‘Customize’ Your Call of Duty Experience

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It was inevitable really, and I’m surprised it took this long, Activision has announced that “Micro Items” will be available for Call of Duty: Black Ops II tomorrow. Starting sometime on Wednesday March 13th, players on the Xbox 360 will be able to add a little extra pizzazz to their boring gold Ak or needlessly [...]


Dead Space 3 DLC has Survival Horror Roots

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Visceral Games has announced that Dead Space 3‘s first DLC “Awakening” will be dropping on all major platforms March 12th. Awakening will take both Isaac and Carver onto the Terra Nova, a ship said to be infested with Unitologist extremists. It’s hard to tell from the trailer whether the craziness is just in their heads, [...]


EA Not Afraid of Microtransactions

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In a recent fancy management type conference that would bore any person not on Wallstreet, Electronic Arts CFO Blake Jorgensen discussed their desire to put microtransactions in every future EA title. At the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media, and Telecom Conference, Jorgensen had this to say: “We’re building into all of our games the ability to pay [...]


Curb Stomp Everything in Dead Space 3

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Dead Space 3 Review Isaac Clark is into his third run-in with the Unitologists and necromorphs in Dead Space 3, this time instead of only destroying one marker, he’s heading to a planet to discover how one civilization managed to stop a Marker uprising. Unlike his past endeavors, Isaac wont be going at it alone, [...]


Dead Space 3′s Take Down Terror With Phil Collins

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You know what I love? In game footage trailers, dismembering Necromorphs, and then combining those two things with Phil Collins‘ musical prowess. Dead Space 3‘s “Take Down Terror” trailer has all of those things and then some, like seeing the ever haunting  Marker looming in the forefront. Finally a DS3 trailer worth watching over and [...]


Dead Space 3 Micro-transactions Not the End of the World

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Dead Space 3 has brought co-op play and Kinect controls to it’s newest installment, and now Eurogamer at a preview event today caught a little tid bit regarding Dead Space 3 and micro-transactions in it’s weapon crafting system. During their hands on preview they noticed the message, ”Cannot craft. Additional resources required.” The purchasable items are [...]


Dead Space 3′s N7 Armor

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It’s really a Mass Effect enthusiasts dream to wear N7 armor in every game they play, especially one that lets you de-limb and curb stomp aliens brains out. In true EA fashion, ME3 is crossing the gaming universe allowing you to don the famed N7 armor in Dead Space 3. There is a catch however, [...]


Black Ops 2 Tries to Sell Revolution

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Treyarch officially announced that the first Black Ops 2 map pack will be releasing later this month, and they want you to buy it. Like Dead Space 3‘s latest “Better with Kinect” infomercial, the Treyarch team tries to sell you on the upcoming maps, zombies, and SMG/assault gun hybrid included in the pack. Since these [...]


Dead Space 3 “Swears” It’s “Better With Kinect”

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The latest video for Dead Space 3 is all about voice commands. I think the video is pretty self explanatory, but I thought it played out more like a bad infomercial with Steve Papoutsis, the Executive Producer of Dead Space 3, saying we no longer have to “fumble with the controls”. Were they really that [...]


Two Ways to Play. New Dead Space 3 Trailer

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Everyone knows Dead Space 3 is going to have co-op, it’s happening whether you like it or not. Not much is known about Clarke’s new partner Carver, though. In the latest trailer you’ll get to see what his struggle’s will be, never having faced the demons Isaac has had such a close relationship with. “Carver, whatever [...]