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  • VGA’s Are Tonight In Case You Forgot

    Has it really been ten years since Spike started their own video game awards show? Time really flies when the awards mean nothing and the show is mainly used as a hub for new game previews and not to celebrate the winners. Sarcasm aside, tonight is the tenth VGA’s and I fully intend to watch it because…well that’s what we do. It’s video games. There will be awards for game, studio, soundtrack and downloadable game of the year among others.

    New previews will be shown for Tomb Raider, Gears of War: Judgment, The Last of Us, Bioshock Infinite as well as a few surprises which always seem to happen at the show (please let Rocksteady announce their next game).

    So set your DVR’s accordingly and in case you miss it we will have a full rundown of the winners and game previews up after the show airs.

     

  • Bioshock Infinite Delayed. Yes, Again.

    Not For Too Long So Don’t Panic.

    Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. [amazon_link id=”B003O6E6NE” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Bioshock Infinite[/amazon_link] has been delayed.

    The game will see a one month delay and release on March 26, 2013, so it is leaving a crowded February for a crowded March. March 2013 will already see the releases of Tomb Raider, God of War: Ascension and Gears of War: Judgment.

    Irrational Games Ken Levine made the announcement citing that they could ship the game in February but it wouldn’t hurt to take a few more weeks and do more bug testing to make sure the game is what the fans deserve.

    “I knew I’d probably get beat up in the press a little bit about it, but at the end of the day, if it’s going to make a better game, we’ll do it.”

    I personally have been waiting for three years on this game so another month will be no problem especially if it makes it better.

  • Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 Covers Are Quite Legendary

    EA has released details on their next PGA game, [amazon_link id=”B00A7QA0Q6″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14[/amazon_link], revealing that like previous years there will be a standard and collector’s editions that will feature a different set of cover stars.

    The standard edition features Tiger Woods along with legendary golfer Arnold Palmer while the aptly named [amazon_link id=”B00A7Q9ZQM” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Masters Historic Edition[/amazon_link] has last year’s Masters winner Bubba Watson paired with the greatest amateur to ever play the sport and co-founder of The Masters tournament, Bobby Jones.

    The Masters Historic Edition will feature five additional courses including the par 3 course at Augusta and the course as it appeared in 1934. Bobby Jones also helped design the historic course.

    Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 will release on March 31, 2013.

  • Nestle’s Star Wars Coffee Makers Are Real And I Want One

    “What a lovely smell you’ve discovered.”

    First the good news:

    These insanely amazing Star Wars coffee makers are completely real. Darth Vader can be seen above and C-3PO is below. Each will come with its own corresponding coffee mug (Empire or Rebel Alliance) and the sayings on the side actually are used well. Who wants one? I know I do and I don’t even drink coffee.

    Now the bad news:

    They are only available in Japan. Yeah, I know its not like Americans like Star Wars or drink coffee by the billions of gallons every year. Releasing it in Japan only makes complete sense. Let’s hope that changes in the future.

     

  • Crysis 3 Release Date Confirmed

    EA has announced that [amazon_link id=”B0050SY77E” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Crysis 3[/amazon_link] will release on February 19th for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC. Everyone should prepare accordingly meaning if you own an Xbox 360 or PS3 you should pre-order the game and if you own a PC it means it is time to buy a new video card or PC altogether.

    People that pre-order the game will receive extra weapons available in multiplayer, a level 5 upgrade and a digital copy of the first Crysis game.

    This release date give Crysis a rather slim one-week window before the video game floodgates open on February 26th with Bioshock Infinite. After that it only gets more crowded.

     

  • Nintendo Releases Pink 3DS XL

    For a limited time you now have a third choice in color when picking up a 3DS XL.

    The pink and white handheld is available now at Target, and Best Buy. It will be available at Gamestop beginning on December 9th. The system will be available for a limited time and cost $199.99.

    Nintendo is normally the king of multi-color systems but has been a bit stingy with the 3DS XL since the system released back in August. It is currently only available in red, blue and now the limited pink.

  • Star Trek Into Darkness Teaser Trailer Is Here

    Get Ready To Boldly Go Again.

    The first teaser trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness has gone up and it does not disappoint even though it only runs a little over a minute.

    Villain Benedict Cumberbatch narrates over the trailer with malice and evil intent. I would like to go ahead and say that if he does not steal the movie I will be shocked. His identity is still a mystery with most leaning towards Gary Mitchell from the original series episode “Where No Man Has Gone Before” but there is still a small inkling that he could still be Khan.

    Don’t forget that the first nine minutes of Star Trek Into Darkness will be screened before IMAX showings of The Hobbit on about 500 screens next week.

    Check out the trailer below and let us know what you think.

  • Dragon Age III Swaps To Next Gen, Influenced By Skyrim

    Bioware Delays Sequel To 2014.

    Dragon Age III has officially been moved to next-gen platforms and will see a release date switch from “late” 2013 to “who can guess” in 2014. The switch was announced via an EA level designer’s LinkedIn profile.

    Also on the Dragon Age front is Bioware’s Aaryn Flynn saying that the next game will focus heavily on exploration which comes as welcome news to someone who was frustrated by Dragon Age II’s more linear approach. In his interview in the new issue of Game Informer, Flynn also noted that the game can not help but to be influenced by the massive success of Skyrim.

    “You can’t look at a game like Skyrim and not think about how impressive what they’ve accomplished is — or [think] that’s an interesting new direction or that there was something that didn’t work well for them that we could take in a new direction.”

    Let’s just hope they don’t take too much away from Skyrim and make DA3 unplayable on Playstation 3’s.

  • Black Ops 2 Crosses 1 Billion Dollar Mark

    So I Am Assuming You Are Still Entertained?

    [amazon_link id=”B007XVTR5S” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Call of Duty: Black Ops 2[/amazon_link] continues on its record breaking pace and proves that it is not near any kind of decline.

    The newest game in the Call of Duty series has grossed 1 billion dollars in its first 15 days of release, one day faster than last year’s Modern Warfare 3. Every year people begin to wonder if this is the year that Call of Duty hits a saturation point and every year sales indicate that the military shooter is still the biggest gaming event of the year. Now we know this can’t last forever but who can blame Activision for riding this train for as long as they can.

    Activision Blizzard’s Bobby Kotick had this to say about sales of the newest Call of Duty.

    “The release of Call of Duty has been one of the most significant entertainment events of each of the last six years. Since Call of Duty was launched, cumulative franchise revenues from players around the world are greater than current worldwide box office receipts to date for the top-10 grossing films of 2012 combined. Life-to-date sales for the Call of Duty franchise have exceeded worldwide theatrical box office receipts for Harry Potter and Star Wars, the two most successful movie franchises of all time.”

  • Skyrim Dragonborn DLC Is Out, Good News For PS3 Owners

    Today sees the release of Skyrim’s third DLC pack, Dragonborn. In it you will travel to the island Solstheim (of Morrowind fame) and hunt down a resurrected person who is claiming to be the first of the Dragonborn.

    Now you PS3 owners, I know you have probably already given up on your Skyrim experience and really who can blame you? But Bethesda had some good news for you also saying that the Dragonborn DLC WILL  be making its way onto the system in early 2013.

    It is truly baffling how Bethesda has not figured out a way to get their PS3 technical issues worked out even now over a year after its release. But it looks like better times are on the horizon Playstation fans.

    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Dragonborn is available on XBL and costs 1600 MS Points.