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Gamercide and aTs Apologician will be giving away a copy of Gears of War 3 along with numerous other prizes during a live streaming of Gears of War 3 at 12:30AM CST on 9/20/2011. Stop by the live stream for a chance to win some great prizes. Take a look at aTs Apologician’s video below for the full details and good luck to everyone: Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Major Nelson has just confirmed that gamers have another reason to be thankful this coming November. Epic is releasing the first DLC pack for their locust shoot em up Gears of War 3, on November 1st. The Horde Command Pack will feature three new maps, three new characters including Big Rig Dizzy, Onyx Guard, and Bernie, two new weapons skins, and new fortification upgrades for both popular game modes, Horde and Beast. The DLC will cost you 800 MS points unless you purchased the Gears Season Pass which will allow you to download it for "free". via Major Nelson Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Square and IO are promising fans of the long running Hitman series a more personal and darker look into the life of their favortie bar coded and bald hitman, Agent 47 all while he is on the run in 2012′s release Hitman: Absolution. In the latest teaser trailer, it appears that 47 has the upper hand on the metro PD as they run around yelling like morons while trying to find him. Needless to say, 47 is doing what he does best. via Gamersheep and Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

In an attempt to win you over and get your dollars, money hungry stores are starting to post their Black Friday shopping deals hoping that you will find just one of their deals juicy enough to spend the dough. One of those stores looking to earn big money on the shopping frenzy day happens to Walmart and in their Black Friday circular, there are deals not just for the crazy women looking to get the latest Elmo doll, but also for us gamers! $28 Dollar Games Batman Arkham CityBattlefield 3Gears of War 3Just Dance 3$15 Dollar Games Dance Central 2Kinect Sports Season TwoWalmart will also be selling a blue Wii for $99 and a 4GB Xbox 360 with Kinect for $199. The deals are o…

Oddworld: Strangers Wrath HD is going to be hitting the Playstation Network on December 27th in North America for $14.99. It will also be releasing in stores worldwide, except for the Far East/Russia/Portugal and the Ukraine. This verison is not going to ship with the Move or stereoscopic 3D support as was originally planned. You can, however, expect to see them in future updates in the new few months. And yes, it will have a Platinum Trophy too. So if you’re looking for a late, last minute christmas gift to give, Strangers Wrath is just for you. Written By: starscream xox Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

What? No Sazh?! That’s right, there is a rumor swirling about that we might not see one of the more popular figures from Final Fantasy XIII. Details from a Japanese magazine, Dengeki Playstation include news that Sazh won’t be appearing in the new Final Fantasy XIII-2. However, the magazine does say that according to a Square-Enix representative, “Final Fantazy XIII-2 will continue after the release, so look forward to later on.” Could it be that Sazh will be in future DLC for the game? I for one hope this rumor turns out to be false and that Sazh will be in the entire game. But DLC sounds exciting either way! I will update when I learn more info on this rumor. Written By…

President Obama was spotted at a Best Buy purchasing Just Dance 3 for the Wii for his daughters and according to the President, he sucks at dance games. “The girls beat me everytime at these various dance games. You guys will never get a picture of me doing it.” Photo or no photo, unfortunately Mr. President you were caught on camera buying Just Dance 3 for the Wii over Dance Central 2. That’s embarassing enough. via CBS and Joystiq Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

In a gaming world where gamer stereotypes are abundant and the thought of being accused of not being a “hardcore” gamer would bring some to tears, you find a gem like this. An unidentified father threatened to “whoop” his young son over purchasing Mirror’s Edge and a purple controller all of which was a gift from his older brother. This all unfolded at a gaming retail store right in front of the manager Kristin Wolfe. Kristin who blogged about the incident after it happened said that the older brother who appeared to be around 15 had brought his younger brother into the store to buy him a game. She helped them pick out Mirror’s Edge because he wanted a game with a femal…

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

You now have until April 2nd to pre order the $100 special edition version of Max Payne 3. Rockstar made the announcement shortly after the delay of the release of the game was announced. The fancy pants special edition of Max Payne 3 comes with a collectable statue of Max, copper and brass bullet shaped keychain with a screw off back, original still life art prints, classic multiplayer character pack with characters from previous Max Payne games, mulitplayer weapon pack, the soundtrack to the game, and of course one copy of Max Payne 3. The multiplayer classic character and weapon packs you will not be able to get anywhere else other than the special edition. Max Payne…

Here is a gimpse at the classes and races that you can choose from the Special Forces multiplayer mode in Bioware’s upcoming and final chapter in Commander Shepard’s storyline, Mass Effect 3. What will you be? via Bioware Youtube Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

You silly Playstation 3 gamers. Just because you buy a Call of Duty Elite subscription does not mean that you get the DLC first, those only who have the Xbox 360 get if first. Confused? Activision’s Dan Amrich took to his blog to explain why this is going on after PS3 gamers started complaining that they are receiving the DLC last. “Back in 2010, Activision and Microsoft entered a business deal to release DLC on Xbox 360 earlier than other platforms; this contract is valid through the year 2012. This business deal was very widely reported by the games media when the announcement was made at E3 in 2010, and the DLC releases for both Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Bla…

Assassin’s Creed 3 has gotten an official release date of October 30, 2012. Ubisoft’s Yves Guillemot made the announcement this morning during a call to investors and stated that Assassin’s Creed 3 will be the biggest launch in Ubisoft’s history, that they spent more on this title than any other entry into the Assassin’s Creed series, and that the game has also been in development for three years. via Eurogamer and Joystiq Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Recently interviewed by IGN’s Up At Noon, Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski explains what he would do differently with the Gears of War series including making it less linear, changing Marcus’s bandana and soul patch, and that if he could go back and change some things, he definitely would. (Fast Forward to 11:49) via Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Game Informer has revealed their upcoming issue’s May front and back covers and apparently Cortana has not only grown in size, but has gotten an over the night boob job. The highly anticipated Halo 4 which is releasing this coming holiday season graces the front and back covers of Game Informer in all of Cortana’s glory. Let us know what you think of Cortana’s improvements. via Game Informer Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

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? Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

Remember that controversial video game dubbed Six Days in Fallujah that was being developed by Atomic Games and later dumped by publisher Konami in 2009? Rumor has it that Sony once considerd publishing the game that was based on the second battle during Operation Iraqi Freedom called “Operation Phantom Fury” which spanned six days, hence the title. The ever so outspoken David Jaffe sent a tweet over Twitter and revealed that Sony developer Allan Becker may have been behind Sony’s possible involvement with the shooter that has been on the back burner for three years. “A few years back, Allan left Sony Santa Monica to take over Sony’s Japan Studio after a very, very succe…

Was the upcoming release date of Rockstar North’s Grand Theft Auto V inadvertently given away by online retailer Walmart.com? The internet division of the retail giant from Bentonville Arkansas currently has an advertisement for GTA V on both XBOX 360 and Playstation 3 for which the shipping date is listed as December 31st, 2012. The release quarter originally given for the newest entry of Rockstar’s flagship series was Q4 of 2013. Quarter four of the fiscal year would put the release date between Jan 1st and March 30th 2013. GTA IV, the last iteration was released on April 29th, 2008. Rockstar doesn’t quite share Activisions predilection of releasing their top series on…

Borderlands 2 is just about here and to celebrate it’s highly anticipated launch, Gearbox has released the launch trailer that shows some familiar faces. Enjoy! Tweet This Post Post to Facebook View the full article

The polls will be closing tonight at midnight and your next video game President and Vice President will be announced on 11/07.

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

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 …

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…

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 …

Developed by: Neocore Published by: Paradox Interactive Players: 1 Platforms: PC King Arthur: Fallen Champions, the latest addition to the King Arthur strategy roleplaying franchise by Neocore fills the gap between King Arthur I and II. It is, however, very accessible to new players as well. One might assume from the name that this is a strategy based in reality, but this is not so. Along the journey, players will come across many fantasy elements as well. Set in a fictional land in ancient Britannia, players will fight knights, twilight creatures, tribals, and other fantasy creatures The game follows the stories of three heroes on their respective paths. Players take o…