Gears of War fans probably know that the popular franchise busted onto the book scene in 2008 with Aspho Fields and then with Jacinto’s Remnant following one year later, both penned by #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Traviss and both instant bestsellers. Now the third book of the series, Gears of War:…
Call of Duty: Black Ops "up for modding" after Launch
Call of Duty: Black Ops will support PC modding after its November 9 launch, a Treyarch developer posted on the game’s official forum.
According to user “pcdev”:
We plan to open the game up for modding sometime post-launch. We do not know yet to what extent you will be able…
Dead Nation Beta Hits Select PSN Inboxes
Dead Nation has infected a seemingly random selection of PSN members with a surprise beta starting today.
The latest in zombie survival horror gaming is a dual-analog shooter developed by Housemarque, expected to launch this year over PSN.
An unannounced beta code was sent via email to a selection of PSN…
Sony Exploring Online Pass System for Used Games
Sony is considering a price block for online content in used games with a system much like EA’s Online Pass, SCEE president Andrew House told GamesIndustry.biz.
“On the principle of making online portions of the game available or unlocked from the disc-based release for a fee, we’re broadly supportive of…
GH: Warriors of Rock Pre-Order Bonuses Detailed
The Guitar Hero fans amongst you will probably be interested to learn that Activision has revealed the pre-order bonuses for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. In fact, you have two pre-order bonuses to choose from, one for Amazon and one for GameStop.
The Amazon one, shown above right, is a…
Japan Getting 4GB Xbox 360 in September
Alien Swarm Gets Smarter, More Brutal
Fans of the recently released and apparently awesome Alien Swarm have voiced their opinions to Valve and the prominent game developer/publisher has heard their suggestions loud and clear. As a result, Valve has announced some free enhancements to the already free game that will add more variety and greater difficulty to the…
Shank Launched, Soundtrack Released
Klei Entertainment’s highly-anticipated, ass-kicking downloadable title Shank is now available on PSN and going live tomorrow on XBLA. WOOT! You can check out the game’s launch trailer right here. To celebrate the occasion you can also now download the game’s soundtrack for FREE over on the official Shank website.
DOUBLE…
Crackdown 2 Brings Keys to the City, New DLC
ATTN Crackdown fans, Ruffian Games has just announced a set of new DLC for Crackdown 2 which aims to provide you aspiring Agency, uh, Agents with even more frantic fun. Probably the biggest of which is the return of a certain set of keys. Veteran Agents may remember these keys being available in…
EBC Skirmish 087: Unintentional Punishment
Ready your earth and water to receive victims of sparta-ing, its time for another edition of EpicBattleCry! In this week’s Skirmish, we revel in the release date of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, snuggle with a companion cube for Portal 2 next February, check out the collectors edition of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, moan…
