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New DawnGuard Trailer Will Suck Out Your Soul

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

I hope none of you are burnt out on Skyrim just yet, as Bethesda has released the first official for the game’s first expansion, Dawnguard. No details have been announced regarding the expansion just yet but from the quick glimpses in the embedded trailer we know that Dawnguard involves a sect of vampires who are looking to capture the mythical elderscrolls for their own devilish use. Other neat aspects of the trailer show off the already announced mounted combat and the previously leaked crossbows! Check out the trailer after the jump. Dawnguard will be available on Xbox Live later this

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LOL: Invitational For The Pros, Bonus For The Players

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Andrew Minott

Riot Games has announced that on Friday, June 1st, they will be hosting the first ever Riot World Invitational in Las Vegas, broadcast live on their website beginning at 12pm Pacific time. The Invitational will feature a set of matches pitting five top-ranked League of Legends players from around the world against five of the best Riot staff members. Additionally, for all League of Legends players, Riot will be giving a 100% bonus on all Influence Points earned in-game from Friday evening at 7pm Pacific until 7am on Monday, June 4. This bonus is in celebration of their Facebook page

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Max Payne 3 Launch Trailer Released

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Max Payne 3 officially launches for PC tomorrow and to celebrate Rockstar Games has released a brand new trailer jam packed with footage from the Windows Version. If you have the hardware to run this version of Max Payne 3 it might be worth it considering the game supports high-res character models using 2K textures and Direct X 11! Head on over after the jump for the official trailer and system specs!

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Humble Bundle V Hits Hard

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Broken Joysticks

Earlier today the folks over at The Humble Indie Bundle launched “Humble Bundle V” over here. Packed into this bundle are Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Psychonauts, LIMBO, and Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, plus is you pay over the minimum you get Bastion as well, it also includes all the soundtracks from the games.

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Airline Tycoon 2 Falcon Lines To Be Released Later This Month

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Airline Tycoon 2 the airline business simulator published by Kalypso Media will receive new DLC on PC later this month.  The Falcon LinesDLC allows you to open up lines of business in foreign markets for the first time ever in the history of the series. The developers have also connected the “last minute counter” to the internet to offer real time contracts allowing virtual managers to cash in! There are a number of changes that the Falcon Lines brings to Airline Tycoon 2. Here is a short list: * New character: Siggi Sorglos, completely voiced with his own story *

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Dawnguard Trailer Launched

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Andrew Minott

Bethesda has given us almost two minutes of its Dawnguard DLC for Skyrim today, packed with vampirism, sun-blotting, and a menacing voice-over. Dawnguard will be a timed exclusive, launching on the 360 this summer at a cost of 1600 Microsoft Points ($20), with PC and PS3 version coming at a later date. Bethesda has said that this DLC will be more akin to an expansion pack both in amount of content and scope of story. Check after the jump to watch the new trailer:

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Jason West/Frank Zampella vs. Activision Avoids Jury Trial

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Jason Bassett

Jason West and Frank Zampella have officially settled their case with Activision for their mistreatment of workers during the development of Modern Warfare 2. This ends the year long struggle both Activision and the Infinity Ward studio heads have endured. Zampella and West, in their final hour, decided to settle their dispute before reaching a jury trial. If you haven’t been following this fiasco when it started, West and Zampella sued Activision for the a number of bonuses (rumored to reach over $10,000,000 for both West and Zampella), included in that deal were all the staff that worked on Modern

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New Gears of War to Show Up at E3?

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Jason Bassett

Game Informer has just released a teaser cover for their upcoming August issue.  But the cover shot doesn’t really tell us much. They have mentioned however,  that it will indeed, be a new Gears of War game. Microsoft will have Gears of War, Halo 4 and plenty of other goodies during their press conference. For now though, just enjoy the teaser cover for you to go crazy over. Try not to ruin your computer chair. Reminder: Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference is on Monday, June 4th @ 9:30AM PST

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CD Projekt RED’s Cyberpunk RPG Announced

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

CD Projekt RED announced that it is developing a new game based on Mike Pondsmith’s venerable Cyberpunk 2020 RPG (originally known as Cyberpunk 2013 when it was first released in the late 1980s). As is typical of this sort of thing, Cyberpunk is set in a future dystopia where the United States is a borderline police state run by ruthless, nearly omnipotent corporations (the rest of the world isn’t doing too hot either). Speaking at CD Projekt’s Summer Conference, co-founder Marcin Iwinski promised that the RPG will follow in the Witcher series’ footsteps. It’ll be non-linear, morally ambiguous, and “mature.”

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Crusader Kings 2: Sword of Islam DLC Announced

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Paradox Interactive has just announced the Sword of Islam DLC for Crusader Kings 2. The main selling point of this DLC is that, for the first time in the history of the series, you’ll be able to play an Islamic dynasty. Finally, you can experience building up a powerful dynasty (only to see it crushed by the Mongols) from an Islamic perspective. Paradox hasn’t released many details about how the Muslims will play differently than European Christians, but the latest developer diary promises “lots of specific new mechanics for the Muslims, creating a whole new experience for the player, where

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Second Guild Wars 2 Beta Weekend Announced

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

MMO players mark your calendar as June 8th marks the next public beta weekend for NCSoft’s Guild Wars 2. Thousandds of people who pre-ordered GW2 will be able to enjoy the game’s beta for 48hrs from Noon PST Friday afternoon until midnight Monday morning. One cool little tidbit that Arena passed along via press release was that existing characters from the last beta event will carry over to the June 11th event.

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What is Infinity Ward planning for the Future?

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Jason Bassett

Infinity Ward is now looking for people to work on next generation projects. According to a job posting on Activision’s website, Infinity Ward is looking for a  Senior Network Engineer to work on upcoming next generation projects. The job description reads: Come work with the game industry’s brightest to design and implement high level network code for an exciting unannounced title for next generation console systems. This role is for experienced programmers that have a passion for games and experience with online infrastructure design and development. Is Infinity Ward looking to bring the next Call of Duty onto next generation hardware?

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Paradox Interactive Hosting A War of The Roses Live Stream

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Paradox Interactive announced today that their latest title, A War of The Roses, will receive the livestream treatment this Wednesday on Twitch.Tv. The livestream will feature the president of Paradox Interactive as well as a several developers from Fatshark, the game’s developers. A War of Roses is a 15th century  war game that pits two rival branches  of the Royal House of Plantagenet against each other. Players will control their commander through a third person perspective, leading them into battle in either a single player campaign or online multiplayer where new upgrades and abilities can be earned through a points

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Red Orchestra 2 GOTY Edition Update Released

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

The Game of the Year Edition of Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad has just been released on Steam. As we reported previously, this free update includes numerous tweaks, in addition to a new map and two new gameplay modes. The new “Action” and “Classic” modes sound promising, because Red Orchestra 2’s vanilla gameplay falls somewhere in between fast paced shooters like the Call of Duty series and slower, more tactical shooters like the Arma series or the original Red Orchestra. To commemorate this update, Red Orchestra 2 is free to play this weekend. Additionally, it is 75% off on

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Namco Bandai Details European Q2/Q3 Lineup

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Namco Bandai have announced their Q2/Q3 lineup for Europe. What can those of you on the other side of the Atlantic during the dog days of summer? Some games that have already been released here in North America like Sniper Ghost Warrior V2 and the excellent Tales of Graces will be released alongside new games like Inversion and Tekken Tag Tournamnet 2. Check out the full list after the jump.

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