Playdead has confirmed that it’s working on porting the Limbo to both the PlayStation 3 and PC. A July release is planned for the PS3 version, but there’s no information available about a date for PC. More details should arrive next week.

Additionally, Playdead has revealed that they are developing a new IP targeted at Limbo fans.

Activision has announced the creation of Call of Duty XP 2011, a convention designed to celebrate the game’s community. Set to take place on a 12-acre compound in Los Angeles September 2-3, the event will host a reveal of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3‘s multiplayer mode. The company anticipates that 6,000 attendees will be able to get their hands on the game’s cooperative and competitive multiplayer modes, and check out the fully functioning Call of Duty Elite service over the course of the convention. There will also be a $1 million Call of Duty tournament, with players able to qualify on site or by competing in regional Black Ops qualifiers, paintball competitions on a life-sized multiplayer map, live entertainment, and developer panels.

Tickets go on sale July 19 and will cost $150 each. All of the money from ticket sales will go to benefit the Call of Duty Endowment, a nonprofit group founded by Activision in 2009 to help soldiers transition to civilian life with job placement and training programs.

VentureBeat reports that some Star Wars Galaxies players have written to inform of their desire to sue Sony Online Entertainment for shutting down the MMO next December. Unfortunately, those folks should have checked their facts first. The game’s EULA (you know, the paperwork in the packaging that no one ever reads) clearly states that Sony “may also terminate this Agreement if we decide, in our sole discretion, to discontinue offering the Game, in which case we may provide you with a prorated refund of any prepaid amounts.”

Sony is following through with the terms of their agreement, giving users pro-rated refunds for any subscription time after October 15. The game will then operate for free until it shuts down two months later.

Horizon Studios, an independent developer comprised entirely of Train2Game students, the games design and development course run by DR Studios, has released their internally developed touch screen puzzler, Postal Panic for iPad at the Apple App Store. The game is available to download for free for the first three weeks and thereafter the game will be priced at $0.79 cents.

Postal Panic is a postal delivery game, where you deliver parcels as quickly as you can. As the parcels come down the conveyor belt, you need to deliver them to the postcode displayed before they hit the bottom, starting in London and then going national.

Capcom, publisher of Resident Evil: Mercenaries 3D, has denied that discouraging secondhand sales of their recently released 3DS game was not their goal when they included a feature that permanently saves a player’s progress directly onto the cartridge. A company representative was quoted by Gamasutra as saying ”the nature of the game invites high levels of replayability in order to improve mission scores. Secondhand game sales were not a factor in this development decision.” Mercenaries joins Super Monkey Ball 3D on the list of 3DS games that do not allow saved games to be deleted.

Notch, creator of the world construction set Minecraft, announced Tuesday that the game’s new patch, version 1.7, will include the addition of the ability to move blocks around the environment. This will make possible the creation of moving objects, from basic doorways to more complex machinery. Also included in the “Pistons” update will be various minor bug squashings. The patch is set to be released soon as part of Notch’s upcoming new blog.

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Gamigo has provided a glimpse into what’s coming in the next add-on for Black Prophecy. The highlight of this is Enzo’s Enigmatic Emporium of Exotic Elegance, which is open to players Level 15 and higher and acts as a hub for new missions. It is also used by dubious dealers as a marketplace for goods of all sorts. Episode 1: Inferno in Tulima will be released in early July.

Bohemia Interactive has begun an open beta of Arma 2: Free, a free-to-play version of Arma 2. The title serves up almost everything offered by the original game, minus the campaign and HD graphics. Create your own custom-built scenarios or deploy a selection of missions and game-modes made by others. The game will not include micro-transactions or hidden costs. It’s free to download, free to play, free to share, free to host, and free to create.

On June 30, G5 Entertainment will start releasing titles on the Android Market. The first five games in the line-up are Supermarket Mania, Success Story, Mahjongg Artifacts, Mahjongg Artifacts: Chapter 2, and Stand O’Food. Games for Android from G5 Entertainment will be available for free (think Lite versions from the App Store), and include the option to unlock the full content via in-app purchase.

Evil Dead is now on sale for $0.99 for a limited time at the App Store. The app is a horror/action/shooter/adventure where you play as Ash and must fight off Deadites and a host of other possessed abominations in order to stay alive and protect your friends. The game’s story mode includes 30 levels based on the film, and provides axes, boomsticks, and chainsaws to help you on your way. And to put a smile on the face of fans, dialogue and music from the film are included.

In a long-awaited decision, the US Supreme Court has ruled that California may not ban the sale of violent video games to children, striking down a law that is the latest in a long line of attempts by various states to make the sale of such games illegal. In Governor of California v. the Entertainment Merchants Association, the court held in a 7-2 vote that ”Video games qualify for First Amendment protection. This country has no tradition of specially restricting children’s access to depictions of violence. And California’s claim that interactive video games present special problems, in that the player participates in the violent action on screen and determines its outcome, is unpersuasive.” The ruling invalidates a 2005 law that forbade the sale or rental of violent games to persons under 18.

Hothead Games today announced Kard Combat, a single and multiplayer strategy card game for iPhone and iPad, that will be available to download for free when it arrives at the App Store. Players choose their destiny by selecting a mage and participating in an ancient tournament of cards and magic. Want to know more before you read about it in an App Attack? Check out this trailer.

According to Industry Gamers sources, Sony plans to unveil the PlayStation 4 in 2012. This corroborates an earlier report from Crytek on the subject, but many analysts disagree. Some believe that we can expect to see Sony announce a price drop for the PS3 as it evaluates the health of the brand before any new consoles are announced.

Bodycount is billed as an adrenaline-inducing, explosive torrent of action, destruction and gun ecstasy. Codemasters claims that it’s an FPS that puts the fun back into firepower, and attempts to back that up with this trailer. Bullets are never in short supply, but it’s their effect on the world as you shred through enemies and the environment that counts. More details should arrive soon, but in the mean time, enjoy the carnage!

Galaga Legions DX is the latest title in Namco Bandai’s Namco Generations series of classic updates. Though still slated as TBN for PSN, the game will hit XBLA on June 29 for 800 Microsoft Points. This trailer details your ship’s new Diffuse Fire ability, which is designed to provide a strategic advantage compared to the previously revealed Focus Fire technique.