Archive for June 2011

Howdy, Pardner!  Lookin’ for an excuse to blow off awkward family outings, overly grilled meat products, and fancy shmancy sky explosions?  Rockstar has your back if you’re willing to saddle up and strap on your six-shooter.  July 1 through July 4, Red Dead Redemption players will be treated to a 4XP event which should prove [...]

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Update 1: Contest is now closed, and all winners have been notified! With Modern Warfare 3 right around the corner, Call of Duty: Black Ops Annihilation had its third, and possibly last DLC pack released yesterday.  Available now worldwide on Xbox LIVE, Annihilation delivers four new multiplayer maps and a a new Zombies experience for the ultimate online [...]

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Update 1: Contest is now closed, and all winners have been notified! ZEN Studios has just released new DLC for Pinball FX 2, the Captain America table! Set in the classic World War II environment inspired by Ed Brubaker’s Captain America 65th Anniversary Special, the Captain America table engages Cap, Bucky and members of the Howling Commandos in a [...]

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The EA SPORTS NCAA Football 12 demo is available today on Xbox LIVE.  Two matchups are featured within the demo, including a day game at Texas against Oregon and a night game at Florida State versus Alabama.  The demo is set for two minute quarters and allows fans to select their own difficulty option and to [...]

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Hot on the heels of E3, Summer of Arcade on Xbox LIVE is back for its fourth year with five consecutive weeks of the biggest and best games of the season. We’re proud to reveal everything you need to plan a summer vacation filled with hot downloadable hits, only on Xbox LIVE Arcade. Get ready [...]

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SEGA has just released a demo for the upcoming Sonic adventure, Sonic Generations. The demo, which is currently available to Xbox LIVE Gold members, is a 652 MB download. Sonic’s universe is thrown into chaos when a mysterious new power comes into force, creating ‘time holes’ which take Sonic and his friends back in time. [...]

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Turrets, barriers, and silverbacks are just the beginning! The multiplayer mode that set a new standard for cooperative multiplayer gameplay is back and bolder than ever as Horde mode returns to “Gears of War 3.” Microsoft and Epic Games released a tutorial video that takes fans through a first look at the upgrades in Horde 2.0. Narrated by [...]

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Electronic Arts announced last night, at the 2011 NHL Awards that Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning will be the new face of the EA Sports NHL 12 game. Stamkos’ image will appear on packaging worldwide when NHL 12 hits retail stores this September. “I’ve grown up playing EA SPORTS NHL videogames so it’s an honor [...]

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PopCap Games, the worldwide leader in casual games, today announced plans to bring five  new adaptations of its famed Bejeweled 3 franchise to the Xbox 360, and Xbox LIVE Arcade.  This move marks the first time a Bejeweled title will appear on all the top video game platforms simultaneously. The games are scheduled to ship in Q4 2011 in both North [...]

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One of the less-talked about titles coming out this week is the incredibly promising looking Shadows of the Damned. The title is the first game to be released on the Xbox 360 by Grasshopper Manufacture, the dev team headed by the enigmatic yet always entertaining Suda 51. It’s also a joint collaboration between Suda and [...]

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