The Street Fighter movie blog has the first photo of Detective Maya Sunee, a new character created specifically for the film. She's played by actress Moon Bloodgood, a name that could only be chosen because Menses McLunadruid was already taken.

In unrelated news, a note to Game Politics. Yes, Glenn Beck called video game bloggers "losers." Since you seem to be unfamiliar, this is a tactic known as "trolling." Trolling, much like junk mail, is broad, unfocused, substanceless and only effective when responded to, and thus best left discarded, unexamined. I know that regular appearance on TV can be confused with merit, but remind yourself that this is a man who describes Hilary Clinton as "Stalin in a pantsuit" and, even more damning, hosts the lead-in program to Nancy Grace.

Industry and multi-console news

New media: Mirror's Edge trailer

• Grand Theft Auto IV sold 926,000 units in its first week in the UK, with 631,000 of those going in the first 24 hours.
• Take Two is suing the Chicago Transit Authority over their decision to pull ads for GTA4.
• Gamasutra features all over the place: lessons learned from four grad students who made over 50 games in one semester, Ask the Experts tells you how to practice game design on the cheap, and Design Lesson 101: Crysis teaches that once you give the player the power to choose, you shouldn't take it away.
• Uwe Boll is suing Billy Zane, claiming Zane did not hold up his end of a deal that was supposed to put Bloodrayne in 2,000 theaters (it ended up opening in 950).
• GameCareerGuide has an article on the history of physics in mass market games.
• Decision Problem wonders if games can create meaning.
• Trivia question for your next cocktail party: Which Pulitzer Prize-winning novel contains Street Fighter and RPG references?
• 1up talks to various game designers about how they handle death in games.

PC and mobile news

New content: Audiosurf update

• Warcraft III, the Frozen Throne expansion, and Starcraft Anthology are now being sold as downloads from Blizzard's online store.
• Postal III will be coming to Linux.
• The people who made the 2D web game Portal: The Flash Version are now offering a Portal map pack with all the stages from the Flash game made into real Portal maps.
• There's a lengthy thread on the Mass Effect forums concerning the kind of copy protection the game will use. Good: The game doesn't require the disc to be in the drive when playing. Bad: Instead, the game has to connect to the Internet every 10 days.
• The Harvard Business Review talks about how people are honing their leadership skills in MMOs.
• Illinois Congressman Mark Kirk warns that Second Life is a danger to children.

Nintendo news

• The ESRB has rated Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen for the DS, confirming the remake's full title.
• A group of fans are working on an unofficial Pokemon MMO that will no doubt be shut down very soon.
• GameSniped points out a number of incredibly rare Nintendo items up for sale on Ebay right now, including the only known copy of the PowerFest ‘94 Competition Super Nintendo.
• Amazon has sold out of its Wii Fit pre-orders, with approximately 2.5 units going every minute.
• Ubisoft is bringing 3D top-down vertical scrolling shooter Protöthea to WiiWare.
• At least one person has already complained that Wii Fit called her daughter overweight. "She is 92lbs and 4ft9" tall and there is not an inch of fat on her. She is solidly built but not fat."
• Amazon's deal of the day is New York Times Crosswords for $9.99.

Sony news

New media: Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm screenshots, Motorstorm 2 screenshots

• The official name for Motorstorm's sequel is Motorstorm 2: Pacific Rift, set on an island inspired by Hawaii.
• Killzone 2 has been delayed to February 2009, while LittleBigPlanet has been pushed back to October.
• Secret Agent Clank has been dated for June 17.
• Kaz Hirai admits that the PS3's first year wasn't great. "There were some teething problems, success from our competitors, and our customers were a little underwhelmed by the range of titles that were available."
• Sony says they have sold more PS3s than Microsoft has sold 360s in Europe.
• Gamasutra looks at the positives and negatives of the Playstation Network as it stands now.
• An industry source has claimed that Uncharted has been optioned for a movie adaptation. Keep in mind that "optioned" just means that they could make a movie out of it sometime in the future.
• Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and Nissan have announced the GT Academy competition, which will put two Gran Turismo 5 Prologue players in a real race.
• Resistance 2 will feature eight-player co-op and 60-player multiplayer.

Microsoft news

New content: Rock Band tracks

• Gameplayer has a preview/interview for Halo Wars.
• Each week until June 1st, two Rock Band tracks will drop to 80 points each.
• A patch is in the works for Mr. Driller Online.
• GTA4 is at the top of the newest Live activity charts, to the surprise of no one.
• The Consumerist offers advice on the fastest way to get help with a broken 360.
• NZGamer has some up-close photos of Weta's full-scale Warthog.