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Curious about how Fable: The Journey will use the Kinect's motion technology? Put your curiosity to rest with the newly released demo on the Xbox Live Marketplace. In the latest twist to the popular Fable franchise set fifty years after the events of Fable III, players take control of Gabriel; a dweller who has been separated from his tribe and later meets up with the mysterious seer Theresa who informs him he must save Albion from the darkness called, The Corruption. Players must use their ha

Fans and newbies of Sid Meier's long running RTS series, Civilization will be able to get their hands on the Facebook version of the game sometime this summer. In an interview with CNN regarding Civ World, Meier opened about what the social version of the game can do that playing over the PC cannot. We will have to wait and see whether or not long time fans of the popular PC series will support the social, Facebook version of Civilization. via CNN

Today's Fail of the Day is being brought to you by previous Fail of the Week winner, Fox News.  Every now and then Fox News decides to take step out of the daily national and worldwide news and try something different, like writing about video games that are considered "controversial".  Take Bulletstorm for example.  Fox News claimed that playing Bulletstorm will make you rape women and that the "possibly worst video game ever" is a bad influence on today's youthful fragile minds.  What could be

This Fail of the Day is being brought to you by Konami.  Last week, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow DLC Reverie found it's way onto the PSN in North America to the surprise of fans considering that no release date was announced concerning the PS3 version of Reverie.  Turns out Konami made an error and the content was never suppose to be released in North America which is why there is now a delay with the European version which should have hit their PSN on March 30.   To make matters even more embar

Gamers have been pouring into Metacritic to give their own reviews and score for Mass Effect 3 which just so happened to release at midnight. Unfortunately most of the reviews have been zeroes due to some fail worthy comments who apparently cannot stomach that you can have same sex relations in the game and astonishingly managed to beat a 20-40 hour game within 12 hours of release. This is just to merely serve as an embarrassment to the asshat cry babies in this world. *Caution ramblings belo

Ding ding! Today's Fail of the Day is being brought to you by a war of words between two video game titans, Sony and Microsoft. Last week, Sony's Sony's Senior VP of Publisher Relations Rob Dyer went on the defensive by taking a shot at Microsoft's right to deny downloadable arcade games that appear on the Playstation Network first after Microsoft admitted that they are "biased". "We're a little biased, so obviously we're going to look to protect our own space..." ~European Xbox Boss, Chris Lew

Today's Fail of the Day is being brought to you by the parents who choose to be uneducated about video games and the associates at a Best Buy who are just plain stupid. Naturally with Christmas comes lists for Santa that are filled with video game requests from little gamers all across the country. It should come as no surprise that Modern Warfare 3 is topping those lists this year. For one news website based in Virginia this "violent" video game is causing some parents concern, because they a

A UK newspaper out of Norfolk, England has blamed the Resident Evil series for a vicious murder that transpired back in May. Their reasoning behind the comparison of the murder and the zombie franchise is because the three murders who the media has dubbed the "Resident Evil Killers" tortured a 44 year old man to death by using a pool cue, burned his body with boiling water, slashed his body up, and then carved the letter "J" on the victim's face. A claw hammer and boning knife were among the w

Like a phoenix, the Fail of the Week Award is rising out of the ashes to bring to you another fail-rific recap of all things fail in the gaming industry.  This week's contenders are the "countless sequels, prequels, special editions, we want your money" Activision and the "we love to do reports on things we know absolutely nothing about like video games" Fox News.  Let's stand the competition side by side and get the full details in this week's Fail of the Week showdown. Activision Fail Afte

My faithful Fail Award junkies, it is that time again.  Who had the most brown stained week in the gaming industry?  This week was full of blunders and angry child like rants, (looking at you David Jaffe) but who stood out the most?  Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to bring to you your Fail Award winner for the week of Feb. 28........ That's right Activision.  You have won this award plenty of times in the past and you might as well add one more notch to your Fail Award winning belt. What

Ladies and gentlemen, another week has come and gone and that means it is time for the Fail of the Week Award. Who proved to be more of a douchebag than the winner of last week's Fail Award, Activision?  I present to you, your Fail of the Week Award winner for the week of March 7th. Fanboys represent the lowest of the low in terms of fans of either a series or console in the gaming industry.  These trolls scan forums, news posts, and anything they can find to infect the interwebs with there i

Mario, a character that has been around since 1981's classic Donkey Kong and not to mention the face of Nintendo, has fallen under attack from one of the mosted hated groups ever comprised of people who need a mental examination, PETA. Instead of concentrating their efforts on animal poachers or saving the rain forest, PETA has decided that Mario is a fur hating, animal killer all because of the popular Tanooki suit that resembles a tan raccoon. PETA has even launched a Mario Kills Tanooki webs

It's not gaming related, but the video is so very awesome that I had to post it up. Enjoy the best fail videos of 2009. http://www.collegehumor.com/video/5862416/best-fails-of-2009

Do you feel like rewinding a few years or so ago? Bethesda has announced that they are releasing a double pack of games that include Fallout 3 and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The pack will release on April 3rd and will cost you $29.99 for the Xbox 360 versions and $19.99 for the PC. If you are planning on purchasing the pack ignore the front of the package that says, "2006 and 2008 Game of the Year Award winners", because it does not contain the Game of the Year editions of both games that

The casting call project which is code-named "Institute" does not officially mention the name Fallout 4 in anyway, however one glance at these documents make it pretty obvious what they are referring to. Among things discussed in these leaked documents includes the Fallout staple quote; "War. War never changes", references Boston as where the game will take place, and also mentions other Fallout locations such as the Commonwealth which was formerly known as Massachusetts. The casting call also l

If you are planning on playing Fallout New Vegas on the Xbox 360, do not accept the new update that it asks you to.  Today, Bethesda released a patch to fix some problems with New Vegas that gamers have been experiencing.  Turns out that this patch needs a patch of it's own. Gamers have been complaining on the Fallout New Vegas forum over at Bethesda about the update not letting them use their save files and refuses to recognize any DLC.  Bethesda took to their Twitter today to annouce that the

It's standard practice these days for every major release to have store exclusive bonus content to lure you into preordering the game from that particular vendor.  Fallout New Vegas is no different, with 4 different offerings to choose from. Best Buy - The Mercenary Pack - Mercenary's Grenade Rifle - Lightweight Metal Armor - 3 Doctor's Bags - 3 Super Stimpaks Amazon - The Tribal Pack -Broad Machete -Tribal Raiding Armor -10 Throwing Spears - 5 Bleak Venom doses Gamestop - The Classic Pack

Honest Hearts, the first of three DLC packs that were announced for the somewhat buggy RPG from Bethesda, Fallout: New Vegas has been released today for the Xbox 360. The Playstation 3 release is being halted until the Playstation Network gets back up and running. In Honest Hearts, you will find yourself going on an adventure that will ultimately lead you to Zion and the "Burned Man". New missions have been added, along with new perks, characters, and achievements that will boost your gamersco

Bethesda's hit or miss RPG Fallout: New Vegas was shown some love with new game add ons Courier's Stash and Gun Runners’ Arsenal that have already released on the Xbox Live Marketplace and will release later today on the Playstation Network and Steam. The 160 MS point or $1.99 on PSN and/or Steam Courier's Stash download will allow players to access items that were previously only available to those fans of the Fallout series that pre ordered New Vegas. These now attainable items include the fo

Bethesda has announced that you will be able to get all the DLC together in one package in the upcoming "Ultimate Edition". This package will be available February 7th 2012 in North America, and February 10th 2012 in Europe. It will include all the DLC associated with the game, and all level cap raises also. For those who can't remember all the DLC, this will include Dead Money, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues, Lonesome Road, Courier's Stash, and the Gun Runners Arsenal. The first four add to the

Activision sure doesn't waste time.  They may have nailed the coffin shut for Guitar Hero and True Crime, however Activision confirmed that Family Guy and Spiderman will both be getting games sometime this year. Comfirmed today by Activision's Eric Hirshberg was this little piece of news and that they will also be adding another Cabela's hunting game to the mix as well as games for the final Transformers movie, Transformers 3 and X-Men: First Class. According to Hirshberg, “These are all strong

Is it or isn't it? That seems to be the question regarding the rampent rumors of an upcoming BioShock movie. Regardless of when or if that rumor will be confirmed, fans have taken to Youtube to post their fan made trailers for what they would like to see as a BioShock movie. One trailer in particular stands out above the rest and the interwebs have taken notice. Maybe Hollywood will too. http://youtu.be/qRa-78twi3svia Joystiq and

What happens when Valve's ever so popular Team Fortress 2 and the highly anticipated fifth installement of the Elder Scrolls series, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim collide? You get this creative and hilarious fanmade trailer showcasing the perils of the gang from TF2 living in a world where evil is brewing in the horizon. http://youtu.be/4hD-KZsmBl4 via Bethesda Blog

Ubisoft has confirmed that Far Cry 3 multiplayer will not have dedicated servers. A user on the Ubisoft Uplay forum posted a thread asking if Far Cry 3 will be having dedicated servers and Community Manager MSV-Vextor responded with a big firm no. Far Cry 3 is set to launch across the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC on November 29th and the 30th overseas and on December 4th here in North America. via Ubisoft Forum Thread

Fatal Frame fans were disheartened to learn that the latest iteration in the survival horror series, Mask of the Lunar Eclipse, would not receive an English translation/release from Nintendo due to poor sales in Japan. This is a shame, as the Wii controls seemed PERFECT for the unique "point and shooting" that the series is famous for. However, that hasn't stopped fans with plenty of time to work around the translation issue. One particular group has actually managed to develop a patch that r