The inaugural PAX East has now sold out of all passes exactly one week before it will take place, according to a representative of the show. That includes all three-day passes and single day passes.

"Badges for PAX East 2010 are officially, 100 percent sold out," read the release from the representative. "We all knew it was going to happen and it finally did."

According the release, the show will have "tens of thousands" of people coming to the show in Boston. The representative then stated that the large number of attendees shows the strength of the gaming community on the East Coast.

PAX East will take place from March 26-28. Be sure to check back regularly that weekend for GamerNode's coverage of the show.

 Snowblind Studios and Warner Brothers released a trailer today to announce the coming of Lord of the Rings action/RPG to hit stores in 2011 called The Lord of the Rings: War in the North.

According to IGN, this game will feature both details and events from the movies as well as some previously unseen bits and apparently important battles from Tolkein's long chain of books about Middle Earth.  The surprising thing, however, about this game is that it will be the first M rated title for the LOTR series.  The game is clearly meant to cater towards more "core" gamers, and will feature three player independent online co-op to allow players to form their own army against Mordor.

Given what little the trailer reveals, it's certainly too early to pass judgment  on this game, but it looks promising.  The Lord of the Rings: War in the North will be out in 2011 for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC.

[IGN]

North American fans of Uncharted 2 that have been wanting to play as some of Nathan Drake's supporting cast in the series' motion comic installment, Eye of Indra, will be getting exactly that on April 1.

Naughty Dog's community strategist Arne Meyer has announced via the PlayStation Blog that Rika Raja, sister to Uncharted: Drake's Fortune's Eddie Raja, and villain Daniel Pinkerton will become part of a new Eye of Indra bundle that will be released on that day. He also reassured in the post that this is not some cruel April Fool's joke.

The bundle will include episodes two, three, and four of Eye of Indra and the skins of the two characters for Uncharted 2's multiplayer. Those who have already purchased the episodes or buy them before April 1 will receive a voucher on April 8 via e-mail that will include a code to download the skins for free.

The Eye of Indra bundle will be available on the PlayStation Store at a price of $2.49.

[PlayStation Blog]

Electronic Arts has announced the official release date for Skate 3, the latest iteration in the realistic skateboarding game series. It will hit retail shelves on May 11 in North America and release internationally May 14 on both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The game will introduce a new locale, Port Carverton, to replace San Venelona, the setting for the series' first two installments. It will also emphasize team-based gameplay in offline modes as well as cooperative and competitive online modes.

EA also announced the game's full roster of skaters, which can be found below.

Mark Appleyard
Ray Barbee
Joey Brezinski
Dennis Busenitz
John Cardiel
Mike Carroll
Chris Cole
Jason Dill
Dan Drehobl
Pat Duffy
Rob Dyrdek
Benny Fairfax
Ryan Gallant
Chris Haslam
Jerry Hsu
Josh Kalis
Terry Kennedy
Lizard King
Eric Koston
P.J. Ladd
Jason Lee (as Coach Frank)
Colin McKay
Darren Navarrette
Lucas Puig
John Rattray
Andrew Reynolds
Ryan Smith
Braydon Szafranski
Danny Way

[Gamespot]

Gamepro's John Davison, executive vice president of content for the magazine, has shown off the latest cover for the magazine via his Twitter account. The cover has a centerpiece on Splinter Cell: Conviction, but a game titled at the top is what is getting attention, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.

It is believed that this is the new Spider-Man title that Activision is behind, but the publisher has declined to comment. The issue will be arriving to subscribers in the coming days and with it, hopefully some more information regarding the new game.

[Twitter]

Square-Enix announced the North America arrival window for the latest game in the Kingdom Hearts series. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, which has been out in Japan since January 9, will be coming the region this summer.

The PSP prequel to the original Kingdom Hearts follows three main characters - Terra, Ventus, and Aqua - as they train and learn from Master Eraqus how to become Keyblade Masters. The trio get whisked away into a crisis involving several worlds when Keyblade Master Xehanort goes missing.

Square-Enix has announced that the game will have players controlling and following all three main protagonists and will feature four multiplayer modes. The modes are titled Arena, Versus, Command Board, and Rumble Racing.

Also announced was that the worlds of Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella will appear for the first time in the series in Birth by Sleep.

This week will have a very angry protagonists slicing and dicing his way through Greek Gods. God of War III releases on Tuesday for the PlayStation 3 and will star Kratos as he attempts to slay Zeus, king of the gods, with the aid of the Titans. Also landed on store shelves will be the Dragon Age expansion Dragon Age: Origins Awakening for the Xbox 360, PC, and PS3.

Here is the full list of releases for this week:

DS:
Infinite Space
Let's Draw
Sonny with a Chance
Spectral Force Genesis

PC:
Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight (PC)
Dragon Age: Origins Awakening [Dragon Age: Origins disc required]
Metro 2033

PlayStation 3:
Dragon Age: Origins Awakening [Dragon Age: Origins disc required]
God of War III
Resonance of Fate

PSP:
No New Releases

Xbox 360:
Dragon Age: Origins Awakening [expansion pack; Dragon Age: Origins disc required]
Metro 2033
Resonance of Fate
Supreme Commander 2

Wii:
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon
Hall of Fame Ultimate Hoops Challenge

After Alan Wake finishes his journey in the upcoming game titled with his name, it will continue with post-launch downloadable episodes. The game already has at least two episodes planned for release after the game this year, and Remedy Entertainment is stating that future episodes will be dependent upon the initial DLC's success.

"I think it'll depend a lot on the audience, but certainly we want to -- if we're successful -- we want to do a large 'Season 2,' if you will, at some point," said Remedy managing director Matias Myllyrinne in an interview with Joystiq. "Right now, I'm not allowed to say what we're doing exactly this year. But we're going to have more than one episode come out this year."

The developer will announce more information regarding the length and amount of DLC for the game after they determine the game's success and feedback after its launch.

Alan Wake releases for the Xbox 360 on May 18.

[Joystiq]

During Valve co-founder Gabe Newell's speech at the Game Developer's Choice Awards, a blue screen of death popped onto all monitors for the show. It wasn't any normal BSoD though, as it was titled GLaDOS and had a secret message amongst Portal-referenced jokes.

The message translated to this:

GLaDOS
A fatal exception (S) has occurred at (U)(S) : (P)(E)(N)(D) in (U)(N )(T)((I)) *
(L)(E)(E)(E). The current application will be terminated.

* Press any key to flood the facility with deadly neurotoxins.
* Press CTRL+ALT+DEL again to reinstate testing. You will lose any
Non-vital personnel and their progress through the current test.

Spelled out, the message reads, "Suspend until E3"? So fans will have to wait until June to get more information regarding the recently announced Portal 2.

[G4TV.com]

The next band-exclusive Rock Band game, Green Day: Rock Band, now has an official release date. MTV Games has announced that the game will be out this summer, on June 8.

Like The Beatles: Rock Band, the game will feature three-part harmonies. The game will cover 47 of the band's hits, including "Brain Stew", "Jaded", "American Idiot", and more.

Unlike The Beatles: Rock Band, all songs from Green Day: Rock Band will be transportable to Rock Band 1, 2, and newly announced Rock Band 3. The service will however cost players $9.99 to do so.

All six tracks previously released for DLC by Green Day will be playable on Green Day: Rock Band and will include vocal harmonies.

[ShackNews]