GameCyte

Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer.

Updated as the day rolls on and Jack Webb grows more humorless.

Enthusiast:

• Valve starts up official Team Fortress 2 blog (via 1UP)
• Metal Gear Solid 5 to be a prequel? (1UP via Shacknews)
• Full tracklist unveiled for Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (Eurogamer)
• Can buy me love: Bidding war over Beatles songs in Rock Band and/or Guitar Hero (Gamasutra)
• StarCraft II coming on XII/III? (Destructoid)
• Activision confirms co-op, split-screen, burnination in Call of Duty 5 (GamesIndustry.biz)
• Capcom says RE5 to go cross-platform, release simultaneously (Capcom Unity Forums via Xbox 360 Fanboy)
• Blizzard splash page now teases ice, runes (Kotaku)
• Datel removes Wii Freeloader from US retail, importers weep (Siliconera)
• Datel UK still sells Wii Freeloader, weepers import (Datel)

Industry:

• You know the situation is getting bad when your industry says it needs to keep up with Wisconsin (Develop)
• Atari attacking poor reviews of Alone in the Dark with claims of piracy? (Kotaku)
• Analyst believes THQ management is "not standing still," though their original IP risky, core lineup should perform (GameDaily)

WTF Nintendo, why haven't you hired this man: Johnny Chung Lee has new Wiimote projects (Procrastineering)

System Update: GTA IV multiplayer gets patched up (Rockstar Social Club via Joystiq)

Watch:

• Wiimote lightsaber dueling (GameTrailers)
• DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH (YouTube)

Participate: Takahashi "Master Higgins" Meijin to appear at Deca Sports tournament in San Jose, hopefully wearing more than grass skirt (GamesIndustry.biz)

Research:

• VGChartz not exactly the holy grail of statistical analysis, according to Gamasutra
• 70% of "major employers" (150 large companies surveyed) use training games (Entertainment Software Association via Kotaku)

Try This: Calculate Wii usage stats with the Nintendo Channel (MTV Multiplayer)

Believe It or Not: The Phantom Lapboard exists (Phantom via Gizmodo)

NSFWii: This may be why Nintendo doesn't like homebrew very much (GameSpot)