News Roundup: we do Weird stuff to get laid

• Hey Big Boss, why do you get to use two CODECs?
• Eric Nofsinger dishes on Conduit 2's art direction
• New Tropico 3 screens give you Absolute Power
• THQ offering early access to UFC Undisputed 2010 demo in exchange for personal information
• More details on second BioShock 2 released, including that it is not coming out this week
• Another slasher film tribute by pre-ordering Naughty Bear at Amazon
• Split/Second Power Plant trailer
• Dead to Rights: Retribution releases today
• Deep Silver wants you to get laid... wait... that's nail'd. Wrong euphanism, sorry.
• Nier releases with a launch trailer today
• Ntreev offers cash and virtual prizes to celebrate Pangya's 1st birthday
• Hero 108 to become MMO... and you could have keys to the closed beta
• Experience the first-person action in DarkStar One – Broken Alliance
• NHL 2011 rumored to include CHL
• X3: Terran Conflict patched to 2.6
• The Maliaran Frontier awaits PoxNora players
• Explore Rise of the Godslayer via live broadcast demonstration
• Sims 3 set to invade consoles later this fall
• Alan Wake gets a store
• Master of Magic now available on GoG
• Meridian 4 bringing Arma II: Operation Arrowhead to North America
• Sega shooters headed to Wii
• New Nier comic page released
• Weird stuff we get in the mail: Dead Space 2
• Codemasters talks about the handling in F1 2010 in latest developer diary