Believe it or not, the title of this article is entirely true. EA’s Marketing Vice President Keith Munro explained during an interview printed in the latest issue of EDGE Magazine that the upcoming addition to the Need for Speed series was, in part, inspired by the Bad Company and Call of Duty franchises.

Videogame peripheral and accessory manufacturer Penguin United has recently produced a wondrous piece of kit called the Eagle-Eye Converter, which gives PlayStation 3 owners the option to use a standard USB keyboard and mouse instead of a controller. As you might expect, Los Angeles’ E3 Expo will be the platform for its official launch, with an SRP of $59.99.

Robert Bowling, Community Manager at Infinity Ward, has recently told CVG with unshakeable confidence that no other war FPS can topple Modern Warfare 2’s position as the most popular online console game of 2010 thus far.

I don’t know about you, but I love a good swear from time to time. I find first-person shooters in particular (Modern Warfare 2 being the main culprit) encourage expletives to gush from my mouth at a speed comparable to that of the gallons that cascade down Niagara Falls. Wow, what a picture that paints...

So when I read that Stuart Black, former Senior Designer for Criterion’s PS2 blockbuster Black, used the phrase “f***ing boring” to describe current shooters, I had to write about it.