The sale to Warner Brothers is expected to close in the next 10 days, according to Midway spokesperson Geoffrey Mogilner. That will put the Mortal Kombat license, the This Is Vegas project, Midway's sports and arcade brands as well as the company's Chicago and Seattle studios under the WB umbrella.

Among the studios and properties not part of WB's acquisition are Midway's Newcastle and San Diego studios. The San Diego team has been working on a new TNA game, according to Mogilner, but neither the team nor the wrestling license is part of the WB deal. As reported on Joystiq earlier today, the team at San Diego, as required by law, was given 60 days' notice on Wednesday. Wheelman studio Newcastle had already received similar notice, though Mogilner was uncertain how long ago that had been provided. Newscastle has been working on the new game Necessary Force. The spokesman said it is "entirely possible" that those studios could be acquired, but no bids are on the table.

One update about Midway's sports lines: The Blitz brand is part of the Warner Brothers deal, but Midway's NBA Ballers and NFL Blitz games, which were a product of expired Midway deals with pro sports leagues, are not.

Kotaku reported WB's interest in Midway in April. The media giant's $33 million bid succeeded after an obligatory waiting period saw no other formal suitors, according to the LA Times.

Midway is one of the original video game developers and publishers in the industry, one of the few active companies that was making games before the rise of home consoles.

You know, I’m not sure how I should approach Blitz 2. Yes, it’s a football game, but that’s just on the surface. Really, this game is about abusing the human body. It’s over-the-top, funny, and should not be taken seriously. If you’re buying this game for the simulated football experience, there will be little of it. But that’s OK. Blitz has never been about that and certainly doesn’t try to hide it.

I’m not sure where to start. I’ll guess I can go over the football part first.

Obviously, there’s no NFL license. Instead, you get to play teams such as the Miami Hammerheads and the Denver Grizzlies. The majority of the logos and uniforms I saw looked ok. The overall gameplay is just like you’d expect a football game to play like. Nothing new to see here. There were some pretty impressive weather effects, though. Especially the snow.

Also, each team has its own ‘superstar’ if you will. In can be the quarterback, the linebacker, etc. If you like sacking the quarterback and creating fumbles, then you’ll want play the team that has the superstar linebacker. Since I didn’t have a whole lot of time, I couldn’t dig deep into the career mode. I was told there are three full seasons in the campaign, however. There will also be tournament and bonus modes.

Ok, so now for the other part of Blitz: The League II.

During a game, you’ll have the opportunity to injure the opponent. That’s no surprising as Blitz was all about making late hits and cheapshotting. This can range from making a simple tackle to pulling off your helmet and hitting the opponent in the face. But it gets worse.

Now, you’ll have the opportunity to specifically target an area of the opponent to injure. You have a Clash meter (which fills up after making great plays or late hits), so if your meter is high enough when you’re about to make a sack or tackle, the game will slow down (think bullet-time) and enter into a mini-game where you’ll pick the area you want injure (head, arms, chest, etc…). Once you’ve selected the area, you will have to mash the buttons to get a meter to fill before time expires. The more the meter is filled, the more damage they’ll sustain. But it gets worse.

If you’ve done enough damage, you’re treated to a nice, little movie from inside the opponent’s body. You’ll see close-ups of bones breaking or muscles tearing, it’s quite funny. My favorite part is the dislocated shoulder.

But if that’s not enough, there’s one achievement I was told about that will make you wince. It’s called ‘Testikill’ and, you guessed it, it involves crushing your opponent’s, uh, man area. I didn’t see this performed (thankfully), but the Midway rep went into detail about it. Trying to keep this post as PG as possible, I can say is that if you’ve ever wondered what testicles looked like when they rupture, well, you’ll find out.

Well that’s about enough of this.

Blitz 2 will make you laugh, but I don’t know if it will satisfy your hunger for a football game with a lot of depth. If over-the-top violence doesn’t gross you out, then feel free to jump in.

Rather than masquerade a single video as an entire post, here are some highlights of what's available from other sites in the way of movies and screens:

• Above is the new trailer for Lego Batman. We picked it up from Gamers Hell. It's got Poison Ivy building some evil-looking plant mini-kits, and Bruce Wayne kicking ass with a briefcase.

• Some more screens from Tomb Raider: Underworld. (Also Gamers Hell)

• Also the World Exclusive Debut Trailer for Blitz: The League II. It's at Gametrailers, because everything over there is a world exclusive.

In addition to those two sequels, David F. Zucker, president and CEO, hinted at two "new ambitious open world games" but provided no further details.