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Telltale Games, the leading independent publisher of cinematic adventures and the pioneer of episodic content delivery, today announced that the highly-anticipated Puzzle Agent 2, the sequel to the smash hit game Puzzle Agent, will be available for purchase on June 30. Puzzle Agent 2 for PC and Mac can be pre-ordered at the discounted price of $8.99 from www.telltalegames.com, and as a special bonus, includes the original Puzzle Agent game for free. Touch screen players are not left out of the action either as Puzzle Agent 2 will also be available on iPad and iPhone. For series newcomers, the original Puzzle Agent for iOS will be on sale for the period of June 7-14 for $…

Games (Trailers and Demos) Rayman Origins Driver: San Fransico Far Cry 3 Brothers in Arms 4: The Furious Four The Adventures in Tintin Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Ghost Recon Online Trackmania 2 Raving Rabbids: Alive and Kicking Just Dance 3 Rocksmith Assassin's Creed: Revleations Announcements Far Cry 3 showcased a bit of story along with an opening cinematic that was all about "insanity" and a very dark and twisted storyline. Gearbox announced the new Brothers in Arms game that is straying far away from the traditional WWII setting and going into a more cartooney and outrageous atmosphere. Raving Rabbids Alive and Kicking will be Kinect friendly. Chastity's Final Verd…

Games (Trailers and Demos) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Tomb Raider Mass Effect 3 Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Gears of War 3 Ryse Halo 4 Halo Anniversary Forza 4 Fable: The Journey Kinect Disneyland Adventures Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster Star Wars Kinect Dance Central 2 Kinect Sports Season Two Announcements UFC and Xbox Live partnered together and all UFC pay per view events will be available on Xbox Live. Kinect friendly. Cloud Saves and Beacons allow gamers to access their games saves on other consoles and beacons will let gamers tell their friends what they want to play. Fall 2011 Dashboard update coming and looks much more user friendly and clean. Youtube …

The new reboot entry into the Tomb Raider series is shaping up to be exactly what this dying franchise needs in order to stay afloat in a gaming world where so many once captivating series fade away. The latest pre-E3 trailer that Square Enix has released shows a very young Lara looking surprisingly more realistic instead of the huge boobed fantasy that we are use to seeing and extremely vulnerable as cries out in pain and glances into the horizon ahead of her. http://youtu.be/RN7_8Yholm4 via Click here to view the article

Batman fans and pervs of the gaming universe unite! Rocksteady Games has confirmed that Catwoman is a fully playable character in the story of the newest entry into the Batman Arkham universe, Batman: Arkham City. GameSpot who got an E3 sneak preview of the highly anticipated game was told by Rocksteady's Dax Ginn that gamers will get to explore the darker side of the game and that Catwoman has been designed specifically for Arkham City. via GameSpot Click here to view the article

A good eye caught this image that appeared briefly on the EA Store for their upcoming RPG hit series, Mass Effect 3. The image which was quickly removed is similar to the one that appeared on Xbox.com for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier that showed the same purple logo with the words, "Better With Kinect Sensor". A Kinect enabled Ghost Recon makes sense, but Mass Effect 3? What do you think? via NeoGaf and Eurogamer Click here to view the article

Do you feel like spending about $20.00 or $12.00 on your DLC? If you bought Rockstar and Take-Two's detective based smash hit LA Noire, then you will be making that decision soon. Take-Two announced that there is a bountiful amount of DLC coming your way, however you can purchase it one of two ways either by ordering the Rockstar Pass (presently on sale at $1o until June) and you will receive all 7 DLC options or you can buy the content seperately for the price of $20.00 as it releases on the Xbox Live Marketplace and Playstation Network. Make sense? Didn't think so. Chicago Lightning Detective Suit (Social Club only) - May 17 Free with registration L.A. Noire Rockstar…

A trailer for Beachhead Studio's Call of Duty Elite has been leaked onto Youtube and Activision was quick to yank it down this morning due to copyright issues. The recent announcement of Beachhead Studios working on the pay to play Call of Duty service that is titled, "Call of Duty Elite" has left fans either shaking their heads at the notion of paying to play for yet another service of their beloved series or others just simply saying, "don't like it, don't play it". This service would mix together with Modern Warfare 3, however with Call of Duty Elite you are looking at somewhere around a $7.99 a month extra charge to access the extra content that you will not find wit…

In late March, Microsoft filed for registration of three new trademarks that each bare the name "Fusion" in one way or another. This filing has sparked rumors of a Kinect only series to feature the name, "Fusion". Fusion Genesis, Fusion Sentinent, and Fusion Vault are all names that appeared on the filing and according to IGN, the Australian Classification Board has a rating of PG for Fusion Genesis which features mild science fiction violence and coarse language. Many gamers started speculating that this might be an announcement for a new Fuzion Frenzy series, however "Fusion" in the filing is spelled with an "s" not a "z". There are rumors that began last year of the …

Playstation Network services will be fully restored this week says Sony. However if you live in Japan, Hong Kong, or South Korea you will still be waiting. In case you have been living under a rock for the past couple of months or are just suffering from a case of "fanboy denial" Sony suffered a security breach in late April that completely shut down all aspects of the Playstation Network and put thousands of credit card holders private information in jeopardy. via Playstation Blog Click here to view the article

Were you one of the people who pre-orderd Duke Nukem Forever way back in the day? Well we have some good news for as long as you have a receipt from all those years ago as proof of your pre-order. GameStop announced over the weekend that they will be honoring all pre-orders for Duke Nukem from back when most of you probably weren't even a thought and that those pre-orders will receive "Duke's Big Package" which includes the black and red trucker hat along with the game. Now would be a good time to scour through your old receipts that you have been collecting for years and have been "meaning to go through". via The Escapist Click here to view the article

Late last week we here at Gamercide rolled out a short URL service. If you've ever used twitter or almost any service that allows a certain number of characters you have likely seen short URLs. Every post here will now have a corresponding short URL in the format of http://gmcd.me/ . Along with the short URLs, every post will have a Tweet This link that will allow you to tweet about the post if you like it and link to it using the Gamercide short links. Be sure to follow Gamercide on Twitter for notification when we post news, reviews, and other articles involving gaming! Click here to view the article

The stage has been set for Ezio and Altair's final chapter in the Assassin's Creed saga. For fans that are anxiously awaiting for E3 to arrive, Ubisoft has put together this little teaser which is sure to build up even more anticipation as E3 approaches in the coming weeks. http://youtu.be/ClloTWxH7Lg via Click here to view the article

Joystiq claims that they discovered that Ghost Recon: Future Soldier may be Kinect enabled. Joystiq is claiming that an image appeared late lastnight on Xbox.com that showed the cover of the game sporting a "Better With Kinect Sensor" purple logo. That image has since been taken down and replaced with regular looking cover art. If you pay attention to the differences in both covers you will see that Ubisoft logo has also been moved and both versions of the cover are extremely different. What do you think Ghost Recon fans? Would a Kinect enabled experience enhance or destroy your gaming experience with Future Soldier? via Joystiq Click here to view the article

MonkeyPaw Games and Frozen Codebase released the first full gameplay trailer and a ton of screenshots for the upcoming HD remake of the classic Burgertime. Take a look at the the screenshots below and the full press release after the break. We will have the trailer uploaded later today. Click here to view the article

Max Payne 3 is "still in development" according to a recent posting on Eurogamer after they had an investor call with Take-Two's CEO Strauss Zelnick, but would not say anything else regarding the game which seems to have slipped into the shadows. Max Payne 3 was originally suppose to see a release date of 2009, but unfortunately has been pushed twice and is not on the release calendar for Take-Two in the 2011-2012 year. via Eurogamer Click here to view the article

Internet name generators never get old, especially when you combine video games with random and somewhat naughty terms. The end result is a hilarious titled video game that could easily pass as a cheesy music playing skin flick. Gamercide Honorable Mentions From Our Members: Fisher Price Driving in Middle-Earth Tiger Woods' Juggalo Wars No One Can Stop The Fun Noodle Hunt Enraged Porn vs. Street Fighter Spooky Porn in the Desert via Videogamena.com (Thanks DD) Click here to view the article

If you happen to sign into Xbox Live at some point today you might have noticed that there are issues with Xbox Live Marketplace. Those problems are not your imagination and are widespread. Microsoft released a small statement regarding the Marketplace outage on their support page and said that Xbox Live users are experiencing issues when browsing the Games Marketplace, checking out Indie Games from a 360 or Xbox.com, and issues are being reported with the Games for Windows on a PC. Now we can all await the rumor mill to start saying that hackers have broke Xbox Live Marketplace. via Microsoft Support Update: Major Nelson tweeted this last night: At this point, it look…

According to the Playstation Blog, Asura's Wrath, Capcom's upcoming game that puts hack and slash gameplay in an Asian mythological settings, is planned for a 2012 release on both Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. You can see the epic reveal trailer here, via IGN's Youtube channel: Asura's Wrath: Official Reveal Trailer I can just hear the otaku in me screaming out "zomg Asian God of War!". This game looks like it will be incredibly badass. via the official Playstation Blog Click here to view the article

As a reward for reaching the 500,000 fan mark on the Silent Hill Facebook page and Silent Hill: Downpour's producer Devin Shatsky is giving fans of the series a sneak peek look at what they will showing at E3. http://youtu.be/xwqMaTxgoCY via Click here to view the article

The intro for EA's and Spicy Horses's highly anticipated sequel, Alice: Madness Returns has been released for your viewing pleasure. The intro has Alice remembering a memory that makes her "sick". Just what is reality in that memory dear Alice? Fans will have to wait until June 14 to find out. http://youtu.be/RwyoaSA-0wg via Click here to view the article

Starbreeze CEO, Mikael Nermark made that statement to CVG as the studio who developed the first game of Jackie Estacado's adventure in The Darkness, opened up about not making the sequel, The Darkness II. 2K Games instead chose Digital Extremes who has worked on BioShock, BioShock 2, and various Unreal Tournament games. The Darkness II is set for release on October 4, 2011 and the story will pick up two years after the events in first game and finds that Jackie used his powers to become the head of the Franchetti crime family. via CVG Click here to view the article

If you participated in the Gears of War 3 beta the following set of stats might be of interest to you considering that you along with 1.29 million players clocked in about 249 years worth of matches. That's correct, 249 years. 1.29 million people participated in the beta 145 different countries participated in the beta 249 years worth of matches played More than 11 million matches completed More than 927 million kills recorded More than 131 million executions performed More than 23 million deaths by chainsaw Nearly 23 BILLION bullets fired 4.9 billion ribbons and 291 million medals earned 435,000 people earned the beta-exclusive Thrashball Cole skin to use in the retail …

Microsoft released a statement earlier about how they plan on making sure that Xbox 360 users who have been affected by the new dashboard update still get to play the games that they love and it involves a new console. The new mandatory update has not been compatible with some older models of the Xbox 360 when it comes to the new disc format and Microsoft has announced that they will be replacing those consoles for free with a new Xbox 360 Model S and a 250 GB hard drive. If you are finding yourself having an issue with reading retail copies of your games after applying the update, Microsoft has said to get in contact with support immediately. If you are planning on sche…

The actors that led their talents and likeliness to the recent Call of Duty: Black Ops Escalation zombies mode map Call of the Dead, speak out about their experience with Call of Duty and some look down right awkward doing it. http://youtu.be/EasuwXCp-aQ via Joystiq and Click here to view the article