Update: Xbox Live is now back up and running for myself and most users. If you have any problems, try restarting your console. That was quick! [Thanks, pharmassist!] Xbox Live has just gone down for most users. According to Microsoft’s Xbox Status page users “may experience trouble accessing Xbox Live” and multiple people on twitter have reported the same to me. I myself just quit a game of Sleeping Dogs and found myself having problems accessing my...
Sleeping Dogs is releasing content to players that was previously only available to those who had select pre-orders. Now all gamers will have access to the multiple packs and skins that other have been raving about. In addition to being able to dress their character like the infamous Agent 47 or outfit them with the Sarif Industries armor made famous by Deus Ex players will have multiple packs to choose from including: Dragon Master Pack Featuring five pre-order packs in...
Pre-orders for Gears of War Judgment went live last week. Every pre-order for GoW Judgement comes a Classic Hammerburst, no matter where you pre-order it. It’s not just the skin, but the actual in-game weapon. Different retailers are offering different character skins for pre-ordering through them though. The skins that are being used to leverage pre-orders are Young Marcus, Young Dom, Anya and Alex Brand. Young Dom can be obtained through a pre-order with Amazon...
Man, remember Crysis? Remember all the fervor that game drew due to its system requirements? Everyone was saying,”Man, there isn’t a computer out there that can run this thing before setting your PC on fire!” I mean graphic card makers were using Crysis with the settings on max to benchmark their products! Well that was 2007, this is 2012 and Crysis now looks like sh…eh? Oh no, never mind, still looks mind-blowing. Anyways in case you are interested...
EA and Visceral Games are teaming up to bring fans the next Army of TWO game and things could not be looking any better. During the press conference put on by Visceral we got to see an extended look at the game and as does everything using the Frostbite 2 engine the game is absolutely stunning. During the Gamescom demo we got a chance to see where the team is taking the series. The tried and true tactical co-op is still in play and you can be sure to count on the over the...
NBA 2K is back and better than ever as the team at 2K Sports has found some subtle changes that have exponentially improved the way players perform on the court. Previously as is the case in many sports games, the arcade side of things would tend to take over and tactical basketball would most times fall by the wayside. This year the game has opened itself up to allow the cerebral player to impose their will on opponents by making use of 2 key improvements and pairing...
The brand new NBA 2k13 has hit stores and saw the biggest first week of sales in the franchises history. 2k11 had previously been the iteration that held this distinctive honor and the team at 2k is now announcing that this years version saw a 49 percent increase over 2k11. Additionally the team is seeing players flock online to test their skills against one another as they’re showing an 127 percent increase in online play when compared to last years 2k12. Our...
Revolution is upon us my friends, and with Assassin’s Creed 3 about to drop, Ubisoft has announced a season pass to keep the patriotic fires alive long after the war is won. There will be five downloadable pieces of content coming out, with the first being called,”The Tyranny of King George” This is an episodic, single-player experience spread over three episodes and has Connor basically having to dethrone George Washington after he becomes drunk with...
Releasing this week Of Orcs and Men will be doing for the games industry what so many have tried to do for the movie industry… pull off a decent “Buddy Story” With the varying abilities of the duo it seems that the buddy story goes beyond just the story as the 2 compliment each other on the battlefield as well. Arkail the might Orc is obviously a vicious brute using his sheer strength to draw the enemy attention and deal massive amounts of damage as Styx...
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