News: Rare responds to fan site closure
(via Eurogamer) - But not Kinect Sports criticism. Kinect Sports developer Rare has offered its best wishes to a long-running fan site that blamed the Microsoft-owned developer for its closure. Rare said it was "very sorry" to hear of nine-year-old fan site MundoRare's decision to shut its virtual doors.  
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News: Halo: Reach announcement revealed
(via OXM) -- Microsoft bigged it up but it's not that big a deal... CVG has news of Microsoft's big Halo: Reach announcement yesterday and it's... well, a little different to what you might have hoped.  
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Metalocalypse game sentenced to eternal doom Metalocalypse: Dethgame
(via Game Radar) - Fans waiting breathlessly for the Metalocalypse game on PS3 and Xbox 360 should probably begin breathing again lest they faint. The game will never see the light of day. Cartoon Network and game publisher Konami have mutually agreed to lingering "creative differences" on how to bring the cartoon series starring fictional metal band Dethklok to the digital world.  
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New Kane & Lynch 2 trailer makes you cringe
(via QJ) -- With just a little over two weeks to go before Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days finally is released to the wild, we have here a new trailer for it. You know, just in case you weren't  
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News: Xbox 360 Slim 250GB hard drives to be sold separately
(via OXM) -- Available for those who want to upgrade the 4GB HDD in the Kinect bundle. Microsoft will be selling 250GB hard drives for Xbox 360 Slim separately.  
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News: Ice-T: Hates Medal of Honor, loves Kane & Lynch 2
(via OXM) -- Rapper and Gears of War 3 voice actor gets straight to the point. Ice-T, famous rapped and confirmed Gears of War 3 voice actor, has been sharing his opinion on recent games (via Kotaku).  
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Call of Duty: Black Ops gets Hardened and Prestige editions
(via CVG) - Ready to spent more money on CoD?. Online retailer Buy.com has revealed that Call of Duty: Black Ops will be available in a Hardened and Prestige special edition. At least, it will in the US.Related StoriesBioWare: '10 million is the new target'Lovely violence in Kane & Lynch 2 dev diaryKinect  
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Call of Duty: Black Ops getting Prestige and Hardened editions?
(via QJ) -- It looks like Activison is cooking something for all the die hard Call of Duty fans as US online retailer Buy.com has outed (and then pulled) a Hardened and Prestige versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops.      
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WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011 release date announced
(via QJ) -- More dates are coming to be marked on your gaming calendars. WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011 has just been dated by THQ.          
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Can Kinect Compete?
(via IGN) -- Kinect (X360)We see how Microsoft's motion controller shapes up against the opposition.   
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Video: Risk Factions - first 15 mins
(via Eurogamer) -- View this video on EGTV   
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Vanquish difficulties range from Casual Auto to God Hard
(via QJ) -- You better get your stamina on the right track unless you want to be vanquished by Vanquish. That's because there are five difficulty options in the game, with the toughest of them all being called "God Hard".        
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News: Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock songlist thus far
(via OXM) -- The confirmed tracks to date collected together in a tidy list. Cool. Joystiq has put together a list of all the confirmed Guitar Hero tracks to date.  
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News: Gears of War 3 'Save/Kill Carmine' shirts now available
(via OXM) -- You can finally make your decision on what should happen to the hapless COG. The 'Save Carmine' and 'Carmine Must Die' t-shirts are now available on Xbox Live Marketplace.   
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Microsoft To Sell 250GB HDDs Separately Microsoft
(via Kotaku) -- Selling individual 250GB hard disk drives for the new Xbox 360 S seems like a predictable move, sure, but also one that until now had never been officially disclosed by Microsoft. More »   
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I don't get Facebook gaming - Bethesda dev
(via CVG) - Todd Howard isn't keen on social network gaming. Executive producer at Bethesda, Todd Howard, has shared his opinion on Facebook gaming - which, if you hadn't heard, has become a bit of a sensation recently.Related StoriesBioWare: '10 million is the new target'Lovely violence in Kane & Lynch 2 dev  
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Two Worlds 2 gets a new Trailer
(via Xboxyde) - The communication about Two Worlds 2 is as chaotic as its development. Two years after the game's announcement, we finally get a trailer with some gameplay. Technically and artistically it's far from impressive, but let's hope that it will be more stable than its predecesor when the game is released, on October 5th.  
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News: Teach Rio Ferdinand how to play Halo
(via Eurogamer) - And other celebs. Microsoft's launched a competition to find the best Halo: Reach gamers in Britain, one of which will lead five celebs as part of the Elite Spartan Squad. Halo: Reach matches will be played throughout August to find six Halo players who will form their own team.  
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Preview: Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock
(via Xbox 360 Fanboy) - It seems silly to describe the "new features" that have been added to Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock without acknowledging the basic stuff the franchise still doesn't get right. For example, do you want to see the difficulty of a song before jumping into it in campaign mode? Nope, you can't do that.  
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Halo: Reach Announcement for UK Gamers
(via Xboxic) -- After a few days of waiting, the Halo: Reach announcement for selected guests during a London Microsoft conference has arrived, but don’t get too excited! (1 comment…)  
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