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Nintendo has made a disappointing announcement regarding their upcoming console, Wii U. The console will be region locked. Nintendo confirmed the news to Famitsu which was later translated by NeoGaf user Cheesmeister3k who translates gaming events in Japan on Twitter; “That can be played on the Wii U is restricted by a region-lock feature; software not sold in the same region cannot be played”. This should really come as no surprise considering that the Wii and 3DS are also region locked. Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

What’s the story behind your gamertag The story behind my gamertag OceanicBones is from a poem I had written about seeing the ocean. It felt as if my bones were singing and so oceanic bones was born. Then, when I had gotten my XBL membership I couldn’t think of anything else and just used that! What game are you currently playing? I’ve been playing a couple of different ones…I’ve been playing some Skyrim, Lord of the Rings Online, and the xbox version of Settlers of Catan. What game are you looking forward to that has yet to release? I’m really looking forward to Bioshock Infinite. I really enjoyed playing the other two so I’m excited to see what they do with this one.…

Yes, you read that correct. Cliff Bleszinkski has departed from Epic Games after 20 years with the company. Epic’s CEO Tim Sweeney confirmed Bleszinkski’s departure with a statement posted over at Epic. “In 20 wonderful years with Epic, Cliff Bleszinski has grown into a true design luminary, and his contributions to the ‘Unreal’ and ‘Gears’ series have helped shape the game industry into what it is today. Cliff leaves Epic with our gratitude for his many contributions, and our wishes for continued success in the next chapter of his life!” Bleszinksi has released his since released his own statement stating, “I’ve been doing this since I was a teenager, and outside of my…

On September 11th, Sony launched a lawsuit against Bridgestone and Wildcat Creek Inc. Actor Jerry Lambert who plays Sony’s fake executive Kevin Butler in television commercials is the president of the one of the companies featured in the lawsuit; Wildcat Creek Inc. Sony is claiming that Bridgestone and Wildcat Creek Inc. are both in breach of contract over the Kevin Butler character who Sony believes is being used in another form of advertisement for Bridgestone tires. Keep in mind that the tire brand is not using Lambert’s actual Kevin Butler character, but rather just the actor in a series of promotional ads for Bridgestone. Speaking to GamesBeat, Sony issued a s…

Activision had to pull the multiplayer map Favela out of the map rotation after the finding of a painted portrait that appears in a bathroom in the map offended some in the Muslim community. The offending portrait features a painted tree and the words “Allah is beautiful” and “He loves beauty” inscribed around the frame of the portrait which happens to be situated above a toilet. Activision released a statement apologizing for the image and said that they are working on an update to remove the wording from the map. We apologise to anyone who found this image offensive. Please be assured we were unaware of this issue and that there was no intent to offend. We are workin…

A UK newspaper out of Norfolk, England has blamed the Resident Evil series for a vicious murder that transpired back in May. Their reasoning behind the comparison of the murder and the zombie franchise is because the three murders who the media has dubbed the “Resident Evil Killers” tortured a 44 year old man to death by using a pool cue, burned his body with boiling water, slashed his body up, and then carved the letter “J” on the victim’s face. A claw hammer and boning knife were among the weapons found at the scene. The trio of killers also mentioned the series while on the stand. The judge sentenced Ricky Roys; age 20, Andrew Brown; age 42, and Helen Cooke; age 1…

What’s the story behind your gamertag My gamertag used to be AudaciousKevin from early 2007 onwards when I got my Xbox 360 and made an account. The suggestions all showed AdjectiveNoun so I made up a cool one with my name, emphasizing my carefree play style. I eventually got tired of having a fairly long name with an adjective in it and recently changed it to Kevnvek. I did a lot of Googling of variegations of my name to see what came up with the fewest results and eventually ended up on a cool rotatable pallindrome that’s basically my name forwards and backwards with one ‘n’ and no ‘i’s. What game are you currently playing? I just started playing Darksiders II last n…

Consider yourself warned if you choose to let stupidity rule your life when it comes to playing pre-release copies of Halo 4; Microsoft has their eye on you and you will be perma-banned from their services. Microsoft issued a statement regarding the perma-bans after Halo 4 related content began showing up around the internet. “We have seen the reports of ‘Halo 4′ content being propped on the Web and are working closely with our security teams and law enforcement to address the situation,” For those of you choosing not to act like a bunch of jackasses, Halo 4 releases in a few weeks. November 6th to be exact. via Gaming Blend Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View…

What’s the story behind your gamertag Well, back in the day when I was a wee lad, I used to go by xStArDoMx. Can you just feel the teenaged angst? The story behind it isn’t very remarkable. I went through some old gamertags for clans with lots of x’s and alternating caps back when I used to play Halo 2 on the OBox. Once I got a 360, I decided I needed something better. I originally just wanted Stardom but, alas, it was taken. So I used my awesome workaround skills and came up with xStArDoMx. I’ve since moved on to bigger and better names such as Nick. Other aliases I go by are FeversMirrors (based off of an album by Bright Eyes) and Taters (my Steam name if I remember c…

Yesterday, Mojang released the long awaited “Adventure” update for the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft. The features in the update include “Creative” mode which features an unlimited supply of blocks and allows the player to create the world that they want without the restraints of stop and go mining. New terrain, enemies, sprinting ability, villages and other inhabited areas, and also new in game items. A complete list of the new content and fixes can be found over at the Minecraft Xbox 360 wiki. Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Once again another brilliant live action trailer was released in the Halo series. This time Microsoft and 343 Industries have decided to showcase John’s journey to becoming Halo’s flagship character, Master Chief complete with nasty looking scars and a fiery torture scene that is carried out by Halo’s new enemies. Halo 4 releases to eager hands on November 6th. Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

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That's our boys! So we’re finally able to announce that we’ll be working on the amazing series that Robert & Bill at Zeboyd games are doing, known as Penny Arcade’s On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness.. and we will compose the soundtrack for episode 4. We’re super excited about this, and we wanted to just share this news as soon as possible, so it’s nice to be able to finally announce it. More awesome to come. You can find their website at http://zeboyd.com/! Chris. http://hyperduck.co.uk/?p=2586 http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F65868049&show_artwork=true">

Youtube user Captain Sparklez has created another fantastic parody involving Minecraft. This time Sparklez mated South Korean superstar Psy’s latest hit “Gangnam Style” with the popular PC game Minecraft. I introduce to you, “Minecraft Style” and before you ask, yes that says “I can see my house from here” on the banner at the beginning. Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

The polls will be closing tonight at midnight and your next video game President and Vice President will be announced on 11/07.

It was an even tie between these two choices. Of course there can only be one President and VP, so this will be the final decision. This poll will be closing tonight at midnight, so get your votes in.

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…

Rockstar’s Dan Houser released a major spoiler regarding their upcoming spring 2013 release of GTA V. Out of the three main stories that you play through, one of them is the antagonist. Houser made the statement during an interview with The New York Times when asked about the three character story line. “Just at the conceptual level, the idea was three separate stories that you play in one game. he next bit was, let’s not have the stories intersect once or twice but have them completely interwoven. It felt like it was going to be a real narrative strength: you get to play the protagonist and the antagonist in the same story.” Houser also said that Americans do not und…

Playstation 3 users have been barking up Activision and Treyarch’s tree shortly after the release of Black Ops 2, due to growing issues of in game freezing and server problems. Keep in mind that the 2010 launch of the first Black Ops was also plagued with similar issues on the PS3. Gamers have been reporting repeated issues of freezing in both single player and multiplayer modes and also not being able to connect to a server when trying to play online. Activision has released a statement over Twitter stating that they are actively working on a fix to the growing number of complaints. So far there have been no reports of these issues with the Xbox 360 or PC versions of t…

Xbox Live turns 10 today and to celebrate the folks over at the Xbox 360 division of Microsoft are giving out deals on all things games! Wreckateer – FREE!Castle Crashers – 50% offBattlefield 1943 – 50% offFruit Ninja Kinect – 50% offGeometry Wars Retro Evolved – 50% offBastion – 50% offPeggle – 50% offFull House Poker – 50% offJoining in on the celebration is Major Nelson who will be giving away 10 free One Year Gold subscriptions to Xbox Live every hour beginning at 11 am est. Make sure you are following @MajorNelson on Twitter. Send him your favorite XBL memory or game experience with #XboxLiveis10. Also being given away are limited edition Tenth Anniversary console…

In your Thursday edition of “I could give two shits about something containing Call of Duty in it”, I present to you the latest rumor regarding 2013′s release of the next installment in a series that others call unique and innovative, however I refer to it as a once great thing turned into a huge steaming cow patty. Siliconera is reporting that Activision is already recording voice overs for the 2013 release of the next Call of Duty which will continue the Modern Warfare story if you want to call it that after Modern Warfare 3. Supposedly there is also a flashback with the now dead “Soap” MacTavish. Anybody remember his death scene? Most un-climatic piece of story tell…

Amazon is running a Black Friday Deals Week on all things video games beginning today! The deals ranging from video games to accessories for all platforms are only good on each day leading up to the holy grail of all shopping days, Black Friday. Amazon also announced their lightening deals for this week. Thanksgiving Day’s Lightening Day deals are looking to be your best option if you are interested in saving money on purchasing console bundles for the gamer in your life this holiday season. The Xbox 360 4GB with Kinect Holiday Bundle that includes the family friendly Kinect Adventures and Kinect Disneyland will be cut down to $199.99 compared to $299.99. Not to be sol…

Taking a cue from MTV’s horrible show Punk’d which is aimed at “punking” celebrities that most of the world could give two shakes of a leprechaun’s rear end about, Sony’s Playstation is currently giving out free games, however you cannot play them. The glitch which seems to be centering around gamers that try to take advantage of the Playstation Plus extended free trial membership is allowing users to download trial versions of games, however it is recognizing you as purchasing the full game. Imagine your excitement as you are playing your new “free” game for about an hour and a notification pops up stating that you need to purchase the full game. There are also reporte…

Major Nelson tweeted this morning that the pony dance will be coming to an Xbox 360 near you soon. Psy’s popular dance track Gangam Style will be coming to the Dance Central 3 lineup on November 27th. Gangnam Style will be joining a growing library of dance songs that include hits from the 70′s, 80′s, 90′s, and today. Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Ubisoft has confirmed that Far Cry 3 multiplayer will not have dedicated servers. A user on the Ubisoft Uplay forum posted a thread asking if Far Cry 3 will be having dedicated servers and Community Manager MSV-Vextor responded with a big firm no. Far Cry 3 is set to launch across the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC on November 29th and the 30th overseas and on December 4th here in North America. via Ubisoft Forum Thread Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article