We’ve received an urgent message via the PlayStation Blog!

Calling all PlayStation Home residents! Reports of an impending attack on Central Plaza have come through the PlayStation Home Community Management office. Our friends over at Hellfire Games are asking you, the resistance, to report to the new Novus Prime space station. From there you will board a state-of-the-art fighter ship and engage the enemy in a free-to-play action multiplayer space combat game.

Form teams of up to four players and embark on a score of dangerous missions where you will employ cutting-edge weaponry in intense battles against massive fleets of foes. Purchase new ships, weapons, and upgrades from the workshop, customizing your fighters’ styling and gear. Take your avatars out into zero-G, floating freely while shooting the parasitic crawlers that drill into the station’s hull. The best pilots can even earn an exclusive animated officer’s jacket! Do you have what it takes to fight back the invaders?

Sony has announced that they are assembling an arsenal of over fifty (20 being developed in house) 3D games in their renewed assault on the home console market.

In and interview with Develop, SCEE studio director Mick Hocking said, “it’s a very positive thing to see the great level of interest in 3D from our development studios. Some of [the 3D games] are massive names. That’s a really, really good sign that the industry is behind our unique message that 3D is a key element in the future of home consoles. We’re actively talking to developers and publishers, and we’re also offering training to them to help them get up to speed with 3D. 3D isn’t just about adding depth to a picture – developers need to know how to get the very best out of the technology on PS3 and we’ll ensure that they do.”

Gamasutra reports that Nintendo will be joining Microsoft and Sony at next year’s CES for the first time in 16 years.

The event, held in Las Vegas from January 6-9, is redoubling its focus on the gaming industry, as the space continues to increase in importance across all levels of consumer electronics. It will include a Gaming Showcase that welcomes AMD, HP, Intel, Lenovo, LevelUp, Logitech, Microsoft, Nintendo, Nokia and Sony to the show floor, as well as such publishers and developers as Alcazar Entertainment, Cosmi, DC Comics/Warner and DreamWorks Animation.

A tweet from Sony’s Russian team that appears to confirm the existence of Mass Effect 3 for the PS3 has been pulled, but not quickly enough. Games Radar was nice enough to screen cap and translate it for the rest of the world.

The tweet (left) translates as, “Company #BioWare Award for #VideoGameAwards showed a teaser, in which we can see the first footage #MassEffect 3.” The Twitter account, PlayStationRU, appears to be an official Sony-sanctioned account, and despite the poor translation (waiting for Alaric to chime in to be certain), the tweet clearly suggests that Mass Effect 3 will be officially announced and debuted at the VGAs on December 11.

Fluidity, a WiiWare game that might be described as a platformer starring a small amount of water, will be released at the Wii Shop on December 6 for 1,200 Points. An encyclopedia called Aquaticus is under attack from the evil Influence, and it’s your job to save it. First revealed at this year’s PAX, Fluidity is a side-scroller in which players tilt the Wii Remote to move water through various obstacles, gaining the ability to freeze or boil it when necessary.

Halo Wars players were greeted with some unwelcome news this past weekend. Joystiq reports that the game’s stat tracking home, as well as its official forums, will be shut down on December 15. The community is being persuaded to move its conversation over to the Halo Waypoint forums, and on the same day as the closure, an update will launch for Halo Wars, forever severing it from the soon-to-be-discontinued website.

Blizzard Entertainment may soon renew its relationship with gaming consoles. The company has posted a job opening on its official site seeking a “Lead Designer, Console” to work on Diablo III.

The rumors began to fly as soon as word of the listing was picked up across the Web, so Blizzard felt it necessary to issue the following statement. “We’re exploring a Diablo-related concept for consoles and are currently looking to fill a few senior console-related positions on the Diablo III team. As we’ve said in the past, with proper care the gameplay could suit the console platform, and we’re interested in seeing what talent out there might be interested in such a project. If you’re passionate about all things Diablo and have the requisite skill and experience, then head over to our jobs site to check out the positions and apply. Please note that this is not an announcement of a console title. We are first and foremost developing Diablo III for Windows and Mac PCs and don’t intend to allow any possibility of a console interpretation to delay or affect the release of the game.”

While a majority of US states don’t, yet, legally recognize same-sex marriage, Zynga’s Frontierville has spawned over 650,000 boy-boy and girl-girl unions. According to Kotaku, Zynga CEO Mark Pincus delivered this news yesterday at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco while rattling off other interesting statistics about the company’s game portfolio. While these pairings don’t necessarily mean that there are 650,000 gay and lesbian couples playing the game, the statistic itself makes you wonder if gamers are perhaps more “open” than your average human.

Polish publisher CD Projekt has finally issued a release date for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. Though Project lead Adam Badowski admits that the launch was moved back a few weeks to allow for more development time, it will arrive on May 17.

And for those looking for premium goodies, Joystiq reports that GameStop has already launched pre-orders of the game’s collector’s edition. For $130 players will receive a copy of the game, the Vernon Roche Commando Jacket which boosts player’s sword-fighting abilities when equipped, a making-of DVD, the official soundtrack, a world map, an art book, a Geralt sculpture, a Temerian coin, a set of dice, three stickers, a deck of playing cards with a rulebook, a cursed coin, and three character figures.

It’s truly a rare event when a game actually arrives earlier than expected, and today is one of those days. Crazy Taxi was initially slated for a November 23 release, but it arrived today at the PlayStation Store for $9.99. Additionally, PlayStation Plus subscribers will get a $1.99 discount on all purchases made before November 30. The XBLA version is another matter, however, as it won’t arrive until November 24 as scheduled.

Electronic Arts’ Need For Speed Shift is getting a follow-up from Slightly Mad Studios. Shift 2 Unleashed will launch for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC this spring. The series is reportedly getting a graphics overhaul and will be supported with a new edition of the Need for Speed Autolog network, which the franchise uses for matchmaking, friends lists and stats management.

The developers at Housemarque are putting the finishing touches on their latest masterpiece: Dead Nation. November 30 it will land in US hands for $14.99, and yes, it includes a Platinum Trophy.

Dead Nation features both online and offline two-player cooperative play, a lengthy campaign littered with hidden treasures, and upgradeable weapons and armor. According to the official PlayStation Blog, the difficulty settings make for great replay value, and the fifth and final difficulty level, Undead, “will leave you breathless!”

If the Twitter trends are to be believed, Activision is planning to shut down Liverpool-based studio Bizarre Creations.

Travelers’ Tales boss Jon Burton started the ball rolling. “Sad Day for games developers. Really glad I didn’t sell my company to Activision.” This was followed by numerous tweets from other members of the UK development scene, indicating that approximately 200 people could lose their jobs when Activision shuts the doors.

Eurogamer requested more information from Activision directly, and received the following clarification. “Bizarre is a very talented team of developers, however, because of the broader economic factors impacting the market, we are exploring our options regarding the future of the studio, including a potential sale of the business.”

IGN reports that a follow-up to Transformers: War for Cybertron has been confirmed. “This is the most highly-rated, critical success of any game that’s had the Hasbro brand yet,” Mark Blecher, SVP and General Manager of Digital Media & Gaming, said during an investors call earlier this week. “We’re looking forward to a sequel in 2012.”

The game that has dominated the iPhone App Store for months will be coming to several new platforms. 1Up reports that during the Virtual Goods Summit in London, developer Rovio’s CEO, Peter Vesterbacka confirmed that Angry Birds will be coming to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii. Responding to an audience question, Vesterbacka said, “yes, we’re doing PSN, Xbox, and Wii. For starters.”