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Want to visit DICE in Stockholm, Sweden and gush about how much you are insanely addicted to the intense and sometimes maddening multiplayer in their recently released Battlefield 3? Now is your chance, because DICE has announced a new Battlefield 3 Community Challenge, "Only In Battlefield 3" and the winner gets a paid trip to visit the team behind Battlefield 3. All you have to do is upload your "Only in Battlefield 3" moment to Youtube before January 23, 2012 and email a link to vidcomp@dic

We all know it's coming. EA even confirmed back in early November after Battlefield 3 released, that there will be a Battlefield 4. Now one gamer believes they may have caught a tiny easter egg regarding the next Battlefield while playing the mulitplayer. During a multiplayer round on the Battlefield 3 multiplayer map, Wake Island one gamer caught the numbers "2143" inscribed on a wall. Could this point to a game following the futuristic ice age set Battlefield 2142 that never made it to cons

Shocking news right here folks. Before you lace up your combat boots and hit the dirt to play Battlefield 3 this fall, you might want to double check which retail store you are planning on pre-ordering it from. Announced today on the Battlefield 3 Blog are little tidbits of information regarding pre-order bonuses that are retail specific. Pre-Order From Gamestop "GameStop’s pre-order includes the Physical Warfare pack, in addition to the Back To Karkand DLC. If you are part of their PowerUp Re

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

EA has announced that on March 2nd when Battlefield Bad Company 2 releases in North America, that there will be 2 multiplayer maps that will be availble for download for free.  However, this offer is only extended to those of you that buy the game new. The multiplayer maps will be available to download in the in game store that will be available to all gamers, but free to gamers who buy the game new via a "VIP Code".  The in game store which is similar to Mass Effect 2's Cerberus Network was an

How long do you think it will take you to reach the highest rank in Battlefield Bad Company 2, General of the Army (level 50)?  Thanks to a post on the Achieve360Points forum you can find out. One of the users came across a website that allows Battlefield Bad Company 2 players to enter their current rank and it calculates how many pins, kills, assists, insignias, and actions it will take them to reach level 50. At my current rank of Private, it will take me 50 insignias, 24,312 pins, 30,390

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

PopCap's Bejewled Blitz LIVE has hit the Xbox Live Marketplace today at 800 MS points as part of the House Party promotion.  The second Bejewled game to hit the marketplace features a classic and twisted modes as well as 16 online player puzzle loving fun. Also added to the Xbox Live Marketplace include demos for Dragon Age II and Lego Star Wars III:  The Clone Wars. via Major Nelson

Bethesda has announced a new video game with developer Arkane called Dishonored. More details regarding their new game will be available when August's edition of Game Informer graces your mail boxes and newsstands. via Game Informer

The Elder Scrolls® Anthology. For the first time in the history of the award-winning series, Bethesda presents The Elder Scrolls® in one complete PC collection. Arriving on retail shelves September 10, 2013 for $79.99, The Elder Scrolls Anthology features all five critically-acclaimed games, plus official add-ons – packaged together in an exclusive premium collector’s set. A full list of contents is below. The Elder Scrolls Anthology includes: § The Elder Scrolls Arena § The Elder Scrolls II

2K has released details regarding the upcoming DLC "Sinclair Solutions Test Pack" for BioShock 2. The "Sinclair Solutions Test Pack" which is set to release in March will add new additions to BioShock's 2 multiplayer.  Among the new additions include an increase in level rank to level 50 with rank rewards, two new playable characters, 20 new trials, a third weapon upgrade for every weapon, and five new masks.  Some of these items will not be usuable until your multiplayer character reaches a le

Gracing the cover of the lastest issue of EGM is the main character of the next entry into the disturbing world that is BioShock, BioShock Infinite. Is this the image that ran through your head when you thought of playing as Booker DeWitt, a former Pinkerton agent who is trying to rescue a captured female character by the name of Elizabeth? via GamesRadar

Guildford, UK – January 5, 2009 – Leading video game developer BioWare, a division of Electronic Arts Inc, announced today Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening, the first official expansion pack to Dragon Age: Origins, the recent recipient of Spike TV’s Best RPG and PC Game of 2009, IGN’s Best RPG of 2009 and CNN.com’s Best RPG of 2009. Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening will be available for the Xbox 360 videogame and entertainment system, the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and PC on March

It appears that BioWare has something up their sleeve. A countdown timer has appeared on BioWare's website earlier and it is counting down the days and minutes leading up to some kind of an announcement. Just what is the announcement?  You can speculate that is has something to do with Mass Effect 2 considering that Shepard and Miranda Lawson are right above the timer and that when you click on the timer it takes you to BioWare's Mass Effect 2 page.  However we all know that appearances can b

Game Earns Rave Reviews, Sells 2 Million Units in Week One EDMONTON, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--40 perfect scores. 2 million units. One pop culture phenomenon. BioWare™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), announced today that Mass Effect™ 2 has sold-in over two million units worldwide in its first week of release. Lauded for its intense shooter gameplay and deep, hand-crafted story, Mass Effect 2 has earned an average review score of 96 — making it the second highest rated game

Bit Barons is celebrating the release of their easy going puzzle game for gamers of all ages and experience, Astroslugs on the Mac App Store by offering the game for free on the Mac App Store from now until Sunday March 13.  If you download Astroslugs during this time make sure to send in proof of your receipt to info@bitbarons.com and Bit Barons will give you a free copy of Astroslugs for Windows and a free copy of the Astroslugs soundtrack as a thank you.  Talk about free gaming goodness over

In January 2011, Activision announced that they are shutting the doors at the studio that has brought you hits like Project Gotham Racing, Geometry Wars, and Boom Boom Rocket.  Today is the final day for Bizarre Creations and they have put together a video to say goodbye. We here at Gamercide wish the faces behind Bizarre Creations nothing but the best in their future endeavors. video via Vimeo (via Joystiq)

"We weren’t an independent studio making ‘our’ games anymore – we were making games to fill slots. Although we did all believe in them, they were more the products of committees and analysts. The culture we’d worked on for so long gradually eroded just enough so that it wasn’t ‘ours’ anymore", said the Creative Director with Bizarre Creations Martyn Chudley during an interview with Edge where regrets and the option to buy Bizarre back after Activision closed the 17 year studio in February 2011 w

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Playstation 3 users have been barking up Activision and Treyarch's tree shortly after the release of Black Ops 2, due to growing issues of in game freezing and server problems. Keep in mind that the 2010 launch of the first Black Ops was also plagued with similar issues on the PS3. Gamers have been reporting repeated issues of freezing in both single player and multiplayer modes and also not being able to connect to a server when trying to play online. Activision has released a statement over

Fusible did a tiny bit of detective work regarding Activision's record breaking Call of Duty: Black Ops and discovered that not only was blackops2.com switched over recently to MarkMonitor which happens to be the privacy service that Activision is a client to, but also that in August Activision bought the domains blackops3.com, blackops4.com, blackops5.com, and blackops6.com making it appear that not only is Call of Duty Black Ops 2 is on the horizon but that there will be a total of 6 in the Bl

The numbers are in and Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops has sold a combined 5.6 million copies on it's opening day in the US and UK, making Activision not only $360 million, but also very happy. As reported on Eurogamer, Bobby Kotick, Activision's CEO was extremely pleased with Black Ops first day numbers.  "The game's success underscores the pop culture appeal of the brand. Call of Duty: Black Ops is the finest game that Treyarch has ever made and raises the bar for online gameplay by deliver

For those who think the internet consists most of trolls and hyperactive a-holes, we're glad to report that there is still hope for the online community.  Roy Williams and his friends answered the online request of fellow gamer Jordan Verner for help in completing the Nintendo 64 classic The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time by providing a walkthrough of the game.  Why not just snag one from Gamefaqs?  Because Jordan Verner is blind.  Roy and his friends recorded every single action, no matte