What was Sony doing will America was out voting? Pumping out a new firmware that’s what. That’s right, firmware 2.52 is out now but don’t get too excited, kids. According to the Playstation.Blog, the firmware is only minor and only does two things:

• The playback quality of some PS3 format software has been improved.
• A text entry issue that occurs when using the on-screen keyboard, USB keyboard or Bluetooth keyboard with some PS3 format software has been addressed.

And here you were thinking there was some massive update that was…

The 2008 presidential election is less than a month away and has successfully infiltrated the videogame world. We’ve seen billboards for Sen. Barack Obama inside Burnout Paradise as well as polls taken over Xbox Live. You can now make your own politically themed games thanks to Fryebug Inc. through the Campaign08Games website.

This site lets you pick the a type of game you want to create such as…

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With varying types of games out there, innovation has proven difficult to come by. After all, there can only be so many games about space marines, football players, cartoon characters and World War II anecdotes before players demand a new means of creative expression.

Activision has come to the rescue in this regard, announcing a title that will allow players to experience life through the eyes of a Secret Service agent.

The game, titled Secret Service, will task players with protecting the President from assassination attempts by…