Mega Man 10 has finally arrived for download at the PlayStation Store. There will also be more to come in the Mega Man universe as playable character, Bass, and Special Stage 1 DLC packages will be available on April 5.

The year is 20XX and a suspicious outbreak of Roboenza, a Robot Flu, has broken out. It spreads through the world like wildfire bringing down robots everywhere. Infected robots are on a rampage and out of control as they destroy the city and hold everyone hostage. Who’s behind this mess? It’s up to Mega Man to take on this sinister threat and get to the bottom of this viral mystery.

Green Day: Rock Band, the standalone music video game experience that celebrates Green Day’s career, will launch worldwide June 8, for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii.

The title allows players to step onto the stage and into the shoes of Green Day, and assume the likenesses of band members Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool, as they progress through the story and history of Green Day. Throughout, rockers gain access to the band’s media vault, where they can unlock more than 100 collectible images, and more than 40 minutes of rare and unreleased video from interviews, outtakes and performances.

We make a special “soft” announcement in Episode 69 of the Avault Podcast, as Edward Green (aka Evil Ed) from The Evil Ed Podcast joins us this week. Evil Ed announced that his show will be formally announced on St. Patrick’s Day, and jumped right in on the conversation about how to make a better home fry. He also shared some details about his history in the industry and how he was doing podcast review shows before G4 even existed.

Food is an essential part of gaming, and if you’ve never heard of Coffee Bacon Ice Cream, you absolutely must tune in! The guys also delve into Avatar, Chris’ quest to acquire a PS3, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Resident Evil clone?), Heavy Rain, Rush, and Lady GaGa(?).

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Publisher: 2K Games
Developer: 2K Marin
System requirements: Windows XP SP2/Vista/Win 7, AMD 2.4 GHz or Intel 3.0 GHz CPU, 2 GB RAM, 11 GB hard-drive space, NVidia 7800GT or ATI Radeon X1900 or better graphics card, DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card, Internet connection (required for activation and multiplayer)
Genre: First-person shooter
Release date: Available now

Welcome back to the beautiful (but decrepit), fallen city of Rapture, where the halls once again echo with the sins of the past. Set eight years after the events of Bioshock, Rapture is now under the control of psychiatrist Sofia Lamb. While Andrew Ryan believed in the genius of the individual, Lamb espouses collective effort and the power of the community. Under Lamb’s rule, the first generation of Little Sisters has matured into adolescence. She sends Big Sisters out to coastlines across the Atlantic, kidnapping little girls and turning them into new Little Sisters. Into this grim picture comes Subject Delta, a fourth-generation prototype of the Big Daddy with no memory of his past, chasing an unseen foe in search of answers and his own survival.

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Join us Friday, March 12th at 9pm for the Adrenaline Vault’s PC Game Night. This month’s host is Andrew Clark, and we’ll be playing SOLDAT. For those of you unfamiliar with the game, it’s 2D, it’s fun, and it’s free. Time is EST and server address is 204.80.93.33. We look forward to seeing you all Friday night!

Peter Molyneux has set a target of 5 million copies sold for Fable III. It is by no means a financial target but rather a statistical indicator that will show more people were attracted by the big changes that the game will offer.

We have already heard of some of the considerable shifts that title will be taking, disregarding the shackles of the traditional RPG. Molyneux is very eager for all players to experience every feature the game will have, clearly unhappy that few players got to experience what Fable II had to offer.

- Benjy Ikimi

Source: IGN

Publisher: 2K Games
Developer: Gearbox Software
System: Xbox 360
Genre: RPS
Release date: Available now

We’re always going to want more when it comes to downloadable content. Depending on the platform, publisher and game itself, situations can get pretty ugly, too. Anybody who remembers the horse armor debacle in Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion knows what I mean. But that was probably the saving grace of DLC, because if gamers hadn’t voiced their price-for-content grievances, where would we be now? Would we be shelling out our MS Points for single items? Would the greedy hands that be see Borderlands as a DLC cash cow because of the limitless amount of weaponry they could sell? And would we still have seen an expansion as meaty as the Secret Armory of General Knoxx? Thank God I’m speaking hypothetically here.

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First Lady, Michelle Obama, has issued a challenge to software and video game designers to develop games and tools that get kids, especially 9- to 12-year-olds, excited about eating better and exercising more. The Apps for Healthy Kids contest is part of Mrs. Obama’s “Let’s Move!” campaign to raise public awareness about the national problem of childhood obesity.

Codemasters announced today that they will release a Formula 1 racing title in September, titled F1 2010. The release will be the first such game for the PC in eight years. Codemasters will use their own in-house EGO engine, and there will be several modes available, including Career mode. Additional features to be incorporated in the game are an extensive car damage model and weather effects.

Capybara Games has revealed that Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes will be available on both PSN and the XBLA with redrawn graphics. In addition, new equippable artifacts are being added, and the existing ones tweaked, to improve the multiplayer experience. You’ll also be able to go back and replay segments of the game after completing them. Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes is expected to become available on both platforms this summer.

Source: Game Set Watch

In 2008, Jonathan Bissoon-Dath and Jennifer Barrette-Herzog sued Sony and God of War creator David Jaffe for copyright infringement over the original PS2 game. Bissoon-Dath and Barrette-Herzog claimed that the game shared a number of “suspicious” coincidences with The Adventures of Own: Owen’s Olympic Adventure and screenplay Olympiad.

According to a posting by Jaffe on his personal site, the case was dismissed March 5.

Source: Kotaku

I think I know where these alternate timelines are going. At the beginning of the season, it was reasonable to assume that everything we saw on the island was part of the straight chronology – the timeline we’ve been following since the very beginning. So, Oceanic Flight 815 crashed on the island. The pilot was eaten. Hatches were cracked. Tailies were found. Tailies were killed. Secondary islands were discovered. Others became DHARMA became original Others. Shacks rocked. Donkey wheels were spun. Everything got groovy as we did the time warp back to the 70’s. Jughead blew his stack. Jacob lived. Jacob died. MiB Locke began assembling his army. Sawyer called someone tubby. All that happened in one constant timeline – no matter where the island happened to pinball to.

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The OnLive game streaming service will launch in the US on June 17, and is backed by Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Take-Two Interactive, THQ and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The service will be available for PC and Mac and will initially cost $14.95 per month.

According to the folks over at OnLive, the monthly fee “provides access to an ever-increasing library of high-end, new release game content and a host of exclusive community features such as Brag Clips and massive spectating. Individual titles will be available for purchase or rental on an a la carte basis. Specific game pricing, including rentals, purchases and loyalty programs, will be announced prior to the consumer launch event at E3. We’ll also be announcing additional loyalty and discount programs for consumers in the coming months.”

A list of the specific titles to be made available at launch has not yet been announced.

Source: Develop

EA Sports has announced that a new fitness title, currently tagged as EA Sports Active 2.0, is in development and will be available this fall for the PlayStation 3, Wii, iPhone and iPod touch. The fitness program aims to deliver true fitness results by featuring a wireless control system, powered by new leg and arm straps with motion sensors, a heart rate monitor to capture intensity, and a new online hub to track and share workout data.

The online hub will allow users to track and share all of their workout data, providing a centralized destination for all fitness, wellness and training needs. It will host an online global community of users who can share their fitness journeys, interact with workout groups and send messages to each other online to help each other stay inspired and engaged. Users will also have the ability to download new workouts and exercises to their online connected PlayStation 3 console in an effort to keep their workouts fresh and maintain motivation.

Street Fighter IV has just released for the iPhone and iPod touch at Apple’s App Store. The title features eight classic characters from the console version, including Ryu, Chun Li, Able, Blanka, M. Bison, Dhalsim, Guile and Ken and seven unique environments. Familiar move sets have not been left out, and veteran players will recognize many of the special moves, focus attacks, super combos and ultra combos. Newcomers to the series can get on the path to becoming a world warrior by completing the game’s new “Dojo” mode which provides simple to advanced lessons on dominating the game. In addition to all that single player mode has to offer, players can also battle head-to-head in “Versus” mode via Bluetooth.