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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

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 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…

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 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.…

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…

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…

Curious about how Fable: The Journey will use the Kinect’s motion technology? Put your curiosity to rest with the newly released demo on the Xbox Live Marketplace. In the latest twist to the popular Fable franchise set fifty years after the events of Fable III, players take control of Gabriel; a dweller who has been separated from his tribe and later meets up with the mysterious seer Theresa who informs him he must save Albion from the darkness called, The Corruption. Players must use their hands to wield magic and steer their horse drawn carriage to various plot points in the game. Fable: The Journey will be able to read your save files from Fable III and will adjust …

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

Just in time for the upcoming holidays, Sony has announced that they are adding new models to their Playstation 3 lineup. The new slimmer, much lighter versions of the Playstation 3 will come in three models; the 500 GB, 250 GB, and a 12 GB Flash Drive model. Sony has also confirmed their release dates of the new models. The 250 GB PS3 will release on September 25th and will cost $269. The 250 GB model comes with Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception Game of the Year Edition and bonus content for Dust 514. The 500 GB will release on October 25th at the price of $299 and will include a copy of Assassin’s Creed III. Both of these models will come in charcoal gray and classic w…

Borderlands 2 is just about here and to celebrate it’s highly anticipated launch, Gearbox has released the launch trailer that shows some familiar faces. Enjoy! Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Sega has just posted on their blog the release dates and prices for the HD remakes of NiGHTS into Dreams and Sonic Adventure 2. The uber popular and one of the top selling games for the Sega Saturn, NiGHTS into Dreams will be releasing on October 2 for the Playstation Network and on October 5th to the Xbox Live Marketplace. It is priced at $9.99 or 800 MS points. Sonic Adventure 2 will be releasing with the same dates and prices with the only difference being that there will be additional Battle Mode DLC available from it’s release dates and will cost $3.00 or 240 MS points. via Sega Blog Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

What’s the story behind your gamertag Well I use to be Dr. Japolty, which was a name I used when prank calling people. I used it for my gamer tag but everyone made fun of me because I spelled chipotle wrong. So I switched it to Slapajap, after a few weeks everyone was calling me a racist, even though I didn’t mean Japanese, so I was listening to a song by Three Six Mafia, and I heard the word green grenades, thought it sounded good and used it. What game are you currently playing? Nothing specific really, I suppose Crysis 2 will be next in line since I just got it on sale, and it shouldn’t take long to beat. What game are you looking forward to that has yet to release? Gr…

Video game retailing giant has axed Sony’s Playstation 2 from stores, however the company states that the move is purely demographical. “The PS2 is a unique one — we still generate a whole lot of profit off PS2 sales, but we’re going to keep PS2 where PS2 does sell, and we won’t put it in stores where we see really lapsed sales. It’s somewhat demographic — it’s somewhat regional, it is. The heartland of the U.S. tends to catch the wave a little bit later than the coasts to a degree. So we kinda bring it in, and we’ll take it out of the stores where the shelves would be better served by next generation product, or they’re just small stores where they can’t fit it in.” expl…

Was the upcoming release date of Rockstar North’s Grand Theft Auto V inadvertently given away by online retailer Walmart.com? The internet division of the retail giant from Bentonville Arkansas currently has an advertisement for GTA V on both XBOX 360 and Playstation 3 for which the shipping date is listed as December 31st, 2012. The release quarter originally given for the newest entry of Rockstar’s flagship series was Q4 of 2013. Quarter four of the fiscal year would put the release date between Jan 1st and March 30th 2013. GTA IV, the last iteration was released on April 29th, 2008. Rockstar doesn’t quite share Activisions predilection of releasing their top series on…

During a podcast interview with The Verge, Xbox Live General Manager Brian Hall spilled the beans about the next Xbox and Microsoft has been attempting to damage control since the accidental leakage. Hall who was speaking about Microsoft’s products during the interview said, “We’ve operated Hotmail for about 16 years, We obviously have Exchange and Outlook that people use at work, and we just decided it was time to do something new and bring the best from each of those and put them together and release it right in time for the new wave of products that we have coming out with Windows 8, with the new version of Office, with the New Windows Phone and the new Xbox…”. Whoops…

A development screenshot of Kinect 2 showing a noticeable improvement regarding tracking has been leaked along with a photo of the developement kit for the next Xbox. The screenshot was leaked by someone going by a moniker of SuperDaE who late last week leaked the $10,000 development kit for the next Xbox being code named “Durango”. The supposed development kit was met with alot of criticism including claims of being photoshopped. According to The Verge, one of their sources familar with the Kinect 2 and the next Xbox say that all of the photos are legit. Their source is not the only one repeating those words. Other developers who have spoken to Eurogamer’s Digital F…

Developed by: Humble Hearts Published by: Microsoft Studios Platform: Xbox Live Arcade Players: 1 Dust: An Elysian Tail. Just the name brings great joy to the members of Gamercide and a lot of the gaming community. We’ve been looking forward to the game for a very long time now. Back in 2009 we hooked up for an interview with the awesome and amazingly talented guys of Hyperduck Soundworks and our excitement for Dust only grew stronger after talking with the guys. You can check out our follow-up interview with Chris and Dan from 2010 here. Dust: An Elysian Tail is an action RPG that was set for the Xbox Indie Games Channel, but after winning the 2009 Dream.Build.Play …

Microsoft has announced that the Kinect’s price has dropped from $149.99 to $109.99 almost reaching the below $100.00 mark. The price drop is permanent in North America, Latin America, and Asia Pacific as of today with Australia and New Zealand seeing the cheaper Kinect on October 4th. Not included in the new lower pricing are Japan, Europe, Middle East, and Africa. via Major Nelson Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Those of you who do not to read spoilers about Halo 4 need to leave and not proceed. Halo Waypoint has released the full set of achievements that will be in the game and the folks behind Master Chief’s newest adventure said that they “to live up to Halo tradition with weird ass names for some of them”. Dawn: Complete Mission 1 on any difficulty 10 PointsRequiem: Complete Mission 2 on any difficulty 10 PointsForerunner: Complete Mission 3 on any difficulty 10 PointsInfinity: Complete Mission 4 on any difficulty 10 PointsReclaimer: Complete Mission 5 on any difficulty 10 PointsShutdown: Complete Mission 6 on any difficulty 10 PointsComposer: Complete Mission 7 on any diff…

Details on the VIP membership that is included in the $80.00 limited version of Turn 10′s Forza Horizon have been released. VIP members will have access to five cars; the 2011 Koenigsegg Agera, 2011 Lamborghini Sesto Elemento, 2012 Audi R8 GT Spyder, 2012 Pagani Huayra, and the 2011 RUF Rt 12 R. Other goodies included in the VIP membership are a VIP icon that appears next to your gamertag, extra slots in the Store Front, in-game gifts, and extra space in your My Forza gallery. Besides the VIP membership, the limited edition version of the game comes with a steel book, a Horizon Festival ticket to XBL content, day one car pack, a Horizon Accelerator pack, and five exclus…

Remember that controversial video game dubbed Six Days in Fallujah that was being developed by Atomic Games and later dumped by publisher Konami in 2009? Rumor has it that Sony once considerd publishing the game that was based on the second battle during Operation Iraqi Freedom called “Operation Phantom Fury” which spanned six days, hence the title. The ever so outspoken David Jaffe sent a tweet over Twitter and revealed that Sony developer Allan Becker may have been behind Sony’s possible involvement with the shooter that has been on the back burner for three years. “A few years back, Allan left Sony Santa Monica to take over Sony’s Japan Studio after a very, very succe…

Netflix has finally rolled out their “Post Play” option which allows users to watch the next episode in a television series automatically within 15 seconds of the current episode ending without having to go back to the list of episodes and choosing the next episode in the lineup. The long awaited feature has already been implemented in the Playstation 3 version of the Netflix app and also on the internet. Other devices will receive the update soon. via PC Mag Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Rare has tweeted the Xbox 360 edition of Minecraft will be getting Jet Force Gemini skins that include Juno, Vela, and Lupus. The three classic character skins join a long list of character skins (over 45 to be more precise) for Skin Pack 2 including that precious tiny little cube of meat Super Meat Boy, Perfect Dark’s Joanna Dark, Gears of War: Judgement Day Baird, the Pretztail from Viva Pinata, and Bill from Left 4 Dead. Skin Pack 2 was not given a release date, however it will cost you 160 MS Points. via PlayXBLA blog Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article