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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

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

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

Five studios are now responsible for Activision's Call of Duty franchise.  Newly added Beachhead joins Treyarch, Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer, and Raven. Beachhead will be concentrating on digital content for the long running successful series. Looks like Activision wants total and complete domination in the world of Call of Duty. via IGN

[caption id=" align="alignright" width="391" caption="via Eurogamer][/caption] Eurogamer is reporting that the Channel 4 News Team recently caught a glimpse of what appears to be an unannounced Halo 5 game along with an icon for Project Gotham Racing during a recent demonstration by Microsoft's Jonathon Cluts of hidden Kinect technology. During the demo, Cluts is showing how he can change walls in a futuristic house.  He passes by icons and chooses Grandma's Room.  Clearly on either side are ico

A video has been uploaded by Youtube user kick755 that shows him playing Dead Space 2 with Kinect and a Wii remote in his right hand. In the video, Isaac Clarke responds what seems to be perfectly to kick755's movements, mirroring him exactly.    If this video is legit, it does help to prove that games that are not sports or recreation types can respond well to Kinect. via KinectHacks

Yes you did indeed read that correctly.  This Dumbass of the Day hails from Sony's camp and is the fictional PR man that Sony made up for commercials and gave "Kevin Butler" his own Twitter account.  Unfortunately for whoever is running the Twitter account, they might be at the unemployment line today. Tweeted back as a reply to what was assumed to be a Battleship joke was the hack code for the now fixed "jailbreak hack".  Sony has been trying to keep the details of this hack a secret for an ong

[caption id=" align="alignleft" width="194" caption="Image via The Source][/caption] Batman fans who are eagerly waiting to get their hands on Batman: Arkham City will be able to read about the events that transpired between the video games, Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City. The six part miniseries picks up one year after Batman: Arkham Asylum ended.  Readers will find the Warden turned Mayer, Quincy Sharp shutting down the deranged Asylum and building a city to house the lunatics o

During the Conan O 'Brien fiasco, Microsoft made an attempt to get the late night comedian to do shows for Xbox Live, however Executive Producer Jeff Ross revealed that Microsoft really did not show any plans for what they planned to do with Conan and instead signed with TBS. "A lot of the conversations were 'well, it's a show, but it's not a show and there are no breaks, but maybe there are breaks and it's not 60 minutes, it's this' and nobody really knew what it was," Ross told Morris. "So

KyozoKicks who makes video game themed shoes, is holding an auction over at ebay where 100% of the proceeds will go to one of the greatest charity's known to man, Child's Play Charity. The colorful shoes feature custom designed LittleBigPlanet images and are all hand painted.  The size 9.5 men's shoes are currently sitting pretty at $305 with five days left to bid. via MediaMolecule

Xbox Live Arcade is throwing a party and you are invited!  The Xbox Live Arcade House Party begins on February 16th with the release of the prequel to Contra: Hard Corps, Hard Corps: Uprising and ends on March 16th with Full House Poker that is replacing fan favorite, 1 vs. 100. Other games being released during this XBLA shindig are: February 16 Hard Corps: Uprising, 1200 Microsoft Points February 23 Bejeweled Blitz, 800 Microsoft Points March 2, Beyond Good & Evil HD, 800 Microsoft

We here at Gamercide love Magicka.  So much so that we want you to have a chance to play it, too.  This Friday and Saturday, from 10PM Pacific onwards, we will be streaming the game and giving away codes for it.  All you have to do is watch our stream, courtesy of JustinTV (thanks to Dateranoth for the excellent design for our streaming page), and answer some trivia based on the game as we play it. 4 codes will be up for grabs at 10PM PST on Friday, 2/11 as Dateranoth plays, and another 5 will b

Screenshots have been revealed by EA and Visceral Games for the upcoming DLC, "Severed" for Dead Space 2.  The DLC will be available for the PS3 and 360.  No news on if PC users will get it. via GamesRadar

In some unexciting news today, an official announcement was made by MTV that stated that MTV Games is done making video games after Harmonix was bought by Harmonix in December of 2010. A rep stated to GameSpot stated that "MTV Games has ceased its publishing operations but has not been completely dissolved," and only a small crew remains in New York for the time being. With that earth shattering announcement, we can now all get back to work. via GameSpot

Gareth Gath who suffers from cerebral palsy made a request to Visceral Games to add customizable controls to the PC version of Dead Space 2.  Gath who has to play Dead Space 2 using a mouse with his chin is upset that he cannot assign the "walk forward" command to a mouse button.  After his story made it through the internet, Dead Space 2 players started a petition to get his request heard and Visceral Games has indeed heard the request and are actively working on a patch to add customizable con

Hailing from the UK, we have Dawn Matthews and her 11 year old son Brendan Jordan.  Brendan Jordan recently went on a spending spree and spent a total of  $1,743.49 on XBL all while using his mother's credit card.  His mother, 37 year old Dawn Matthews is blaming Microsoft despite the little fact that she provided information to her son's account. Matthews, who's son claimed he did not know that the charges were going to his mother's bank account had the following to say regarding her son's exp

Fans of Master Chief prepare to get your pants wet with sheer excitement.  A remake of the game that put Halo on the path to taking over the world is officially being remade for the Xbox 360 and will be releasing on November 15, 2011 which happens to be exactly ten years since the release of the original. Saber Interactive who is responsible for Time Shift,  is taking over the reigns of the remake.  Halo CE will be getting a full visual overhaul supporting 1080p and 3D televisions as well as ne

If you are looking to continue Isaac's adventure in the Dead Space series with Dead Space 2 then you might want to check out Amazon today. Amazon is running a deal for only today where you can purchase a copy of Dead Space 2 (regular edition) for $39.99, that's $20.00 off for those cannot do simple math. Released on January 25, 2011, Dead Space 2 continues the story of engineer Isaac Clarke who has lost his memory of the past 3 years and is also battling dementia in a hospital located on Sprawl

The following retro shooter titles have been discounted for this week's Deal of the Week for all gold members. Duke Nukem Manhattan Project - 400 MS points, regularly 800 MS points Space Invaders Infinity Gene - 400 MS points, regularly 800 MS points Geometry Wars 2 - 400 MS points, regularly 400 MS points Serious Sam HD:  TFE - 400 MS points, regularly 1200 MS points Serious Sam HD: TSE - 400 MS points, regularly 1200 MS points Galaga Legions - 400 MS points, regularly 800 MS points The deals

Calling all Michael Phelps fans.  Blitz Games and 505 Games are bringing the 16 time olympic medal swimming champ exclusively to Kinect this June. UK based Blitz Games who released the statement regarding the upcoming motion based swimming based game has said that the game will be "exhilarating, but physically demanding" did not disclose how they intend to make sure that gamers receive the best physical swimming workout via Kinect that they can deliver.  However they did mention that gamers will

Confirmed from by a tweet from Treyarch's Community Manager, Josh Olin is news that this upcoming weekend will be a double XP event for fans of their latest entry into the Call of Duty series, Black Ops. The double XP event will be the first for Black Ops and will be for all platforms. via USA Today and Josh Olin's Tweet

While many websites who reported about this little gem of a quote from Treyarch's Community Manager, Josh Olin, raved and agreed with him, there will be no brown stained lip action here.  In fact I find the following quote down right sad. In an interview with NowGamer, Olin talks about Black Ops and the new map pack that released on February 1, First Strike.  At the end of interview that was going rather well, NowGamer asks, "What, in your mind, is the biggest problem facing the games industry

Our annual giveaway was held on Saturday, January 29 with some heavy hitting prizes that included prize packs, a Kinect, Netbook, and more that were all donated by our members. In case you missed it, here is the recap courtesy of our member, Kira Onime. For the more colorful version of the recap, visit our forum. 1st - Game of Choice from Sky Winner is : Cody 2nd - 2 1600 MS Point Cards from Elite Effect The winners are......LG and AudaciousKevin! 3rd - Invicta Watch from LG The winner is....

On January 25, Xbox 360 Gold members will get to experience the beta version of the Crysis 2 mulitplayer. Team Instant Action and Crash Site will be the gameplay modes available.  In Team Instant Action, two teams battle it out to see who can come out on top with kills and in Crash Site, gamers will find themselves fighting against enemies in order to save alien pods.  Skyline will be the only map available for the beta. Crysis 2 is coming to an Xbox 360, PS3, and PC on March 22. via Gamasutra

The drama continues to unfold between Activision and former Infinity Ward employees Jason West and Vince Zampella.  EA has now entered into this legal equation after an email surfaced that showcases a possible private deal made between EA, West, and Zampella on delaying "The Stimulus Package" map pack for Modern Warfare 2 when Battlefield Bad Company released. The email from EA's Lincoln Hershberger that was sent internally throughout EA read, "A couple months ago, I asked Vince to hold back t