The highly anticipated return of this extremely popular off-road racing video game franchise will arrive just in time for the holiday season.  The latest incarnation of MX vs. ATV Reflex is apparently a big jump forward that will feature an all-new Rhythm Racing 2.0 physics engine, Rider Reflex control system and real-time terrain deformation.  It will be available on XBOX 360, Playstation 3, PSP and Nintendo DS.

Check out the video demo after the jump.

Equipped with a cell phone and about $1,600 invested in a motorcycle engine and some other spare parts, Wu Zhongyuan, a 20 year old in China has built a helicopter that can climb 2,600 feet in the air.  Zhongyuan, claims he learned everything he needed to know via the Internet (though his cell) and by recalling his physics lessons in middle school but the Chinese government has grounded him for safety issues, you have to love this guy’s ingenuity!

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E3 or The Electronic Entertainment Expo, is a giant industry event for the video gaming world and it is finishing off today.  Big companies like Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo showed off some new stuff they are working on and software companies were giving sneak peaks at games in development that are to be released over the next year.

So were there any motorcycle themed video games?

Sort of… There were no serious motorcycle racing sims on display (not even MotoGP 09 as far as I can tell). I did find 2 motorcycle’ish games for you though.

See the full post to check them out and don’t forget about Motorcycle.com’s Video Game section.

IGN.com just received a bunch of SBK: Superbike World Championship 09 screenshots from Milestone, the developer.

Milestone has developed many SBK games in the past for PC and game consoles.  Let’s hope they can bring the excitement of moto racing in 2009.

Milestone also worked on MotoGP ‘07 and MotoGP ‘08 which we did a review of right here.

If you are a bit of a video gamer on the side, check out Motorcycle.com’s video game section for reviews of big budget games to free online flash games you can play at work while you pretend to work on those reports for your boss.

Hit the jump to see more screenshots.

The Lost and Damned is the highly anticipated Xbox360-exclusive add-on game to GTA IV. To sum it up, the game is good. It’s as simple as that. Sure, it’s not as deep as Niko’s adventures and some parts are a little too familiar, but there is just too much content to deny it from being a success.

Let’s get the usual Grand Theft Auto talk out of the way:

Yes, in GTA4 you can steal cars, kill innocent civilians (and not-so innocent civilians), hire prostitutes, and go to a strip club to get a lap dance.

You’ve heard about Grand Theft Auto’s reputation before, I’m not going to repeat it again.

What hardly gets out into the mass media is the quality of the game, from visuals to story telling. GTA4 was categorized by many as Game of the Year, but not for the violence. It was the story that made Grand Theft Auto 4 a shining gem amongst all the video games released in 2008.

Think of the movie Pulp Fiction. A violent movie but a very good movie (if you give it a chance).

Rockstar, the developers behind GTA4 are back with new content for you in less then a year of Grand Theft Auto 4’s original release.

The new content is exclusive to the Microsoft Xbox 360 and will be available February 19th, 2009 for download.

Yes, unfortunately you have to be online with your Xbox 360 to download this new content but it looks to be worth the effort!

(Game trailers, screenshots and more information after the “jump”)