Are you a Playstation 3 owner looking forward to next year’s ModNation Racers, the next title to take up LittleBigPlanet’s “Play. Create. Share.” mantra? Get a head-start against everyone else with by taking part in the beta program starting December 18th! The beta runs until January 5th, giving you plenty of time to test some of the track-building and kart-racing that this little gem looks to offer.

How do you get in, you ask?

1. Buy the GOTY edition of LittleBigPlanet.
2. Subscribe to Qore, Playstation 3’s monthly interactive magazine.
3. Try and win one at the Playstation Blog.

Check checking our site or follow us on Twitter as we will keep you date on any news regarding the entry process.

Check out the video after the jump for more details regarding the beta:
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I CAN FEEL IT COMING OVER ME!

In an interview with CBR, writer Jim Zubkavich describes the four-part series as “a teen action-dramedy in the vein of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and says “It’s fun, energetic and filled with snappy banter, coupled with the best artwork of Omar Dogan’s career.”

So it’s nothing like the horrible anime section’s in Street Fighter IV? Cool. Check out the whole lengthy interview over here.

The Sega Europe Blog announced earlier today that Aliens, Alien3, and AVP film veteran Lance Henriksen will reprise his role as Charles Bishop Weyland in the forthcoming Alien Vs Predator game. Mr. Henriksen seems to be very pleased with his digitally rendered self (courtesy of Rebellion, the game’s developer) stating, “I might score from this game!”

Gross.

Check out Lance Henriksen in all of his digital glory after the jump:
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For the uninformed and the uninitiated, Modern Warfare 2’s competitive multiplayer game has recently run into a problem involving players exploiting a glitch that allows them to FUCKING EXPLODE AND DECIMATE ANYONE STANDING WITHIN A 50 FOOT RADIUS OF THEIR DYING BODY. The glitch works like this: Equip a javelin missile launcher, “do” the glitch (Google it. It’s disgustingly easy.), run into a group of players, DIE, they rack up the points as you immediately take them down with you, you cheap-ass, son-of-a-bitch.

If you’re finding out about this now, I’m sure that you think that the glitch is hilarious. You’re right, it is. It’s especially funny when two “glitchers” cross paths. It turns into this absolutely hilarious staring match of two idiots trying to figure out the best way to handle this impossible situation. If one stabs the other, the other explodes. Is one, measly kill worth the trouble? Anyway, the initial hilarity fades quickly when every game you enter is nothing more than a series of exploding retards.

Infinity Ward says the fix will be out soon. According to Mr. Robert Bowling, the PS3 fix is “in the pipeline” and the Xbox 360 patch is currently in Microsoft certification. A warning note to all you crazy, ’splosion men: Microsoft is threatening exploit-abusers with a 24 hour ban, but I’d say you probably have a better chance at getting struck by lightning, so bombs away.

So what are all of the honest gamers left to do until this game-breaking situation is resolved? Try playing a different game mode. “Search and Destroy” seems fine whenever I have tried it. If the suicide bombers find you there, play Left 4 Dead 2!

We’ll miss you…

Yesterday, Best Buy CMO Barry Judge announced a new endeavor for entertainment retail giant Best Buy via his blog:

As we continue to explore new ways to make our customers happy, Best Buy is moving into the used games market. This week, several of our Dallas and Austin stores will test a kiosk-based model that allows customers to insert their used games into a kiosk that will scan it for functionality, and immediately issue a voucher that is instantly redeemable for a Best Buy gift card. It’s a pretty slick system and one of the few trade-in programs to provide instant gratification; you get the gift card on the spot and can redeem it on anything in the store – not just another game. We’ll also be testing the sale of used games in those stores, and some of the kiosks will even rent games and movies. We’re excited about this test, especially because we know how deeply passionate our customers and our employees are about gaming, movies and entertainment overall. And the trade-in and used value propositions will give those passionate customers even more choice and value at Best Buy.

Used games? Uh oh, GameStop… could your current reign as the trade-in kings finally be coming to a well-deserving end? Suffice to say, they’re not worried. In a statement to the Star Telegram, the company had this to say:

GameStop understands that trading in used games and consoles is a highly-assisted activity. We are very confident in our business model that allows our expert associates to help consumers trade in product, a fact not addressed with a self-serve process.”

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If you’re someone who spends their time playing flash games on the internet, you probably wouldn’t mind heading over to The AddictingGames Showdown and voting your favorites. The winners will be announced this Saturday on Nickelodeon at 8:00 pm ET. The categories include the following:

Most AddictingGame
Best Performance by a Monkey
Most Courageous Stick Figure Stunt
Greatest Escape Game
Best Game from Planet Random
Your Mom’s Favorite Game
Best Performance by a Robot
Most Adrenaline Pumping Game
Poppiest Pop Culture Game
Mostest Edumacational Game

Best Performance By a Monkey… hahah.

I love when they have video games on television, either casual or “core” titles, so even though I’m 23 years old, I’ll probably be watching Nickelodeon this Saturday.

Don’t ask me why, but after seeing the trailer for the movie adaptation of Hitman, I had high hopes for the film. The trailer was slick and shiny and because I was just a mild fan of the game, I wasn’t emotionally invested enough in the franchise to be worried about a botched adaptation. Besides, the movie had guns, violence, and an attractive Russian girl in a red dress (similar to the Resident Evil movies which I so very shamefully love). How could they screw it up?

Well, they did. The movie sucked. Big time. Yes, the movie had all of the things listed above, but somehow it was all so boring. Much like the other game-to-movie endeavors like Doom, Max Payne, and any of the steaming piles of excrement that Uwe Boll likes to shovel on us, Hollywood can’t figure out video game adaptations.

Now 20th Century Fox is ready to try again with “Hitman 2.” The studio has confirmed with movie news website, IESB, that a young new writer by the name of Kyle Ward will be attempting to do a better job than the original writer, Skip Woods (AKA the guy who penned the atrocious 2001 John Travolta flick, “Swordfish”). To be completely honest with you, I have no hope for this film at all. Mr. Ward has nothing noteworthy under his belt and his next project is another game-to-movie adaptation based on Kane & Lynch. Jesus…

As you can tell by my confessed love of the Resident Evil movies, I don’t expect much from a video game adaptation. To prove this even further, I saw DOA: Dead or Ailve in the theaters twice. All I ask is for a good time. Hey, who knows? Maybe Hitman 2 will be great! It certainly could be, it just seems like Hollywood has a hard time making a video game movie that’s fun and doesn’t take itself too seriously.

Are there any video game movies that you enjoy? How about Silent Hill or Mortal Kombat? You must admit, those movies were pretty cool. Or not. Let me know in the comments!

Big congrats to Naughty Dog for stealing the show with their PS3 exclusive, Uncharted 2!

Be sure to tell us you thoughts in the comments and check out the full list after the jump:

Game Critic Awards Best of E3 Winners:

Best of Show
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
(Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment America for PlayStation 3)

Best Original Game
Scribblenauts
(5TH Cell/Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment for Nintendo DS)

Best Console Game
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
(Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment America for PlayStation 3)
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While this news will most likely surprise no one, Squaresoft’s Playstation One best-seller Final Fantasy VII, has sold over 100,000 downloads since it’s release earlier this month, becoming what fellow gaming news site, Joystiq, is calling the fastest selling PSN game yet. Seeing as FF7 is widely regarded as one of the greatest RPGs of all time, again, this is not a shocker.

Joystiq brings up another discussion: “If a simple digital re-release can garner these kinds of sales figures, imagine what a proper remake could do.”

Ugh… I shudder at the though…

I love Final Fantasy VII, and now that there’s a PSN port that’s much easier to find than the original PS1 disc, I can’t think of any reason in the world to remake it. I can see it now: Crappy voice actors, cornball music, an “improved” battle system. No thank you, I’ll pass. While the plethora of FF7 spin-offs and sequels are a nice addition, they don’t even come close to the magic of the original game. Leave it alone, please.

What do you think? Final Fantasy VII remake: Yay or nay?