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Here is your Xbox Live Marketplace Roundup for the week of March 27. Current Deal of the Week A World of Keflings - 400 MS Points Raskulls - 400 MS Points Worms 2: Armaeddon - 400 MS Points Worms 2: Battle Pack - 200 MS Points Deal of the Week Beginning on April 5th Battlefield Bad Company 2 Vietnam - 600 MS Points Onslaught Mode - 200 MS Points Kit Shortcut Bundle Pack - 600 MS Points Specact Upgrade Bundle - 240 MS Points Battlefield 1943 - 600 MS Points Xbox Live Arcade Islands of Wakfu - 800 MS Points Rush N Attack Ex-Patriot - 800 MS Points Strania - 800 MS Points Coming to the XBLA on April 6th Dishwasher: Vampire Smile - 800 MS Points Add Ons You Don't Know Jac…

On Friday March 11, many of us awoke from our peaceful slumber to find out that Japan has been changed forever. Since the massive 9.0 earthquake, Tsunami, and aftershocks that rocked the world, heart breaking news has been coming about 30 young children still waiting in a classroom for parents that will never pick them up again, civilians becoming everyday heroes by making rescue attempts, and proof that even dogs can be heroes as well. As money pours in to help those that lost everything, PopCap has come forward and announced that they are partnering with the Red Cross to help raise money. Beginning on Saturday, March 19 all of PopCap's games that are available on the …

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? Click here to view the article

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. Click here to view the article

Ubisoft has took to Facebook to announce the newest game in the Assassin's Creed lineup. However it is up to you if you want to look at the reveal. Ubisoft teases the reveal on the offical Facebook page for Assassin's Creed and only offers to show it if you hit the "like" button. Upon hitting the like button you are shown images that appear to be a very familiar assassin's blade. Click here to view the article

After the new Assassin Creed reveal many were left trying to figure out the quick flashes and somewhat blurred image that appeared to be Altair's blade from the original Assassin's Creed. Ubisoft has released yet another fuzzy reveal that has further complicated the minds of many, however thanks to one quick thinking Turkish website, the locale for the new Assassin's Creed game may have been figured out. Oyungezer analyzed the flashing photos down to the numbers and images in the background and discovered that one image appears to be the historic Hagia Sofia, another image that flashes briefly across the screen highly resembles the Ottoman Tughra which the official seal …

Ever imagine what it would be like to be like trapped in a real life version of Treyarch's "Nazi Zombies" mode in Call of Duty? Studio FX Films did and produced an incredible live action short film showcasing their interpretation of everybody's favorite zombie shooting mode. http://youtu.be/N3MUAJ_Xv2A via Joystiq Click here to view the article

Recently, EA's Sports Division head honcho Peter Moore sat down with Gamastura and discussed the techonology of the Wii U and why offline gaming is a thing of the past. "My dev teams -- their heads are exploding, in a good way and a bad way," Moore responded when asked about Nintendo's new entry into the console war. "How do we look at this new technology? We don't just want to bolt this on; this has to be relevant to the sports gamer." Moore later discusses his thoughts on offline gaming and why social gaming has exploded in recent years. It looks like EA, at least their Sports Division will be abandoning offline gameplay. What does that mean for the future of single…

Have you grown tired of seeing all of those "x"'s in your gamertag or maybe the word "Assassin" just isn't cutting it anymore? Well my fellow Xbox 360 gamers you are in luck. From August 2 through August 8, the cost to change your gamertag will be temporarily discounted from 800 MS Points to 560 MS Points. Now that you are counting down the days until your new gamertag, just don't go changing it to "xXSpartanAssassinBeNdOv3RXx". via Major Nelson Click here to view the article

A couple days ago, Nintendo made a shocking announcement that they are already dropping the price of the recently released Nintendo 3DS and that they are no longer turning a profit on the handheld. This announcement was made by Nintendo President Satoru Iwata to investors. Iwata also announced that himself and other top executives have a taken a paycut to the tune of half of their salary as a result of the fall out. Now that everything has sunk in what does Iwata have to say now? Giant Bomb deciphered a letter that Iwata published where he issued another apology, spoke of a 3DS Ambassador Program for those that bought the 3DS prior to this announcement, and asked that …

Are you lost as to why the beefed up Marcus and Dom from Gears of War are appearing in Lost Planet 2? Well be prepared to be even more confused. Capcom has announced that Resident Evil's enemy number one, Albert Wesker will also be appearing in Lost Planet 2 complete with his pretty boy blonde locks. All three of these characters will be available to use in the campaign and in versus mode. Click here to view the article

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 …

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.…

If you were thinking of buying Nintendo's 3DS for your child or little brother or sister, you might want to hold off on that. Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime has released quite a few statements saying that Nintendo's latest DS model which uses 3D technology is not safe for children under the age of 7 who's eye muscles are still not fully developed and that the 3DS can cause them to have headaches and other symptoms because their eyes will have to strain to make sense of the 3D imagery. In a report by Helium, this announcement made by Fils-Aime might cut Nintendo's demographic field with the 3DS by 60% considering that the handheld is geared more to children in the 5-10 age…

PS3 owners are outraged over the recent patch that was put out for Call of Duty Black Ops which was suppose to improve the problems that gamers were having connecting to mulitplayer matches. Instead, the patch which went out on Monday has made the problems much worse and PS3 owners want the game fixed and they want it fixed now. Found by Eurogamer on the official website for Call of Duty Black Ops is a thread that was started in the forum for the PS3 version that has been named, "the retard 1.04 patch". The majority of the complaints seem to be that since this patch was released, the multiplayer is pretty much unplayable with the game freezing within 5 minutes and some…

Mass Effect 3 might not be releasing until 2012, but it appears that you will at least get your hands on a demo before the game releases. According to Eurogamer, a tweet from Executive Producer Casey Hudson hints that news on a demo will be coming in a few months after he replied back to a Mass Effect fan over social networking giant Twitter who wished him "best of luck" with Mass Effect 3. Click here to view the article

That ashy white and red chiseled body that makes up Kratos on Sony's hugely successful God of War series, will be launching God of War III officially on March 16, 2010 in the US, March 19, 2010 in Europe, and March 25, 2010 in Japan. The release date for North America was never confirmed until today by Sony. God of War III will be the final installment of the current Kratos storyline. Will Kratos succeed as him, Gaia, and the Titans head towards Olympus or will Kratos have to live with his revenge never seeing the light of day? Thankfully we don't have to wait too much longer to find out! via VGReleases Click here to view the article

Shitty. Really shitty. Those are the words used by Team Meat's Edmund McMillen to describe the now not so upcoming Super Meat Boy for Wiiware. "There is no way to avoid the fact that if we released a 40MB version of Super Meat Boy it would be a shit version of the game, It's a lose lose situation, but the fact of the matter is if we release a shitty game, we will have to live with that for the rest of our careers and have to cop to the fact that it is a shitty game." Team Meat also said that a retail version of Super Meat Boy for the Wii is probably not going to happen either. Sounds like you Wii owners are SOL. via IGN Click here to view the article

Deal of the Week Forza Car Packs World Class Car Pack - 200 MS Points (50% off) Summer Velocity Car Pack - 200 MSt Points (50% off) Exotic Car Pack - 200 MS Points (50% off) Road & Track Car Pack, 200 MS Points (50% off) Audi R8 LMS RC Car - 160 MS Points (50% off) Checkered Flags - 80 MS Points (50% off) Games on Demand Red Dead Redemption Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands Avatar Items Bomberman LIVE Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode I Winter Wear Disney Sidekicks University Collection (College Football Bowl Season) Ninjas Collection Game Add Ons Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam Expansion Pack - 1200 Microsoft Points (December 21) XBLA - Holiday Specials A Worl…

[caption id=" align="alignright" width="420" caption="Lionhead Studios][/caption] Feel like your loveable pooch in Fable III just isn't cutting it? Or maybe you just want your dog to look more like Mr. Fluffy, your grandma's adorable poodle? Well wish no more. Out today is DLC for Fable III that includes three new breeds for your four legged friend. The Poodle, German Shepard, and Doberman breeds will cost you 240 MS points. Getting into the Christmas spirit, Lionhead also announced that you can download a Santa Hat for free for your hero to run around in. via Lionhead Studios Click here to view the article

If you are looking to continue Isaac's adventure in the Dead Space series with Dead Space 2 then you might want to check out Amazon today. Amazon is running a deal for only today where you can purchase a copy of Dead Space 2 (regular edition) for $39.99, that's $20.00 off for those cannot do simple math. Released on January 25, 2011, Dead Space 2 continues the story of engineer Isaac Clarke who has lost his memory of the past 3 years and is also battling dementia in a hospital located on Sprawl. Dead Space 2 caused a minor outrage with dedicated fans not appreciating Visceral and EA adding Isaac's voice to the game, because in the original Dead Space Isaac never spoke w…

On January 25, Xbox 360 Gold members will get to experience the beta version of the Crysis 2 mulitplayer. Team Instant Action and Crash Site will be the gameplay modes available. In Team Instant Action, two teams battle it out to see who can come out on top with kills and in Crash Site, gamers will find themselves fighting against enemies in order to save alien pods. Skyline will be the only map available for the beta. Crysis 2 is coming to an Xbox 360, PS3, and PC on March 22. via Gamasutra Click here to view the article

As gamers, we are always anxious and eager to hear news regarding new technology in the world of video gaming. THQ on the other hand is not. In an interview with Eurogamer, THQ's Danny Bilson said that new consoles "would be horrible". "It would be horrible, But I think they all know our model's broken anyway. "It still costs us a fortune to make games on this platform. If they're going to up the scale, up the art, up the content, I don't know how to make that and sell it to anybody for under $100 a game. Who wants to do that? It's bad for everybody." We can't really argue that point. Who really wants to pay over $100 for a standard version of a video game in store a…

GameStop who is in the middle of pulling a Pinky and the Brain operation, wants access to your Xbox Live Account in the future through a GameStop ID allowing digital purchases of points and DLC to go directly to your console before you leave the store. Speaking to Ars Technica, GameStop's SVP/GM of Digital, Shawn Freeman spoke about these plans and why they believe it is a good idea. "We... have been a huge seller of those points in the marketplace, "As I understand it, we're neck and neck, or we sell even more, than they sell directly through Xbox Live or the PlayStation Network. Which speaks to our access to gamers who care about playing those games." Freeman further s…

Activision sure doesn't waste time. They may have nailed the coffin shut for Guitar Hero and True Crime, however Activision confirmed that Family Guy and Spiderman will both be getting games sometime this year. Comfirmed today by Activision's Eric Hirshberg was this little piece of news and that they will also be adding another Cabela's hunting game to the mix as well as games for the final Transformers movie, Transformers 3 and X-Men: First Class. According to Hirshberg, “These are all strong franchises with passionate niche audiences that can achieve repeatable and profitable success.” Tell that to Guitar Hero Mr. Hirshberg. via Games Radar Click here to view the artic…