‘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 [...]


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 “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 [...]


Omega Rising!

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N7Recruits, I’ve brought a special transmission from parts unknown with me today. Bioware released the official trailer for Mass Effect 3‘s upcoming DLC “Omega”, and you should probably take a look. If there is one thing I can generally praise Bioware on, it is the general feel of their games. Say what you will about [...]


Sims Just Got REAL

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New this month, The Sims Seasons allows your little creations to experience all of the joys (and sadness) of every season. From harassing your friends on the beach as a land shark, to enjoying winter sporting events, your Sims can take on every holiday event. But it isn’t all just fun and games for your pretend family. [...]


Do You Have the Need for Speed?

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This weekend I got to take the wheel of some of the fastest cars on the planet in Criterion’s newest entry into the Need for Speed franchise: Most Wanted. If you’re a fan of Hot Pursuit then you won’t be disappointed here. The game is pretty easy to pick up, and the basic premise is [...]


Mass Effect 2 Answers the Call of Duty

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In a rumor running rampant around the internet, a few unlucky (or lucky depending on how you want to look at it) Black Ops 2 PC users have received Mass Effect 2 as their CODBlOps2 second disc. It appears that when you insert disc 2, marked clearly Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, posts up [...]


Omega is Coming.

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Bioware is bringing the big guns again with the release date of Mass Effect 3‘s newest DLC, hot off the heels of Retaliation. “Omega” marks the second story content release for ME3 and will set the stage for Aria, Queen of Omega, to take back the titular Omega after having been cast out by Cerberus [...]


17 Minutes of Dead Space 3 Gameplay.

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EA and Visceral Games released this 17 minute video of straight gameplay footage from Dead Space 3. Because I don’t want any spoilers in my game, I have refused to watch any of it, but lucky for you, if you’re into spoilers and can’t wait to see some explosions and plenty of necromorph dismemberment, which [...]