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Steam announced that PC Gamers who preorder Homefront through them will receive a free copy of Metro2033.  Gamers will also get a day one unlock for the Air Assault Drone for use in multiplayer. Homefront is set to release March 15th, 2011. via Steam Community

This Dumbass of the Day is an unnamed teenager from Maryland pretending to be a student from Berkeley Heights High School in New Jersey.  This dumbass thought it would okay to play a prank on the other teen and threaten to shoot students at Berkeley Heights High School after gaining the other teen's login details. During a Madden NFL online third party transaction from a website not associated with Microsoft or EA, the not so funny prankster was able to gain the Berkeley teen's XBL account info

Ever since Activision's announcement of giving Guitar Hero the boot, analysts have not been afraid to let some harsh words fly towards Activision. Speaking to Gamasutra, M2 Research senior analyst Billy Pidgeon said that Activision, "pretty much driven the franchise into the ground with title after title after title." There is no denying that statement.  Countless numbers of Guitar Hero games have been released quicker than two rabbits can go at it during a single night session since the first

Lionhead Studios is reaching out to Fable fans for their input to help decide the fate of Albion with a survey. The quick survey asks which features like british humor, customizing your character, being a hero, co-op, and more you prefer over the others.  You rank each of them from 13 being the highest to 1 being the lowest. Hopefully Lionhead will take the time to read the surveys, because with how Fable III turned out, they will need all the help they can get for the next one. via Games Radar

Prepare for  a Magicka “Surprise”,  Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword, Pirates of Black Cove, Defenders of Ardania and Supreme Ruler: Cold War Playable at Event! NEW YORK – February 11th, 2011 – Paradox Interactive has today announced a strong line-up of playable titles for this year’s Game Developers Conference taking place in San Francisco between February 28th and March 4th. The renowned developer and publisher will be showing off a variety of upcoming games including the newest additi

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

Analyst Michael Pachter says that, "I'm certain to my core," when it comes to whether or not Activision will start charging gamers to play Call of Duty online when it comes to the newly announced project that is being taken on Beachhead. According to G4TV, Pachter said that Project Beachhead will be charging for the mulitplayer and that there might also be charges for weapons or $1.00 each or a monthly subscription to access all of them. If this turns out to be true, it will interesting to see w

Come Get Some! 2K Games Announces Duke Nukem Forever® Balls of Steel Edition! New York, NY February 11, 2011 – Duke’s got them - and now you can too. 2K Games and Gearbox Software are proud to announce the Duke Nukem Forever® Balls of Steel edition! Arriving alongside the standard editions on May 3, 2011, the Duke Nukem Forever Balls of Steel edition for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC is a must-have

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

To say that the Xbox Live Arcade 2005 release, Bejeweled 2 was a hit is a huge under statement. The game's addicting modes had gamers playing for hours at a time, not only on the Xbox 360, but across consoles, on PC's, and the internet. After the release, fans of the puzzler have been eagerly waiting to get their hands on Bejeweled 3. Today, PopCap has announced that Bejeweled 3 has launched on the Xbox Live Arcade for the price of 1200 MS points. Bejewled 3 will also be available for purchas

As the freaks, zombies, vampires, monsters, and all things that make up Halloween prepare to party on October 31st, Zen Studios has found a way to help you pinball and scare loving gamers out there get in the mood a few days early. For a limited time only beginning on October 26th, you can download Pinball FX2's newest pinball table addition Paranormal for free as a thank you from Zen Studios for all the support that they received. “In celebration of one year of Pinball FX2, and as a big THANK

This December your favorite characters from the X-Men universe will be appearing in the second of four tables coming to Marvel Pinball as part of Zen Studio's Marvel Pinball: Vengence and Virtue event on the PS3 and XBLA. The second table will feature events that have been inspired by the popular X-Men comic book series and includes when Magneto destroyed the Brooklyn Bridge and events based on the Dark Phoenix Saga. The Dark Phoenix Saga events will feature actual dialogue from the classic ser

Are you still in denial about the next Xbox being in development? Many gamers are even after the job title changings of many of the Xbox staff to reflect working on the next Xbox. What about if I told you that sources close to Xbox believe that the new Xbox will be at E3 2012 and they even go on further to say that a late 2013 or 2014 launch is in the horizon? Sources are claiming that both Microsoft and their partners are gearing up for a late 2013 to 2014 launch of the next generation Xbox.

Talk about embarassing. EA has announced that Battlefield 3 will have a day one update that gamers will be required to install in order to play the game and that all media reviews of the shooter be held off until a week after it's release. EA has also added that Xbox 360 gamers will have to download the game to their hard drive in order to see the graphics at their best representation. What is EA's reasoning behind the day one update? DICE are perfectionists of course! “DICE are perfectionis

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is slated for release worldwide on November 11, 2011. Learn more about Skyrim at http://elderscrolls.com and at The Elder Council, the official Facebook page of The Elder Scrolls https://facebook.com/TheElderScrolls

Blizzard has announced that players of their massive time consuming and ever so popular PC game, World of Warcraft will receive the upcoming Diablo 3 free. Of course there is a teeny tiny catch. In order to get Diablo 3 for free you must purchase their new annual pass and adhere to a few other minor commitments to Blizzard. The World of Warcraft annual pass can be paid in monthly installements just like a month to month subscription however where it differs is that you get Diablo 3 for free, t

I know that most of you are salivating over getting your hands on what could be the most anticipated RPG release this year, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. How many of you plan on heading out to your local game store to pick up a copy for your PC? Hold on there cowboy. You might want to know what the minimum and maximum requirements are and thanks to Bethesda's Pete Hines, you can now find out if your little rinky dink computer can handle such a beastly game. Minimum Requirements OS: Win XP/7/Vi

Jurassic Park fans are one earth-shaking footstep closer to sinking their teeth into the anticipated release of Jurassic Park: The Game, as Telltale Games, the leading independent digital publisher and developer of episodic interactive entertainment, today announced that Jurassic Park: The Game has gone gold. The game is set to launch on November 15 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft; PlayStation®Network for PlayStation®3, Windows PC and Mac. An iPad version o

Boo Gamerciders! It is Halloween and we here at Gamercide are celebrating by sharing with you our top favorite scary games that we played since we could hold a controller in our tiny little bitty baby hands. Let the fright fest begin! spawn622 - Gamercide Writer/Reviewer and Gnome Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem "The overall story of the game doesn't really scare all that much, but having to always keep a check on your "Sanity Meter" really does bring a sense of dread to the game. Once it

Gamercide's grim reaper has just decided who the winner is of "Gamercide's Top Five Scariest Game You've Played". Congratulations go out to Gamercide member eminutia! Em has scored a Halloween pack of treats that include: DVD copy of the original Halloween (not that crap Rob Zombie remake) 1600 Microsoft Point Card to spend on ghoulish picks of your choosing One Pre Order copy of Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary for the Xbox 360 Em's Top Five Picks For The Most Scariest Game Played 5. The Thing

In a surprising and not so scandalous news flash, Sony's Playstation 3 sales are finally catching up to Microsoft's sales of the Xbox 360. Sony released their financial reports for the Q2 fiscal year and show that the Playstation has moved 55.5 million units worldwide, just about catching and placing them in position to be on the verge of passing their rival console, the Xbox 360 which has moved 56.7 million units worldwide. It is nice to see something good coming out of Sony's camp instead of t

RedLynx, the creators behind the ever so popular and madly addiciting arcade game Trials may have been aquired by Ubisoft this morning, however that is not stopping them from working on their continued relationship with Microsoft to get the next bone breaking Trials game out the door. However fans who have been waiting for an announcement on a release date for the next game in the must have series, Trials Evolution, might have to wait a bit longer, because it appears that Trials has fallen unde

Have you tried the insanely difficult and often maddening world of Namco Bandai's RPG, Dark Souls? If not, I can't say I blame you. I love insanely difficult games, however this is one I will not touch out of respect for my controller to ensure that it stays in one piece. If you have yet to try it, because you are debating on whether or not to torture yourself through grueling gameplay, then you will be happy to know that Namco has ensured that just about every gamer gets to play Dark Souls b

Finally the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto V has arrived. Fans of GTA: San Andreas will be excited to hear that the fifth numbered installment of the series is returning to Los Santos. It is unclear whether San Fierro and Las Venturas are in the game as well, but some of the countryside appears to be there, with mountains to climb and do crazy things off of. If you look closely you can spot several things added since GTA IV: Sea-doos, semi trucks with trailers, blimps, and even airplanes

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