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New Sleeping Dogs DLC Released, 'Year of the Snake'

2013-03-12T09:17:00.001-07:00

Square-Enix's latest sandbox game, Sleeping Dogs, has received it's second DLC installment which is titled "Year of the Snake." The new add-on content brings a whole new "short story" to extend the game.

Wei Shen's story continues in Year of the Snake as he rejoins the ranks of the Hong Kong Police Department in a series of new missions set immediately after the main game. A vicious end-of-the-world cult is taking root in the back streets of Hong Kong... the Cult of the Snake. Hell-bent on cleansing the city of its evils, they cannot be negotiated with as they pursue a path to their righteous salvation. With an arsenal of weapons, including teargas guns and electroshock pistols, new outfits and abilities, Wei must enter a race against the clock to bring the cultists to justice before Judgment Day.

I enjoyed Sleeping Dogs tremendously, and completed the game in just a handful of days. The previous DLC, Nightmare in North Point, was short, but a very enjoyable extra side story. You can pick up on Year of the Snake for 560 MSPs in the Xbox Live Marketplace, or $7.00 on the Playstation Network. Also, for all you achievement hunters out there, the content add four achievements for 100 gamerscore.

Hitman HD Trilogy Details

2013-01-20T21:09:00.000-08:00

The Hitman series has been going on on for more than a decade now, and in my opinion, the best one yet, Hitman: Absolution, was released just a couple months ago. Now all you Hitman fans can rejoice, Square-Enix has announced they are releasing a Hitman HD Trilogy containing Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, Hitman: Contracts and Hitman: Blood Money.

Today, Squre-Enix released three new screenshots of the upcoming title.

You can expect to find Hitman HD Trilogy in stores on January 29th in the US, and February 1st in Europe.

Capcom's 30th Anniversary Bring Us to Our Childhoods - The Capcom Arcade Cabinet

2013-01-11T20:49:00.003-08:00

Following along with the current trend of releasing all your older games, Capcom announced on one of the employee's blogs that they will be releasing quite a few 8-bit games as part of their 30th anniversary. While they did not release much information about what titles will be released, they did say most of them will be digital downloads for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

They will be releasing full details regarding dates, pricing, specific titles, and everything else on February 7th. We will keep you updated then.

Gears of War: Judgement Giveaway

2013-01-11T12:38:00.000-08:00

It's that time again! After a very successful November contest, we decided we'd get everyone pumped about for my personal favorite series, Gears of War: Judgement. One lucky contestant is going to be able to play this game when it's released, for free.

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Good luck to everyone out there. Tell your friends about this contest, or share it on facebook or twitter with the bar on the left. The contest will end on Gears of War Judgement's release date, which is currently scheduled for 03/19/2013.

Next LEGO Title: Marvel Super Heroes

2013-01-08T12:20:00.000-08:00

Traveller's Tales has been putting LEGO in every movie franchise that's gotten big so far, and people have been begging for a Marvel adaptation of the LEGO games. It has happened! Today Traveller's Tales announced their next upcoming title, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes.

Tom Stone, the Mananging Direct at Traveller's Tales, seemed very excited to re-create the Marvel universe:

"We’re very excited to bring a myriad of classic Marvel characters to life in LEGO form for some fun, family-friendly gameplay in 'LEGO Marvel Super Heroes'. Players will brave the ultimate mission to save the world as they explore famous landmarks in LEGO New York and take the adventure beyond Earth to iconic locations in the Marvel Universe."

It's also mentioned that there will be over 100 playable characters in the game, so you will be able to play as your favorite Marvel hero. The game is set to release sometime this fall. We will keep you updated with further news, and the release date of LEGO Twilight.

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 Teaser

2013-01-08T00:32:00.002-08:00

Every year, EA Sports bring us a new Tiger Woods PGA Tour title, and each year they've tried to include more and more of some type of "story mode" which most of it has been a look into Tiger's life, and has even gave us the chance to place as young Tiger when he was just learning his incredible golf skills. This year it seems Tiger Woods PGA Tour will be focusing on Legends, in the upcoming title, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14, and will introduce Arnold Palmer and several other golf legends as available characters.

EA released this teaser trailer today:

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 is set to release on March 26th, 2013.

Far Cry 3 Achievement Videos

2013-01-05T13:19:00.000-08:00

I've recently completed all the achievements for the amazing Ubisoft title, Far Cry 3, and it is no doubt one of the top 5 games of the year. There are a couple achievements that can make for quite a struggle, and I made a couple videos to help you obtain that 1000 gamerscore (or platinum trophy for you PS3 players).

Never Saw It Coming (on hang glider):
This achievement requires you to perform a death from above from a parachute, hang glider, or a zipline. If you have already cleared the game, then the zipline is out of the question. Here is my take on getting that Death From Above from a hang glider.

Poacher Achievement:

The poacher achievement requires you to kill and skin a rare animal. There are only a few of these special creatures in the world of Far Cry 3, and with our video, you'll be able to snag this achievement for yourself.

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron gets Double XP!

2012-11-17T11:28:00.000-08:00

For those who have not leveled all their characters online in High Moon Studios', Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, now is your chance. Activision released a statement letting everyone know that they are giving out Double XP for an unset amount of time, and it started yesterday at 4PM. This is for their recent nomination for "Best Adaptation" award in the upcoming Spike TV Video Game Awards. I know I will be putting some hours into this title this week!

A New Grand Theft Auto V Trailer

2012-11-14T19:18:00.000-08:00

Rockstar released the second trailer to the game almost everyone's waiting for, Grand Theft Auto V, this morning, and it's already caused quite the hype. The trailer gives glimpses of several missions and other dialogue from the game. Grand Theft Auto V is set to release in the Spring of 2013, but if you need your GTA fix sooner than that, don't forget that Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is coming to iOS and Androids real soon.

And if you need more time out of your current Grand Theft Auto games, be sure to check into modding Grand Theft Auto 3 on your iPhone or Android.

Disney's Epic Mickey 2 Collector's Edition Revealed

2012-11-13T16:38:00.001-08:00

Disney has released details on their upcoming title, Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, and it's collector's edition. At the moment, this edition is only confirmed for Europe. The Epic Mickey 2: Collectors Edition will include:

Exclusive Mickey or Oswald figurine
Exclusive film cell from 1928 short "The Fox Chase"
Exclusive retro TV packaging
An 8GB Oswald USB drive w/ Disney content

Epic Micky 2: The Power of Two is set to release for the Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, and Sony Playstation 3 on November 18th, 2012.

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Tomb Raider Special Editions Revealed

2012-11-13T16:19:00.000-08:00

I have been a huge fan of the Tomb Raider franchise since I was a young teenager, and it's amazing how far the series has come. Square-Enix's new take on Lara Croft in the upcoming game, Tomb Raider, has gotten quite a few people hyped up about it's upcoming release. Square-Enix released pictures today of the collector edition and survival edition of Tomb Raider, which we have pictured below.

North America Collector's Edition

European Collector's Edition

European Survival Edition

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Jet Set Radio Making It's Way to iOS, PSVita, and Android

2012-11-13T16:05:00.002-08:00

I'm sure quite a few people remember the unique game, Jet Set Radio, which was created by Smilebit, and released in 2000 on Sega's Dreamcast. We were lucky enough to see the title revived, and receive a HD port on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 earlier this year. Sega, who published the game in 2000, has announced today that they are also releasing the port on the PSVita, iOS phones, and Android phones on November 29th. No word on the price tag yet for any of the systems, but we will fill you in as soon as we know.

Jet Set Radio - Xbox Live Marketplace

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Battlefield 3 Premium Players get Double XP

2012-11-12T12:26:00.000-08:00

DICE announced this weekend, all Battlefield 3 users with a premium account will receive Double XP this week. This will make reaching Colonel rank much easier for you achievement hunters out there. Double XP has already started, and will continue until Monday at 10am. Grab your guns, and get to killing!

This must be an attempt to get everyone's minds off the monster release tonight of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.

Screenshots of Upcoming Family Guy Game

2012-11-12T06:29:00.002-08:00

With the upcoming game based on the hit TV show, Family Guy, coming out real soon, Activision has released some new screenshots of Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse. Though I have read several mixed reviews on the game, I absolutely love the art style, since it compares so much to the TV show.

Brian taking on Pirates

Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse is set to release November 20th for North America and November 23rd for Europe. Read more to see more screenshots.

Sonic CD Coming to the Windows Phone

2012-11-11T21:46:00.002-08:00

Around the same time, Sonic CD, was released for the Xbox Live Arcade, there were rumors and a couple screenshots of the game coming to Windows Phones. Over a year later, SEGA has announced that Sonic CD will be available for Windows 7 & 8 mobile devices on November 14th, 2012. No word on the price tag yet, but you can pick it up on the Xbox Live Marketplace for only 400 Microsoft points.

See screenshots after the jump.

Minecraft on the Xbox 360 to receive another patch

2012-11-11T21:11:00.002-08:00

The top selling Xbox Live arcade game of all-time, Minecraft, will be receiving another new patch fairly soon. Last month, Minecraft players received a huge patch adding new modes to the game and fixing various issues, and now we can rejoice once again as another game changing patch is about to drop. A list of all the current fixes has been published:

Changes and Additions:
- Added an option to clear the quick select bar in the creative interface
- Added an option to enable or disable bedrock fog, and set to off by default
- Added an option to toggle the HUD off/on
- Added an option to turn the player hand off/on
- Added a crafting recipe for Golden Apples
- Added a crafting recipe for Pumpkin Seeds
- Made cakes stackable
- Added a How To Play page for Host and Player options

Fixes:
- Fix for a problem with signs in online games causing crashes
- Fix for save renaming deleting the wrong save due to input received during the confirmation flow
- Fix to the mob generation code to increase the number of animals in the world
- Fix for chests being incorrectly lit, and rotated for maps from previous versions
- Fix for problem with the eating animation being shown for players who weren’t eating
- Fix for problem with chest lids not behaving properly
- Fix for animals looking like they were taking damage when they shouldn’t
- Fix for some sounds not playing when the player has an empty hand
- Fix for lever sounds
- Fix for fence gate sounds
- Fix for splitscreen players sometimes having their settings zeroed
- Fix for being damaged while flying over lava
- Fix to stop lava, milk and water buckets being empty after use in creative mode
- Fix for Leader of the Pack achievement being awarded incorrectly
- Fix for leaderboard stats issue where value stored was incorrect
- Fix for hitbox problems with glass panes and iron fence
- Fix for small character display changing color to green
- Fix for map rendering incorrectly in some situations with clouds disabled
- Fix for block rendering problem at the edge of the map
- Fix for splitscreen players not being able to mine in the tutorial
- Fix for players not being able to sprint/sprint-fly in creative mode if the player was previously in survival mode with a low food bar
- Fix for arrow damage not being ignored when PvP is turned off
- Fix for activated pressure plates not working correctly
- Fix for the low food bar hint appearing when loading a game in creative mode (usually the tutorial world saves)
- Fix to remove the player shadow when the Invisible option in the Host Privileges is used
- Fix for Red Roses not being generated on the terrain
- Fix for paintings being pushed by pistons
- Fix so that players who can’t eat, due to the Trust Players option being off, do not get exhausted
- Fix for the interface disappearing after a Share to Facebook action
- Fix to limit the number of Slimes, Ghasts and Silverfish that can be spawned in a world
- Fix for the cursor position in creative mode being able to go offscreen
- Fix for players showing on maps when they should not be, after the player dies and respawns
- Fix for capes displaying wrongly when sprint-flying
- Fix for capes not displaying in the Nether
- Fix for capes not displaying when the player respawns
- Fix for tools taking damage in Creative Mode
- Fix so Bows don’t need or use up Arrows in Creative Mode
- Reduced the volume of the chest open/close sound effect

There is currently no set release date for the patch, but it should be coming soon. We will keep you updated.

New "Super" Wii U Promotional Video

2012-11-11T11:01:00.001-08:00

A new Japanese video from Nintendo, which is a 15 minutes promotional video for the new Wii U console, released today. It shows us many of the interesting Wii U concepts which makes it a very unique system. Check it out below.

Review: LEGO Batman 2 - DC Super Heros

2012-10-28T16:14:00.001-07:00

This weekend I invested about twenty five hours into the newest installment of the LEGO series. LEGO Batman 2 is one of the first open world LEGO made yet, and is quite like it's original, LEGO Batman, but with much more content.

We are started off with Lex Luthor, who is Superman's arch-nemesis, is running for president, and has teamed up with the Joker to obtain what he wants. Since all of this is going down in Gotham City, Batman and Robin must save the day. They eventually realize that the Joker and Lex Luthor duo may just to be too difficult for them to handle alone. Luckily, the whole Justice League is here to help out.

The controls are just like all the other LEGO games out there. You can punch, switch between characters with a push of a button, and each character has their own unique special attack. With the simplicity of the game, you must use Batman and Robin's suit to use unique abilities catered to each suit, or use any of the other characters unique power. For instance, Superman can fly, use his ice breath, or even shoot laser beams out of his eyes, while the Green Lantern can use his own powers to build special green LEGO blocks which are unique to him.

The open world is quite large, especially for a LEGO game. You have the entire city of Gotham to explore, which is broken down to 3 parts. Apart from the open world, you have 15 mission levels to explore also. The entire world contains so much to do. There a total of 250 gold bricks to collect between the levels and the open world, 150 minikits to collect in the levels and with every 10 you get a special vehicle. You will have 50 citizens to save, and 20 red bricks to collect which will give you cheats to use to make the gameplay even easier for you.

LEGO Batman 2 is the first LEGO game to feature voice acting. You'll be able to experience the funny dialogue between Superman and Batman (who I believe is a little jealous), and you'll be greeted with a fully voiced newscast at the beginning of each level.

My personal favorite thing about the game is almost every single thing is destroyable, and gives you a chance to collect studs, which are the in-game currency. The game is full of replay-ability and is even better with a friend. Someone can join in through local co-op or by Xbox Live at any moment of the game. You will be able to run through the story mode under 10 hours, but collecting all the gold bricks, minikits, and saving citizens is gonna take another 15 hours. I highly suggest you give the game a try, no matter what your age is.

Xbox Live Marketplace Deal of the Week - Bioshock

2012-10-28T11:25:00.001-07:00

I am impressed with Xbox Live's Deal of the Week. You'll be able to pick up Bioshock and Bioshock 2 this week for only $9.99 each. This is a very impressive deal! If you have never played any of 2K Game's Bioshock series, you should give them a try. Bioshock has one of the most interesting stories out of any game on the Xbox 360. You will also be able to pick up any of the DLC packs for Bioshock for 400MSP each.

Check out Xbox Live's Deal of the Week

Borderlands 2 receives lots of fixes with new patch

2012-10-22T17:25:00.002-07:00

Now I know most of the gaming community, like myself, have been pouring hours into Borderlands 2, considering there is so much to do, and so many areas to explore. Gearbox Software are really trying to keep their fan base happy. We received some fresh DLC last week, "Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty", which is the first campaign based DLC for Borderlands 2.

Gearbox Software released a patch today fixing a lot of smalls bugs and glitches that have been found in the game. There's nothing I enjoy more than seeing developers keeping their game up, and not ignoring the problems. On the other hand, I have really not experienced any kind of glitches in the game myself.

Here is the patch notes for the recent update:

• Fixed player first-person arms appearing too far up or down the screen when in horizontal/vertical split mode.
• Fixed players losing ammo when reloading a savegame with max ammo and a stockpile relic equipped.
• Fixed the vendor UI sometimes showing a count of 1 less item in the player's backpack than is actually there.
• Fixed fast travel stations from downloadable content sometimes disappearing when loading a saved game.
• Fixed players getting stuck in a white box when two people try to travel at once and one is in a vehicle.
• Allowed players to trade with each other when at maximum backpack capacity if they're trading the same number of items with each other.
• Fixed clients sometimes losing access to fast travel stations unlocked during co-op progression.
• Fixed the favorite/trash icons on inventory items sometimes disappearing when scrolling the inventory list.
• Added safeguards against the game getting stuck on a 'Saving...' prompt when a client with a splitscreen player saves and quits the game under specific rare circumstances.
• Fixed the "has abandoned your struggle!" message sometimes appearing with no player name.
• Fixed mini-map fog-of-war sometimes not uncovering correctly when first loading a saved game as a client.
• Fixed co-op players sometimes spawning at different places after a level transition.
• Fixed an error that could sometimes occur when trying to join a game where the host had recently returned from a downloadable content area.
• Fixed an error where clients would sometimes see certain weapons firing in incorrect directions.
• Fixed a blocker in the "Do No Harm" mission and repaired users already affected by the bug.
• Fixed an issue with savegames sometimes causing the game to stutter / freeze and repaired saves already affected by the bug.
• Made the user's inventory not jump to the top of the list when using a customization item.
• Fixed a bug with shields that reduce the player's maximum health not displaying the amount of health reduced on the item card.
• Fixed a bug where some challenges would sometimes re-complete levels 1 through 5 over and over again, granting the user additional ranks and tokens.
• Enemies affected by a Siren's Thoughtlock ability may now be damaged by other players.
• Fixed an issue where players could sometimes lose their third and fourth weapon slots. Characters who have already lost these slots will be repaired the next time they are loaded.
• Fixed an issue where players were sometimes unable to pick items up after another player had bulk-picked-up a nearby item.
• Fixed an issue where players could occasionally be unable to connect to one another if one of them had recently been in DLC that the other doesn't have.

The patch is ready and will automatically update to your system when you start up the game.

DLC Trailer for Fruit Ninja Kinect appears

2012-10-22T17:07:00.000-07:00

Get ready Fruit Ninja fans! Halfbrick Studios' Fruit Ninja Kinect seems it will be receiving another DLC pack in the future. A trailer was released showing what looks like a Halloween themed DLC for the very popular Xbox 360 Kinect game.

Fruit Ninja Kinect was released last year in August, and has created quite a fan base since then. You will be able to purchase the "Trick or Treat Bag" DLC on Wednesday, October 24th for 160 MSP (not bad, eh?) in the Xbox Live Marketplace.

Check out the trailer below...

New Super Mario Bros 2 DLC is making it's way to your 3DS this Thursday!

2012-10-02T13:38:00.003-07:00

Yesterday, Nintendo of America announced that New Super Mario Bros. 2 for the Nintendo 3DS, will be receiving it's first DLC for the game. You will be able to download 3 new Coin Packs, which are:

The Gold Rush Pack ($2.50)
Coin Challenge Pack A ($2.50)
Nerve-Wrack Pack ($2.50)

Each pack contains 3 different stages to play coin rush on. Nintendo of America also announced that we can look forward to more DLC in October and late November. You can check out a video here to see how to download the content to your console.

Final Fantasy 3 will be available on PSP on Tuesday

2012-09-23T09:03:00.002-07:00

Over at the Playstation Blog this week, they announced that Final Fantasy 3 will become available in the PSN catalog. PSP users will be available to download the 22-year old classic on September 25th, 2012. Be sure to stay updated on the latest Final Fantasy news.

The last DLC for Modern Warfare 3 will arrive October 10th on PS3 & PC

2012-09-18T10:23:00.002-07:00

Infinity Ward, the creators of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, have announced via twitter that the final DLC, which includes five different maps, will be released on on October 10th on PS3 and PC. If you are an Xbox 360 player, this is the DLC you all received at the first of this month. The five maps are:

Off Shore
Gulch
Decommission
Parish
Boardwalk

Call of Duty Elite subscribers will be able to pick the content up on October 9th. This will be the final DLC since Black Ops 2, the next installment in the Call of Duty series, will be released in 2 months.

Minecraft Gets Updated to 1.8.2 This Month with Pictures and Videos

2012-09-16T19:22:00.000-07:00

The creators for the title, Minecraft, announced recently that a new patch would soon be on it's way. As we wait for version 1.8.2, screenshots of new enemies and video including gameplay of the new patch has been released. We seen several enemies in the video including silverfish, a cave spider, and the Endermen. We've included the video and some screenshots below. We will let you know as soon as the official release date for the patch is announced.

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