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There are a few things that I have learned about Activision from a recent pompous and arrogance filled interview between MCV and Activision’s Publishing CEO, Eric Hirshberg. These “things” are not directly about their video games, brand, or even where they see themselves in the next five years. I have learned that Activision has an over inflatuated opinion of themselves and coming from a company who reported a $233 million loss in the fourth quarter of 2010 is never a good thing. “When you are in the number one position you have a lot of people gunning for you,” – Eric Hirshberg, Activision’s Publishing CEO via MCV I find that statement reeking of wrongs considering t…

Games (Trailers and Demos) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3Tomb RaiderMass Effect 3Ghost Recon: Future SoldierGears of War 3RyseHalo 4Halo AnniversaryForza 4Fable: The JourneyKinect Disneyland AdventuresSesame Street: Once Upon a MonsterStar Wars KinectDance Central 2Kinect Sports Season TwoAnnouncements UFC and Xbox Live partnered together and all UFC pay per view events will be available on Xbox Live. Kinect friendly.Cloud Saves and Beacons allow gamers to access their games saves on other consoles and beacons will let gamers tell their friends what they want to play.Fall 2011 Dashboard update coming and looks much more user friendly and clean.Youtube and Bing coming to…

Games (Trailers and Demos) Rayman OriginsDriver: San FransicoFar Cry 3Brothers in Arms 4: The Furious FourThe Adventures in TintinGhost Recon: Future SoldierGhost Recon OnlineTrackmania 2Raving Rabbids: Alive and KickingJust Dance 3RocksmithAssassin’s Creed: RevleationsAnnouncements Far Cry 3 showcased a bit of story along with an opening cinematic that was all about “insanity” and a very dark and twisted storyline.Gearbox announced the new Brothers in Arms game that is straying far away from the traditional WWII setting and going into a more cartooney and outrageous atmosphere.Raving Rabbids Alive and Kicking will be Kinect friendly.Chastity’s Final Verdict: Ubisoft’s l…

Games (Trailers and Demos) Uncharted 3Resistance 3NBA 2K12Medieval MovesInfamous 2StarhawkSly Cooper Thieves in TimeDust 514BioShock InfiniteStar TrekNeed for Speed The RunBattlefield 3Uncharted Golden Abyss – For the VitaRuin – For the VitaModNation Racers – For the VitaAnnouncements Jack Tretton talks about the Sony outage and says he is sorry.God of War Origins, Shadow of the Colossus, and Ico are getting HD remakes and will be releasing in the fall of 2011.Resistance 3 Sharpshooter edition – Sharpshooter, PS Move, Eye Camera, and Navigation Controller will be $150.00.A 3D monitor was shown that allows gamers to not only see in 3D but also allows splitscreeners to see …

Developer: Paradox Interactive Publisher: Paradox Interactive Platform: PC/Mac Players: 1/up to 32 Hearts of Iron 3, one of many titles made by grand strategy giants Paradox Interactive, is a grand strategy game set around the events of World War II. In it, players are able to take control of any historical country that existed between the period of 1936 – 1944, though the game can be played to 1948. With hundreds of historical provinces open for conquest, this is as massive as you can get, aside from managing a real country. It should be said that the game is not just a World War II game, but one that features all events in history during this period. Players choose …

Not sure who would want to play as the caped crusader’s sidekick Robin, but if you happen to be a fan of the smaller partner then you might want to pre order the upcoming Batman: Arkham City from Best Buy. Best Buy announced that all pre orders that they receive for the highly anticipated and graphically gorgeous continuation of the Batman Arkham storyline for the PS3, 360, and PC will receive Robin who can be used a playable character in two challenge maps. Yes that is correct. The selling point is Robin for only two challenge maps. via Batman Arkham City UK and Best Buy Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Those of you waiting for DLC news from Homefront‘s developer Kaos Studios might not be getting any news at all in the near future. THQ announced that they have closed the doors at Kaos Studios and the UK studio, Digital Warrington. THQ has stated in a press release that their Montreal studio will be taking over the reigns of the Homefront series and that the reasons behind the closings were due to “a strategic realignment within its internal studio structure” and THQ “continues its strategy of aligning the best industry talent with the company’s marquee franchises”. via Joystiq Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Put on your best dancing shoes and sequined attire, because Dance Central is the Deal of the Week on Xbox Live. Dance Central Marathon Pack – 3360 1680 Dance Pack 1 – 960 640 Dance Pack 2 – 960 640 Dance Pack 3 – 960 640 Dance Pack 4 – 940 640 I Gotta Feeling – 240 160 Heard Em All – 240 160 Straight Up – 240 160 Word Up – 240 160 Weapon of Choice – 240 160 via Major Nelson Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

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…

<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gamercide.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Hyperduck.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5191" title="Hyperduck" src="http://gamercide.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Hyperduck-300x266.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="266" /></a> <br> <br> </p><p>Our good friends at Hyperduck Soundworks are working with Extend Interactive again on their next game <em>So Many Me. </em>The pre-alpha trailer below has some rough sound work that The Ducks would like you to ignore and just enjoy the game play. Take a look and let us know what you think. <br> <br> &l…

When claims were made that Nintendo’s upcoming new console was going to be more powerful than the current heavy hitters of the console world, PS3 and 360, gamers took notice. However with a recent statement being made by Nintendo that the Wii U will not be have a DVD or Blu-Ray functionality, the Wii U is shaping up to be another child’s toy or retirement home reject. “Wii U does not have DVD or Blu-ray playback capabilitie. The reason for that is that we feel that enough people already have devices that are capable of playing DVDs and Blu-ray, such that it didn’t warrant the cost involved to build that functionality into the Wii U console because of the patents relate…

<blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gamercide.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ninjabee.png"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5197" title="ninjabee" src="http://gamercide.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ninjabee-300x300.png" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a></p><p><strong>OREM, UTAH and SAN DIEGO, CALIF. – June 15, 2011</strong> – <em>Akimi Village</em>, the city-building simulation game from NinjaBee, published by Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE), is now available exclusively on the PlayStation®Network for USD $9.99. <br> <br> </p><p>Those fam…

Double Fine is looking for the publishing rights for their 2005 hit Psychonauts that was previously published by Majesco. Double Fine’s Anna Kipnis jumped the gun early on Twitter by announcing that Double Fine now has the publishing rights to the Psychonauts brand. However Tim Schafer clarified the news by stating that they are in the process of converting all of the rights to the franchise to Double Fine. “It’s true the publishing rights have reverted to Double Fine, but there are some more deals that need to be worked out and contracts that need signing before that actually means anything, financially. After that’s all squared away, we will have some fun stuff to an…

“…from the perspective of once again, Nintendo is putting a different spin on things, showing that it’s not all about graphic fidelity and processing power. In the world of sports, our minds are racing as to how we can bring a sports game to life in a unique way.” ~ EA’s Peter Moore in an interview with Gamasutra Recently, EA’s Sports Division head honcho Peter Moore sat down with Gamastura and discussed the techonology of the Wii U and why offline gaming is a thing of the past. “My dev teams — their heads are exploding, in a good way and a bad way,” Moore responded when asked about Nintendo’s new entry into the console war. “How do we look at this new technology? We do…

<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gamercide.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/no-fun.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5216" title="no-fun" src="http://gamercide.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/no-fun-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="253" height="253" /> <br> <br> </a></p><p>Where did the fun go? Over the past few years games have become more and more dependent on real world situations, social commentary, and political correctness to drive their narratives along. The days of the simplistic story and overall fun gaming seem to be slowly coming to an end, with little resistance from us, the gamers. The se…

Want to roll the dice and see where it lands when it comes to buying a new Xbox 360? GameStop has announced that as an online special only, gamers can purchase Xbox 360′s for a low price of $99. Before you pull that credit card out there is a catch. The Xbox 360′s that are on sale are refurbished and are the 20 GB Pro models. Keep in mind that you would have no way of knowing if the refurbished console that you may be thinking of buying during this sale suffered from the enormous three red lights or better known as the ”RROD” outage that plagued Microsoft for the first couple of years that Xbox 360 released. Each refurbished console comes with the usual console standar…

Jumping on the service pass bandwagon this week is Warner Bros and NetherRealm Studios. Both companies have announced the “Mortal Kombat Season Pass” which is exclusive for Mortal Kombat fatality loving players on the Xbox 360. Included in the pass are the downloadedable characters Skarlet, Kenshi, Rain, and a yet to be named character. As each character becomes available on Xbox Live you will have to download a free compatibility pack that allows you to use each character in your online multiplayer fights. The “Mortal Kombat Season Pass” will put you back 1200 points. If you do not want to purchase the pass, do not worry. These characters along with the klassic skins…

Duke Nukem Forever may have taken years to come out, but it did not take the poor reviews of the game long to come in. Critics have been outspoken with their disappointment of the game and many reviewers have been giving Duke an embarassing 5 or below. Firing back at those critics are Gearbox’s outspoken CEO Randy Pitchford and Duke himself. Well at least his voice actor anyway. “I have no comments regarding bad reviews by clueless critics. They seem to want to compare Duke Nukem Forever to Call Of Duty and other FPSs and they are missing the point. My thoughts about Duke Nukem Forever: It freakin ROCKS! Lots of action, lots of fun, sexy, funny, irreverent… It’s eve…

This looks too amazing to pass up. Check Out Ebil’s Frightmas in July. Sure to incite some scares. http://justin.tv/ebi...nny/b/288287909 Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

It appears that developers and publishers cannot get enough of body motion gaming. The latest company to pledge their support to Microsoft’s Kinect is Sega. “On Kinect we’ve definitely bought into that with what Microsoft has been saying, they’ve done a great job on Kinect, so we’ve got Rise Of Nightmares exclusively on it, and we’re using Kinect functionality in our games going forward. So it’s ticked a lot of boxes,” ~ Mike Hayes, Sega West CEO in an interview with Games Industry Hayes further went on to say that Sega is also backing Wii U and Sony’s Vita which were both announced and shown at this year’s E3. via VG247 Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the f…

Does Max Payne 3 have an official release date? Even though Rockstar has been keeping mum on details involving the game, both Amazon and GameStop are claiming that the release date for Max Payne 3 has been set by Rockstar despite Max Payne 3 not showing up as calendar release for the 2011-2012 game release year. The release date that is noted on both of the online selling behometh’s show a date of December 1, 2011. Rockstar Vancouver who is at the helm of Max’s driver seat have not confirmed or denied the release dates. via VG247 Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Depends on what you consider exclusive, but RPG Site is reporting that Microsoft bought the exclusive rights to the JRPG, Tales of Vesperia that released on the Xbox 360 in August of 2008. The game also released on the Playstation 3, however Japan was the only country to receive it on Sony’s console. This news was made recent after a public Facebook posting made by Namco Bandai’s Community Manager, Charlotte Toci which happened to be directed towards a fan asking a question regarding a PS3 version was never seen outside of Japan. “Microsoft paid for the exclusivity the same way Sony paid for having Heavy Rain only on PS3. It’s just one way the business works, sadly.” …

Developed by: Cold Beam Games Published by: Cold Beam Games Platforms: PC, PS3 Players: 1-2, online and offline Rated E for Everyone by the ESRB Beat Hazard in itself was an extremely fun music visualizer slash space shooter often compared to Geometry Wars. Rightly so, as the basic gameplay is much the same, with the onslaughts of enemies coming at your omnidirectionally firing ship, equipped with devastating, screen clearing bombs. The twist is that the gameplay is powered by your music. Your firepower is immediately influenced by the intensity of a song, while enemy and boss spawn patterns are determined by various factors throughout the entire song. Every song g…

If you are in the market for a new Xbox 360 and have money to burn then today is your lucky day! Amazon’s “Gold Box Deal of the Day” which just so happens to include a 4GB Xbox 360. Now what’s the deal you ask? If you purchase a 4GB 360 today you will receive $100 in promotional credit that will be added into your Amazon account to be used on future purchases. Other deals include Super Monkey Ball 3D discounted from $39.95 to $21.99 and two more unannounced deals that have a countdown clock and hints for you puzzle guru’s to figure out. via Amazon Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

It was recently announced that if you pre-order Batman: Arkham City from Best Buy, you will get to play as Robin in a challenge room. Many laughed at thought as playing as the whiny and feminine version of Robin that some of use tend to associate Robin with. Laugh no more fans of Batman! Robin is looking beefier and more manish for his debut in Batman: Arkham City. Announced today by Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment is the Tim Drake version of Batman’s sidekick for the Best Buy exclusive, “Robin Pack” and he is sporting some serious badassness. Included in the Robin Pack besides Robin himself are two challenge maps and bonus red costume if you wish to change the b…