While I was falling asleep in a recliner, tons of people were waiting in line ready to get their hands on Call of Duty: Black Ops. We anxiously await the game’s sales numbers to see how well it has done compared to Modern Warfare 2. Right now, gamers around the globe are fighting it out online. It’s a guarantee the public will play countless hours in Black Ops’ multiplayer mode. So why not win something while you do so? Raptr is giving away a bunch of prizes that will unlock as gameplay hours increase.

The LittleBigPlanet Pod Penthouse for $4.99 features a giant PS3 controller that allows you to change what’s outside the window by rotating the background, two floors, a wallpaper game that lets you create wallpapers for your PS3 system and two open spaces downstairs to personalize. The new LittleBigPlanet Playground is a huge three level filled with familiar characters including King, Sackboy, Uncle Jalapeno, Ghosts, Meerkats and more. The ModNation Racer Clubhouse features a mini-theater where players can watch exclusive interviews or videos about their favorite game, hangout in the cafeteria style lounge area, play the sticker wall game or go upstairs to play Skee Racer. And, of course, updates and new items for your avatars…

Pay Back Games has a few reasons why its method of competition is more advantageous than other companies. First of all a person playing by themselves doesn’t have to wait until other members of their team is available to play. It also eliminates anyone from playing the blame game whenever their team loses the big match. Every game will be officiated by a live referee who will be in contact with players at all times.

Nintendo promised us that the North America chapter of Club Nintendo would be available by the end of the 2008 year and sure enough, only 15 days until 2009, Club Nintendo is now officially live.

If you have already signed up for a “My Nintendo” account, you can use that login information and anything you already registered on that account will be transferred over to you Club Nintendo account, meaning you will have coins to spend from the get-go.

If you don’t already have a My Nintendo account, all you need to do is…