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During GDC 2011, Gamasutra Editor in Chief, Brandon Sheffield and Game Developer Magazine held a discussion with some of the most successful Xbox Live Indie Game developers including James Silva, Robert Boyd, Nathan Fouts, and Ian Stoker. They all provided insight and a little bit of ranting about the games that they create for the indie lineup. According to James Silva who created the 2009 successful indie title, I MAED A GAM3 W1TH ZOMBIES 1N IT!!!1 which has sold 308,000 copies since it’s release in 2009, the developers are not allowed to create games involving killing things like Nazi’s and hunting people. “That’s like an inherent human right that’s been taken away…

Fans eager to get their hands on the next chapter of the Batman: Arkham series can rejoice. Warner Bros. has announced the Europe, Australia, and North America release dates. The caped crusader and Joker hijinks will be available for gamers to enjoy in Europe on October 21, Australia on October 19, and North America on October 18. via Joystiq Tweet This Post View the full article

Happy Birthday to my old partner in crime on these forums, Kitty. Miss you around here.

Gearbox, in a “very special” announcement video, have pushed the release out on Duke Nukem Forever from the original May release to June. See the video below: Some may worry, but we here at Gamercide have full faith in Gearbox and know they need the extra time for making sure this game gets the polish it deserves. It also gives us more time for the impending demo, whenever that comes out. Tweet This Post View the full article

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“Predator”, an Xbox Live hacker who claims he has had over 35 console bans and hacked his way into Trixie360′s account last year, has released a new video on Youtube showcasing his latest hacking victim, Xbox Live’s Policy Enforcement Lead, Stephen “Stepto” Toulouse and in his video states that Toulouse had it coming. “Predator” who spoke to Joystiq about hacking into Toulouse’s account claims that this proves that everybody’s account is open for hacking and that he only wants to help. “I’m simply letting them know I’m willing to help them secure accounts from future hackers. All accounts are open for hacking.” Besides hacking into Toulouse’s and Trixie360′s accounts he …

Yesterday a hacker who goes by the name of “Predator” claimed that he hacked into the Xbox Live account of Stephen “Stepto” Toulouse who happens to be the head of the Xbox Live Enforcement Policy Team and said that he only wanted to help Microsoft. Toulouse who spoke to Joystiq regarding the incident is telling a far more disturbing story. “He got an old cell phone [number] of mine, and yeah, he called it occasionally”. Toulouse then played it for Joystiq who said that they could not print the expletive and derogatory filled message because it was not suitable. Toulouse later said, “I have a six minute one where he and his friend discuss all the different ways they’re go…

While the hardcore fans of the long time running survival horror series might not be happy with recent announcements regarding Slant Six’s take on the Resident Evil world in their entry into the series, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, a new trailer has surfaced showcasing the return and possible demise of Leon Kennedy. Confused? Don’t worry. Slant Six claims in the latest edition of OXM that depending on how you play the game you can kill fan favorite characters changing Resident Evil history and this in no way is a “numbered” Resident Evil game. via Examiner Tweet This Post View the full article

Is this a case of too soon? Or is it a chance for people to digitally immerse themselves into something huge that affected many on the planet? http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/218862/editorial-exploring-a-tragedy-through-games/ Take a look at the editorial, and discuss your thoughts, here.

A 75-year-old Georgian woman who says she has never even heard of the internet is facing a possible prison sentence for single-handedly cutting off the web to an entire country. Hayastan Shakarian Hayastan Shakarian is accused of hacking through the cable that cut off Armenia's internet Georgian police arrested Hayastan Shakarian after she allegedly hacked through a fibre optic cable that runs through Georgia to Armenia, while digging for copper. With one stroke, the pensioner plunged 90% of internet users in Armenia into online darkness for nearly 12 hours. The episode is a timely reminder that all it takes in our hi-tech world to shut down thousands of companies for a …

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. Tweet This Post View the full article

The deals keep rolling out at Steam during their “EA Week” promotion. Today’s deals are on The Sims games. Sims 3 is 40% off, all of The Sims 3 DLC is 50% off, and 75% off of Sim City 4 Deluxe. via Steam Tweet This Post View the full article

https://twitter.com/#!/BasRuttenMMA/statuses/65960520074797056 Effing love, Bas! So bad ass. lol

The sexy and intriguing mystery/puzzle game Catherine, that is releasing in the United States on the PS3 and 360 July 26 has gotten some new screenshots for you to admire. <div style="width:640px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w179.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http%3A%2F%2Fw179.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw300%2FHijacks_Ghosts%2Fbfb7700c.pbw" height="480" width="640"><a href="http://photobucket.com/slideshows" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a><a href="http://s179.photobucket.com/al…

"Primary reports seem to be that updating to firmware 3.61 will cause PlayStations to overheat," reads the "answer" to the issue. "There have been various reports of this on a few different games now, all reporting their PS3s turning off or 'Red Lighting' after having installed 3.61." Read the rest, here. Source - [GamePro]

It appears that Marcus Fenix will be searching for his scientist father in the highly anticipated final chapter where the Fenix story unfolds in the upcoming shooter from Epic Games, Gears of War 3. The full trailer will air on May 28 during the Champion League’s Final after the final whistle. If you can’t wait an extra week to see the campaign reveal trailer, then feast your eyes on a tiny bit of a teaser. <br> <center> </center><br> via Joystiq Tweet This Post View the full article

The information, which includes about a million usernames and passwords of customers in the U.S., the Netherlands and Belgium, is available for download and posted on the group’s site. The group also said that none of the information it took from Sony was encrypted. “Our goal here is not to come across as master hackers, hence what we're about to reveal: SonyPictures.com was owned by a very simple SQL injection, one of the most primitive and common vulnerabilities, as we should all know by now,” the group wrote, “From a single injection, we accessed EVERYTHING. Why do you put such faith in a company that allows itself to become open to these simple attacks?” Read the res…

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http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/26/skypes-worthless-employee-stock-option-plan-heres-why-they-did-it/ Talks about the recent firings of its employees, just before the sell-off/acquisition, and the shady stock practices they might have used with their own employees. Very interesting read, and I do believe we'll be hearing more about this very soon. In fact, it could hold Skype coming to the 360 and other places.

This will be deciding what game I shall be playing after Nightmare House 2. I'll be finishing NH2 Monday Night.

Astronomers have discovered the largest and oldest mass of water ever detected in the universe — a gigantic, 12-billion-year-old cloud harboring 140 trillion times more water than all of Earth's oceans combined. The cloud of water vapor surrounds a supermassive black hole called a quasar located 12 billion light-years from Earth. The discovery shows that water has been prevalent in the universe for nearly its entire existence, researchers said. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43859868/ns/technology_and_science-space/

This Is Topiary, LulzSec Mastermind Topiary's been unmasked. 18-year-old Jake Davis, the alleged hacker chief behind LulzSec's many prominent internet assaults had his first day before a judge. And if the court's claims are true, the kid's pretty screwed. Neo shades notwithstanding, the police have some pretty damaging evidence against the teen, TNW reports: a purported cache of 750,000 personal information files and a draft of the fake Murdoch obit on his laptop. That's a lot of smoking guns. Read the rest at, Gizmodo. When asked why the judge handed Topiary an extra 10 years on top of his original sentence, he wryly replied "Derp. For the lulz" I made that up, but it'd …

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-crucial-lessons-learned-by-watching-kids-play-video-games/ Cracked is like my new fav site to burn time reading. Tons of good articles with witty writing. Really digged this article and the author.

I suppose mine is kicking the bucket. It all started with that mess of a game Lgay noire. It constantly freezes on games, no rings or anything and everything else runs just fine. I even took out the hard drive to see if it was some sort of corrupt save. Anyways instead of being pissed for weeks I just need to get a new box. Any Suggestions? Something that comes with a good sized harddrive i have the min one that came out release which is like 20 or 16 or something small.

I've been reading some articles about fangames which have been shut down by game companies such as Nintendo, Square-Enix, Sega, etc. From what I've heard, Streets of Rage remake was shutdown by Sega, Super Mario Bros. X was shutdown by Nintendo, and more. They say it's because of copyright infringement, but they are just being mean I think. Fangames never hurt anyone. If I were the president of Sega or Nintendo or Capcom or Segtendcom or whatever, I wouldn't mind having people make fangames like those. I'd even urge them to go on, like maybe, Capcom, who was more than friendly and allowed Megaman 2.5D to be continuously worked on. In fact, when people create fangames, the…