NanoBITES captures those small but important morsels of gaming information that otherwise might slip between the cracks.

ITEM! Dark Energy Digital has issued a comprehensive title update for the first (and thus far only) episode of its XBLA shooter Hydrophobia. According to the developer, the game has been refined in almost 100 different ways, with a new control scheme and enhanced character animation among the big ticket items.

ITEM! BioWare has sweetened the deal for PS3 fans frustrated by the long wait for a port of Mass Effect 2. As reported by 1UP, the PS3 version of the game will be running on the freshly minted Mass Effect 3 engine when it arrives on Friday 21 January 2010.

ITEM! Guillermo del Toro’s inSANE is sounding more and more ambitious by the day. THQ’s Danny Bilson told Stuff We Like that the recently unveiled horror trilogy will take 8-10 years to complete. The first game in the series is due for release in 2013.

ITEM! TimeGate Studios has announced that sci-fi sequel Section 8: Prejudice will bypass retail. The high flying first person shooter, which features solo, cooperative and adversarial play, is due for release on XBLA, PSN and PC in Q1 2011.

ITEM! Infinity Blade was inspired by Microsoft’s Kinect peripheral.  However, as Chair Entertainment’s Donald Mustard told Joystiq, the iPhone was eventually identified as the ideal platform for the popular fantasy action game.

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