Despite its poor review showings, and let’s be honest, out right bashing; Aliens vs Predator has been doing really well. Well, at least on one island in particular. (I am talking about the U.K.) Yes AvP is now the number one fastest selling game this year. At least according to this twitter from Sega of Europe:

“News just in; AvP is the fastest selling game this year and also no.1 in the all-formats chart here in the UK.“

Take particular not again of a key phrase. ‘This year’ So no, not all time. Yet it still beat out Mass Effect 2. Guess the English (with a big E) don’t like space marines….. Oh, wait.

The 13th Annual Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) were held on February 18th, 2010 and surprisingly they happened to not be shown on Spike.  This despite the fact that the award ceremony was hosted by none other then ‘comedian’ Jay Mohr.

The big winner at the award show was Uncharted 2, which has received numerous critical praise.  Below are the complete list of award winners.

Game of the Year – Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

• Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
• Developer: Naughty Dog
• Producer: Sam Thompson
• Creative Director: Amy Hennig
• Game Director: Bruce Straley

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction – Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

• Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
• Developer: Naughty Dog
• Producer: Sam Thompson
• Creative Director: Amy Hennig
• Game Director: Bruce Straley

Casual Game of the Year

– Flower

• Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
• Developer: thatgamecompany
• Producer: Kellee Santiago
• Creative Director: Jenova Chen

Fighting Game of the Year – Street Fighter IV

• Publisher: Capcom
• Developer: Capcom
• Producer: Yoshinori Ono

Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year – Dragon Age: Origins

• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Developer: BioWare
• Producer: Mark Darrah
• Creative Director: Mike Laidlaw
• Game Director: Mark Darrah

Sports Game of the Year – FIFA Soccer 10

• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Developer: EA Canada
• Producer: David Rutter
• Creative Director: Gary Paterson
• Game Director: Kaz Makita

Racing Game of the Year – Forza Motorsport 3

• Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
• Developer: Turn 10 Studios
• Producer: Korey Krauskopf
• Creative Director: John Wendl
• Game Director: Dan Greenawalt

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design – Batman: Arkham Asylum

• Publisher: Eidos/Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment
• Developer: Rocksteady Studios
• Lead Level Designer: Ian Ball

Adventure Game of the Year – Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

• Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
• Developer: Naughty Dog
• Producer: Sam Thompson
• Creative Director: Amy Hennig
• Game Director: Bruce Straley

Social Networking Game of the Year – Farmville

• Publisher: Zynga
• Developer: Zynga
• Producer: David Gray
• Creative Director: Mark Skaggs
• Game Director: Bill Mooney

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year – Brutal Legend

• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Developer: Double Fine Productions
• Producer: Caroline Esmurdoc
• Creative Director: Tim Schafer
• Game Director: Tim Schafer

Action Game of the Year – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

• Publisher: Activision
• Developer: Infinity Ward
• Producer: Mark Rubin
• Game Director: Jason West

Family Game of the Year – The Beatles: Rock Band

• Publisher: MTV Games
• Developer: Harmonix Music Systems
• Producers: Paul DeGooyer, Jeff Jones, Alex Rigopulos
• Creative Director: Chris Foster
• Game Director: Josh Randall

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming

– Scribblenauts

• Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
• Developer: 5th Cell Media
• Producer: Joseph M. Tringali
• Creative Director: Jeremiah Slaczka
• Game Director: Jeremiah Slaczka

Outstanding Achievement in Animation – Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

• Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
• Developer: Naughty Dog
• Lead Animators: Josh Scherr, Jeremy Lai-Yates, Mike Yosh

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering – Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

• Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
• Developer: Naughty Dog
• Technology Director: Pal-Kristian Engstad

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction – Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

• Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
• Developer: Naughty Dog
• Art Directors: Erick Pangilinan, Robh Ruppel

Outstanding Achievement in Story – Adapted – Batman: Arkham Asylum

• Publisher: Eidos/Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment
• Developer: Rocksteady Studios
• Writers: Paul Dini, Paul Crocker

Outstanding Character Performance – Batman: Arkham Asylum – Joker

• Publisher: Eidos/Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment
• Developer: Rocksteady Studios
• Writers: Paul Dini, Paul Crocker
• Voice Actor: Mark Hamill

Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

• Publisher: Activision
• Developer: Infinity Ward
• Lead Online Designer: Todd Alderman

Outstanding Achievement in Story – Original – Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

• Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
• Developer: Naughty Dog
• Writers: Amy Hennig, Neil Druckmann, Josh Scherr

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition – Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

• Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
• Developer: Naughty Dog
• Composer: Greg Edmonson

Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack – Brutal Legend

• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Developer: Double Fine Productions
• Music Supervisor: Emily Ridgway

Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering – Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

• Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
• Developer: Naughty Dog
• Lead Game Play Programmer: Travis McIntosh

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design – Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

• Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
• Developer: Naughty Dog
• Sound Designer/Audio Lead: Bruce Swanson

Outstanding Achievement in Portable Game Design – Scribblenauts

• Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
• Developer: 5th Cell Media
• Lead Level Designer: Matt Cox

Portable Game of the Year – Scribblenauts

• Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
• Developer: 5th Cell Media
• Producer: Joseph M. Tringali
• Creative Director: Jeremiah Slaczka
• Game Director: Jeremiah Slaczka

The somewhat anticipated title of Just Cause 2 has now launched some new videos detailing stunts to get you, the gamer, excited.  As in the first Just Cause you will take control of Rico Rodriguez in a quest to overthrow another ‘dick-tator’.

Hopefully developer Avalanche Studios learned from previous mistakes and will create a more engrossing title with Just Cause 2.  Take a look at the current videos, detailing stunts that Mr. Rico is able to do, and be the judge.

Just Cause 2 heli Stunt Video

Rico Pretending he is a GamingBolt News Editor

Sometime in the distant past, in the heralded year of 2005, a game title was announced along with a website.  This game, Project Offset, had garnered some interest as the graphics were ‘beautiful’ and intriguing.  Some years later the developer was purchased by Intel as there was much interest in the game engine, known as the Offset Engine.

As Project Offset has a rocky past many in the gaming community has written this game off as vapor ware, but now a new video has surfaced.  Are gamers still going to be excited by a game that has aged a tad?  Well dear reader, you could of watched the video and been the judge.  But guess what?  The video has now been removed from YouTube, continuing the speculation that Project Offset is nothing more then a persistent rumor and vapor ware.