If you haven’t heard of Mirror’s Edge, the first-person parkour fest from EA and DICE, you should really come out from under that rock you’ve been living under. Seriously, everybody can get behind jumping around on skyscrapers and giant construction equipment. Think Assassin’s Creed minus the knives and ancient architecture, with a slick monochrome aesthetic that makes the city appear almost too clean and perfect – something that stands in stark contrast to the abundant political corruption in the story.

What’s puzzling to many people (myself included) is that Mirror’s Edge achieved great review scores (averaging 79-81 on Metacritic, depending on platform), yet has somehow fallen by the wayside. Several representatives from both EA and DICE have expressed a love for the game and a desire to see a sequel, but so far nothing concrete has happened aside from hints at a second game during E3 2011. This is a sad scenario indeed, but it begs the question of why. With a cult following backing it up and people within the development and publishing companies both advocating it, why hasn’t a sequel already been made?

The obvious answer is that it didn’t sell well. Mirror’s Edge sold less than 150,000 copies during its first month on shelves, a relatively small number for a game that was supposed to kick start a new series for EA. With such low numbers, it’s no wonder EA decided a second game wasn’t worth backing. But why didn’t the game sell well? What was it that kept people from picking up an excellent title with high review scores and general praise from critics and players alike? What turned Mirror’s Edge into a sleeper hit?

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The war is on and there’s only one man bearded enough to finish the fight. That man is YOU! Well, it could be you if you win this contest.

We put Medal of Honor through its paces and are giving away our Playstation 3 copy to one lucky (and hopefully bearded) reader. Simply read the rules below and let us know your favorite bearded videogame character and the game could be yours. You don’t need to have a beard to enter, but we strongly encourage you do.

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The past few years have not been kind to the storied Medal of Honor franchise. As rival franchise Call of Duty soared to greater and greater heights, the Medal of Honor series struggled to keep up. It’s setting had even become a joke as every year we gamers were treated to a glut of World War II shooters.

It was obvious that a change was needed to spark the franchise back to the top. New studio Danger Close was brought in to handle the single player campaign and legendary Battlefield creators DICE took care of the game’s multi-player mode. This was the first game in the series that was going to have an M rating. The setting has also been changed from World War II to modern day Afghanistan.

Everything was in place for Medal of Honor to challenge Halo and Call of Duty for shooter supremacy.

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EA and Dice’s new third-person-shooter / MMOG, “Battlefield Heroes”, has finally opened to the public. It takes the basics of the Battlefield series and boils it down to a much more simplified version of the game.

Once you get past EA’s overblown login system, it is a simple matter of making a character and hopping into a random game.

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