OK Go's music videos can become such impressive viral hits because Internet video can be embedded pretty much everywhere. You don't have to visit OK Go's website, it's just there. That's the same for music and photos, too. Heck, it's true of pretty much every form of media that's not video games. InstantAction is proposing a solution: the embeddable video game. I saw InstantAction about a year ago while still working for MTV News. At the time, InstantAction was mostly a portal for powerful, modern-looking games to run through a browser. I asked them whether the games could ever be embedded like YouTube. The technology didn't exist a year ago, but the team said it was possible. Earlier this week, however, InstantAction showed me what I was hoping for in working form and I'm convinced it could change games and how we all discover them. The moment it clicked? When I watched CEO Louis Castle (whose name might ring a bell - he used to head Electronic Arts' now-closed Blueprint studio and co-founded Westwood Studios) embed LucasArts' The Secret of Monkey Island remake into an actual Tumblr blog and start playing the game a few minutes later through the blog. Upping the ante, Castle demonstrated the same concept, except it was Assassin's Creed running through his Facebook account. Assassin's Creed through a Facebook account. I was already imagining being able to write stories and embed the games I was talking about into the story. That's not the point of InstantAction, but it's an exciting byproduct of the tech. Read More?

MLB 10: The Show may still be the best overall baseball game out there, but it's in a holding pattern this year and has some serious problems with online play.

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Sony revealed a whole lot today at GDC 2010, along with the PlayStation Move motion control technology. One of the most interesting tidbits involved a fighting game called Motion Fighters, which allows you to get in a good workout while working over an opponent with a fight club ethic that puts you in the back alley to brawl with friends and neighbors. Here, now, are the first screenshots from that game. Go to the Motion Fighters gallery and have at it.

If you're a SOCOM fan, it's been an exciting last few hours. Less than a week after Zipper announced that it's returning to the franchise for the first time in five years, Sony announced that SOCOM: US Navy Seals 4 will feature PlayStation Move support. More importantly, it meant that the publisher showed it off in action. And, of course, Sony had some new screens to deliver. Head over to the screenshot gallery if you want to see more!

LucasArts has revealed that Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge: Special Edition is officially a go. The publisher just confirmed the game via the screenshot to the right that was just posted on Twitter. The game is scheduled for release on PSN, XBLA, Mac, iPhone, PC. LucasArts also announced that Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition will be coming to Mac and PlayStation Network sometime soon. These updates seem to be rolling at a steady pace, so all you Monkey Island lovers should keep your eyes and ears open. Source: LucasArts

As you might have noticed, Mafia II is one of the hottest games coming out of GDC. We previewed the game recently, and Adam Sessler also interviewed the Director of Creative Production. In this video, he goes one on one with Senior Producer Denby Grace, who provides some insight into how 2K's game is coming along. Want to know more? Take a look! Watch Larger Version | Watch HD Version

I have a feeling a lot of PlayStation 3 owners will be playing PlayStation Move-enable game collection Sports Champion when it launches. This is total speculation, but it could be that Sony plans for the title to be as ubiquitous as Wii Sports was when Nintendo's motion system launched. Anyway, check out this gallery for a look at some of the different games Sports Champion will feature.

Sony’s GDC 2010 press conference included a video montage of some of the upcoming titles that will include PlayStation Move motion control support. One of the games that appeared ever so briefly during the presentation was a game called The Shoot. Not much is known about the game at this point, but it appears to involve participating in various movie scenes and meeting scene-specific challenges. While we wait for Sony to drop some new details, head over to our slick new The Shoot photo gallery to get a sense of what this PS Move title brings to set.

At GDC 2010 today. we talked to Randy Chase, EA Product Marketing Manager, about EA Sports MMA, the mixed martial arts title that coming to the PlayStation 3. "We were able to borrow some technology," Chase said of EA's gold-standard fighting series Fight Night. "But We really wanted to make this game from scratch. MMA is a totally different sport from boxing." Check out the video below for more info on this exciting new title for the PS3 and 360: Watch Larger Version | Watch HD Version

During their press conference today at GDC, Sony unveiled their motion controller for the first time and revealed that the contraption would henceforth be know as...PlayStation Move. Here, we humbly present to you the first promotional pictures of the PlayStation Move in one of our fabulous photo galleries. Check them out. The Move seems eerily reminiscent of the WiiMote. The Sub-Controller only furthers that comparison, because it looks like a Wii nunchuck, sans wires. What do you think? Even if you don't concur with my official analysis, I think we can agree that all anyone wishes for in life are some color changing balls and a game controller that doubles as a giant Everlasting Gobstopper.