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Developed by: Valve Corporation Published by: Valve Corporation Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, PS3 Players: 1-2 Rated E10+ by the ESRB Not only is the cake not a lie, but you can have seconds! Portal 2 is the sequel to the massively successful Portal, which quickly ascended to cult status, with many of its elements becoming memes that can be found on practically any gaming forum today. But does it live up to the charm and originality of the first game? Short answer: YES. Portal 2 is every bit as good as the first, and better in almost every way. From beginning to end, it had a much more cinematic feel to it, with more characters involved and much, MUCH larger set pieces than th…

If you are stuck in your cubicle at work and unable to try out the Mass Effect 3 demo that landed on Xbox Live this morning, EA has something to wet your appetite. EA has released a teaser trailer that will surely make you want to fake being sick, just to run home and play it. via Mass Effect Channel’s Youtube Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Diablo 3 or “D3″ as many fans are dubbing it is getting ready to launch tomorrow May 15th to an antsy PC crowd. Meanwhile gamers on the console end have been waiting on word on whether on not Diablo 3 will see the light of day after Diablo makers Blizzard had posted job openings that appeared to make it seem like they wanted to test the waters with Diablo heading over the PS3 and or Xbox 360. Well anxious console gamers I hate to burst your bubble, but that was not entirely true and Blizzard has the perfect explanation. In an interview with Gamasutra, Blizzard’s Jay Wilson said that they were kind of lying in order to gain more employees, but they still remain unsure a…

Fans of Final Fantasy might have said, “oh no” when Final Fantasy XIII-2 was announced last year, but that didn’t stop Square Enix from continuing on with the followup to 2010′s Final Fantasy XIII that found gamers following the story of Lightning as her life intertwined with other characters through the game. Recently at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, Square announced a release date for Final Fantasy XIII-2 as January 31, 2012 here in the states, but also a Japan only Playstation 3 bundle that features Lightning herself on the console. So far fans of the series have not been to accepting of Final Fantasy XIII-2 considering the huge flop that was Final Fantasy X-2, so Squar…

A 22 year old who admitted he was molested as a child has been charged with 16 counts of possessing child pornography all of which was found on his Xbox 360. Officials say that 22 year old Timothy Hammerstone from Polk City, Florida lured boys ages 10-16 by using Facebook accounts where he claimed in one that he was 15 and said he was gay. He then told the boys if they would send him naked photos of themselves posing in various positions, he would in return give them 1600 MS points. The boys naked photos were stored on a flash drive on his Xbox 360. Hammerstone also told the boys that he was the founder of a video game group known as the Relentless Society of Brothers …

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…

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 Black Ops series. This should not come as a surprise to anybody with the never ending supply of games that share the name Call of Duty, but Black Ops 6? Really Activision? via Fusib…

What happens when Valve’s ever so popular Team Fortress 2 and the highly anticipated fifth installement of the Elder Scrolls series, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim collide? You get this creative and hilarious fanmade trailer showcasing the perils of the gang from TF2 living in a world where evil is brewing in the horizon. via Bethesda Blog Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Xbox 360 gamers who are anxiously awaiting to get their grubby little hands on CD Projekt RED’s The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings will have to wait beyond the end of this year. The third person RPG with multiple endings was expected to release by the end of this year, however CD Projekt RED announced that they are pushing the release date back until sometime in early 2012. “The extra time will allow us to polish the title to perfection” ~ Adam Kicinski, President of CD Projekt RED CD Projekt RED is currently in a lawsuit against Namco Bandai over the game’s distribution rights in several countries. via IGN Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

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It’s only Tuesday and the rumor mill is already going strong with rumors coming from Nintendo and Microsoft’s camps. E3 2012 came to a close a couple weeks ago and Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo each had their underwhelming and rather dull showcases for the upcoming year, but is there a reason why? More so on Nintendo’s side? According to european website Non Specific Action, an insider claims that Nintendo held back during this year’s E3 and that they had two huge Wii U games to announce, but decided at the last minute to hold off on those announcements, because they didn’t want to take the buzz surrounding their upcoming console to jump ship to these new games. Both o…

April 15, 2010. Mark it on your calenders, Original XBox fans. And get your gaming in while you still can, because on that date, XBox Live will be discontinued for all Original XBox games, including games available for download on XBLA. Insiders indicate that the closure of XBox Live for Original XBox games will help to serve the improvement of XBox Live for XBox 360, although the details of which have not been made explicit at this time. And sure, most XBox Live users may not mourn long or at all, and maybe even consider it about time, but for those who still rock the online multiplayer of Halo 2, Counter-Strike, or Forza, the loss will be felt like an old friend you …

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…

Looks like Santa is going to be delivering a special gift to gamers who want to dump their expensive cable or satellite provider. Microsoft has announced during a financial meeting that their Xbox Live TV service is on track to launch this coming holiday season. According to CNN, Microsoft’s demonstration of the tv service showcased voice and motion control technology through Kinect and a sleek interface where Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that gamers will be able to access their favorite channels, live tv shows, news, sports, videos on demand and more. Many financial analysists and executives from all across the board are reporting that Microsoft is in a unique place…

EA is started off the week the right way, by banning hundreds of cheaters, glitchers, and exploiters in Battlefield 3. “This week we’ve banned hundreds of offending accounts and have stats-wiped accounts for exploiting (such as boosting)… (2 of More)“, tweeted EA over Twitter. “We are working on banning as many people as we can as quickly as we can. We have a zero tolerance policy for cheating.” The bans come after the offending players discovered a glitch that allows a player using the engineer class to gain tens of thousands of points causing them to rank up extremely fast within one round. via Eurogamer Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

EA’s online download system Origin has been accused of placing a form of tracking software onto your computer to get your personal information, but EA has always denied the claims that gamers had made. After a post in the forum Day One Patch and the responses that follow, is there finally proof that Origin is reading information off of your gaming machine? User forsayken claims that when he booted up Origin to play Battlefield 3, he took notice that Dead Space 2 appeared, however he claims that he downloaded Dead Space 2 four months ago off of Steam. Turns out from the responses, others have taken notice to the same thing happening to them with other Steam purchased gam…

robot entertainment RELEASES INTERACTIVE orcs must die!™ GAMEPLAY Videos Choose your traps in this interactive gameplay video with over 30 possible endings PLANO, Texas – September 15, 2011 – Robot Entertainment has released a unique interactive gameplay video featuring their upcoming PC and Xbox LIVE Arcade game, Orcs Must Die!™ This demo video is the next best thing to playing the game! The video allows viewers to choose traps between successive waves of enemies with each choice changing the final outcome. The 30 possible avenues for completing the demo highlight the enormous variety of methods to kill orcs and defend your towers. Viewers can start Wave 1 of the interac…

Remember that controversial video game dubbed Six Days in Fallujah that was being developed by Atomic Games and later dumped by publisher Konami in 2009? Rumor has it that Sony once considerd publishing the game that was based on the second battle during Operation Iraqi Freedom called “Operation Phantom Fury” which spanned six days, hence the title. The ever so outspoken David Jaffe sent a tweet over Twitter and revealed that Sony developer Allan Becker may have been behind Sony’s possible involvement with the shooter that has been on the back burner for three years. “A few years back, Allan left Sony Santa Monica to take over Sony’s Japan Studio after a very, very succe…

The game on many people’s minds at the moment is Gears of War 3, which will release tonight at 12AM to the general public. Epic’s promising a solid and interesting campaign and is backing up the multiplayer with dedicated servers this time around. Xbox Magazine managed to flag down Epic’s Cliffy B for an in-depth interview about what fans could expect about the game when they play it, what the team thinks about the scores the game has received, and where Epic will be going, if anywhere, with the Gears of War franchise from here. You can find a link to the interview here. Also detailed in the interview are tidbits of info about Horde mode, the interactions between Anya and…

Bethesda’s games are very well known for the sheer amount of in-game content included in their titles. The studio has made some of the biggest and most detailed maps in games today, maps that provide hundreds of hours of possible quests. And that’s just for one playthrough. I personally have sunk in over two hundred hours into both The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Fallout 3. But what if I were to tell you that the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls sequel, Skryim, could be completed in 2 hours and 16 minutes? In an internal competition, the developers raced through the game to see how fast they could complete it. The top two scores were clocked in at 2 hours, 36 minutes, …

That is at least in the form of the Call of Duty fan convention that is being held next month in LA. Activision made the announcement today regarding the controversial rapper closing out the Call of Duty XP event at 8 pm on the final day on September 3rd. "We promised our attendees and fans around the world a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the first Call of Duty XP, so we're thrilled to have Kanye on board," Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing Call of Duty XP begins on September 2nd and lasts until September 3rd. 100% of the proceeds from the fan event will go towards the Call of Duty Endowment fund veterans of the armed forces who are returning home and nee…

You silly Playstation 3 gamers. Just because you buy a Call of Duty Elite subscription does not mean that you get the DLC first, those only who have the Xbox 360 get if first. Confused? Activision’s Dan Amrich took to his blog to explain why this is going on after PS3 gamers started complaining that they are receiving the DLC last. “Back in 2010, Activision and Microsoft entered a business deal to release DLC on Xbox 360 earlier than other platforms; this contract is valid through the year 2012. This business deal was very widely reported by the games media when the announcement was made at E3 in 2010, and the DLC releases for both Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Bla…

Amazon has placed THQ and Volition’s Saints Row: The Third on sale for the time being. The price of $59.99 has been slashed down to $39.99. In Saint’s Row: The Third, gamers continue the story of the Third Street Saints who have traded in a life of respectable crime and turned into full on sell out celebrities endorcing “ass tasting energy drinks”. via Amazon Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Classic Collection of PC Adventure Games Available for One Week Only Partial Proceeds to Benefit Five Worthy Causes SAN RAFAEL, CA – September 3, 2010 – Telltale Games, the leading independent digital publisher and developer of episodic interactive entertainment, today announced the release of The Great Adventure Bundle 2010, a collection of six current and classic PC adventure games assembled into a single bundle for one low price of $19.95. Beginning September 3 and available for one week only, players can purchase The Great Adventure Bundle 2010 which includes: Hothead’s Penny Arcade Adventures, Episode 1, Daedalic’s The Whispered World, Activision’s King’s Quest Co…