Developer contemplated creating new game in platformer series prior to The Last of Us, but decided it would "do everybody a disservice."   Naughty Dog's next game is survival action title The Last of Us, but it could have been a new entry in the Jak & Daxter series. Jak & Daxter aren't coming out of retirement just yet.

EA posts net loss of $205 million as hits reach new milestones; Origin digital distribution service reaches 9.3 million user base and rakes in $100 million over 2011.   Electronic Arts enjoyed a holiday season driven by Battlefield 3, FIFA 12, and Star Wars: The Old Republic, but even some strong performances by those titles couldn't help the publisher turn a profit.

A PSP-exclusive RPG will feature a "baby-making" party-creation system. There have been few recent updates on Spike's upcoming RPG, Conception: Ore no Kodomo o Unde Kure!!, a game in which players must conceive "star-born" offspring to save the world from impending doom. However, the most recent issue of Famitsu revealed that the PSP RPG will be out in Japan on April 26.

Some weeks, the PlayStation Store has a whole bunch of cool new digital content. Other weeks, not so much. This week falls a bit into the latter category, though there are two exciting demos out—the Syndicate co-op demo (which looks pretty