Racing fans everywhere mourned the death of the great Colin McRae after his unfortunate helicopter accident back in 2007. Furthermore it left fans of the popular DiRT series wondering if the franchise would push on.

Well, despite the tragic death, 2008 rolled around and DiRT 2 was announced still sporting the Colin McRae branding. The game’s title isn’t the only appearance Colin McRae will be making as according to MTV Multiplayer, there will be some other subtle and not-so-subtle acknoledgements in his memory.

Apparantly, a large chunk of the game will have players working to qualify for a Colin McRae Memorial Cup. Additionally, Codemaster’s Mark Turosz was quoted to have said “You’ll hear other drivers talking about him. He’s the central figure in the narrative.”

Colin McRae: DiRT 2 is set to hit shelves for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in September of this year.

Here’s a story that will raise some eyebrows concerning gun control — It seems that an 11-year old boy from northern Mississippi was playing with a computer game with his younger 9-year old brother whom he proceeded to beat pretty badly.

The discouraged 9-year old then proceeded to get their fathers shotgun which resulted in the two boys struggling to gain control of the shotgun. During the struggle the gun evidentally went off and hit the younger boy in the chest killing him.

This is truly a sad story but I wonder, what game were they playing and how badly did the younger boy get beaten that he felt the need to kill his older brother? And why didn’t the parents hide their gun?

Read (SkyNews)

We present to you with our deepest of symptathy the announcement that Dave Arneson has passed away at age 61 on April 7th after a bout with cancer. Dave Arneson, for those who didn’t know, was one of the co-creators of Dungeons & Dragons, the roleplaying board game that put RPGs on the map.

This horrible news comes to us in an email that was released by Mr. Arneson’s family that assures us he was with his family and in a peaceful state of mind when he passed away.

From everyone here at DigitalBattle, rest in peice Dave Arneson, roleplaying won’t be the same without you.