Trent Reznor made waves only a month ago when he released a new Four Disc Nine Inch Nails instrumental album for only $5 and gave away the first disc for free.

Now a new proper NIN record is on the way and less than 24 hours after the first single was mastered, its online. In Trent’s own words “You can download your own copy of the track RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW for free.

Of course Nine Inch Nails secrets are still yet to be revealed; the comments section on the MP3 says “Go to www.nin.com May 5.” A new album? Another single? With no record label to hold him back and digital distribution in his control, Trent Reznor can do whatever he wants.

Something that made my heart flutter happened to be smack dab on the cover of June’s EGM issue – it would appear that Namco’s cult-classic horror game Splatterhouse will be getting a well-deserved updating and makeover. Given that there have been a recent string of “retro-revivals” lately, including a new Golden Axe game (squee!!), this is a welcome addition to that list.

Splatterhouse should be name that pops up in the minds of survival-horror fans, as it was the progenitor of the genre itself. Released in 1988 for the TurboGrafx-16, the original game was quite gorey and violent for something coming out before the likes of Resident Evil and Mortal Kombat, which are well known for both, and was the first game ever to receive the parental advisory disclaimer. Just to exemplify, the American version of the game had to be censored due to depictions of an inverted cross with severed heads as a boss, less blood and gruesome sound FX coming from enemies when they’re smashed against walls, and less graphic death scenes of bosses. The game came out for the Virtual Console in 2007, but unfortunately featured the toned-down western version. Check out The West Mansion for more information on the series and games.