The Palazzo Medici is a Renaissance palace located in Florence, Italy. It's famous. It's also one of Ezio's playgrounds in Assassin's Creed 2, provided you pre-order either the PS3 or Xbox 360 version of the game.

Despite fears that the on-going trend of digital distribution may be bad for retailers, analyst Arvind Bhatia of Sterne Agee believes that retailers and walk-in stores have nothing to worry about. At least not yet. Meeting with four key GameStop execs, the analyst shares his thoughts and predictions regarding digital downloads.

Making history is Fallout 3's Point Lookout DLC. No, this time, it's not for another record-breaking number, but rather, it's for having the first broken street date for a DLC. The said  DLC was supposed to arrive not till next Tuesday.

Whether or not you agree with Microsoft and Bungie's decision to turn Halo 3: ODST into a full-priced release, it's definitely resonating with a lot of Halo fans, as indicated by this earlier report. For those who want to make sure that they get a copy on day one, Microsoft has put together a promo that lets those who pre-order at participating retailers play as the tough-as-nails series stalwart Sgt. Avery Junior Johnson in the game's multiplayer Firefight mode.

A lot of us still seem to be suffering from that E3 hangover. But that's alright. We've got plenty of back-to-regular-programming E3-after pills to pull you through. Hey, just because the event is over doesn't mean that our party is over. Read up and see just how much we earned from the aftermath of E3. Right after the jump you go.

Caught the Turn 10 Forza Motorsport 3 presentation the Microsoft presscon back in E3? Remember how confident Dan Greenwalt was about his new baby? If you're just about crazy about the game as he is, GameStop is offering the Forza Motorsport 3 Exclusive Limited Edition pack which comes with a few goodies that you might find interesting. Details after the jump.

What could be going on? For some reason, all pre-orders of Epic Games' Gears of War 2 retail compilation "All Fronts" have vanished into thin online air. A Joystiq tipster came forward with the information that GameStop had pulled out the said pre-orders.

Peripherals have made Activision a lot of money recently, and so they're also making one for the next Tony Hawk game. While there hasn't been an official announcement for the game and skateboard combo yet, it seems that GameStop knows something about it.

When you hear that GameStop got swarmed, you'd think they broke the date on Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, Xbox 360), but then again, that game barely has a date. Anyway, unfortunately for the GameStop outlet in the Union Square Park area, it wasn't a swarm of customers looking to see if they've got inFamous, it was literally a swarm of bees that surely gave the Memorial Day Weekend quite a buzz.

Answering an earnings call, GameStop exec David W. Carlson reveals the release of four major titles by October and November. Noting that GameStop is a US retailer, the only conclusion we can make out of the info is that the release margins are for the US, and we can only speculate on how it's gonna be for other regions. More info after the jump.