The new Humpdate is here! The new Humpdate is here! And not just a new episode; a whole new Humpdate format. This week, we have spots from Simon DI of Cyberpunks Gaming, Mr. Maynard from the Unknown Gamers of St. Louis, and Will G, our official "sports hound" for the GameHounds podcast. Hope you like the format. Tell us what you think, what you'd like to see and how we can improve it. Enjoy.

It's the dawn of a new era, or the end of an old one, depending on how you look at it. The new improved Humpdate details get announced, courtesy of GamerEdie Sellers and Cyberpunks Gaming Podcast's Simon DI, who sits in for one last regular Humpdate show. In addition to offering details about the future of the Humpdate, Simon and Edie hit up the gaming news, including:

• Ubisoft officially announces it will publish The Wheelman and that it will launch March 24.
• Having trouble with your Mad Catz SFIV Fightstick? You're not the only one.
• If you used an email service like Gmail or Hotmail for your Gamertag, you might want to login once in a while, or bad things happen.
• Dead Space coming to the Wii as a prequel titled Dead Space Extraction.
• Bad economy hits G4. Xplay and Attack of the Show to get cutbacks beginning March.
• Live in the UK and expecting a son? Name him "Jason" and win free games for a year.
• Random Stuff: Braid to hit PCs on March 31 for $15; Nintendo DSi launches April 5; Burnout Legendary Pack on February 19 for $1.99 and up.

Enjoy.

The title? Well, with three stooges on the mic, you have to wonder who is who? This week, Cooper Hawkes, Commander Tim Wilsie and GamerEdie Sellers wrap up the week in gaming news as they teach listeners a new podcasting position: The Three Way! This week, topics include:

• Twitter for Netflix allows you to add movies to your Netflix queue, move their position, delete them and get film details via Twitter.
• Looks like Activision/Blizzard isn't going to let EA publish Brutal Legend, at least not without a bribe.
• Aliens: Colonial Marines may have had its funding pulled by Sega.
• The Wheelman may not be dead, even though Midway filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
• Upcoming MMO Star Trek Online won't include any of your favorite characters.
• David Jaffe says games are not a viable storytelling medium. Your thoughts?
• Random Stuff: Details about "The Pitt" DLC, Street Fighter IV sales in Japan, Left4Dead on sale, Psychonauts soundtrack on sale, The Watchman's release dates revealed, and Lemmy in GH: Metallica.

Enjoy.

It's a new day and a new Humpdate. Commander Tim Wilsie and GamerEdie Sellers have an annoucement to make and have a lot of news to dish. You'll get the latter first, though. Don't worry, you won't feel cheated. Both are well worth a listen. This week, Edie and Tim discuss:

• Blockbuster announces it's adding games to it's Total Access online movie rental service.
• Sega announces a new Alien vs. Predator game, just in time to announce it's delaying the already announced Aliens: Colonial Marines game.
• Hideo Kojima will deliver a keynote at next month's Game Developers Conference. Wonder what he'll say.
• A new FUEL trailer is out from Codemasters. Looks epic-y.
• Game Crazy is holding a Street Fighter IV tourney in 20 locations. Will you dare to compete?
• Random stuff: Godfather 2 gets a release date, Eidos shutters Gimme5Games, iTunes to deliver The Lost and the Damned music purchases, Killzone 2 street date gets broken, Battlefield Heroes beta is back up.
• And of course... the annoucement.

Enjoy.

You'd think after 55 episodes we'd be past the "technical difficulties." But this week a gremlin pops into Edie's headset and stays for the entire show. Unfortunately, Edie didn't notice the gremlin until the editing process. So be warned: There's a lot of great chat and info on this episode, but you'll have to suffer through a bunch of cli This episode also features a guest visit from Engineer Kev, who shows off his new voice. Or what's left of it. When not popping and clicking, Edie and co-host Cooper Hawkes discuss:

• Opening and closing music by Heliosphere, one half of which is our very own Andrew Davies. Check out new album, H8 (not sure if that's pronounced "H-eight" or "Hate") at Heliopshere's website.
• Gamefly buys Shacknews, and we now officially don't trust a damn thing it has to say.
• Wii Music isn't living up to sales expectations because people aren't saying nice thing about it. How do you say "Waambulance" in Japanese?
• Todd Howard of Bethesda says the studio is working on an iPhone game.
• Are games to expensive, MSNBC asks? Question is, should we be asking ourselves that, too?
• Halo Wars is the next victim of the fanboy wars. Does it bother you that Metacritic seems to be doing nothing about it?
• Random stuff: Farcry2 gets a patch, Halo: ODST will have 24 maps, Fallout 3's DLC delayed, Burnout Paradise gets all cops 'n' robbers. Square Enix's stock is in the tank.
• Email, thank yous, and more.

Enjoy.

We didn't really know this was going to happen right now, but it did, and we can't be happier. Although you were all cheated by fate out of a Humpdate episode, instead you get an exclusive "GameHounds Original" interview with Joel Wade, senior producer of Godfather 2. This title has been in the news quite a bit in recent days, mostly concerning its delay from later this month to sometime later this year. GamerEdie Sellers and Aaron Stepens of Platform Nation check in with Joel about the game, the skinny on the pushback, the mood around Electronic Arts after the recent downsizing, and other various gaming topics. And yes, we ask about the boobs. See you next Saturday with the regular GameHounds episode. Enjoy.

We've barely sobered up and here we are, podcasting for your listening delight. Fresh from a drinking, gambling and renewining-of-vows binge in Las Vegas (well, maybe not so fresh), Cooper Hawkes and Edie Sellers catch you up with the latest of gaming news. Or at least the news that they think is important for you to hear about. Topics this week include:

• Don't feel like playing Skate 2 to completion? No problem. Electronic Arts will give you all earnable bonuses for $5. Such a deal!
• Rumors say that Disney is working on a new Tron title, despite mass layoffs. Somehow this nauseates and electrifies us. Is that even possible?
• World of Goo publisher Brighter Minds files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Not so brighter, are we?
• In other rumor news, Apple may be creating a premium games section in its Apps Store for major publishers. And the money train keeps rolling... right over you.
• Random Stuff: DJ Hero confirmed by Bobby Kotick, DC Universe Online nabs Marv Wolfman for dev team.
• Thank yous and other cool stuff.

Enjoy.

Yes, you read that right. We would have loved to get this episode up to you on Wednesday when it was recorded, but it seems that Vegas casino/hotels don't want you sitting around and surfing the web in your room, so they charge $15 a day per computer for internet access. I know. Boggles the mind. So we had to wait to get back home to post the show. It's not very long, and it's mostly Hawkes talking about himself -- which you know he loves to do. But we do hit a couple topics, talk about a few games, and have some good times. GameHounds will release its normal Saturday show on Monday, so that way we're not slamming your podcast listening time. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Enjoy.