High Moon Studios has responded to feedback from fans of their wildly popular hit from last summer, Transformers: War for Cybertron. As of Monday night (that’s tonight folks!), fans will now be able to earn XP points 5 times faster than normal going forward. This is a permanent change.

The posted the above image on twitter and facebook with the following message:

News for War for Cybertron players. In response to strong feedback from you our loyal players, starting Monday we will be changing the multi-player XP settings to earn 5 times faster than normal – forever! This effects War for Cybertron only on Xbox 360, PS3, & PC. New players this is a great chance to get in and level FAST! The change takes place Monday.

We actually spoke to some reps from High Moon Studios at Botcon 2011 and bounced some ideas off them.

Not much on the table for this week. The big releases appear to be yet another version of Street Fighter 4 and a new sequel in the Gundam Dynasty Warriors series. Remember to hit up the links after the break for more releases and if you see something you like, please purchase from those links! We need all the help we can get!

See the full list of this week’s releases after the jump!
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Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh was the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran. He won Time Magazine’s ‘man of the year’ award for 1951, and was even called ‘The George Washington’ or Iran. He nationalized the oil industry ticking off the British. The C.I.A led a coup against him, removed him from power, and replaced him with the Shah of Iran. In this free-to-download game (I use the term ‘game’ in passing) developed by Peter Brinson and Kurosh ValaNejad, you get to learn some history about one of the world’s most misunderstood regions, and it’s got a pretty unique art style to boot. Don’t worry, I won’t beat you over the head with round 56789324324 of the ‘games as art’ debate. I’m just saying though, if you’re one of those people that think it is, then this is another piece of evidence supporting your argument.
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Legendary comic book artist Gene Colan passed away last night at the age of 84. He is best know for his work at Marvel on Daredevil, Howard the Duck, and Tomb of Dracula. Just last year Colan won the Eisner Award for Best Single Issue in 2010 for his work on Captain American #601.

Our condolences to his friends and family. Let us know your favorite work or memories of Colan in the comments.

Team Fortress 2, Valve Software’s Pixar-like multiplayer shooter, is now free to play. The game will be supported entirely by microtransactions such as character customizations.

You can download the game via your Steam client if you didn’t have it already, or visit Teamfortress.com to get set up. The game is available on both PC and Mac OSX with cross platform play.

Should we do a Powet Game Night, or what?

Did the Cold War make early video games unintentionally bleak? Or was the “kobiyashi maru” style of gaming in the 1970s and ’80s more a function of limited memory space and the need for arcade machines to get kids to keep pumping in the quarters?

Direct Link: Famicom Dojo Podcast 06: Bleak Games of the Cold War

Also in this episode: Rebel in Japan “Poop is Funny”, and the premiere of the first audio version of Famicom Denshimail!

Complete show notes at FamicomDojo.TV:
http://famicomdojo.tv/podcast/6

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As of today, it is officially Sonic the Hedgehog’s 20th birthday. No longer a speedy teen, Sonic has had his fair share of trials as he’s grown. Since June 23rd, 1991, Sonic has helped catapult Sega into fame, and also helped drag it to its current fate. Despite this, he’s survived it all, and still manages to run his way through the several potholes his franchise has gone through.

With This episode, I go through the past 20 years of Sonic with a little help from a guest. It got to be so big a project, I had to split it into two parts. Here’s Part 1, and be sure to look out for Part 2 coming shortly.