Announcements

Upcoming MMORPG The Secret World has gotten a pre-order trailer. This gritty and interesting video game on dark fantasy and mythology is releasing for the PC on June 19, 2012. A date for the Xbox 360 version has not been revealed yet. http://youtu.be/tj2pvmtcNYU via

Castlvania: Lords of Shadow producer, David Cox hinted at either a possible sequel to 2010's Castlevania: Lords of Shadow or an entirely new Castlvania game altogether. Cox tweeted, What do you think? Should Castlevania: LOS receive a sequel or should there be a new game added into the series?

If you've been waiting all these years to sell that box of wires named "GameCube," you've waited a bit too long. As of April 2nd, GameStop will not accept trade-ins for the system, its games, or any of its affiliated accessories. This news holds some nostalgic value for me, as the GameCube was the first console I ever owned, and Super Smash Brothers: Melee was the first game I bought for it. Still, I don't really miss the system. At the moment, GameStop is still selling used consoles, games, and

Microsoft has announced their Arcade Next promotion which will feature 4 unique games and see an increase from 200 to 400 gamerscore points and contain up to 30 achievements for Xbox Live Arcade games. The upcoming releases begin on April 18th and will conclue on May 9th. Trials Evolution - April 18th - 1200 Microsoft Points Blood Forge - April 25th - 1200 Microsoft Points Fable Heroes - May 2nd - 800 Microsoft Points Minecraft - May 9th - 1600 Microsoft Points http://youtu.be/UiFDDCWBivk

New downloadable content has been made available for gamers who's RPG of choice happens to be Square Enix's followup to Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2. For 640 MS points, gamers can get their hands on the Fight In Style pack which includes new coliseum opponet Omega and two outfits for both Serah and Noel. For 80 MS points each you can purchase four new weapons for Serah and Noel. For Noel, you will find Catastrophe Blade which increases the ATB gauge recharge rate and the Muramasa w

EA and DICE have announced that new downloadable content is on the way for Battlefield 3. First DLC that will be available in June is Close Quarters which includes, you guessed it "CQ" style multiplayer maps, weapons, dogtags and new assignments. Months after that gamers will see Armored Kill which happens to be DICE's hugest multiplayer map ever for a Battlefield game. New vehicles will also be introduced. Lastly End Game will be the last of Battlefield 3's DLC and no details were given othe

Peter Molyneux will be leaving Lionhead and Microsoft for a new company, 22 Cans after he is finished working on the Kinect friendly entry into the Fable series, Fable: The Journey. Molyneux made the statement earlier today stating that he is leaving Microsoft on happy terms. Molyneux's departure might be causing fans of the Fable series to jump for joy after expressing their disappointment in the turn that the series has taken with the release of Fable III. No news on his replacement will be.

According to Major Nelson, Borderlands has received a huge discount of 30-50% off on DLC and other related items in this week's Deal of the Week. Next week's Deal of the Week is themed and will feature "hack and slash" style games including Torchlight, Dungeons and Dragons Daggerdale, The Baconing, and Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team at 50% off their original prices. Out in the Xbox Live Arcade this week is Ubisoft's I Am Alive. Next week's arcade offerings include Shoot Many Robots and Defenders o

Hopefully you do not have your Mass Effect 2 game saves floating around in a cloud save, because EA has confirmed that cloud saves will not carry over into Mass Effect 3. EA also stated that local save files that were moved between consoles using cloud saves will not work either. For those of you that have your Mass Effect 2 save files in a cloud save, you will have to import your save onto an original Xbox 360 hard drive and then transfer it manually to a new console with a USB cord or transfe

Before the Kinect friendly Fable: The Journey releases this fall, Lionhead has announced the Xbox Live Arcade will be getting some Fable action before hand. Fable Heroes will be launching prior to Fable: The Journey and will feature four player co-op and will also tie in with Fable: The Journey by using unlockables and avatars. Fable Heroes has been in development by Lionhead since last April. No specific date or price has been announced for the downloadable title. via Eurogamer

EA's next entry into the Medal of Honor series has been ousted by Game Informer's Jim Reiley over Twitter. Game Informer is claiming that Danger Close will be working on the game and also handling the online multiplayer instead of DICE. The gaming mag is also claiming that the game will releasing this coming October. EA has not confirmed anything, however we do know that an announcement is coming regarding the Medal of Honor series at GDC on March 6th. via Game Informer and Joystiq

Take-Two has announced that Borderlands 2 will be releasing on September 18th, 2012 and for those of you that pre-order the game from either Amazon or GameStop will receive access to the Borderlands 2 Premiere Club. With access to the club you can get your hands on the Gearbox Gun Pack which includes a pack of "unique golden guns", Vault Hunter's Relic that will increase your gear hunting fortune, and you will also receive the Golden Key that unlocks a the Sanctuary Loot Chest that contains a ra

The final Gears of War 3 map pack will be releasing on March 27th. "Forces of Nature" will feature 3 new maps and two remakes of old favorites. The new maps will take you to tsunami ridden Aftermath, tornado alley Artillery, and the tiny village of Cove that has been constructed by the Stranded. The remake maps will feature rain ridden Jacinto and snow storm covered Raven Down. Also included with the new DLC are four special weapons, four new character models, five new weapon skins, and two ne

Make as many jokes as you want about this, but "Get Ready to Lick the Competition" says Microprose and Kung Fu Factory in a press release for their new arcade game titled, Girl Fight. Releasing later this spring, Girl Fight is well as the title implies girls fighting and will feature long legs, flying hair, and sexy vixen-esqe fighters. The female only fighters will be customizable with characters skins, abilities, and codex entries. No price has been announced for the fast paced arcade fightin

Ever wonder what is was like to grow up into being one of the most successful golfers in history before a huge sex scandal smeared the name, Tiger Woods? EA has announced a new mode for this year's Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13, "Tiger Legacy Challenge" that has you playing as the golfer from toddler on up to adult. The new mode will have you playing Tiger's "Toddler Years" from ages 2-6 as he learned to master his craft all the way up until his "Record Books" years that have him chasing his 19th maj

EA has sent out their press invites to an upcoming announcement regarding the Medal of Honor series that will take place at this year's Game Developer's Conference. The announcement is set to happen on March 6th and the masses are predicting the reveal of Medal of Honor 2. Not too shocking, but at least it does not contain Call of Duty. via CVG

The Salt Lake City Tribune is reporting that the outspoken co-founder of Eat Sleep Play, David Jaffe is out of a job. Jaffe reportedly lost his spot at the company he helped he co-found in 2007, because Eat Sleep Play and Jaffe wanted to do down separate paths. Eat Sleep Play's other co-founder Scott Campbell has since confirmed this report and said that they company will now focus on developing games for iPhone and iPad. Jaffe was not the only employee to leave the company. Eat Sleep Play ha

Do not call the upcoming Playstation 3 and Vita Final Fantasy X a "remake", because Square's Shinji Hashimoto will be the first to remind you that it is a "remaster". During the Taipei Game Show the media asked Hashimoto if the popular love story of Tidus and Yuna was going to be a remake or remaster and Hashimoto quickly responded with "remaster" citing the HD overhaul and according to Joystiq, Hashimoto is claiming the HD "remaster" is prettier than the original that released in 2001 with cuts

On February 7th, the Playstation Network will be going under a cosmetic overhaul. The Playstation Network is being renamed to Sony Entertainment Network. Sony cites that it will easier for users to associate the Sony Playstation brand with all of the Sony's products. The name change will not affect current PSN account holders other than the "PSN" part. "The rebranding of PlayStation Network accounts to Sony Entertainment Network accounts is a change in name only," explained Sony in an email t

The man that has enforced Xbox Live's policy to millions has decided to leave his 17 year position at Microsoft. Stephen "Stepto" Toulouse made the announcement on his website saying that Febraury 15th will be his last day on the job. "Despite the wonderful ability in Microsoft to change careers pretty dramatically inside the company, I’ve been there nearly 18 years and it’s the only world I’ve really ever known. I feel too strangely comfortable, and too strangely tied." Further on in his blog e

Sega games on a Nintendo console here in America? That is correct. The ESRB has rated two Sega Game Gear games for Nintendo's 3DS. The Game Gear games are Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble which happens to be a favorite of mine and Shinobi. Both have received an "E" for "everyone" rating. For those of you that are not up on your handheld knowledge, the Sega Game Gear was Sega's take on the handheld craze that released here in the states in 1991. Sega officially dropped support of their handh

Bioware and Microsoft are granting you silvers out there a change to check out and play the online multiplayer in Mass Effect 3. The limited time Gold subscription will be including upon the download of the Mass Effect demo which will be available to those of you who used an online pass to play Battlefield 3 on Valentines Day, Febraury 14th. The rest of you will have to wait until February 17th to join in on the action. The demo also includes one single player mission where the Reaper's invade

Microsoft has finally responded to the many rumors and speculations that they were planning on surprising the industry by releasing a console later this year by stating nothing new is coming in 2012. The announcement came from Microsoft France's marketing director Cedrick Delmas who also stated during an interview with french website Lepoint.fr, that it's still too early to say what Microsoft will be unveiling at E3 2012. "We're in an industry that talks a lot, that likes telling stories. I am

Here is a gimpse at the classes and races that you can choose from the Special Forces multiplayer mode in Bioware's upcoming and final chapter in Commander Shepard's storyline, Mass Effect 3. What will you be? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h254YRtQoJUvia Bioware Youtube

You now have until April 2nd to pre order the $100 special edition version of Max Payne 3. Rockstar made the announcement shortly after the delay of the release of the game was announced. The fancy pants special edition of Max Payne 3 comes with a collectable statue of Max, copper and brass bullet shaped keychain with a screw off back, original still life art prints, classic multiplayer character pack with characters from previous Max Payne games, mulitplayer weapon pack, the soundtrack to the