I wish my dad were cool and geeky enough to make me a cake this awesome.

It has just been discovered that a the special birthday Togekiss is now available globally.

Today is Cliff Bleszinski’s birthday. On behalf of everyone at RipTen (Especially Chad), I’d like to wish him a Happy Birthday . . .

EA are celebrating the first birthday of free-to-play online shooter Battlefield Heroes today with a handful of in-game gifts for players, just to say “thank you for supporting us all this time.”

Wednesday, June 23rd will mark the 19th birthday of Sonic the Hedgehog, designated as such by the American and European release of the blue blur’s titular debut on the SEGA Genesis and Mega Drive (fun fact: Sonic 1 wasn’t released in Japan until three days later, a fact fans sometimes exploit in “he should be Robotnik, because that’s what he was called first” arguments). To celebrate, SEGA is making like Walmart and rolling back prices on a bunch of their downloadable games and content. And it’s not just Sonic stuff, either.

Yes. The Sony PlayStation 3 is as old as its generation number indicates. Happy Birthday, you sleek black box that only does everything. May you enjoy a long and prosperous life cycle. [Thanks PlayStation Blog]

Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear series, is 45 today, and we here at Ripten would like to wish him a very Happy Birthday. Turning 45 doesn’t mean Kojima is old by any means, it just means that he’s got one less year left to give us more great games like Metal Gear Solid [...]

Still loves you after all these years On September 25th, EA celebrated the birthday of their long running franchise Ultima Online. The game still supports an avid fan base despite 10 years of developer changes, nerfs, buffs, and class balances. If not for UO breaking through multiple boundaries, great games such as World of Warcraft [...]