Aww, and I thought I was going to get to post this online first. Oh well, you snooze, you lose. Except you is me, in this case. Dang…

The Godfather II posters around Home that say it’s coming soon to Home? Yeah, apparently, soon means tomorrow 4.8.2009. I would have said something sooner, but what I’ve written so far, except the date, would have been the entire post. And the pictures I took. Not much, eh?

Anyways, the news has been confirmed on the PlayStation Blog, and it looks like it’s going to be quite a bit fun for many of you out there. The Godfather II Home Space features a multiplayer Texas Hold`em table. Game screen make it look similar to the poker tables coming in the upcoming EA Sports Complex, albeit with a Godfather layer of paint on them.

In celebration of the launch, the Home team is holding a Celebrity Poker Tournament starting at 8:00pm EST / 5:00pm PST. Note, there’s no actual celebrities coming, but users are invited to dress up as celebrities, should they choose to do so.

No word on prizes, or whether or not this Space will allow users to place wagers and win bets, as the EA Sports Complex will. I guess we won’t have to wait too long to find out.

Downloadable content. I like it. I’ve been a big fan of it for a while now, of games getting a little bit something extra after release. It can be a little painful to have to pay for them, but the amounts generally aren’t that much, and if that’s what it takes for developers to put in some extra work and revitalize my old games, I’m all for it. Unfortunately, it seems that some developers may be trying to skip the “extra work” part.

Resident Evil 5 Versus, a downloadable expansion to Resident Evil 5 which added competitive multiplayer modes to the game, was released yesterday. Seeing as how the full game was only released less than a month prior, the announcement of such a DLC pack drew quick criticism. The angry internet mobs were convinced that Versus was already on the disc, should rightfully belong to the owners of said discs, and should not require a DLC pack, that Capcom was clearly just using to get more money out of us consumers, since it essentially only unlocks content we already own.

Capcom was quick to respond, saying that Versus didn’t fit into the original scope of the game. It required its own budget for development and other associated costs.

It’s always fun to treat game characters as actors not necessarily tied to their own game worlds. In this case, Street Fighter’s "electrical Oompa-Loompa, Blanka, has joined the cast of Flock! The role harnesses his knack for curling up into a ball and… rolling around, it seems. The game’s got physics, it makes sense. Don’t look at me. Anyways, Blanka is a secret character here, so look to the internet after release if you can’t find him.

Flock!, the upcoming puzzle game about herding livestock into giant flying saucers comes out this Thursday, April 9th, for $9.99 on PlayStation Network. See video below: