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WB Interactive Entertainment Announces Lord of the Rings MOBA: Guardia...

May 30, 2012 Seth Brown

Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment announced that they’re entering their hat into the multiplayer online battle arena genre today with Guardians of Middle-earth for the PlayStation Netwo...

CD Projekt RED to Announce New AAA RPG Tomorrow

May 29, 2012 Ben Runnings

That’s right, CD Project RED, the developer behind The Witcher series, is set to make a huge announcement at their live Summer Conference tomorrow.

Raptr Giving Away 2500 Copies of Minecraft on Xbox LIVE

May 9, 2012 Seth Brown

Do you love building complex structures out of one meter cubed blocks while running desperately away from Creepers?

Sony’s 2012 E3 Expo Streaming Live

May 9, 2012 Seth Brown

If you’ve checked out Sony’s E3 webpage lately, you’ve probably seen a huge countdown that takes up pretty much the whole screen. But what’s it for?

Spike TV Hosting Xbox 360 Press Conference from E3 Live

May 5, 2012 Seth Brown

Friday, Spike TV publicly announced that the 90-minute presentation of Microsoft‘s “Xbox: Entertainment Evolved” will be hosted live from E3 on Monday, June 4th at 12:30 p.m. ET/9:3...

New Maps Hit Call of Duty Elite Members for Xbox Live Today

April 10, 2012 Luis Mendez

Two new maps have dropped for Call of Duty Elite premium members who play on Xbox Live today. The maps are called Sanctuary and Foundation. Sanctuary takes place in the area of a church or a Mission ...

Gaming News

HBO Go on Xbox LIVE Coming to Comcast Users Next Week

April 8, 2012 Ryan Smith

Starting next week, Comcast Xfinity customers will be able HBO Go on Xbox LIVE, which will feature “On Demand” for those who are watching their HBO shows and movies. Get unlimited access ...

Game Deals

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet for PC Gets a Release Date

April 3, 2012 Luis Mendez

Shadow Planet Productions recently announced a set release date for their game Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (ITSP) on PC. ITSP was received well by the gaming community and earned itself a few awar...

Video Games

Crackle Launches on Xbox Live

January 31, 2012 William Harmon

Crackle has launched, today, on Xbox Live. Crackle, Inc., Sony Pictures Entertainment’s multi-platform video entertainment network, has launched today on the Xbox LIVE® online entertainment net...

Gaming News

Watch SWTOR Live Stream Presented By Ruin Gaming

November 21, 2011 DaJuan Harris

A lot of us here are looking forward to the release of Star Wars The Old Republic the first MMO developed by bioware, and with the NDA being lifted it gives those who’ve not had an opportunity ...

Culture

Happy 10th Birthday, Xbox!

November 15, 2011 Ryan Smith

On this day in 2001, Microsoft took a big risk and made their debut in the home-console market with what was known only as the Xbox.

Gaming News

Bejeweled 3 hits Xbox Live Arcade

October 19, 2011 Samuel LeDoux

The super addictive puzzle game is now available on Microsoft’s console. This Fanatic right here has poured over 90 hours on Steam, I can’t even imagine how amazing Zen mode is with surro...

Gaming News

Xbox 360 Dashboard Update Coming November 15th?

September 29, 2011 Ryan Smith

Microsoft showed off a brand new Xbox LIVE dashboard at E3 which featured a brand new interface, voice control, Bing search, YouTube, and the ability to watch TV right on your Xbox 360. It seems the ...

Gaming News

DarkStar One: Broken Alliance Now Available on Xbox LIVE Games on Dema...

September 13, 2011 Ryan Smith

Kalypso Media has announced that their space-faring action-adventure title, DarkStar One, is now available on the Xbox LIVE Games on Demand service.

Gaming News

Halo 4 Warthog Gets The Top Gear Treatment

August 31, 2011 Ryan Smith

A new video has surfaced which features Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson giving a look at Halo‘s trademark Warhog as it appears in the upcoming Forza Motorsport 4.

Gaming News

Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection Release Date!

August 23, 2011 Ryan Smith

Old school MK fans rejoice, because NetherRealm Studios have officially given the release date for the Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection, and you may be stoked to hear that it’s coming much soone...

Gaming News

Xbox 360 hits 55 million units sold

July 25, 2011 Chris Bowen

Today Microsoft announced 4th quarter results for the months ending with June 30,2011. 1.7 million Xbox 360s were shipped in total for the quarter. With 13.7 million units shipped so far for 2011, nu...

Z-Live: The “PSN HACKED” Recap

May 2, 2011 Zephyrnix

So I’ve been keeping tabs on the news with PSN being down. I personally believe Sony screwed up from the very beginning to the end. Keep in mind, Sony challenged these hackers, boasting how the...

Impressions

Z-Live: Mortal Kombat: Midnight release / First impressions

April 19, 2011 Zephyrnix

Wow, I have to say, I’m VERY happy with this game. I’ve yet to look back. Actually, if it wasn’t for the simple fact that I have to go to work in a few minutes, I would still be pla...

Video Games

Z-Live: Microsoft Nickle and “dimeing” their gamers!

March 29, 2011 Zephyrnix

Alot of people always say how Microsoft is forcing them to spend as much money as possible. So I decided to take Xbox 360, and find out how much I can save by only using what Microsoft provides. &nbs...

Tech News

Xbox Tablet With Built-in Kinect To Be The next Xbox??

March 15, 2011 Zephyrnix

More rumors about the next Xbox: Vice president of Epic Games, Mark Rein, in an announcement of Unreal Engine 3 on the iPad, expressed his thoughts on the future of gaming consoles. He says the futur...

Gaming News

Discounted Xbox accessories

February 27, 2011 Zephyrnix

Microsoft just announced GearFest 2011, which gives gamers a limited window with which to purchase cool gear at low prices. “For four weeks, get Xbox 360® accessories at unbeatable prices! Add ...

Impressions

Dragon Age 2 Demo is Live

February 22, 2011 Jennifer Kibble

At midnight I went to see if the Dragon Age 2 demo was available for download. Unfortunately it wasn’t ready and I cursed the west coast for being behind. Once I woke up this morning, I was happy to ...

Video Games

Dragon Age 2 Live Video Chat and Demo Today

February 11, 2011 Jennifer Kibble

At 11am PST, lead designer of Dragon Age 2, Mike Laidlaw, will be showing fans a demo of Dragon Age 2 and he will answer some of your questions about the game. Check out this link to EA’s websi...

Screenshots/Trailers

Chime on Steam

September 6, 2010 Jennifer Kibble

For those who don’t own an XB360 and enjoy puzzle games infused with music, Chime will be hitting Steam today and will come with a bonus. Those familiar with Johnathan Coulton and Portal will b...

Gaming News

XBox Live Prices to Go Up

August 30, 2010 Jennifer Kibble

Starting November 1st, the price to have an XBox Live gold account will be going up. Since launching Xbox LIVE in 2002 we have continually added more content and entertainment experiences for our mem...

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days Demo Now Available For Public & All...

July 26, 2010 Bailey

UPDATE: We’ve tried to download the demo on both consoles. Having success with downloading it from the Xbox 360, we can’t say the same for the PS3. It is still only available to Playstati...

Video Games

NBA 2K11 “The Greatest of All Time”

July 7, 2010 Charles

2K Sports today revealed the official cover art for NBA® 2K11featuring Michael Jordan as the face of this year’s iteration of the top rated and top selling basketball simulation franchise*. The art s...