News Roundup: The Lost and Velvet Demigod

by: Randy - posted: 3/5/2009 1:04:00 AM

In GamingNexus news:

• We probe into the life and death of Allied spy, Velvet Assassin.
• Numbers-wise, Nintendo dominates the ESRB this past week.  And the board rates MadWorld exactly what you'd expect.
• In The Lost and Damned, Randy treats Liberty City like it's the Wild West.
• THQ does the layoff thing.
• Watch Vin do his schtick.
• EA hopes Sony figures it out for the PS3.
• Activision Blizzard's got some cash to spend, looking to pick up deals.
• Buy Resident Evil 5, donate a pint to the Red Cross.
• The Lord of the Rings Online is turning over a new leaf.

And in other news:

• Skate It is simply too little, too late.
• Look to the Patriot WARP 128 GB SSD if you want to upgrade that sub-par 2.5 5400RPM HDD that came with your laptop.
• A competitive performer can be found in the ECS A780GM-A Ultra Black Motherboard.
• Demigod just keeps looking better and better.
• Icy Dock has done a fine job with their latest enclosure.
• Hiper's first chassis was a surprise hit.  Can their Osiris Mid-Tower follow that act?
• Does the FiTrainer do its job, or is it another useless gadget?

Thanks to Defunct Games, TechwareLabs, Legit Reviews, AtomicGamer, Tweaknews and Techgage for today's news roundup.