Are you a fan of real world cars and locations but always thought standard racing games were a bit… dull?
Do you like the power-ups and over-the-top nature of kart racers but can’t get behind the cartoony style?
Looks like Activision’s Blur might be to your liking, then. And what luck! – CFD! is giving away codes for the recently started Xbox 360 multiplayer beta!
Ready to get your Blur on? Race past the jump for details…
More details have dropped like a big Dookie bomb on Green Day: Rock Band – the first we’ve heard since the game’s announcement at the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards – including a release date.
Besides the video above and screenshots below, we now know that the game will be going Kerplunk onto shelves worldwide on June 8th, 2010 in two different formats. Want some Warning of what to expect? Well then don’t be a Nimrod and hit the jump for details.
Okay, who didn’t see this one coming? Show of hands?
Let’s be honest here; with such a fertile ground of classic adventure gaming available to mine it was pretty much a foregone conclusion that the other Monkey Island titles would be getting the same revamp love as last year’s The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition. And that’s just what LucasArts announced this evening!
Indeed, ye scurvy bilge rats! Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge sets sail this summer for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, iPhone/iPod Touch, PC and probably every other platform in the known universe if you just give them time enough. And it’s not just the same old facelift (and… earlift? what would a re-orchestrated soundtrack count as?) that the first release got (though it does have all of those same features again).
After an incident made public last year where an Xbox Live user was banned for self-identifying as a lesbian in her gamertag profile, the terms of service for Microsoft’s online service have come under increased scrutiny by the LGBT community. Microsoft claimed that any expression of sexual preference (including straight) was banned under the TOS, clarifying and stating that it was to prevent potential harassment and hate speech. This claim rang rather hollow with anyone who has actually played the average multiplayer game online, however, since it takes all of about 20 seconds to get called a faggot by some random idiot halfway across the country.
Still, the verbal outcry following the incident apparently caused Microsoft to look into reevaluating their policy, as Xbox Live General Manager Marc Whitten announced Friday on the Gamerscore Blog that the service’s TOS had been altered, finding ways to include, rather than exclude, LGBT gamers.
Yes, this is a bit late – we know. Bungie fans have likely had this footage running on loop for the last few days already anyway, salivating at the chance to dig their teeth into the Halo: Reach beta when it hits. But for those of you who haven’t yet had the chance to see it in action, here it is – footage from the alpha build of Reach’s multiplayer modes!
Let’s face it: The Saboteur wasn’t on anyone’s immediate radar until creators Pandemic Studios got canned in late 2009. With virtually no hype and no marketing campaign, the circumstances surrounding the game’s final stages of development were more intriguing to most than the notion of actually playing the studio’s last project.
While the Pandemic brand lives on, the majority of its staff rushed to finish The Saboteur on time, only to be laid off days before its release. Some employees even went so far as to place a countdown clock in the building which predicted their job eliminations while others shook one last fist at the company who shook them off. Of course, the ultimate question was whether or not The Saboteur would be the doomed studio’s swan song or yet another of their current-gen disappointments.
Gearbox’s critically acclaimed Borderlands saw the launch of yet another DLC expansion this week. The Secret Armory of General Knoxx dangles a whole new set of carrots in front of players to drag them back to Pandora’s desolate environs: new weapons, new enemies, and that most crucial of all – a level cap upgrade!
Enjoy the launch trailer, assuming you’re not already out there on your platform of choice, blowing up all sorts of hell with Sage’s uncle…
Do you own BioShock 2? Do you plan to own it? Are you hoping for more content now that you’ve completed the single player game and/or have lost most of your evenings in the multiplayer? Well then, as my good friend (read: idol that I like to stalk on the weekends) Professor Hubert Farnsworth is fond of saying: “Good news, everyone!”
The first snippets of 2K Games’ DLC agenda have just been revealed, and I’d be shocked if it didn’t make their fans ecstatic. Their first DLC, titled the “Sinclair Solutions Test Pack”, will be available in March and comes with a plethora of multiplayer additions.
In an interview with Remedy’s Oskari Häkkinen on the 19th, VG247 received a real answer as to why the PC version of Alan Wake was canceled. You know, as opposed to the obvious PR bull of “…best played from the couch…” And it’s a much simpler (and honest, and understandable) answer than you’d think.
Remedy just doesn’t have the manpower.
You might be forgiven for giving Vigil’s Darksiders a pass on shelves. However, what many thought was going to be just a run-of-the-mill action/adventure game doomed to wither in the looming shadow of games like God of War III is rapidly turning heads and generating great word-of-mouth (look for CFD!’s own review coming soon-ish).
Still, some people won’t buy into the hype without at least getting a little taste first. Thankfully, in this case, Vigil’s not offering up a Dixie cup-sized supermarket sample. Instead, you’re getting a gigantic heaping plateful of a demo.
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