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We first got a chance to play Orcs Must Die! at PAX East, and since since then, we've been waiting patiently for it to come out. Well we've waited long enough! Orcs Must Die! will be coming out this summer on XBLA and PC. Sorry Playstation 3 not this time, reason being that Robot Entertainment has teamed up with Microsoft Studios for the big release. More on the game inside.

Been wondering what's gonna be coming out on XBLA for the rest of July? Needing to know if you should spend your MS points or keep it for something that might be even better? Well Major Nelson just updated a list of what's to come for the rest of July on XBLA and we're here to inform you of what's to come.

According to NPD the US has spent about $5.9 billion, with a big fat B, on video games in the first quarter of 2011. The $5.9 billion compared to last years 2010 Q1 figures was actually a 1.5% increase in sales. Of course NPD took in account of gaming accessories, PC games, pre-owned games, online games, social sites, and game rentals. With the vast majority of entertainment being streamlined to consumers needs and wants, video games are in the express lane. Games being available from Redbox, Onlive, and even Gamefly for rentals, and for Steam, Direct 2 Drive, or XLBA and PSN for direct download means that games can be in gamer's hands with a touch of a few buttons.

Still wondering about to go gold or not on Xbox? Well Microsoft is giving you a taste of the gold life, and giving gamers who don't already have a gold Xbox live account a test drive this weekend. Well there go your plans, and as for family, just tell them you got sick and can't share your controller and can't be around people.

It's July 4th weekend and what's better than spending it in front of your couch on some Call of Duty Black Ops? To celebrate our independence, Nuketown 24/7 is back! As if our little nuclear neighborhood wasn't missed. Starting today and ending 7/5 (long weekend remember?!) Black Ops will be the place to be, Xbox 360, Playstation 3, nor PC, whichever console or system you're on just remember... look for the double rainbow and don't be a wiener, they tend to get lit up!

Today in the United States Supreme Court, the case of Brown vs. The Entertainment Merchants Association was heard. Out of nine Justices seven of the nine deemed that the Constitutionality of a California state law which banned the sales of "violent" video games to minors unconstitutional.