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Friday, Jan 29
Blur Dev Diary Explores Narrative Progression
Story is the focus of a new trailer for Project Gotham Racing developer Bizarre's racer Blur, which surprisingly reveals it's not an epic tale for the ages but an excuse for "doing impressive things" including stunts, drifts and causing carnage. That's a-okay with us. Published by Activi...
Rock Band DLC: Willie Nelson and Other Country Folk
Going Country Pack 3 Kenny Chesney - "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" Montgomery Gentry - "Gone" Rascal Flatts - "Me and My Gang" Sara Evans - "Suds in the Bucket" Trace Adkins - "Swing" Willie Nelson - "On the Road Again" All original master recordings, the tracks will hoot and holler their w...
Grand Theft Auto 4 DLC Coming to PC, PS3 in March
Rockstar has announced that Grand Theft Auto IV's two downloadable content packs 'The Ballad of Gay Tony' and 'The Lost and Damned' will hit PC and PS3 in March. As on Xbox 360, the pair will be available as individual downloadable content packs for GTA IV or in a standalone retail double-pa...
Thursday, Jan 28
Resident Evil 5 DLC Trailers: Excella-ent
Continuing to bombard us with media of Resident Evil 5's forthcoming downloadable add-ons, Capcom has issued trailers for two of the characters found in the new and improved "Mercenaries Reunion" mode. First up, Excella demonstrates her backend: [video]16923[/video] Shackvideo us...
After Burner Coming to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 with Climax, Explosions and Rainbows
Continuing to revisit its classic franchises, SEGA today confirmed that AM2's arcade sequel After Burner Climax is coming to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 as a digital download. That's the good news. The better news? It's got one seriously awesome rainbow. No joke! [video]16937[/video] Sha...
Bayonetta PS3 Patch Brings Install Option
Released on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, the ridiculously over-the-top Platinum-developed action game was ported to the PlayStation 3 by SEGA. Both were praised by critics, though the PlayStation 3 edition was often marked down for issues not found on the Xbox 360, ...
Wednesday, Jan 27
Lost Planet 2 Trailer Sports Spiffy Headgear
A box with a handprint on it. A spiked ball. Ridiculous neon-lit futuristic visors. Just some of the assorted headgear and helmets you'll run across while slaying the giant beasts of Lost Planet 2, as evidenced by the latest footage from Capcom's action sequel. [video]16871[/video] Shackv...
First Assassin's Creed 2 DLC Glimpsed in Trailer
As the first bit of Assassin's Creed 2 downlodable content hits PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 tomorrow, January 28, publisher Ubisoft has put out a new trailer for the add-on. Dubbed Battle of Forli, the 320 Microsoft Point ($4) add-on brings with a new sequence involving the titular scuffle....
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising PC Patch 1.02 Lands Packing Free 'Overwatch' DLC
A new Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising patch has parachuted onto PC to deploy scores of fixes and free DLC, available in a 245MB download over on FileShack. The patch for Codemasters' shooter bundles the 'Overwatch' downloadable content pack free of charge--which cost $5 when it hit...
Dead Rising 2 Screenshots: Weapon Creation
Ladies and gentlemen, meet Dead Rising 2. PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. 2010.
Record of Agarest War 'Really Naughty Limited Edition' Mouse Pad Boobs Make Us Die Inside
A mouse pad with fake breasts; a pillowcase bearing the likeness of a distressed anime girl; box art with young ladies in the nip--these are some of the horrific items found in a 'Really Naughty Limited Edition' of Record of Agarest War, publisher Aksys Games has announced. Hitting Xbox 36...
Tuesday, Jan 26
Darksiders Xbox 360 Patch Arrives Tomorrow
Vigil Games' apocalyptic action-adventure, Darksiders, was released earlier this month to generally favorable reviews. Unfortunately, a significant number of folks who picked up the Xbox 360 version were subjected to unsightly screen-tearing problems.
Monster Hunter MMO Coming to Xbox 360
Capcom's massively multiplayer take on its popular Monster Hunter franchise is coming to Xbox 360 in the form of Monster Hunter Frontier Online, the company revealed today. Monster Hunter Frontier Online will launch on Xbox 360 in Japan sometime in summer 2010, joining the previously r...
Mass Effect 2 Day One 'Zaeed' DLC Briefly Delayed
Those playing Mass Effect 2 on Xbox 360 will have to wait a day or two before they can download and access one of the two add-ons that come free with a new copy of the just-released shooter-RPG. In particular, the add-on that introduces a new party member named Zaeed has experienced "some dela...
Dead Rising 2 Due This Year, Movie Planned
Capcom today narrowed down the release window of Dead Rising 2, vowing that the sequel it describes as "Zombie Paradise Action" will arrive sometime during 2010. While vague--the company offered no additional details regarding dates or specific territories--the timeframe still com...
Gears of War Stars Cameo in Lost Planet 2
With Capcom having teased some sort of collaboration with Microsoft, and Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski having teased "kick ass news soon," Capcom has announced that its Xbox 360 release of Lost Planet 2 will sport Gears of War cameos. Specifically, the two stars of Epic and Micro...
Monday, Jan 25
Shack PSA: Psychonauts $2 on Steam
Digital distribution outlet Steam has unveiled this week's "Midweek Madness" sale, which puts Psychonauts PC at $2--an 80% discount. Also released on Xbox and PlayStation 2, the 2005 super-natural action-adventure marks the latest PC title from Double Fine--an independent studio f...
Just Cause 2 Trailer Details Free Pre-Order DLC
As is becoming more and more common these days, those that pre-order Just Cause 2 from certain retailers will net free downloadable content for Avalance's over-the-top action game when it's released in PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 form on March 23. And while it's one thing to read about t...
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Media Details SP
Fresh off this morning's new trailer and revelation of a multiplayer mode limited to GameStop pre-orders, another blast of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 media just arrived from developer DICE and publisher EA, this one focused on single-player. And if you just can't wait until the game's o...
Friday, Jan 22
RISK Factions Trailers: The Great Cat War
Fresh off word that Hasbro's classic board game RISK is coming to Xbox 360 as an Xbox Live Arcade download, publisher Electronic Arts has put out a pair of trailers that highlight the "outlandish factions" and "off-beat humor." But fear not RISK purr-ists, as Electronic Arts has confirme...
First Assassin's Creed 2 DLC Due January 28
The Battle of Forli," the first downloadable add-on for Assassin's Creed II, will hit PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on January 28, maker Ubisoft has tweeted. Priced at 320 Microsoft Points ($4), "The Battle of Forli" add-on brings the titular scuffle into the historical action-adventure g...
Thursday, Jan 21
Capcom Teasing Xbox 360 'Title Premiere'
It seems that Capcom is gearing up to announce a new Xbox 360 game, going by a recent update to the official Japanese Xbox site. January 26--next Tuesday--will bring a "Capcom title premiere for Xbox 360," it declares. The companies pulled a similar stunt in February 2009, leading to a Lost P...
EA Confirms 'Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11' for June, Launches 'Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online' Beta
Having previously vowed to "continue with Tiger on the masthead of [PGA Tour Online]" despite the well-publicized marital indiscretions that have lead to numerous dropped sponsors, EA Sports today confirmed that the next proper entry in its annual PGA Tour series, due out on in June 20...
Aliens vs. Predator Trailer Remembers Aliens versus Predator
The Rebellion gang wax lyrical about their seminal 1999 PC shooter Aliens versus Predator in this new trailer for their 2010 PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 inter-species rumble Aliens vs. Predator, discussing what has--and hasn't--changed since then. If you want to join in the reminisci...
Mass Effect 2 Launch Trailer: Thoroughly Splendid
Should you somehow not already be looking forward to Mass Effect 2, the awfully exciting launch trailer might pique your interest. If you were already pumped, psyched or jazzed for BioWare's sci-fi RPG sequel, well, I dread to imagine what this will do to you. While certain story snippets a...
Wednesday, Jan 20
MLB 2K10 'Pitchers vs. Hitters' Trailers Talk Smack
Only one of the trailers shows off some in-game footage but viewing all three in succession is sort of like watching West Side Story...minus the doomed lovers and musical numbers. MLB 2K10 is coming to PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS and PSP on March 2nd.
No More Heroes 2 Trailer Brings More Toilet Talk
Having once remarked "I try to poop and I come up with a good idea," it comes as little surprise to see No More Heroes creator Suda 51 address us from his throne in this developer diary for the sequel, appropriately dubbed "Desperate Struggle." Believe it or not, No More Heroes 2: Desperate St...
Crysis 2 Details Emerge: Aliens Invade New York
While the original tropical island-set Crysis was exclusive to the PC, Crysis 2 is in the works for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, with publisher Electronic Arts recently suggesting that the game will arrive between April 1, 2010 and March 31, 2011.
Halo 3 Gets Second Mythic Map Pack in February
Previously exclusive to Halo 3: ODST's multiplayer disc, three new multiplayer maps will be available to regular Halo 3 owners on February 2, Microsoft revealed today. Priced at 800 Microsoft Points ($10), the "Mythic 2 Map Pack" brings the Heretic, Citadel and Longshore arenas to Bung...
Monday, Jan 18
XBLA Gets Vandal Hearts, Death By Cube This Week
Both Premium Agency's omnidirectional robot shooter Death By Cube and Hijinx's strategy-RPG prequel Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment will be downloadable on Xbox 360 after this Wednesday (January 20), Microsoft has confirmed. As is standard for Xbox Live Arcade games, free trials o...
Friday, Dec 11
Modern Warfare 2 Patch Fixes Javelin Exploit
Joining the PC and PlayStation 3 editions of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the Xbox 360 release of Infinity Ward's shooter has received an update meant to remove the infamous and exploitable Javelin glitch from multiplayer. That particular glitch allowed players to essentially trans...
Tuesday, Dec 8
Assassin's Creed 2 Patch Hitting This Week
Fresh off word that two downloadable add-ons for Assassin's Creed II are due in early 2010, publisher Ubisoft had announced it will be patching both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the open-world action game this week. Owners will be prompted to download the free PlayStation 3 u...
Monday, Nov 9
Patch: Grand Theft Auto 4 DLC Coming to PC?
A new Grand Theft Auto 4 patch released for PC today, which GTAForums.com users report silently adds support for achievements from 'The Lost And Damned,' the downloadable content which has so far been exclusive to the Xbox 360 version. The six Games for Windows Live achievements reported...
Thursday, Oct 29
Borderlands Gets Patched on Consoles
Developer Gearbox has rolled out a pair of updates for Borderlands, bringing a number of bug fixes and tweaks to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions. On its official forums, the company vowed that it is "continuing work on support updates for all platforms, and will deploy fixes for eve...
Wednesday, Jul 1
Patch: Game Creator Kodu Released for Xbox 360
Microsoft Research's Kodu Game Lab, described as "a new visual programming language made specifically for creating games," has been released on Xbox 360. Available under the Community Games--soon to be rebranded "Indie Games"--portion of the online Xbox Live Marketplace, the 167MB...
Tuesday, Apr 21
Patch: Left 4 Dead 'Survival Pack' Update Hits PC
The free Survival Pack update for Valve's multiplayer zombie-killer Left 4 Dead has been released on PC, following the debut of the Xbox 360 downloadable content this morning. The update adds a new fast-paced Survival Mode and 16 specialized maps to the game, and enables the Dead Air and D...
Sunday, Mar 22
Skate 2 Patch Touches Down on PS3, Xbox 360
A new patch for EA Black Box's Skate 2 was today released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, updating the extreme open-world game with several tweaks and fixes. Changes include the addition of PlayStation 3 custom soundtracks, better off-board controls, a more streamlined approach towards...
Thursday, Feb 26
Call of Duty: WaW Console Patch Adds Re-lit Map
Today is the day that PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners of Call of Duty: World at War no longer feel such animosity towards their PC brethren, as now players on all three platforms can finally enjoy the re-lit daytime version of the Makin multiplayer map. PC owners got the map as part of a patch...
Wednesday, Aug 6
Patch: Xbox 360 Update Released, Does Nothing
Microsoft today released a new system update for the Xbox 360, which users will be prompted to download when they attempt to connect to Xbox Live. There are no other changes or enhancements in this update...in other words no new features," Xbox Live director Larry 'Major Nelson' Hyrb explain...
Friday, Jul 25
Street Fighter 2 HD Beta Extended to September 5, Patch Coming Soon
The beta for Backbone Entertainment's Super Street Fighter II HD Remix (PS3, 360) has been extended to September 5th, publisher Capcom revealed on its official blog. Originally slated to operate until mid-August, the Xbox 360-exclusive beta formally kicked off on June 25 and was made a...
Thursday, May 1
Sony Responds to GTA 4 Freezing Complaints
Sony Computer Entertainment has issued a response to numerous reports of technical maladies in Grand Theft Auto IV which describe system freezes across both the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game. Yes, we are aware of what the message boards and a few of the industry blogs are saying abou...
Thursday, Mar 20
Bully Xbox 360 Patch Now Available
A patch meant to address freezing glitches and other technical issues in the Xbox 360 version of Rockstar's Bully: Scholarship Edition (X360, Wii) is now available. The patch is delivered via automatic update which occurs when the game is booted up. The revision updates the game to versio...
Rock Band Patch Adds Music Store, Fixes Issues
An upcoming downloadable patch for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 editions of Rock Band will resolve a number of complaints as well as add a new in-game music store, developer Harmonix announced today. When the patch arrives later this week, players will be automatically prompted to down...
