As noted in the Gamers-Underground.com store article, we'll soon be running a competition with some nifty prizes - if for no other reason, to have a bit of fun with our new merchandise. The competition in question will revolve around photos, and you wearing your GU gear. For those of you that want to get involved, all of our products are now selling at cost price until Monday.

While not in game, this Brink cinematic is a fantastic CG look at the gameplay and intense action the team is aiming to capture with their forthcoming sci-fi shooter. Hopefully the team that brought us Enemy Territory has more luck with this interesting shooter than they did Quake Wars.

Not much has been said about the next installment of Deus Ex, titled Human Revolution. But, if you're after something to mull over, Square Enix have released a trailer for your perusal. Somewhat intriguing, I thought. But I'll let you make up your own mind.

It has been rumored for the better part of the week, but now it's concrete. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge is coming to PSN, Xbox LIVE, PC and iPhone very shortly. And it's no surprise - the remaster of the first has proven a massive success.

"The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition really resonated with gamers young and old" said LucasArts' President Darrell Rodriguez. "We're adding even more great new features in this sequel and can't wait for classic Monkey Island fans and newcomers alike to experience perhaps the most beloved installment in the franchise ever."

You read right. More server maintenance - this time to add new hardware. A truckload of it, hopefully. The official word from DICE is "Tomorrow, 12th March, and Saturday, 13th March at 8:00GMT/9:00 CET:12:00 (midnight) PST, EA will take the servers down, this time we will come up with even more hardware with more capacity to handle all the BFBC2 traffic."

8:00am GMT means 6pm AEST (7pm AEDT) for Australians. It's promised that once completed we will "experience an improvement to your online experience". Let's hope so! Thanks to Joshuayu101 for the heads-up.

A couple of months ago, about the time of relaunch, I was thinking "I'd love a GU shirt". I remembered seeing a certain store many moons ago that would let me create designs for clothing, and sell them without much trouble on my behalf - but for the life of me couldn't remember where. Today Brookie reminded me; it was Cafe Press...

OverDrive Jr. has been hanging out for the long delayed release of Lego Universe, and the closed beta has finally arrived. Invites have started being distributed via e-mail already, so check your inbox if you registered your interest. For those who didn't know, you haven't missed out quite yet - closed beta sign-ups are still available, but get in quick...

Voodoo Extreme is reporting on a post made in the Multiplay UK forums. VE3D detail that "all GSPs will switch off all public and privately rented Battlefield: Bad Company 2 servers after eight hours of inactivity, in an effort to reduce load on EA's crash-happy master server".

This would mean if you haven't had a single player in an 8 hour period, the server will need to be manually started again. Rather inconvenient. However DICE have responded on the EA UK forums saying "this is inaccurate", followed by this explanation...

Many of us have already sunk in 20+ hours of Bad Company 2 since release. And many of us already have map preferences, likes and dislikes. Thankfully, the first round of downloadable content is on its way, in the form of a map pack! They'll be free using your VIP code provided with your newly purchased copy of BC2, and will be available on the 30th of March...