“…and if you even think about changing your name again, I’ll be back.”

An Australian team will be contributing to one of the industry’s most anticipated titles. As reported by MCV, Canberra based 2K Australia will be assisting Irrational Games in the development of its alternate history shooter BioShock Infinite.

Irrational Games creative director Ken Levine told Joystiq that “We had a number of open positions on BioShock Infinite. When we found out our former sister studio 2K Australia was becoming available, we thought they would perfectly fill those roles.”

The local operation’s various name changes and restructures have made it difficult to keep track of its impressive output. It worked on the PC version of the original BioShock (as part of Irrational Games) and BioShock 2 (as 2K Australia) before contributing to the forthcoming XCOM reboot (as part of 2K Marin). At the time of publication, the studio is again known as 2K Australia. How long that will last is anyone’s guess.

BioShock Infinite is expected to arrive on 360, PS3 and PC in 2012.

Presented in glorious alphabetical order, New Media: Retail Roundup is your indispensible checklist of the home console and handheld titles arriving in stores this week. What will you be playing?

MICROSOFT Xbox 360 The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn * Puss in Boots * Winter Stars

NINTENDO Wii The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn * Karaoke Revolution Glee Volume 3 * Kirby’s Adventure Wii 3DS The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn * F1 2011 * Mario Kart 7 * Professor Layton and the Last Specter * WWE All Stars DS

SONY PS3 The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn * Puss in Boots * Winter Stars PSP LEGO Harry Potter Year’s 5-7

VARIOUS PC The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn * Angry Birds * Assassin’s Creed Revelations * Dungeons: Game of the Year Edition * Magicka Collection

New Media: Downloadable Digest is your handy reminder of the new downloadable titles released during the past week.

MICROSOFT XBLA Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

NINTENDO WiiWare Big Town Shoot Out eShop Nothing DSiWare Nothing

SONY PSN Daytona USA * Learning With the PooYoos: Episode 2 * Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Minis Nothing

VALVE Steam AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome * Batman: Arkham City * Cave Story+ * Grotesque Tactics 2: Dungeons and Donuts * Serious Sam: BFE * SkyDrift

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Welcome to The Black List, your one stop shop for the stories published on the site this week.

MONDAY REVIEW Rayman Origins > Most notable for its distinctive art style and expressive animation, Rayman’s latest adventure also features solid level design and plenty of gameplay variety. With its wealth of hidden extras, it also boasts much more content than is initially apparent. This is just one of many ways that Rayman Origins recalls the best platformers of the past. If you long for the sensibilities of the 16-bit era, you really should check this out. READ MORE

TUESDAY NEWS Torchlight II > Torchlight fans, your worst fears have been confirmed. Of course, this statement relies on the assumption that your worst fears involve Torchlight II being delayed to 2012 and not death by firing squad or being trapped in enclosed spaces. READ MORE

WEDNESDAY TEST TUBE DanceStar Party > I was recently asked by The Black Panel’s illustrious editor to devote a couple of hours to DanceStar Party. Easy, I thought (I could boogie in my living room like a twit for an afternoon) but it wasn’t long before I ran into my first issue. I couldn’t remember the damn title of the game! “I’ll be right over after I finish playing Dance Central… I mean, Dance Dance Revolution… sorry, Just Dance… err… DanceStar Party. Yes. That’s it.” READ MORE

THURSDAY JUST ANNOUNCED Unit 13 > Sony has unveiled an original action IP for its forthcoming PSVita console. Actually, the ‘word’ original may not be entirely appropriate in this case. Not only has it been saddled with the hopelessly generic title of Unit 13, but the latest offering from Sony first party Zipper Interactive appears to be a fairly standard third person shooter. Set in the high stakes world of “kicking ass”, Unit 13 includes six character classes and missions on at least three different continents. READ MORE

FRIDAY NEWS nanoBITES 65 > A new handheld MotorStorm title is the works at Evolutions Studios. The twist this time around is that players will be guiding remote controlled cars around miniature tracks. MotorStorm RC will launch alongside the PSVita in February 2012. This is just one of the stories in this week’s edition of nanoBITES, our ongoing feature devoted to small but important news items. READ MORE

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

ITEM! A new handheld MotorStorm title is the works at Evolutions Studios. The twist this time around is that players will be guiding remote controlled cars around miniature tracks. MotorStorm RC will launch alongside the PSVita in February 2012.

ITEM! Yet another successful indie team has been absorbed by a major publisher. SEGA has announced that it has acquired Three Rings Design, the US studio responsible for popular free-to-play fantasy game Spiral Knights.

ITEM! After producing the likes of Age of Empires Online and Orcs Must Die, Robot Entertainment has unveiled its first iOS project. Hero Academy is a multiplayer turn based strategy game in which combatants can have multiple games on the go at any given time.

ITEM! Codemasters is resurrecting its long dormant British gaming icon Dizzy for iOS and Android. An updated version of 1991’s egg themed platformer Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk is due for release on 9 December.

ITEM! The next dashboard update for the Xbox 360, due to take place on 6 December, will include a new interface, cloud storage functionality and a ‘beacons’  feature to enable players to schedule times to party up with each other in specified games.

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