Tuesday Shorts: FFXIV, Monster Hunter, EA and BigPoint double team, more

With all eyes glued on GDC, you'd think the rest of the news would have the decency to keep quiet - but no. Hit the break for loads of tasty snippets.

• Bit.Trip Runner, the fourth of Gaijin's six-part series, has arrived on Steam.
• Some clever clog has put together a multiplayer mod for Gothic II. Gamefront has more details.
• Big Download has a new trailer for Heroes of Might and Magic VI, which drops in May from Ubisoft.
• You can buy the Dead Island trailer music on iTunes now, D'Toid noticed.
• Microsoft's annual Dream Build Play XNA competition has kicked off, with $75,000 up for grabs.
• Destructoid has an exclusive trailer for XBLA title Skullgirls. Asymmetrical fringes abound.
• Massively reports on new armour sets coming to Final Fantasy XIV. Snazzy.
• There's another trailer on MLB 11 The Show's Pure Analog system on the PS Blog.
• GoNintendo flagged some grim comments on the unlikely addition of more Megaman games to the Wii's Virtual Console.
• But in other Capcom news, "the future is bright" for Monster Hunter fans.
• Eighties arcade game Burger Time is getting the Monkey Paw remake treatment, according to an ESRB listing.
• Gamespot has the official trailer for Mount&Blade spin off, With Fire and Sword.
• EA and Bigpoint have joined forces to distribute Play4Free branded games, starting with Lord of Ultima, globally.
• Ever wondered what a 3DS's innards look like under a microscope? Wonder no more.
• Voodoo Extreme has some screenshots and a developer diary for Elemental spin-off, Fallen Enchantress.