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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…

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.…

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 When I first signed up for XBox Live and created my account I had chosen the Panda avatar. It looked innocent and all but I imagined it was sinisterly disguised. This led to the signature I’ve always used for the past 8 years or so on the XBox Live forums, “My gamerpic is NOT a Panda. It is a thermonuclear device DISGUISED as a plush toy!”. Seeing as I had a recent change in my gamertag after all this time I decided to roll with what I’ve always been, a ThermoNuclear Panda. What game are you currently playing? Currently I’m playing quite a few games including the recently released Borderlands 2, Madden 13 and Darksiders 2. When…

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…

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 …

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

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

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…

What’s the story behind your gamertag? I originally tried to get “Loch Ness Monster” because I needed about tree-fiddy but it was already taken. True story. After trying several other inappropriate words I just randomly picked the word stalker and it was unavailable so I added an “e” in the front. I have been surprised at how put off by my gamertag people are. I’ve met lots of other girls at conventions and when I give them my gamertag I’m always having to tell them that I’m not really creepy….. trust me, I’m not actually eStalking you THAT YOU KNOW OF What game are you currently playing? I’m perpetually playing WoW. I just finished playing Silent Hill Homecoming an…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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

Nothing beats a kick in the scrotum to start your day. Ex Darksiders 2 Senior UI Designer, Xander Davis has said in an interview with Not Enough Shaders that Nintendo’s upcoming console the Wii U is “$400 Xbox 360 seven years late.” “I’ve not worked on any Wii U version of anything (luckily). But, y’know, I very early on raised my major concern about this. Anybody buying any Wii U game that’s a port is probably buying it almost exclusively and specifically for how it can play differently through the Wii U’s alleged innovated UI. I’m already a known skeptic on whether the interface paradigm is at all anything but idiotic. But if you’re gonna do it? Fine. Then, you H…

For those of you who will be missing those fun and fast paced Wager Matches of Call of Duty: Black Ops you can relax, well sort of. Treyarch has confirmed that “fun game modes” will be available in Black Ops 2. Speaking to NowGamer, Treyarch Game Design Director David Vonderhaar said that “In Black Ops they were called Wager Matches, and there was the ‘gambling’ component. But those somewhat oddball, out-of-context, just kind of fun game modes are actually going to make a fairly significant return in Black Ops 2, as what we call Party Games”. Let’s just hope that they aren’t taking the term “oddball” to seriously. Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full arti…

The Producer behind Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, David Cox has announced on Twitter that the followup to 2010′s Castlevania: LOS will indeed be releasing on the PC. Castlevania: LOS was only released on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. The details on the sequel are unknown except for a tiny tidbit of information that Konami revealed at this year’s E3. (If you have yet to play the Castlevania: LOS or beat it, you might want to skip this part) Gabriel is back as Dracula and the Belmont family is out for his blood. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 is expected to release on the PC, PS3, and 360 next year. Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

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

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

Halo 4 has jumped on the day one DLC express that gamers just love. Microsoft and 343 Industries made the announcement concerning day one DLC and put a price tag of 2000 MS Points or $25.00 on the War Game Map Pass. If you purchase the limited edition version of Halo 4, the War Game Map Pass is included. The War Game Map Pass includes nine multiplayer maps, two helmets for your Spartan, and the Falcon in game emblem. 343 Industries and Microsoft also gave details regarding what happens when a player reaches a level 50. At level 50, each player will get to choose between eight specializations; two of the specializations, Wetwork and Pioneer will be available from launch…