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DICE has said before that they were testing Conquest mode in Battlefield: Bad Company, which is the de facto game mode in every PC iteration of Battlefield. They’ve now announced on the Bad Company blog that Conquest is coming to both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 for free “soon.” With Microsoft’s stringent certification process, it’s anyone’s guess as to when exactly “soon” is.

Gaming TodayPlanetwide Media recently announced the launch of a new MashON Spore E-Card Creator. This free online application will allow you to customize backgrounds, clip art, and word balloons into an e-card to send to friends. Sadly, you can’t import your own creations into the program to send to your friends. It’s too bad really, because that’d be a worthy internet meme. That or a new way for people to spam each other with different “phallic monsters.”

It looks like Namco Bandai has unveiled a new video showing off the “Critical Finishes” in Soul Calibur IV. These new moves are essentially like the Fatalities in Mortal Kombat, except that they don’t actually kill anyone. As you can imagine, most of them look pretty badass, particularly the ones involving lightsabers. That one with the girl kissing Voldo is kind of weird though, but so is an clip with Voldo really.

The San Diego Comic Con is underway as we speak, and with it comes a new trailer for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: Fusion. The “Fusion” in the title refers to how you can use certain superheroes’ powers together for more devastating attacks. Like its predecessor, this game will have you taking control of some of Marvel’s most well-known characters, as well as a few others. The game is slated to hit the Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Wii, and DS in early 2009.

Wow, that was fast; I was only just checking out this game last week at E3. When it seems like game releases are getting delayed all the time, it’s nice to actually hear a game is getting pushed forward for a change. Bizarre Creations has announced that their sequel to the hit Geometry Wars Retro Evolved will actually be released a week earlier than expected. The new game will contain six modes, online multiplayer, and of course some new enemies (i.e. little whirly thingies). The game is set to hit the Xbox Live Arcade on Wednesday, July 30 at a price of 800 MS points.

Following on the heels of their partnership with THQ, GameTap has now announced a new partnership with Gamecock Media Group. The new partnership will bring some of the publisher’s titles to GameTap’s subscription service as well as make them available for purchase online. Games like Insecticide and Stronghold Crusader Extreme will be among the first to become available through GameTap, but future titles will be made available as well, such as Velvet Assassin (woo!) and Legendary.