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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

Peter Molyneux has said that Fable III is moving on from the RPG category. In fact Fable III is more of an action/adventure title now. "I'm not sure I even call Fable an RPG anymore, certainly not a 1990s RPG, for sure. "In a way, you could look at it and say it's like an action adventure. There's a lot of drama, there a lot of story, there's a lot of emotion in there - but with levelling up. I love that levelling up....." (VG247) This statement was made during Microsoft's X10 event where new details emerged about the upcoming RPG-less game. Fable III will not be sporting a health bar this time around. Instead when your character gets hurt, the screen will begin chang…

Where did the fun go? Over the past few years games have become more and more dependent on real world situations, social commentary, and political correctness to drive their narratives along. The days of the simplistic story and overall fun gaming seem to be slowly coming to an end, with little resistance from us, the gamers. The select few games at the top echelon in gaming are becoming more and more like simulations and less and less like the games that started the industry. “Games as art” has become the battle cry for almost every company out there trying to reach the top. While I have no issue with that comparison, what concessions are we allowing companies to ma…

<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gamercide.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/no-fun.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5216" title="no-fun" src="http://gamercide.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/no-fun-300x300.jpg" alt="" width="253" height="253" /> <br> <br> </a></p><p>Where did the fun go? Over the past few years games have become more and more dependent on real world situations, social commentary, and political correctness to drive their narratives along. The days of the simplistic story and overall fun gaming seem to be slowly coming to an end, with little resistance from us, the gamers. The se…

"Unfortunately, the circumstances didn't allow us to make a 360 exclusive," stated Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon in a statement to Eurogamer regarding the question that left many wondering why the Xbox 360 did not get an exclusive character like the Playstation 3 version did with one of Sony's most recognizable characters, Kratos from the God of War series. With the tight lippedness that is going on around NetherRealm Studios many are speculating that NetherRealm wanted to include Master Chief or Marcus Fenix however their contract with Sony regarding the exclusive Kratos has some underlying terms about what the term "exclusive" meant or that Microsoft wants to add an ico…

Sure they just announced the game a few days ago, but with 10 years and both Marvel's and Capcom's rosters having grown by leaps and bounds, speculation as to who the new and returning challengers will be has already got fans on the net speculating. While only 6 have been revealed so far (3 on each side, and all fighting game vets except for Chris Redfield), the trailers and promotional posters almost act as teaser reveals for the characters yet to be revealed. Think you recognize any? Hit the jump for speculations from Kotaku. While Marvel vs. Capcom 3 will most likely not reach the 50+ characters of the previous game, that's hardly something to be upset about, as mos…

During the Conan O 'Brien fiasco, Microsoft made an attempt to get the late night comedian to do shows for Xbox Live, however Executive Producer Jeff Ross revealed that Microsoft really did not show any plans for what they planned to do with Conan and instead signed with TBS. "A lot of the conversations were 'well, it's a show, but it's not a show and there are no breaks, but maybe there are breaks and it's not 60 minutes, it's this' and nobody really knew what it was," Ross told Morris. "So it was really going to be a leap of faith to jump in with these guys and figure something out which we didn't know. Plus there were 100 people of jobs and that didn't bode well …

A woman who could not handle her husband’s noobish love for Modern Warfare 3 has placed him up for sale on Craigslist, but only as a “joke” of course. “I am selling my 22 year old husband. He enjoys eating and playing video games all day. Easy to maintain, just feed and water every 3-5 hours. You must have Internet and space for gaming. Got tired of waiting so free to good home. If acceptable replacement is offered will trade.” states the ad. Kyle, her husband that is up for sale finds it hilarious and says that his wife supports his gaming habits. “I love my wife. She supported me when I got the game. We stayed until midnight to get the game when it first came out. It’…

A woman who could not handle her husband's noobish love for Modern Warfare 3 has placed him up for sale on Craigslist, but only as a "joke" of course. "I am selling my 22 year old husband. He enjoys eating and playing video games all day. Easy to maintain, just feed and water every 3-5 hours. You must have Internet and space for gaming. Got tired of waiting so free to good home. If acceptable replacement is offered will trade." states the ad. Kyle, her husband that is up for sale finds it hilarious and says that his wife supports his gaming habits. "I love my wife. She supported me when I got the game. We stayed until midnight to get the game when it first came out. It'…

When claims were made that Nintendo’s upcoming new console was going to be more powerful than the current heavy hitters of the console world, PS3 and 360, gamers took notice. However with a recent statement being made by Nintendo that the Wii U will not be have a DVD or Blu-Ray functionality, the Wii U is shaping up to be another child’s toy or retirement home reject. “Wii U does not have DVD or Blu-ray playback capabilitie. The reason for that is that we feel that enough people already have devices that are capable of playing DVDs and Blu-ray, such that it didn’t warrant the cost involved to build that functionality into the Wii U console because of the patents relate…

When claims were made that Nintendo's upcoming new console was going to be more powerful than the current heavy hitters of the console world, PS3 and 360, gamers took notice. However with a recent statement being made by Nintendo that the Wii U will not be have a DVD or Blu-Ray functionality, the Wii U is shaping up to be another child's toy or retirement home reject. Iwata did confirm that there will be some social media functions. via VG247 Click here to view the article

A new Wii game is coming from Zoink Games, where you jam the Wii-mote down a stuffed animals throat and move the stuffed animal around to play the game. Interesting idea for kids if it works well. Take a look at the promo video below and see what you think. Click here to view the article

A few days ago, Vivendi made the announcement that they were interested in selling their 60% of Activision-Blizzard shares for $8.1 million dollars and of course the internet lit up with rumors as to who was interested in buying the company. Thoes rumors include industry giant Microsoft and that they are in discussion with Vivendi to make that very special purchase that would not only impact the future of Microsoft's Xbox franchise, but also Sony's Playstation brand. What would this mean for Sony if Microsoft were to go through with their rumored purchase? Sony could be saying "buh-bye" to seeing a Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, James Bond, or Crash Bandicoot (just to name…

A few days ago, Vivendi made the announcement that they were interested in selling their 60% of Activision-Blizzard shares for $8.1 million dollars and of course the internet lit up with rumors as to who was interested in buying the company. Thoes rumors include industry giant Microsoft and that they are in discussion with Vivendi to make that very special purchase that would not only impact the future of Microsoft’s Xbox franchise, but also Sony’s Playstation brand. What would this mean for Sony if Microsoft were to go through with their rumored purchase? Sony could be saying “buh-bye” to seeing a Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, James Bond, or Crash Bandicoot (just to name…

Round two of Gamercide's "Get Your Ghoul On Contest" has come to a close. Who did the Grim Reaper pick to receive a copy of Castlevania: Lord of Shadows? Evildawg731!!!!!! Congrats go out to Evildawg731. The Grim Reaper wants to thank everyone who has participated in the contest. Remember, Dead Rising 2 with a T-Shirt is still up for grabs. For more information on how to enter, please check out Gamercide's Get Your Ghoul On Contest. Click here to view the article

Gamercide's grim reaper has just decided who the winner is of "Gamercide's Top Five Scariest Game You've Played". Congratulations go out to Gamercide member eminutia! Em has scored a Halloween pack of treats that include: DVD copy of the original Halloween (not that crap Rob Zombie remake) 1600 Microsoft Point Card to spend on ghoulish picks of your choosing One Pre Order copy of Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary for the Xbox 360 Em's Top Five Picks For The Most Scariest Game Played 5. The Thing 4. Dead Space 3. Max Payne 2. American McGee's Alice 1. NetHack (that **** was SCARY back in the day!!!) Click here to view the article

Gamercide’s grim reaper has just decided who the winner is of “Gamercide’s Top Five Scariest Game You’ve Played”. Congratulations go out to Gamercide member eminutia! Em has scored a Halloween pack of treats that include: DVD copy of the original Halloween (not that crap Rob Zombie remake) 1600 Microsoft Point Card to spend on ghoulish picks of your choosing One Pre Order copy of Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary for the Xbox 360 Em’s Top Five Picks For The Most Scariest Game Played 5. The Thing 4. Dead Space 3. Max Payne 2. American McGee’s Alice 1. NetHack (that **** was SCARY back in the day!!!) Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

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

The man most known for not his heavyweight boxing talents, but an unfortunate ear biting incident in a 1997 fight with Evander Holyfield where he bit both of Holyfield's ears and led to him being banned from the sport, Mike Tyson is headed to WWE 13 as pre order downloadable content. No word on if an ear biter move was added to his wrestling skills in the game. http://youtu.be/aYS0jLHPYWQ Click here to view the article

The man most known for not his heavyweight boxing talents, but an unfortunate ear biting incident in a 1997 fight with Evander Holyfield where he bit both of Holyfield’s ears and led to him being banned from the sport, Mike Tyson is headed to WWE 13 as pre order downloadable content. No word on if an ear biter move was added to his wrestling skills in the game. Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

This December your favorite characters from the X-Men universe will be appearing in the second of four tables coming to Marvel Pinball as part of Zen Studio’s Marvel Pinball: Vengence and Virtue event on the PS3 and XBLA. The second table will feature events that have been inspired by the popular X-Men comic book series and includes when Magneto destroyed the Brooklyn Bridge and events based on the Dark Phoenix Saga. The Dark Phoenix Saga events will feature actual dialogue from the classic series. The X-Men table will be joining Ghost Rider and two other announced tables. Zen Studios teases that “one starring a “vengeful” character, the other a “virtuous” one” will soo…

This December your favorite characters from the X-Men universe will be appearing in the second of four tables coming to Marvel Pinball as part of Zen Studio's Marvel Pinball: Vengence and Virtue event on the PS3 and XBLA. The second table will feature events that have been inspired by the popular X-Men comic book series and includes when Magneto destroyed the Brooklyn Bridge and events based on the Dark Phoenix Saga. The Dark Phoenix Saga events will feature actual dialogue from the classic series. The X-Men table will be joining Ghost Rider and two other announced tables. Zen Studios teases that "one starring a “vengeful” character, the other a “virtuous” one" will soo…

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…

Here is your weekly XBL Activity Recap for the week beginning on October 18, 2010. Deal of the WeekBattlefield Bad Company 2: Onslaught Mode - 400 MS points SPECTAT Upgrade Bundle - 320 MS points The Deal of the Week is available to XBL Gold members until October 25, 2010. DemoFist of the North: Ken's Rage XBLACostume Quest - 1200 MS points Super Meat Boy - 800 MS points until November 21st Dream Chronicles - 800 MS points Games on DemandBorderlands - $29.99 F.E.A.R. 2 Project Origin - $19.99 Virtua Fighter 5 - Price not available Cabela's Big Game Hunter - Price not available Game Add OnsBorderlands Secret Armory - 400 MS points Zombie Islands - 400 MS points The Un…

Here is your XBL Activity Recap for the week of October 28. Deal of the WeekRapture Metro - 400 MS points Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack - 240 MS points Protector Trials - 240 MS points Big Sister Outfit - 240 MS points (male) (female) Watchface Big Daddy Doll - 160 MS points All prices are valid until November 1 for all Gold members. XBLAPinball FX2 - Free full game download. Tables purchased seperately. Free import of the original Pinball FX tables. 3D Ultra MinGolf Adventures 2 - 800 MS points Haunted House - 800 MS points Bloody Good Time - 400 MS points DemoNeed For Speed Hot Pursuit Demo Majin and the Forsaken Freedom Demo Game Add OnsRed Dead Redemption: Unde…