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If you picked up Nintendo's latest console offering the Wii U and are a fan of the Metro series, don't expect to see a Metro game on the console...ever. Metro: Last Light developer 4A Games slapped Nintendo right across their already chapped butt cheeks, by calling the console's CPU "horrible". Speaking to NowGamer, 4A Games Chief Technical Officer Oles Shishkovtsov, shared his very blatant thoughts about Nintendo's newest console by stating, "'The Wii U has a horrible, slow CPU". Fellow 4A ga

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Nintendo will unleashing a Flame Red 3DS bundle onto the Black Friday horde. The 3DS bundle comes with a Flame Red 3DS and a copy of Super Mario Bros 3D Land. The bundle will be available at gaming retailers on Black Friday for $169.99. Keep in mind that this 3DS Bundle is limited edition, so happy hunting! via Engadget

Sony has announced their Black Friday plans for the Playstation 3 and PS Vita. PS Vita Assassin's Creed III: Liberation Bundle with a limited edition crystal white Wi-Fi PS Vita, Assassin's Creed III: Liberation, and 4 GB memory card - $199.99 Call of Duty Black Ops: Declassied Bundle with a crystal black Wi-Fi PS Vita, Call of Duty Black Ops: Declassified, and a 4 GB memory card- $199.99 Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes Bundle with a crystal black Wi-Fi PS Vita and Lego Batman2: DC Super

Thanks to Major Nelson, we now know who and where the best Black Friday shopping deals are going to be for anything and everything Xbox 360. Walmart Special Edition Glossy White 4 GB Xbox 360 console, controller, Skylanders, and an exclusive Skylanders figurine - $149.99 Best Buy, Fred Myers', Newegg, and Fry's Xbox 360 250 GB console with Skyrim and Forza 4: Essentials Edition - $199.99 Target, Sam's Club, Meijer, Kmart, and Microsoft Stores Xbox 360 4 GB console with Kinect, Kinect Adventu

Walmart is joining in on the Pre-Black Friday deals. This week you can pickup the Playstation 3 Ultimate Bundle beginning at $259.99. This bundle comes with your choice of PS3 model, one PS3 Dual Shock Controller, and one game; all of your choosing! On the Xbox 360 side of the platforms, Walmart is offering the Xbox 360 Ultimate Bundle with the same idea as the Playstation 3 Ultimate Bundle, however it is a bit cheaper. Prices start at $229.99 and you get to choose your console that comes with

Major Nelson tweeted this morning that the pony dance will be coming to an Xbox 360 near you soon. Psy's popular dance track Gangam Style will be coming to the Dance Central 3 lineup on November 27th. Gangnam Style will be joining a growing library of dance songs that include hits from the 70's, 80's, 90's, and today.

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

Taking a cue from MTV's horrible show Punk'd which is aimed at "punking" celebrities that most of the world could give two shakes of a leprechaun's rear end about, Sony's Playstation is currently giving out free games, however you cannot play them. The glitch which seems to be centering around gamers that try to take advantage of the Playstation Plus extended free trial membership is allowing users to download trial versions of games, however it is recognizing you as purchasing the full game. I

Amazon is running a Black Friday Deals Week on all things video games beginning today! The deals ranging from video games to accessories for all platforms are only good on each day leading up to the holy grail of all shopping days, Black Friday. Amazon also announced their lightening deals for this week. Thanksgiving Day's Lightening Day deals are looking to be your best option if you are interested in saving money on purchasing console bundles for the gamer in your life this holiday season. T

In your Thursday edition of "I could give two shits about something containing Call of Duty in it", I present to you the latest rumor regarding 2013's release of the next installment in a series that others call unique and innovative, however I refer to it as a once great thing turned into a huge steaming cow patty. Siliconera is reporting that Activision is already recording voice overs for the 2013 release of the next Call of Duty which will continue the Modern Warfare story if you want to cal

Xbox Live turns 10 today and to celebrate the folks over at the Xbox 360 division of Microsoft are giving out deals on all things games! Wreckateer - FREE! Castle Crashers - 50% off Battlefield 1943 - 50% off Fruit Ninja Kinect - 50% off Geometry Wars Retro Evolved - 50% off Bastion - 50% off Peggle - 50% off Full House Poker - 50% off Joining in on the celebration is Major Nelson who will be giving away 10 free One Year Gold subscriptions to Xbox Live every hour begin

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

Rockstar's Dan Houser released a major spoiler regarding their upcoming spring 2013 release of GTA V. Out of the three main stories that you play through, one of them is the antagonist. Houser made the statement during an interview with The New York Times when asked about the three character story line. Houser also said that Americans do not understand British culture from the 70's and 80's and that the GTA series has always been a British take on Americana. via NYT.

Gamercide's 2012 Election Results are in after a very close race that ended in a tie between Master Chief/Clayton Carmine and Gordon Freeman/John Marston. This tie caused a second poll to figure out who Gamercide's official picks for President and Vice President were. Results of the Original Poll Master Chief and Clayton Carmine - 33.33% Gordon Freeman and John Marston - 33.33% Commander Shepard and Maya the Siren - 8.33% Alyx Vance and Lara Croft - 8.33% Ezio Auditore and Prince

Youtube user Captain Sparklez has created another fantastic parody involving Minecraft. This time Sparklez mated South Korean superstar Psy's latest hit "Gangnam Style" with the popular PC game Minecraft. I introduce to you, "Minecraft Style" and before you ask, yes that says "I can see my house from here" on the banner at the beginning.

Once again another brilliant live action trailer was released in the Halo series. This time Microsoft and 343 Industries have decided to showcase John's journey to becoming Halo's flagship character, Master Chief complete with nasty looking scars and a fiery torture scene that is carried out by Halo's new enemies. http://youtu.be/GO376G4tbGM Halo 4 releases to eager hands on November 6th.

Yesterday, Mojang released the long awaited "Adventure" update for the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft. The features in the update include "Creative" mode which features an unlimited supply of blocks and allows the player to create the world that they want without the restraints of stop and go mining. New terrain, enemies, sprinting ability, villages and other inhabited areas, and also new in game items. A complete list of the new content and fixes can be found over at the Minecraft Xbox 360 wik

Consider yourself warned if you choose to let stupidity rule your life when it comes to playing pre-release copies of Halo 4; Microsoft has their eye on you and you will be perma-banned from their services. Microsoft issued a statement regarding the perma-bans after Halo 4 related content began showing up around the internet. For those of you choosing not to act like a bunch of jackasses, Halo 4 releases in a few weeks. November 6th to be exact. via Gaming Blend

Activision had to pull the multiplayer map Favela out of the map rotation after the finding of a painted portrait that appears in a bathroom in the map offended some in the Muslim community. The offending portrait features a painted tree and the words "Allah is beautiful" and "He loves beauty" inscribed around the frame of the portrait which happens to be situated above a toilet. Activision released a statement apologizing for the image and said that they are working on an update to remove the

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

On September 11th, Sony launched a lawsuit against Bridgestone and Wildcat Creek Inc. Actor Jerry Lambert who plays Sony's fake executive Kevin Butler in television commercials is the president of the one of the companies featured in the lawsuit; Wildcat Creek Inc. Sony is claiming that Bridgestone and Wildcat Creek Inc. are both in breach of contract over the Kevin Butler character who Sony believes is being used in another form of advertisement for Bridgestone tires. Keep in mind that the t

Yes, you read that correct. Cliff Bleszinkski has departed from Epic Games after 20 years with the company. Epic's CEO Tim Sweeney confirmed Bleszinkski's departure with a statement posted over at Epic. "In 20 wonderful years with Epic, Cliff Bleszinski has grown into a true design luminary, and his contributions to the ‘Unreal’ and ‘Gears’ series have helped shape the game industry into what it is today. Cliff leaves Epic with our gratitude for his many contributions, and our wishes for conti

Nintendo has made a disappointing announcement regarding their upcoming console, Wii U. The console will be region locked. Nintendo confirmed the news to Famitsu which was later translated by NeoGaf user Cheesmeister3k who translates gaming events in Japan on Twitter; "That can be played on the Wii U is restricted by a region-lock feature; software not sold in the same region cannot be played". This should really come as no surprise considering that the Wii and 3DS are also region locked.