidos confirmed that a trophy patch for the lovely Lara Croft is on its way. No details were given as to when this patch would be made available or what kind of trophies would be coming but Keir Edmonds, the Community manager for the game, did have this to say…

In order for your chance at glory, you must first submit a 200 word essay as to why you are the best soldier for the job. If selected, you will then participate in a multiplayer match against eight others in which the top four get the opportunity to play with the Resistance 2 team. The team members will then select the top dog from those four and he/she will receive a concept art print signed by the whole team!

Mad Katz, the creators of anything and everything in the peripheral department have announced faceplates, skins, messenger bag, and even a Bluetooth headset for the upcoming Resident Evil 5! Talk about pimping out the game.

If you love Resident Evil as much as Mad Katz does, you’ll want to pick up any or all of the accessories. Hit the jump for the messenger bag and Bluetooh headset pictures…

The sequel to the highly popular Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has just been confirmed. Announced as part Activision’s forth quarter earnings call for 2009, Modern Warfare 2 is sure to impress. While we have no details on what Infinity Ward is up to this time around, an executive from the company stated that the game will be the most anticipated for the end of 2009.

The rest of the Bio-terrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA) are there to help you take out some zombie hordes. According to the latest issue of Famitsu, four non-playable members of the BSAA have been named, along with a brief description.

Translated by IGN, the four members are Kirk Macison, Dave Johnson, Dan Dechant, and Reynard Fisher. The article also mentions Joss Stone who leads the Delta Team and was the instructor of Sheva.

This past weekend there was a little thing called Comic Con in New York. Geeks dressed up as their favorite superheroes came flying in from all over the place. There were also some game developers at hand and MTV Multiplayer got a chance to sit down an talk with Dan Tovar and Mark Brown, producers for Namco Bandai’s upcoming remake of the classic Splatterhouse…

Been having fun blowing up other players in Call of Duty: World at War? Do you wish that there were more places for you to snipe your enemies or knock them out when they’re not looking? Come March, you and your fellow soldiers will have new environments to destroy each other in.

According to Kotaku, four new maps will grace the games multiplayer including one for the zombie in us. Whether German, Japanese, American, or Zombian, all will find pleasure in these new locals…

Arrr me maties! We spot some new treasures that need to be collected, specifically 7 bronze, 1 silver, and 2 gold trophies. We hope you have been brushing up on your plundering skills because you’re going to need them if you want to obtain all ten trophies.

Now we don’t know the exact date as to when you will be able to collect your precious treasure (sometime around the end of the month) but according to PlayStationLifestyle.net, we have your full trophy list right here. Hmm, wonder how many more pirate references we can make?

Flower, the game that has made our Most Wanted List, will be hitting the North American PSN Store this week. In celebration the folks over at PlayStation.Blog have posted a behind the scenes video with the developers of the game.

From beautiful landscapes and serene music to a woman with pink hair, wait…what? Pink hair? Yes, we said pink hair, just watch the video…

Amongst the usual content in next weeks Qore, both annual subscribers and people who purchase the digital magazine issue will receive a nice surprise. According to 1UP.com, a voucher for the original PS1 classic, Syphon Filter is included. And by included we mean “E-mail vouchers will be provided to annual subscribers and all those who purchase Episode 09 on or before March 31.”

The good folks over at PlayStation.Blog have given us an update on the upcoming PSN exclusive title, The Punisher: No Mercy. Aside from the six awesome looking screenshots just released, they have given us a Spring release date.

Gamers will get the chance to play as the popular vigilante as well as your favorite friends and enemies including Barracuda, Bushwacker, Jigsaw and Silver Sable. Prepare yourself for some destruction and mayhem when the game hits this Spring…

Not too long ago, just a few hours to be exact, we brought you news that Street Fighter IV would be getting alternate costumes in Japan. Well we now know that those same costumes will be hitting North American shores in packs of five as well, beginning February 17th for $3.99 each.

What we didn’t know then is that more DLC is on its way. Announced today is Championship Mode, an expansion pack which will add new and unique gameplay options to the game. Oh, and did I mention that it will be available free of charge?

Valentines Day is fast approaching us and those of us who don’t have the pleasure of having that significant other to be with will have to settle for SackBoy or SackGirl instead. The folks over at PlayStation.Blog have announced the Valentines Day Theme Pack along with a special costume, the McLovin SackBoy. Personally, I’d love to spend Valentines Day with the little guy, they are just so cute.

This isn’t as much an exciting update as we would like it to be but it’s an improvement nonetheless. The newest feature being added is the “Remove Player” function which allows the creator to remove players from a Game Launching session. Talk about being in control. Hit the just for the rest of the details…

According to Andriansang.com, RE5 will have Home support from the get go with Street Fighter adding functionality through an update. The lounge for Resident Evil 5 will have a Kijuju theme and players will be able to join co-op games and such from there. Users will also be able to unlock items during their playthough of the game as well as purchase costumes of their favorite characters. Looks like we’re going to have a lot of Ryu’s and Ken’s running around.

Now I know what you might be thinking. Isn’t SingStar a Sony exclusive? Well yes, it is, but that doesn’t mean the PS3 can get some favorable love over its elder brother, the PS2. SCEE have announced the full track list featuring nothing but Queen songs including 5 exclusive tracks found only on Blu-ray. The game is due out in Europe and Australia this March. Check out all the songs below…

You might have remembered last week when we posted screenshots of the upcoming X-Blades, featuring the lovely Ayumi and her…umm…assets. There is nothing cheeky about this set. Instead, this new back of shots show off her other assets; I’m talking about the swords here folks, along with some interesting looking demons. Hit the jump for the rest of the pictures…

You never would have guessed it but Cuboid is quite addicting. There is great satisfaction when you move that block into position and hear the winning chime. Some of the more difficult puzzles, the later ones on Expert, can take upwards of twenty minutes each. Yikes! That’s what I call dedication. Of course, it’s going to be different for everyone but it definitely takes some thought and pre-planing if you want to get the best score.

Figurines, art books, soundtracks; it is all good stuff but presentation is key. It is what sets them apart from the rest of the games out there. Ranging close to 1.5x the price of the game itself, are these so called Collector’s Editions worth collecting though?

We take a look at both the usual and unique items in Collector’s Editions and whether they are deemed fit to be worthy of their name…