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Did you sign up for the upcoming Call of Duty Elite Beta being brought to you by Activision and Beachhead Studios? If so, you might want to check your email, because the first round of invitations were sent out last week. According to Eurogamer, the service is already live for the Xbox 360, however Playstation 3 and PC users will have to wait a bit longer. Call of Duty Elite will be using stats from Call of Duty Black Ops in order to compile your current Call of Duty data. via Eurogamer Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Halo fans get ready to get an insta-boner as news has surfaced regarding a pre-order special for Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. If you pre-order the remake of the ten year old franchise, you will receive the exlusive Grunt Funeral skull and a complete set of Master Chief armor for your avatar. The Grunt Funeral Skull will cause everybody’s favorite Halo enemy, the Grunts, to explode in a pretty, plasmic fashion. via Joystiq Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

If you are a fan of Call of Duty and will be in the Los Angeles area on September 2 and September 3, you might want to purchase tickets to the massive Call of Duty XP Event. The event where 100% of the proceeds will benefit Call of Duty Endowment which helps returning veterans transition into being a civilian when their military service is over. If you are interested in attending you must have proof showing that you are at least 18 years of age and be prepared to put down $150.00 for one ticket. Two tickets can be purchased by a single person. The events of Call of Duty XP include a real life version of The Pit and Scrapyard that you can play through without the need of …

EA continues to spew it’s server shutdown wrath upon the gaming industry. According to EA’s recent service update, beginning on August 11, 2011 the following games will be shut down: ARMY OF TWO™ for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360ARMY OF TWO™ Demo for Xbox 360Battlefield 2142™ Demo for PCBattlefield 2: Modern Combat™ for Xbox 360Battlefield 2: Modern Combat™ Demo for Xbox 360Medal of Honor Airborne™ for PlayStation PortableMedal of Honor Heroes™ 2 for PlayStation Portable and WiiNASCAR® 09 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 (North America)NCAA® Basketball 10 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360NCAA® Football 10 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360Need for Speed™ Most Wanted for PC and Xbox …

EA has aquired one of the most successful social and causal gaming companies in the video game industry, PopCap Games. Announced late in the day on July 12, EA paid around $650 million in cash for the company and gave $100 million in shares to certain PopCap shareholders. The aquisition is expected to close at the end of August. No news on what EA’s plans are for PopCap who is responsible for such hits as Plants vs. Zombies, Bejeweled, and Bookworm. Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Comedy Central has decided to grace us Xbox 360 users with another South Park game that is headed exclusively to the Xbox Live Arcade. Little details are known about the game other than it’s exclusivity. Let’s hope that it is not another tower defense game and is actually worth shelling out the dough for. via Joystiq Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Game’s Release Coincides With Announcements About Bonus TMS Content, New Website, and Free DLC for the Original Splosion Man July 13th, 2011 – Austin, TX – Ms. Splosion Man releases today on Xbox LIVE Arcade, but amongst the joy comes the sudden announcement that her TMS could strike at any moment. TMS, or Title Managed Storage, is a special feature of the Xbox LIVE® service that allows Twisted Pixel to present free extra Challenges for the players on a regular basis. These week-long Challenges appear off of the Main Menu and take a level from the game and give it special rules and new content. There’s no predicting the effects of TMS, you just have to adapt to the new…

Developed by: Paradox Interactive Published by: Paradox Interactive Platforms: PC/Mac Players: 1/up to 32 ESRB: E for Everyone Note: For the Motherland requires both Hearts of Iron 3 and Semper Fi. Hearts of Iron 3 and its expansion Semper Fi have previously reviewed by Gamercide here, so this review will only analyse features added by For the Motherland. For the Motherland is the second expansion pack for the grand strategy game Hearts of Iron 3. While it is an expansion pack, it does not bring with it a new story or time period, and does not bring new nations. It takes place in and around the events leading up to and including the Second World War. It brings with it m…

Ms Splosion Man Developed by: Twisted Pixel Games Published by: Microsoft Games Studios Platforms: Xbox 360 (XBLA) Players: Single and Multiplayer With a spray of champagne and a stray celebratory bow, Ms. Splosion Man opens with the accidental creation of the Ms. while the scientist are carelessly celebrating their successful capture of her male counterpart. The second game in the Splosion Series created by Twisted Pixel, Ms. Splosion Man runs on the famous Beard engine, making it quick to pick up for fans of the original and easy to learn for newcomers. Ms. Splosion Man pays homage to classic arcade and console games such as Sonic, Mega Man, Super Mario Bros. 3, and …

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. Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

The Witcher 2 Assassins of Kings Developed by: CD Projekt RED Published by: CD Projekt RED Platforms: PC (Coming Soon to XBOX 360 ) Players: 1 The Witcher 2 starts with Geralt coming awake to find himself in a dungeon facing execution for the murder of a king. From there he is interrogated by Vernon Roche to recall the details of the last battle and how the king died. The story is recalled in pieces and The Prologue unfolds this way. I would love to tell you more , but so much of the game revolves around the excellent story that anything I could tell would be spoiling the fun. Instead, I’ll cover the overview of it. The story is fluid and compelling, but not without …

With the release of another Marvel character themed table for Pinball FX 2, Zen Studios has brought us another amazing table to their pinball simulator. This time Captain America gets the royal treatment with a World War II themed table that doesn’t disappoint. Every detail of the table is well done and screams Captain America. Bright colors and array of different lights, bumpers, and spinners all animate to bring the table alive. You’ll see Cap standing guard over the table and the villains coming and going as necessary. Voice work and animations are solid and the missions available are extremely varied. Whether you are searching for Bucky and the Howling Commandoe…

Bethesda has announced a new video game with developer Arkane called Dishonored. More details regarding their new game will be available when August’s edition of Game Informer graces your mail boxes and newsstands. via Game Informer Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Gracing the cover of the lastest issue of EGM is the main character of the next entry into the disturbing world that is BioShock, BioShock Infinite. Is this the image that ran through your head when you thought of playing as Booker DeWitt, a former Pinkerton agent who is trying to rescue a captured female character by the name of Elizabeth? via GamesRadar Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

The puzzle and oh so naughty title, Catherine is set to release in a few weeks. However if you cannot wait to get your hands on Catherine, Atlus has announced that a demo will go live on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 on July 12. In Atlus’s newest title, you play as Vincent who is stuck between choosing his blondish brunette (possibly pregnant) fiance Katherine or the blonde and curvacious Catherine that he may or may not have had a one night stand with. After the possible one night stand, Vincent begins having nightmares and may have died. Confused yet? Catherine releases on July 26 on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. via Joystiq Tweet This Post Post to Facebook …

Imagine this kind of math. War is raging all around you and you have one bullet left in your clip. You fire that last shot as enemies are getting closer. You feel for extra clips, but cannot find any. You throw down your weapon and pull out your pistol as a last resort. You know you already fired two shots and your pistol can only handle six bullets at a time. How many bullets are left? If you said four bullets than congratulations, UK’s Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove would be proud. Gove is currently pushing the UK’s government to allow video games into the classroom, because he feels that kids can relate more to figuring out equation involving one …

Developed by: AGEOD Published by: Paradox Interactive Platforms: PC ESRB: T for Teen Pride of Nations is a turn based grand strategy game from AGEOD that tackles the period of history between 1850-1920. It is a very detailed historical game, and as such is a very in-depth game for the player. Players can start the game at different times, setting up different scenarios for play. So far, the scenarios include the grand campaign, the Indian Mutiny, Risorgimento, the Second Boer War and the Russo-Japanese War. The Spanish-American War has also been added by downloadable content. Each scenario has different objectives, and are of different lengths. These range from 10 turns i…

Comics For Sale on Xbox LIVE Arcade!! June 29th, 2011 – Austin, TX – Today Twisted Pixel Games announced that its award-winning Xbox LIVE® Arcade action-platformer Comic Jumper is on sale this week as part of the Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week. The game, which launched at 1200 MSP during Microsoft’s inaugural Game Feast promotion last fall, is now available for a limited time for 400 MSP. Twisted Pixel also announced that once the sale concludes Comic Jumper’s regular price will be 800 MSP. In Comic Jumper players control the Captain and his mouthy “chestkick” Star as they attempt to bring their comic book series back from the brink of cancellation by jumping into an…

Amazon has knocked $15.00 off of the price for the unique, motion controlled shooter, Child of Eden. No news on if the new price of $34.99 is temporary or a permanent mark down. In Q Entertainment prequel to Rez, Child of Eden, gamers are trying to stop a virus from spreading that is threatening to halt Project Lumi which can produce a human A.I. that you play inside of during the events of Rez. Child of Eden can be played with or without Kinect, however many reviewers across the boards agreed that Child of Eden is one of the best motion controlled games available and you would be missing out if not played with the Kinect experience. GameSpot gave it the ”Best Motion S…

If you played Bethesda’s 2006 mega hit Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion than you were no doubt disappointed when Bethesda released the first DLC item for the RPG, the Horse Armor. Bethesda wants you all to know that those days are behind them. In an interview with Aus Gamers, Bethesda’s Todd Howard spoke about all things Bethesda including the next chapter in the Elder Scrolls series, Skyrim and mentions that DLC for the game will have an expansion like feel to it. “…And you mentioned DLC. We would like to do DLC; we don’t have any specific plans yet, but they’ve been really successful and we like making them. So right now I can say that we’d like to do less DLC but bigger …

If this juicy piece of information does not give you a Gears of War 3 erection then you might want to check to make sure all systems are a go down there. Calibur11 and Epic Games teamed up to come up with the stunning and amazing Gears of War Vault for your Xbox 360 that features not only amazing detail, but also a space for your controller and in game interaction between the protective vault and Gears of War 3. Everytime you are downed, the “Infected Omen” symbol will glow red. The $89.99 vault which is available online for pre-order at Calibur11 only works with the current Xbox 360 Slim model and it will not void your warranty. Also included in the purchase of a vault…

The team at Access Games who are responsible for the 2010 release of the cheesey and quite possibly some of the worse graphics of the modern console era, Deadly Premonition, are looking for help. What kind of help do you ask? Unfortunately, they want to make another game and do not have the financial resources to do it. Swery, the Director at Access Games put out a public call for help on their website and states that “I promise I’ll make something good!” and “I’ll work real hard!” among other one liners that are just begging to be made fun of. If he is relying on those cries for help, Access Games might be waiting awhile before a publisher jumps on that “hit making” tr…

Serious Sam: Double D, that is all . . . Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Epic Games highly anticipated conclusion to the current Gears of War story, Gears of War 3 is releasing this September and according to the BBFC who just classified the game giving it an “18″ rating (which is equal to our “M” rating over here in the states) has stated on their official classification page for Gears of War 3 that there are 90 minutes worth of cut scene footage. Better make sure that you grab your snacks and have a bathroom break before you sit down to play. via VG247 Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

New figures from the NPD group are showing that the Xbox 360 is leaving the competition behind as it pulls away in terms of online game sales and game point cards that sold in stores. The graphs that were released by the NPD group today showcase that the Xbox 360 has had a steady and continuious rise in the number of online games and point cards that are being sold since 2006. Sony’s PS3 appears to be staying steady with their numbers, while the Nintendo Wii looks to be hitting rock bottom during the four year period which the study was made. via Gamasutra Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article