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Major Nelson confirmed today that Splinter Cell: Conviction will be getting a 360 bundle. The bundle includes a standard copy of the game, two wireless controllers, and a 250 GB hard drive. The bundle which will cost you $399 will be out in early April in North America, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia. Click here to view the article

The bell has been sounded and the gloves are off. Activision and Infinity Ward's increasing tensions have finally come to a head and it appears there is not an end in sight with senior employees of Infinity Ward being let go (whether or not they were fired has yet to be confirmed) and Infinity Ward's Community Manager Robert Bowling firing back at Activision with a few choice words of his own. Last night, Activision sent "bouncer types" over to Infinity Ward's office and held a meeting between Activision and Infinity Ward's lead developers Jason West and Vince Zampella that ended with both employees no longer being employeed at Infinity Ward. Again, nothing has been co…

The walking undead, horrifying creatures, rabid savage dogs, deadly black crows, sprawling dark cornered locations, and insane puzzles all gave Resident Evil the edge when it came to knowing what fans wanted and expected from a survival/horror game. However with fans branding the once coveted zombie survival franchise as turning into a “disappointment” and claiming that Resident Evil is losing the survival/horror element that once had everyone shaking with terror on their couches, one has to wonder. What happened to a series that quickly became the teacher for survival horror games? "I really liked the older games (1, 2, 3) because it seemed a lot more realistic to me…

News Civilization V PC Trailer Just How Many Gigs is FFXIII? - Fans of the Final Fantasy series that do not own a PS3 rejoiced when it was announced that the RPG was coming to the 360. Well hopefully those of you that needed your pants changed after that announcement do not own a 20 GB hard drive and have plans to install to it your hard drive. Battlefield Bad Company 2 Launch Day DLC - EA has announced that on March 2nd when Battlefield Bad Company 2 releases in North America, that there will be 2 multiplayer maps that will be availble for download for free. MLB 2K10 Demo Available - Baseball fans gather round the couch with your boxes of Crackjacks. The MLB 2K10 demo ha…

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Fans of the Final Fantasy series that do not own a PS3 rejoiced when it was announced that the RPG was coming to the 360. Well hopefully those of you that needed your pants changed after that announcement do not own a 20 GB hard drive and have plans to install to it your hard drive, because if so you might want to upgrade that hard drive right about now. FFXIII altogether is going to take up 18.3 GB of space on your 360's hard drive. Broken down it comes out to 5.9 GB on Disc One, 5.8 GB on Disc 2, and 6.6 GB on Disc 3. Meanwhile on the PS3 it will take up 38 GB. If you need a bigger hard drive after that announcement you still have some time. FFXIII releases on March…

EA has announced that on March 2nd when Battlefield Bad Company 2 releases in North America, that there will be 2 multiplayer maps that will be availble for download for free. However, this offer is only extended to those of you that buy the game new. The multiplayer maps will be available to download in the in game store that will be available to all gamers, but free to gamers who buy the game new via a "VIP Code". The in game store which is similar to Mass Effect 2's Cerberus Network was announced last week along with a $15 price tag for gamers will have to pay to download the in game store if they purchase the game used. EA has also announced that later in March, a …

Baseball fans gather round the couch with your boxes of Crackjacks. The MLB 2K10 demo has been released on Xbox Live. PSN users will have to wait until March 4th to get the demo. MLB 2K10 slams onto game store shelves on the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, and PSP on March 2nd. In the latest addition of the baseball franchise, the "My Player" mode will have gamers building up their player from the minors to the majors. Gamers will also have a chance to win one million dollars if they can pitch a no hitter game on the 360 or PS3 from March 2 until May 2. Joystiq Click here to view the article

MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EA Montreal, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS), today announced an all-new campaign map pack called ‘Chapters of Deceit’ for the third-person co-op shooter ARMY OF TWO™: THE 40th DAY. Available for download on Xbox LIVE™ and the PlayStation®Network on April 1, 2010 for $9.99 or 800 Xbox LIVE points, players will return to war-torn Shanghai where they will encounter more destruction, more devastation and enemies determined to bring the city to the brink of ruin. ARMY OF TWO: THE 40th DAY – Chapters of Deceit features two all-new co-op campaign maps. In the new chapters, players stumble upon information that could lead to ending the i…

Chances are there is something you missed if you purchased the special edition of BioShock 2. A community member over at the 2K Forums discovered that if you look at the posters that came with the special edition of BioShock 2 under a blacklight, there are hidden messages. Another 2K forum community member was nice enough to make videos and upload the pictures of the posters under a blacklight to Photobucket. Click here to view the article

Major Nelson has released the details regarding Microsoft's Xbox Live Block Party that was announced during the X10 event. The Xbox Live Block Party is set to kick off on March 3rd with the release of Toy Soliders on the XBLA for 1200 MS points. The next downloadable XBLA game, Scrap Metal will be available on March 10 for 1200 MS points. Perfect Dark will release on the XBLA on March 17 for 800 MS points and finally the Game Room will be available for free to download on March 24. The cost to download classic arcades titles for the Game Room ranges from 240 - 400 MS points. Keep in mind that even if you own some of those classic titles on the XBLA, you will have to p…

2K has released details regarding the upcoming DLC "Sinclair Solutions Test Pack" for BioShock 2. The "Sinclair Solutions Test Pack" which is set to release in March will add new additions to BioShock's 2 multiplayer. Among the new additions include an increase in level rank to level 50 with rank rewards, two new playable characters, 20 new trials, a third weapon upgrade for every weapon, and five new masks. Some of these items will not be usuable until your multiplayer character reaches a level 41 and above. The "Sinclair Solutions Test Pack" will cost you 400 MS Points or $5. Besides the announcement of this DLC, 2K stated that more DLC will be on the way including …

Gather around my Fail Award junkies. The Fail Awards are back and ready to bring you the most embarassing, facepalm story of the week within the gaming industry. For those of you who might be wondering what exactly a Fail Award is, let me break it down. There are two types of Fail Awards, the Weekly Fail Award and the Monthly Fail Award. The Weekly Fail Award is determined by which little piece of news is the ultimate facepalm of all facepalms in the gaming industry for that current week. With each passing week, the Weekly Fail Awards pile up and at the end of the month, there is a Monthly Fail Award that is given out to whomever the members of Gamercide feel ha…

Here is what we reported for the week of February 14, 2010 - February 20, 2010. News EA Announces Battlefield Bracket Challenge Presented By Gamestop - Read the press release "Extra" Content Cut From 360 Version of Lost Planet 2 -It appears that gamers are getting screwed over again when it comes to being forced to buy DLC if they want to add hours to gameplay. Leona Lewis Plays FFXIII - Incase you didn’t know she sings the lame theme song for FFXIII. EA Continues to Push the Sale of New Games with Battlefield: BC2 - Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is coming with an in game store just like Mass Effect 2’s Cerberus Network. Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmares DLC out Tomorrow …

To Launch Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Gamers Join Celebrity Teams to Win Prizes, Donate $25,000 to Charitable Cause . NFL Superstars Marshall Faulk, Chad OchoCinco, and 14 other Stars Participate in Bracket-style Competition. LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ:ERTS), today announced the ‘Battlefield Bracket Challenge Presented by GameStop’. To kick off the GameStop sponsored tournament, DICE is hosting a star-studded red carpet event today in conjunction with GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) in Los Angeles featuring 16 celebrity guests and superstar athletes including Cincinnati Bengal Chad OchoCinco, NFL legend Marshall Faulk, Heroes’ Gr…

After finishing the Green Day: Rock Band demo the above picture shows the standard Rock Band bass, drum, guitar, and mic icons, but as you can see there is also what appears to be a piano icon. What does this mean for the franchise? What will the set list look like for the next game? Only time will tell, but I think Stevie Wonder (Better than has been previously done with this one hopefully), Ray Charles, Elton John, and other great pianist could easily make their way in to the music gaming fray with this new instrument. Click here to view the article

Gamestop has announced their new "PowerUp Rewards" program, which rewards its members for spending money in their stores. Standard membership is free and entitles you to earn points against every dollar you spend, and oddly rewards more for purchasing pre-owned games, accessories and consoles. You get ten points per dollar spent on new items whereas buying pre-owned or trading-in will net you twenty points. The PowerUp card also gives you access to giveaways, exclusive news, offers and events as well as rewards as you amass points. With enough points on your card you can choose from a changing list of rewards that includes things like GameStop gift cards and merch…

There are 3 Deals of the Week this week on Xbox Live and 2 games coming to XBLA. Lazy Raiders, Band of Bugs and Madballs in Babo: Invasion are all reduced from 800 Microsoft Points to 400 this week, while Avatar Wave Snowball Fight is also available for 80 points. Voodoo Dice will be coming to the Xbox Live Arcade for 800 MS Points. However the biggest news this week is the arrival of Doom II on XBLA. I'm sure this one will come in at 800 MS Points as well, but a price has yet to be confirmed. This is really great news for fans of the Doom series and I assume we can look forward to Doom 3 hitting Games on Demand pretty soon as well. Click here to view the article

The much anticipated release date for Halo: Reach has been announced as September 14th (9/15 in Japan). The pre-order, Limited Edition, and Legendary Edition bonuses have also been announced. Check after the break for screens of the new skins. The Legendary Edition will come with the "Flaming Spartan" skins seen below: While the Limited Edition will get the "Elite Officer" armour for the Covanent: And pre-orders will get the "Spartan Recon Helmet" which has some weird looking antenna or satellite on top of his head: Not bad in this day and age of pre-order and bonus crap for most games. Click here to view the article

In a move that really should surprise no one, Legendary Pictures has acquired the rights to bring a Mass Effect movie to the big screen. With the success of the game(s), this is no real shocker for anyone. With the likes of Halo, Bioshock, and rumors in the industry of a God of War film, a game with such a deep story could easily be brought to your local cinema. Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend) has been hired to pen the script. His work hasn't really impressed me thus far, but with him being a more character driven writer, it could be a good thing for this project. Also, if the studio could snag Matthew Fox (Who Commander Shephard's look was modeled after) fresh off his…

Since 2001, I’ve been an avid Halo fan, and some might say, a little too addicted to the entire Halo franchise. Luckily, I’ve been fortunate enough to play the Halo: Reach beta before the general public gets access to it via Halo 3: ODST. Strap your boots on; it’s going to be a hell of a ride! Character CustomizationOnce the Reach menu was shining in all of its glory on my TV, I couldn’t think straight what I immediately wanted to do. Customize my character? Matchmaking? The Arena? I needed to make myself a unique Spartan, so I first headed off to customize my Spartan III. The UI for customizing your Spartan has drastically changed and it’s very impressive. The o…

A recent video that showed up on Youtube shows what could be a leaked trailer for Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. I can't confirm or deny the credibility of said trailer, but if it isn't real, it should be. Take a look: **UPDATE** Looks like it's real. Here is the official press release: CAPCOM®, MARVEL® LIFT VEIL ON LONG-AWAITED FIGHTING GAME MARVEL® VS. CAPCOM®3: FATE OF TWO WORLDS After a Decade, the Most Iconic Characters in Entertainment Return To Face Off In One of the Most Popular Game Franchises of All Time SAN MATEO, CA — April 20, 2010 — Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, and the legendary Marvel Entertainment, LLC today announced t…

Back in the 90s, when fighters reined supreme in the arcades, console conversions could only hope to get all the characters and stages to fit on tiny gray cartridges and skippy, easy-to-scratch CDs. It wasn't until the Dreamcast brought Soul Calibur home in 1999 that consoles had finally proven to be superior to the arcade version in almost every way, and that spelled the death knell for arcades...at least in the U.S. Today, Japanese arcades still thrive, but arcades are all but extinct in the U.S. Two years ago, when Street Fighter 4 was in the preliminary stages of revive the fighting game market, Japan released SF4 in the arcades as a sort of beta test. Now, accord…

Modern Warfare 2's training level "The Pit" has made the jump from your television screen to real life. A British television show, The Gadget Show, built a complete mock up of the level all the way down to the amount of targets, civilians, and distance it takes to get to each target area. Why would a television show do this? To challenge a real life ex special ops soldier to take on the course while host Jason Bradbury plays the 360 version of "The Pit". Who do you think won? True/Slant Click here to view the article

Japan has found a new a way to train employees working at the fast food chain McDonald's, making learning everyday life skills through trail and error and let's not forget common sense, a thing of the past. Two Nintendo DS's are being given to every McDonald's in Japan nationwide to help train part time employees. Each DS is fitted with eSmart software that McDonald's is claiming will cut down the amount of time that it takes to train part time employees to 20 hours. The eSmart software will show employees how to complete different kitchen duties including deep frying and how to speak with customers. The DS training program will cost McDonald's $2.2 million dollars.…