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Blizzard has announced that players of their massive time consuming and ever so popular PC game, World of Warcraft will receive the upcoming Diablo 3 free. Of course there is a teeny tiny catch. In order to get Diablo 3 for free you must purchase their new annual pass and adhere to a few other minor commitments to Blizzard. The World of Warcraft annual pass can be paid in monthly installements just like a month to month subscription however where it differs is that you get Diablo 3 for free, the in game mount Tyrael’s Charger, and guaranteed access into World of Warcraft expansion beta. If you are jumping for joy right about now, slow down there. You must have an acco…

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…

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…

I know that most of you are salivating over getting your hands on what could be the most anticipated RPG release this year, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. How many of you plan on heading out to your local game store to pick up a copy for your PC? Hold on there cowboy. You might want to know what the minimum and maximum requirements are and thanks to Bethesda’s Pete Hines, you can now find out if your little rinky dink computer can handle such a beastly game. Minimum Requirements OS: Win XP/7/Vista (32 or 64 bit)CPU: Dual CoreRAM: 2GBGPU: DX9c video card w/ 512MB RAMInternet Access for Steam activationMaximum Requirements OS: Win XP/7CPU: Quad-Core Intel/AMD CPURAM: 4GBGP…

Jurassic Park fans are one earth-shaking footstep closer to sinking their teeth into the anticipated release of Jurassic Park: The Game, as Telltale Games, the leading independent digital publisher and developer of episodic interactive entertainment, today announced that Jurassic Park: The Game has gone gold. The game is set to launch on November 15 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft; PlayStation®Network for PlayStation®3, Windows PC and Mac. An iPad version of the game is also in development and will release shortly after November 15th via the iTunes AppStore. Jurassic Park: The Game breaks new ground for Telltale Games as it is the fi…

Developer: Ninja Bee Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Platform: Xbox Live Arcade Release Date: Wednesday October 26, 2011 Genre: City Building Players: Single Player, Local Multiplayer Rating: ESRB E for Everyone Price: 320 Microsoft Points Distribution: Xbox Live Marketplace Little blue aliens are landing and invading your world in Ninja Bee’s 2010 followup to A Kingdom of Keflings, A World of Keflings. These friendly, tiny, and so humorous bundles of joy are looking for you to help build them an alien friendly kingdom. Do you have what it takes to build a kingdom for aliens? Let’s fire up that Xbox, hit play on A World of Keflings, and find out in our revie…

Boo Gamerciders! It is Halloween and we here at Gamercide are celebrating by sharing with you our top favorite scary games that we played since we could hold a controller in our tiny little bitty baby hands. Let the fright fest begin! spawn622 – Gamercide Writer/Reviewer and Gnome Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem “The overall story of the game doesn’t really scare all that much, but having to always keep a check on your “Sanity Meter” really does bring a sense of dread to the game. Once it gets low enough camera angles will change, the volume of the game goes up and down, and other random things start to happen that really do screw with your mind. Ghosts and demon …

Gamercide’s grim reaper has just decided who the winner is of “Gamercide’s Top Five Scariest Game You’ve Played”. Congratulations go out to Gamercide member eminutia! Em has scored a Halloween pack of treats that include: DVD copy of the original Halloween (not that crap Rob Zombie remake) 1600 Microsoft Point Card to spend on ghoulish picks of your choosing One Pre Order copy of Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary for the Xbox 360 Em’s Top Five Picks For The Most Scariest Game Played 5. The Thing 4. Dead Space 3. Max Payne 2. American McGee’s Alice 1. NetHack (that **** was SCARY back in the day!!!) Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

While the three in the title might lead some to believe this is the third game in the Bejeweled series, it is actually the fifth and the only direct sequel to Bejeweled 2.This fantasy themed variation on the same is a far cry from the original Bejeweled released ten years ago with only two modes of play. Bejeweled 3 provides players with 8 modes of play and 8 types of gems to swap. Bejeweled 3 brings back 4 traditional modes of play, as seen in Bejeweled 2, and adds 4 new modes. Returning on the platform are Classic mode, Zen mode, Lightning mode, and Quest mode. Classic mode is the basic Bejeweled game at its core. Players continuously swap gems until there are no more …

Publisher: Telltale Games Designer: Graham Annable Platform: Windows, Mac Os X, PSN, iPhone, iPad Genre: Puzzle/Adventure Release Date: June 30, 2011 Price: $2.99 -iPad, $.99 -iPhone, and $9.99 -PC The one man puzzle solving machine of the FBI Nelson Tethers, is back on the case solving puzzle-esqe crimes in the followup to 2010′s Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent, Puzzle Agent 2. In this sequel, Nelson is still bothered about the unresolved case from the town of Scoggins including the still missing Isaac Davner. Nelson is determined to put all of pieces of the puzzle together and figure out what really is going on in the tiny town of Scoggins. Do you have the wits t…

RedLynx, the creators behind the ever so popular and madly addiciting arcade game Trials may have been aquired by Ubisoft this morning, however that is not stopping them from working on their continued relationship with Microsoft to get the next bone breaking Trials game out the door. However fans who have been waiting for an announcement on a release date for the next game in the must have series, Trials Evolution, might have to wait a bit longer, because it appears that Trials has fallen under the “when it’s done” trap. RedLynx’s Jason Bates announced shortly after the aquisition went public that the game will release whenever it is completed and that Ubisoft is respec…

In a surprising and not so scandalous news flash, Sony’s Playstation 3 sales are finally catching up to Microsoft’s sales of the Xbox 360. Sony released their financial reports for the Q2 fiscal year and show that the Playstation has moved 55.5 million units worldwide, just about catching and placing them in position to be on the verge of passing their rival console, the Xbox 360 which has moved 56.7 million units worldwide. It is nice to see something good coming out of Sony’s camp instead of the usual hackfest that it seems has been haunting the brand since the beginning of the year. via MCV Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Have you tried the insanely difficult and often maddening world of Namco Bandai’s RPG, Dark Souls? If not, I can’t say I blame you. I love insanely difficult games, however this is one I will not touch out of respect for my controller to ensure that it stays in one piece. If you have yet to try it, because you are debating on whether or not to torture yourself through grueling gameplay, then you will be happy to know that Namco has ensured that just about every gamer gets to play Dark Souls by making sure to ship 1.5 million units worldwide. So wait on my fellow gamers. Out of the those 1.5 million worldwide units, those of us here in the United States have received t…

Finally the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto V has arrived. Fans of GTA: San Andreas will be excited to hear that the fifth numbered installment of the series is returning to Los Santos. It is unclear whether San Fierro and Las Venturas are in the game as well, but some of the countryside appears to be there, with mountains to climb and do crazy things off of. If you look closely you can spot several things added since GTA IV: Sea-doos, semi trucks with trailers, blimps, and even airplanes and fighter jets. That’s right, airplanes appear to be returning. Fans will still undoubtedly have many questions such as: whether the planes will be flyable, how much of the San…

Bethesda has announced that you will be able to get all the DLC together in one package in the upcoming “Ultimate Edition”. This package will be available February 7th 2012 in North America, and February 10th 2012 in Europe. It will include all the DLC associated with the game, and all level cap raises also. For those who can’t remember all the DLC, this will include Dead Money, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues, Lonesome Road, Courier’s Stash, and the Gun Runners Arsenal. The first four add to the storyline of New Vegas, Courier’s Stash bundles the various pre-order bonuses for the player, and Gun Runners Arsenal adds several new weapons and a new perk (not too mention tons…

It appears that fans of Saints Row are so eager to get their hands on the upcoming Saints Row: The Third that they managed to surpass Saints Row 2 in number of pre orders before the game the releases. THQ’s CEO Brian Farrel made the announcement yesterday, making Saints Row: The Third the most wanted game in the series history. Farrel also said that THQ is expecting to ship more than 3 million copies before March 2012. In the meantime if you cannot wait to get your hands that purple dildo, make sure to check out the Saints Row Initiation Station that allows you to create characters that will appear randomly in game. Saints Row: The Third releases on November 15th on th…

Even though this will do you absolutely no good until you physcially have a copy of Modern Warfare 3 inserted into your Xbox 360, Microsoft decided to allow you to download the free Call of Duty Elite service today via the Xbox Live Marketplace. Downloading the service and registering now will allow you to have a whopping two hours of double XP during the multiplayer. The Elite service comes with your choosing of either a free account or a $49.99 a year pay to use account. Both accounts let you do things similar to Bungie.net’s profile with career profiles, stat tracking, etc…however if you want to able to be eligible for prizes, monthly DLC, video uploads, and a tiny b…

Warner Bros. and Monolith’s FPS upcoming arcade title, Gotham City Imposters has finally received an official release date. According to Warner Bros., the game will be releasing on the Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network, and Games for Windows Live on January 10th, 2012. An open beta will be released to the eager masses sometime this December. In the meantime you can sign up for the open beta by heading over to Gotham City Imposters official website. Keep in mind that even though the name bears Gotham City, you do not get to play as Batman or Joker. Instead you play as their imposters who are running amok on the streets of Gotham all wanting to take the other out in…

In an attempt to win you over and get your dollars, money hungry stores are starting to post their Black Friday shopping deals hoping that you will find just one of their deals juicy enough to spend the dough. One of those stores looking to earn big money on the shopping frenzy day happens to Walmart and in their Black Friday circular, there are deals not just for the crazy women looking to get the latest Elmo doll, but also for us gamers! $28 Dollar Games Batman Arkham CityBattlefield 3Gears of War 3Just Dance 3$15 Dollar Games Dance Central 2Kinect Sports Season TwoWalmart will also be selling a blue Wii for $99 and a 4GB Xbox 360 with Kinect for $199. The deals are o…

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

Thank you captain obvious! I am talking about the heads over at EA who have confirmed that there will be a Battlefield 4. EA’s Frank Gibeau made the stunning and shocking announcement during an appearance at the University of California. “There is going to be a Battlefield 4.” Phew. Now that has been announced I can go back to playing Call of Duty Black Ops which you just can’t manage to pass. Ouch stings, doesn’t it? via Eurogamer Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

How would you like to spend hours playing Batman: Arkham City and only needing to solve one more Riddler joke and then just like a cruel joke, your game save deletes itself? Many gamers are crying foul over at the Arkham City forums after their games saves have vanished from their Xbox 360 consoles after applying a recent update. It appears that it is only affecting the Xbox 360 version at this point in time. Warner Bros. has swooped into action and they are asking any gamer that is experiencing this issue to send them an email at support@wbgames.com and answer the following the questions so that they can get to the bottom of the mysterious game save deletions. What ver…

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

It appears that TV star Ned Luke will be voicing the main character in Rockstar’s upcoming GTA title, GTA V. Listed on IMBd at the very top of his roles, states GTA V will be voicing Albert De Silva who appears to be the rumored main character that is spotted on a rooftop in the trailer for GTA V. Adding more fuel to the rumor fire is a tweet from another actor, Jimmy Taenaka that gives congratulations to Ned Luke for getting the lead role. “my fellow thespian Ned Luke is the lead voice and profile in the upcoming game by Rockstar Grand Theft Auto 5! Way to go Ned! Wholly Molly!” Rockstar has yet to confirm anything. via IGN Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View…

Mario, a character that has been around since 1981′s classic Donkey Kong and not to mention the face of Nintendo, has fallen under attack from one of the mosted hated groups ever comprised of people who need a mental examination, PETA. Instead of concentrating their efforts on animal poachers or saving the rain forest, PETA has decided that Mario is a fur hating, animal killer all because of the popular Tanooki suit that resembles a tan raccoon. PETA has even launched a Mario Kills Tanooki website that depicts the fan favorite character taking a real like Tanuki raccoon dog, holding it’s decapitated head, and dancing in it’s blood while the head is some how crying despit…