It’s not easy being green in the entertainment industry, yet suddenly everyone is trying it. We talk about how video game sequels are superior to other kinds of sequels, specifically the sequel-du-jour Mass Effect 2

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The magical developers of the insane animated adventures Alien Hominid and Castle Crashers have unveiled their next game bound for Xbox Live Arcade.

The Behemoth call it “A story about friendship, betrayal, and a whole truck load of cats” and give it the title BattleBlock Theater.

Having made the craziest side scrolling shooter and the craziest 4 player brawler they now turn to platform action. Hopefully it will arrive in time for summer so we can enjoy air conditioned online fun as we did the last 2 summers with their games.

What, you don’t have their first two games? Get off your butt!

GameInformer has been adding content to their site to match their cover story on Halo: Reach, and while screen shots and history lessons are cool, this video opens up a lot of info for fans.

Noble Team are indeed made up mostly of Spartan IIIs, who are a step down from the super solider Spartan IIs that Master Chief John 117 from the Halo Trilogy grew up from. The Spartan IIIs were cheaper to train and arm, and rely on team work without an onboard A.I. partner.

We also find see two new guns and learn that this sixth Halo game, the fourth on Xbox 360, will finally include the ability to RUN.

The first Powet review of an iPhone game! How does it stack up to the Xbox Live Pac-Man: Championship Edition?

Buy this game on iTunes if you’d like, or you can redeem a code for the original version or purchase an iTunes card to download Pac-Man CE to your iPhone or iPod Touch!

This video has a lot of the same footage from the Transformers War For Cybertron Teaser Video, but includes voiceover from Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime. Its not Frank Welker as Megatron though, unclear if he’s still yet to be cast or if they’re going with another actor.
You’ll identify a lot more characters, including Bumblebee and Trypticon.

In related news, is Hasbro prepping a full line of War For Cybertron Toys? They’ve definitely made a deluxe Prime! Still no announcement where the series will go in 2010, this might be “filler” material until the next cartoon or movie is released.

‘Nuff said.

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Okay, maybe a little more said. Do agree with these picks? Why or why not? What would you have chosen?

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The full feature on the newest Transformer game will be included in Game Informer magazine on December 14, but a short teaser video has already been posted.
Its highly unlikely this is in-game footage, but it does give us a peak at what Cybertron in this game shorld look like. Also, check out the big guy at the end!
Game Informer has a TF mini-site where new information about the game will be posted all this month.
What do you think of a Transformers game not tied to any specific show or continuity? Leave a comment here, or jump our forums!

Former 1UP and current Game Informer writer Phil Kollar has been teasing his big cover story for the magazine on twitter lately, and he just fessed up some details: “Yes, it’s a new Transformers game.”

Xbox 360, PS3, and PC versions of the game are on the way, tenatively titled “The War For Cybertron”
Artwork from the magazine (left) shows Optimus Prime, and theres a hearty influence of The War Within, as action will be set before our favorite transforming robots arrive on Earth.

TheAllspark broke the story earlier this evening, but Kollar says images and a trailer will be online later this week. Look for the issue of Game Informer at GameStop very soon.