Category: Microsoft
Windows 8 Marketplace Will Be Selling M-Rated Titles
It seems as though there was a slip-up over at the Microsoft legal department. Mature rated games will be finding their way back into the picture in the Windows 8 Marketplace when Windows 8 launches. Currently, under section 6.2 of the Microsoft App Store guidelines sections 6.2 states that apps or games rated PEGI 16, […]
Minecraft Topples COD: Modern Warfare 3 For XBL Supremacy
The Xbox Live “most played” charts aren’t usually a site for heated competition between popular games but this week we have a new king in Mojang’s Minecraft. The Xbox Live version of the block building toppled Activision’s Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 for the most players on Microsoft’s Online service. Certainly MineCraft is no […]
Darksiders 2 DLC ‘Abyssal Forge’ Coming October 30th
The second DLC for Darksiders 2 is set to release next week. If you happened to miss the first DLC, Argul’s Tomb, check out our review here! Releasing on October 30th for 800 MSP will be the Abyssal Forge. Here is the official description of the DLC: “The Abyssal Forge is a living machine designed to […]
What’s New On The Shelf: October 23rd
Welcome to “What’s New On The Shelf”, a hopefully weekly segment that gives you the rundown on all of the latest games to be released at retail in North America (with the exception of PC because let’s be realistic Digital Distribution owns that platform). For right now this only includes physically boxed product but hopefully […]
Painkiller: Hell & Damnation ‘Feature’ Trailer
Painkiller: Hell & Damnation (HD…get it? lol) was announced by developer The Farm 51 that they would be creating a ‘from the ground up’ HD remake of the original game. Some of the new features are: a 2 player co-op mode, a survival mode, lots of competitive multiplayer modes, enormous boss fights, and a whole slew […]
Dragon Age III: Inquisition Details & Concept Art
There have been rumors of what’s to come in Dragon Age III: Inquisition. Here are some new details that we know for sure. – It has been in pre-production longer than Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age 2, or Mass Effect 2. – Cinematic designer Jon Perry states that “one level in DA3 is big as […]
Virus Plaguing Borderlands 2, Patch Released Today
Apparently there is a virus going around through the Xbox 360 version of Borderlands 2 dubbed: ‘Graveyard.sav’. It affects your save file and can be aquired by playing in public games or with friends that have played in public games. Here is the official statement from Gearbox Software: “Recently a few users have begun violating […]
Bioshock Infinite Shows Off America
BioShock Infinite looks like it’s going to be another beautiful game. With the newest incarnation of the franchise leaving the aqua-metropolis known as Rapture and know going into a completely different direction: an American sky city known as Columbia. The city is known for it’s vast amount of color and it’s one of the most […]
Need For Speed Kinect Controls In Action
The new Need For Speed: Most Wanted is set to launch from the starting line October 30th and the latest features are looking pretty handy. I havn’t played Mass Effect 3 yet, so I can’t relate to the comparison in the video below but the new kinect additions to NFS sound like something I would […]
Mass Effect 4 Will Be ‘Shepard’-less
That’s right everyone – Shepard will not make it to Mass Effect 4 (or the equivalent name to the next game). In a recent interview, art and design producer Fabrice Condominas from BioWare Montreal, told VG247: “There is one thing we are absolutely sure of – there will be no more Shepard, and the trilogy is […]
Halo 4’s Beautiful Launch Trailer
The Halo series has had it’s share of live action wonderment before, Produced by David Fincher and directed by Tim Miller this launch trailer for Halo 4 continues that trend. Mr Miller is the visual effects creative supervisor behind Scott Pilgrim and is the director of the new Deadpool movie. A nice touch of the launch video is that it […]
Anarchy Reigns gets Western Date and price cut
Platinum Games’ arena brawler/semi Madworld sequel Anarchy Reigns was originally set for a release this summer, before a last minute delay by publisher SEGA pushed it in to 2013. Now, the game is finally set to enter the ring early next year and will come with a budget price. The studio announced today via Twitter that the […]
Bioshock: Infinite Gets Premium & Ultimate Songbird Editions
Announced today are two new editions of Bioshock: Infinite that are now up for preorder at your local gaming store! The “Premium Edition” goes for $79.99 while the “Ultimate Songbird Edition” goes for $149.99. Here are the contents of the “Ultimate Songbird Edition”: 9.5 inch Songbird statue A 3-inch baby version keychain of the sold-out […]
Second Borderlands 2 DLC Leaked Via Trophies
Gearbox Software just can’t seem to keep the DLC for Borderlands 2 a secret now can they? Are after the reveal of the first of several planned DLC add-ons earlier in the month through PS3 trophies, users have now mentioned “Mr.Torgue’s Campaign of Carnage”. Spotted by an eagle eyed reader over at Joystiq the description […]
Assassin’s Creed III Trailer: Maps, Perks, & Characters
Assassin’s Creed III is nearly here. If you’re anything like us, the impending release is driving you crazy. My opinion is that Ubisoft started off with a great idea with the first game. From there, each new game has only gotten more expansive and more impressive. Ubisoft has released a trailer showing off some of […]