If you say "Midway," most gamers would think about Midway Home Entertainment, Inc., and they are exactly those under my scope today, but let me tell you a few things regarding Midway, before moving on to the subject. When saying "Midway shooting," one can think about the historical Battle of Midway, or the PC game Battlestations: Midway, a game that made me go crazy, because my PC was a bit above the minimum system requirements, so I played for about 10 minutes at 800X600 resolution and minimum details, cursed my (fortunately) former computer, and thrown the game inside my desk somewhere. Now, it's about Midway shooting its employees...

First of all, let me tell you I didn't say anything about the Midway online shop for shooting supplies above, since I am not crazy at all about real guns, and probably gamers outside the US never heard of it. OK, now, let's see what's all this Midway shooting about, shall we?

"Career Criminal" doesn't ring any bell for the obvious reason of being a secret project, but now it's no longer a secret simply because it was terminated. <-250x250 Square - right->With it, Midway decided to shoot...errr, fire 80 people from its Austin studio. Fortunately, the Austin studio won't be closed, according to Midway's interim CEO, Matt Booty, who also said the ones not shot...err, fired yet will continue to work on new games. Hopefully, these games will end up on our computers, and not in the Recycle Bin, as it happened with Career Criminal...

While everyone is watching Midway, expecting the best from the latest Mortal Kombat game, Wheelman and This Is Vegas were both delayed to 2009, so they'll both miss the Christmas shopping spree.

Speaking to Kotaku, Matt Booty said that "The Austin studio is important to us in a growing and competitive game development location. Although we are canceling a major title, the other projects in development at the studio will continue, and we will continue to invest in new teams and new people going forward. Our Central Outsourcing Group - which has become an outstanding resource for all of our development teams across the company - will also remain active in the Austin studio."

So, why did they cancel Career Criminal? Just imagine the game was a title supposed to compete with GTA 4, so this gives you the right answer - the "Midway shooting" wasn't just a random event, it was a measure of stopping a fight before it started, since the odds were not looking good at all. After all, who would dare to challenge GTA 4, now?

Do you remember what was supposed to drive Sony's gaming hardware sales up this holiday season? It doesn't really matter if you don't, I am going to remind you that, especially since the release dates of the game expected to take PlayStation sales higher have been made public...

As you can see(only if you missed reading the title, haha!), the game we're talking about is LittleBigPlanet, Media Molecule's PlayStation 3 exclusive. For this upstart studio, having a product pushed forward by Sony themselves to help selling PlayStation 3 consoles is a great achievement, but also a heavy burden. What if... you know, but I won't say it.<-125x125 Button - right->

Time shall tell, but there's still some time remaining until LittleBigPlanet will be released, since Sony just confirmed that the game has gone gold and will be released in North and Latin America on the 21st of October, while Europe, Australia, and New Zealand will get it the next day, with the UK and Ireland having to wait until the 24th of the same month.

Other than that, you can still pre-order the game and be sure you won't miss the first wave. I would like to say I just pre-ordered it, but since there's no PC version, and it won't be in the future, either, I guess I will get some beer and pay a visit to some of my PS3 friends...

I know the title should say it all, so let's stop wasting time - my friends into gaming, Crysis Warhead is available! Call your boss and tell him you won't be able to work in the next 3-4 days, since you don't have to wait for any package to arrive, as long as your Internet connection is fast enough to bring you the game in less than a day or so. All you have to do is remember to pay first...:)

The official press release says it all clearly - "The next installment in the award-winning Crysis franchise, Crysis Warhead is now available as a digital download on Direct2Drive." Even more, if you missed playing the original Crysis game, now you can get the Crysis bundle(Crysis+Crysis Warhead) for a $7.00 discount!<-125x125 Button - right->

If you missed all the articles around the Web about this topic, including on PlayerzBlog, then let me give you another useful excerpt from the official press release: "Crysis Warhead takes place alongside the events of last year's critical hit, with players experiencing the explosive battles against waves of challenging enemies on the other side of the island through the eyes and nanosuit of the bold and aggressive Sergeant "Psycho" Sykes. Crysis Wars features 21 maps and three diverse multiplayer modes, including InstantAction, frenetic deathmatch enhanced by the power of the nanosuit, PowerStruggle, a hardcore team-based mode and introducing TeamInstantAction, a mix of fast-paced action in a team-based environment. Both are built on Crytek's award-winning CryENGINE 2, optimized now to deliver the high-fidelity graphics Crytek is known for with an improvement in performance across a wide range of PCs."

The bundle is priced at $62.95, and Crysis Warhead costs $29.95, $10 less than the original, priced at $39.95 when purchased separately.