Red Dead Redemption - Life in the West Red Dead Redemption (via Game Radar) - Liberty City with Bears! That’s a genuinely enthusiastic way we’ve taken to describing Red Dead Redemption. Sure, Rockstar’s whipped their traditional brand of stank on the fledging cities, where you’ll find missions, gamble, engage in commerce, or simply dispense hot-leaded justice upon. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 15 hours ago
Xbox Live Marketplace Update: Monday 15th - Wednesday 17th March 2010 Rock Band (via Game Radar) - Console Monster writes: "The Xbox Live Marketplace has been updated with some new content over the past couple of days. The highlight of the update is the new Rock Band content, including the hilarious cover of Lady Gaga's Poker Face by South Park's Cartman. Here is the full Xbox Live Marketplace Update for Monday 15th - Wednesday 17th March 2010:
Xbox Live Arcade
Perfect Dark
Price: 800 Microsoft Points (Free Trial available)
Size: 239 MB
Game Content
Sonic & SEGA All-Star Racing: Unlock All Characters & Tracks
Price: 400 Microsoft Points
Size: 108 KB. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 15 hours ago
New UFC 2010 vid focuses on B.J. Penn UFC Undisputed 2010 (via Game Radar) - This new UFC Undisputed 2010 trailer may focus its attentions more on the rise to prominence of current Welterwight champ, B.J. Penn over pure gameplay footage, but we can’t help but feel excited. The snatches of the game you see make it look slicker and more visceral then before and is that a speedier bob and weave defence we spy at 1:03? Yes, yes it is. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 21 hours ago
Gaming deals of the day Dragon Age: Origins (via Game Radar) - Bethesda‘s latest opus is sitting pretty with a 91 on Metacritic and stands head and shoulders above the other RPGs out there at the moment. The Digital Deluxe Edition includes a bunch of DLC for the game including the Warden’s Keep expansion and a Grimoire of the Frozen Wastes among other things. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 2 days ago
Potentially major Final Fantasy XIII freezing issue emerges Final Fantasy XIII (via Game Radar) - We have received direct reports that both PS3 and 360 versions of Final Fantasy XIII are sporadically freezing mid-game, or erroring on startup. A slew of forum threads describe same problem, but no clear cause or work-around has emerged. We have e-mailed Square Enix regarding the issue, but are still awaiting a reply, and according to most reports, Microsoft and Sony are blaming scratched discs. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 2 days ago
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Thank You - there is a God Deus Ex 3 (via Game Radar) - OXCGN:
"Finally, god has answered my prayers and allowed those who have been harboring this creature to finally unfold its wings and fly free . . .
Welcome to the next chapter in the Deus Ex franchise which is about to drop at the next big E3 between June 14th – 17th 2010 inclusive of the Keynote presentations. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 2 days ago
Rock Band DLC Releases Week Beginning March 14th Rock Band (via Game Radar) - Harmonix and MTV Games have announced that a four pack of songs from pop sensation Lady Gaga, as well as singles from 3 Doors Down, Mute Math, The Subways, and a special Lady Gaga cover by Comedy Central's South Park's own Eric Cartman will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content (DLC) for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 2 days ago
Crackdown 2 explodes July 6 Crackdown 2 (via Game Radar) - When Crackdown 2 was shown at the recent X10 event in San Francisco, no release date was spoken of, so we assumed it wouldn't be out all that soon. Color us surprised (which is sort of a dark mauve) to get the news today that the super-cop sequel and its technically-not-zombies will be in stores July 6 in the US and July 9 in Europe. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 3 days ago
Rein: Epic owns Gears IP, can do what we want with it Gears of War (via Game Radar) - VG247: Epic's Mark Rein has said that the developer owns the Gears of War IP, and can do with it what it pleases.
Speaking with VG247 at GDC last week, we asked Rein to clarify for some of the more paranoid out there, whether or not Microsoft had some nefarious hand in the developer's cookie jar. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 3 days ago
Fable 2 Episodic Experiment Deemed Massive Success Fable II (via Game Radar) - At the tail end of their GDC interview with Lionhead's Peter Molyneux, Joystiq remembered one more question they simply had to know: How well did Fable 2's episodic experiment go? Last August, Molyneux announced plans to release Fable 2 as a series of five downloadable "episodes," with the first one given away and the subsequent four priced at $10 each. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 3 days ago
Wait a Minute, $200 - for a Faceplate? Need for Speed ProStreet (via Game Radar) - Kotaku: Two years ago, Xbox Live gave away 72 limited edition Xbox 360 faceplates with a Need For Speed: ProStreet design. Some guy decided to get rid of his on eBay and has found it commands a price above $200.
The seller, out of Queens, N.Y., billed it as an "extremely rare" collectible but listed it for $30. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 4 days ago
Hardcore Gamer's IQ Test (via Game Radar) - Deviantartist shadow502t has issued a challenge that you’ll never, ever rise to. Face it, you’re just not that good a gamer… Sorry, that’s just the way it is. There’s like, maybe, a 10% chance you’ll be to name half the characters here. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 5 days ago
Rumor: Why Call of Duty Developers Are Sticking Around Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (via Game Radar) - With studio heads at Infinity Ward, the developer of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and its sequel, no longer employed, you'd think all those remaining at the company would be leaving in mass exodus. They're not, apparently, and here's why.
Sources tell Kotaku that Modern Warfare publisher Activision is delaying paying Infinity Ward employees their royalties. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | 6 days ago