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Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx
Review by: Tina Amini
The third DLC for Borderlands brings you back to Pandora and back to what makes Borderlands so addictive. READ FULL REVIEW...
BioShock 2
Review by: Charles Husemann
Is the sequel a simple cash-in on the BioShock name or something worthy of the BioShock name? Chuck spills the beans on what to expect. READ FULL REVIEW...
Resident Evil 5: Desperate Escape
Review by: Cyril Lachel
In Resident Evil: Desperate Escape, Capcom proves that they really do know how to deliver fun DLC! READ FULL REVIEW...

News Roundup audio edition: with words... that you can hear!

by: Nathan - -
Welcome back to the audio edition of the the News Roundup. This week Sean and I explore viral marketing, xbox 360 rumors, and the future of burning massive amounts of rubber.


Links:
You may be looking for Sam Fischer, or working for Third Eschelon, but I've already found him
Check out the video, then sign up for the Open Beta for Need for Speed World
Vanquish the evils of slow walking
Xbox 360 rumors galore: Motherboard's revealing photos, Ben Heck's comments, natural USB enhancement, and Gears of War 3 this winter
Gaming Nexus is now using age gating
Witness the Power of the Six String yourself

This weeks featured track on the outro of the Roundup was Broken Bird by Mister Yah , featured on The 8bit collective.

South Park demonstrates the Tiger Woods game we really want

by: Chuck - -
If you missed South Park this week they showed off the version of Tiger Woods 11 that I think a lot of people would want to see.  Maybe we'll get this in the next Mortal Kombat game...

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PAX East totally sold out

by: Chuck - -
If you were planning on going to PAX East next week and haven't purchased tickets yet you're out of luck as the show is completely sold out.  There are absolutely no tickets left for sale so if you don't have tickets you're going to have to hope they free up a few extra tickets the days of the show or hope that you can find someone who's scalping tickets. [READ MORE]

Trials HD highlight reel showcases its brutality/epicness

by: Nathan - -
Trials HD is a physics based puzzle game wrapped in a easily digested extreme sports candy coating. The unique courses offer some insane challenges. The game gives enough freedom to players to find their own way through, or to fail in epic fashion trying to reach the finish line. RedLynx has put together a highlight reel of some of the most insane aerial acrobatics and bone crushing crashes ever seen in Trails HD.

Support US Troops by donating your used games at PAX East

by: Chuck - -
If you're going to PAX East next week and have a few extra games lying around your house you might want to bring them with you to donate them to troops overseas.  The folks at the Gamers Outreach Foundation are going to be set up next to the Tritton/Gunnar booth and will accepting games from all eras which will then be shipped over to our troops fighting overseas. 

I'm going to scour the house but I'm pretty sure I can come up with five to six games to donate to the troops and hopefully you can as well.  If you're not going and want to mail some in leave a comment and we'll see if we can arrange something to help get your games to the Outreach folks.

First look at Rise of the SixString

by: Sean Colleli - -
The announcement of Power Gig: Rise of the SixString got a lot of attention during GDC, as evidenced by this trailer made from footage taken at the event. The controller definitely looks cool and we get to see how it's a fully functional electric guitar, but other than that it's just people rocking out on the thing. I'd really like to get a good look at the gameplay and how that works, but I guess we'll have to wait a little while for that.

Lego Harry Potter and the Whimsical Debut Trailer

by: Sean Colleli - -
I've heard people describe Lego bricks as magical before, but never quite like this. This new trailer for Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 is a Lego-ised version of the opening minutes of the first film, done with Traveler's Tales trademark humor. Considering the cool things you could do with the Force in Lego Star Wars, I'm looking forward to Harry's magical brick manipulating powers when this game is released in May.


Army of Two:The 40th Day DLC gets a launch trailer

by: Chuck - -
"Chapters of Deceit" the first DLC pack for Army of Two is now available on Xbox Live for 800 points (it hits PSN on April 1st).  To celebrate the folks at EA have released a short teaser to show you the things you'll be doing in the pack.  As you would expect that involves mostly shooting things but there are some other things in there like rescuing people and shooting people in tandem.  800 points is a fairly solid price for two new campaign levels so I'm guessing it's a must have if you own the game.

Being Naughty Bear never felt so nice

by: Tina - -
This latest trailer from Naughty Bear is awesomely hilarious. Without looking at the title of the video, can you guess what they’re referencing?

I can’t wait to get in on the violent bear action when this game releases.


Rock Band gets punked next week

by: Tina - -
Rock Band DLC next week is packed with a slew of tracks for you to download. Coming to you in packs are are 80s punk rock tracks from X, and three tracks from British-based rockers Little Fish. Harmonix and MTV Games also have singles from Ace Frehley, Carrie Underwood and OneRepublic.

Read on for release dates on specific platforms as well as the track and pricing information. [READ MORE]

News Roundup: The bookshelf of the Dead is coming to steal your soul!

by: Nathan - -

How to enter a How To Train Your Dragon contest

by: Marissa - -
Starting today proper, you folks who don't work in our industry can enter a contest promoting Activision's upcoming How to Drain Your Dragon movie tie-in game.

Go to the official site between now and April 7th to enter. Enter daily, because a new winner is chosen each day. Winners will be able to choose between a Nintendo Wii with the Wii version of the game, or a Nintendo DSi with the DS version of the game. Although if you choose the latter, less expensive prize, I wouldn't really call you a "winner."

How to Train Your Dragon launches on March 23rd for 360, PS3, Wii, and DS.

Prison Break: The Conspiracy: The Launch Trailer

by: Marissa - -
Prison Break: The Conspiracy has dark horse potential, I'll admit. Not that I'd put serious money on it, but I haven't had a good virtual shank since Manhunt and I'm looking forward to at least TAKING A STAB AT IT. This is the launch trailer for the game, which hits North American stores on March 30th at a $49.99 console/$39.99 PC price point. If you live in Europe and are already playing it, tell us...how is it?

F.A.G.S., meet F.R.A.G.S.

by: Marissa - -
I'm still pretty pissed about Modern Warfare 2's F.A.G.S. video, so I'm mixed about EA's spoof video F.R.A.G.S. (Friends Really Against Grenade Spam), featuring C.C. Sabathia and Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Keep your (one) day (a week) job, C.C.

Get yer Jay-Z/Eminem DJ Hero track pack now

by: Marissa - -
DJ Hero got some much-needed DLC today, in the form of the Jay-Z vs. Eminem Mix Pack. It features the following exclusive mash-ups:

“Shake That” by Eminem Mixed With “Show Me What You Got” by Jay-Z
“Without Me” by Eminem Mixed With “Encore” by Jay-Z
“Can I Get A…” by Jay-Z Mixed With “Lose Yourself” by Eminem

“From sold out concerts to #1 albums to double digit Grammy Awards, JAY-Z and Eminem define what it means to be a successful artist,” said Jamie Jackson, Creative Director, FreeStyleGames.  “The DJ Hero soundtrack is an expanding collection of chart-topping hit music – mixed in an all-new way – that can only be experienced in our game, and with the addition of the JAY-Z vs. Eminem Mix Pack, players and their friends can not only experience, but interact with over 100 unique mixes.”

You can get it now on XBLA for 640 points. On March 25th, get the pack for $7.99 on PSN or as singles for 300 Wii points each.
 

 

New Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands Wii gameplay footage

by: Marissa - -
Here's a look at the first gameplay footage for Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands for the Wii. It's weird to see the Prince looking so Gyllenhaally, isn't it? If stringing these powers together are as easy as this dev diary makes it seem, this could actually be pretty neat. One thing I could do without, though, is this half-co-op thing that Super Mario Galaxy made popular. This does not count as co-op. Can we all just agree to stop this, please?

Domo arigato, giant mechanized robot-o

by: Chad - -
Square Enix and Double Helix have unveiled some new screens from the upcoming Front Mission Evolved.  More giant robots duking it out in a futuristic Big Apple.  Are you wondering what this game is about?  Check out the web site here.

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Jamie Foxx cast as Lynch for Kane & Lynch movie. Wait, what?!?!?

by: Jeremy - -
  Yeah, you read that right and that was my exact reaction when I first read the news.  VG247 is reporting that a tweet on the lead writer for the project leaked the news that Jamie Foxx has been cast as Lynch in the movie adaptation of Kane & Lynch.  Lead writer Kyle Ward has posted on his account the following, "done deal... Jamie Foxx is in."
 
Does this make any sense to anyone out there?  I understand power casting a role, but I am not exactly sure what if any similarities can be found in Jamie Foxx and Lynch.  They do realize that Lynch was portrayed as a psychotic hillbilly, more or less... right?  This just doesn't add up to me...
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Prepare for the Final Fight

by: Jeremy - -
 Capcom has finally put a solid date and price on the upcoming Final Fight: Double Impact.  The downloadable title, which includes both Final Fight and Magic Sword in their original arcade forms, will be released on the Xbox Live Arcade on April 14 for 800 MS points.  The PlayStation Network will receive the title a day later, April 15, for $9.99.
 
Both titles are amongst the best Capcom has ever released in the arcades.  I have spent countless numbers of quarters on both games over the years.  The title will include both local and online play, including "seamless" drop-in and drop-out play for online players.

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360 getting USB storage?

by: Jeremy - -
 Could the answer to every 360 user's storage dilemma be simply a dashboard update away?  According to a report from Joystiq, the blog has been made privy to documentation that shows that the function is going to be included in the next major update.  If this turns out to be true, this is a much needed and long overdue feature for the console.
 
According to the article, the pending update will allow gamers to access game saves, downloaded content, installed and downloaded games from an attached USB device.  There are security measures included that will ensure that the source data is genuine though, similar to the manner in which installed games work on the system now.  This is a huge announcement and a major concession to MS' stance on their own proprietary storage units.  Perhaps someone at MS has finally gotten the clue that they charge too much for their memory solutions for the 360... maybe...
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Activision’s tribute to St. Patrick’s Day lets you rock out to Flogging Molly

by: Tina - -
Apparently everyone got into the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day, including Activision. Activison sports their green colors through offering new Flogging Molly tracks to Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero.

The tracks include ‘Requiem For A Dying Song,” “The Seven Deadly Sins” and “(No More) Paddy’s Lament.” Flogging Molly themselves are also in high spirits, given that they’ll be playing against the public in the next Game with Game competition. Gold members on Xbox Live should send a friend request to their gamertags (below) by 6:30pm ET on March 23rd.

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Bad Company 2 sells well, very very well

by: Chuck - -
It looks like people are digging Battlefield:Bad Company 2 as EA has reported that they've sold over 2.3 Million copies of the game since it was released earlier this month.   The game had some issues at launch but the game seems past those now and the few quirks the game had were rectified by the patch that was released this week.

Marissa is working on her review of the 360 version of the game but I can tell you from the 12+ hours I've logged with the game that it's the best shooter on the market right now. I haven't finished the single player campaign because I've been too busy trying to level up my character in the multiplayer portion of the game. 

I never got into the multiplayer portion of Modern Warfare 2 but the game seems to be devoid of the asshats, cheaters, and general douchebaggery that plagues Infinity Ward's game.  Sure there are a few too many snipers on some levels but most people seem to be playing the game the right way and not trying to find new ways to be annoying.  [READ MORE]

Supreme Commander 2 releases today for the Xbox 360

by: Tina - -
Supreme Commander 2 has officially been released today. If you want a greater look into the game before deciding on your purchase to delve into 25 years post the Infinite War, however, you can look at the RTS quality of the game in the video below. The video shows the 360 controller in action alongside the gameplay video so that you can get a virtual feel of the game.


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News Roundup: Kevin Butler moves to a Cave in Arkham

by: Nathan - -

Blockbuster near bankruptcy...time to move on

by: Dan - -
I made a post last year about Blockbuster shuttering more stores than they initially stated and wondering aloud if that was the beginning of the end. Unfortunately, it looks like my wondering will become fact, as Blockbuster warned in a SEC filing today that if they can't get out from their debt load, they would be forced into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Any gamers that are still using them to rent probably needs to move on ASAP to an alternative source. It would also be advisable to use up any gift cards you have with them right away and then don't go back into their stores until they are having the inevitable fire sale of all their inventory. Shouldn't be more than a few months from now the way things are playing out....