The recent announcement by ActiVision to up the price for Modern Warfare 2 a notch in the United Kingdom has angered many gamers. Microsoft, quickly following suit with Forza Motorsport 3, didn’t do anything to stop the usual “don’t support this” and “I will pirate that” posts flooding popular gaming forums.

It’s no secret to anyone who frequents this site that I’m a fan of Fallout 3. Unfortunately, it did ship with one major flaw - once you finished the main quest, the game was completely over. There’s no going back and finishing your side quests, or just playing around in the Capital Wastelands, it’s just over. Until now, that is.

Beating Resident Evil 5 grants the player access to the infinitely enjoyable Mercenaries Mode in which you fight against both the clock and a horde of zombies.Capcom decided to expand on that experience with the new Versus Mode DLC pack. You get two new multiplayer modes: Slayers, and Survivors, each of which can be played either on teams, or free for all.

The internet is ablaze today with rumors that the new Resident Evil 5 DLC is already on the disc, and that all you’re downloading is an unlock code. Turns out that, despite some larger news outlets fanning the flames, this may not be the case after all.

We’re a little late this week, but luckily not pregnant with a baby podcast. Mike, Eric and Jenni fight off a zombie infestation while determining the best strategies against aliens and avoid random battles. (Actually they just talk about Resident Evil 5, Halo Wars and Persona 4 a.) For an added bonus, listen to the cast stumble awkwardly over issues of racism in Resident Evil 5.

Everyone is present and accounted for, although, both Mike and Jenni are sick with a bad case of what Mike describes as “Whooping Death”. The show must go on despite the illness, and this week’s show was a good one. Topics discussed include 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, Star Ocean 4, Activision’s earnings, Xbox Live and it’s policies regarding sexual orientation info in your profile, and the Japanese court ruling that the R4 is illegal.

Operation Anchorage is the first of three downloadable expansions on the way for the wildly successful Fallout 3. In it, you are tasked with liberating Alaska from the Chinese in a simulation of one of the Fallout universe’s historic battles. During the simulation, you’ll face a variety of challenges in your efforts to free Alaska from the Chinese invaders. Success will yield a treasure trove of new gear, and failure will yield only death.

Jenni is MIA for this week’s episode, so you can only imagine what shenanigans Mike and Eric get themselves into! Topics include Halo: ODST, Gamestop’s used game sales, Kaz Hirai’s attitude toward the competition, and Obama’s Wii

It’s time for another thrilling episode of the Check Your HUDcast! This week we discuss flow charts, NPD numbers, Fable 2’s Knothole Island, and the very real prospect of paying for different endings to games.

Back on October 7th Peter Molyneux dropped a none too subtle hint that some DLC was coming for Fable 2. He implied that said DLC would be more than just a pack of new items and weapons to use as you romp around Albion. Here we are three months later, just two days after Knothole Island appeared on the Xbox Live Marketplace, and Mr Molyneux delivered on that implication… but only just barely.