It’s One Paragraph Gaming News time! Sony expands official licensing program for Playstation peripherals – that means any manufacturer can make whatever peripheral they want as long as they follow “qualifying standards”. “Pirate Bay” was purchased and looks like they’re going legit now. Konami registers the Suikoden name to the US patent office – maybe a new game or remake? Sony patents emotion engine emulation – they have the technology for PS3s to emulate PS2 games. Fable 3 announcement comes from an unexpected place. Best Buy is selling PS3 bundles with Little Big Planet and Wall-E blu-ray. NBA 2k10 Collector’s Edition is full of stuff. A bunch of WoW news: gold farming in China banned, raid lockouts will be extendable, universal tier armor tokens will be introduced, and faction swapping are in the making.

About One Paragraph Gaming News: Want to know about video game news but don’t have the time to look through all the news sites? Raptr has you covered. OPGN gives all the big industry news in one bite-size paragraph.

Raptr strives to improve and expand tracking for all members. We recently upgraded to include World of Warcraft achievement tracking and faster Xbox 360 tracking (now working at full speed). Now, for all you Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead players, Raptr will track Steam achievements.

Many people are have trouble getting their Steam IDs into Raptr, so we’re here to help. First sign into Steam and go to the “Community” tab:

Sign in again with the same information and edit your community profile:

Your Steam ID is at the end of the URL (http://steamcommunity.com/id/[YOUR ID]). Many accounts don’t have a Steam ID yet. Go ahead and make one, or if you already have one, use that one and add it to “Identities” in your Raptr account. Raptr will now regularly track your Steam achievements!

Now you can start showing off all your Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead, or any other Steam game achievements!

We hope everyone had a good weekend. Here is the gaming news from the weekend until now. THQ hints at new controller-based game in 2010. A bunch of Starcraft 2 stuff: More gameplay footage, more options for observers, and no LAN support. Rumor: PS3 and Xbox 360 price drops this holiday season. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 release date pushed back. Lost Planet demo coming out soon; features 4 player co-op. Epic Games launches office in South Korea. Aliens RPG “no longer in development“. Warner Brothers was the only bidder for Midway. Sony may look to merge PSP with cell phone.

About One Paragraph Gaming News: Want to know about video game news but don’t have the time to look through all the news sites? Raptr has you covered. OPGN gives all the big industry news in one bite-size paragraph.

Let’s get down to business! Sony seems to be encouraging non-gaming apps for the PSP-Go. Left 4 Dead now supports custom campaigns. Gearbox confirms the game “War Hero” will be somewhere down the line. NCSoft reveals their new MMO “Beluslan” in a video. Petroglyph Games released information about their upcoming MMORTS “Mytheon”. Another Team Fortress 2 update was released. Rumor: Project Phoenix a.k.a. the Xbox 720 details have been given to game producers. Square Enix’s countdown clock to a new game is close to the end. Sega is creating a new handheld (kind of).

About One Paragraph Gaming News: Want to know about video game news but don’t have the time to look through all the news sites? Raptr has you covered. OPGN gives all the big industry news in one bite-size paragraph.

Raptr members have been tweeting about their gameplay since day one and have come up with very unique ways of expressing themselves.

Some customize to connect with friends:

…just started playing Halo 3. which is an awesome game. play w/me http://raptr.com/evilsnail
…is boss at Halo 3. Hit me with a message if you want to play. http://raptr.com/SgtSixx
…is playing The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion on Xbox Live, anyone fancy a game? Gamertag Ooberkev http://raptr.com/ooberkev

Some customize to show off their skills:

…is PWNing faces at The Sims 3. http://raptr.com/ottoman673
…is kicking ass on Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged http://raptr.com/twixie09
…is gaming! The dog launched Team Fortress 2 for some pwnz0rz! http://raptr.com/Ca9ine

Some customize just to be silly:

…Is it a Bird? Is it a Plane? No it’s the KaraBox nom-ing on Call of Duty: World at War! http://raptr.com/CatzMeg
…Bitch Where’s My Money?! Don’t Tell Me You Spent It On Burnout Paradise. http://raptr.com/Otacon91
…can has Halo 3? http://raptr.com/SoulStorm

And some customize to… be understood by their friends:

…Ha empezado ha jugar Dark Sector. http://raptr.com/frogx4
…Właśnie zacząłem grać w Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland. http://raptr.com/MacDoombek
…DaNDo TRaNCaZoS eN Mirror’s Edge. http://raptr.com/LinKoZ

How will you express yourself? We look forward to seeing on Twitter!