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Here is what we reported for the week of February 14, 2010 - February 20, 2010. News EA Announces Battlefield Bracket Challenge Presented By Gamestop - Read the press release "Extra" Content Cut From 360 Version of Lost Planet 2 -It appears that gamers are getting screwed over again when it comes to being forced to buy DLC if they want to add hours to gameplay. Leona Lewis Plays FFXIII - Incase you didn’t know she sings the lame theme song for FFXIII. EA Continues to Push the Sale of New Games with Battlefield: BC2 - Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is coming with an in game store just like Mass Effect 2’s Cerberus Network. Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmares DLC out Tomorrow …

News Final Fantasy Fanboys Boo the 360 - For a launch party for a major title in the gaming industry, you would think that it would be filled with happy, cheerful people with a few drunk people running around making idoits of themselves. Well well. Enter the Final Fantasy XIII launch party..... Battlefield Bad Company 2 Rank List and Calculator - How long do you think it will take you to reach the highest rank in Battlefield Bad Company 2, General of the Army (level 50)? Thanks to a post on the Achieve360Points forum you can find out. Telltale Announces Sam and Max: The Devil's Playhouse - A psychically empowered lagomorph battling unusual and fearsome villains can mea…

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As you may or may not know, Dejobaan Games has been making quality games for over 75 years. They have released several PC games full of oddball humor and wackiness, held together by smooth gameplay. These include The Wonderful End of the World, AaAaAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity, and their very recently released game, 1... 2... 3... Kick It! (Drop That Beat Like an Ugly Baby). The latter two compete for alphabetical superiority in my Steam library. 1... 2... 3... Kick It! was technically released as an alpha, which can be bought and will be supported and updated over time with the aid of user feedback, much like Minecraft. It's a music based game along the l…

Gamercide's Grim Reaper is counting down the days until Halloween and has decided to celebrate his favorite undead holiday by giving away prizes every Sunday leading up to Halloween. On Sunday October 17, the Grim Reaper will be giving away one copy Plants vs Zombies for the PC. Captioned images for Plants vs. Zombies must be received no later than Saturday October 16. On Sunday October 24, the Grim Reaper will be giving away one copy of the latest installement in the Castlevania series, Castlevania: Lord of Shadows for the Xbox 360. Captioned images for Castlevania: Lord of Shadows must be received no later than Saturday October 23. On Sunday October 31, the Grim Reaper…

The contest is over for the Plants vs. Zombies prize. Who did the Grim Reaper pick to receive this extremly addicting prize for your PC? vectordream!!!!! Congratulations to vectordream for his winning photo caption and many thank yous to those of you who sent in your submissions to win Plants vs. Zombies for the PC! Remember there are two contests left to win Dead Rising 2 with a t-shirt and Castlevania: Lord of Shadows. For more details on those contests and how to enter, please check out Gamercide's Get Your Ghoul On Contest. Click here to view the article

Gamercide's 2012 Election Results are in after a very close race that ended in a tie between Master Chief/Clayton Carmine and Gordon Freeman/John Marston. This tie caused a second poll to figure out who Gamercide's official picks for President and Vice President were. Results of the Original Poll Master Chief and Clayton Carmine - 33.33%Gordon Freeman and John Marston - 33.33%Commander Shepard and Maya the Siren - 8.33%Alyx Vance and Lara Croft - 8.33%Ezio Auditore and Prince of Persia - 8.33%Ryu Hayabusa and Dante - 0%The second poll ended in a landslide with Gordon Freeman and his running mate John Marston taking 77.78% of the vote, while Master Chief and his running m…

You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I'm telling you why! Gamercide's 2013 unique holiday gift ideas for the retro gamer(s) in your life is here!!! Gifts for the Retro Gamer The Retro Video Game Cartridge Pillow set features two cuddly soft retro inspired cartridge designed pillows that are sure to make nap time extra special for that retro gamer in your life. Each set costs $24.99 and is available at ThinkGeek. Meet the Game Boy Zippo Lighter. This unique retro inspired Zippo lighter in laser engraved by the designer. "I engraved the front, right side, back, left side, and top of this Matte Black Zippo to resemble an actual Game Boy." The Ga…

Our very own Dateranoth, put together this handy guide for last minute shopping for the PC gamer on your list this year! Keyboards: A mechanical keyboard is always a nice addition for the PC gamer. One of the higher rated ones is the Razer Black Widow Ultimate: Amazon $112 Here is another option: http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/ . They sell a full arrangement of mechanical keyboard that are customizable. Plus they have detailed information on the different switches. No macro support, but they are all around great keyboards. Mice: I have to recommend the R.A.T. 7 (wired): Amazon $98 or the R.A.T. 9 (wireless): Amazon $134 . They have been around for a while and look like a tr…

The final round of Gamercide's Get Your Ghoul On Contest has come to a close. Who did the Grim Reaper pick to receive the final prize? InfernoParadox!!!!! Congrats go out to InfernoParadox who will be receiving a copy of Dead Rising 2 with a t-shirt that comes rolled up like duct tape. Many thanks to everyone who participated in the contest. Click here to view the article

The tree is trimmed, the stockings have been hung by the fireplace, garland has been placed around doorways, and your neighbor's yard is decorated with guady things that appear to have been made in the 80's. All of this can only mean one thing, Gamercide's Grim Reaper is on his way to share lots of toys and goodies for all of the naughty kids on his list this year! Let's see what his picks are for the 2011 holiday season. Portal 2 Plush Turret With Sound This adorable 14.5 inch plush Portal turret speaks when an "enemy" walks by or if the turret is knocked over just like in the beloved Portal series. Some of the sayings include, "I see you", "There you are", and more.…

We here at Gamercide love Magicka. So much so that we want you to have a chance to play it, too. This Friday and Saturday, from 10PM Pacific onwards, we will be streaming the game and giving away codes for it. All you have to do is watch our stream, courtesy of JustinTV (thanks to Dateranoth for the excellent design for our streaming page), and answer some trivia based on the game as we play it. 4 codes will be up for grabs at 10PM PST on Friday, 2/11 as Dateranoth plays, and another 5 will be available the next day, 10PM PST on Saturday, 2/12 as AudaciousKevin (yours truly) takes over. So if you miss out on day one, there will be more codes for you to win the next da…

Dillon wrote this for us as part of Gamercide contributing to his Kickstarter awhile back. He only needed to make us one song, but he gave us two. One is an instrumental. I'll link to both songs so you can download them. We'll be using them for our broadcasts on Twitch.tv. Huge thanks go out to Dillon and his wife, Elise. Both are wonderful people and I'm glad I've met them. Listen via SoundCloud Download You Console Me (Playing Your Game) You just sit and play your game While I'm stuck inside You determine if I live or die Left and right you make me move Back and forth I swing I'm your puppet dancing on the screen When you console me You are the one who controls me I'm p…

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 fi…

Gamercide’s 2012 Election Results are in after a very close race that ended in a tie between Master Chief/Clayton Carmine and Gordon Freeman/John Marston. This tie caused a second poll to figure out who Gamercide’s official picks for President and Vice President were. Results of the Original Poll Master Chief and Clayton Carmine – 33.33%Gordon Freeman and John Marston – 33.33%Commander Shepard and Maya the Siren – 8.33%Alyx Vance and Lara Croft – 8.33%Ezio Auditore and Prince of Persia – 8.33%Ryu Hayabusa and Dante – 0%The second poll ended in a landslide with Gordon Freeman and his running mate John Marston taking 77.78% of the vote, while Master Chief and his running m…

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The tree is trimmed, the stockings have been hung by the fireplace, garland has been placed around doorways, and your neighbor’s yard is decorated with guady things that appear to have been made in the 80′s. All of this can only mean one thing, Gamercide’s Grim Reaper is on his way to share lots of toys and goodies for all of the naughty kids on his list this year! Let’s see what his picks are for the 2011 holiday season. Portal 2 Plush Turret With Sound This adorable 14.5 inch plush Portal turret speaks when an “enemy” walks by or if the turret is knocked over just like in the beloved Portal series. Some of the sayings include, “I see you”, “There you are”, and more. …

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 …

Gamers have succeded where scientists have failed. It’s been over a decade since scientists have set out to break down a protein called protease that allows AIDS to multiply. Three weeks ago scientists reached out to the University of Washington’s program “Foldit” which takes science figures and turns them into competitive games. “People have spatial reasoning skills, something computers are not yet good at. Games provide a framework for bringing together the strengths of computers and humans. The results in this week’s paper show that gaming, science, and computation can be combined to make advances that were not possible before.” Seth Cooper, Co-Creator of “Foldi…

Gamers have succeded where scientists have failed. It's been over a decade since scientists have set out to break down a protein called protease that allows AIDS to multiply. Three weeks ago scientists reached out to the University of Washington's program "Foldit" which takes science figures and turns them into competitive games. It took the student gamers a little over three weeks to build models of the protease protein and scientists have hopes of being able to use their computer models to aid them in developing new HIV drugs. See media gaming haters, we can put our powers to good use. via Fox News Click here to view the article

Have you grown tired of seeing all of those “x”‘s in your gamertag or maybe the word “Assassin” just isn’t cutting it anymore? Well my fellow Xbox 360 gamers you are in luck. From August 2 through August 8, the cost to change your gamertag will be temporarily discounted from 800 MS Points to 560 MS Points. Now that you are counting down the days until your new gamertag, just don’t go changing it to “xXSpartanAssassinBeNdOv3RXx”. via Major Nelson Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Have you grown tired of seeing all of those "x"'s in your gamertag or maybe the word "Assassin" just isn't cutting it anymore? Well my fellow Xbox 360 gamers you are in luck. From August 2 through August 8, the cost to change your gamertag will be temporarily discounted from 800 MS Points to 560 MS Points. Now that you are counting down the days until your new gamertag, just don't go changing it to "xXSpartanAssassinBeNdOv3RXx". via Major Nelson Click here to view the article

The growing list of expensive games that are being added to the XBLA are lacking creativity and not worth the amount of points that they are releasing for. Sure there are some downloadable worthy titles that will keep you busy for hours like Braid, Kingdom for Keflings, Limbo, and Shadow Complex, but what happens when you grow tired of repeatedly playing the same games over and over and want a new arcade game? You are faced with 1200 MS point buys that are not worth even a discounted price of 400 MS points. Here are a list of games that could revamp and save the XBLA from disappearing into the ugly dark hole that it is slowly digging for itself with out of control pri…

Gamescom 2012 decided to give gamers a heart attack everywhere when it posted Half Life 3 as a game that was supposed to be announced at the venue. Organizers of the show have spoken directly to Eurogamer and said that it was a “mistake”. Also on that list of games that included another “mistake” was Dragon Age 3. Eurogamer did ask three times why both of the games were mentioned and are now a “mistake”, however the people behind Gamescom did not give an answer. Was it really a mistake on the part of an employee behind the scenes or was Half Life 3 suppose to be announced but Valve changed their plans? Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article