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Buy Bulletstorm Epic Edition, get Gears 3-Pack for $5!

Buy Bulletstorm Epic Edition, get Gears 3-Pack for $5!

Well this is probably the best deal out there for fans of Epic Games and their Gears of War/Bullestorm saga.  If you head into Best Buy to buy a copy of Bulletstorm Epic Edition, you’ll be able to buy the Gears of War Triple Pack for only $5.  The Triple Pack includes Gears of War, [...]

Does PSN stand for Please Secure our Network?

Does PSN stand for Please Secure our Network?

Ok so in the last few weeks things over in Sony land have been out of control.  I know this is primarily an Xbox site and it’s a bit cliché for us to trash Sony, PS3, or PSN…so with that in mind I will do my best to keep it as objective as possible. What [...]

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, New Creation Engine Screenshots

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, New Creation Engine Screenshots

So I personally cannot wait for Bethesda’s next Elder Scrolls offering.  As news filters in I get more and more excited.  Now I’ve found a series of comparison screenshots that were included in an article written over at The Raiding Party Blog and “amazing” is all I can say. We knew the new Creation Engine [...]

Special reveal of a premiere series rebirth promised by OXM

Special reveal of a premiere series rebirth promised by OXM

“You WILL buy this magazine… One of the best games ever made is reborn on Xbox 360.”  Bold words.  The million dollar question is will it be worth it? Well that appeared on the “Next Month” page of OXM issue 70 pictured with the article.  Since then reports of a delay on the story have [...]

Dead Island isn't dead...it's alive and coming 2011

Dead Island isn’t dead…it’s alive and coming 2011

Had it been four years since my salivating over what Techland had revealed with its Dead Island game?  Well it hasn’t been a full four years but it was close.  Does anyone remember the first details I shared about Dead Island and my interest in it?  I gave them their own category for crying out [...]

Mirrror's Edge 2 fails to reflect success, sequel denied

Mirrror’s Edge 2 fails to reflect success, sequel denied

Another one bites the dust!  EA announced yesterday that development on the sequel to its slow-starting IP Mirror’s Edge will no longer be continued. Mirror’s Edge 2 had been in development at DICE for some time, but prototypes were deemed “disappointing” when shown to EA.  While Dice is responsible for the wildly popular Battlefield series, no [...]

What are you playing?

What are you playing?

I haven’t asked this question in quite some time and figured that with today’s release of Marvel vs. Capcom 3, there was no better time.  What’s in your console at the moment?  I’ve been playing a little bit of Dead Space 2, Fable 3 and Zombie Cafe on iOS.  Zombie Cafe is a robbery by [...]

Halo: Reach Defiant Map Pack inbound

Halo: Reach Defiant Map Pack inbound

Halo: Reach Defiant Map Pack comes blazing with 3 new maps.  You can check out details below and also get a glimpse of them on YouTube.  You’l have to fork over 800 points for these puppies. Condemned: Condemned takes place aboard Orbital Station Gamma, a massive space station high in orbit above the planet Reach. [...]

Live Rewards program...get points yet?

Live Rewards program…get points yet?

Not that long ago Microsoft launched the Xbox Live Rewards program.  The details and requirements to obtain Microsoft Points seemed easy enough didn’t it?  But how many of you have actually received points from it?  I’ve had about 260 Microsoft Points pending for a little over a month now.  I heard that it takes 60 [...]