No surprise once again to see Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows take the number one spot with nearly $40 million and Alvin and the Chipmunks to slip in at number two. Surprisingly though, Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol in a very limited release of only about 400 theatres was strong enough to take the number three spot. It should be interesting to see what happens this holiday weekend as most movies are being released on Wednesday (hence the early previews) and if that headstart hurts Mission: Impossible this weekend or if its just a strong sign of things to come. READ MORE

Fans everywhere are receiving their pre-ordered Collector's Editions of Star Wars: The Old Republic. For some though, there is one tiny problem. To find out what, click here! READ MORE

The EGM staff gives their picks for the best games of 2011, as well as our personalized off-topic awards. For this installment, it's EGM resident supernerd Ray Carsillo. READ MORE

After the end of the first Alan Wake and its subsequent DLC, we definitely had more questions than answers as players. So what new surprises will its sequel have in store for us? Check out our preview to find out! READ MORE

This last Pullbox of the year before our winter break sees a lot of limited series take the spotlight as we’re simply seeing better potential for more complete stories from these limited series than a lot of monthlies lately. We also feature our first independently published Indie as it doesn’t get more independent than that. READ MORE

As predicted, Breaking Dawn finally was dethroned last weekend, but it was during a weekend where the industry saw it’s 2^nd worst total box office of the entire year at $67 million. Only the $64 million on September 9^th – 11^th was worse (football season started so it had a particularly poor Sunday). New Year’s Eve did take number one with a $13 million draw and Jonah Hill’s foul-mouthed The Sitter surprisingly took the number two spot. Don’t expect either to stay there for long though as one of the most anticipated movies of the holiday season comes out this weekend. READ MORE

Released a year ago on PSN, how does Joe Danger: Special Edition stand up now after being ported over to XBLA and given a slew of new features? Read our review to find out! READ MORE

The first Gears of War 3 Campaign DLC has hit the XBLA Marketplace, but is it worth your cash? Check out our review here! READ MORE

Hollywood director/screenwriter James Gunn walked the red carpet at the 2011 Spike TV VGAs and talked to EGM Associate Editor and Resident Supernerd Ray Carsillo about his experience co-directing/writing Lollipop Chainsaw with Suda51. He also let slip a little new information about the highly anticipated game in regards to Nick, Juliet's decapitated head of a boyfriend, and his part in the game. READ MORE

A lot of comics came out this week, but not too much really stood out as special for me and I’m even tempted to start removing some titles from my pullbox. Action Comics and Red Lantern continue to be mediocre for different reasons…Action has too much going on and Red Lantern doesn’t have enough. Marvel also saw some new monthlies start like The Defenders, but it really just concentrated on forming the team more than anything. So it actually ended up being a good week comparably for the Indies. Spawn, Mega Man, and Last of the Greats were all very solid. But only the most spectacular of all these made it into this week’s Pullbox. READ MORE

With no movies of any note released last weekend, it is no surprise that Twilight: Breaking Dawn: Part 1 has had the top box office spot for three weeks in a row, even with diminishing returns. This week though your standard holiday romantic comedy looks to try to capitalize on a slow time of year before the big slew of Christmas releases and see if it can’t drive a stake through the heart of teenie boppers everywhere and prevent Twilight from being number one for a solid month. READ MORE

Warner Bros.’ new Montreal studio’s head Martin Carrier and VP/Executive Producer Reid Schneider let loose that there are plans for more DC Comics inspired games on the way. READ MORE

The EGM crew looks back and thinks of their Top 5 Games that Legitimized Systems. READ MORE

Glee star Matthew Morrison yesterday said the show will be paying tribute and doing a throwback to the Judy Garland Christmas special and, of all things, the often joked about Star Wars Holiday Special for their Christmas episode this year. READ MORE

2K gave us a preview of a new narrative cooperative game mode for The Darkness II called Vendettas, where four other Darkness wielders are teaming up to bring the fight to the Brotherhood and lend Jackie Estacado a hand he may not even realize he needs. READ MORE

An interesting week this week as it was a rare 5^th Wednesday in the month. And when this happens, typically there is a shortage of comics and this month’s victim was DC. Only a couple of DC titles were released and nothing of any note. So, to still meet our required five, I’m going to look at three Marvel comics that at least had a few decent titles come out and a pair of indies. Enjoy! READ MORE

Gearbox Software, the developers behind the acclaimed Borderlands and its highly anticipated sequel coming next year Borderlands 2, has announced a chance for one lucky cos-player to become the face of one of the franchise’s more beloved characters. READ MORE

Bing has released a series of Top 10 lists today compiling its most searched subjects in a series of categories ranging from celebrities and musicians to technology. Big surprise at what topped the list. READ MORE

EGM had a chance to get a glimpse of the new Rainbow 6: Patriots from Ubisoft while it is still in its early development phases. READ MORE

After a near two-dozen comics in my personal box last week to sort through, things were easy for me to whittle down this week as there were only a half dozen. Those are the breaks in the comic world: big weeks followed by slow weeks. These five picks though are no slouches and are more than worthy to carry the load. READ MORE