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For all of the Gears heads out in there, be prepared to dig deep into those pockets if you want an 33% off of all game add ons for one of the most highly anticipated releases slated come out this September, Gears of War 3. Epic Games announced that you will be able to purchase a "season pass" for the bloody awesome shooter that will "guarantee a 33 percent discount on the game add-ons". The newly announced "season pass" will cost you an extra $30. Fans of Gears better choose wisely, because the first round of DLC for Gears of War 3 will be releasing this November. via Joystiq Click here to view the article

Something that countless numbers of gamers have been saying for years has finally been spoken from the lips of Sega. The famous blue, chili-dog eating hedgehog spawned a comic book series, television show, and numerous toys and clothing for kids of all ages is getting ready to celebrate his 20th year in the gaming industry. Fans have been complaining year after year that Sonic related video games have gone downhill, but even after Sega admitting that they shoved sub-par Sonic games down the throats of gamers each year, will they actually listen? As CVG pointed out, there are four Sonic games that are coming out all within a month of each other so it does not appear tha…

Something that countless numbers of gamers have been saying for years has finally been spoken from the lips of Sega. “We’ve probably been guilty of bringing too many Sonic games to market too quickly.” Alan Pritchard, Sega’s US Sales and Marketing Vice President The famous blue, chili-dog eating hedgehog spawned a comic book series, television show, and numerous toys and clothing for kids of all ages is getting ready to celebrate his 20th year in the gaming industry. Fans have been complaining year after year that Sonic related video games have gone downhill, but even after admitting that they shoved sub-par Sonic games down the throats of gamers each year, will they a…

Sega has discounted select games on the Playstation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, and iOS. On the Playstation Network, users can pick up Renegade Ops for $8.99, Sega Rally Arcade for $5.99, Sonic 4 Episode 1 for $4.99, and some others for low prices until January 3rd 2012. For your iOS device, many games including various Sonic, Super Monkey Ball, Streets of Rage titles, and more have all been marked down to $.99 each until January 9th, 2012. Xbox Live Arcade only has two Sega games discounted and those select titles are After Burner Climax for 400 MS points and Renegade Ops for 600 MS points. Those point prices are good until January 2nd, 2012. via Sega Blog Tweet Th…

It appears that developers and publishers cannot get enough of body motion gaming. The latest company to pledge their support to Microsoft's Kinect is Sega. Hayes further went on to say that Sega is also backing Wii U and Sony's Vita which were both announced and shown at this year's E3. via VG247 Click here to view the article

It appears that developers and publishers cannot get enough of body motion gaming. The latest company to pledge their support to Microsoft’s Kinect is Sega. “On Kinect we’ve definitely bought into that with what Microsoft has been saying, they’ve done a great job on Kinect, so we’ve got Rise Of Nightmares exclusively on it, and we’re using Kinect functionality in our games going forward. So it’s ticked a lot of boxes,” ~ Mike Hayes, Sega West CEO in an interview with Games Industry Hayes further went on to say that Sega is also backing Wii U and Sony’s Vita which were both announced and shown at this year’s E3. via VG247 Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the f…

Jan 04, 2010 – A Connecticut man has become the first person in video gaming history to top the fictional "Costanza Score" made famous in a classic episode of Seinfeld. According to Twin Galaxies International, the official organization for scorekeeping on all eras of video gaming since 1981, the fictional 860,630 points held by Seinfeld character George Costanza (played by Jason Alexander) has been broken on an original Frogger machine for the first time in history by Pat Laffaye of Westport, CT.Mr. Laffaye's new World Record mark of 896,980 points was verified by Twin Galaxies referee Eric Akeson and announced by Twin Galaxies at the stroke of midnight on New Years as t…

Developed by: Paradox Interactive Published by: Paradox Interactive Platforms: PC Release Date: 9/13/2011 Sengoku, a grand strategy game based on the “Sengoku Jidai” or “Warring-States” period of Japanese history will be released by Paradox Interactive on September 13th this year. This first look is based of a preview copy of the game, and so will not fully reflect the final copy. During my preview session with Sengoku, I was given the chase to play through some some campaigns as various clans. This preview will detail my experience with one of them. When you first go into single player, you are greeted with a nice view of the entirety of Japan, along with the various…

Is Sony using clever advertising in order to gear up fans for an announcement of a new Shenmue being released on the PS4? Playstation Japan released a video on when 17 seconds in "Ryo H" appears as having a profile on Facebook and talking about Killzone. For those of that you do not know who "Ryo H" is; Ryo Hazuki is the main character in Shenmue that was released on the Dreamcast back in 2000.What do you think? Click here to view the article

Eager Silent Hill fans who were waiting for January 24th to come so they could get their hands on the Silent Hill HD Collection will have to wait a couple more months. Konami has yet to confirm anything however many gaming retailers like GameSpot, GameFly, and Amazon have all pushed the release date back to March 6th. The Silent Hill HD Collection contains HD versions of Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3. via Joystiq Click here to view the article

UPDATE- KONAMI HAS CONFIRMED THE DELAY TO MARCH <BR> Eager Silent Hill fans who were waiting for January 24th to come so they could get their hands on the Silent Hill HD Collection will have to wait a couple more months. Konami has yet to confirm anything however many gaming retailers like GameSpot, GameFly, and Amazon have all pushed the release date back to March 6th. The Silent Hill HD Collection contains HD versions of Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3. via Joystiq Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full 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

Let's face it Pyramid Head loving Silent Hill fans, the last couple of games that released in this much loved series just plain sucked. Hopefully with the new details that are emerging about the newest entry into the survival horror series will be enough to revive Silent Hill. Silent Hill: Downpour is being taken on by a new developer out of the Czech Republic, Vatra Games. According to MTV Mulitplayer, Vatra Games Design Director Brian Gomez, has released new details about Downpour including news on the camera and side quests. Gomez states that the fully adjustable camera from Silent Hill: Homecoming has disappeared, but not entirely. They are incorporating an adjusta…

The newly announced Sims 3 expansion, "Showtime" is all about your sim showing off their inner acrobat, singer, magician, or DJ. Showtime not only helps your sim reach their goal of being a super star, but also incorporates the SimPort which allows you to have your sim perform in a friend's world and allows your friends to enter your world. The expansion will also feature new goals, items, unique venues for your sim to perform, and will post your every move to networking social giant, Facebook. The Sims 3: Showtime has only been announced for the PC and Mac and if you pre-order for either, you will receive an Ultimate Stage Venue. via Gaming Blend Click here to view the …

The newly announced Sims 3 expansion, “Showtime” is all about your sim showing off their inner acrobat, singer, magician, or DJ. Showtime not only helps your sim reach their goal of being a super star, but also incorporates the SimPort which allows you to have your sim perform in a friend’s world and allows your friends to enter your world. The expansion will also feature new goals, items, unique venues for your sim to perform, and will post your every move to networking social giant, Facebook. The Sims 3: Showtime has only been announced for the PC and Mac and if you pre-order for either, you will receive an Ultimate Stage Venue. via Gaming Blend Tweet This Post Pos…

Six Days in Fallujah which Konami deemed to controversial to publish in April 2009 and dropped the game, has fallen back on the radar. Atomic Games, the developers behind the first game to be directly about Operation Iraqi Freedom says the game is ready to go and will come out. There are no other details available about if Atomic Games found a publisher for the game. Six Days in Fallujah is about the Second Battle in Fallujah that took place over a period of six days. The game focuses on a squad of United States Marines from the 3rd Battalion 1st Marines. Originally Atomic Games was working on training tools for the Marines and some of the Marines from the 3rd Battali…

Bethesda’s games are very well known for the sheer amount of in-game content included in their titles. The studio has made some of the biggest and most detailed maps in games today, maps that provide hundreds of hours of possible quests. And that’s just for one playthrough. I personally have sunk in over two hundred hours into both The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Fallout 3. But what if I were to tell you that the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls sequel, Skryim, could be completed in 2 hours and 16 minutes? In an internal competition, the developers raced through the game to see how fast they could complete it. The top two scores were clocked in at 2 hours, 36 minutes, …

Bethesda's games are very well known for the sheer amount of in-game content included in their titles. The studio has made some of the biggest and most detailed maps in games today, maps that provide hundreds of hours of possible quests. And that's just for one playthrough. I personally have sunk in over two hundred hours into both The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Fallout 3. But what if I were to tell you that the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls sequel, Skryim, could be completed in 2 hours and 16 minutes? In an internal competition, the developers raced through the game to see how fast they could complete it. The top two scores were clocked in at 2 hours, 36 minutes, …

Bethesda's games are very well known for the sheer amount of in-game content included in their titles. The studio has made some of the biggest and most detailed maps in games today, maps that provide hundreds of hours of possible quests. And that's just for one playthrough. I personally have sunk in over two hundred hours into both The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Fallout 3. But what if I were to tell you that the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls sequel, Skryim, could be completed in 2 hours and 16 minutes? In an internal competition, the developers raced through the game to see how fast they could complete it. The top two scores were clocked in at 2 hours, 36 minutes, …

The creative minds behind the desks at Bethesda have been busy, because today the 1.4 update for Skyrim went live across Steam and Xbox Live. Bethesda is waiting to hear back from Sony regarding the Playstation 3 patch, but they remain hopeful that it will release today. The patch fixes several bugs, quests issues, and adds support for Skyrim Workshop for the PC. For a complete list of the fixes, head on over to Bethesda Blog. Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

The creative minds behind the desks at Bethesda have been busy, because today the 1.4 update for Skyrim went live across Steam and Xbox Live. Bethesda is waiting to hear back from Sony regarding the Playstation 3 patch, but they remain hopeful that it will release today. The patch fixes several bugs, quests issues, and adds support for Skyrim Workshop for the PC. For a complete list of the fixes, head on over to Bethesda Blog. Click here to view the article

The Skyrim Creation Kit has been officially released (installed via the tools menu in Steam) along with the introduction of the Steam Workshop for Skyrim. Looks like the surprise we were promised isn’t a let down. Along with the release of the Creation Kit an official High Resolution Texture Pack has been released! You can download it HERE. It weighs in at a little over 3GB and has slightly higher requirements so be sure to check them before you jump in. Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

The Skyrim Creation Kit has been officially released (installed via the tools menu in Steam) along with the introduction of the Steam Workshop for Skyrim. Looks like the surprise we were promised isn't a let down. Along with the release of the Creation Kit an official High Resolution Texture Pack has been released! You can download it HERE. It weighs in at a little over 3GB and has slightly higher requirements so be sure to check them before you jump in. Click here to view the article

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is slated for release worldwide on November 11, 2011. Learn more about Skyrim at http://elderscrolls.com and at The Elder Council, the official Facebook page of The Elder Scrolls https://facebook.com/TheElderScrolls Click here to view the article

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is slated for release worldwide on November 11, 2011. Learn more about Skyrim at http://elderscrolls.com and at The Elder Council, the official Facebook page of The Elder Scrolls https://facebook.com/TheElderScrolls Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article