Greetings Axeheads, DK here kicking off your Saturday with some savings courtesy of GoGamer.com. If you missed last week’s post, then you should know that we’ve teamed up with GoGamer to inform you about the retailer’s “48-Hour Madness” sales which, as one might suspect, tend to be a bit insane.

This week it’s all about picking up games you missed out on for SUPER CHEAP. Titles like Splinter Cell: Conviction and Alan Wake can be snagged for under $30 while games such as Prototype, CoD: World at War, Army of Two: The 40th Day, and Age of Conan are on sale for under $20. Plus, some nifty titles that you might have missed like Hidden & Dangerous 2, Company of Heroes, End War, and Civilization IV are all under FIVE BUCKS this weekend. Hell, there are a few games going for even less than A DOLLAR so you ought to check it out.

Before you go though, you should know that exclusive to EpicBattleAxe is the chance to get $30 off a Naos 5000 gaming mouse! Already discounted from $99 to $89.90, Axeheads that use the coupon code ‘EPICDEAL‘ will get this rather sweet peripheral for only $59.90. If you’ve been wanting a tricked out mouse, now is the time to save some cash and pick this bad-boy up! You can get the full specs and even view a review of said mouse right here.

Alright, you can check out all of this week’s 48-Hour Madness sales and pre-order pricing specials right here and see if there’s anything that floats your boat!

Happy shopping!

Around here at the ‘Axe we enjoy cleaving the fat from the gaming news of the day and we also enjoy cleaving some cost from your gaming budget when the opportunity arises. Well, we’ve teamed up with GoGamer.com to ensure you’re “in the know” about some serious deals taking place during the online retailers “48-Hour Madness” sales. What is “48-Hour Madness” you ask? Well, aside from the phrase often used to describe my wedding, it’s a two day period where gamers logging on to GoGamer.com can score some serious savings on existing or forthcoming games.

This week, folks looking forward to Mafia II can pre-order the game on the PS3 for $49.90 while those that missed out on Alan Wake can snag the Xbox 360 thriller for only $29 bucks. Also, PC gamers can pick up BioWare’s Mass Effect 2 for the ridiculous low price of $16.90 while wanna-be spies can sneak into the world of Sam Fisher in Splinter Cell: Conviction for $27.90. Lastly, Madden fans will soon get their chance to square off on the virtual gridiron and GoGamer.com’s punching your sideline seat for Madden NFL 11 with about a $7 savings off the regular retails price.

So, check out all of this week’s 48-Hour Madness sales and pre-order pricing specials right here and see if there’s anything you like.

Happy shopping!

The day has finally come. OnLive has launched and I finally have it to play with. I must say, the service is pretty darn cool, though not very functional – yet. I have always been one of the proponents of OnLive, the cloud gaming service that promises the ability to play games, streamed from their servers, on virtually any computer (and later this year on a console). I think the freedom to carry their proprietary MicroConsole with you when you travel, or to play games on a $500 laptop is pretty enticing. Cross platform game saves (PC to console) and the ability to play the game on both is also pretty enticing, to say the least. But there are drawbacks too. A poor or lost internet connection will mean no gaming at all and, when you do purchase games from the service, you don’t actually own them. But do the benefits outweigh the risks? Let’s take a look.
Read the rest of this entry…

Ubisoft has spilled the beans on the upcoming ‘Insurgency Pack’ premium DLC for Splinter Cell: Conviction. The content, which will cost ya $10, delivers several new maps to the game’s Deniable Ops mode including docks in San Fran, a cemetery in New Orleans, a research facility in Salt Lake City, and a prison in Portland, MN. In addition, the new content will deliver the ability to unlock an additional 250 Achievement Points for the more stealthy amongst you.

The Insurgency Pack DLC is slated for virtual release on Thursday, May 27. So, who plans on picking it up???

Source

Greetings brethrens, Forum Moderator Nich Longe here for another edition of inForum, where we point you toward the most bloody and brutal happenings inside the EpicBattleAxe.com forums. This week I’ve been combing the battlefield for some standout topics and discussions worthy of your eyes, and I’m happy to say I’ve found some beautiful things. This week we’re seeing what your favourite NES themes are, checking out the Poll Of The Week discussion on the brand new Splinter Cell, letting all you new members introduce yourselves with our amazing Introduction thread, and the communities thoughts on the show that was obviously based off of EBA, Spartacus. Let’s get this bloody ball rolling.
Read the rest of this entry…

Ubisoft has announced that they will be providing free DLC for the recently released Splinter Cell: Conviction. The content will include weapons, character skins, and even a additional Deniable Ops map. The first piece of content being handed down is the MP7A1 Machine Pistol. To find the content, just check the ‘Extras’ portion of the game’s main menu.

So does this make up for the fact that Ubisoft put the world’s worst DRM onto Assassin’s Creed 2 for the PC? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.

Source

While Splinter Cell: Conviction has endured a rather long and arduous road to release, now that its out, many a gamer has been singing its praises. Chief amongst them is none other than Snoop Dogg, who must have been so compelled by the latest entry in the franchise that felt the need to tweet the following:

@ubisoft doin thingz proper…been sittn playn splinter cell for like 5 hours…

Damn! I didn’t know Snoop spent five straight hours doing ANYTHING! Well, I guess I can think of a few things, but I guess playing Splinter Cell wasn’t one of them.

Anyway, how do YOU feel about SC:C? We’ve just posted our uREVIEW of the game so you can let your voice be heard (and that includes you Snoop!).

Empowering the EBA Community with a voice to collaboratively review the industry’s hottest titles, the EpicBattleAxe.com uREVIEW (about) delivers real insight from real gamers about The GOOD, The BAD, and The UGLY pertaining to the biggest games in the world. This is the EpicBattleAxe.com uREVIEW for Splinter Cell: Conviction. Let’s get started:
Read the rest of this entry…

Those eager to pick up the special edition of Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell: Conviction this week should know that the North American version has been discounted by ten bucks, taking the price down from $80 to $70. Why? Well, apparently a number of the USB thumb drives that come with the SE, which are SUPPOSED to contain things like concept art, a making-of documentary, etc , simply don’t work…but don’t fret, the goodies will in fact be made available for download this Thursday, April 15th.

So, like Dtoid before us, we’d like to issue props to Ubisoft for handling this in a pretty damn cool way. Discounting the special edition, ensuring the additional content gets to fans, communicating with the masses…Nice! Crap happens, it’s how you DEAL with it that matters…Now, about that DRM issue…

Source

Happy long weekend everyone and welcome to an Easter egg filled edition of Epicbattleaxe.com’s The Rumor KILL. It’s been a fun week this week as wading through the Aprils Fools stories while trying to find real rumors was a bit daunting. However, I think I avoided being fooled and was able to find true blue rumors to break down and evaluate. Now, normally this is the part where I take the time to tell you if it’s been a slow or busy week or state what’s on my mind, but this week I’m too busy snaking on this scrumptious Cadbury Cream Egg to really care so let’s skip the padding shall we and just get to some gossip!
Read the rest of this entry…