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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 perfectionists — they will not stop polishing the game until it is in your hands” claimed EA. Why yes, gamers across the board will accept that giberish especially after the horrible, cheat fi…

Rumors began running rampant across the internet that Activision had sold one of Sony's most successful game series, Crash Bandicoot. Activision has squashed the rumor stating that they still own Crash, however also issued some words that fans of the series might find discouraging. Activision's community manager Dan Amrich stated that Crash needs a reason to come back on store shelves and in the hands of gamers and that "fan support is not enough". "The game needs to have a really good reason to exist, Fan support is not enough to get a game made on the level that you're looking for." He further concluded that Crash Bandicoot may not even see a console again. "Now is not …

Cutting fruit. Sounds simple right? Well, when put in game form it becomes an astonishingly addictive concept. You are a ninja whose sole purpose is to cut fruit. Previously it was limited to the mobile market. Deft finger flicks would allow you to slice through fruit and avoid bombs. Can Halfbrick bring this same game play to Kinect? If you’ve played the mobile version, you know the deal here. Fruit is thrown up on the screen and you have to use your hands to slice it. Slicing multiple fruit at once gives you multipliers and you gain more points. Occasionally, game ending or point sapping bombs will be thrown across. Don’t slice those. “Slicing” may be a bit g…

Telltale is proud to announce that their acclaimed Back to the Future: The Game is now available at retail for PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii. Available for the incredible price of only $19.99, Telltale Game’s acclaimed extension of the blockbuster movie trilogy has arrived on store shelves just in time for the holidays. So strap in, power up the flux capacitor and put the continued time traveling journeys of Doc Brown and Marty McFly at the top of your gift list. If the Back to the Future fan on your shopping list has yet to experience the game that made Joystiq.com say “…managed to make me feel eight years old again” or IGN.com happily report that the game is “…a wel…

Don’t know what to get the geek loving dad on your list this year for Father’s Day? Instead of buying the same old boring white socks or “Number One Dad” shirt, let us help you decide what other gifts are out there instead of the cookie cutter retail store items. Star Trek Pizza Cutter – $29.99 This adorable pizza cutter in the shape of Star Trek’s Enterprise will be a pleaser for the pizza loving dad in your life. It’s made of stainless steel and is an officially licensed Star Trek item. The Enterprise pizza cutter is available at thinkgeek.com. Darth Vader Imprinting Toaster – $49.99 That’s right, you can now take your toast to the dark side. This nifty little toast…

Ryu is looking exceptionally bloody and a tad bit diseased (check out the arm) in the new screenshots of Ninja Gaiden III that were found on Famitsu. via 1up Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Twisted Pixel is known for their breakout Xbox Live Arcade Games The Maw, ‘Splosion Man, Comic Jumper, and Ms. ‘Splosion Man. Will their first disc based game live up to the standards of their previous endeavors? Will The Gunstringer be the first “Must Buy” game for the Xbox Kinect add-on? I’ve played it and in the paragraphs below, I will answer all of these questions. Not to spoil it or anything, but the answer is YES!! As I said, Twisted Pixel is known for their XBLA games. Their wit and comedy are infused in to every game and The Gunstringer is no exception. Right from the start you are give a sense of how things will go down. You are The Gunstringer, a double …

Something that countless numbers of gamers have been saying for years has finally been spoken from the lips of Sega. “We’ve probably been guilty of bringing too many Sonic games to market too quickly.” Alan Pritchard, Sega’s US Sales and Marketing Vice President The famous blue, chili-dog eating hedgehog spawned a comic book series, television show, and numerous toys and clothing for kids of all ages is getting ready to celebrate his 20th year in the gaming industry. Fans have been complaining year after year that Sonic related video games have gone downhill, but even after admitting that they shoved sub-par Sonic games down the throats of gamers each year, will they a…

According to Major Nelson, Borderlands has received a huge discount of 30-50% off on DLC and other related items in this week’s Deal of the Week. Next week’s Deal of the Week is themed and will feature “hack and slash” style games including Torchlight, Dungeons and Dragons Daggerdale, The Baconing, and Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team at 50% off their original prices. Out in the Xbox Live Arcade this week is Ubisoft’s I Am Alive. Next week’s arcade offerings include Shoot Many Robots and Defenders of Arcadia. Other downloadable content out for the current week is Mass Effect 3 From Ashes, Forza 4 March Pirelli Car Pack, and for Elite premium Call of Duty subscribers only, Mod…

Gears of War 3, the last game in a trilogy that has been the definition of a successful console IP, has been out for only a few days, and it has dominated the game sales charts for September in both North America and Europe. According to Gamasutra.com, the game tops the multiplatform North America and Europe charts, while not fairing as well in Japan since it’s placed third behind Dark Souls and ICO/Wanda to Kyozou Limited Box. However, when only Xbox 360 game sales are taken into account, it comes as no surprise to see Gears of War 3 top all of the sales charts, even Japan’s. Charts taken from Gamasutra.com: Multiplatform North America: 1. Gears of War 3 (Microsoft, X36…

Word out of EA’s camp today is that on February 2, 2010 several sports titles released from 2007 until 2009 will have their servers shut down because the games are being considered old. Apparently gamers missed the memo where some of the following sports titles that were bought in 09 were going to be outdated by the time 2010 rolled in. February 2, 2010 Online Service Shutdown UEFA Champions League 07 PC and x360 Facebreaker x360 and PS3 Fantasy Football 09 x360 and PS3 FIFA 07 PSP, PS2, PC Fight Night Round 3 PS2 Madden 08 Wii Madden 08 PC Madden 09 Xbox1 Madden 09 Wii and PSP March Madness 07 x360 NBA 07 PSP, x360 NBA 08 PS2, PSP, Wii NBA 09 Wii - Europe only NBA Stree…

For a limited time only, Xbox One pre-orders; including the Day One edition are back at Best Buy. This will likely be the last time that you will have the chance to pre-order them with Best Buy online. Best Buy has previously opened up their pre-orders for the Xbox One twice and they sold out quickly. It's safe to assume that will happen again with the launch of the Xbox One coming around quickly. Best Buy is guaranteeing that all of these pre-orders will be available on the day of the release, November 22nd and in select stores at midnight. via IGN and Best Buy Click here to view the article

DICE has released a single player and multiplayer patch for Battlefield 4 on the PS4 that fixes numerous problems that gamers have been plagued with since it's release. The patch fixes regular crashing issues and also crashing issues associated with changing weapons and maps and crashes occurring from resuming the single player campaign. Other fixes included in the patch are the reduction of the probability that you will get a corrupt save file in single player, a bug has been fixed that caused a connection error when accessing Playstation Plus, and improved performance when a player shoots at destroying Levolution objects. DICE is also in the final testing phase of a pat…

Did you sign up for the upcoming Call of Duty Elite Beta being brought to you by Activision and Beachhead Studios? If so, you might want to check your email, because the first round of invitations were sent out last week. According to Eurogamer, the service is already live for the Xbox 360, however Playstation 3 and PC users will have to wait a bit longer. Call of Duty Elite will be using stats from Call of Duty Black Ops in order to compile your current Call of Duty data. via Eurogamer Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

The team at Ubisoft has put together a launch trailer to wet your appetite or at the very least make you want the November 15th release of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations to come even sooner! Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Ubisoft Annecy’s multiplayer game director Damien Kieken confirmed the news that there will be no multiplayer beta for Assassin’s Creed 3 claiming that Ubisoft would rather spend time perfecting the game, then putting out a time consuming beta. “To be honest, it’s something we want to do every year because we get community feedback that helps us tune the game. It is also a good reward for the community that has followed us from the beginning. But doing a beta takes a lot of time; we’d need to polish a version, submit it to the platform holders and support it when it’s out. And all the time put into the beta doesn’t go into the final game. Because we wanted to push so many…

Miss playing the awesomeness that is a Burnout game? Criterion may have found a way to fill that metal crushing void in your life. Available today on the Playstation Network for $9.99 and tomorrow on the Xbox Live Arcade for 800 MS points is Burnout CRASH!.This accident happy arcade-esqe game features hits from the 80′s 18 crash junctions, and 6 different play modes including Burnout fan favorite, Crash Mode. CRASH! features Kinect support allowing you to use your body to create a spectacular crash that will send debris flying everywhere. If that does not get engines revved up, then maybe the Kinect 14 player turn based multyplayer will. Rage on! Tweet This Post…

It's been a year of shooting-and-looting out in the Borderlands, and there are still vault hunters dropping into Pandora every day! Now with the Game of the Year Edition, new players can grab the base game and tons of add-on content in one package. As a thank you to our fans, Gearbox and 2K created this compilation trailer for your viewing pleasure. Now grab your guns and get out there -- the loot's not going to collect itself!

Twisted Pixel’s 5th original IP, The Gunstringer Is Now In StoresSept. 13th, 2011 – Austin, TX – Today is a red letter day for Twisted Pixel, as their first retail title, The Gunstringer, hits shelves nationwide. In The Gunstringer, you control the fiery gun-toting marionette through his adventures, combining solo platforming and shooting mechanics into fun, competitive action with a full suite of collectibles, unlockables, abilities, rewards and more. Our story begins with you buried alive and left for dead by your former posse. As a skeleton cowboy marionette you begin your journey of revenge, aided only by your gritty resolve and trusty pistol. Track your betrayers …

Xbox Live Arcade Diabolical Pitch – 800 MS Points – April 4thThe Pinball Arcade – 800 MS Points – April 4thAnomoly: War Zone Earth – 800 MS Points – April 6thThe Splatters – 800 MS Points – April 11thFez – 800 MS Points – April 13thAdd Ons Kinect Sports Season Two Basketball – 400 MS Points – April 3rdForza Motorsport 4 April Alpinestars Car Pack – 560 MS Points – April 3rdDeal of the Week April 3rd – 9th King of Fighters 98 – 400 MS PointsKing of Fighters 2002 – 400 MS PointsKing of Fighters Sky Stage – 400 MS PointsMetal Slug 3 – 400 MS PointsMetal Slug XX – 600 MS PointsTrouble Witches – 400 MS PointsApril 10th – 16th Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package – 800 MS PointsMo…

Developed by: Iridium Studios Platforms: PC and Xbox LIVE indie games Players: 1 Puzzle Quest proved that adding RPG elements to a tried and true game design like a match three puzzle can turn a game into absolute crack. But what happens when you add RPG elements to a rhythm game? Sequence is a bit of an odd mix. It’s a rhythm game with RPG elements such as item drops, equipment and leveling, but it requires just as much skill progression on the player’s end as it does for developing your character’s level. In the game you must fight a series of monsters and a boss on each of the seven floors of a tower, with your ultimate goal being to reach the top and escape. Thre…

A tv spot has been released for Batman: Arkham Origins showing a young Bruce Wayne growing up over the years, leading to the birth of a super hero. Batman: Arkham Origins releases October 25th. via Click here to view the article

Category: Games Released: August 10, 2009 Seller: Blue Fang Games Current Version: 1.05 (iPhone OS 3.0 Tested) File Size: 15.2MB Current Price: $0.99 Rated 9+ (Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence) The Breakdown Lion Pride is a line drawing management game in which you play as a pride of lions that must hunt different types of prey to stay alive. Miss your prey and your entire pride could die. The Important Stuff This game plays a lot like most management style games, but the added twist of playing as the lion pride is quite refreshing to see. The prey types of warthogs, antelope, zebra, and cape buffalo all require different strategies to take down. As your intend…

Major Nelson has released the week long, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday sales occurring in the Xbox Live Game Store for the Xbox 360. Week Long Offers: November 26th - December 2nd The Bureau XCOM Declassified GonD 67% offDeadpool GonD 40% offGod Mode XBLA 50% offSkyrim GOND 50% offSkyrim: Dragonborn Add-on 50% offSkyrim: Dawnguard Add-on 50% offFallout 3 GOND 50% offFallout 3: Mothership Zeta Add-on 66% offFallout 3: Point Lookout Add-on 66% offFallout 3: The Pitt Add-on 66% offFallout 3: Operation: Anchorage Add-on 66% offFallout 3: Broken Steel Add-on 66% offWolfenstein 3D XBLA 75% offThe Cave XBLA 75% offRockstar Table Tennis GonD 66% offTomb Raider GonD 50% offSleep…

2010's GoldenEye 007 that came out on the Nintendo Wii will be getting a HD remake for the the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. Activision made the announcement after several ongoing rumors were spreading that the company would announce the game at this year's Comic Con. GoldenEye 007: Reloaded is being built with a new game engine to deliver better graphics and better game play than the Wii version. Activision also stated that the game will be be compatible with the Playstation Move and they are looking towards a Fall 2011 release. via Press Release Click here to view the article