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Capcom has confirmed that The Devil May Cry HD collection that contains Devil May Cry 1, 2, and Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening will be releasing on April 3, 2012. The collection will be releasing on both the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 for $39.99 and Capcom has stated that there will be achievements and trophies as well as new bonus content. via CVG Click here to view the article

To say that the Xbox Live Arcade 2005 release, Bejeweled 2 was a hit is a huge under statement. The game's addicting modes had gamers playing for hours at a time, not only on the Xbox 360, but across consoles, on PC's, and the internet. After the release, fans of the puzzler have been eagerly waiting to get their hands on Bejeweled 3. Today, PopCap has announced that Bejeweled 3 has launched on the Xbox Live Arcade for the price of 1200 MS points. Bejewled 3 will also be available for purchase in a retail store near you for the Playstation 3, Nintendo DS, and Xbox 360 on November 15th. This entry into the popular franchise features twice as many game modes as Bejewele…

As the freaks, zombies, vampires, monsters, and all things that make up Halloween prepare to party on October 31st, Zen Studios has found a way to help you pinball and scare loving gamers out there get in the mood a few days early. For a limited time only beginning on October 26th, you can download Pinball FX2's newest pinball table addition Paranormal for free as a thank you from Zen Studios for all the support that they received. “In celebration of one year of Pinball FX2, and as a big THANK YOU to all of our supporters, we are happy to offer the new Paranormal table free for one week!” according Mel Kirk, the Vice President of Marketing and Public Relations. “For pla…

This December your favorite characters from the X-Men universe will be appearing in the second of four tables coming to Marvel Pinball as part of Zen Studio's Marvel Pinball: Vengence and Virtue event on the PS3 and XBLA. The second table will feature events that have been inspired by the popular X-Men comic book series and includes when Magneto destroyed the Brooklyn Bridge and events based on the Dark Phoenix Saga. The Dark Phoenix Saga events will feature actual dialogue from the classic series. The X-Men table will be joining Ghost Rider and two other announced tables. Zen Studios teases that "one starring a “vengeful” character, the other a “virtuous” one" will soo…

Are you still in denial about the next Xbox being in development? Many gamers are even after the job title changings of many of the Xbox staff to reflect working on the next Xbox. What about if I told you that sources close to Xbox believe that the new Xbox will be at E3 2012 and they even go on further to say that a late 2013 or 2014 launch is in the horizon? Sources are claiming that both Microsoft and their partners are gearing up for a late 2013 to 2014 launch of the next generation Xbox. The sources of this information range from chip manufacturers to middleware firms. Online game design website Develop even came up with a few possible hints of what some people i…

Talk about embarassing. EA has announced that Battlefield 3 will have a day one update that gamers will be required to install in order to play the game and that all media reviews of the shooter be held off until a week after it's release. EA has also added that Xbox 360 gamers will have to download the game to their hard drive in order to see the graphics at their best representation. What is EA's reasoning behind the day one update? DICE are perfectionists of course! “DICE are perfectionists — they will not stop polishing the game until it is in your hands” claimed EA. Why yes, gamers across the board will accept that giberish especially after the horrible, cheat fi…

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is slated for release worldwide on November 11, 2011. Learn more about Skyrim at http://elderscrolls.com and at The Elder Council, the official Facebook page of The Elder Scrolls https://facebook.com/TheElderScrolls Click here to view the article

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…

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 Core RAM: 2GB GPU: DX9c video card w/ 512MB RAM Internet Access for Steam activation Maximum Requirements OS: Win XP/7 CPU: Quad-Core Intel/AMD CPU RA…

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…

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 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!!!) Click here to view the article

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 Click here to view the article

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…

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 t…

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…

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! http://youtu.be/skWGjgoERtw Click here to view the 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 Click here to view the 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 vers…

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 Click here to view the 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. http://youtu.be/QkkoHAzjnUs via IGN Click here to v…

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…