When, o’ when, will that future finally arrive? You know, the one where humans fight each other to the death for cash and prizes in game shows televised across the globe? “Monday Night Combat” is the latest in the “soon we’ll all be killing each other for fun and profit” canon, and it’s a fairly simple recipe: Take a healthy portion of “Team Fortess 2,” add a dose of any turret defense game, a splash of “SmashTV” and you have Xbox Live’s latest entry in its “Summer of Arcade” series. (And am I the only one who finds the phrase “Summer of Arcade” to be incredibly grammatically annoying?)

The summer blockbusters just keep on rolling, as mega developers such as EA and Konami are poised to drop another wave of addictive releases into gamers’ open arms. Madden ’11 is at the head of the pack, but the anticipated sequel to Mafia, and a new version of Metroid for the Wii are no slouch either. Cash in a savings bond, because it’s time to go shopping again.

Ah, June! The birds are chirping, the sun’s shining, and where are you? Firmly parked in your favorite chair in front of the radiant flat screen television, settling in for a nice session with the latest action, adventure, or sports title. With another onslaught of new releases including Tiger Woods Golf 2011, Green Day Rockband, Sniper, and others, it’s going to be another busy month for PS3, XBox 360, and Wii fans.

Last night, we had a chance to check out Sega’s 2009 game line-up at their New York preview. And we have to say, things are looking good – enough blood, chainsaws, zombies, ass-kicking witches and all out warfare to keep any dude satisfied for hours. Here’s a quick rundown of our favorite titles due out of camp Sega over the coming year.

As if violent video games don’t already have a bad enough rap, some dumbass goes and does this:  After having his copy Halo 3 taken away from him, 16-year-old boy-genius Daniel Petric shot both his parents – killing his mother – and ran away with the game. Not only that, but Daniel tried to frame the crime on this father by trying to put the gun… Click to read more