America might be Halo and Civ obsessed now, but there's a brand new Pokémon out in Japan. It's already been beaten, the ending uploaded for all to see. That's the last clip here. Earlier, less spoilery-y gameplay in the others.

Do you not want major spoilers? Then check out this YouTube user's capture of the game's first gym battle. The graphics are indeed snazzier!

Pokémon Black and White Gym Battle #1

And here's a little more gameplay — more spoiler-y — from later in the Black & White

And — biggest spoiler! — here is the Pokémon Black and White ending:

America might be Halo and Civ obsessed now, but there's a brand new Pokémon out in Japan. It's already been beaten, the ending uploaded for all to see. That's the last clip here. Earlier, less spoilery-y gameplay in the others.

Do you not want major spoilers? Then check out this YouTube user's capture of the game's first gym battle. The graphics are indeed snazzier!

Pokémon Black and White Gym Battle #1

And here's a little more gameplay — more spoiler-y — from later in the Black & White

And — biggest spoiler! — here is the Pokémon Black and White ending:

Dante goes punk. Wesker slaps down Spidey. Doc Brown is back. Pokemon for grown-ups? What's going on!

Don't panic. We're here for you, just call in and Totilo and I will ease your fears and talk you through what has been a very hot and cold week for gaming.

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The 2010 Golden Joystick Awards will take place on October 29 at a lavish ceremony held at the London's Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel and hosted by the man who brought us sniglets.

You don't see comedian Rich Hall in the U.S. that often these days, but don't worry about him. The co-writer of Not Necessarily the news, creator of sniglets, and former Saturday Night Live regular is pretty big in England. He appears on television there on a regular basis, still maintains a rather hilarious stand-up routine, and managed to secure a gig hosting the 28th annual Golden Joystick Awards, the world's longest-running video game awards.

Voting for the Golden Joystick Awards is done by gamers like you, and voting is still open until October 25, so go make a very small, almost immeasurable difference!

Canadians are getting a sneak preview today of the disc-less Netflix hitting North America next month as the streaming video service goes live up north.

Our Canadian brothers and sisters have been without the comfort of streaming Netflix on their video game consoles until today. Not only does America's Hat get their first taste of Netflix streaming console goodness today, they'll do so in a way that us U.S. residents will be waiting another month for.

Instead of popping in the Netflix disc, Canadians can simply navigate to the Netflix icon under the video section of the cross media bar, press the X button, and prepare for a whole new way to watch people doing stuff on their television sets.

Let us know how that goes, Canada, okay?

Wii owners can order a disc through Netflix.ca to stream Netflix as well, while Xbox 360 owners will have to wait until the application is made available.

Netflix Streaming its Way to Canada Today [PlayStation Blog]

Blond men do battle in the first issue of Wildstorm's comic book tie-in for Trion's Rift: Planes of Telara. It's in comic book stores today, so check out the first 10 pages here to see if it's worth the trip.

It's hard to tell if this is going to be a worthwhile four-issue series from these first 10 pages. Writer Ricardo Sanchez doesn't give us much dialogue to work with, so we've pretty much got to go off Pop Mhan's art.

I'm normally a big fan of Mhan's work. I loved what he did in the World of Warcraft comics from Wildstorm. This stuff seems a bit rough to me though. It's sketchier and more uneven than I'm used to. Perhaps it's just the proof pages, but I'm not feeling compelled to rush out to the comic store for this. I'll just wait for Rift to come out next year and make my own adventures.

Music gaming seems to be heading in two distinctly different directions. Guitar Hero looks like it's shooting to capture a blend of fantasy gaming and rock, while games like Rock Band 3 and Power Gig are taking the ultra realistic path.

It's almost like what we've seen happen to racing and flight games. You've got your arcade titles and you've got your sims.

In this video we get a look at the development process behind Power Gig: Rise of the SixString. Specifically, Audio director Mashai Hasu talks about the process of note tracking and converting songs into game levels.

Power Gig hits this October for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

In an interview with Japanese website 4gamer, Street Fighter series producer Yoshinori Ono says that a strong potential for piracy is keeping PC gamers from getting their own version of Super Street Fighter IV.

Street Fighter IV played much better on my computer than I expected, and I'm sure I've not been alone in hoping for a PC version of the follow-up title. Unfortunately this isn't happening any time soon, and PC game piracy is largely to blame.

In 4gamer's interview (translated by Adriasang), Ono explained that while the PC version of Street Fighter IV was a strong seller, it was also a top pirated title. Spreading the Street Fighter brand around is a good thing, but when piracy is so high that certain areas would consider Super Street Fighter IV a "free" game, Ono says the protection of the intellectual property comes first.

There's still a possibility of a future release, especially considering how easy it would be to transfer the game, running on a Direct X-based arcade board, to the PC, but Capcom would need a pretty powerful copy protection solution for that to happen.

Thanks a lot, pirates. I'm punching the next Jack Sparrow cosplayer I see right in the face.

Yoshinori Ono Interview [4Gamer via Adriasang]

It's time to take sides in Dead Space 2! Will you be a fully armored, armed to the teeth member of the Sprawl Security Team, or a creepy baby-headed monster that hungers for human flesh?

Last week we talked about Dead Space 2's humans versus Necromorphs online multiplayer. Now we're getting our first look at it, and it continues to remind me of a cross between Left 4 Dead and Singularity's human versus monsters multiplayer, only with more baby heads.

This makes sense, because babies are creepy. Have you ever looked at one? Better yet, have you pondered where they come from? If tiny little doll people that spring forth from the insides of normal human beings aren't the stuff of nightmares, then I should probably see a psychologist.

Starting this November five popular ski slopes in Colorado, Nevada and California will start tracking powder time to award skiers achievements pins and the ability to level up.

EpicMix goes live on all but one of Vail Resports' slopes this coming ski season. Keystone, which opens on Nov. 5, will be the first to see the new RF-enabled tech in action. The resorts using the service this year are Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Heavenly.

Starting this season all Vail Resort season passes and PEAKS lift tickets with an RF logo on the back will be equipped with EpicMix. Every time you use your pass or ticket your stats will automatically be captured and uploaded to the EpicMix website. There are also mobile phone apps in the works for the new tech.

The program automatically tracks your vertical feet skied, which slopes you ride and when you ride them. All of that information shows up on the website and, as with games and a very scary possible future, is also used to earn special pins, points, and even gain levels. Vail Resorts says that in the future reaching certain levels will unlock "unique rewards and benefits."

Hot tub time machine?

Epic Mix [Vail Resorts, thanks Eugene]