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Off with your head! Sometimes wizards don’t get along -PvP Mode, Map Pack, and New Robes Now Available for Download New York, June 21, 2011 – The mages of Paradox Interactive are proud to announce that the PvP mode is live, free, and available online. If you are the unfortunate owner of a conscience that prevents you from retaliating against your friends when they “accidentally” explode your head, your chance to seek sweet revenge in one of Magicka’s sanctioned arenas is finally here!Nothing feels better than taking matters into your own hands, right? Plus, we’ll be on the sidelines cheering! Cheering for hysterical demises, that is. Players will be able to wrea…

Speaking with Edge, Paul Cuisset creator of the upcoming Playstation Network and Xbox Live Arcade downloadable survival/horror title Amy, explains why they took a creative and bold turn by making the character Amy autistic. “It’s difficult to go very far into this because it’s tied to the story, and we want to keep some information confidential for now. As a player, you will learn and understand why Amy has this condition,” responded Cuisset when Edge asked why they decided to make Amy autistic. In Amy, you play as Lana, a woman who is protecting a young child with autism and also has powers that cannot be explained. As Lana, you have to help the 8 year old Amy escape a …

June 22nd, 2011 – Austin, TX – Embattled socialite Ms. Splosion Man has been roundly condemned by authorities for her destruction of property and abundant manslaughter charges, but nevertheless remains hugely popular in the hearts of the people. They call her a free-spirit and the meat-bringer but Big Science insists she is a dangerous element getting special treatment only because of her abundant celebrity. Everything will come to a head on July 13th, when the highly anticipated followup from 2009’s Summer of Arcade hit title Splosion Man splodes her way onto the Xbox LIVE® Arcade marketplace. Boasting improvements to nearly every aspect of its gameplay, Ms. Sp…

Episode 1 FREE (for now); Episodes 2-5 Available for Purchase Tomorrow!!! Telltale Games’ award-winning Monkey Island Tales HD series is back on iPad with more swashbucklin’ adventure than you can shake a wooden leg at! And Telltale Games is offering iPad owners some serious booty! As of today the first episode of Monkey Island Tales HD is available for free on iPad until July 22nd! It’s available and ready to plunder as you read this – so get to plundering! And here be another bit of news…starting tomorrow (June 23rd) Monkey Island Tales HD Episodes 2-5 are available for $6.99 per episode on the AppStore. That’s right mateys, the remainder of the entire Monkey Island…

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…

What happens when your current girlfriend who might be pregnant finds out about the piggy-tailed blonde, big boobed girl you possibly cheated on her with the night before? For Catherine’s Vincent, he is about to find out in this new trailer for the upcoming very sexual and twisted puzzle game from Atlus that is set to release next month in the US on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. via Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Any die hard Halo fan took notice to quite a few things during the E3 debut trailer of Halo 4. Sure there were explosions and mass confusion, but one good look at certain things and you could tell that things with Halo 4 are going to be a bit different this time around. 343′s Frank O Conner explained why Halo’s green armored hero is a bit different to OXM without giving away too many juicy tidbits. “There’s some story behind his new look. There are specific reasons why he looks the way he does and why some of his behaviours have changed. We’ll see in good time.” ~ Frank O Conner, 343 Industries “A lot of things have changed in that intervening period.” We will have to …

The end result of Fable III left fans feeilng their beloved game had a taken a turn to the dark side literally. Gone were the lush, bright graphics that Fable fans have grown accumstomed to and instead gamers had to stare at often dingy and gloomy landscapes. Peter Molyneuex, Producer at Lionhead Studios finally admitted that fans weren’t the only ones that were disappointed the outcome of Fable III, so was he. “It didn’t end up being the game that I dreamed it would be…” ~ Peter Molyneux, Producer with Lionhead Studios in an interview with Gamasutra “The game came together so late that we had so little time to balance and refine. There was just a few weeks to do it.…

Who says that you need to spend time outside in the muggy and somewhat buggy summer. With Xbox Live Arcade you can perfect your pasty white winter glow and munch on those bags of chips while enjoying the Summer of Arcade new releases all from the comfort of your favorite piece of furniture to game on! Bastion: July 20 ~ 1200 MS PointsFrom Dust: July 27 ~ 1200 MS PointsInsanely Twisted Shadow Planet: August 3 ~ 1200 MS PointsFruit Ninja Kinect: August 10 ~ 800 MS PointsToy Soldiers Cold War: August 17 ~ 1200 MS Pointsvia Major Nelson Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

New figures from the NPD group are showing that the Xbox 360 is leaving the competition behind as it pulls away in terms of online game sales and game point cards that sold in stores. The graphs that were released by the NPD group today showcase that the Xbox 360 has had a steady and continuious rise in the number of online games and point cards that are being sold since 2006. Sony’s PS3 appears to be staying steady with their numbers, while the Nintendo Wii looks to be hitting rock bottom during the four year period which the study was made. via Gamasutra Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Epic Games highly anticipated conclusion to the current Gears of War story, Gears of War 3 is releasing this September and according to the BBFC who just classified the game giving it an “18″ rating (which is equal to our “M” rating over here in the states) has stated on their official classification page for Gears of War 3 that there are 90 minutes worth of cut scene footage. Better make sure that you grab your snacks and have a bathroom break before you sit down to play. via VG247 Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Serious Sam: Double D, that is all . . . Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

The team at Access Games who are responsible for the 2010 release of the cheesey and quite possibly some of the worse graphics of the modern console era, Deadly Premonition, are looking for help. What kind of help do you ask? Unfortunately, they want to make another game and do not have the financial resources to do it. Swery, the Director at Access Games put out a public call for help on their website and states that “I promise I’ll make something good!” and “I’ll work real hard!” among other one liners that are just begging to be made fun of. If he is relying on those cries for help, Access Games might be waiting awhile before a publisher jumps on that “hit making” tr…

If this juicy piece of information does not give you a Gears of War 3 erection then you might want to check to make sure all systems are a go down there. Calibur11 and Epic Games teamed up to come up with the stunning and amazing Gears of War Vault for your Xbox 360 that features not only amazing detail, but also a space for your controller and in game interaction between the protective vault and Gears of War 3. Everytime you are downed, the “Infected Omen” symbol will glow red. The $89.99 vault which is available online for pre-order at Calibur11 only works with the current Xbox 360 Slim model and it will not void your warranty. Also included in the purchase of a vault…

If you played Bethesda’s 2006 mega hit Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion than you were no doubt disappointed when Bethesda released the first DLC item for the RPG, the Horse Armor. Bethesda wants you all to know that those days are behind them. In an interview with Aus Gamers, Bethesda’s Todd Howard spoke about all things Bethesda including the next chapter in the Elder Scrolls series, Skyrim and mentions that DLC for the game will have an expansion like feel to it. “…And you mentioned DLC. We would like to do DLC; we don’t have any specific plans yet, but they’ve been really successful and we like making them. So right now I can say that we’d like to do less DLC but bigger …

Amazon has knocked $15.00 off of the price for the unique, motion controlled shooter, Child of Eden. No news on if the new price of $34.99 is temporary or a permanent mark down. In Q Entertainment prequel to Rez, Child of Eden, gamers are trying to stop a virus from spreading that is threatening to halt Project Lumi which can produce a human A.I. that you play inside of during the events of Rez. Child of Eden can be played with or without Kinect, however many reviewers across the boards agreed that Child of Eden is one of the best motion controlled games available and you would be missing out if not played with the Kinect experience. GameSpot gave it the ”Best Motion S…

Comics For Sale on Xbox LIVE Arcade!! June 29th, 2011 – Austin, TX – Today Twisted Pixel Games announced that its award-winning Xbox LIVE® Arcade action-platformer Comic Jumper is on sale this week as part of the Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week. The game, which launched at 1200 MSP during Microsoft’s inaugural Game Feast promotion last fall, is now available for a limited time for 400 MSP. Twisted Pixel also announced that once the sale concludes Comic Jumper’s regular price will be 800 MSP. In Comic Jumper players control the Captain and his mouthy “chestkick” Star as they attempt to bring their comic book series back from the brink of cancellation by jumping into an…

Developed by: AGEOD Published by: Paradox Interactive Platforms: PC ESRB: T for Teen Pride of Nations is a turn based grand strategy game from AGEOD that tackles the period of history between 1850-1920. It is a very detailed historical game, and as such is a very in-depth game for the player. Players can start the game at different times, setting up different scenarios for play. So far, the scenarios include the grand campaign, the Indian Mutiny, Risorgimento, the Second Boer War and the Russo-Japanese War. The Spanish-American War has also been added by downloadable content. Each scenario has different objectives, and are of different lengths. These range from 10 turns i…

Imagine this kind of math. War is raging all around you and you have one bullet left in your clip. You fire that last shot as enemies are getting closer. You feel for extra clips, but cannot find any. You throw down your weapon and pull out your pistol as a last resort. You know you already fired two shots and your pistol can only handle six bullets at a time. How many bullets are left? If you said four bullets than congratulations, UK’s Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove would be proud. Gove is currently pushing the UK’s government to allow video games into the classroom, because he feels that kids can relate more to figuring out equation involving one …

The puzzle and oh so naughty title, Catherine is set to release in a few weeks. However if you cannot wait to get your hands on Catherine, Atlus has announced that a demo will go live on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 on July 12. In Atlus’s newest title, you play as Vincent who is stuck between choosing his blondish brunette (possibly pregnant) fiance Katherine or the blonde and curvacious Catherine that he may or may not have had a one night stand with. After the possible one night stand, Vincent begins having nightmares and may have died. Confused yet? Catherine releases on July 26 on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. via Joystiq Tweet This Post Post to Facebook …

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 Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

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 Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

With the release of another Marvel character themed table for Pinball FX 2, Zen Studios has brought us another amazing table to their pinball simulator. This time Captain America gets the royal treatment with a World War II themed table that doesn’t disappoint. Every detail of the table is well done and screams Captain America. Bright colors and array of different lights, bumpers, and spinners all animate to bring the table alive. You’ll see Cap standing guard over the table and the villains coming and going as necessary. Voice work and animations are solid and the missions available are extremely varied. Whether you are searching for Bucky and the Howling Commandoe…

The Witcher 2 Assassins of Kings Developed by: CD Projekt RED Published by: CD Projekt RED Platforms: PC (Coming Soon to XBOX 360 ) Players: 1 The Witcher 2 starts with Geralt coming awake to find himself in a dungeon facing execution for the murder of a king. From there he is interrogated by Vernon Roche to recall the details of the last battle and how the king died. The story is recalled in pieces and The Prologue unfolds this way. I would love to tell you more , but so much of the game revolves around the excellent story that anything I could tell would be spoiling the fun. Instead, I’ll cover the overview of it. The story is fluid and compelling, but not without …

Mass Effect 3 might not be releasing until 2012, but it appears that you will at least get your hands on a demo before the game releases. According to Eurogamer, a tweet from Executive Producer Casey Hudson hints that news on a demo will be coming in a few months after he replied back to a Mass Effect fan over social networking giant Twitter who wished him “best of luck” with Mass Effect 3. Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article