The SOE Forums have details on a new patch that's now live in DC Universe Online, bringing their MMORPG to version 1.03 (thanks VG247). The change list follows. Continue here to read the full story.

Computer and Video Games has details from the latest issue of OPM UK explaining plans for FIFA 12, the next installment in the association football/soccer series. "I think we did a great job with the Personality Plus feature [in FIFA 11]," says EA Canada producer David Rutter, adding: "but the the [sic] teams [AI] doesn't support that quite as much as it should." To Beavis and Butthead's endless delight, he elaborates: "As an example, a team doesn't spot that if Peter Crouch [is] in the area, they can lay a load of high balls onto his head." He also describes set-pieces as an area that can use improvement: "Set-pieces are still a bit lame," he admits. "I get frustrated by not being able to do quick throw-ins, not being able to quickly select my free-kick takers, on the fly stuff. We're somewhat last-gen in the way the game cuts [before those things]."

UDK Website now offers the January beta of the Unreal Development Kit, the free edition of the Unreal Engine 3. Beginning with last month the UDK includes iOS support, and a new iOS Development forum offers support for that with "free tutorials, documentation and help from other mobile developers."

Here's the latest list of the top-selling titles on Valve's Steam service for the past week:

1. DC Universe Online
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops
3. Dead Space 2
4. Dead Space
5. Dragon Age II
6. Dungeons
7. Battlefield: Bad Company 2
8. Sid Meier's Civilization V
9. Counter-Strike: Source
10. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution

• Alchemia – Extended Version on GamersGate. Save 50%.
• APOX on Direct2Drive. Save 33%.
• APOX on Steam. Save 33%.
• A.R.E.S.- Extinction Agenda on GamersGate. Save 33%.
• Atari 80 Classic Games in One on Impulse. Save 66%.
• Cossacks: Campaign Expansion on Steam. Save 10%.
• Cyan games on GOG.com. Up to 50% off.
• Dead Space on Steam. Save 66%.
• Dead Space 2 on Steam. Save 75% on Dead Space with your preorder.
• Europa Universalis III Complete on Steam. Save 80%.
• Europa Universalis III: Heir to the Throne on Steam. Save 80%.
• King Arthur: The Role-playing Wargame on GamersGate. Save 75%.
• King Arthur: The Saxons Expansion on GamersGate. Save 75%.
• Laxius Force II The Queen of Adretana on GamersGate. Save 50%.
• ODD Society on GamersGate. Save 50%.
• Orb Blast on GamersGate. Save 60%.
• Puzzle Bots on GamersGate. Save 50%.
• Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People on Direct2Drive. Save 50%.
• Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People (Mac) on Direct2Drive. Save 50%.
• Survival/Horror Games on Direct2Drive. Save 20% with code "survival".
• The Legend of Vraz on GamersGate. Save 60%.
• Total Annihilation on Impulse. Save 50%.
• Warfare on GamersGate. Save 50%.
  Still on sale (previously reported). Continue here to read the full story.

•  Academy of Interactive Arts & Science Names Bill Budge as its Second Pioneer Award Recipient. Adobe Acrobat format.

• PlanetSide Next on PlanetSide Universe.

• Gears of War 3 multiplayer footage appears in UNC news report.

• Toshiba to iPad: You're flashy, but you're lame. Thanks Ant via Digg.
• Motorola Xoom launching February 17th at Best Buy. Thanks [H]ard-OCP.
• Acer Denies Phasing Out Netbooks for Tablets. Thanks [H]ard-OCP.

• The Ultimate Scientific Calculator. From Microsoft. And It's Free. Thanks Ant.
• Logitech shows off its 'living room' mouse. Thanks [H]ard-OCP.

Thanks Ant.

• Last Days For Central IPv4 Address Pool.
• What Does Google Offers Mean for Groupon? Thanks [H]ard-OCP.
• New YouTube homepage launches to all users.
• One in five American divorces now involve Facebook. Thanks Neatorama.
• New .Jobs Web Sites Elbow In On Job Advertising Industry. Thanks Acleacius.
• Does Facebook think Ebert's new jaw is abusive? Madness.
• Most AOL revenue from dial-up zombies?
• Facebook spills on fundraising and IPO plans. Thanks [H]ard-OCP.

• Twitter hit with scareware scam.

• "Crime is crime": meet the Internet police.

• Astroslugs on Out of Eight.
• Deathspank on PC Gamer.
• Patrician IV on PC Gamer.

• ASRock P67 Extreme4 Motherboard on Mad Shrimps.
• CoolIt Vantage A.L.C. CPU Cooler on DragonSteelMods.
• Cooler Master HAF-X - Big Tower Case on TecCentral. In German.
• HIS Radeon HD 6850 1GB IceQ X Turbo Graphics Card on TweakTown.
• Kingston HyperX Genesis 4GB 2133MHz DDR3 RAM Kit on Legit Reviews.
• MSI E350IA-E45 AMD Fusion Motherboard on Hardware Heaven.
• Samsung UN55C6500 55 inch Series 6 LED TV on Overclockers Online.
• Sparkle GeForce GT430 1024MB DDR3 Low Profile Graphics Card on Test Freaks.
• Tritton AX180 Gaming Headphones on t-break.
• Zotac Zbox Blu-ray AD03 HTPC on t-break.

Three and one last week. This week: Packers, Steelers.

Championship Links:	Thanks Ant and Mike Martinez and Acleacius.
Play:	Snowboard Rush. Bite Jacker.
Links:	Batman Vs. The Internet. Thanks Neatorama.
Stories:	Archie drops the Comics Code. Thanks Slashdot. Improv Everywhere: No Pants (No Problem).
Media:	Elaborate televised prank on Belgium's terrible phone company. Dog Joins Aussie Rules Football Match. Greatest minigolf shot of all time.
The Funnies:	FoxTrot.
Follow-up:	"War Machine" Spin-Off Film Coming.