TrueAchievements news archive for November 2011

DLC
Forza 4 December 'IGN' DLC Trailer and Screenshots
The next piece of DLC for http://www.trueachievements.com/Forza-Motorsport-4-xbox....htm is titled “December IGN Pack”. This does indeed refer to the gaming site IGN, but besides a giveaway, and the

Posted 12 years ago 38
Screenshots
R.A.W. - Realms of Ancient War Screens Released
Recently, Focus Home Interactive released a video showing off their lineup of games. Included in that number was R.A.W - Realms of Ancient War, a fantasy hack 'n slash that was announced during E3 an

Posted 12 years ago 21
Video
XBLA Wednesday: November 30th, 2011 [UPDATE]
Edit 3: Iron Brigade has now hit the European marketplace. However, Scene It? Movie Night appears to be restricted to the US only; this is the first time that I've ever seen a game restricted to a si

Posted 12 years ago 86
Screenshots
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13 Box Shots
Last month, a fan vote was conducted on Facebook to determine the two golf professionals that would join Tiger Woods on the cover of http://www.trueachievements.com/Tiger-Woods-PGA-TOUR-13....htm. On

Posted 12 years ago 49
Game review
The Black Eyed Peas Experience Review
Whether or not the Black Eyed Peas are your cup of tea, it’s hard to avoid them. With various smash hits, millions upon millions of album sales worldwide and now their own dedicated Kinect game. How

Posted 12 years ago 49
Screenshots
New Birds of Steel Screens Released
It's been over five months since Konami announced that they would be bringing Gaijin Games' flight combat title, Birds of Steel, to the Xbox LIVE Arcade. Other than a set of screens and video, we hav

Posted 12 years ago 20
WP
WP7 DotW: November 30th, 2011
This week's deal is a popular tower defense title with a unique art style. geoDefense (WP) - $2.99 / £2.29 $1.99 / £1.49 Something exciting and new in the Tower Defense genre! The geometric vector cr

Posted 12 years ago 26
WP
Windows Phone 7 Releases: November 30th, 2011
This week we've got two new releases. Ghostscape (WP) - $2.99 / £2.29 Investigate this haunted house to find out what happened to the people who lived and died here. Discover ancient occult artefacts

Posted 12 years ago 32
Screenshots
New SSX Screenshots
Earlier this month we revealed that Travis Rice would be the first real-life snowboarder to become a playable character in EA's upcoming snowboarding game SSX. More details on Rice's role in the game

Posted 12 years ago 21
Xbox 360
Amazon 19 Days of Christmas Deals [US Only]
Amazon continues the discounts on games today with day 2 of their 19 Days of Christmas promotion by discounting select action titles up to 50% off. Some of the deals to be had today include: - Dead I

Posted 12 years ago 59
DLC
Mercury Hg 'Rare Earth Elements' DLC Out Now
The world of Mercury Hg is expanding once again, with new levels coming to the physics based puzzler with the release of "Rare Earth Elements". The DLC adds three new achievements and 50 gamerscore.

Posted 12 years ago 37
Video
Trine 2 Featurette
If you've been following our coverage of Trine 2, you'll have spotted the recent slew of screenshots and a trailer along with an achievement video. You'll also know then by now that we still don't ha

Posted 12 years ago 11
Video
Bang Bang Racing Announced
Digital Reality have announced a new racer scheduled to arrive on XBLA titled Bang Bang Racing. Aiming at the party racer category, what can we expect from the oddly named title? - Multiple exotic ra

Posted 12 years ago 20
DLC
Retail DLC Roundup: November 29th, 2011
This week sees DLC releases for seven games. Only one game adds new achievements to its list, while three games have region exclusive DLC. Here is this week’s list: Ace Combat: Assault Horizon • "Com

Posted 12 years ago 27
Xbox 360
Call of Duty: Elite - Play Together Better Trailer
Since it's launch and subsequent crash earlier this month, the Call of Duty: Elite service has still been in popular demand, with Activision announcing six days after the release of Call of Duty: Mod

Posted 12 years ago 61
DLC
Final Fantasy XIII-2 Screens and Costume DLC News
We've seen the likes of Ezio Auditore as a playable character in Namco Bandai's upcoming http://www.trueachievements.com/SoulCalibur-V-xbox-360.htm, and now he'll make another appearance; this time i

Posted 12 years ago 38
Screenshots
Kinect Fun Labs 'Battle Stuff' Out Now
Yesterday saw the release of the most recent Kinect Fun Labs gadget, Kinect Fun Labs: Battle Stuff. The title describes the game fairly well. You take regular, everyday items, and scan them using the

Posted 12 years ago 37
Content roundup
Deal of the Week: November 29th, 2011
If you're lucky enough to still have any money or MSP's left over from this past week's Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, you might want to take a look at the four XBLA games that have all been re

Posted 12 years ago 64
DLC
NBA 2K12 Legends Showcase DLC Released
With the 2011 NBA Lockout looking like it is finally about to end, the timing of the new DLC for http://www.trueachievements.com/NBA-2K12-xbox-360.htm could not be more appropriate. Three days after

Posted 12 years ago 21
Xbox 360
Best Buy DotD for November 29th, 2011
Cyber Monday and Black Friday are behind us, but retailers aren't letting up on the discounts. Today's online exclusive deal for Best Buy is a steal. Major League Baseball 2K11 - $39.99 $19.99 BestBu

Posted 12 years ago 21
Hardware
US Deal Roundup for November 29th, 2011
Black Friday and Cyber Monday brought us lots of cheap games, but we have a whole new week of deals to cover. Hopefully you still have some cash stashed away to take advantage of the deals this week.

Posted 12 years ago 19
Hardware
UK Deal Roundup for November 29th, 2011
We all know that the Holiday season is fast approaching. With this in mind, I’ve taken the opportunity to add a console section this week, especially as we’ve gone back to consoles being cheap across

Posted 12 years ago 11
Patch
Skyrim's First Patch Detailed/Dated
Like many other gamers, I have been playing http://www.trueachievements.com/Skyrim-xbox-360.htm to a near obsessive level. In fact, I'd like to take this opportunity to apologize to my sweet cousin B

Posted 12 years ago 176
Screenshots
Rainbow 6 Patriots Detailed
Earlier this month, Ubisoft revealed that the next title in their Rainbow 6 series, http://www.trueachievements.com/TCs-Rainbow-6-Patriots-....htm, is currently in development. A couple days later, t

Posted 12 years ago 52
DLC
Battlefield 3 - Gulf of Oman Trailer
As we previously detailed, DICE will be releasing the "Back to Karkand" map pack for their smash hit, Battlefield 3 early in December. Contained in said pack are several maps from Battlefield 2 remas

Posted 12 years ago 62
DLC
Batman: Arkham City DLC Arrives December 20th
The official Batman: Arkham City Twitter account has a Batchannel update for all of those who want more environments to debilitate their enemies in. The official tweet stated: Brand new DLC coming De

Posted 12 years ago 76
New releases
Retail Releases: Week of November 28th, 2011
December is almost near and that means the inevitable slowdown of video game releases. Even then, there are two, lone stars this week. No releases for North America, but Europe gets the release of th

Posted 12 years ago 18
XBLA
Cyber Monday Deals on Xbox LIVE
The Cyber Monday deals are live, and there are a few decent discounts to be had here, ranging from 50-70% off. Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection - 800 400 MSP Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale - 1200 600

Posted 12 years ago 109
Hardware
US Cyber Monday Deals Roundup
Monday traditionally kicks off the online sales in the United States, and many retailers have week-long deals for Cyber Monday. Amazon kicks things off with a lot of Lightning Deals throughout the da

Posted 12 years ago 48
Xbox LIVE
Indie Games Spotlight for November 27th, 2011
CosmicLord91 suggested I check out Angry Fish. Since I am a huge fan of the mobile game of a similar name, I had to give this one a try. In this sequel to the critically acclaimed physics based actio

Posted 12 years ago 27
Community
TA Poll Recap: Week of November 20th, 2011
The results for the most underrated game poll are in and they were very mixed -- our widest range of responses yet. Most of us agreed that all of the games included are very deserving of your attenti

Posted 12 years ago 65
Community
Winners: Black Friday Freebies
Well there was a staggering response to our Black Friday competition. Over 2000 entries to be precise! But thanks to the powers at random.org we've emerged with three winners! Here are the names in t

Posted 12 years ago 82
Screenshots
New FIFA Street Box Art and Screenshots
A couple of days ago, EA released a trailer featuring one of football's biggest stars, Lionel Messi, for the upcoming FIFA Street. Since the trailer, more news has been revealed as why a player who h

Posted 12 years ago 23
Site stats
TA Gaming Stats - Nov 14th to Nov 20th 2011
This is the greatest week of stats to ever have passed through the TA Stats HQ. I may have said that in the past, but if I did, I was lying. This time I am not lying as this week is truly the greates

Posted 12 years ago 56
Screenshots
Another Skullgirls Character Revealed
The wonderful bunch of creative and crazy minds known as Reverge Labs have revealed another fighter for their upcoming title Skullgirls. The newest addition to the roster, Valentine, is a corpse thro

Posted 12 years ago 24
Upcoming
Catherine Comes To Europe In February
Catherine has been available in Japan and North America for several months now, but has yet to arrive in Europe. This was because Atlus is unable to publish games in Europe, so the company were left

Posted 12 years ago 50
Opinion
Child's Play Charity Fund-Raising Drive
Now that the chaos of Black Friday and Cyber Monday is drawing to a close, people tend to reflect on the amount of money that they've managed to save through the amazing bargains over the weekend. Ho

Posted 12 years ago 50
Opinion
The Burning Xbox
I powered on my Xbox today to find a message waiting for me from a player whose gamertag was simply God. He told me to deliver this message to all developers and publishers in reference to their mist

Posted 12 years ago 168
Upcoming
Shuffle Party Coming to Windows Phone 7 Owners
Looks like Windows Phone 7 owners in the United States will have a nice treat waiting for them alongside next week's new release as WPCentral is reporting that the newly announced Shuffle Party will

Posted 12 years ago 35
DLC
Steam Autumn Sale Discounts
Steam are currently holding an Autumn sale. As well as discounts on hundreds of games and DLC over the entire duration of the sale, there are daily offers too. The sale lasts until November 27th. Due

Posted 12 years ago 52
Hardware
Amazon Black Friday Deals [US Only]
As Amazon inches every so closer to Black Friday, we are given a slew of discounted titles today. Kinect Sports: Season Two for $29.99, Dance Central 2 for $29.99, Gears of War 3 for $39.99, Batman:

Posted 12 years ago 83
Xbox 360
Xbox LIVE Fan Appreciation Sale Friday Deals
As promised earlier this week, the Xbox LIVE Fan Appreciation Sale has now included some special discounts for Black Friday. These deals only last until the end of today, so don't delay for too long!

Posted 12 years ago 85
DLC
Rock Band DLC for November 29th, 2011
Next week, coming to the Rock Band Store: “Roadrunner Records Pack 02" - 440 MSP • Dream Theater – “On the Backs of Angels” X • Opeth – “Ghost of Perdition” • Trivium – “In Waves” • Starship – “We Bu

Posted 12 years ago 52
Xbox 360
Amazon UK Black Friday Deals Nov. 25th
Amazon's Black Friday Lightning Deals hit their final day in the UK today. Those of you who have been following the previous three articles will know how the deals work by now. For those of you who a

Posted 12 years ago 13
Contest
TA Competition: Black Friday Freebies
After a flurry of Lightning Deals and today's Black Friday madness from just about every major retailer going, we're here to tempt you with yet more games, as if you didn't have enough queued up in y

Posted 12 years ago 2309
Upcoming
Test Drive: Ferrari Due In 2012
Listen up Test Drive fans! Publisher Bigben Interactive have announced that they have bought the rights to the name Test Drive: Ferrari and that the game will be coming to the Xbox 360 in 2012. Inter

Posted 12 years ago 38
Video
The Pinball Arcade New Trailer Released
Following on from the trailer announcing their latest title The Pinball Arcade, the folks over at FarSight studios have released another clip revealing a little more detail over the pinball tables fr

Posted 12 years ago 31
Video
FIFA Street New Trailer Released
Following the recent mash up trailer, EA have released another new video for their upcoming FIFA Street title. This latest clip features none other than Barcelona's footballing genius, Lionel Messi.

Posted 12 years ago 12
Video
A Hero's Guide to Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
The Hero's Guide to Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning has so far covered factions and fae, and destiny and fate. Now, EA, 38 Studios and Big Huge Games want to show you how their RPG will redefine combat

Posted 12 years ago 11
Video
SoulCalibur V Costume Sneak Peek
Mari Shimazaki may not be a name too familiar to most gamers. The designer worked at Capcom before transferring to Clover Studio, where she contributed to the development of Okami. In 2009 she transf

Posted 12 years ago 24
DLC
Ace Combat Assault Horizon DLC 4 Screenshots
The fourth batch of DLC will soon be arriving for Ace Combat: Assault Horizon. This time will see the arrival of two new aircraft and two new skins. We have new screenshots showing the planes in acti

Posted 12 years ago 13
Video
Journey Through Spec Ops: The Line
Almost a year has passed since the last mention of Yager Development's upcoming third person shooter Spec Ops: The Line, and that was a brief line in 2K's release schedule for 2011-2012. The months o

Posted 12 years ago 32
Xbox 360
PSA: Thanksgiving Is Also Good for Batman Fans
Players of Batman: Arkham City (Xbox 360) and Batman: Arkham City (PC) will have noticed a date-sensitive achievement in the game. On a special day during each month of the year, players are required

Posted 12 years ago 60
DLC
Gears of War 3 Boosts Versus Mode
Ardent Gears of War 3 would have already known about the impending arrival of the free "Booster Map Pack", which adds five new maps to every versus playlist. What nobody would have known is that this

Posted 12 years ago 78
Hardware
Black Friday Deal Roundup [US Only]
As you may well know, there is a little thing called Black Friday approaching, and this glorious day brings us lots of cheap video game entertainment. While each of these retailers have already recei

Posted 12 years ago 42
Hardware
Amazon UK Black Friday Deals Nov. 24th [UPDATE]
Amazon's Black Friday Lightning Deals push into their fourth day in the UK, with the final day of deals scheduled for tomorrow. Those of you who have been following the previous three articles will k

Posted 12 years ago 52
Video
New Final Fantasy XIII-2 Trailer Emerges
After last weeks torrent of screenshots from Square Enix, you'd be forgiven for thinking that there was nothing left to show for Final Fantasy XIII-2. It seems Square Enix still have a lot up their s

Posted 12 years ago 23
DLC
Red Dead Redemption 4x XP Event This Weekend
The folks at Rockstar are feeling a bit festive, and to thank the fans, they're offering up quadruple XP for the action-adventure western Red Dead Redemption. http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/6649/

Posted 12 years ago 50
DLC
Arcade DLC Roundup: November 23rd, 2011
Today sees four Xbox LIVE Arcade games receive DLC. Three of these games add further achievements to their total, but the fourth is region exclusive. Here is today's list: Might and Magic: Clash of H

Posted 12 years ago 19
DLC
Clocktower Flythrough Video for Gears 3 Released
Earlier this week, Epic provided us with a fly over video of the Bullet Marsh map that will be included in the Versus Booster Map Pack for Gears of War 3. We noted at the time that one other classic

Posted 12 years ago 21
DLC
TNT Racers DLC Hits the Right Formula
The second piece of DLC for TNT Racers hit the Xbox Marketplace today. As with last month's "Drift Pack", the new "Formula TNT Package" adds new challenges, cars and tracks to the game. The DLC also

Posted 12 years ago 9
DLC
Pure Pwnage for Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone
Different forms of Horde mode are spreading across the gaming world, especially where zombies are concerned. I don't know of anyone who hasn't heard of the Nazi zombie mode in Treyarch's side of the

Posted 12 years ago 13
Screenshots
New Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 Screenshots
City Interactive, the developer and publisher behind the upcoming Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 have today released eight new screenshots from the game's campaign. The screens once again highlight the mark

Posted 12 years ago 28
DLC
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes DLC Released
Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes received DLC back in September on PC and PSN. That DLC was conspicuously missing from the Xbox 360 though, and Ubisoft remained quiet on the chances of the DLC ever c

Posted 12 years ago 8
DLC
Gears 3 Impossible Mission Detailed [UPDATED]
Update: The region controversy is over! A tweet from the Official Gears 3 Twitter reveals that the skins are, in fact, region free, so go finish that campaign on Insane and get your skins! Original S

Posted 12 years ago 185
DLC
New Rock Band 3 Bundles Shipping to Stores
Mad Catz, long known for their third-party peripherals, are in the publishing business now. After heading the publishing duties for Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge in North America, their next venture is

Posted 12 years ago 26
WP
WP7 DotW: November 23rd, 2011
If you missed your chance to pick up the Windows Phone 7 version of Tetris as DotW in August, you're in luck, as the game finds itself marked down yet again this week. Tetris (WP) - $4.99 / £3.99 $2.

Posted 12 years ago 17
Xbox Live
Free Xbox Live Gold Weekend [US ONLY]
A free Xbox Live Gold weekend is inbound for the lovely gamers of the United States using Xbox Live Silver accounts. The free fun will begin this coming holiday weekend from Thursday, November 24th t

Posted 12 years ago 54
WP
Windows Phone 7 Releases: November 23rd, 2011
Another time management game comes to WP7 this week. Farm Frenzy 2 (WP) - $2.99 / £2.29 If you think life in the big city is crazy, wait until you get a load of the country life in Farm Frenzy 2, whi

Posted 12 years ago 13
Patch
Major Dark Souls Patch Released
Western regions are now receiving the latest patch for Namco's Dark Souls. Many, many fixes and alterations have been included. If anything seems a little off, that's due to the fact that these patch

Posted 12 years ago 35
Xbox 360
Amazon Pre-Black Friday Deals [US Only]
As Amazon inches every so closer to Black Friday, we are given a few Family Friendly titles on special today. http://www.trueachievements.com/Just-Dance-3-xbox-360.htm is $29.99, Sesame Street: Once

Posted 12 years ago 18
GFWL
GFWL and WP7 Fan Appreciation Sale
The Xbox brand recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. Players were rewarded with a free avatar prop, which is still available for download from here at this moment in time. Yesterday, further rewa

Posted 12 years ago 33
Industry
Specialised Kinect for Windows Hardware Announced
Microsoft's Kinect has proved a great enabler for many a company or research team who were looking for an affordable solution to their advanced motion sensing troubles. We've seen Kinect mounted on t

Posted 12 years ago 29
Xbox 360
Amazon UK Black Friday Deals Nov. 23rd
Amazon's Black Friday Lightning Deals continue in the UK for a third day, and will continue through until November 25th. Those of you who have been following the previous two articles will know how t

Posted 12 years ago 20
DLC
Xbox Live Fan Appreciation Sale
Xbox Live users and fans alike are being made to feel special this week, as a fair amount of Games on Demand and XBLA titles, as well as DLC and themes have all had there prices discounted to show so

Posted 12 years ago 135
Video
New Teaser for Bioware's Next Game
The acclaimed development team at Bioware is known for deep, high-end stories with addicting gameplay. As was announced a few weeks ago, the next project of theirs that will hopefully continue that t

Posted 12 years ago 75
DLC
GFWL DLC Roundup: November 22nd, 2011
Batman: Arkham City (PC) is releasing this week, and Microsoft has released the "Robin Bundle Pack" DLC to go with it. The game page on TrueAchievements seems to suggest that there may not be achieve

Posted 12 years ago 10
DLC
Retail DLC Roundup: November 22nd, 2011
This week sees DLC releases for 12 games. Three games add new achievements to their list, while two games have region exclusive DLC. Here is this week’s list: Batman: Arkham City (Xbox 360) – more in

Posted 12 years ago 32
Screenshots
Rayman 3 Hoodlum Havoc HD Coming to XBLA
Hot on the heels of the release of Rayman Origins, Ubisoft has announced that everyone's favorite no-limbed hero will be heading to XBLA in the form of an HD remake. That's right folks, Rayman 3 Hood

Posted 12 years ago 36
Video
This Week's NFL Blitz 2-Minute Drill Released
Last week's 2-Minute Drill for EA Sports' upcoming XBLA title, NFL Blitz, detailed the co-op mode. This week, NFL Blitz Designer Yuri Bialoskursky walks us through "Elite League", which is the third

Posted 12 years ago 8
Patch
F1 2011 Newest Patch For GFWL Released
According to a post in the official Codemaster forums, their latest racing title http://www.trueachievements.com/F1-2011-xbox-360.htm will be getting a patch for the PC version of the game. This is t

Posted 12 years ago 6
DLC
Sesame Street: Once Upon A Monster DLC Released
This is the only DLC release today that can claim to be firmly aimed at the kids. Aliens have come to Sesame Street, and players have to help them to complete their mission in the "New Chapter" DLC f

Posted 12 years ago 7
DLC
Dead Island Blood Bath Arena DLC Released
The current gaming trend is a form of Horde mode. Wave upon wave of enemies come charging towards you until you either collapse under the strain, or you reach that magical level where you have beaten

Posted 12 years ago 33
DLC
Batman: Arkham City Robin DLC Hits Xbox.com
All Batman fans know who Robin is; he's one of the most famous side-kicks in comic book history. The character was even given his own pre-order bonus DLC - "Robin Bundle Pack" - upon release of Batma

Posted 12 years ago 24
Xbox 360
Amazon UK Black Friday Deals Nov. 22nd [UPDATE]
Amazon's Black Friday Lightning Deals continue in the UK today. Having started yesterday, the deals will continue through until November 25th. For those of you who are unsure of how the deals work, t

Posted 12 years ago 69
Video
'Splosion Man to Appear in Retro City Rampage
VBlank Entertainment has revealed at this past weekend's MineCon that both Splosion Man and http://www.trueachievements.com/Ms-Splosion-Man-xbox-360.htm will be appearing in their upcoming XBLA title

Posted 12 years ago 11
Content roundup
Deal of the Week: November 22nd, 2011
As reported in last week's Deal of the Week post, this week Microsoft are bringing 50% discounts to three "Crazy Street Racing" themed XBLA games. XBLA: • Streets of Rage 2 - 400 MSP 200 MSP • SEGA R

Posted 12 years ago 46
Video
BattleBlock Theater Spotlights More Prisoners
We've seen many prisoners receive the spotlight treatment in The Behemoth's upcoming BattleBlock Theater, so why shouldn't they show us a couple more? In the following pair of trailers, we get a two-

Posted 12 years ago 13
DLC
XBLA Wednesday: November 23rd, 2011 [UPDATE]
UPDATE The official Facebook page for the game reveals more information that we were waiting for. First, it will be 800 MSP with additional DLC priced separately. (*sniffles*)...And secondly, America

Posted 12 years ago 105
Hardware
Amazon Pre-Black Friday Deals [US Only]
As Amazon inches every so closer to Black Friday, we are given a few Action Games and Accessories on special today. The action racer Split/Second is priced at $12.99 for those of you who missed out o

Posted 12 years ago 11
Hardware
US Deal Roundup for November 22nd, 2011
Since Black Friday deals take effect for most stores starting on Thursday this week, some of these deals are good only through November 23rd. As always, check the retailer's site before heading out.

Posted 12 years ago 15
Hardware
UK Deal Roundup for November 22nd, 2011
After the void that was last week, we have a lot more sales for you this week. For the first time since I’ve been doing these roundups, I have all 17 retailers featuring in one way or another, as Sai

Posted 12 years ago 14
Upcoming
New Dashboard Experience Launches December 6th
If you're in the preview program for the new dashboard experience, you may have enjoyed waving that over the heads of your Xbox LIVE friends who didn't make it in. However, Microsoft has confirmed th

Posted 12 years ago 225
Screenshots
Max Payne 3 Special Edition Detailed
Rockstar has announced the contents for their Special Edition of the upcoming Max Payne 3. The package is highlighted by a 10" statue of Max himself, and also includes exclusive multiplayer weapons,

Posted 12 years ago 60
Video
Enemy Front Announced
City Interactive, the folks responsible for the Sniper: Ghost Warrior series, have announced a new game taking players back to the formerly crowded WWII shooter genre. Though recent additions to firs

Posted 12 years ago 59
Video
New Kung-Fu: High Impact Trailer
The visual style of Kung-Fu High Impact is reminiscent of a classic Mortal Kombat, but don't be fooled. That isn't Sub-Zero dispatching enemies left and right -- it's you. This Kinect game doesn't ju

Posted 12 years ago 16
Xbox 360
Amazon UK Black Friday Deals Nov. 21st [UPDATE]
Black Friday may well be a big event in North America, but there's no need to limit the offers to that region now, is there? Amazon thinks not, and are running a series of Black Friday Lightning Deal

Posted 12 years ago 58
Video
Prototype 2 'Welcome to NYZ' Developer Diary
Prototype (Xbox 360) is a game that probably could have made the list of options of this week's TA poll, asking what the most underrated 360 game is. It flew a bit under the radar and was certainly n

Posted 12 years ago 5
DLC
BF3 Strike at Karkand Trailer
Next month's expansion map pack for http://www.trueachievements.com/Battlefield-3-xbox-360.htm should serve as a nice holiday gift for those of you who bought the Limited Edition of the game. It come

Posted 12 years ago 44
Xbox 360
Best Buy DotD for November 21st, 2011 [US Only]
Monday's deal is practically a polar opposite of Friday's offering. Saints Row: The Third - Platinum Pack gets a $20 price cut for the day with free shipping. http://www.trueachievements.com/Saints-R

Posted 12 years ago 21
Xbox 360
Best Buy DotD for November 18th [US Only]
The deal today is perfect for those with young ones, or the young at heart. http://www.trueachievements.com/Once-Upon-a-Monster-xbo....htm, exclusive to Kinect, gets a sizeable price drop online for

Posted 12 years ago 15
DLC
Dance Central 2 DLC for November 22nd, 2011
Harmonix announced that two new tracks will be heading to http://www.trueachievements.com/Dance-Central-2-xbox-360.htm tomorrow, November 22nd. The two tracks are: Lady Gaga - Marry the Night Lady Ga

Posted 12 years ago 14
New releases
Retail Releases: Week of November 21st, 2011
The last few months of gaming releases may arguably one of the best in history. Some of us are inevitably backed up with the cornucopia of amazing games. Fear not, TAers, sweet relief is near. But no

Posted 12 years ago 27
Xbox 360
Amazon Black Friday Deals for 11/21 [US Only]
Welcome to the biggest shopping week of the year, where every retailer under the sun (and some that just might be extra-solar) will be vying for your every pence, pound, quid, mark, euro, and dollar.

Posted 12 years ago 27
Video
Minecraft Trailer Shows New Details
If you're not too clued up on Minecraft, let's take this rather dry definition from the Minecraft Wiki: Minecraft is a sandbox construction game... The game involves players creating and destroying v

Posted 12 years ago 73
GFWL
Age of Empires Online November Patch
Microsoft Studios have detailed their latest patch for Age of Empires Online (PC). Here's the rundown of the new modes, fixes, changes, and additions: Champion Mode! Champion mode has arrived for Ran

Posted 12 years ago 15
Community
TA Poll Recap: Week of November 13th, 2011
Last week's poll asked for your opinions on the online pass format that we're seeing implemented more and more each year. Though many industry analysts predict the online pass will eventually become

Posted 12 years ago 148
Video
The Music of SSX Developer Diary
Music can play an important part in video games. This couldn't have been more apparent when SEGA announced that the XBLA port of Crazy Taxi would not have the original soundtrack; the public outcry w

Posted 12 years ago 14
DLC
Karaoke Revolution Glee Vol. 3 Track List
Fans of the television show Glee have only found refuge on the Wii for their karaoke gaming. This needs to happen no more, as Karaoke Revolution Glee: Volume 3 will release on the Xbox 360 next week,

Posted 12 years ago 24
Site stats
TA Gaming Stats - Nov 7th to Nov 13th 2011
Nothing to see here, nope, nothing at all. In fact, you already skipped my opening ramble and you moved right to the charts didn't you? Of course you did. It's alright, I'm not offended or anything,

Posted 12 years ago 49
Xbox 360
Amazon Pre-Black Friday Deals [US Only]
Today Amazon's Pre-Black Friday deal brings us 20% off bundles and other recent releases. Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure Starter Pack bundles are starting at $49.99 today. They include the Skylanders

Posted 12 years ago 19
Xbox LIVE
Indie Games Spotlight for November 20th, 2011
Avatar Ninja allows you to put your avatar through some very difficult ninja training courses to see if you have what it takes to be a virtual ninja! NINJA POWER! Prove your skills as a shadow warrio

Posted 12 years ago 5
Video
Onechanbara Z: Kagura Weapons Trailer Released
D3Publisher have a new trailer for their upcoming title, Onechanbara Z: Kagura, although it might be possibly be considered more of an educational training video. The clip runs at 5:29 minutes and gi

Posted 12 years ago 21
Community
TA Community Interview - rotorschnee
I know you. I can tell that you’re shaking… itching with withdrawal… you need a hit… you need it bad… fortunately for you, The Gamish Inquisition is back! This week, we bring you the interview of rot

Posted 12 years ago 50
Game review
Assassin's Creed: Revelations Review
Since its inception in 2007, the story of Desmond, a lowly barman turned assassin, has become one of the most interesting and captivating tales gaming has told - a tale of political intrigue, histori

Posted 12 years ago 46
Xbox 360
Amazon Pre-Black Friday Deals [US Only]
Amazon has released their schedule for video game Pre-Black Friday deals, and today brings us Trick Out Your Console: Save up to 40%. Today's deals include selected titles starting from $15 including

Posted 12 years ago 16
Video
Marvel Super Hero Squad: CC Launch Trailer
Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat was released earlier this week and the game's publisher, THQ, has now released a launch trailer to showcase the uDraw-controlled gameplay. As the title's name su

Posted 12 years ago 12
Video
The King of Fighters XIII Combo Trailer Released
Just yesterday, Atlus revealed some DLC plans for their upcoming The King of Fighters XIII. In addition to three themes, and a way to "immediately unlock portions of game content", Atlus also reveale

Posted 12 years ago 12
DLC
Gears of War 3 Bullet Marsh Fly Over Video
Earlier this month, Epic revealed that a free piece of DLC for Gears of War 3, the "Versus Booster Map Pack", would be making its way to the Marketplace this month. They also revealed that, in additi

Posted 12 years ago 80
XBLA
TotemBall Returns to the Xbox Marketplace
The headline says it all. The free Xbox LIVE Arcade game Totemball was delisted back in August 2010. Now, the game has mysteriously returned to the Xbox Marketplace without any fanfare or prior notic

Posted 12 years ago 80
Video
FIFA Street Mash Up Trailer Released
Back in September, EA released a trailer for their upcoming XBLA title, FIFA Street, showing off some of the awesome moves that are often performed by skilled soccer players. That video, however, was

Posted 12 years ago 13
Video
Street Fighter x Tekken Alternate Costumes Preview
Alternate costumes are a favourite subject for Capcom. They've been releasing alternate costume packs as DLC for the Street Fighter games since Street Fighter IV. Street Fighter x Tekken will be no e

Posted 12 years ago 34
DLC
UMvC3 Alternate Costume DLC Breakdown
Surprising no one, Capcom has released a full breakdown of the costumes that will be available for Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and other details including price and release date for each individual

Posted 12 years ago 47
Video
WWE '12 Launch Trailer Released
We've seen all manner of pre-release material for THQ's WWE '12. Many wrestlers have had their intros and finishers released, screenshots have been plentiful, and various game modes such as Road to W

Posted 12 years ago 9
XBLA
Trine 2 Screens Released
Atlus is clearly ready to put all of its weight behind Frozenbyte's upcoming XBLA action-platformer http://www.trueachievements.com/Trine-2-xbox-360.htm. After all, when a publisher is aware enough o

Posted 12 years ago 4
Video
Max Payne 3 Developer Diary 1
The world often waits with bated breath for the next Rockstar Studios release. After http://www.trueachievements.com/LA-Noire-xbox-360.htm released, gamers set their sights on the long-delayed http:/

Posted 12 years ago 28
Video
Winter Stars Launch Trailer Released
Deep Silver's Kinect-enabled Winter Stars is swiftly approaching its release in Europe, so the publisher has released a launch trailer for that region. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5i1eV4ndms Wint

Posted 12 years ago 4
DLC
Rock Band DLC for November 22nd, 2011
Next week, coming to the Rock Band Store: “Nickelback Then and Now Pack” - 680 MSP •“How You Remind Me” X •“Someday” •“Animals” •“If Today Was Your Last Day” •“This Means War” Three new pro upgrade o

Posted 12 years ago 52
Xbox Live
Gears of War 3 Weekend Details
Another weekend, another Gears of War 3 event to tell you about! This weekend brings us the "Blades and Nades" playlist. What this means is that your basic loadout will feature the Retro Lancer (ah,

Posted 12 years ago 37
Screenshots
New SoulCalibur V Screens
When Namco Bandai chooses to release screens from their upcoming fighter SoulCalibur V, they certainly don't do so in a small way. Take, for example, this recent batch featuring Ezio among others. Mi

Posted 12 years ago 25
Hardware
Amazon Pre-Black Friday Deals [US Only]
Amazon has released their schedule for video game Pre-Black Friday deals, and today brings us Trick Out Your Console: Save up to 40%. Today's deals include various Kinect mounts to get that perfect a

Posted 12 years ago 15
Upcoming
Avalanche Studios Confirms Project Mamba
Avalanche Studios, the Swedish developer behind Just Cause and Just Cause 2, has confirmed that it is currently developing a new AAA title, codenamed Project Mamba. At this time, the development team

Posted 12 years ago 21
Upcoming
Iron Brigade Finally Dated for Europe
After much turbulence, the arcade game Iron Brigade is finally making its way to Europe, arriving later this month according to Eurogamer The game was originally released under the title http://www.t

Posted 12 years ago 17
Screenshots
More Final Fantasy XIII-2 Screenshots
Square Enix obviously didn't think they gave us enough screenshots to look at the other day, so they've released almost three dozen more for you to feast your eyes upon. http://img265.imageshack.us/i

Posted 12 years ago 37
Screenshots
Some New Ninja Gaiden 3 Screenshots
Team Ninja is at it again, releasing more screenshots for Ninja Gaiden 3. In case you missed it we have more screenshots here and you can view a gameplay trailer here. http://img412.imageshack.us/img

Posted 12 years ago 24
Video
SSX 'It's Tricky' Trailer
EA revealed today that a remixed version of the classic ‘It’s Tricky’ by RUN-D.M.C. will feature in http://www.trueachievements.com/SSX-xbox-360.htm. The track will be triggered dynamically in-game a

Posted 12 years ago 33
DLC
WWE '12 Reveals More DLC Wrestlers
We've already seen the details from DLC packs one and two for THQ's upcoming WWE '12, so now it's time to take a view at the last (and supposedly final) set of DLC wrestlers who make up the "Legends

Posted 12 years ago 25
Video
Eight New UFC Undisputed 3 Fighter Videos
THQ's upcoming MMA sim http://www.trueachievements.com/UFC-Undisputed-3-xbox-3....htm boasts the series' largest roster yet, which you may have known after seeing so many fighter biography videos on

Posted 12 years ago 7
Xbox 360
Best Buy DotD for November 17th [US Only]
As you may know, we regularly report the Amazon Deal of the Day when it pertains to Xbox 360. Today, we have an online deal from consumer electronics retailer Best Buy. We'll be sure to continue cove

Posted 12 years ago 19
Video
The Making of Risen 2 Part 1
Not much has been heard about Risen 2: Dark Waters since the release of the teaser trailer in August, but now Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes have released the first episode of a six part making-of ser

Posted 12 years ago 34
Demo
Twister Mania Demo Available to Download
If you've seen our previous coverage of Twister Mania, you may be wondering what the heck this has to do with the actual Twister, and more importantly if it's fun or worthwhile. The game looks to pla

Posted 12 years ago 12
DLC
Orcs Must Die! DLC Detailed
The awesome guys at Robot Entertainment have been pretty generous to TA, giving us some sweet swag to give away in conjunction with their XBLA title, http://www.trueachievements.com/Orcs-Must-Die-xbo

Posted 12 years ago 17
DLC
King of Fighters XIII Combo Trailer and DLC Plans
King of Fighters XIII is coming out next week, but if you just can not wait to get a taste of how SNK Playmore has completely overhauled the gameplay from their last, critically-panned iteration The

Posted 12 years ago 10
Screenshots
New Kinect Fun Labs Gadget Coming Later This Month
The Kinect Fun Labs keeps chugging along, and the next gadget slated for release is Battle Stuff. You scan your ordinary household items to see what sort of fighters they become as you coach them on

Posted 12 years ago 54
Xbox 360
Spectacular Deal for Gears 3 on BestBuy.com [US]
Many of you may be lining up for some Black Friday deals in hopes of snagging http://www.trueachievements.com/Gears-of-War-3-xbox-360.htm at a deep discount. Well you can sleep in on this one as Best

Posted 12 years ago 26
DLC
Sesame Street Once Upon a Monster UFO DLC
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced downloadable content coming to Double Fine's Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster. Strange and fuzzy visitors appear in the "Unidentified Furry Obje

Posted 12 years ago 15
Hardware
uDraw GameTablet Launch Trailer
THQ's virtual coloring book, the uDraw GameTablet, is releasing this week after much publicity all summer long. Among the improvements the Xbox 360 version will get over its Wii counterpart are the H

Posted 12 years ago 19
WP
WP7 DotW: November 16th, 2011
This week's official WP7 Deal of the Week is the liquid puzzler Enigmo, which sees a one week price drop. Enigmo (WP) - $2.99 - £2.29 $1.99 - £1.49 Enigmo is the most unique game that you'll find for

Posted 12 years ago 44
Video
NFL Blitz Online Co-op Trailer released
Last week, we brought you up to speed about EA's video series for their upcoming XBLA sports title, http://www.trueachievements.com/NFL-Blitz-xbox-360.htm, titled "Two-Minute Drill". This week's entr

Posted 12 years ago 14
Video
Ghostscape Coming to WP7
As was first reported by WP7Connect, Charles Humphrey revealed via his Twitter that Psionic Games' Ghostscape will be headed to the Windows Phone 7 later this month. Sure it's a little past it's init

Posted 12 years ago 16
Video
Focus Home Interactive Shows Off Their Lineup
Focus Home Interactive has published a wide range of games on the Xbox 360, including Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga (EU), Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper and http://www.trueachievements.com/

Posted 12 years ago 17
Video
Syndicate 'New England' Co-op Trailer
Earlier this month we brought you news of the co-op mode in Starbreeze's upcoming Syndicate reboot. EA has recently released a new trailer allowing players to take a deeper look into Syndicate's four

Posted 12 years ago 28
WP
Windows Phone 7 Releases: November 16th, 2011
A less serious take on golf is available for your mobile gaming pleasure this week. Keep in mind, however, that the game is having some connectivity issues at the moment that are interfering with the

Posted 12 years ago 25
DLC
Assassin's Creed: Revelations DLC Dated [UPDATED]
If you thought that Assassin's Creed: Revelations wouldn't have any DLC this side of Christmas, you were wrong. The "Ancestors Character Pack" DLC, consisting of four new character choices, has been

Posted 12 years ago 98
Video
Appear in the Next Rocksmith Ad
Ubisoft is looking for several people to appear in an upcoming ad for their guitar-trainer video game, Rocksmith. According to Ubisoft, all skill levels are able to apply. You simply have to take a v

Posted 12 years ago 17
Video
XBLA Wednesday: November 16th, 2011
I have to apologize for this being late. You guys asked for XBLA Wednesday posts to remain a staple of your Mondays and we intend to keep it that way. However, until this morning it seemed apparent t

Posted 12 years ago 20
DLC
Magic: The Gathering DotP 2012 DLC Released
Two more decks have been added to Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 today in the second expansion for the game. The decks will be available to use in both the campaign and multip

Posted 12 years ago 16
DLC
Retail DLC Roundup: November 15th, 2011 [UPDATED]
Edit: Developers and publishers usually release all of the week's scheduled DLC on the same day. Cyanide and Focus Home Entertainment had different ideas. Despite yesterday's release of the "Power Up

Posted 12 years ago 54
Xbox 360
Amazon Pre-Black Friday Deals [US Only]
Amazon has released their schedule for video game Pre-Black Friday deals, and today brings us Collector's Editions up to 75% off. Titles such as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Posted 12 years ago 24
Video
Need For Speed: The Run Launch Trailer
EA is back with another Need for Speed: The Run trailer as we travel from the Golden Gate to the Empire State and see the Frostbite 2 engine get a full workout. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WDOsH5

Posted 12 years ago 20
Patch
Gears of War 3 Title Update
Listen up Gears of War 3 fans. There's a title update incoming, which some of you may have already received. It's all well and good seeing the update bar zip across your screen, but what's happening

Posted 12 years ago 80
Content roundup
Deal of the Week: November 15th, 2011 [UPDATED]
Edit: Major Nelson's blog been amended since yesterday's story below. The date of the Crazy Street Racing themed games has been changed to next week. Xbox.com and the dashboard are correct, in that o

Posted 12 years ago 64
DLC
GFWL DLC Roundup: November 15th, 2011
Batman: Arkham City (PC) has yet to be released, but that hasn't stopped Microsoft from releasing the "Nightwing Bundle Pack". As the achievements for the Games for Windows LIVE version of the game h

Posted 12 years ago 12
Video
Asura's Wrath Pre-Order Bonuses Revealed
Capcom's upcoming http://www.trueachievements.com/Asuras-Wrath-xbox-360.htm is almost completely focused on one man's rage and his quest for revenge. Rage can be an exhausting and draining thing, how

Posted 12 years ago 16
Xbox Live
Happy Birthday, Xbox!
Today, the Xbox brand turns 10 years old, as the original Xbox released November 15th, 2001 in North America. Below is a [somewhat random] assortment of pictures which roughly equates to a timeline o

Posted 12 years ago 168
Screenshots
Final Fantasy XIII-2 Screens Released
Remember the Crystarium System in Final Fantasy XIII? Yeah, my memory is a little fuzzy, too. Thankfully, Square Enix has provided us with a handful of screens from their upcoming RPG, Final Fantasy

Posted 12 years ago 31
DLC
2K Publisher Sale Now Live
As we get closer to the holidays, it seems many sales will be coming our way, so 2K has taken this opportunity to be just a bit ahead of the curve and is running a week-long sale on several Marketpla

Posted 12 years ago 58
Demo
Michael Phelps - Push the Limit Demo Available Now
So you think you have what it takes to become an Olympic swimmer? Words are cheap, prove it land lubber. If you haven't picked up the title yet which launched a short while back, now's the time to te

Posted 12 years ago 28
DLC
Halo: Reach Anniversary Map Pack Released
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary released today, but 343 Industries didn't want to restrict the tenth anniversary celebrations to one game. Today, the "Halo: Reach - Anniversary Map Pack" was also re

Posted 12 years ago 77
Video
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Intro Trailer
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is out this week, some of you may already have it spinning in your 360. For the rest of us, Capcom has released the entire opening cinematic. This is vastly different fro

Posted 12 years ago 17
Video
A Single New Skullgirls Trailer
OK, so you have only to glance at our previous coverage news list to see that Skullgirls has been enjoying a lot of trailers. It's a close contest whether this or Awesomenauts has had more pre-releas

Posted 12 years ago 11
Video
Assassin's Creed - Building Constantinople
OK, so one of the biggest games of the year has launched, all of your friends have their copy, but your pre-order is caught up in the postal system and you're left waiting a little while longer. How

Posted 12 years ago 19
Hardware
UK Deal Roundup for November 15th, 2011
New sales are few and far between this week. Bee starts a winter clearance but only has a small selection. Only Shopto and TheHut have decent weekly offerings. However, TheHut and Zavvi’s Value Games

Posted 12 years ago 18
Hardware
US Deal Roundup for November 15th, 2011
Amazon has a several video games in their Holiday Toy Guide promotion that runs through December 24th. Get a $50 credit with the purchase of an Xbox 360 4GB Kinect bundle in this weekly deals edition

Posted 12 years ago 30
Video
Kingdoms of Amalur Destiny & Fate Dev Diary
As a LOST fanboy, I know a thing or two about the thematic use of destiny and fate. In the upcoming, much anticipated RPG, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, the story focuses on your character refusing

Posted 12 years ago 15
New releases
Retail Releases: Week of November 14th, 2011
There's no balance in video game releases. You either get bombarded with quality releases all at once or you get nothing. "When will the madness stop?" you ask. Not this week, that's for sure. Contin

Posted 12 years ago 80
Contest
Winner: Modern Warfare 3 Giveaway
OK guys, it's time to get a member of the TA community hooked up with a copy of http://www.trueachievements.com/Modern-Warfare-3-xbox-3....htm . The Newshounds have picked their winner from the submi

Posted 12 years ago 217
Video
AC: Revelations Story Recap Trailer
If you haven't played through all of the Assassin's Creed games yet, and you don't want to be spoiled of the story so far, click the back button right now. This new trailer (yes, another one) recaps

Posted 12 years ago 32
Hardware
Pictionary Ultimate Edition Trailer [Update]
Update: A new pair of uDraw videos were released as well. The first details one of the uDraw's features: Save and Share, which gives users the ability to upload their art to the uDraw website and sha

Posted 12 years ago 18
DLC
Dead Island Bloodbath Arena DLC Dated
Those of you who purchased the Limited Edition of Techland's Dead Island (Xbox 360) received a code for a free piece of DLC: the "Bloodbath Arena". Unfortunately, due to a need for "further polishing

Posted 12 years ago 56
Contest
GTASC 2 Sign-Ups Extended
Hey there, TAers. Hope you all had a nice, restful weekend. Perhaps one full of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. I just want to take a moment to remind you not to score

Posted 12 years ago 68
XBLA
TA Interview: Starfire Studios
In the wake of the launch of Fusion: Genesis, we’re talking to Starfire Studios, the brains behind the XBLA title with plenty of history to share. ____________________________________________________

Posted 12 years ago 13
Patch
Battlefield 3 Patch Incoming
DICE will be releasing a new patch for Battlefield 3 soon that will reduce the effectiveness of the blinding tactical lights. As it is right now, a player with the tactical light attached to their ma

Posted 12 years ago 98
Video
Halo: Anniversary Tribute Trailer
When I brought you the news of a Halo: CE Anniversary launch trailer I remarked that there wouldn't be too much more before release. Here is one of those final items we were expecting as we 'celebrat

Posted 12 years ago 36
Xbox 360
Amazon Pre-Black Friday Deal Schedule [US Only]
Amazon has released their schedule for video game Pre-Black Friday deals, and today starts out with 4-star games for under $20. Titles such as Dead Rising 2, Toy Story 3, The Orange Box, and many mor

Posted 12 years ago 20
Video
AC: Revelations Twitter Launch Trailer
Over the weekend, Ubisoft released the Assassin's Creed: Revelations launch trailer in preparation for tomorrow's release of the new game. Evidently, that wasn't enough for the Twitterverse, as they

Posted 12 years ago 14
Site news
Server Maintenance tomorrow
Hi guys I promised I'd give you a bit more notice the next time we had to do some server maintenance - so here it is [smile] The site will be down for about 30 mins tomorrow from 9.30am GMT. Thanks,

Posted 12 years ago 52
Game review
Rabbids: Alive & Kicking Review
Ubisoft’s Rabbids have had a lot of success on the Wii, but their outings on the Xbox 360 have been limited to Rayman Raving Rabbids. With the introduction of Kinect, the Rabbids have made a comeback

Posted 12 years ago 9
Contest
TA Competition: Modern Warfare 3 Giveaway
With our official TA review of Modern Warfare 3 complete, we were feeling generous - giveaway generous! That’s why we’re gifting our promotional copy to one lucky TA Community member who perhaps didn

Posted 12 years ago 711
Game review
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Review
After great anticipation, Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is finally here, and much like its predecessors, it keeps dedicated Call of Duty fans coming back for mo

Posted 12 years ago 211
Hardware
Toys 'R Us Black Friday Deals [US Only]
Toys 'R Us has released their Black Friday deals upon the world, and we are here to report each and every deal for you. Toys 'R Us sales begin at 9:00pm Thanksgiving Day. Dreamgear 6-in-1 expansion k

Posted 12 years ago 26
Xbox LIVE
Indie Games Spotlight for November 13th, 2011
Techno Kitten Adventure! has to be the craziest Xbox Live Indie Game I have played to date. Navigate a kitten by jetpack, fueled by hopes and dreams, through a fantastical world of techno music. *New

Posted 12 years ago 20
Community
TA Gaming Stats - Oct 31st to Nov 6th 2011
This report is for the period October 31st to November 6th, 2011. Welcome, welcome! Dog of Thunder is currently on leave (just for this week), so I'll be taking over for this week's stats. Let's get

Posted 12 years ago 16
Hardware
Gamestop Black Friday Deals [US Only]
Following Walmart, Best Buy, and Target ads being covered, today we bring you Gamestop's Black Friday deals: Games - $9.99 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Medal of Honor Midnight Club: Los Angeles Split/S

Posted 12 years ago 46
Xbox 360
TA Poll Recap: Week of November 6th, 2011
Last week we asked you what sits atop your Grand Theft Auto V wishlist. The options were varying and the results were too. Out of the 1,553 of you that weighed in, 26.5% hope the next GTA will let yo

Posted 12 years ago 39
Site stats
TA Gaming Stats - October 2011
This report is for the period October 1st to October 31st 2011. I had a computer issue eat the stats last week since, like a moron, I forgot to save my work. All that means is that you got to wait a

Posted 12 years ago 20
Community
Online Passes - Point/Counterpoint
This week's opinion piece takes a different format this week. Online passes have always been a controversial topic, with the TrueAchievements community firmly divided in opinion. Two Newshounds, Suyo

Posted 12 years ago 112
Screenshots
First Game of Thrones Screenshots
Game of Thrones is HBO's newest hit. Based off of George R.R. Martin's book series A Song of Ice and Fire, the show was picked up for a second season just two days after the pilot episode premiered.

Posted 12 years ago 36
DLC
Trio of New Saints Row: The Third Items
The media onslaught for Saints Row: The Third doesn't appear to be letting up any time soon. Just days away from the game's release, Volition and THQ are making sure their small fish in the big holid

Posted 12 years ago 31
Video
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 Launch Trailer
Traveller's Tales recently released a Halloween video and some screenshots for their upcoming title LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7. Now they've released the launch trailer for the upcoming game. http:/

Posted 12 years ago 25
Screenshots
Of Orcs and Men: Rebellion of Orcs Screens
Today Spiders Games and Cyanide Studio, who are jointly working on the upcoming title Of Orcs and Men, released some more screenshots of the game. In case you're still in the dark about this game be

Posted 12 years ago 23
Xbox Live
Gears of War 3 Event Weekend
This weekend's event for http://www.trueachievements.com/Gears-of-War-3-xbox-360.htm is One shot, One Kill. You guessed it, everyone gets outfitted with a Longshot and a Boltok Pistol. This is just a

Posted 12 years ago 75
Video
Trine 2 Achievement Video
Not often does a video roll around that is so well-suited to this website. Frozenbyte Games, developer of upcoming Xbox LIVE Arcade "high-fantasy, physics-based action platformer" Trine 2, has releas

Posted 12 years ago 8
Screenshots
Travis Rice Confirmed for SSX
Previously, the roster for SSX included eleven characters. Franchise stalwarts Elise Riggs, Kaori Nishidake, Moby Jones, Mac Fraser, Psymon Stark, Zoe Payne and Griffin Simmons all return as characte

Posted 12 years ago 9
Hardware
Target Black Friday Ad Revealed [US Only]
Yesterday, we covered the Black Friday deals for Walmart, and today we brought you the savings at Best Buy. Next up, we have Target, which arguably has the best deal on the Kinect Sensor so far. Whil

Posted 12 years ago 42
Video
Jillian Michaels' Fitness Adventure Trailer
Jillian Michaels has been the face behind three successful fitness games of her own on the Wii, but so far has had to satisfy herself in sharing the limelight on the Xbox 360 with fellow The Biggest

Posted 12 years ago 13
Screenshots
New Kingdoms of Amalur Screenshots Released
In July, August and October, we showcased the creative talents of Ken Rolston, the artful mind behind open-world fantasy RPG, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Today, the game's publisher, Electronic Ar

Posted 12 years ago 19
Video
New NFL Blitz Football Flambé Trailer
For the first time in a long time, NFL Blitz is returning, as you may well know by now. EA's revival of the franchise has, so far, been welcomed by most fans of the classic arcade sports series. This

Posted 12 years ago 13
Screenshots
Amazing Spider-Man Concept Art
Next summer, theaters everywhere will host a trio of huge superhero movies: The Dark Knight Rises, The Avengers, and Amazing Spider-Man. The new Spidey film is a series reboot and aims to start Peter

Posted 12 years ago 27
Patch
FIFA 12 Massive Update Hitting Today
EA have announced that an extremely large update for their FIFA 12 title will be hitting Xbox LIVE today. The patch includes a number of improvements and also fixes a number of glitches across virtua

Posted 12 years ago 39
DLC
Rock Band DLC for November 15th, 2011
Next week coming to the Rock Band Store: “Stevie Wonder Pack 01” - 680 MSP •“Superstition” •“Higher Ground” •“Living For the City” •“Sir Duke” X •“I Wish” X Tracks are priced at 160 MSP each. Tracks

Posted 12 years ago 25
DLC
Best Buy Black Friday Deals [US Only]
Early consensus is that the focus on Black Friday 2011 are video games, evidenced by yesterday's Walmart Black Friday ad, and with today's announcement from Best Buy. Here is what they have to offer

Posted 12 years ago 49
Contest
Winners: Fusion: Genesis Launch Competition
OK guys, let's get your weekend injected with a new game! You remember the Fusion: Genesis Launch Competition, right? We asked you why StarFire studios should draft you to fight in space, and without

Posted 12 years ago 22
Upcoming
Final Fantasy XIII-2 Collector's Edition Detailed
North American gamers who were beginning to get a little frustrated by the sudden wealth of European-exclusive Limited and Collector's Editions can now feel at least a tiny bit better as Square Enix

Posted 12 years ago 33
Screenshots
Gotham City Impostors Dated
The closed beta period for Gotham City Impostors [Demo] has ended, but the open beta is set to begin soon. Monolith Games is still accepting registrations for the test run on their website, which is

Posted 12 years ago 15
Video
Scene It? Movie Night Trailer Released
The Scene It? franchise is taking its interactive board game-based gameplay to the Xbox LIVE Arcade later this month. The downloadable game, titled Scene It? Movie Night, will include fourteen differ

Posted 12 years ago 22
Video
Black Eyed Peas Experience Launch Trailer Released
I Gotta Feeling that some of you may Do What You Want and ignore some of the other big releases to Pump It with the Black Eyed Peas Experience. Ok, I'll stop trying to horn in song titles so I can in

Posted 12 years ago 14
GFWL
Belated GFWL DotW: November 10th, 2011
I apologise for the late showing of this Games for Windows LIVE Deal of the Week. However, it is here now and you still have six days to make use of the offer. Universe at War: Earth Assault has a sh

Posted 12 years ago 18
Video
UFC Undisputed 3 PRIDE Matchup Trailer
THQ have released a new gameplay trailer for their upcoming title http://www.trueachievements.com/UFC-Undisputed-3-xbox-3....htm. With Shogun & Hendo scheduled to meet in the Octagon later this month

Posted 12 years ago 7
DLC
Moon Knight Coming To Pinball FX2
The upcoming "Vengeance and Virtue" DLC for Pinball FX2 (Xbox 360) is shaping up to be one hell of a table pack. We already know that poll winner Ghost Rider is representing one of the two "Vengeance

Posted 12 years ago 37
Video
Rayman Origins Launch Trailer
So far Rayman Origins has taught us many things. We know ten ways to bubblize our enemies, ten ways to get around, and for the morbid amongst you, ten ways to die. Now that we've been so thoroughly e

Posted 12 years ago 16
Industry
Limbo Sells One Million Copies
Independent studio Playdead Games have revealed that their XBLA title LIMBO (Xbox 360) has smashed through one million copies sold worldwide in 153 countries, in 9 languages and across three gaming p

Posted 12 years ago 49
Video
Assassin's Creed: Revelations Launch Trailer
Continuing the confusing trend of launch trailers days before launch, here's the latest from Ubisoft's upcoming smash hit, Assassin's Creed: Revelations We've brought you the official story trailer,

Posted 12 years ago 34
Video
The King of Fighters XIII: Tutorial Series
Don’t know much about The King of Fighters XIII? Not to worry, ATLUS PR Manager, Aram Jabbari, and Dream Cancel community member, Metaphysics, are on hand to give players new to the series some basic

Posted 12 years ago 7
Screenshots
Asura's Wrath Character Bios
You may have seen the recent videos of Capcom’s upcoming action game Asura’s Wrath, explaining how Asura was betrayed by his fellow gods, but you still may be wondering who most of the characters are

Posted 12 years ago 7
Patch
NBA 2K11 Servers To Remain Running Until 2012
Recently we reported that 2K Sports had announced that would be closing down their servers for their http://www.trueachievements.com/NBA-2K11-xbox-360.htm title. However, recently a short post has qu

Posted 12 years ago 42
Site news
Scanner Update
Morning all As you probably know by now, xbox live received a massive re-design yesterday, which as usual meant that the scanners no longer worked properly. Firstly, I want to apologise for not posti

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Xbox 360
CoD Elite Premium Memberships Extended 30 Days
While the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has gone largely without issue, the companion Call of Duty ELITE service has not been so fortunate. Only a lucky few have been able to access the se

Posted 12 years ago 76
Video
Alan Wake XBLA Teaser Trailer
What a tease! This new (and painfully short) 17 second teaser trailer reminds fans of Alan Wake what they don't need to be reminded of: that the sequel will be officially unveiled at the Video Game A

Posted 12 years ago 46
DLC
Halo: CE Anniversary Map Pack Detailed
It probably goes without saying that many of you are currently entrenched in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 or getting ready for the launch of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (or maybe even playing it, d

Posted 12 years ago 92
DLC
Walmart Unveils Black Friday Deals [US Only]
After the delights of a festive dinner on Thanksgiving Day, millions of Americans nationwide start preparing for the biggest shopping day of the year, on what is known as Black Friday. If you can end

Posted 12 years ago 93
Video
Two New WWE 12 Videos Arrive
The release of THQ's WWE 12 is drawing ever nearer, but there's apparently still plenty more pre-release video to show off. THQ has put out a pair of new videos. The first is a seven-minute interview

Posted 12 years ago 16
Xbox LIVE
Major Xbox.com Update Today
Xbox.com's social features saw some sweeping changes today to match the look, feel, and feature set of the Fall Dashboard Update giving people early access to the Beacons feature. The removal of the

Posted 12 years ago 122
Video
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Animations Video
Hey, guys! Did you know that http://www.trueachievements.com/Skyrim-xbox-360.htm releases in approximately ten hours (for residents of the Eastern United States)? Evidently, the game is pretty swell,

Posted 12 years ago 58
Video
Kinect Disneyland Adventures Trailer
Frontier and Microsoft Studios have released a new Kinect: Disneyland Adventures trailer. This trailer showcases some of the more fantastical Disney locales you can explore as well as briefly showing

Posted 12 years ago 15
DLC
Ace Combat Assault Horizon DLC 3 Screens
Fans of all things from NAMCO BANDAI Games rejoice! As of next week, the third DLC pack for Ace Combat: Assault Horizon will be available, and this time featuring Tekken-themed planes. http://img851.

Posted 12 years ago 13
Video
Saint's Row The Third: 'Cherished Memories' #8
It was just last week that we saw 'Cherished Memories' #7 and we were blown away by the insanity Volition cooked up for Saints Row: The Third. Turns out, that was nothing. Sure the Tim and Eric trail

Posted 12 years ago 24
Contest
TA Competition: Fusion: Genesis Launch Competition
Today is the launch of Fusion: Genesis, the very first title out of the doors of Starfire Studios. It's also your chance to bag one of three copies we're giving away today, exclusively to TrueAchieve

Posted 12 years ago 300
DLC
Modern Warfare 3 to Receive 20 DLC Packs
Hopefully you subscribed to Call of Duty ELITE, because it looks like this next year of Call of Duty is going to be an expensive one otherwise. The Xbox Marketplace and Playstation Store each adverti

Posted 12 years ago 246
Video
My Coach Self Defence Trailer
My Coach Self Defence (known as Self-Defense Training Camp in North America) is a tool to help you learn the basics of self defence, exclusively on Kinect. Through the magic of motion tracking, the g

Posted 12 years ago 16
Video
Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012 Launch Trailer
Touting over 90 hours of activities, Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012 on Kinect has something for everyone. You can personalize your workout regimine by designing an activity list best suited to you.

Posted 12 years ago 7
Video
UFC Undisputed 3 Velasquez Vs Dos Santos Gameplay
This weekend will see the UFC Heavyweight belt up for grabs, with a fight between current champion Cain Valasquez, and the number one challenger, Junior Dos Santos. To celebrate what promises to be a

Posted 12 years ago 21
DLC
Retail DLC Update: November 9th, 2011
If there is one thing that I have learned over the months that I've been writing news for TrueAchievements, it's that Microsoft can be awkward when it comes to DLC. Alongside the DLC released yesterd

Posted 12 years ago 16
XBLA
The Simpsons Arcade Coming to XBLA? [Rumor]
One of the most revered side-scrolling beat-'em-ups ever, The Simpsons arcade game, may be coming to the downloadable market reports XBLAfans.com. They received a tip from a reader that the game was

Posted 12 years ago 115
Upcoming
Atlus Bringing Game of Thrones to the 360
George R.R. Martin's fantasy epic, A Song of Ice and Fire, has gone from a series of acclaimed novels to an HBO series named after the first book in the series, A Game of Thrones. Set in a world wher

Posted 12 years ago 49
Upcoming
Batman Arkham City PC Delayed Again
Shortly before the console release of Batman: Arkham City (Xbox 360), we brought you news that the PC version of the game would not be released alongside its console counterpart and would instead be

Posted 12 years ago 28
Video
AC: Revelations 'Official Story Trailer'
After the events of http://www.trueachievements.com/Assassins-Creed-xbox-360.htm and http://www.trueachievements.com/Assassins-Creed-II-xbox....htm, few could have imagined exactly how far Ubisoft wo

Posted 12 years ago 35
Video
Pair of NFL Blitz Developer Diaries Released
As revealed last month, NFL Blitz is back, and EA is already busy getting the media wheels rolling. EA will be releasing a weekly feature dubbed the "2 Minute Drill" that features Blitz Designer Yuri

Posted 12 years ago 13
Industry
Kinect for Windows Update Detailed
There's no doubt that the Kinect, whether you like it or not, is a hugely successful product. At the time of its release, it became the fastest selling consumer entertainment device ever and has foun

Posted 12 years ago 39
WP
WP7 DotW: November 9th, 2011
This week, the puzzle-RPG version of the venerable Castlevania series gets a markdown. Castlevania Puzzle (WP) - $6.99 - £5.49 $4.99 - £3.99 Take control of Alucard, son of Dracula, and experience Ca

Posted 12 years ago 22
WP
Windows Phone 7 Releases: November 9th, 2011
This week we have the highly anticipated release of Fusion: Sentient, which offers interesting connectivity with this week's XBLA release, Fusion: Genesis. Fusion: Sentient (WP) - $2.99 - £2.29 Build

Posted 12 years ago 8
Screenshots
Alien Spidy Announced
Kalypso Media Digital Ltd, publishers of Tropico 4, have announced a new worldwide publishing deal with Enigma Software Productions, for a new and exciting IP coming to XBLA entitled Alien Spidy. The

Posted 12 years ago 16
Demo
Rayman Origins Demo Available Now
Eager to try our some Rayman Origins action? You'll be wanting to queue the brand new demo that's just hit the Xbox LIVE Marketplace then. The demo offers up a colourful slice of the 2D action that a

Posted 12 years ago 27
Video
A Pair of Metal Gear Solid Videos
Kojima-san has graced us with a pair of videos to show off his high definition reworkings of http://www.trueachievements.com/Metal-Gear-Solid-HD-xbo....htm and http://www.trueachievements.com/MGS-PEA

Posted 12 years ago 25
Video
Skullgirls' Game Mechanics Trailer
Skullgirls is attempting, despite the crazy character designs, to be a serious, hardcore fighter with a simply unprecedented level of customizable features for the fighting community. This has been p

Posted 12 years ago 10
Game review
Fusion: Genesis Review
Fusion: Genesis is the first title coming out of Starfire Studios, a development studio primarily comprised of ex-Rare employees that includes members from the development team behind original Killer

Posted 12 years ago 24
Industry
Fusion: Genesis New Trailer, Pictures and Music
Today is a very Fusion: Genesis themed day! Before we get into the best part of our coverage today (competition anyone?), we can bring you a new Warzone trailer hot of the press: http://www.youtube.c

Posted 12 years ago 5
Video
New Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?: SE Trailer
Coming soon to Xbox 360 is Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Special Editions, as you may have already known. What you may learn from watching this video however is that the game will be available via th

Posted 12 years ago 26
Screenshots
Hitman: Absolution New Teaser Screenshot Released
Following the recent gameplay trailer, the folks over at IO Interactive have released a new screenshot for their upcoming title Hitman: Absolution. The new image shows the game's eponymous anti-hero

Posted 12 years ago 17
Content roundup
Deal of the Week: November 8th, 2011
This week's themed XBLA deals - "Legendary Warriors" - brings you three warrior-themed games at half their normal price, as well as a pair of avatar props. As always, Deal of the Week is only availab

Posted 12 years ago 51
Upcoming
XCOM Delayed
Take Two sent a bit of sad news down the pipe this evening, delaying their reboot of XCOM beyond their initial March release into the 2013 fiscal year. No explanation was given for the delay, but my

Posted 12 years ago 24
Video
Trine 2 Latest Trailer And Screenshots Collection
The folks over at Frozenbyte games have released a new trailer and a large collection of screenshots for their upcoming title, Trine 2. The video clip introduces the new Infinite Mode which enables a

Posted 12 years ago 11
Demo
Xbox 360 Demo Roundup: November 8th, 2011
With demos for five different games being released today, we decided to write one larger article instead of several individual ones. This may become a more permanent option, but that is up to you. Le

Posted 12 years ago 26
DLC
More Dead Rising 2: Off The Record (PC) DLC
Again, one week later than its Xbox 360 cousin, Dead Rising 2: Off The Record (PC) gets the "BBQ CHEF Skills Pack", though it doesn't add any new achievements. Here's the much more useful Xbox descri

Posted 12 years ago 16
Video
TES V: 'The World of Skyrim' Trailer
With only three days remaining before the five-year wait for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to arrive is over, Bethesda has today released a new trailer showcasing the incredibly detailed locations that

Posted 12 years ago 56
Video
SSX: Massive World Producer Video - Part 3
Following on the heels of the previous Massive World Producer video, EA have released the third and final clip in the series showcasing some of the snowbound courses in their upcoming title SSX. In t

Posted 12 years ago 7
Patch
Dead Island Receives Another Patch
Early last month, we brought you the unfortunate news that the "Bloodbath Arena" DLC for Techland and Deep Silver's zombie-survival game, Dead Island (Xbox 360), had been delayed. The reason behind t

Posted 12 years ago 53
Xbox Live
Gears of War 2 20x XP Event Now Live
Epic games has revealed that, along with the 2x XP event going on in Gears of War 3, a 20x XP event is now live for the previous entry in the series, Gears of War 2. So, for those of you who still ha

Posted 12 years ago 73
Screenshots
Modern Warfare 3 Screens Released
The big day for many of you has finally arrived. That's right, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is now out and undoubtedly spinning in many of your hard drives right this second. For those of you who d

Posted 12 years ago 76
DLC
Retail DLC Roundup: November 8th, 2011
Today we are again overwhelmed with DLC, but this time it stems from just five games. None of them carry achievements, but the good news is that we don't have any region exclusive DLC this week. Here

Posted 12 years ago 9
Video
Saints Row: The Third 'Tim & Eric & Genki' Trailer
Every once in a while, I like to come out of left field with something a bit wacky... this is usually a daily occurrence. With that in mind, I have a pretty high "weird" tolerance. In an event as rar

Posted 12 years ago 60
Xbox 360
All Day Amazon Gold Box Video Game Deals [US Only]
Amazon is doing another all-day video game themed Gold Box set of deals today, and they have FIFA 12 for $39.99 as today's Deal of the Day. FIFA 12 currently has a community rating of 4.5 stars and a

Posted 12 years ago 24
Hardware
US Deal Roundup for November 8th, 2011
With the most anticipated game of the year hitting shelves this week, there is little else on sale. But those who didn't take advantage of a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 pre-order offer, don't worr

Posted 12 years ago 50
Hardware
UK Deal Roundup for November 8th, 2011
This week sees the return to the article of Amazon, ASDA and Toys R Us. GAME and Gamestation have renamed their sales due to the impending arrival of Christmas, but I've gone into full detail anyway.

Posted 12 years ago 20
Contest
TA Competition: Orcs Must Die! Clothing Giveaway
Another Monday has rolled around, and with it another TA Competition to lift your spirits! When we partnered up with Insert Coin Clothing for our t-shirt giveaway the response was *amazing*. With tha

Posted 12 years ago 100
Patch
Rock Band 3 Title Update Detailed
The folks at Harmonix have apparently decided to celebrate the one year anniversary of Rock Band 3 by releasing a patch to address a couple of small issues in the title. Also, in a move that will be

Posted 12 years ago 43
Screenshots
First Screenshot of Alan Wake XBLA Emerges
Days ago we brought you the news that this year's Spike TV Video Game Awards will serve as the reveal for the next installment in the Alan Wake franchise. As was leaked by XBLAFans.com in May, the ga

Posted 12 years ago 84
Screenshots
Zumba Fitness Rush Screenshots Released
Last week, we reported on the announcement that Zumba Fitness Rush is currently in development. The previous article outlined a plethora of improvements in comparison to the title's predecessor, http

Posted 12 years ago 12
Video
Bioshock Infinite Voice Actor Trailer Part 2
A few weeks ago, we covered the behind the scenes video of Bioshock Infinite's voice acting sessions. Irrational Games' Creative Director/Co-Founder Ken Levine is known for his commitment to excellen

Posted 12 years ago 17
Video
XBLA Wednesday: November 9th, 2011
Your XBLA Wednesday posts will be back to their regular Monday format from now on. File the decision under "Ask and you shall receive." With that said, here is what's coming to the downloadable space

Posted 12 years ago 39
DLC
Kinect Sports Season 2 - Challenge Pack #1 Out Now
Rare and Big Park are continuing their support for their recently released Kinect Sports: Season Two with the free "Challenge Pack #1", available for download now. The DLC adds six new mini-games; a

Posted 12 years ago 16
Video
Need For Speed: The Run New Trailers Released
With the release date for Need For Speed: The Run rapidly approaching, EA and the folks over at the Need For Speed studio have released two new trailers for the upcoming title. The first video, runni

Posted 12 years ago 8
Screenshots
Image from BioWare's New IP Emerges
Last week, we brought you the story of some of the announcements to expect at Spike TV's upcoming VGAs. While the biggest news to come out of the story might have been "what's next with Alan Wake ",

Posted 12 years ago 69
Upcoming
Winter Stars Dated for Europe
We all know from this week's release article (well, those of you who continued reading past The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim) that Deep Silver's Kinect-enabled Winter Sports will be making its way to Nort

Posted 12 years ago 4
Video
New Happy Wars Trailer Released
When we first brought you details of ToyLogic's upcoming multi-player action title, Happy Wars, we noted that the game would include three character types - warrior, mage, and cleric - and that these

Posted 12 years ago 16
Video
Second Musou Orochi 2 Promo Video Released
Koei has released a new trailer for their upcoming sequel to Warriors Orochi 2, which will be titled Musou Orochi 2 for the Japanese market. In the trailer, you can see a couple of the cross-over cha

Posted 12 years ago 18
Xbox 360
Amazon DotD for November 7th [US Only]
Do you know what's better than a puppy? Seriously... I'm asking here, because nothing is better than a puppy. Unfortunately, it's hard to get that full puppy nirvana from a video game, but I'll be da

Posted 12 years ago 24
New releases
Retail Releases: Week of November 7th, 2011
If there ever was a week where gamers will scramble their minds in an attempt to choose between games, this week is that week. More than five years ago, gamers were graced with one of the most succes

Posted 12 years ago 227
Video
AMY Walkthrough - Relationship Mechanics
The premise of a sickly young woman bonding with and tending to an innocent autistic eight year old girl sounds more like a chick flick than a survival horror game, but when you watch video of AMY, y

Posted 12 years ago 30
Video
First Joe Danger Special Edition Trailer
The PS3 arcade game Joe Danger was a huge hit when it released last year on the PSN. Some 360 gamers who had heard of it may have been envious that they didn't have a chance to play the arcade racer.

Posted 12 years ago 28
Xbox LIVE
Indie Games Spotlight for November 6th, 2011
Hello and welcome to our first post Indie Games Summer Uprising Spotlight. This week we feature DLC Quest. What happens when DLC goes too far? Defeat the bad guy, save the world and get the girl! But

Posted 12 years ago 31
Screenshots
Aliens: Colonial Marines Screenshots
After fears of the upcoming title Aliens: Colonial Marines being canned, Sega recently released some gameplay footage. They've followed that up with a couple of screenshots. http://img848.imageshack.

Posted 12 years ago 31
Community
Weekly TA Poll is Back
Greetings TA-ers. We'd just like to call your attention to a returning feature: the weekly poll! Each week we'll have a new question that runs from Sunday through Friday. Today's question asks what's

Posted 12 years ago 50
Game review
The War of the Worlds Review
It would be a long time before I could get past that checkpoint I had already struggled to overcome so many times before. Learned helplessness began to seep through my mind and invade my thoughts as

Posted 12 years ago 59
Site stats
TA Gaming Stats Oct 24th to Oct 30th 2011
This report is for the period October 24th to October 30th 2011. Welcome to the final week of October! Technically I guess it's the first week of November right now, but we are live at the TA Stats H

Posted 12 years ago 37
Community
TA Community Interview - Beanpotter
In the possible, yet highly unlikely event that you didn’t notice, we didn’t have our regularly scheduled Community Interview last week, opting instead for a smashing Op-Ed piece by one of the up-and

Posted 12 years ago 64
Video
Rainbow 6 Patriots Video Released
The people over at Ubisoft Montreal have released some target game play footage for their upcoming title Rainbow 6 Patriots. Please note that this video does not show actual game play footage, but wh

Posted 12 years ago 57
Video
MW3 Live Action Trailer
Cast your mind back to this time last year, a few days before the release of the latest addition to the Call of Duty franchise, and you may remember that Call of Duty: Black Ops had a live action tra

Posted 12 years ago 99
DLC
2010 World Cup and FIFA 10 Server Closures
We don't like to be bearer of bad news, but someone has to do it. Electronic Arts have announced further server closures, this time for FIFA 10 and 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, effective Decembe

Posted 12 years ago 148
Contest
GTASC 2 Sign-Ups Now Open
Update: Sign-ups for the second Great TrueAchievement Score Challenge are still open and will of course continue through November 15th, but we wanted to remind you that you can still get in on the fu

Posted 12 years ago 290
Industry
Gearbox Honours Late Fan
This isn't the normal kind of story we run here on TA, it's not a trailer or confirmation of the next big game's release date, but we felt it just as important to share. Many of us criticise publishe

Posted 12 years ago 183
Video
Modern Warfare 3 - The Social Experience
We're just a few short days away from the release of what will most likely be the biggest selling game of this year, if not all time, and Activision, Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games have release

Posted 12 years ago 91
Video
The Black Eyed Peas Experience Tracklist Trailer
This coming Tuesday isn't just about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, it also sees the release of The Black Eyed Peas Experience in North America, which will no doubt see many of you struggling to dec

Posted 12 years ago 12
Video
New AC: Revelations Trailers and TV Ad
With the release of Assassin's Creed: Revelations just over a week away, Ubisoft have treated us to two new trailers, both of which focus on the game's multiplayer. The first trailer focuses on showc

Posted 12 years ago 28
Video
MLB 2K12 Cover Athlete Revealed
Like last year, the cover athlete for the MLB 2K series will be a pitcher. This particular one led the American League in Wins (24) E.R.A. (2.40) and Strikeouts (250) in 2011. The Major League Baseba

Posted 12 years ago 38
Site news
Genre Tier 2 now live!
Hello fellow gamers, On March 24th we were proud to announce that the first step in our new genre system had gone live. At that point the system had been in the making for several months, and we were

Posted 12 years ago 76
DLC
Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand Gameplay Trailer
DICE and EA have followed up the screenshots released earlier this week, with the debut trailer for the "Back to Karkand" map pack that will be hitting Marketplace some time in December for Battlefie

Posted 12 years ago 65
Video
Ridge Racer Unbounded Dated
Ridge Racer Unbounded will be racing onto shelves on March 2nd, 2012 in EMEA regions and Australasia, and will follow in North America shortly after on March 6th. A new trailer has also cropped up: h

Posted 12 years ago 16
Hardware
BestBuy.com Two Day Sale November 4th-5th [US]
BestBuy.com has a great two day sale going on where you can save on Kinect console bundles, select Kinect games and select pre-owned games. Here are the online offers: Kinect Console Bundles $100 Gif

Posted 12 years ago 46
DLC
Rock Band DLC for November 8th, 2011
Next week, the songs from the retail-only Rock Band Country Track Pack 2 finally hit the Rock Band Store! These are: “Going Country Pack 05” - 680 MSP Chely Wright – “Single White Female” Laura Bell

Posted 12 years ago 66
Video
Devil May Cry HD Collection Trailer
In early 2012, Capcom will be releasing the Devil May Cry HD Collection for the discounted price of $39.99. Included the collection will be Devil May Cry and Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Specia

Posted 12 years ago 54
Video
UFC Undisputed 3 Knocks You Out This February
UFC Undisputed 3 was originally given a January release window by publisher THQ but now they changed their minds and February 14th is the new release date for North America. Nothing says Valentine's

Posted 12 years ago 19
Xbox Live
This Week's Gears 3 Weekend Event Detailed
Before I go into the details of this week's event, I'm just going to congratulate all of you who have participated in all of the Gears of War 3 weekend events so far. Last week marked the fifth such

Posted 12 years ago 144
Video
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012 'Didactical'
One of the biggest advantages of Kinect has been allowing non-exercising gamers to exercise in a fun way and without judgement. Ubisoft looks to keep gamers interested with their latest Kinect instal

Posted 12 years ago 18
Video
Generator Rex: AoP Launch Trailer & Screenshots
Generator Rex: Agent of Providence, the game based on the Generator Rex cartoon series that has been aired on the Cartoon Network, was released this week. Players assume the role of Rex Salazar, who

Posted 12 years ago 9
Video
Black Eyed Peas Live Action Trailer
Need more from the upcoming The Black Eyed Peas Experience? Then good news everyone, we have a new live action trailer for you! We'll keep the words trimmed, and communicate through the medium of dan

Posted 12 years ago 23
Video
Saints Row: The Third 'Cherished Memories' #7
The folks over at THQ and Violition Games continue to bombard us with new media for their upcoming title Saints Row: The Third. The latest clip in their Cherished Memories series has been released, t

Posted 12 years ago 28
Xbox Live
Dungeon Defenders Community Events Dated
Trendy Entertainment launched the XBLA title Dungeon Defenders a few weeks ago to much success and fanfare. The devs are looking to continue the support of their tower defense, action RPG title throu

Posted 12 years ago 14
Video
Hitman: Absolution 'Run for your Life' Commentary
More than five years ago, gamers got the sweet taste of Agent 47's latest escapade, Hitman: Blood Money. Ever since, gamers have been waiting for Agent 47 to surface again with his newest assassinati

Posted 12 years ago 20
Video
Rayman Origins '10 Ways to Die'
The act of dying many, many times is an attribute long held near and dear to platform games. Developer Ubisoft Montpellier embraces the innumerable deaths experienced in their newest trailer. In the

Posted 12 years ago 10
Video
The Sound of Skyrim
Music in video games is one of the most under-appreciated portions of gaming. The right song, the right sound effect, even the right utterance, can elevate a game to another level. Bethesda, in their

Posted 12 years ago 50
Video
NFS: The Run Multiplayer Trailer [UPDATED]
Black Box and EA have released a new trailer for their upcoming racer, Need for Speed: The Run. Previously, we've seen videos on the Challenge Series, the story, and importantly, the not-appearing-in

Posted 12 years ago 24
Video
Awesomenauts Pushed Back to 2012
Looks like you'll have to wait a bit longer to pick your favorite mercenary to take into battle in Ronimo Games' Awesomenauts, as the developer announced today that the game has been delayed. Jasper

Posted 12 years ago 6
Xbox 360
Kalypso Reveals Tropico 4 DLC
Kalypso Media, the minds behind Tropico 4, have announced that a new DLC pack dubbed "The Junta" will be coming in the near future. They've also outlined what the DLC will include: New Building: “Bun

Posted 12 years ago 15
Upcoming
New Alan Wake Game Confirmed
Spike TV's Geoff Keighly tweeted some pretty big news about the television channel's upcoming Video Game Awards, otherwise known as the VGAs. First, a new Alan Wake game has finally been confirmed. D

Posted 12 years ago 89
Video
Trine 2 'Home Shopping' Trailer
Sometimes reinventing the wheel can lead to a contrived and messy invention. Simply improving upon a particular, fading genre can be magical in of itself. In comes Trine 2, Forzenbyte's sequel to the

Posted 12 years ago 14
Upcoming
Ubisoft Announces Rainbow 6 Patriots
Now that the big-release season for games is well underway, developers are beginning to get geared up for the announcements of the big titles you'll have to look forward to in the next year or two. S

Posted 12 years ago 75
Video
SoulCalibur V Character Creation Screens & Video
Namco Bandai have released a ton of new screenshots and a trailer for their upcoming fighter, SoulCalibur V. The screenshots showcase some of the different options players will be able to use on thei

Posted 12 years ago 31
Xbox 360
More Free Battlefield 3 Dog Tags
EA and Dice are giving away more Battlefield 3 freebies via some cross promotion. This time the reward is five free dog tags that can be used to personalise your online persona, simply by spending a

Posted 12 years ago 102
DLC
Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition Incoming
In a move that might surprise someone, somewhere, Bethesada has announced the Game of the Year Edition of Fallout: New Vegas, entitled Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition. http://cdnstatic.bethsoft.c

Posted 12 years ago 187
Screenshots
Fresh Set of Max Payne 3 Screens Released
Undoubtedly, many of you were very taken by the big Grand Theft Auto V reveal out of Rockstar yesterday. What went a little more under the radar is that the developer also released screens of their u

Posted 12 years ago 19
Industry
RedLynx Acquired by Ubisoft
RedLynx, best known for their XBLA hit Trials HD, have been acquired by Ubisoft. Yves Guillemot, chief executive officer at Ubisoft, spoke on the topic of the acquisition: The team at RedLynx has dev

Posted 12 years ago 22
Video
Rabbids: Alive & Kicking Launch Trailer
Another trailer for http://www.trueachievements.com/Rabbids-AK-xbox-360.htm has arrived on our screens. This time, there's no traditional dancing, no fancy costumes, and no magic spells. The only spe

Posted 12 years ago 7
Patch
NBA 2K11 Servers to Close Soon
As far as server closure announcements go, this one was fairly low key. A short forum post by 2K Sports Forum Administrator Ronnie has confirmed that the online servers for http://www.trueachievement

Posted 12 years ago 109
Screenshots
Joe Danger Special Edition Officially Announced
Just last week we covered the news of Joe Danger Special Edition being listed on the Korean Game Ratings Board for Xbox 360, pointing to signs that the 2010 PSN exclusive Joe Danger would be making t

Posted 12 years ago 22
Screenshots
Otomedius Excellent Launch Screenshots
Otomedius Excellent (JP) has been available in Japan since 2010, but was finally released in North America this week. This shmup flies under the radar for most people, so Konami has decided to releas

Posted 12 years ago 17
Screenshots
New Ninja Gaiden 3 Screens
News on Ninja Gaiden 3 has been rather quiet since the release of the gameplay trailer in September. Thankfully, Team Ninja have released a dozen new Ninja Gaiden 3 shots for you to view, full of blo

Posted 12 years ago 31
Screenshots
Cabela's Survival: SoK Launch Screenshots
http://www.trueachievements.com/Cabelas-Survival-SoK-xb....htm is one of three Cabela games that launched this week. Players take on the role of bush pilot Logan James, who has crashed his small airc

Posted 12 years ago 11
DLC
W40k Space Marine Chaos Unleashed DLC Details
This will not shock anyone that followed our coverage of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, but I finished the game yesterday. Sure, I don't have all the achievements, but the story is done and at the e

Posted 12 years ago 18
Upcoming
New XBLA Survival Horror Game Revealed
The horror aficionados over at Bloody-Disgusting were fortunate enough to claim an exclusive reveal of a new survival horror game in the works right now for an October 2012 XBLA release. Its working

Posted 12 years ago 24
Video
Saints Row: The Third 'Cherished Memories' 6
As with all the other Cherished Memories trailers Volition Games has released, this new one is again both fun and absurd. Of course, none of it can compare to whatever wacky situations you'll think u

Posted 12 years ago 41
Video
MW3 Story Timeline Trailer
For those of you who, like myself, care more for a game's single player story than the multiplayer modes (related: this week's poll), the Modern Warfare saga may be among your favorites. Though, with

Posted 12 years ago 71
Upcoming
Both Upcoming Silent Hill Games Dated
Konami announced today that the Silent Hill HD Collection as well as the recently delayed Silent Hill: Downpour will both be released early in the new year. The HD Collection, which includes Silent H

Posted 12 years ago 46
Upcoming
Fusion: Sentient Details Revealed
It's not even been a month since we brought you word of the announcement of Starfire Studios' upcoming XBLA title, Fusion: Genesis. We've already showered you with screens from Fusion: Genesis, but u

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Video
Grand Theft Auto V Trailer
We all knew it was coming, but today Rockstar officially unveiled the first trailer for the (inevitable) Grand Theft Auto V. Rather than wax poetic about the merits of this trailer, we're going to br

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Screenshots
New Sonic CD Screens Emerge
As many of you may know by now, the highly regarded Sega CD iteration of the Sonic franchise, Sonic CD, is heading to XBLA and WP7 this holiday season. While the XBLA version has been getting quite a

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WP
WP7 DotW: November 2nd, 2011
If you missed your chance to pick up Monopoly at a discount back in April and grab some extremely easy achievements in the process, you're in luck! The game is marked down again this week. Monopoly (

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Demo
Rabbids: Alive & Kicking Demo Available
You've seen the screens and watched the trailer, now it's time for you to actually give Ubisoft's upcoming, Kinect-enabled title, Raving Rabbids: Alive & Kicking, a try. In case you were wondering wh

Posted 12 years ago 15
Video
Dragon's Dogma Pawn Customisation Screenshots
Pawns will play a vital part in Capcom's upcoming action game Dragon's Dogma. As explained in the detailed video released back in September, players take on the role of the Arisen in a quest to recla

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Video
Another Anything With An Engine Character Revealed
So far, we've been introduced to Clean Freak, Hazard Hicks, and CinderBlock from Autumn Games and Isopod Labs' racer, Jimmie Johnson's Anything With An Engine. Today, Bargain Nana is getting the vide

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Video
Six More King of Fighters Moveset Trailers
Atlus is continuing to keep the videos rolling for their upcoming title, The King of Fighters XIII. Earlier this month, they showed us the movesets for Team Elisabeth and Team Kim. Prior to that, we

Posted 12 years ago 9
Video
Syndicate 'Hostile Takeover' Co-op Trailer
EA has released a new trailer and a set of new screens showing off the four player co-op mode in Starbreeze's upcoming Syndicate reboot. This co-op mode may very well be a homage to the original stra

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Video
XBLA Wednesday: November 2nd, 2011
So, you all may notice that this week's XBLA post is a little late this week. This is because we've decided to change these posts so that they appear on Wednesdays when the games actually release as

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Video
Kung-Fu High Impact Private Lessons Video
Oh, stereotypical depictions of gamers as being nerds with no fashion sense. Sure, gamers can be nerds, but we at least know how to dress ourselves properly. The Steve Urkel look has mostly died out

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Video
SSX: Massive World Producer Video - Part 2
SSX Creative Director Todd Batty, and Environment Art Director Geoff Coates, once again take us behind the scenes in the second part of the SSX Massive World Producer Video series. In this video the

Posted 12 years ago 10
DLC
Gears of War 3 Free DLC Announced [UPDATED]
Once the technical hitch regarding the Horde Command Pack for Gears of War 3 had been sorted, Epic took the time to announce the arrival of their next piece of DLC, and the best news? It's completely

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Video
LotR: War In The North New Fellowship Video
It wasn't all that long ago when we introduced to you the New Fellowship appearing in The Lord of the Rings: War in the North. Various actors from the original Fellowship found in the Lord of the Rin

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Screenshots
New Lollipop Chainsaw Screens
Hot on the heels of Monday's absolutely insane Lollipop Chainsaw gameplay trailer comes a new set of screens fresh from Grasshopper Manufacturing. http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/2430/chainsawaira

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Xbox Live
Apply For The Gotham City Impostors Public Beta
If you're the kind of person who likes to get an advance hands-on experience with some games, then this may be for you. Forthcoming XBLA title Gotham City Impostors [Demo] is launching its public bet

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Contest
Winners: Brady Games Batman Giveaway
There were over 400 entries in our Batman: Arkham City giveaway, but after a lot of coffee, a lot of reading and some debate amongst the Newshounds, we have our two winners. Winning first prize is Re

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Video
Skyrim 'Behind The Wall' Trailer
If you are to believe the presumption that all we are is just another brick in the wall, the thought begs the question: What's behind the wall?...Oh, never mind. I don't want to get too philosophical

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DLC
Dr Pepper BF3 DLC Giveaway
The doctor is in, and contrary to what Christopher Walken may have taught you, the only prescription to your fever is not more cowbell, but rather free Battlefield 3 goodies. Don't get too excited, t

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Video
More Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Characters
During the Tokyo Game Show and New York Comic Convention, Capcom focused on four of the new characters to be included in the upcoming Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 - Iron Fist, Vergil, Phoenix Wright a

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Video
Modern Warfare 3 Behind The Scenes Video
Last week we brought you a trailer detailing the new Weapon Proficiencies in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Now we have a video detailing two of the new game modes and the developers talk briefly ab

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Demo
Saints Row: The Third Initiation Station Live
The "Initiation Station" for Saints Row: The Third was only previously available to those who had pre-ordered Volition's previous title Red Faction: Armageddon. The tool allows players to create thei

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Demo
Deepak Chopra’s Leela Demo Released
Deepak Chopra's Leela was announced at E3 2011, but the title flew past many people when the announcements for bigger franchises started to arrive. The 'game' is based on the teachings of Dr. Deepak

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DLC
Retail DLC Roundup: November 1st, 2011 [UPDATED]
Edit: The previously covered delay to the Gears of War 3 DLC meant that it missed the regular writeup this morning. However, it arrives in time to be included now. The DLC adds five new achievements

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DLC
Gears 3 Horde DLC Delayed [UPDATE]
Update: The "Horde Command Pack" is now live! You can pick it up here for 800 MSP. Those of you who have already purchased the Season Pass should have the DLC available to you now at no cost. Origina

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Demo
RE: Operation Raccoon City Pre-Order Bonuses
With a release date announced and a new trailer & screenshots released, it's only fitting that Capcom announces the pre-order bonuses that will be available for their upcoming 4-player co-op title Re

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Content roundup
Deal of the Week: November 1st, 2011
Three XBLA titles have received a 50% discount in this week's "Black and White, with a dash of Red" themed Deal of the Week, along with both the male and female Skeleton Avatar costumes. As always, D

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Hardware
Microsoft Announces Kinect Holiday Bundle
Microsoft has announced the Kinect Holiday Bundle has now begun shipping to retailers, and you can place an order on Amazon currently. http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6053/6299427775_16d2b149....jpg T

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Upcoming
Akai Katana Shin Coming to Europe
Rising Star Games has announced the continuation of its partnership wtih CAVE, and will be bringing the previously Japanese exclusive Akai Katana (JP) to Europe in 2012. Akai Katana Shin was original

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DLC
Dead Rising 2: Off The Record (PC) Cyborg DLC
One week later than its Xbox 360 cousin, Dead Rising 2: Off The Record (PC) gets the "CYBORG Skills Pack", although it doesn't add any new achievements. The description from the Games for Windows LIV

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Video
New Asura's Wrath Trailers & Screenshots
Capcom have released some new trailers, as well as a new set of screenshots for their upcoming action game Asura's Wrath. The first trailer delves into Asura's backstory, explaining how he was betray

Posted 12 years ago 15
DLC
DoDonPachi Resurrection Black Label DLC Released
Rising Star had promised that the Black Label Arrange mode would be available for download as DLC on the day of release of http://www.trueachievements.com/DoDonPachi-Res-xbox-360.htm in Europe. This

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DLC
Batman: Arkham City Nightwing DLC Released
In Batman lore, Dick Grayson became the legal ward of Bruce Wayne after a mafia boss killed Grayson's parents. After many years as Batman's crime-fighting sidekick Robin, Grayson retired from the rol

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Hardware
US Deal Roundup for November 1st, 2011
Amazon has a Buy 2, Get 1 Free promotion as well as L.A. Noire for 50% off in this weekly deals edition. Pre-order bonus offers on Halo: Anniversary Edition, Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, LEGO: Harry Potter

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Hardware
UK Deal Roundup for November 1st, 2011
Play.com excel themselves this week with two new sales to go alongside the offers that have been running over previous weeks. TheHut and Zavvi have started smaller sales to go alongside their bigger

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Video
Sonic Generations Launch Trailer
While more recent iterations of the speedy hedgehog series have focused on 3D environments, you'd be hard pressed to find a fan of Sonic who doesn't miss the classic 2D speed-scrolling. That's why SE

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Video
RE: Operation Raccoon City Screens & Trailer
After announcing the release date for Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, Capcom has released some screenshots and a new trailer for the game. Here's the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8

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Contest
Kinect Sports Season Two Competition Winners!
We had an amazing response to our Kinect Sports: Season 2 competition, but without further ado, it's time for the winners to collect their winnings! http://www.el33tonline.com/images/cache/19525.jpg

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