Both the North American and PAL stores have been updating, but licensing the way it is, the update isn't universal. So we'll list both separately.

NORTH AMERICA

* 2000AD Prog #1660 ($1.99)
* Ghost Rider (2005) #1-6 ($1.99 each)
* G.I. Joe: Cobra #1 ($0.99)
* G.I. Joe Origins #1-2 ($0.99 each)
* Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft #1 ($0.99)
* Nanovor #1 ($0.99)
* The Fantastic Four (1961) #1-15 ($1.99 each)
* The Mighty Avengers (2007) #1-6 ($1.99 each)
* Transformers: All Hail Megatron #7 ($1.99)
* Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse: Birds, Bees, Blood & Beer #1-4 ($0.99 each)

EUROPE

* Ghost Rider (2005) #1 : The Road To Damnation #1- #6 – Marvel (£1.19/€1.49) Ages 15+
* The Fantastic Four (1961) #1 – #15 – Marvel (£1.19/€1.49) Ages 3+
* The Mighty Avengers (2007) #1 – #6 – Marvel (£1.19/€1.49) Ages 9+
* 2000AD Prog #1660 – 2000AD (£1.19/€1.49) Ages 15+
* Locke and Key: Welcome to Lovecraft #1 – IDW (£0.79/€0.99) Ages 17+
* Nanovor: Game Day #1 – IDW (£0.79/€0.99) Ages 9+
* Transformers: All Hail Megatron #7 – IDW (£1.19/€1.49) Ages 12+
* Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse #1 : Birds, Bees, Blood & Beer #1 – #4 – ID (£0.79/€0.99) Ages 17+

While I prefer the feel of a new comic in my hands, it's nice seeing reasonable prices on a digital shopfront for once.

These events play out in a webcomic that's popped up in a post on the Team Fortress 2 blog that simply says, "Attention employees...friendship ends in 1 day." In the rather lengthy comic, the administrator reacts badly to news that two opposing team members have formed a lasting bond of friendship. You can read the rest for yourselves at the link below, but pay attention to that last line.

"Nothing kills a friendship faster...than a healthy competition."

Could the mystery of the strange sound files be solved? Insert dramatic chipmunk here.

Attention employees... [Team Fortress 2 Blog - Thanks Jim!]

Buried inside its shiny pages, along with papercraft and lots of pictures of meat, are details of the upcoming "tough as nails" platformer which has gamers playing as a cube of animated meat on a quest to save his Bandaid girlfriend.

Enjoy!

Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim is a digest-sized comic series from Oni Press that follows the tale of Canadian slacker bassist Scott Pilgrim. Scott has met the girl of his dreams, but in order to keep her he must defeat her seven evil ex-boyfriends. If the plot sounds familiar, you are a male who has dated. Michael Cera and Mary Elizabeth Winstead are starring in the film adaptation, directed by Edgar Wright of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz Fame. Ubisoft Montreal is developing and publishing the video game adaptation Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, due out in 2010, just in time for the film's release.

"We're excited to work with Universal to create a video game experience based on the Scott Pilgrim universe," said Christian Salomon, vice president of Worldwide Licensing at Ubisoft. "Scott Pilgrim is a special property, one that is both nostalgic and completely original. The game will provide a fun and unique experience to players and combine all the important elements seen in the film-action, romance, irreverent pop culture references and rock-n-roll."

The release didn't say anything specifically about platforms, or whether they would be adapting the comic art style or going for something more live-action movie related, but I'm sure that information will come to light in due time.

And yes, this was announced at Comic-Con, but we were busy being exhausted.

Image Comics and EA are teaming up to release a comic based on Dead Space Extraction.

The comic based on the Wii-exclusive, will team up illustrator Ben Templesmith and writer Antony Johnston following their partnership on last year's Dead Space comic.

The comic will hit shelves this September for $3, but a limited edition version of the comic featuring exclusive cover art will be available at the EA Comic-Con booth for $2. Better still, both Templesmith and Johnston will be on hand to sign the issues on Thursday from 3 to 4 p.m. and Friday through Sunday from 1 to 2 p.m.

The booth will also have other Dead Space merch including Isaac Clarke Unitology figurines, iPhone skins, and Dead Space art books.

"There is so much more to the Dead Space universe than we could ever fit into one game and we're excited to be working with Image Comics again to extend the story in Dead Space Extraction," said Steve Papoutsis, executive producer of Dead Space Extraction. "Ben and Antony did such a tremendous job with the original comic, we can't wait for fans to get their hands on this special issue."

Then, this March, the first of two God of War Novels arrive from Del Rey.

Sounds like someone went a little marketing crazy. Here's the break down of the books, the comics and, yes, that fancy set of knives.

God of War Comic Book Series (October 2009): Published by DC/Wildstorm Comics, the series will be written by Marv Wolfman (The New Teen Titans, Crisis on Infinite Earths). The six-issue series will be released on a monthly schedule, leading into the March 2010 release of God of War III for the Playstation 3.

United Cutlery's Blades of Chaos (October 2009): United Cutlery , manufacturer of licensed edged and adult collectibles for the entertainment industry since 1981, will create a scaled replica of Kratos Blades of Chaos. The weapon will be a total of 20-13/16 inches long and have a 12 7/16-inch blade constructed from solid-cast zinc aluminum with a custom-etched mold texture, and unique fantasy grindings that mirror the piece used in the game. The handle grip is injection-molded and surrounded by an intricate, detailed cast-metal guard and pommel. The Blades of Chaos replica includes a custom display stand with the God of War logo.

Del Rey Books' God of War Novels (March 2010): Del Rey will publish two novels based on the God of War series. The first novel, God of War, will be written by author Matthew Stover. In the novel God of War, Kratos, the game's protagonist, is a great warrior who seeks revenge on the God of War Ares for the deaths of his wife and child. On his journey to Olympus, Kratos must battle great monsters of legend—and fight his own inner demons. Kratos' quest will take him through a world of Greek mythology transformed, in which the familiar legends take on a terrifying new life—from the Aegean, where Kratos will grapple with the Great Hydra, to the depths of Hades, where Kratos will face death itself, to the heights of Mount Olympus.

The Spyborgs prequel was created by Udon and will lead up to the start of the game, giving you a bit of background on the "tragedy" that happened to the team.

SPYBORGS: Comic-Con Exclusive Comic Giveaway

Atari reps screened over 100 applicants and thankfully only picked the 10 best to go head-to-head in front of the crowd. As you can imagine, they were all really terrible. I'd say maybe one or two even had voice, while the rest just went up there and screamed into the mic. The winner, a guy from Brooklyn with the words "I Drop Hot Shit" on the back of his shirt, received a Nintendo Wii, a copy of Ready 2 Rumble Revolution, and two tickets to see an upcoming fight at Madison Square Garden.

Pictures after the jump!

I'm not sure what it is about "life-like" Anime mascots. Maybe it's the blank stare or the irregular combination of human and cartoon anatomy, but I can't help but feel weirded out all the time.

I actually challenge the Shu-wannabe to a game (which I knew nothing about), but it turns out the person inside the constume doesn't know how to play either. Shame.

The site is hosting high-quality, full scans of every page of the initial issue of the comic based on the Electronic Arts video game.

Dead Space Comic [Newsarama]

The comic, written by the game's scribe Rhianna Pratchett, and reveals more about the father of main character Faith. As Multiplayer points out, the comic's artist, Matthew Dow Smith, draws things we were able to do in the game and could not do in the game. Great way to expand the Mirror's Edge universe.

‘Mirror’s Edge’ Comic Proposes Gameplay Additions [Multiplayer]

19/f/Medic 19/f/medic [monkeyblah]

[Tech Amok]

BlizzPlanet reports that a World of Warcraft comic book may be announced at next week's Comic Con. The rumor apparently started when the site noticed that there was going to be a panel at the event featuring Jim Lee, Chris Metzen and Mickey Nielson.

Chris "Thundergod" Metzen is the Vice President of Creative Development for Blizzard Entertainment and Nielson an artist for the game. Meanwhile Jim Lee is the artist behind the second series X-Men number 1.

The Comic Con site itself seems to indicate that a big unveil is coming during the Friday event:

3:30-4:30 WOW! It's World of Warcraft!— Are you ready? Comics, collectibles, and online gaming are about to collide! How does the world's most popular online game, World of Warcraft, plan to crash the comics and collectibles world? Find out here! As a special incentive, a collectible comic will be distributed to fans at the panel. Join Jim Lee (editorial director, WildStorm), Chris Metzen (VP of creative development, Blizzard), Mickey Neilson (writer/voice director, Blizzard), Hank Kanalz (VP/general manager, WildStorm), and Georg Brewer (VP, design and DC Direct creative) to discover the results of these combined forces! Room 4 Categories: Action Figures, Toys and Collectibles | Comic Books | Fandom | Gaming | Science Fiction & Fantasy

It stands to reason that that "collectible comic" will be a sneak peek edition of a new WoW series. And why not, as McWhertor says, WoW gamers need something to do when they're in the bathroom.

Wow Comic Book - Wildstorm / DC Comics [Blizz Planet]

What a cool idea. Kaplan and Tokyopop have teamed up to produce a series of mangas designed to increase your vocabulary and thus your SAT and ACT scores.

Among the list of smartifying books (how do you like that vocabulary right there?) is Warcraft: Dragon Hunt, the first volume in the Sunwell Trilogy. All of the books include more than 300 words that frequently show up on the SATs and ACTs. The words are highlighted and their definitions show up in the margins of the book. Love this idea. Brian Crecente

Study for the SATs with Warcraft Manga [Wired]

This is sort of random, today's Get Fuzzy strip deals with Sony's Goat Gate.

In it, Satchel says he doesn't want to go to a video game store because "at a game's launch party, they wanted people to pull stuff out of a dead goat."

OK, there's no way Darby Conley isn't a gamer if he knows about the God of War II launch party in Europe, I don't think it made that big a splash in mainstream media. So what do you think? Is he a PS3, Wii or 360 owner? Brian Crecente

Kotakuite, Chad had the pleasure of attending Free Comic Book Day yesterday and came upon a Sonic the Hedgehog comic book.

This Saturday was Free Comic Book Day, and Archie Comics released an exclusive issue of Sonic The Hedgehog as a lead-in to Sonic #175. In the issue, Robotnik captures Sonic, attaches a "Neuro-Transceiver", and controls him via a video game pad against his friends.

Sonic #175? I'll just let my confusion and horror go on that one. But the real meat of the story, if you can call it that, is what happens when Robotnik actually starts playing his Sonic game. (I apologize for the poor quality of the attached picture, but that's how it came to us) If you can't read it, Robotnik exclaims

It's not my fault! The controls are horrendous! I should've spent more time in development.

I love it when a company has enough of a sense of humor to be able to make fun of itself. Now let's talk about Shadow of the Hedgehog... Flynn De Marco

I love watching this slow migration of gaming into the mainstream consciousness, even when it involves poking fun at gamers. Brian Crecente

I don't often link directly to comics mostly because there are so very many of them and I'm fairly certain you guys can get out there and find them yourselves.

But the latest VG Cats made me really laugh out loud and despite my constant use of the annoying lol, I don't do that too often. Also, I sorta started feeling that way too while playing Smooth Moves. It's good to know that my particularly sick mind isn't alone. Hit the link for the full comic and its oh so wonderful... um... money shot? Brian Crecente

Smooth Moves [VG Cats]

We've been hearing a lot lately about the upcoming Hellboy game, including the recent news that Ron Perlman, who played Hellboy in the movie, will be providing the voice for the comic book demon. This new trailer shows a bevy of monsters and destructible environments for your viewing pleasure. The European gothic village setting is a particular favorite! Hellboy and his Fist of Doom is set to bust out onto PS3, PSP and 360 later this year. Let's just hope that Konami can make Hellboy's trip from the comic page to the game console as smooth as his 2004 visit to the silver screen. Flynn De Marco