Heavy Rain is only just over a month away from release, and the official Heavy Rain site has been launched. Featuring the usual screenshots and videos, and even a competition which will launch on January 26, about nothing less than a murder mystery that players have only four days to solve.

Just in case Square Enix’s forthcoming Final Fantasy XIII wasn’t enough for you, we recently learned that Nippon Ichi’s Last Rebellion would be North American store shelves for the PS3 sometime next month.

As for European RPG fans, you will be stuck waiting until March 12th to get your hands on Last Rebellion.

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Normally when an accessory manufacturer releases a gun peripheral for any console it works through light detection. This new gun peripheral by XCM called Fire is quite different and is only compatible for the PS3. Why? Well, because it uses the same SIXAXIS technology found in the Dual Shock 3 controllers.

In other words, it senses motion like the Wii controller which will definitely make some of you cower in fear. However, based on the above video demonstration its functionality doesn’t look half bad.

No word on when the gun will be ready for consumers but it’s apparently 70% done so far.

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In case you don’t know about Peggle, (and if you don’t, shame on you!), it’s one of the more innovative puzzle games over the past few years. You basically shoot down pegs with your cannon, and each level gives you an X amount of red pegs to shoot down with just ten balls. There’s more to the gameplay, but that’s the essence of it. Peggle has since its release found its way to PC, consoles, cell phones and basically anything else that has a screen and a few buttons.

Peggle Night is not so much a new Peggle game, it’s rather an expansion pack to the regular Peggle also found on Xbox Live Arcade. While we won’t do a complete run-down on all the features — and honestly, we expect you to know about Peggle by now — it’s safe to say that it’s the same good ‘ol Peggle. You have 10 balls, lots of levels, lots of colored pegs to shoot your way through, and most importantly, you have your special power ups, which are given every time you hit a green peg. Read the rest of the review

Considering the success of the Halo franchise its no secret that Bungie is without a doubt sitting on a large amount of cash. And, with the recent earthquake in Haiti, it makes you wonder why a studio like Bungie hasn’t been pulling their weight. Well, now they are.

The studio has just announced that for everyone who puts a heart symbol as their emblem and plays in any online playlist this Wednesday and Thursday, they will donate 10 cents to the Red Cross up to $77,000. Additionally, they have also said that if you purchase a special edition shirt, they will give all of the proceeds to the Red Cross.

Infinity Ward and Activision, are you paying attention?

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It’s hard to believe that the original Aliens vs. Predator was released ten years ago, but it’s true — 10 years has passed indeed. The Aliens vs. Predator Classic 2000 has been released on Steam, and includes the Gold edition and the expansion pack, and retails for just $5 on Steam. It’ll offer you some good nostalgia when the successor comes out in a month.

The Writer’s Guild of America, a union serving screenwriters, game writers, and doing occasional strikes, has announced the 2010 game writing nominations. Which are, drum rolls…

* Assassin’s Creed 2
* Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
* Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
* Wet
* X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Yeah, we know, X-Men Origins is in there? So is Modern Warfare 2? Anyways, we’ll know the winners on February 20.

Ubisoft’s upcoming shooter I Am Alive was set to appear in stores later this year, but now, according to Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot, the game has been delayed until fiscal year 2011, which starts in April 2011 — quite a long delay. Ubisoft hasn’t done much to market the upcoming title either, after it was unveiled in 2008. The game saw some setbacks when it was moved from its original creators, Paris-based Darkworks, to a new developer at Ubisoft Shanghai.

The situation in Haiti is a mess, with millions of homes destroyed and over a hundred thousand dead, aid is badly needed. PopCap games has announced that all game sales proceeds today will go towards aid in Haiti, so if you were thinking of buying a PopCap game (we recommend Plants vs Zombies), today is the day to get one. Or you could just donate via RedCross.org.

Gran Turismo has supposedly around 1,000 cars, and one of them will be the brand new concept car from Toyota, the FT-86. Gran Turismo 5 has recently been delayed form March to an unknown date, most likely May or June. We’ll know soon.