We have a fun release out for The Conduit – starting today, a new contest is available across Acidplanet.com which challenges fans to create music remixes of The Conduit! The tools and tracks have been provided courtesy of Acid Planet and the fine folks at High Voltage Software. Even if you aren’t the remixing type, you’ll find 66 individual instrument tracks of game audio straight from The Conduit that can be downloaded after simply registering on the Acid Planet site.

What can you win? Well, the Grand Prize winner will walk away with a pro version of the ACID Software suite, five premium collection libraries to assist in your future music creation, merchandise from High Voltage Software, and an inclusion on an upcoming CD release for The Conduit.

The contest is out today, so get the tracks, start mixing with the Acid software and submit by June 11th to be eligible to win. Head to Acidplanet.com for the full contest rules as well as helpful information on how to get started.

The other week we posted up an entry detailing the news that Valkyria sales had jumped pretty remarkably in both the US and Japan – with an anime on the Japanese side, sales here in the states, word of mouth and the DLC buzz driving interest, Gamasutra reported that the game flew up to #5 here in North America and took the top spot among all games in Japan.

Numbers for the next week also went out just a few days ago, and it’s worth noting that Valkyria is still holding on strong in both the US and Japan. In the land of the rising sun, the game ranked in at #3 among PS3 sales, and here in the US Valkyria defended its #5 spot, ranking for a second week in the top five and this time selling even higher than Guitar Hero, which was one notch ahead of Valkyria the previous week.

We’re coming for you next, #4.

It’s also worth nothing that all three Valkyria DLC packs ranked pretty high upon release, with Behind Her Blue Flame and Edy’s Mission spearheading the front, and Hard Mode EX just behind them. If you or your friends are curious about what you get in each pack, be sure to check out the spotlights we did for them just before they hit the network.

Finally, you can pick up Valkyria on Amazon for just $39.79 this week – if you don’t already have a copy, it’s another good chance to grab one following other sales of the game at retail. What’s that? You say you don’t have a PS3? We’ve just given you the perfect excuse to go out and get one.

Thanks again to all the fans and community members who continue to promote the game and tell their friends! You guys make all the difference.

A new batch of screenshots for Virtua Tennis 2009 on the Wii have just gone live – you can check them out here on our flickr page!

Considering the graphical differences of the next-gen versions as compared to Wii, what do you guys think?

The Conduit launch date of June 23 is approaching fast and we’ve got an all new trailer to help make the wait a bit easier. The newest release features new information specific to the Story of the game, providing an excellent look at the back story and featuring some new gameplay footage, enjoy:

Let us know what you think of the trailer here across the blogs, or on our forums!