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Rockstar Puts the Most Wanted Label on Cheats and Hackers in RDR Multiplayer

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Jul 21, 2010 9:44 AM | Comment

Red Dead Redemption is full of cheats, and we're not talking about characters in the game's single-player campaign. Hackers, cheaters, and those fond of homophobic and racist rants plague Rockstar's online multiplayer modes, and the developer has announced it's had enough. Read More »

Rockstar Targeting Cheaters with Red Dead Redemption Patch

Will Clayton Carmine Survive? You Decide In Epic Games' Gears of War 3 Promotion

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Jul 21, 2010 8:19 AM | Comment

Poor Carmine is screwed. In a promotion designed to benefit the Child's Play charity, Microsoft and Epic Games are allowing the Xbox community to decide the fate of the newest Carmine brother set to appear in Gears of War 3. Read More »

Promotion Allows Xbox Community to Decide the Fate of Gears of War 3 Character

Red Dead Redemption Tops Mario, FPS Juggernauts to Lead 2010 Software Sales

By Mike Sharkey | News | Jul 21, 2010 7:28 AM | Comment

We knew Red Dead Redemption was having a strong 2010, but new data from the NPD Group indicates Rockstar's Western shooter is having an even better year than we realized. From January to June, John Marston out-gunned all challengers to become the top selling videogame in the United States. Read More »

Red Dead Redemption Tops Sales Charts Half Way Through 2010

Time to Finally Redeem that Code, EA Opens the Medal of Honor Beta for the Xbox 360

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Jul 21, 2010 6:32 AM | Comment

A month after the multiplayer beta for EA's rebooted Medal of Honor began on the PlayStation 3 and PC, Xbox 360 gamers finally have the opportunity to step up to Tier 1. Flank the jump for details. Read More »

Electronic Arts Launches Xbox 360 Medal of Honor Beta

EA Dates Shank, Introduces Falcone in Co-Op Trailer

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 Videos | Jul 20, 2010 2:31 PM

Gamers anxious to get in on the digital over-the-top comic mayhem of Shank will get their chance on August 24 for the PlayStation 3 and August 25 for the Xbox 360. Electronic Arts officially dated the platformer today at its Summer Showcase, and in the process the publisher revealed Falcone, a character from Shank's past that will help tell the protagonist's back story in a co-op campaign included in the game. Check out Falcone and Shank in action in their debut trailer. See More »

Shank: Co-Op Trailer

American McGee is Taking Another Crack at Lewis Carroll's Girl in Alice: Madness Returns

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Jul 20, 2010 2:17 PM | Comment

If you thought Tim Burton's version of Alice in Wonderland was dark, you must not have played American McGee's 2000 PC classic, Alice. Don't worry, you'll get a chance to see just how twisted Wonderland can be with McGee's just announced new game, Alice: Madness Returns. Read More »

EA Announces Alice: Madness Returns

Set Your Genetic Heroes Loose on the Galaxy in Darkspore

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Jul 20, 2010 1:11 PM | Comment

Darkspore isn't what you think. The creative team behind Spore has set its sights on destroying life rather than creating it in an action RPG set in a gritty sci-fi universe. Maxis unveiled Darkspore with a gameplay demo at Electronic Arts' Summer Showcase at its Redwood Shores campus this afternoon. Read More »

EA Unveils DarkSpore at Summer Showcase

Activision: You'll Never Have to Pay to Play Call of Duty Multiplayer

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Jul 20, 2010 12:32 PM | Comment

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has gone on record saying he wants to make the Call of Duty franchise subscription based, analysts have said the publisher should do it, and web speculation and rumors have hinted the transition to paid CoD multiplayer is on the way. But now Activision, Treyarch, and Infinity Ward have all issued statements saying there are no plans to charge for Call of Duty multiplayer. Read More »

CoD Makers, Publisher Squash Pay to Play Multiplayer Rumors

Sega Using Mjolnir to Pound Out Thor: The Video Game

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Jul 20, 2010 12:01 PM | Comment

Taking inspiration directly from the comic book series and tapping Eisner Award-winning writer Matt Fraction to serve as story consultant, Sega is promising an authentic God of Thunder experience in the first solo videogame adventure for Marvel's Thor. Read More »

Sega Announces Thor: The Video Game

Microsoft Finally Prices Kinect, Officially Unveils 4GB Xbox 360 Slim

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Jul 20, 2010 9:56 AM | Comment

Getting into Microsoft's controller-free gaming system, Kinect, will cost you $150. The tech giant made the pricing official today while simultaneously unveiling a new 4GB Xbox 360 Slim console designed to anchor a Kinect bundle. Read More »

Microsoft Officially Prices Kinect, Unveils New 4GB Xbox 360 Slim

Lace Up Your Gloves for Fight Night Champion

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Jul 20, 2010 9:27 AM | Comment

Promising something fans wouldn't expect from an EA Sports game, Electronic Arts revealed Fight Night Champion, the fifth game in EA's boxing franchise, is now in development and set for release in 2011. Read More »

EA Sports Unveils Fight Night Champion

Coalition of 11 States Backs California's Attempt to Restrict Violent Videogames

By Mike Sharkey | News | Jul 20, 2010 8:53 AM | Comment

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal made Connecticut the eleventh state to join a coalition that supports California's effort to restrict the sale of violent videogames. He joined the attorneys general of Virginia, Texas, Mississippi, Minnesota, Michigan, Maryland, Louisiana, Illinois, Hawaii, and Florida in filing a brief with the United States Supreme Court. Read More »

Coalition of 11 States Backs California's Attempt to Restrict Violent Videogames

Calling All Superheroes, DC Universe Online Beta Registration Now Open

By Mike Sharkey | PC News | Jul 20, 2010 8:31 AM | Comment

Time to pick up your cape and tights from the dry cleaner. Sony Online Entertainment and Warner Bros. Interactive announced today that beta registration for superhero MMO DC Universe Online is now open. Read More »

SOE Announces DC Universe Online Beta Registration

Epic RPG Adventure, Intense Action Combat in 38 Studios Debut Title, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

By Mike Sharkey | PlayStation 3 News | Jul 20, 2010 7:31 AM | Comment

Former Red Sox hurler Curt Schilling is finally pitching the first game from 38 Studios. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, previously known as codename Project Mercury, is an epic open-world RPG coming in 2011. Read More »

EA Partners, 38 Studios Announce Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

MTV Games Dates Rock Band 3, Details Pre-Order Bonuses

By Mike Sharkey | Xbox 360 News | Jul 20, 2010 7:09 AM | Comment

Harmonix is transforming its music game into a music sim, and now we know when gamers will get to trade in their plastic guitars for a Fender Squier Strat. MTV Games dated Rock Band 3 today and provided details on the pre-order bonuses available at major retailers. Read More »

MTV Games Dates Rock Band 3, Details Pre-Order Bonuses

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