This week’s PlayStation Home update includes Abstergo Labs from Assassin’s Creed 2, an Anime Personal Space, a Pharaoh’s Tomb personal space, updates to SingStar’s VIP Lounge, a volunteer opportunity to make newcomers feel comfy and, of course, a ginormous list o’ goodies to get for your home inside Home.

Aliens vs. Predator has played to mixed critical reviews but Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley is declaring the game a success. AvP is number one on the UK sales charts and UK-based Rebellion is basking in the glow.

Kingsley said, “We wanted Aliens Versus Predator to be a critical success as well as a commercial success, which we think we have achieved. We’re also in discussions with Sega about ongoing support for AvP, and also about a sequel to the game”

It hasn’t gone unnoticed that Rebellion, the developer charged with bringing Aliens vs. Predator to PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, is responsible for two of the worst games in recent memory. Shellshock 2: Blood Trails and Rogue Warrior aren’t just bad games, they are true Hall of Shame contenders. If one were teaching a class in how to make an embarrassing game, these two disasters would be worthy textbooks.

Rebellion Lead Designer Alex Moore addressed the elephant (or Alien queen, as it were) in the room. Despite a checkered past, Moore believes Rebellion will prove itself here…

Australia‘s Office of Film Literature Classification (OFLC) is continuing its hard-line stance against graphic video game violence.

Sega’s PC game Aliens vs. Predator has received the refused classification (RC) rating, making it the sixth game this year to be deemed unfit for release in Australia. AvP joins Risen, Sexy Poker, Left 4 Dead 2, Necrovision and CrimeCraft on this rapidly lengthening list.

Sierra Entertainment announced on November 15, 2007, that they have shipped Alien vs. Predator – Requiem for the PSP to retailers nation wide (US). The game, from the creators of the original AvP for PC, features two of the most important science fiction icons of our time and will follow the events of the upcoming more »