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Double Fine is looking for the publishing rights for their 2005 hit Psychonauts that was previously published by Majesco. Double Fine’s Anna Kipnis jumped the gun early on Twitter by announcing that Double Fine now has the publishing rights to the Psychonauts brand. However Tim Schafer clarified the news by stating that they are in the process of converting all of the rights to the franchise to Double Fine. “It’s true the publishing rights have reverted to Double Fine, but there are some more deals that need to be worked out and contracts that need signing before that actually means anything, financially. After that’s all squared away, we will have some fun stuff to an…

<blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://gamercide.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ninjabee.png"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5197" title="ninjabee" src="http://gamercide.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ninjabee-300x300.png" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a></p><p><strong>OREM, UTAH and SAN DIEGO, CALIF. – June 15, 2011</strong> – <em>Akimi Village</em>, the city-building simulation game from NinjaBee, published by Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE), is now available exclusively on the PlayStation®Network for USD $9.99. <br> <br> </p><p>Those fam…

Put on your best dancing shoes and sequined attire, because Dance Central is the Deal of the Week on Xbox Live. Dance Central Marathon Pack – 3360 1680 Dance Pack 1 – 960 640 Dance Pack 2 – 960 640 Dance Pack 3 – 960 640 Dance Pack 4 – 940 640 I Gotta Feeling – 240 160 Heard Em All – 240 160 Straight Up – 240 160 Word Up – 240 160 Weapon of Choice – 240 160 via Major Nelson Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Those of you waiting for DLC news from Homefront‘s developer Kaos Studios might not be getting any news at all in the near future. THQ announced that they have closed the doors at Kaos Studios and the UK studio, Digital Warrington. THQ has stated in a press release that their Montreal studio will be taking over the reigns of the Homefront series and that the reasons behind the closings were due to “a strategic realignment within its internal studio structure” and THQ “continues its strategy of aligning the best industry talent with the company’s marquee franchises”. via Joystiq Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Not sure who would want to play as the caped crusader’s sidekick Robin, but if you happen to be a fan of the smaller partner then you might want to pre order the upcoming Batman: Arkham City from Best Buy. Best Buy announced that all pre orders that they receive for the highly anticipated and graphically gorgeous continuation of the Batman Arkham storyline for the PS3, 360, and PC will receive Robin who can be used a playable character in two challenge maps. Yes that is correct. The selling point is Robin for only two challenge maps. via Batman Arkham City UK and Best Buy Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Developer: Paradox Interactive Publisher: Paradox Interactive Platform: PC/Mac Players: 1/up to 32 Hearts of Iron 3, one of many titles made by grand strategy giants Paradox Interactive, is a grand strategy game set around the events of World War II. In it, players are able to take control of any historical country that existed between the period of 1936 – 1944, though the game can be played to 1948. With hundreds of historical provinces open for conquest, this is as massive as you can get, aside from managing a real country. It should be said that the game is not just a World War II game, but one that features all events in history during this period. Players choose …

Games (Trailers and Demos) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3Tomb RaiderMass Effect 3Ghost Recon: Future SoldierGears of War 3RyseHalo 4Halo AnniversaryForza 4Fable: The JourneyKinect Disneyland AdventuresSesame Street: Once Upon a MonsterStar Wars KinectDance Central 2Kinect Sports Season TwoAnnouncements UFC and Xbox Live partnered together and all UFC pay per view events will be available on Xbox Live. Kinect friendly.Cloud Saves and Beacons allow gamers to access their games saves on other consoles and beacons will let gamers tell their friends what they want to play.Fall 2011 Dashboard update coming and looks much more user friendly and clean.Youtube and Bing coming to…

Games (Trailers and Demos) Uncharted 3Resistance 3NBA 2K12Medieval MovesInfamous 2StarhawkSly Cooper Thieves in TimeDust 514BioShock InfiniteStar TrekNeed for Speed The RunBattlefield 3Uncharted Golden Abyss – For the VitaRuin – For the VitaModNation Racers – For the VitaAnnouncements Jack Tretton talks about the Sony outage and says he is sorry.God of War Origins, Shadow of the Colossus, and Ico are getting HD remakes and will be releasing in the fall of 2011.Resistance 3 Sharpshooter edition – Sharpshooter, PS Move, Eye Camera, and Navigation Controller will be $150.00.A 3D monitor was shown that allows gamers to not only see in 3D but also allows splitscreeners to see …

Games (Trailers and Demos) Rayman OriginsDriver: San FransicoFar Cry 3Brothers in Arms 4: The Furious FourThe Adventures in TintinGhost Recon: Future SoldierGhost Recon OnlineTrackmania 2Raving Rabbids: Alive and KickingJust Dance 3RocksmithAssassin’s Creed: RevleationsAnnouncements Far Cry 3 showcased a bit of story along with an opening cinematic that was all about “insanity” and a very dark and twisted storyline.Gearbox announced the new Brothers in Arms game that is straying far away from the traditional WWII setting and going into a more cartooney and outrageous atmosphere.Raving Rabbids Alive and Kicking will be Kinect friendly.Chastity’s Final Verdict: Ubisoft’s l…

A good eye caught this image that appeared briefly on the EA Store for their upcoming RPG hit series, Mass Effect 3. The image which was quickly removed is similar to the one that appeared on Xbox.com for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier that showed the same purple logo with the words, “Better With Kinect Sensor”. A Kinect enabled Ghost Recon makes sense, but Mass Effect 3? What do you think? via NeoGaf and Eurogamer Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

There are a few things that I have learned about Activision from a recent pompous and arrogance filled interview between MCV and Activision’s Publishing CEO, Eric Hirshberg. These “things” are not directly about their video games, brand, or even where they see themselves in the next five years. I have learned that Activision has an over inflatuated opinion of themselves and coming from a company who reported a $233 million loss in the fourth quarter of 2010 is never a good thing. “When you are in the number one position you have a lot of people gunning for you,” – Eric Hirshberg, Activision’s Publishing CEO via MCV I find that statement reeking of wrongs considering t…

The new reboot entry into the Tomb Raider series is shaping up to be exactly what this dying franchise needs in order to stay afloat in a gaming world where so many once captivating series fade away. The latest pre-E3 trailer that Square Enix has released shows a very young Lara looking surprisingly more realistic instead of the huge boobed fantasy that we are use to seeing and extremely vulnerable as cries out in pain and glances into the horizon ahead of her. via Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Batman fans and pervs of the gaming universe unite! Rocksteady Games has confirmed that Catwoman is a fully playable character in the story of the newest entry into the Batman Arkham universe, Batman: Arkham City. GameSpot who got an E3 sneak preview of the highly anticipated game was told by Rocksteady’s Dax Ginn that gamers will get to explore the darker side of the game and that Catwoman has been designed specifically for Arkham City. via GameSpot Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Konami announced HD remakes of both Zone of the Enders, as well as a pack of Silent Hill games coming to PS3 and Xbox 360 sometime next year. They also announced a pack of HD remakes (a la the God of War pack) of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, and the recent PSP title Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. Both packs will have upgraded graphics, new interfaces, and new 2D art. Also, Kojima announced the new “Transfarring” technology that will allow easier game save transfers between PS3 and PSP versions of games. We’ll have to wait for more details on this one, but hopefully it will make things less cumbersome. And on a final note from K…

Ryu is looking exceptionally bloody and a tad bit diseased (check out the arm) in the new screenshots of Ninja Gaiden III that were found on Famitsu. via 1up Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Do you feel like spending about $20.00 or $12.00 on your DLC? If you bought Rockstar and Take-Two’s detective based smash hit LA Noire, then you will be making that decision soon. Take-Two announced that there is a bountiful amount of DLC coming your way, however you can purchase it one of two ways either by ordering the Rockstar Pass (presently on sale at $1o until June) and you will receive all 7 DLC options or you can buy the content seperately for the price of $20.00 as it releases on the Xbox Live Marketplace and Playstation Network. Make sense? Didn’t think so. Chicago Lightning Detective Suit (Social Club only) – May 17 Free with registration L.A. Noire Rock…

A trailer for Beachhead Studio’s Call of Duty Elite has been leaked onto Youtube and Activision was quick to yank it down this morning due to copyright issues. The recent announcement of Beachhead Studios working on the pay to play Call of Duty service that is titled, “Call of Duty Elite” has left fans either shaking their heads at the notion of paying to play for yet another service of their beloved series or others just simply saying, “don’t like it, don’t play it”. This service would mix together with Modern Warfare 3, however with Call of Duty Elite you are looking at somewhere around a $7.99 a month extra charge to access the extra content that you will not find wit…

In late March, Microsoft filed for registration of three new trademarks that each bare the name “Fusion” in one way or another. This filing has sparked rumors of a Kinect only series to feature the name, “Fusion”. Fusion Genesis, Fusion Sentinent, and Fusion Vault are all names that appeared on the filing and according to IGN, the Australian Classification Board has a rating of PG for Fusion Genesis which features mild science fiction violence and coarse language. Many gamers started speculating that this might be an announcement for a new Fuzion Frenzy series, however “Fusion” in the filing is spelled with an “s” not a “z”. There are rumors that began last year of the …

Playstation Network services will be fully restored this week says Sony. However if you live in Japan, Hong Kong, or South Korea you will still be waiting. “Sony Corporation and Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) announced today that Sony Network Entertainment International (SNEI, the company) will fully restore all PlayStation®Network services in the Americas, Europe/PAL territories and Asia, excluding Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea by the end of this week. The company will also resume Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity™ for PlayStation®3 (PS3®), PSP® (PlayStation®Portable), VAIO and other PCs. Details for Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea as well as the remaining …

Were you one of the people who pre-orderd Duke Nukem Forever way back in the day? Well we have some good news for as long as you have a receipt from all those years ago as proof of your pre-order. GameStop announced over the weekend that they will be honoring all pre-orders for Duke Nukem from back when most of you probably weren’t even a thought and that those pre-orders will receive “Duke’s Big Package” which includes the black and red trucker hat along with the game. Now would be a good time to scour through your old receipts that you have been collecting for years and have been “meaning to go through”. via The Escapist Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the …

Late last week we here at Gamercide rolled out a short URL service. If you’ve ever used twitter or almost any service that allows a certain number of characters you have likely seen short URLs. Every post here will now have a corresponding short URL in the format of http://gmcd.me/ . Along with the short URLs, every post will have a Tweet This link that will allow you to tweet about the post if you like it and link to it using the Gamercide short links. Be sure to follow Gamercide on Twitter for notification when we post news, reviews, and other articles involving gaming! Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Developed by: ReLogic Published by: Jeremy Guerrete Platforms: PC Players: 1/up to 8 Terraria is an 2D open ended world builder game, where players are free to create what they like. The game supports both single and multiplayer modes. Players enter the world with naught but the clothes on their back and some copper equipment, and are left alone to make a world for themselves. Players first create a character and are able to modify the colour of each of the basic components of their character. This character and its inventory stay persistent across all worlds, both single and multiplayer. The playing area, a “world”, can than be generated completely at random. Up to five …