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Well, I decided I don't want to have to download my steam games every time I want to play them, and I like to have copies stored locally anyhow. So I started the process of downloading and then backing them up. Man I wish I would have done this one at a time and sooner. So far I have 55,233.2MB downloaded and I'm not even 1/2 way done. Gonna be a long process, but worth it.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/01/05/tomb-raider-screenshots-hidden-in-a-cupboard/ I, too, grow tired of this practice. I'm glad someone stood up and had their voice heard.

This makes me sad. Capcom Mobile has released a game, called MaXplosion. It's a 100% blatant rip-off of the amazing XBLA title 'Splosion Man. I am a sad panda. What sucks even more is that Twisted Pixel pitched the game originally to Capcom and were turned down. Here's a twitter feed from Twisted Pixel: http://twitter.com/#!/mikehasnoluck/status/24945224337850369 https://twitter.com/...994771051220993

Image via The Source Batman fans who are eagerly waiting to get their hands on Batman: Arkham City will be able to read about the events that transpired between the video games, Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City. The six part miniseries picks up one year after Batman: Arkham Asylum ended. Readers will find the Warden turned Mayer, Quincy Sharp shutting down the deranged Asylum and building a city to house the lunatics of Gotham. The issues will be on a comic book stand near you beginning May with issues 1 and 2 being released during in the same month. via The Source View the full article

via Eurogamer Eurogamer is reporting that the Channel 4 News Team recently caught a glimpse of what appears to be an unannounced Halo 5 game along with an icon for Project Gotham Racing during a recent demonstration by Microsoft’s Jonathon Cluts of hidden Kinect technology. During the demo, Cluts is showing how he can change walls in a futuristic house. He passes by icons and chooses Grandma’s Room. Clearly on either side are icons for “Project Gotham Racing” and “Inside Halo 5″. This all could have been a marketing scheme cooked up by Microsoft or maybe there actually is a Halo Kinect title in the works. via Eurogamer View the full article

Steam announced that PC Gamers who preorder Homefront through them will receive a free copy of Metro2033. Gamers will also get a day one unlock for the Air Assault Drone for use in multiplayer. Homefront is set to release March 15th, 2011. via Steam Community View the full article

This Dumbass of the Day is an unnamed teenager from Maryland pretending to be a student from Berkeley Heights High School in New Jersey. This dumbass thought it would okay to play a prank on the other teen and threaten to shoot students at Berkeley Heights High School after gaining the other teen’s login details. During a Madden NFL online third party transaction from a website not associated with Microsoft or EA, the not so funny prankster was able to gain the Berkeley teen’s XBL account information. The dumbass logged into the account and sent almost 100 messages out to students at Berkeley Heights threatening to bring a gun to school the following day and would be s…

Halo: Reach’s new map pack will be delivered to you sometime this March for 800 Microsoft points. The “Defiant Map Pack” will feature 3 new maps and an added 150 gamerscore points. Condemned can hold 6-12 players and is in a space station above Reach. Unearthed is firefight map on a mine and refinery on Reach. Highlands takes place on a wooded training preserve on Reach. 8-16 players can take on Highlands. via Major Nelson View the full article

A few days ago Felicia Day announced her latest web series venture, Dragon Age: Redemption. It is set in the Dragon Age world and as with anything Felicia does, it looks great. She was on Jimmy Fallon promoting The Guild Season 4 hitting DVD and they debuted the teaser trailer for the new series. Check it out below: <br> <br> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="384" height="283" align="middle"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="movie" value="http://widget.nbc.com/videos/nbcshort_at.swf?CXNID=1000004.10045NXC&widID=4727a250e66f9723…

<br> <br> Developer: Double Fine Productions <br> Publisher: THQ <br> Platforms: PS3, Xbox 360 <br> Players: 1-Player <br> Genre: Adventure/Puzzle <br> <br> Tim Schafer and the merry band of misfits at Double Fine are known for their originality in games. Stacking is not your typical puzzle/adventure game, but it is completely infused with Double Fine’s unique and quirky style and humor. Fans of the developer are used to this and have fallen in love with it, but the real question is, can it bring in a whole new breed of fan? <br> <br> View the full review

Ninja Gaiden, one of the toughest games to ever grace a console is back and there’s a brutal trailer to prove it. At GDC, Tecmo revealed a teaser trailer that shows a bloody and yellow eyed Ryu, shoving a sword into presumably an enemy and then about to reveal himself when it cuts away to a screen that says, “Unmask E3 2011″. In a gaming world where first person shooters are dominating, Ryu cannot come soon enough. via Joystiq Tweet This Post(for the video, view the article) View the full article

The half live action trailer for Homefront that made it’s appearance at GDC 2011 is full of explosions, bullets, and a creepy baby nursery rhyme. <br> <center><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SVZlIbBTlDs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center> <br> via Tweet This Post View the full article

Xbox Live Arcade Full House Poker ~ March 16, 800 MS Points Ghostbusters ~ March 23, 800 MS Points Swarm ~ March 23, 1200 MS Points Islands of Wafku ~ March 30, 800 MS Points Seisou Kouki Strania ~ March 30, 800 MS Points Rush ‘N’ Attack Ex-Patriot ~ March 30, 800 MS Points Deal of the Week Sonic 4: Episode 1 ~ March 22-March 27, 800 MS Points A World of Keflings ~ March 29-April 3, 400 MS Points Worms 2 : Armageddon ~March 29-April 3, 200 MS Points Worms 2 Battle Pack ~ March 29-April 3, 400 MS Points Raskulls ~ March 29-April 3, 400 MS Points Games on Demand Call of Juarez ~ March 22 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs ~ March 22 Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. 2 ~ March 29 Split S…

Recently PopCap and The Red Cross teamed up for 48 hours to help raise money for the people of Japan who’s lives were changed after the earthquake struck the region on Friday March 11 causing a Tsunami, several aftershocks, and partial nuclear meltdowns. During the 48 hour markdown of all of PopCap games that are available on the Apple App Store, PopCap raised more than $200,000 with 100% of revenue made from the fundraiser being donated to the International Red Cross in hopes of providing aid to those in Japan who desperately need it right now. Tweet This Post View the full article

News about the new under developement title exclusively for the Kinect, Rise of Nightmares has been rather quiet since Sega announced the horror game at the Tokyo Game Show in 2010. Sega can now thank the ESRB for not only letting the plot out of the bag, but also doing so in the “breast” describing way possible. According to the ESRB description of the game, Rise of Nightmare will can contain: “This is a horror-adventure game in which players assume the role of an American tourist who must rescue his wife from a deranged scientist. From a first-person perspective, players use brass knuckles, knives, hatchets, and chainsaws to kill zombie-like creatures and disfigured mo…

Here is your Xbox Live Marketplace Roundup for the week of March 27. Current Deal of the Week A World of Keflings – 400 MS Points Raskulls – 400 MS Points Worms 2: Armaeddon – 400 MS Points Worms 2: Battle Pack – 200 MS Points Deal of the Week Beginning on April 5th Battlefield Bad Company 2 Vietnam – 600 MS Points Onslaught Mode – 200 MS Points Kit Shortcut Bundle Pack – 600 MS Points Specact Upgrade Bundle – 240 MS Points Battlefield 1943 – 600 MS Points Xbox Live Arcade Islands of Wakfu – 800 MS Points Rush N Attack Ex-Patriot – 800 MS Points Strania – 800 MS Points Coming to the XBLA on April 6th Dishwasher: Vampire Smile – 800 MS Points Add Ons You Don’t Know Jack…

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Happy Birthday, Teejzilla!!! Have a good one, dude.

Simply put, I would like to grab a copy of Portal for the PS3, simply for the Steam copy, then have a contest to give away the PS3 copy. My concern with this however is whether or not this will work. I do not own a PS3 and from the Google Searches I've done on the topic, it appears that you have to link your PSN account to your Steam account. I have a few unanswered questions that I am hoping some of you can help me with. Is it possible to create a PSN account without a PS3? If the above is possible, then what would the effect be if I link them together? Will I be able to play my copy on Steam on my PC without problem? Will the person who got the PS3 copy of the game b…

Retailer GAME Australia has revealed the new DLC map “Escalation” coming to Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops before Activision had the chance to announce details about it. The flyer, which has since been taken down contains a release date of May 3 and showS that the content will feature five new maps with one of them appearing to be a Zombies map. via VG247 Tweet This Post View the full article

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/05/bioware-sequel-celebration-brings-free-mass-effect-2-to-dragon/ Even thought I already own ME2 on the 360 I may just download it for the hell of it on my PC since i bought DA2 (which in my opinion sucks a big one).

Kameo: Elements of Power, a colorful launch title for the Xbox 360 in 2005 almost had a followup with Kameo 2, but Rare cancelled the game in 2009 before it got off the ground. Artwork has surfaced from the planned sequel that shows Kameo would have gotten a more “womanly” appearance had the game had lived to see a release. via Eurogamer Tweet This Post View the full article

“We weren’t an independent studio making ‘our’ games anymore – we were making games to fill slots. Although we did all believe in them, they were more the products of committees and analysts. The culture we’d worked on for so long gradually eroded just enough so that it wasn’t ‘ours’ anymore”, said the Creative Director with Bizarre Creations Martyn Chudley during an interview with Edge where regrets and the option to buy Bizarre back after Activision closed the 17 year studio in February 2011 were explained. During the interview Chudley details how it was making games for Activision and that they were just “fill slots”. ”I don’t think the atmosphere differed too much dur…

Published by: Beatshapers / tastyplay.com Platform: PSN Players: 1 Mix Breakout, pinball, and action-puzzling and you will get Stardrone, Beatshapers’ Playstation Move enabled (DualShock controls are available as well.) foray in to Playstation Network gaming. How does StarDrone stack up against the multitude of action-puzzlers out there? Keep reading and see what makes this one special. View the full article

Developed by: Arrowhead Studios Published by: Paradox Interactive Platforms: PC Players: 1-4 You already know we here at Gamercide love Magicka. But does the new DLC stand up to the greatness and originality of the main game, or will it just leave you with nightmarish Vietnam flashbacks? Magicka: Vietnam is a fairly small DLC. It consists of two new Challenge maps, and adds nothing to adventure mode. However one of the challenge modes is structured similarly to adventure mode, with three screens you must make your way through to complete the level. The other mode is a new arena with just one small area to face waves of the new enemy types just like the other arena…