Batman: Arkham Asylum will be released for the Xbox360, PS3, and PC. The game promises to take the player into ARKHAM ASYLUM (DUH!) as you move in the shadows, instigate fear amongst your enemies and confront The Joker and GOTHAM CITY’s most notorious villains who have taken over the asylum. Use a wide range of Batman gadgets and abilities as you become the invisible predator and attempt to foil the Joker’s demented scheme. Check out these screens:

In an interesting and unexpected turn of events Halo 3 beat out Gears of War 2, and Call of Duty 4 (and World at War) last week in terms of Xbox Live activity. So for the week of Nov 24th Halo 3 reigned supreme on Xbox Live. Here is the rundown:

1 Halo 3
2 Gears of War 2
3 CoD: World at War
4 Call of Duty 4
5 GTA IV
6 Fable II
7 Left 4 Dead
8 Madden NFL 09
9 Fallout 3
10 FIFA 09

Source: LIVE Activity for week of November 24th

Well the reviews are trickling in for the new Prince of Persia game and its looking pretty good. This new Prince of Persia game currently has a metacritic score of 90. You can check out the Gametrailers video review here.

The test were run and the verdict is in. SRK resident tech genius Toodles ran tests to finally get to the bottom of ongoing speculation about wireless joysticks and their performance as compared to wired joysticks. Most contend that wireless joysticks are not reliable enough (due to wireless latency etc.) to use for fighting games. Partially due to my instigation in a thread at SRK Toodles got the parts he needed and ran his tests. His Xbox 360 tests found that Xbox 360 pads were on par with their wired counter parts. His PS3 tests also found that wireless Playstation 3 Sixaxis pads were also on par with their wired counterparts. For his PS3 tests he used his own Cthulhu board.

Side Note: Instead of using the "guts" of a PS3 controller to create an arcade joystick many now opt to use the Cthulhu because its more cost effective and MUCH easier to wire up to buttons and joysticks. They also work on PC's. I highly recommend the Cthulhu board to anyone wanting to create their own PS3 wired arcade stick.

According to multiple sources in the interwebs the Japanese magazine Famitsu has reported that a demo for Resident Evil 5 will be hitting Japanese Xbox 360 owners on December 5th. Westerners will have to suck it up until Capcom is ready to hit us with a demo or find a copy of the demo on the internet and burn a DVD of the demo. Yeah that works too, I did it with the early Japanese release of the Ninja Gaiden II demo.

There will be three new downloadable content packs will be coming to Xbox 360 and PC versions in January that will add new quests, items, and content to Fallout 3. The official editor for Fallout 3, called the G.E.C.K. (Garden of Eden Creation Kit), will be available for free download in December and will allow PC users to create and add their own content to the game.

This is the rundown of the upcoming Xbox 360 and PC downlodable content:

• Operation: Anchorage. Enter a military simulation and fight in one of the greatest battles of the Fallout universe – the liberation of Anchorage, Alaska from its Chinese Communist invaders. An action-packed battle scheduled for release in January.
• The Pitt. Journey to the industrial raider town called The Pitt, located in the remains of Pittsburgh. Choose your side. Scheduled for release in February.
• Broken Steel. Join the ranks of the Brotherhood of Steel and rid the Capital Wasteland of the Enclave remnants once and for all. Continues the adventure past the main quest. Scheduled for release in March.