No fancy name for this one, it's just the "Multiplayer Pack", and includes two new game modes (Bagman & Team Bagman) along with eight new maps that are playable across all multiplayer modes.

It's 560 MSP on 360, and $6 on the PSN. The video gives you a decent run-down of some of the new stuff on offer.

And good for it! While the game has its problems with AI and endless spawning, the physics engine and emphasis on demolitions have made it one of my favourite games of 2009 so far.

That's obviously only counting the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions, since the PC edition is, well, not out yet. It'll be out in September, and should contribute nicely to that figure.

But that long wait will soon be over, as THQ have finally gotten around to announcing a release date for the PC version of their Martian open-worlder. And that day is September 15 for Americans, and September 11 for "international" customers, which we'll imagine means Europe and Australasia.

The game will be available both in stores and digitally, though THQ are "still finalizing the digital distribution partners for each region".

To go with the release are the game's specs, which are:

Minimum:
# OS: Windows XP / Vista
# CPU: 2.0 GHz Dual-Core Processor (Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon X2)
# Memory: 1GB RAM / 15GB of Hard Drive space
# Video Card: 128MB 3D Video Card with Shader Model 3.0 Support (Nvidia GeForce 7600/ATI Radeon X1300)

Recommended:
# OS: Windows Vista for DirectX 10
# CPU: 3.2 GHz Dual-Core Processor (Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon X2)
# Memory: 2GB RAM / 15GB of Hard Drive space
# Video Card: 256MB 3D Video Card with Shader Model 3.0 Support (Nvidia GeForce 8800/ATI Radeon HD3850)

For this contest we asked folks to send us read photos, and we got extremely impressive entries. Much love to everyone who entered. But sadly we only have one winner, and that winner is...

Will the gentleman who took this photo please shoot me an email (bashcraftATkotakuDOTcom)? Congrats!

No, let's have you pick a winner.

Here's how it works: In the comments section below, write the name of the image you are voting for (the actual JPG or PNG name). Writing more than one comment or voting more than once or spamming the comments section with anything other than a single vote will result in banhammering.

Voting ends in exactly 24 hours. The winner will receive a copy of Red Faction. That, and our undying love — platform of their choice.

Okay! Voting begins. Life goes on.

"I'm all about the red, obsessed even," writes Adam. "My life revolves around the color red. I gave a speech in my college speech class on the color red. I've gone to class wearing this get-up. I used to hate cinnamon, but I ate big red gum anyway, and now I love the cinnamon flavor. I've opened packs of M&M's, and just eaten the red ones! It's my mantra, my philosophy. Red represents all that I am and all that I aspire to be!"

Check out the reflection in the mirror: Red camera.

Reader Ben sends along his entry below, writing, "It was supposed to be a red gentleman ninja making a phone call at Christmas... keywords; 'supposed to be'." Bravo, Ben, Bravo. Love the gentleman's pipe.

What's happening? We're giving away a copy of futuristic third-person-shooter Red Faction: Guerrilla, platform of your choice. Here's how you can win it:

Take a picture of red things - the more the better! Be sure to include a "Kotaku sign" in the picture. Send your entries to kotakucontestATgmailDOTcom by MIDNIGHT.

Oh, and read our rules, because rules are rules.

What's happening? We're giving away a copy of futuristic third-person-shooter Red Faction: Guerrilla, platform of your choice. Here's how you can win it:

Take a picture of red things — the more the better! Be sure to include a "Kotaku sign" in the picture. Send your entries to kotakucontestATgmailDOTcom and have a very nice day.

Oh, and read our rules, because rules are rules.

What's happening? We're giving away a copy of futuristic third-person-shooter Red Faction: Guerrilla, platform of your choice. Here's how you can win it:

Take a picture of red things - the more the better! Be sure to include a "Kotaku sign" in the picture. Send your entries to kotakucontestATgmailDOTcom and have a very nice day.

Oh, and read our rules. Because that's the rule, and rules are rules.

What's happening? We're giving away a copy of futuristic third-person-shooter Red Faction: Guerrilla, platform of your choice. Here's how you can win it:

Take a picture of red things - the more the better! Be sure to include a "Kotaku sign" in the picture. Send your entries to kotakucontestATgmailDOTcom and have a very nice day.

Oh, and read our rules. Because that's the rule, and rules are rules.

Red Faction [Official Site]

Don't worry, Kotaku! I haven't gone all Patrick Bateman on you! I realized that my apartment contains lamentably few red items, and so I had to make due with what I DID have...and that included a jumbo-sized bottle of ketchup and about half a cup's worth of red food coloring.

Neo Deus adds, "Please pray for the roommate that was forced to take this picture." Why we would be concerned about your roommate? He's only living with some dude who smears his body with ketchup and takes baths in BLOOD.

What's happening? We're giving away a copy of futuristic third-person-shooter Red Faction: Guerrilla, platform of your choice. Here's how you can win it:

Take a picture of red things - the more the better! Be sure to include a "Kotaku sign" in the picture. Send your entries to kotakucontestATgmailDOTcom and have a very nice day.

Oh, and read our rules. Because that's the rule, and rules are rules.

Red Faction [Official Site]

What's happening? We're giving away a copy of futuristic third-person-shooter Red Faction: Guerrilla, platform of your choice. Here's how you can win it:

Take a picture of red things - the more the better! Be sure to include a "Kotaku sign" in the picture. Send your entries to kotakucontestATgmailDOTcom and have a very nice day.

Oh, and read our rules. Because that's the rule, and rules are rules.

Red Faction: Guerrilla [Official Site]

Take a picture of red things — the more the better! Be sure to include a "Kotaku sign" in the picture. Send your entries to kotakucontestATgmailDOTcom and have a very nice day.

Oh, and read our rules. Because reading is fun.

Red Faction: Guerrilla [Official Site]

By more, we don't mean Red Faction 3. That one's already coming. THQ are referring to another Red Faction, and a sequel to Darksiders, a game that's not even out yet.

It's a bold policy, particularly since we don't know whether Darksiders (or Red Facton's new approach to the series) are even any good. But nothing ventured, nothing gained, we guess. At the very least, it's nice to know they're not falling back on a temptation to milk Company of Heroes and Dawn of War til they're dry and brittle.

THQ planning Red Faction 4, Darksiders 2 [GameSpot]

And you can look out for it in June, as that's when publishers THQ say the game will be out. June 9, to be a little more precise, and that's (at this stage anyways) for all three platforms: PS3, 360 & PC.

This post is dedicated to all the assistant managers and "keyholders" out there who sat on their ass while their bosses got free stuff with Ozzy Osborne.

First Images Of Red Faction: Guerilla [2Qr @ NeoGAF]

UPDATE: OK, we have an answer! The top one (ie the better-looking one), yes, that's from the game, and appears in the latest issue of Game Informer magazine. The bottom one, no, it's a FAKE. [thanks Keldan!]

We're assuming that the game is in development by THQ's subsidiary Volition (as with past titles in the franchise), but other than that...expect better graphics, smarter AI and larger environments than in Red Faction 2. The cover art may or may not resemble the work of three-year-old.

THQ Announces New Red Faction [gamelife]