When it was first announced that a sequel was going to be made for the Bad Company series, I immediately thought of all the talent at Dice that I felt was wasted. The fact that they had taken a previously PC dominated franchise and turned it into the consolified, toned down game that appealed to the lowest common denominator that Bad Company was, I had lost any hope that I would relive the appeal from Battlefield 2. When I had seen what Bad Company 2 looked like, and heard the explanation of what multiplayer would be like, I was intrigued. When I got to actually play the multiplayer and experience Rush mode for the first time, I was impressed. Upon finally touching the finished product, playing hours and hours of multiplayer and sitting down and playing the single-player, I realized that Dice had become a developer that wants to try new things, and to take those new things and build on them. While some have said Battlefield is always more of the same, I can't help but agree in that you can never have too much Battlefield.

SCE discussed games already released, games coming to release, and the upcoming Playstation Move controller. Is this wand any different from what we've seen already? Hit the jump to find out.

Courtesy of our friends at G4TV, Sony Entertainment's entire press conference at GDC can be viewed live, in your browser, tonight. This is great news for those of us who don't have cable, and those of us who do, but lack that station. Find out where after the jump.

So far in the Invisible Pigeon-holing Council, we’ve considered genres from the very general MMO to the totally niche Bullet Hell as well as addressing one of the oldest genres in video games, the Beat ‘Em Up. This week, we take a turn from the classics and consider a genre so new it has only seen commercial releases in the last year. Well-known among gamers yet rarely recognized as its own genre, today we reflect on the breakthrough genre known as the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena.

Tired of seeing flat surfaces on objects that are supposed to be round in your games?  A new graphics technology seeks to smooth round edges without the need for super powerful computers.  That screenshot above could be rendered in real time on a phone without a hiccup.  How is this possible and why isn't it everywhere?  Hit the jump to find out. There's also a video.

These days, major corporations are using social media as a tool to inform their customers on their newest projects and updates.  Harmonix is jumping on this bandwagon by using both Twitter and Facebook to announce their Holiday 2010 release date of Rock Band 3.

This month has been a big month for Lady GaGa: not only does her new video, "Telephone" debut later this week, but next week she will be one of the many artists featured on Harmonix's plastic instrument hit, Rock Band.  Surprised?  Intrigued?  Excited? Absolutely disgusted and disappointed?  No matter what you are right now, hit the break anyway for even more details that might surprise you.

The above image is more than a rather awkward looking electric guitar. Unveiled at the GDC, this is (also) a video game peripheral for the upcoming Power Gig: Rise of the Six String by Seven 45 Studios. Finally, along with myself, all you music game nuts will be able to respond to the onslaught of "play a real guitar" comments made by people who... well, play a real guitar.

Once again the looming spectre of harsh DRM is rearing its ugly head. This time, we've got multiple instances of digital rights management (DRM), with incredibly anti-consumer ideas and some that are actually good ideas.

Did you enjoy Final Fantasy 11 online?  I personally found it to be one of the most boring games I've ever been convinced of buying and paying monthly for.  That's just me, though. It's still going strong today and we even have a few community members still playing it on and off.  Apparently they addressed the boring parts, but I won't believe it until I see it.  What about the new Final Fantasy MMORPG you ask?  Hit the jump to read more about it and sign up.