The new game features several returning characters and a few new ones. It also includes Ezio from Assassin’s Creed as well. So in that spirit, contestants in this contest will have to come up with the best two combatants to face off in an imaginative SoulCalibur fight.

Let us know who you’d want to face off, who’d win the match and why. Enter your idea in the comments section, and for good measure let us know on Twitter to get folks to cheer you on! Be sure to leave us some way to contact you if you end up the victor.

Our editors will choose their favorites and one luck entry will take home the prize.

This contest is open until Wednesday, February 22 and is limited only to Canada and the United States.

First up, New Zealand:

Next, we take a little day trip to Antarctica:

And finally, our tour concludes in the Rocky Mountains, where you can play today with the SSX demo mentioned earlier.

That should keep SSX fans busy until next week when the game releases for the Xbox 360 and PS3.

This week Chris and Kelly are joined by Eric Bouchard from the Everyday Gamers podcast and our good friend QT formerly of The FAQ Show. The topic this week is all about Mass Effect and the forthcoming third installment in the series. What makes the Mass Effect series great science fiction? What might the future hold for the series? And what did we think of the Mass Effect 3 Demo? All this plus our Question of the Week, the Week in Geek, and an ending that flies off the handle like none other.

Owners of The Married Gamers official app will have access to our Bonus Content which currently are an additional “Other Show.” Go check it out!

The Married Gamers app is available on iTunes and Amazon for $1.99

I recently downloaded it to my iPad2 and it seems like it will be a lot of fun. I like the fact there is a practice section not just a recording option. I am not a big one for public performance but the ability to take it to Facebook definitely adds another dimension and I can’t wait to see all of your performances;).

It is going to be interesting to see if I use this at Blissdom next week with some of my girlfriends.

First up is a location video placed in Siberia that shows some action on the slopes in the harsh conditions of the Siberian tundra. Being outcast never looked so appealing.

Second, EA just released the Travis Rice Tricks trailer that shows a mix of real life and game play tricks on the mountainside.

EA’s relaunch of the popular snowboarding series looks like it’s bringing a lot to the table for fans for the sport and the series. February 28 cannot get here soon enough.

GameStop is offering a ”Death Rides” pack which comes with exclusive side-quests allowing players to explore more of the Maker’s Realm and Dead Plains. Players will be able to aid an ancient Construct, battle The Bloodless, and retrieve Karn’s lost treasure. If you want more quests this is the pack for you. http://bit.ly/A3ohjs

Best Buy is giving players the “Angel of Death” pack which gives you enhanced armor with an angel inspired design in addition to a pair of matching scythes. Players will also receive an exclusive purple colored visual trail for their crow. This pack is perfect for all you hardcore character customizers out there. http://bit.ly/zUheqa

Finally, Amazon is bringing the “Deadly Despair” pack which features an additional speed boost for Death’s horse, Despair, that allows players to travel the world even faster. Who doesn’t like a faster character? http://amzn.to/xjl2cs

There you have it. Pre-ordering has never been so tempting. Which pre-order incentive will you choose? Darksiders II is due out June 26th for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC.

Mark Little, the senior producer for Major League Baseball 2K12, released a new developer diary featuring the changes to the game for this years version. Changes include variations to the pitching and hitting systems, with another diary update coming out soon focusing in on throwing, fielding and more.

One of the main changes to pitching focuses on strategy. Mixing it up. Throwing that slider when the batter thinks he’s getting a heater. Mixing your pitches and their locations, keeping the batter, guessing will make the chances of them hitting the long ball off of you go down. If you keep using the same pitch over and over, the effectiveness of that pitch will decrease and if you keep using the same locations again and again, then the hitters will zone in on those spots and start sending souvenirs into the stands.

Little spells out all of the changes made to the pitching and hitting on the MLB 2K12 Facebook fan page here.

For more updates on Major League Baseball 2K12 keep checking back with The Married Gamers

The trailer is everything you would want from a new action title. The video gives you a sense of urgency, a sense of setting, a sense of character, as well as a sense of the action that you would come to expect from the title.

What I did not get as a result of this trailer, is the feeling that this was a Max Payne title. The game looks great, in fact, this trailer still has me jazzed to play the final version. With that said, the stakes in the game seem a little removed from what I expected from a game starring the psychologically tortured Payne that I’ve come to love. I’m hopeful that a return to Payne’s world will bring back those old feelings of helplessness that I am used to from the previous games, but it’s not looking too promising.

Max Payne 3 will be released on May 15, 2012 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows LIVE.

Deadline’s sources say that the story will focus on an underground death match between heavily modified vehicles. The winner of this death match is to receive one wish to be granted by Calypso, a mad man obsessed with discovering what makes humanity tick.

The synopsis sounds rather familiar to anyone who knows the series, so they are at least using the game as a template for the film as I suggested in my piece on making successful game based movies. The mention of Sweet Tooth and Doll Face appearing in the film also signals an appeal to the game’s fans.

There is no word yet on a potential release date for the Avi and Ari Arad produced film.

Kinect Sesame Street TV will use the Kinect to allow kids to join all of their favorite monsters, animals, and fairies from the Street as they use gestures, voice commands, and body movements to interact with the educational activities on screen.

The examples provided have children counting with Grover, learning (and possibly eating) letters with Cookie Monster, and exploring Elmo’s World.

Children’s Television Workshop will produce brand new scenes for Kinect, but the most interesting announcement to me are the classic clips that are being promised from the Sesame Street’s nearly fifty year history to be sold separately. Hopefully this means that kids will somehow be able to interact with the clips I grew up with, like C is for Cookie, or Rubber Ducky.

Microsoft has not revealed the pricing for Kinect Sesame Street TV, but I am sure we will get more information as we approach the September 2012 release date.