Fri, Aug 19, 2011 | 22:16 BST

Friday Shorts II: Gears 3 gold, iPad 3, W8, more post-it wars, Spyro shots

It’s time for a second round of shorts to get the weekend started. Some of you have already started the weekend. Just don’t pass out, or you could get pranked.

Sony has updated the US PS Movie store with: Priest, Something Borrowed, The Conspirator, Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil, more.
Salem, the free-to-play crafting MMO from Paradox, has been videoed.
Apple iPad 3 on track for early 2012, likely with Retina Display. Wha huh?
Epic’s Rod Fergusson has said Gears of War 3 is not just another “popcorn action” game.
Speaking of Gears of War 3: it has gone gold. A cake and videos of the part prove it.
Marvel was apparently worried Capcom would get Dr. Strange wrong in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
Moonlight Online will launch by the end of 2011.
Speaking of the Earth’s celestial satellite, To the Moon, an indie adventure game developed by Freebird Games , will arrive this fall.
Microsoft is building App Store for Windows 8. And we just bought W7 a month ago. @#$%^!!!!
Watch Blizzard open the gates of hell in Cologne. Don’t ask questions. Just watch it.
For those into tech, read up on how Microsoft engineered Kinect to withstand gamers and lightning strikes.
Transformers Universe MMO was on hand at gamescom. Trust us on this one.
Remember the post-it art window-war Ubisoft was having with a neighboring bank? Well, the developer won, to say the least.
No, Sports Interactive doesn’t have its own version of Football Manager in development – or in the pipeline for Vita.
Check out some more shots of Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure below.