Tomorrow's PlayStation Plus update will get a heavy dose of heavy subject matter, with Spec Ops: The Line. The anti-war polemic is joining the Instant Game Collection, alongside a few discounts. Sony has also outlined plans for other IGC games coming throughout March.

Read more: March line-up includes Joe Danger 2, The Cave »

With today's PlayStation Store update, you'll be able to get a number of legacy titles from Japanese publishing giants Square Enix and Namco Bandai. Select Final Fantasy games will be half-off, including Dissidia, Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions, and Final Fantasy 4: Complete, along with the PSOne Classics versions of the original Final Fantasy, FF2, FF5, FF6, FF7, FF8, and FF9.

Read more: Deals include Dissidia, Tekken, and Noby Noby Boy »

This weekend, MLG will be broadcasting its 2010 Pro Circuit finals from Dallas, Texas. The events will be streamed for free at MLGPro.com, though an enhanced HD stream is available for $10.

The games being played at MLG are Halo 3, StarCraft II, Halo: Reach, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and Tekken 6. A full schedule of events is available here. Read more »

[Update - 4:30PM] Though it will not be added to the Greatest Hits library, Sony has dropped the price of ModNation Racers to $39.99 on the PS3 and to $19.99 on the PSP.

[Original Story] Sony has selected an additional seven PlayStation 3 games for inclusion in its Greatest Hits program, knocking the prices of the following titles down to $29.99 along with fancy new boxes.In the case of the previously announced Greatest Hits version of Demon's Souls, it also means a fresh set of copies, making the excellent game a bit easier to find. Read more »

The Evolution 2010 Championship Fighting Game Series is finished, but the results will live on forever, archived by fine institutions like Shacknews.

The tournament organizers will be uploading HD videos to YouTube over the coming days if you missed the streams over the weekend. A television special will be airing on July 20 on G4 with a look at the finals, the history of Evo and Capcom fighting games, along with a new preview of Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Read more »

Evolution 2010, the largest fighting game tournament in the US, has begun with the first matches streamed from Tatsunoko vs. Capcom. The stream, which is produced by Level|Up, is being broadcast via Stickam on the official Evo site or on G4tv.com.

The schedule of events for the entire weekend is as follows (all times are Pacific Standard Time GMT -7). Read more »

Capcom, Evo, and G4 have just announced that G4tv.com will stream 45 hours of live coverage via Stickam from the Evolution 2010 Championship Series of fighting game tournaments, which takes place next weekend from July 9 to 11 in Las Vegas, NV.

Now, selfishly, I must announce that this is incredibly awesome as I initially pitched the idea of G4 coverage to Capcom and Seth Killian back in January while checking out an early build of Super Street Fighter IV when I was still with G4. I attended Evo 2009 and even competed and saw first hand how exciting the series is. Of course, I must give it up to G4, Capcom, Evo, and Stickam for getting the deal done and for bringing full stream coverage and television coverage to the fighting community. Read more »

Facing "extraordinary losses" of up to 31 billion yen (~$342 million USD) for the fiscal year ending in March 2010, publisher Namco Bandai has announced a new "group restart plan" in the hopes of lowering costs and significantly reducing its global workforce.

As part of the plan, the company behind Tekken and Pac-Man will be soliciting employees for early voluntary retirement in hopes of reducing its workforce by 630 (about 10% of the current 7000) by the end of 2010. The move accounts for a loss of roughly 2 billion yen (~$22 million USD) but is expected to save 3.5 billion yen (~$38 million USD) across the next fiscal year. Read more »

Having repeatedly vowed to bring online cooperative play to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Tekken 6, publisher Namco has now announced that the free update to the fighter's Scenario Campaign will roll out next Monday, January 18.

Similar in concept to Streets of Rage or any other arcade brawler, Tekken 6's Scenario Campaign sees two players working their way through stages and beating up "vicious opponents and their legions of minions" instead of engaging in one-on-one combat. Previously, it could only be played offline with a computer-controlled ally. Read more »

The promised Tekken 6 update meant to "improve the online game experience" will be available this week come Thursday, November 26, accoring to Namco.

Along with the date, the developer listed a variety of fixes and improvements that the free download will bring to the recently released PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 fighter: Read more »

In a terse mailing, Namco Bandai today passed along word that it is working on downloadable update to Tekken 6 it hopes will "improve the online game experience."

The update will be available to players of the recently released PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 fighting game "as soon as it has passed rigorous testing procedures." More details, including specifics on the addressed issues, are said to be coming "shortly." Read more »

In what's shaping up to be a golden Friday, Namco Bandai just announced that Tekken 6 has joined Ratchet & Clank in going gold and entering the manufacturing process.

Word of the fighter's completion only applies to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 editions, both of which are due October 27 in North America. A handheld version is slated to arrive on PSP later in the fall, though Namco has yet to provide an exact release date. Read more »

Evander Holyfield and a legion of other real-world fighters star in this montage, which explores their various motivations behind entering the arena. What exactly this has to do with Tekken 6, which isn't mentioned up until the very end, I have no idea.

Namco Bandai's fighter sequel, which as far as we know does not feature any of these athletes in any capacity beyond this promotional campaign, hits PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on October 27. A handheld edition of the game is due on PSP later in the fall. Read more »

From flaming kangaroos to deadly screams and magical wands, there's almost no doubting that the Tekken 6 development team has finally cracked under the pressure.

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High heels and kangaroos--why yes, another batch of Tekken 6 media has arrived.

Namco's fighting game sequel comes to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on October 27. Read more »