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When the trailer for the newest Elder Scrolls V was shown at the Spike Video Game Awards last Saturday there excitement, squealing, and then confusion amongst fans of the series who have waited years to hear anything regarding a new Elder Scrolls game. The confusion came from a tweet from Bethesda later that night in which Bethesda said, “Seeing lots of speculation about #tesv game engine. It’s brand new… and it’s spectacular!”. Well consider yourself confused no more, because Bethesda’s Community Manager, Nick Breckon has sorted the issue out. According to Breckon, Skyrim will feature a completely “brand new, internally created, gameplay and graphics engine”. The Elder…

Assassin Creed fans rejoice, because Ubisoft really loves you. Announced on Tuesday from Ubisoft’s camp is that the next DLC coming for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood will be absolutely free just like the last DLC, Animus Project Update 1.0 released on December 14. Animus Project Update 2.0 looks to be coming to a PS3 and Xbox 360 near you in January. Included in 2.0 is an addition to the multiplayer called, “Chest Capture”. In Chest Capture, two teams of 3 players will be defending or capturing treasure chests. Also included in the free DLC will be a Templar Score feature which according to Ubisoft is “reward diligent work by Abstergo recruits.” via GameSpot View the f…

PS3 owners are outraged over the recent patch that was put out for Call of Duty Black Ops which was suppose to improve the problems that gamers were having connecting to mulitplayer matches. Instead, the patch which went out on Monday has made the problems much worse and PS3 owners want the game fixed and they want it fixed now. Found by Eurogamer on the official website for Call of Duty Black Ops is a thread that was started in the forum for the PS3 version that has been named, “the retard 1.04 patch“. The majority of the complaints seem to be that since this patch was released, the multiplayer is pretty much unplayable with the game freezing within 5 minutes and some …

Some of you may remember back in May, some indie developers got together and put on a cool little pack of games for charity called the Humble Indie Bundle. Enticing you with a hilarious video, you could choose how much you wanted to pay for the bundle, and how you wanted your money distributed between developers and charities. It turned out very successful, and it seems they’re at it again, with even more great games. The best part is you can still choose what to pay. You could donate a pittance, or you could donate a sizeable amount for bonus Karma, or “feel-good points” if you’re not into that sort of thing. Check out the video after you hit the jump 20 pixels belo…

Every year the members and staff here at Gamercide.org have this little thing we like to call, “The Annual Gamercide.org Giveaway”. The best part about this giveaway is that all prizes are donated by, the members of Gamercide.org. We just aren’t talking video games here either folks. Prizes given out in the past include a gaming PC, consoles, video games, accessories, and more. If you would like to donate and/or become a contestant, you can read the rules here. You must be a member of Gamercide.org to become a contestant. View the full article

Mortal Kombat fans everywhere might not be saying “Finish Him” with their favorite characters from the fatality happy game, Mortal Kombat. Warner Bros. announced today that Best Buy, GameStop, and Amazon will be getting their own special editions of the upcoming Mortal Kombat. Both stores will have their own exclusive fatalities that you will not be able to get anywhere else, in game or at another store and the characters that it will effect are some of the most popular out of the Mortal Kombat series.. One of the fatalities that will only be available with Best Buy’s version is Sub Zero’s Spine Rip. You will also be able to get Sub Zero’s “Klassic Sub Zero” skin from B…

Okay .. so you know that I pull no punches when it comes to critiques, well now I guess it's pay back time. Over the past few weeks I have been taking an entry level course in Adobe Flash at SVA and our final project is to have an actual working website built entirely in Flash. And .. well .. here it is. I'm not a designer and I really hate web design but I need to have an online presence these days to help find a job. I wanted to keep it simple, basic and easy to navigate. It's more of a portal for what I want (and like) to do. I have some of my Stop Motion up, a few things with After Effects (mostly green screen removal) and some of my SPX Make Up. Plus two pages with n…

The Annual Gamercide.org Giveaway What: The Annual Gamercide.org Giveaway When: January 29, 2010 (subject to change) Time: Beginning at 12p.m. eastern until ? Location: Gamercide.org Host: Siren Assassin Who’s Invited: You! BYOB Rules for Contestants ~I catch you complaining at all about any of the prizes that you win, you lose that prize and your name is out of the entire contest including the grand prize drawing. There will be no exceptions!!!! ~If you win a prize and a.) have the item or b.) do not want it, keep it to yourself or discuss a trade with somebody in private. ~You must submit your name, gamertag, and mailing…

So I finally got my beastly new system yesterday. Here are the full specs: http://www.ibuypower...aspx?eid=122969 So far I've been able to play Just Cause 2 at max settings at a 1920x1080 resolution at 45 frames per second. It's... beautiful. :') Here are some images. The next thing I need to get is a nice chair, and eventually a new desk. Also a UPS (Uninterrubtable Power Supply) would be good. This monster makes my Xbox and Wii look pitiful. I barely even have space for it, so this setup is mostly temporary. Being very sick, with a bad headache, painfully sore throat, and lack of energy, has exacerbated my lethargy so I haven't bothered cleaning up, there's just …

Developed by: Vogster Entertainment Published by: Vogster Entertainment Platforms: Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Portable Players: 1 – 2 (including online co-op) Rated T (Teen) by the ESRB Vogster Entertainment invites players to “Rage Off The Page” with their side scrolling beat-em-up title Unbound Saga. Making its second debut appearance, originally offered as a downloadable title via the Playstation Network for the PSP handheld system, Unbound Saga is now available for gamers to experience on the Xbox 360 console on Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) at a cost of 800MS points ($10). View the full article

Just found this: http://www.telltalegames.com/bttf

<br> <br> It is that time of the year again. That’s right gamers, it is time to find the special gifts on your list for your gaming buddies, kiddos, and spouses. Thankfully Gamercide’s Grim Reaper spoke to a few of Santa’s elves who recommended the following gaming goodies for every budget that are sure to get the reaction you are looking for. <br> <br> To view the full article,go HERE.

Developed by: Blue Fang Games Players: 1 Platforms: Apple iPad (Requires iOS 3.2 or later) Rated: 9+ (Frequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy Violence) As the player you control the females (and sometimes the lazy male) of a lion pride as they stock and kill prey to feed the pride. It’s simple, it’s fun, it’s easy to play, and hard to master. At a price of $4.99 from the iTunes App store some players may feel it’s a bit steep of a price since the average App runs around $0.99 -$2.99. Well this is far from an average App. It’s difficult me for to review or recommend games for mobile platforms such as smart phones and tablets. Most of these “games” can be classified under time …

Gaming retail giant GameStop and the successful online gaming website IGN have merged together in an effort to attract more gamers to do what else, but to visit their websites if that was at all necessary. The details laid out from Kara Swisher’s blog, All Things Digital describes the merger regarding the advertising end. Both websites will be sharing traffic as well as advertising their ads on the other website including buttons on IGN for e-commerce buys from GameStop. View the full article

GameInformer Lara Croft, everybody’s favorite busty female heroine is about to go back in time to revisit her past. Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix issued a statement today regarding the entry into the famed series. “”Forget everything you knew about TOMB RAIDER, we are exploring things that have never been done before in this game, “This is an origins story that creates Lara Croft and takes her on a character defining journey like no other.” ~Darrell Gallagher, Head of Studio, Crystal Dynamics For more information on the upcoming Lara Croft adventure, we will have to wait for January’s issue of GameInformer. via USA Today View the full article

Deal of the Week Polar Panic – 400 MS points Burton Snowboard – 120 MS points Burton Red Hi Fi Helmet – 80 MS points Gingerbread Man – 120 MS points Gears of War 2 Snowblind Map Pack – 160 MS points 3 on 3 NHL Arcade – 200 MS points Games on Demand Army of TWO 40th Day Game Add Ons Pinball FX2: Marvel Comic Table Pack – 800 MS points Avatar Marketplace Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Holiday Collection Coming soon…. December 22 – A World of Keflings 800 MS points December 29 – Raskulls 800 MS points January 5 – ilomilo 800 MS points via Major Nelson View the full article

A new video of the much talked about Playstation Phone from Sony has surfaced and this time it looks very clear. The phone which looks to be about as wide and thick as a feminine napkin, features Playstation Buttons and at about 13 seconds you can spy an app that has Playstation under it fueling rumors that there will be some kind of Playstation game support. via YoutubeView the full article

Happy Birthday, EvilDawg. Have a great day, little man. I won't get to call you that for much longer. You'll be an adult by this time next year. Take care, be good and I love you.

So here's "my" Costume Quest review that Assassin asked me to do for WouldYouKindly. I put "my" in sarcastic quotation marks, because there were quite a few edits I was unaware of when it was suddenly published after I couldn't find Assassin last night to help me reupload the images and finish it. Someone who I won't name for certain reasons from WYK (not Assassin, he has problems with the guy too) made some serious edits to the review and suddenly released it (i.e. hijacked), but for the most part my review is in there if anyone wants to check it out. I think Siren's review here was pretty good, Assassin just wanted me to help him with one for WYK. http://www.wouldyouk.…

Developed by: Mercury Steam / Kojima Productions Published by: Konami Platforms: Xbox 360, Playstation 3 Players: 1 Rated M (Mature) by the ESRB There aren’t many games these days that can boast a history spanning 26 years and more than 30 seperate releases across multiple platforms. The Castlevania series is one of them. Konami has continually reinvented the gameplay of the Castlevania series over the years from the simple two buttons mechanics of the brutally difficult original side scrolling 1986 title. Some highlights include RPG-Lite entries such as Simons Quest and Symphony of the Night, slick touchscreen mechanics from the Nintendo DS titles like Portrait of…

I'll delete this later. I know we have a Game Deals thread but sometimes I know I forget to check it and this is a HUGE deal! TODAY ONLY!!! DEUS EX: GOTY edition is only NINETY NINE CENTS!!! You can download it here: http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/games/Deus-Ex--GotY/

very cool article explaining the worm that took out their nuke program.... http://www.foxnews.c...lear-ambitions/ The construction of the worm was so advanced, it was “like the arrival of an F-35 into a World War I battlefield,” “It is a military weapon,”

"NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 2, to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life." I'm excited. Anyone else?

If you thought last week’s Deal of the Week was spectacular with Portal Still Alive being dropped to 400 MS points, wait until you see what goodies are awaiting your discount loving mitts. Worms 2: Armageddon is 400 MS pointsBand of Bugs is 400 pointsEarthworm Jim HD is 400 pointsCentipede & Millipede is 400 pointsYou have until Monday, December 6 to purchase these XBLA games at their discounted price. via Major Nelson View the full article

Just wanted to let you know. I'll be sending you a message on XBL also, but I've been getting crazy amounts of email from your @Hotmail address and it's laden with hacked links and virii. If someone else knows Syc, or will be speaking with him, please let him know.