TrueAchievements news archive for November 2010

Hardware
RB3's Fender Squier Priced and Dated [Updated]
Updated: As of yesterday, the Rock Band 3 Squier is available for pre-order at Best Buy. It seems that no one other than the US can pre-order the Squier, and the pre-sales are exclusive to Best Buy.

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Screenshots
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Pre-Order Trailers
Eidos have released two new trailers for the forthcoming Deus Ex: Human Revolution detailing the pre-order deals on offer. There are two seperate pre-order bonuses available. The Explosive Mission Pa

Posted 13 years ago 30
Screenshots
Dead Rising 2: Case West Releasing December 2010
Capcom have confirmed that Dead Rising 2: Case West will release this December. The game reintroduces Frank West to aid Chuck in his investigation into Phenotrans and help to find proof of its involv

Posted 13 years ago 102
DLC
SmackDown vs. RAW 2011 DLC Pack 2 Confirmed
THQ have today confirmed details of the second piece of DLC for SmackDown vs. RAW 2011. The pack is scheduled for release "this holiday season", and includes six playable characters, two new costumes

Posted 13 years ago 56
Screenshots
Screenshots Released For SHIFT 2 UNLEASHED
Earlier this month, we provided details regarding the release of SHIFT 2 UNLEASHED early next year. Today, Electronic Arts provided 11 new screenshots to showcase the action: http://img27.imageshack.

Posted 13 years ago 34
Upcoming
Dr. Kawashima's Body and Brain Exercises Dated
Namco Bandai revealed today that Dr. Kawashima's Body and Brain Exercises will be coming to the Kinect on February 11, 2011 in Europe. Dr. Kawashima, the man behind the popular Brain Age titles on th

Posted 13 years ago 17
DLC
Halo: Reach Noble Map Pack Released
The long wait is finally over for many shooter fans, as the "Noble Map Pack" for Halo: Reach is now ready for purchase from the Xbox Marketplace. Here is a description of the DLC from the Xbox Live M

Posted 13 years ago 66
Screenshots
SBK 2011 Announced
Black Bean today announced that SBK 2011, the latest in the long running SBK series, is currently in development by in-house studio Milestone. They went on to note a number of improvements to 2010's

Posted 13 years ago 15
DLC
DJ Hero 2 DLC for November 30th, 2010
Activision have announced the arrival of three new mix packs for http://www.trueachievements.com/DJ-Hero-2-xbox-360.htm. The Hard Edge Mix Pack is available today and includes two tracks: • Pixies -

Posted 13 years ago 27
DLC
Battlefield: BC2 Vietnam Explodes on December 21st
EA have announced that on December 21, the Vietnam expansion DLC for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will hit Xbox LIVE Marketplace. The Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam digital multiplayer expansion pa

Posted 13 years ago 38
Video
New Fight Night Champion Videos Released
Electronic Arts has released two new videos for Fight Night Champion. The videos document a two-part monologue with Andre Bishop, the fighter which gamers will control in the story campaign. As well

Posted 13 years ago 16
Industry
Kinect Sells 2.5 Million In 25 Days
Microsoft have announced that they have sold 2.5 million Kinect units since its launch 25 days ago, with strong demand over the Black Friday weekend increasing sales In their official statement Micro

Posted 13 years ago 74
Xbox 360
NHL 11 Alternate Jersey Code Available
EA have posted on their NHL 11 based blog a code to unlock the alternate jerseys for a number of teams. Using the code "bcxkg8fkx3h4m3p5", you will gain access to the following alternates: http://cdn

Posted 13 years ago 22
Xbox 360
Select Kinect Games on Sale [US]
Amazon is having a Sale on Xbox 360 Kinect Compatible Games for $39.99 as part of their Holiday deals. http://www.trueachievements.com/Dance-Central-xbox-360.htm http://www.trueachievements.com/Kinec

Posted 13 years ago 19
Xbox LIVE
TV Service Might Be Coming To The 360 [RUMOUR]
Over the last 5 years, Microsoft has slowly made the Xbox 360 an ultimate media hub: Twitter, Facebook, MSN, Kinect, Netflix, ESPN, and the gigantic list continues. To further expand the 360's multim

Posted 13 years ago 105
Hardware
Cyber Monday Deals [US Only]
Black Friday represents one of the biggest retail days in the US. In an attempt to extend the mass consumption of products by consumers, online retailers have come out with Cyber Monday! "What is Cyb

Posted 13 years ago 46
Upcoming
XBLA Wednesday: 1st December, 2010
This week, coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade: Unbound Saga - 800 MSP Unbound Saga is a 3D side-scrolling brawler set in a satirical comic book universe, where enemies are drawn onto the screen and madcap ba

Posted 13 years ago 40
Content roundup
Deal of the Week: November 29th, 2010
Another theme for this week's DotW, seeing a bunch of Gold-exclusive offers on "Infestation" XBLA games - which basically just means games with a bug in their name. Two of the games are down to only

Posted 13 years ago 71
DLC
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam Video Interview
Ahead of the expected release of the Vietnam expansion for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 this side of Christmas, Electronic Arts has released another video. The latest video features an interview with D

Posted 13 years ago 28
New releases
Retail Releases: Week of November 29th, 2010
With Black Friday concluded, that means that the holiday shopping season has officially begun. Does that mean that we'll be getting a lot of new releases? Not this week. In fact, it's rather empty fo

Posted 13 years ago 24
Demo
ilomilo Demo Now Available
The sneaky developers at Southend Interactive have secretly released the demo for their new game ilomilo into the wild. Like most good things, though, there is a catch. To get your copy of the demo y

Posted 13 years ago 76
Site news
Your Help Is Needed
Hi everyone, Have you ever looked at your Friends Feed and got annoyed at that pesky Secret Achievement showing up? It's showing up as a Secret Achievement because none of the staff members had updat

Posted 13 years ago 1092
TA Game of the Year - Poll 2
The results are in and it's no surprise if you read the thread, Mass Effect 2 is the 2010 TrueAchievements RPG of the year. It polled half the votes and is a worthy winner. Here's how it finished: •1

Posted 13 years ago 85
Industry
Splinter Cell 6 In Production
Jade Raymond, managing director for Ubisoft Toronto, has confirmed that the studio is developing Splinter Cell 6, the next iteration in the series, with "game production going on already". Confirmati

Posted 13 years ago 56
Video
Game Party: In Motion Launch Trailer
Continuing what seems to be a general theme on our news page today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has released a UK launch trailer for the newest instalment in the Game Party series, Game Pa

Posted 13 years ago 31
DLC
NFS: Hot Pursuit Free DLC Coming
Criterion has announced that their developers have put together a pack of three supercar convertibles as DLC for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. The cars involved are the Bentley Continental Supersports

Posted 13 years ago 82
Video
PDC World Championship Darts Trailer
O-Games has released a launch trailer for their new game, PDC World Championship Darts: Pro Tour. The game features many darts superstars, such as Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor, Raymond van Barneveld, Jame

Posted 13 years ago 33
Video
Dead Space 2 Trailer Released
EA have released a short trailer with Ian Milham, art director on Dead Space 2, detailing how protagonist Isaac Clarke has evolved since the first game in the series, Dead Space. Isaac is now showing

Posted 13 years ago 40
GFWL
GFWL DotW: November 25th, 2010
This week's Games for Windows LIVE Deal of the Week sees Dark Void (PC) being reduced a whole 50%, from $29.99 to $14.99 or £19.99 to £9.99, depending on your location. Step into ‘the Void’…. A sinis

Posted 13 years ago 34
DLC
XBL One Day Only Deals: 26th November, 2010
Promised three days ago, these are the Black Friday deals for Xbox Live. They will only last until tomorrow! The deals are available worldwide, although some content may not be available in some regi

Posted 13 years ago 140
XBLA
PSA: Chime Will No Longer Be 100% Charitable
Some of you may remember an announcement back in May regarding the charitable status of XBLA game Chime. According to a SentUAMessage video on Inside Xbox with Andy Farrant, UK Xbox Live producer, an

Posted 13 years ago 42
Video
Splatterhouse Launch Trailer
Namco Bandai Games has provided a launch trailer to coincide with the release of their gore-fest http://www.trueachievements.com/SPLATTERHOUSE-xbox-360.htm. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu8Rmru2te4

Posted 13 years ago 57
Opinion
Genre Blending
It’s “Game of the Year” season at gaming publications around the world and, for the first time, TrueAchievements is getting into the mix with http://www.trueachievements.com/n2319/ta-game-of-the-ye..

Posted 13 years ago 53
Video
Nail'd Launch Trailer
Deep Silver has released the launch trailer for their upcoming ATV racer Nail'd. The game lets you race ATVs at incredible speeds through environments such as "Yosemite National Park, the Andes Mount

Posted 13 years ago 23
DLC
Marvel Pinball Iron Man Trailer
Stark Industries have released screenshots and a trailer for the Iron Man table, which will be released as one of the first four tables in the upcoming "Marvel Pinball" expansion pack for Pinball FX

Posted 13 years ago 23
Xbox LIVE
Free Xbox Live Weekend Reminder
As many of you know by now, Microsoft sent out an e-mail a week ago to promote another free weekend of Xbox Live Gold Membership. For those of you with Xbox Live Free memberships, you will get to exp

Posted 13 years ago 56
DLC
Game Room's Game Pack 12 Now Available
News surrounding Game Room has been practically non-existent for around 6 weeks... Well... its time to shatter the silence, as a huge new game pack has been revealed. "Game Pack 12" is available now

Posted 13 years ago 82
DLC
Naughty Bear Chapter 10 DLC
505 Games and Behaviour today announced the arrival of the DLC "Chapter 10" for Naughty Bear. The new DLC features Naughty Bear facing an "onslaught of mystical creatures intent on taking over the is

Posted 13 years ago 43
Patch
NBA 2K11 Patch Details
An update has recently been released to fix and change issues for NBA 2K11. Built mainly from suggestions, complaints and concerns in the Official NBA 2k11 patch request list from the 2K Sports Forum

Posted 13 years ago 36
DLC
Enslaved's Pigsy's Perfect 10 DLC Released
As we previously wrote about, Namco Bandai Games has released the new "Pigsy's Perfect 10" DLC for Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. A description of the new DLC from the Xbox Live Marketplace: Pigsy, t

Posted 13 years ago 23
DLC
TRON: Evolution - Free DLC With New Purchases
Disney Interactive have announced that they will be releasing DLC with each new copy of their game TRON: Evolution. Each copy will include a one-time-use code, enabling you to download two multiplaye

Posted 13 years ago 33
DLC
Rock Band DLC for 30th November, 2010
The weekly Rock Band DLC announcement is a bit early this week because of Thanksgiving! So, coming to the Rock Band Store next week : .38 Special – “Hold On Loosely” X Bad Company – “Can’t Get Enough

Posted 13 years ago 34
DLC
Ubisoft Announces Your Shape: Fitness Evolved DLC
New exclusive workouts and fitness programs are set to come to the Kinect enabled Ubisoft title Your Shape: Fitness Evolved starting this December and continuing through next year. These DLC packs ar

Posted 13 years ago 21
DLC
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood DLC Coming Soon
Ubisoft announced today that the most recent entry in their Assassin's Creed franchise, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, is set to receive a free DLC pack in the near future. The "Animus Project Update

Posted 13 years ago 62
Hardware
Black Friday Deals Roundup [US Only]
At the behest of the community here, we are giving you a full synopsis of all of the upcoming deals for this year's edition of Black Friday. My advice: break out a pen and paper and make a shopping l

Posted 13 years ago 27
DLC
Halo Reach Noble Map Pack Gameplay Videos
Gameplay videos have been released for each of the three new maps that are included in the "Noble Map Pack" for Halo: Reach. The first map is Anchor 9 and is the smallest of the three. Bungie describ

Posted 13 years ago 39
Xbox 360
Transformers: War For Cybertron 10x XP Week
A status update on the official Transformers Game facebook page today revealed that a 10x XP week is currently under way, and is due to finish Midnight, Sunday 28th November. We kick off another 10x

Posted 13 years ago 54
Patch
Bad Company 2 Multiplayer Update Coming Soon
Daniel Matros, Global Battlefield Community Manager at DICE, announced today that an update for the Multiplayer modes in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is on its way in the coming days. The update contai

Posted 13 years ago 47
Upcoming
Test Drive Unlimited 2 Release Date Confirmed
You may recall that Test Drive Unlimited 2 was originally due for release in September of this year but was delayed back in August with Atari stating the game would ship in Q1 2011. Well, you can fin

Posted 13 years ago 29
XBLA
Double Fine Announces Stacking
Earlier this year, Double Fine announced that they would forgo working on a sequel to Brutal Legend and instead craft four smaller titles. The first of those titles, Costume Quest, was released in ea

Posted 13 years ago 39
Patch
Fable III Patch Coming Soon
Lionhead Studios announced today that a title update will be heading to Fable III at some point in the near future. The patch will "address the following issues and more": * General gameplay progress

Posted 13 years ago 69
Video
Operation Flashpoint: Red River Gameplay Trailer
Following on from the recent live action trailer, Codemasters has released the first gameplay trailer for the upcoming shooter Operation Flashpoint: Red River. The trailer is titled "The Stage Is Set

Posted 13 years ago 33
Industry
XBLA Sales Figures - October
The month of September saw Dead Rising: Case Zero smash the charts and produce the best sales of an XBLA title since Battlefield 1943. You only had to glance at the comments under last month's articl

Posted 13 years ago 61
DLC
DJ Hero 2 DLC for November 23rd, 2010
Starting today, Coca-Cola have joined forces with Activision to bring the "Tiesto Mix Pack" to the US Marketplace. The pack is free until November 29 with a redemption code while supplies last. The t

Posted 13 years ago 25
DLC
Mafia II - Joe's Adventures DLC Now Available
Today sees the release of the second batch of 360 DLC for Mafia II; Joe's Adventures. 2K Games have confirmed that this is indeed the last piece of DLC for the game, or as they described it, "the fin

Posted 13 years ago 25
DLC
Guitar Hero DLC for 23rd November, 2010
From today, a My Chemical Romance Track Pack is available for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. The songs included are: "Bulletproof Heart" "Helena" "Teenagers" "Welcome To The Black Parade" This Track

Posted 13 years ago 49
Xbox Live
XBL Black Friday Deals: 23rd November, 2010
Edit: Contrary to the original source of information that said that the deals were changing on a daily basis, it now appears that these deals will run until November 29th. More special deals will be

Posted 13 years ago 128
Demo
Sonic Free Riders Demo Now Available
Major Nelson announced on his blog this afternoon that a Sonic Free Riders demo is available for download on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Sonic Free Riders was one of the titles available at the launch

Posted 13 years ago 37
Xbox Live
Red Dead Redemption Double XP Weekend
Starting at 12:01AM EST time on Thursday November 25th, and ending at 11:59 PM EST on Sunday November 28th, online multiplayer activity will earn you twice the amount of experience points during this

Posted 13 years ago 69
Site news
TA Game of the Year
Hey TA'ers! There's only a few weeks left of 2010, and that can only mean one thing: it's time for the First Official TA Game of the Year Awards! The staff have been hard at work lately whittling dow

Posted 13 years ago 66
DLC
Fallout: New Vegas DLC Announced [UPDATED]
Edit: Chris Avellone, senior designer, has revealed more details about the DLC in an interview in the Bethesda Newsletter: Can you discuss the setting for Dead Money? Dead Money is set in the Sierra

Posted 13 years ago 97
Screenshots
New Mindjack Screenshots [UPDATED]
Update: Square Enix has confirmed that MindJack will be released in the UK and Europe on 21st January 2011 Original story: Square Enix have released nine screenshots for Mindjack to add to the traile

Posted 13 years ago 25
Xbox 360
Amazon Video Game Deals [US]
Due to some erroneous coding on the @Amazongames twitter feed this morning, all five lightning deals details were revealed. - Sid Meier's Civilization V on sale at $29.99. 8:15 AM PST - http://www.tr

Posted 13 years ago 34
Upcoming
XBLA Wednesday: 24th November, 2010
This week is a big one! Crazy Taxi - 800 MSP Hey hey, come on over have some fun with Crrrrrazy Taxi! Barrel through traffic packed streets, hurdle off parking garages, and crazy combo your way to cr

Posted 13 years ago 90
Content roundup
Deal of the Week: November 22nd, 2010
This week's DotW sees a price drop on nine ALL of the http://www.trueachievements.com/Family-Game-Night-xbox-....htm board games, all 50% off for the next seven days. That's the following ten games,

Posted 13 years ago 57
GFWL
Daily Deals from the GFWL Marketplace
To celebrate their fancy new look of their new Games for Windows Live Marketplace, Microsoft is holding a sale of sorts, with a different title on sale every day of this week, starting today (Novembe

Posted 13 years ago 192
Hardware
Black Friday Deals - GameStop Edition [US Only]
In our ongoing quest to keep you apprised of the best deals in gaming for the holiday season, here are some of the highlights from GameStop's Black Friday Ad: Door Busters (5am-noon, or while supplie

Posted 13 years ago 77
Industry
WarDevil Rebranded As Project Kane
Does anybody remember the announcement of WarDevil in December 2004, the game described by developer UTV Ignition as being an "innovative next-generation title" to be released in 2005? This title sta

Posted 13 years ago 19
Video
Northern California Regionals Begin Today
NorCal Regionals is a major fighting game tournament taking place in Milpitas, California this weekend. Top Street Fighter players like Daigo, Mike Ross, Ricky Ortiz, Ryan "Filipino Champ" Ramirez, a

Posted 13 years ago 21
Industry
Gamestop Sales Figures Released
It has long been known that video game retailers all over the World have a strong dependency on the pre-owned market. Gamestop, who have released their quarterly financial results, are no different.

Posted 13 years ago 142
Industry
Why Japanese Developers Are Using Kinect
To celebrate tomorrow’s release of Kinect in Japan, Famitsu interviewed several Japanese developers about the reasons why they are using Kinect and some even explained how they hope to implement it.

Posted 13 years ago 38
Hardware
Black Friday Deals - Microsoft Edition [US Only]
In our continued efforts to keep you up to date with the best Black Friday deals, here are 2 bundle offers currently available on the Microsoft Store. Xbox 360 4GB Console Bundle - $269.87 (Save $89)

Posted 13 years ago 32
DLC
Dance Central DLC for 23rd November, 2010
Harmonix revealed today through its Rock Band podcast that three new tracks will be heading to Dance Central next week. The three tracks are: Black Eyed Peas - "I Gotta Feeling" Cameo - "Word Up" Tag

Posted 13 years ago 28
Patch
PES 2011 Patch Inbound
Konami announced today that a patch will be available for PES 2011 which will address several issues with the game. Among the changes are: -Improved defender AI -Difficulty of rainbow flicks tweaked

Posted 13 years ago 11
DLC
Rock Band DLC for 23rd November, 2010
Next week, coming to the Rock Band Store is another full album, in the form of John Lennon's Imagine. The tracks are: “Crippled Inside” “Jealous Guy” “It’s So Hard” “I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier Mama”

Posted 13 years ago 23
Industry
Bungie Needs Beta Testers
Bungie, the renowned developer behind the Halo franchise, has announced that they are looking for gamers to help test their next major project. The official site provides the details: Making great ga

Posted 13 years ago 45
Screenshots
A World Of Keflings Screenshots
NinjaBee have released a series of screenshots for their third kingdom, the Desert Kingdom, in A World of Keflings. The screenshots show you helping the Keflarabians to build their kingdom. http://i5

Posted 13 years ago 38
DLC
Test Drive Unlimited 2 DLC Trailer
A new trailer was released today that showcases the Casino DLC pack for Test Drive Unlimited 2. Namco Bandai Games also released a brief description for the DLC: If you need to relax after a long cru

Posted 13 years ago 17
Industry
Seven45 Confirms Layoffs
Seven45, the studio behind the critically maligned Power Gig: Rise of the Six String, released a statement today regarding recent layoffs at the Boston, MA based developer: With Power Gig already on

Posted 13 years ago 32
DLC
Costume Quest DLC Announced
Double Fine studios revealed to Gamespot that a new DLC pack titled "Grubbins on Ice" will soon be arriving on XBLA. The events in "Grubbins on Ice" pick up from shortly after the adventure in Costum

Posted 13 years ago 26
Video
Operation Flashpoint: Red River Trailer
Closely following the release of yesterday's screenshots, a teaser video has now been posted for Operation Flashpoint: Red River, with Johnny Cash providing the soundtrack: http://www.youtube.com/wat

Posted 13 years ago 24
Upcoming
Portal 2 Delayed... Again
Valve has announced that Portal 2 has been delayed again. North America and Australia will celebrate with cake on April 20th while Europe will believe that the cake is a lie until April 22nd. The pre

Posted 13 years ago 73
Video
Another Deus Ex: Human Revolution Trailer
A new gameplay trailer has been released for Deus Ex: Human Revolution. The cover system, weapons and combat are all shown in significant detail. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU3RWf_oJpA Deus Ex: H

Posted 13 years ago 45
Screenshots
New L.A. Noire Screenshots
Today, Rockstar Games released four screenshots for their upcoming game L.A. Noire. The screenshots follow hot on the heels of the debut trailer released last week. Without further ado: http://www.ro

Posted 13 years ago 33
Video
New Lord Of The Rings: War In The North Trailer
Warner Bros. Studios have released a trailer for the latest Lord of the Rings game, subtitled War in the North. Let the battle, but not for Middle-Earth, commence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh6t

Posted 13 years ago 39
DLC
Gamestop Accepting Pre-Orders For Halo: Reach DLC
Truth is often stranger then fiction. Take a gander at the advertisement straight from Gamestop: http://www.gamestop.com/gs/landing/haloreachdlc/img/hal....png Pre-order the Halo: Reach Noble Map Pac

Posted 13 years ago 90
Upcoming
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean Announced
Disney Interactive Studios, TT Games and The LEGO Group have announced today that LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game will be coming to both Xbox 360 and Games for Windows Live. http://i113

Posted 13 years ago 111
Opinion
Child's Play Charity Site Now Open
Child's Play is a non-profit charity organization - created by Mike and Jerry of Penny-Arcade.com in 2003 - that has grown to the point where it will surpass over a million dollars worth of donations

Posted 13 years ago 28
Video
Swarm Coming to XBLA in 2011
In a joint press release issued today, UTV Ignition and Hothead Games have announced that their downloadable title Swarm will be coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade (as well as PSN) in 2011. For those unfamil

Posted 13 years ago 29
Screenshots
Operation Flashpoint - Red River Screenshots
The first screenshots for Operation Flashpoint: Red River were released today on the game's official Facebook page. They didn't release any more details with them, but have promised "plenty more to c

Posted 13 years ago 19
DLC
Free R.U.S.E. DLC Incoming
"The Manhattan Project Map Pack" will be released in December for R.U.S.E. for free. Who better than Ubisoft themselves to tell you all about it? “The Manhattan Project Pack” will include three exclu

Posted 13 years ago 12
Video
Homefront Release Date Confirmed
THQ has confirmed that Homefront will be released on March 8, 2011 in the US, March 10 in Australia, and March 11 in Europe. The FPS takes place in the US under the occupation of the Greater Korean R

Posted 13 years ago 25
Upcoming
Dreamcast Collection Heading to 360 [RUMOUR]
An as yet unannounced Dreamcast Collection appeared briefly on US retailer Gamestop's website recently, before quickly being removed without any trace. Luckily before the game was removed, CVG manage

Posted 13 years ago 68
Screenshots
The Behemoth Delays BattleBlock Theater to 2011
The Behemoth, developers of http://www.trueachievements.com/Castle-Crashers-xbox-360.htm and http://www.trueachievements.com/Alien-Hominid-HD-xbox-3....htm have announced that their upcoming game, Ba

Posted 13 years ago 29
Upcoming
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Collector's Edition [UPDATED]
Update Announced through Capcom's blog, Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds will be released in North America on the 15th February 2011. As for the rest of the world, no exact date has been annou

Posted 13 years ago 53
DLC
Star Wars: TFU 2 DLC Confirmed
It has been rumored that DLC for Star Wars: TFU 2 was in the works. Recently, executive producer of LucasArts Gio Corsi confirmed that StarKiller's adventures would continue. Gio Corsi took the time

Posted 13 years ago 47
Video
DiRT 3 Gameplay Footage
The first gameplay footage for DiRT 3 has arrived, as well as details about some of the features within the game. Check out this video, showcasing some sweet rally driving (of course): http://www.you

Posted 13 years ago 26
Industry
Tony Hawk: SHRED Flops
The latest entry into the Tony Hawk series of games, http://www.trueachievements.com/TONY-HAWK-SHRED-xbox-360.htm has reportedly only sold 3,000 units during its first week of sales in the United Sta

Posted 13 years ago 165
Industry
Namco Generations Brand Announced
Namco Generations is the new brand that will see a remastered release of some of Namco's classic games. The games will be released on XBLA with enhanced gameplay and high-definition graphics. Today's

Posted 13 years ago 25
XBLA
PSA: Super Meat Boy Price Increase
"Bing-bong! The train now arriving..." Oh! Hold on, that was yesterday... This is a public service announcement to remind people that Super Meat Boy will not be at the currently discounted price of 8

Posted 13 years ago 72
Xbox Live
Gears of War 2: 10x Thanksgibbing Event [UPDATED]
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/5408/gears.jpg Another bonus XP event is slated for http://www.trueachievements.com/Gears-of-War-2-xbox-360.htm and this time GearsViking has also stated that there

Posted 13 years ago 114
Xbox 360
AC Brotherhood Changes Series Direction
In a series of interviews with members of the Ubisoft Montreal team and Assassin's Creed Brotherhood development team, they attempt to clear up some of the misgivings and rumours that have surrounded

Posted 13 years ago 32
Screenshots
BioWare Tease Next Major Project
BioWare are riding high on a wave of success lately, with both the Mass Effect and Dragon Age franchises becoming both hugely critically successful and selling by the bucketload. While you think they

Posted 13 years ago 86
DLC
DJ Hero 2 DLC for November 16th, 2010
The Electro Hits Mix Pack has been released. Three tracks are included: • Steve Aoki feat. Zuper Blahq - "I'm In The House" • LMFAO - "I'm In Miami" vs. Green Velvet - "Shake & Pop" • Simian Mobile D

Posted 13 years ago 11
DLC
Front Mission Evolved DLC Announced
A rather succinct and to the point announcement has been made regarding Front Mission Evolved and two DLC packs which will be coming to the Xbox LIVE Marketplace later this month. First up is a new g

Posted 13 years ago 6
Xbox 360
Major Discounts Available at GameFly [US Only]
With the Holiday shopping season upon us, brick and mortar retailers have been gearing up for their infamously wild Black Friday sales, but online retailers like Amazon have been offering the discoun

Posted 13 years ago 41
Industry
Activision Exploring Options for Bizarre Creations
Bizarre Creations, the Liverpool based development house behind the Project Gotham Racing franchise, Blur, The Club, Geomtery Wars, Geomtery Wars 2 and the recently released James Bond 007: Bloodston

Posted 13 years ago 65
Xbox 360
Microsoft Game Studios Special Offer
Microsoft has quietly added a new points promotion to the Xbox dashboard. They are giving 400 MS points away when you spend 1600 MS points on content from the featured Microsoft game studios. To qual

Posted 13 years ago 90
DLC
Def Jam Rapstar DLC for November 16th, 2010
There were six songs released today for the US Marketplace: • Just Blaze - "Cape Kingz Anthem" [Freestyle Beat] • Eve - "Who's That Girl" • Kanye West - "Jesus Walks" • Black Sheep - "The Choice Is Y

Posted 13 years ago 17
Industry
Blizzard Looking for Console Help [RUMOR]
Everyone's favorite PC darling, Blizzard Entertainment, recently posted that they are looking to fill a few positions in their ongoing development of Diablo III. This, in and of itself, is not newswo

Posted 13 years ago 68
Hardware
Black Friday Deals - Kmart Edition [US Only]
In our ongoing effort to keep you apprised of the best deals for the holiday season, here are some of the highlights from Kmart's Black Friday Deals. http://www.trueachievements.com/Call-of-Duty-Worl

Posted 13 years ago 21
Video
SHIFT 2 UNLEASHED Arrives Spring 2011
EA have announced that the follow up to smash hit Need for Speed: SHIFT is set for a Spring 2011 release date. It was inevitable with the original title allegedly shifting 'close to five million copi

Posted 13 years ago 42
Video
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Multiplayer Trailer
Hot on the heels of the single player launch trailer, Ubisoft clearly want to show off Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood in all its glory. This time it's the turn of the multiplayer element to give us a

Posted 13 years ago 27
DLC
Crackdown 2 Deluge Pack Available Now
The much awaited "Premium Deluge Pack" for Crackdown 2 has arrived and is live right now on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Priced at 560MSP, the DLC brings the following additions to the game: The Premiu

Posted 13 years ago 35
Industry
Alan Wake 2 To Be Kinect Enabled? [RUMOUR]
Whether you love it or loathe it, Kinect is quite clearly here to stay with Microsoft announcing there were 'http://www.trueachievements.com/n2178/no-plans-for-a-ne....htm'. With that in mind, once t

Posted 13 years ago 40
Screenshots
Tomb Raider Reboot to be Open World [RUMOR]
Try and follow me on this one, as unlike the usual news piece there is no official source or announcement on the new Tomb Raider. Why you ask? Simple, lawyers from Crystal Dynamic requested the origi

Posted 13 years ago 50
Industry
Kinect Sells One Million Units In Ten Days
Microsoft announced that one million Kinect units were sold in just ten days of Kinect being released, helping them towards their huge target of five million Kinects sold by the end of the year 2010.

Posted 13 years ago 81
Upcoming
Rugby Challenge Announced
New Zealand's best known developer, Sidhe, has announced that they are currently busy developing Rugby Challenge. The game will focus solely on Union rules, and is likely to attempt to reinvigorate a

Posted 13 years ago 43
Upcoming
Dead Rising 3 Will Continue the DR2 Storyline
http://www.gamersireland.ie/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/....jpg Capcom COO David Reeves has revealed that the storyline of Dead Rising 2 is likely to be continued in Dead Rising 3, and that digital ep

Posted 13 years ago 53
Xbox 360
Ubisoft Confirms New Assassin's Creed
http://o.aolcdn.com/gd-media/games/assassins-creed-2/xb....jpg The highly anticapated Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is just around the corner, but Ubisoft have confirmed that a new Assassin's Creed w

Posted 13 years ago 62
Video
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Roster Update
Capcom has revealed the two latest additions to the roster for the upcoming game Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds. Please give a warm welcome to... She-Hulk and Zero! Representing Marvel... Sh

Posted 13 years ago 46
Video
New Bulletstorm Gameplay Trailer
In a continuing effort to build the anticipation for what some have already said could be the game of the year, a new gameplay trailer for Bulletstorm has been released. For those of you not familiar

Posted 13 years ago 27
New releases
Retail Releases: Week of November 15th, 2010
I'm really tired, but I have an obligation to let you guys know what all is coming out this week. North America - November 16th • Apache: Air Assault • Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood • EA Sports Activ

Posted 13 years ago 22
Xbox 360
Old Navy's Black Friday Deal
As you can see from several recent news posts, the Black Friday game deals are already rolling in at a steady pace. One unlikely retailer to expect in this mix is clothing store Old Navy, but they've

Posted 13 years ago 20
Upcoming
Ubisoft Delays Driver and Ghost Recon
After Ubisoft's first-half 2010-11 financial results, it has been revealed that both Driver: San Francisco and Ghost Recon: Future Soldier have been delayed until the next fiscal year - somewhere bet

Posted 13 years ago 21
Hardware
More Black Friday Deals
In line with the other Black Friday deals which we have highlighted recently (involving Walmart and Target) as well as a Best Buy's edition, it's only fair to let Amazon in on the act! Amazon US have

Posted 13 years ago 17
Upcoming
XBLA Wednesday: November 17th, 2010
This week, coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade: Pac-Man CE DX - 800 MSP Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Pac-Man and following up on the 2007 award winning title, Pac-Man Championship Edition DX bolsters t

Posted 13 years ago 42
Hardware
Black Friday Deals - Walmart Edition [US Only]
In our continuing effort to keep you apprised of the best gaming deals for the holiday season, here are the Xbox highlights from Walmart's Black Friday Deals. http://www.trueachievements.com/Band-Her

Posted 13 years ago 56
DLC
Various Fable III DLC Announced
Hardly any time has passed at all since the release of Fable III, but Lionhead already have some DLC up their sleeve for those of you desperate for more chances to explore and adventure around the wo

Posted 13 years ago 38
DLC
Marvel Tables Coming to Pinball FX
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/6024/mpblade.jpg ZEN studios, developer of the critically acclaimed Pinball FX titles, announced today that Marvel themed tables will be coming to Pinball FX 2 befo

Posted 13 years ago 30
Content roundup
Deal of the Week: November 15th, 2010
Another fairly recent XBLA release sees a price drop this week - 33% off sidescroller Shank, which was only released back in August! Shank - 1200 MSP 800 MSP Shank is a 2D cinematic brawler inspired

Posted 13 years ago 38
Hardware
Kinect Cameras Opened Up To 3D Video Capture
When Microsoft said that Kinect had a number of hardware approaches in place to make Kinect more difficult to break into and put to new purposes, either they were lying, or their procedures weren't a

Posted 13 years ago 29
DLC
Trials HD Big Thrills Winners Announced
You may recall that earlier in the year, players of Trials HD were invited to create their own tracks using the editor built into the game for the chance to win some sizeable cash prizes and other bi

Posted 13 years ago 43
DLC
Mafia II Joe's Adventures DLC Trailer
2K Games have released a trailer for the forthcoming Mafia II DLC, titled "Joe's Adventures." The official word from the game's website says: Impulsive and unpredictable, Joe Barbaro has been at Vito

Posted 13 years ago 35
Xbox LIVE
Assassin's Creed Ascendance Detailed
A couple of days ago, UbiWorkshop--a branch of Ubisoft Montreal that creates short movies, artbooks, artworks, and comics that expand on Ubisoft properities--teased on their blog a work called "Secre

Posted 13 years ago 45
Upcoming
Indie Games Winter Uprising Info
There was a fair bit of outrage when Microsoft decided to move the Indie Games section of the Marketplace to the Specialty Shops as part of the latest dashboard update. The creators of these games fe

Posted 13 years ago 50
Industry
Bobby Kotick Discusses COD Subscription Fees
Bobby Kotick has revealed that he would like to see more of the Xbox Live subscription fees going to Activision. In an interview with Joystiq, Kotick revealed that Activision receive a "very modest a

Posted 13 years ago 241
Patch
Call of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer Fixes
Treyarch have announced that they are aware of issues with the multiplayer for Call of Duty: Black Ops. In a post on the official Call of Duty: Black Ops forums, they listed the fixes that had alread

Posted 13 years ago 71
Video
EA's Create "Living Art" Trailer
The amount of serene, laid-back, casual type games--like Braid--have been lacking on the Xbox 360. And why not? The "blast them to pieces" mentality generates some serious cash flow. But there's a ga

Posted 13 years ago 39
Video
Fight Night Champion Debut Trailer Released
EA Canada announced the fifth iteration of the Fight Night series back in July with Fight Night Champion, promising new features, a larger roster of fighters and brand new single player mode. Saying

Posted 13 years ago 18
Upcoming
Transformers: War For Cybertron Sequel Confirmed
Earlier this week at a Hasbro Investor conference, Mark Blecher, SVP and General Manager of Digital Media & Gaming, confirmed that a sequel to the well received Transformers: War for Cybertron is cur

Posted 13 years ago 39
Video
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Launch Trailer
Ubisoft have been teasing us for months now about the next installment in the hugely successful Assassin's Creed franchise. It's finally time for the launch trailer! The latest video shows flashes of

Posted 13 years ago 36
Upcoming
New UFC and WWE Titles Announced
THQ have jumped on the Kinect bandwagon! Both Joystiq and CVG have reported that 1st April 2011 will see the publisher release UFC: Personal Trainer in Europe. The motion-sensing features aim to allo

Posted 13 years ago 23
Industry
Lower Release Prices Planned by THQ
CEO Brian Farrell has indicated that publisher THQ will look to take the lead in changing the standard price point policy which is employed by most game publishers at the present time. IndustryGamers

Posted 13 years ago 81
Hardware
Black Friday Deals - Best Buy Edition [US Only]
In our continuing effort to keep you apprised of the best gaming deals for the holiday season, here are the Xbox highlights from Best Buy's Black Friday Deals. http://www.trueachievements.com/007-Blo

Posted 13 years ago 44
Upcoming
Angry Birds Coming To XBLA
This week, Rovio CEO Peter Vesterbacka announced at the first ever Social Games Summit in London that the hugely successful Angry Birds will be coming to XBLA. http://s1032.photobucket.com/albums/a40

Posted 13 years ago 81
XBLA
Monday Night Combat Figurines Unveiled
Those gamers who enjoyed Monday Night Combat (and there's a decent crowd of you out there!) will be glad to hear that a real piece of the action can now be bought. However, the new action figurines w

Posted 13 years ago 36
DLC
Rock Band DLC for 16th November, 2010
Fancy a bit of disco? Next week, coming to the Rock Band Store: Bee Gees – “Jive Talkin’” Bee Gees – “Night Fever” Bee Gees – “Stayin’ Alive” X Bee Gees – “Nights on Broadway” Bee Gees – “Tragedy” Be

Posted 13 years ago 50
Xbox 360
Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Details
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a349/EkinJones333/leg....jpg Activision European Publishing recently released some new information about the latest installment in the Lego Star Wars franchise. Lego

Posted 13 years ago 89
Video
Mortal Kombat 9 - SubZero Vignette Trailer
Mortal Kombat 9 promises to make a triumphant return to its violent roots with its fastest and most brutal installment to date, after having literally defined the mature game category. Fighting game

Posted 13 years ago 31
DLC
Enslaved DLC - Pigsy's Perfect 10 Screenshots
Several screenshots were released today for the upcoming Pigsy's Perfect 10 DLC for Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. Players take on the role of Pigsy, previously a non-playable character, and roam aro

Posted 13 years ago 23
Video
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Trailer
EABrightlight have released a trailer for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1. Harry, Ron and Hermione are on the trail of a Horcrux locket, one of several Horcruxes that they

Posted 13 years ago 20
Hardware
Black Friday Deals - Target Edition [US Only]
It's fall in the Northern Hemisphere, the time when gamers thoughts turn to fancy... fancy new titles, that is. "Black Friday" is almost here and, with it, major sales from retailers in the US. Thank

Posted 13 years ago 40
Industry
ZeniMax Media Acquires MachineGames
ZeniMax Media Inc., which counts Bethesda Softworks and id Software among its subsidiaries, has acquired another software development company - MachineGames. MachineGames, which is based in Sweden, i

Posted 13 years ago 12
Video
Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 Gameplay Footage
The latest gameplay footage for Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 sees Nathan 'Rad' Spencer take on the Megacopter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whDxNxH13RM&feature=playe... According to the BC Intel: The

Posted 13 years ago 13
DLC
Lips DLC for November 2010
The Lips DLC has been announced for the rest of November: November 12th • LeVert - "Casanova" • Jennifer Paige - "Crush" Both tracks include the original music videos. November 19th • Sisqo - "Thong

Posted 13 years ago 18
Upcoming
Get Fit With Mel B Announced
If you haven't had your fix with the influx of workout games with the recently released Kinect, Black Bean Games and developer Lightning Fish are looking to hook you up. Get Fit with Mel B is a "new

Posted 13 years ago 36
Xbox 360
GRAW Leaderboards Reset Date Announced [Updated]
Edit As some of you have noticed by now, the update didn't quite go according to plan. Unfortunately, Ubisoft failed to mention that anybody who was playing the game at the time of the reset would no

Posted 13 years ago 133
Industry
Kinect Could Personalise Content [RUMOR]
Xbox LIVE and the services it offers have a come a long way in the last few years. Netflix, Zune, Sky TV, Facebook, amongst others, are all services that the Xbox has embraced and offer its users. De

Posted 13 years ago 35
Hardware
Kinect's Estimated Hardware Worth: $56 USD
With the release of Kinect, a lot of gadget buffs felt a surge of positive emotions. iFixIt deconstructed the little gadget and found out that it's extremely sophisticated. A few companies thought Ki

Posted 13 years ago 141
Hardware
Details on the New Xbox 360 Controller
After several years and a multitude of gripes, Microsoft finally released an updated controller this past week. Game Informer had the good fortune to speak with senior industrial designer John Ikeda,

Posted 13 years ago 111
Video
New de Blob 2 Trailer and Screenshots
THQ have released an announcement trailer for the upcoming game de Blob 2. The original game de Blob was released on the Wii in 2008, and was recently released again for the Windows Phone 7, titled a

Posted 13 years ago 19
XBLA
Yars' Revenge Coming to XBLA
Continuing the tradition they seem to have started with releasing an update to Haunted House late last month, Atari revealed through its first half fiscal year report that a Yars' Revenge title is he

Posted 13 years ago 27
Industry
Harmonix Up For Sale
Viacom announced today that they are selling Harmonix, the developers behind the Rock Band franchise and Dance Central. Viacom originally purchased Harmonix (the then developers of Guitar Hero) in Se

Posted 13 years ago 87
XBLA
GFWL DotW: November 11th, 2010
This week's Games for Windows Live Deal of the Week sees the indie hit Osmos (PC) taking a massive hit in price, being reduced a whole 75% from its original price of $10 (800 MSP) to only $2.50 (200

Posted 13 years ago 34
Industry
Black Ops Breaks Sales Records
Activision has declared this week's launch of http://www.trueachievements.com/Call-of-Duty-Black-Ops-....htm to be the "biggest entertainment launch ever". Black Ops sold around 5.6 million copies in

Posted 13 years ago 85
Xbox 360
Treyarch Addresses Black Ops Glitchers
By now you've probably heard that the multiplayer for Black Ops might not be without its hiccups. Some of you may have also experienced this frustrating phenomenon first hand. An even (hopefully) sma

Posted 13 years ago 95
Xbox 360
Phantom Breaker Announced
Developer 5pb. has decided to tackle a new genre with their recent announcement of the Xbox 360 game Phantom Breaker. Not much is known about the game other than the fact that it is a "fighting actio

Posted 13 years ago 13
Video
LA Noire - Debut Trailer
It's been all quiet on the LA Noire front for a while now. Announced back in 2005, details about the Team Bondi-developed and Rockstar-published game have been sparse and infrequent. Shattering that

Posted 13 years ago 55
Patch
DJ Hero DLC Now Compatible with DJ Hero 2
Activision has given details about a new "Compatibility Pack" for DJ Hero 2. The update will allow gamers to upload tracks from the original DJ Hero DLC to play in the newest iteration in the series.

Posted 13 years ago 14
Video
New Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Commercial
A new "live"commercial for Assassin's Creed Brotherhood appeared online yesterday. The commercial seems to be in a similar vein to the Call of Duty: Black Ops Live-Action commercial released last wee

Posted 13 years ago 31
Upcoming
Vietnam Veteran Upset Over Black Ops Launch
Today is Veterans Day in the States and Remembrance Day in Canada and the UK. Traditionally, this is a day where citizens honor armed services personnel and veterans. ...it's also two days after http

Posted 13 years ago 108
Industry
SEGA Tries to Save Real Hedgehogs
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/11/10/article-13284....jpg You could say that SEGA have recently done enough for hedgehogs by releasing Sonic 4: Episode 1 and breathing fresh life into the franch

Posted 13 years ago 31
Xbox 360
Super Street Fighter IV DLC Suspended
http://www.gamespact.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/GP_....jpg The recently released second batch of DLC costumes available for Super Street Fighter IV have been suspended from sale. Capcom Japan ann

Posted 13 years ago 18
XBLA
Two More EA XBLA Games Announced
In addition to the announcements of Wildlife: Forest Survival and Fancy Pants, EA has come to agreements with two independent developers for two new titles to be released on XBLA in 2011. The first g

Posted 13 years ago 17
Upcoming
Fancy Pants Adventures Coming to XBLA
Continuing in the Flash-game-to-arcade-game trend set by Alien Hominid HD, N+, and Super Meat Boy, The Fancy Pants Adventures will be the next in line to hit the XBLA. Coming from the creator of the

Posted 13 years ago 26
Demo
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Demo Sets Records
http://cdn.prod.needforspeed.com/sites/www.needforspeed....jpg More than two million players downloaded the Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit demo, the latest iteration of the Need for Speed franchise from

Posted 13 years ago 32
Xbox 360
Call of Duty: Black Ops Draws Cuba's Ire
The Call of Duty franchise is certainly no stranger to controversy, especially after the response to the “No Russian” mission featured in last year’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. This time, howeve

Posted 13 years ago 151
Screenshots
EA Announces Wildlife: Forest Survival
EA claws its way to the top of the food chain with its newest original IP for Xbox Live Arcade. This multiplayer title casts players into the role of wild animals and immerses them into a head-to-hea

Posted 13 years ago 36
Screenshots
New MotoGP 10/11 Screenshots
Capcom has released some new screenshots for forthcoming release MotoGP 10/11. Along with the screenshots the accompanying press release revealed some details about the improvements over MotoGP 09/10

Posted 13 years ago 11
Patch
Another Patch Coming for Fallout: New Vegas
Besthesda Community Manager Matt Grandstaff has aimed to provide reassurance to gamers about the progress which publisher, Bethesda, has made towards fixing error-plagued Fallout: New Vegas The detai

Posted 13 years ago 59
XBLA
Braid's Russian Box Art
In another story that falls under, "close, but no cigar," the Russian box art for the PC version of one of the premier XBLA games, http://www.trueachievements.com/Braid-xbox-360.htm, is just FULL of

Posted 13 years ago 51
Patch
NHL 11 Patch Coming
Yesterday, EA Sports' Nathan Ng made a blog post stating that a patch for NHL 11 is forthcoming and is scheduled to go live for Xbox users on November 12th. The patch is set to correct a number of pr

Posted 13 years ago 13
Xbox 360
Future Releases from Codemasters
In an interview with Eurogamer, Codemasters CEO Rod Cousens has confirmed that Operation Flashpoint: Red River and Dirt 3 are scheduled for release in Q2 2011. By doing so, it seems the developer/pub

Posted 13 years ago 28
Industry
Cliffy B Defends Violence and Gore
In an interview with the BBC, Cliff Bleszinski, lead designer at Epic Games, defends the use of violence in the Gears of War franchise as slapstick saying: "When we create our games we use a slapstic

Posted 13 years ago 97
Industry
No Plans For A New Xbox, Only Experiences.
Remember the old 5-year cycle for systems? Every 5 years a new console would come out. For Microsoft, though, there seems to be no plans for a future Xbox at the moment. In an interview with Eurogame

Posted 13 years ago 130
Patch
Additional FIFA 11 Patch Coming In November
EA have published an announcement today releasing details of a series of fixes, tweaks and alterations which will be coming to FIFA 11 in the games next title update. The announcement was preceded by

Posted 13 years ago 14
DLC
Free Female COD: Black Ops Avatar Outfits
http://a.imageshack.us/img828/6286/20100812150044enprnp....jpg In the Hardened and Prestige editions of Call of Duty: Black Ops, Activision have included DLC codes for downloadable Avatar outfits and

Posted 13 years ago 44
Upcoming
Kinect Star Wars Releasing Christmas 2011
Kinect's creative director, Kudo Tsunoda has confirmed that the Kinect Star Wars game will be released for Christmas 2011. In an interview with BBC Newsbeat, Tsunoda said: We have a Kinect Star Wars

Posted 13 years ago 35
DLC
US Copies of Nail'd To Come With DLC Token
Deep Silver, publisher of forthcoming nail'd have announced those gamers who live in the US will be able to snap up a copy of the title with a DLC token included in the box. If you're not sure what N

Posted 13 years ago 10
Industry
Call of Duty... In Space? [RUMOR]
Following the release of http://www.trueachievements.com/Call-of-Duty-Black-Ops-....htm, Gamasutra editor-at-large Chris Morris took a few moments to analyze the Call of Duty brand, its future, and w

Posted 13 years ago 143
Xbox 360
Resident Evil: Raccoon City [RUMOUR]
Capcom has started to use non-Japanese developers -- such as Ninja Theory on the DMC reboot -- to help them boost sales. Recent rumours spreading on the internet are saying that Vancouver-based Slant

Posted 13 years ago 79
Xbox 360
Amazon Double Dip Offer
Amazon is running another sale through November 13th for US residents, this one gives you $30 bucks back (in Amazon credit) when you buy two or more qualifying games. Here are just a few of the quali

Posted 13 years ago 40
DLC
No Backwards Compatibility For New RB3 Tracks
Fans of Rock Band and Rock Band 2 will be unable to play new tracks in those games. This is a result of developers, Harmonix, deciding not to provide backwards compatibility in tracks released from 2

Posted 13 years ago 67
XBLA
Xbox Live Indie Games Returns to Game Store
After the launch of the latest Xbox Live dashboard the developers of Xbox Live Indie Games found their games no longer listed under the games section of Xbox Live. Instead they were sectioned off to

Posted 13 years ago 37
Video
Call of Duty: Black Ops Easter Eggs
Many intrepid gamers were able to pull themselves away from Treyarch's newest cause for decline in workplace productivity, http://www.trueachievements.com/Call-of-Duty-Black-Ops-....htm to find some

Posted 13 years ago 42
Industry
New SSX Game on the Way? [RUMOUR]
http://www.cheatcc.com/imagesxboxc/ssxontour_0.jpg Rumours started in February that a new SSX game was in development alongside the Need for Speed title confirmed for release in late 2011. Now EA has

Posted 13 years ago 42
Upcoming
Homefront Sequel Detailed
Not content with revealing details for Darksiders 2, THQ's Danny Bilson has now revealed details for a sequel to the upcoming Homefront. In an interview with Joystiq, he said: "The sequel has new fea

Posted 13 years ago 23
Industry
Microsoft Explain Kinect Hacking Video
What have you done or what will you do with your new Kinect? Well lots of gamers spent the weekend clearing space in their living rooms to avoid destruction from extended limbs. Once this chore was d

Posted 13 years ago 39
Industry
Darksiders 2 Details
During the International Game Developers Association conference in San Francisco last week, THQ VP of Core Games Danny Bilson provided new details surrounding Darksiders 2, the sequel to THQ's surpri

Posted 13 years ago 78
Video
Filipino Champ Beats Out Daigo in SoCal
This weekend, top Super Street Fighter IV players gathered in Southern California for SoCal Regionals, one of the premiere fighting game tournaments in the nation. Filipino Champ, a Dhalsim player re

Posted 13 years ago 26
New releases
Retail Releases: Week of November 8th, 2010
Okay guys, sorry I'm a little late today. Tomorrow marks a big day for you Call of Duty junkies. Also, Europe gets Kinect, which I'm sure so many of you are excited for. North America - November 9th

Posted 13 years ago 44
Upcoming
XBLA Wednesday: November 10th, 2010
And they are: Guwange - 800 MSP Guwange is a vertical scrolling shooting game, launched in Japanese arcades in 1999. Set in the Muromachi period of Japanese history, Guwange tells the tale of the "Sh

Posted 13 years ago 53
Upcoming
Is Hitman 5 in the Works? [RUMOUR]
Rumours of a sequel to Hitman: Blood Money gathered pace today after three developer CVs listed on LinkedIn revealed their roles in the development of the game. LinkedIn is a business-oriented social

Posted 13 years ago 55
Xbox 360
Amazon.com's Video Game Gold Box
Internet retailer Amazon.com announced that they will be holding an "All Video Games Gold Box" sale event starting at midnight (Pacific Time, US) on Tuesday, November 9th. Details on specific games a

Posted 13 years ago 58
Patch
Fallout: New Vegas Ships Five Million Copies
Bethesda Softworks announced that Fallout: New Vegas has enjoyed record sales at launch reflecting a huge demand for the game. Five million copies were shipped worldwide for the launch of the game wi

Posted 13 years ago 45
Industry
Activision's Future Plans Announced
With Call of Duty: Black Ops scheduled for release tomorrow, Activision is already looking forward to the future. During the most recent Q3 earnings call, Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg announced: In

Posted 13 years ago 39
Upcoming
Ninja Gaiden 3 Promises Series Reboot
http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/wp-content/uploads/201....jpg There have been a few series reboots in recent gaming memory. Prince of Persia, Medal of Honour and Castlevania have all had recent rein

Posted 13 years ago 45
Industry
Developer Artificial Mind & Movement Changes Name
Artificial Mind & Movement (A2M) have announced that their company name has now changed (or rather returned) to Behaviour Interactive. Perhaps they realised A2M isn't too easy on the tongue for most

Posted 13 years ago 41
Content roundup
Deal of the Week: November 8th, 2010
Seemingly coinciding with the film's DVD/Blu-Ray release (which you should all go and buy!), this week's DotW is 50% off the Scott Pilgrim XBLA game. http://www.trueachievements.com/SCOTT-PILGRIM-THE

Posted 13 years ago 71
DLC
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 VIP Map Pack 7 Incoming
EA have announced that "VIP Map Pack 7" is on the way to Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Upon announcing the four strong map pack, EA stressed this time release was 'all about listening to the community'

Posted 13 years ago 50
Industry
Eurogamer Expo 2011 Announced
Britain's top gaming expo, Eurogamer is set to return in 2011 says Rupert Loman, the Managing Director. The 2010 edition of the event saw a massive 20,000 people in attendance with tickets being snap

Posted 13 years ago 27
Industry
100 Copies of Black Ops Stolen
In a story that the Baltimore Sun is reporting, two men wielding handguns robbed a Gamestop in Harford County, Maryland. Along with various game systems and cash, the two armed gunmen robbed four cas

Posted 13 years ago 199
DLC
Bad Company 2 Vietnam Introduces the Flamethrower
Battlefield games have never been known for including flamethrowers in their choice of weapons, ever! So now for the first time in any major Battlefield game the flamethrower will be introduced in th

Posted 13 years ago 28
Xbox 360
Kinect Games on Sale at Amazon
It appears Amazon is matching the Toys 'R Us in-store sale through November 13th, 2010. This sale appears to be for U.S. residents only, but if you buy one select Kinect title you get one at 50% off.

Posted 13 years ago 29
Industry
New Xbox 360 Counter-Piracy Measures
A major concern over any piece of electronic art, video games, music or movies is piracy. Most can remember when Microsoft began using the Ban Hammer on individuals who had burned/illegal copies of a

Posted 13 years ago 156
Video
Call of Duty: Black Ops Nazi Zombie Footage
Edit : Unfortunately the video has been removed due to copyright reasons. Original Story After the huge success of "Nazi Zombies" in Call of Duty: World at War, it came as no surprise to most of us w

Posted 13 years ago 101
GFWL
GfW Live Patch Coming on November 15
Microsoft has planned an update for Games for Windows Live to be published on November 15, alongside the launch of the new Games for Windows Marketplace. The update mostly fixes bugs and introduces a

Posted 13 years ago 28
Hardware
Ample Space Needed To Operate Kinect
Had you considered the new Kinect device as a must-have purchase? If so, listen up, because you may want to give it just a little more consideration... The amount of free space which is required for

Posted 13 years ago 156
Video
MLG 2010 Pro Circuit Live Stream
All weekend long, Major League Gaming will be streaming events from its 2010 Pro Circuit finals live from Dallas, Texas. Standard definition streams are free, but an enhanced HD version is available

Posted 13 years ago 63
Patch
Comic Jumper Patch Live
In an email to our very own PunkyLiar, Jay S (Marketing Director for Twisted Pixel Games) has confirmed that a patch is now available for their arcade release Comic Jumper. The patch fixes the glitch

Posted 13 years ago 31
DLC
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 DLC [RUMOR]
*POTENTIAL SPOILERS* The community over at NeoGAF may have discovered what appears to be either removed content or a sneak peak at potential DLC for http://www.trueachievements.com/Force-Unleashed-II

Posted 13 years ago 47
Industry
Bobby Kotick Pledges $1 Million to Charity
US Army veterans and current service members were amongst the first people to play Call of Duty: Black Ops in a multiplayer tournament, raising $1 million for The Call of Duty Endowment. The tourname

Posted 13 years ago 46
Video
Call of Duty: Black Ops Live-Action Commercial
As a part of the Call of Duty: Black Ops marketing campaign, Activision has released their first live-action commercial called "There's a Soldier in All of Us." The commercial, which is set to air th

Posted 13 years ago 66
Site news
Missing Flags
As some of you may have noticed, just about every flag has been removed from most games, to tell you why I'll pass you over to the Content Manager Van Uden said: Hi everyone, The Content Team is curr

Posted 13 years ago 83
Screenshots
New Homefront Screenshots
New screenshots have recently been released from the upcoming game Homefront, taken from the game's single-player campaign. Here is detailed information about the single player, quoted from Homefront

Posted 13 years ago 44
Upcoming
Microsoft Beta Testing Full House Poker
Do you remember at E3 2008, when Microsoft announced a brand new Primetime Channel for the Xbox 360 that would offer live game shows and real prizes for your gaming? We saw http://www.trueachievement

Posted 13 years ago 83
DLC
Rock Band DLC for 9th November, 2010
A hefty amount of songs coming to the Rock Band Store next week Bon Jovi – “Bad Medicine” Bon Jovi – “Blaze of Glory” Bon Jovi – “Have a Nice Day” Bon Jovi – “I’ll Be There For You” Bon Jovi – “It’s

Posted 13 years ago 62
Site news
New Newshounds
The new Newshounds have been chosen, but I'll let the zigs00 reveal the details... Hey everyone! First off, I apologise for how long this has taken! We had dozens of applications, so many of which we

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Industry
Inside The Kinect Hardware
A posting on Geek.com has relayed information from the guys at iFixit regarding the inner components of Microsoft's new Kinect hardware. If you, like me, love gadgets and are something of a dedicated

Posted 13 years ago 57
Opinion
Are Video Games History In California?
For those of you not aware, there is a case currently being heard before the Supreme Court of the United States that may well determine the future of gaming in the US. The case is Schwarzenegger v. E

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Xbox 360
Rock Band 3 Account Linking Live
After a short wait, Rock Band 3 account linking is live. This means you'll be able to head over to the page on the official Rock Band 3 website and tie your game data to a Rockband.com account. First

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Industry
Hybrid Kinect Games Confirmed
The man of the moment, Alex Kipman (Kinect designer) has spoke out about the possible future of Kinect hybrids in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz. As it stands, Kinect titles and standard Xbox 36

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Video
MindJack Gets A Release Date And A New Trailer
MindJack is a quirky third person shooter from SquareEnix that revolves around leaping from body to body. We have seen variations of this mechanic in past games but never to the extent that MindJack

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DLC
Front Mission Evolved DLC Trailer
Front Mission Evolved may have eschewed the traditional turn based structure of the series, but one norm that it clung to is customizing your Wanzer. What if you have done all the mix and matching po

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Screenshots
AC: Brotherhood Features Unlockable Raiden
Not for the first time in their history, Konami and Ubisoft have crossed over franchises and given their characters a cameo role. In Metal Gear Solid 4, Solid Snake could wear the robes of Altair fro

Posted 13 years ago 84
Patch
Borderlands Patch Has Arrived
Update by Dog of Thunder on 11/3: The Title Update, which was *not* available yesterday, is now available for download. If it is not available in your region, then it should be going up the morning o

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Upcoming
Trade In Medal of Honor, Get Black Ops for £7.99
EA is going to be so pissed. UK retailer HMV is willing to give you a total of £47 off of Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops when you trade in EA's Medal of Honor, lowering its price to the low, lo

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Industry
Xbox LIVE Price Increase Explained
In August we reported that from November 1st the price of Xbox LIVE would increase. Microsoft offered no explanation for this increase at the time, but Xbox Live's marketing senior director Craig Dav

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Upcoming
Dragon Age II Facebook Game Announced
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/11/da....jpg EA have announced that from February, Grey Warden lovers everywhere will be able to appease their bloodthirsty cravings while chatting t

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DLC
FIFA 11 Ultimate Team DLC Available Now
If you've been enjoying your annual dose of football action from EA's FIFA 11, then you'll be pleased to know that today brings the launch of FIFA 11 Ultimate Team. The general concept isn't brand ne

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Screenshots
Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 Characters Revealed
Capcom has just gone live with the characters that will make up the "good" guys. The roster is comprised of characters from FSA's special TASC force. Get it? They're a task force! Ha! The roster is l

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Upcoming
NBA Elite 11 Cancelled
EA has done the unthinkable. They just canceled an iteration of a yearly franchise. That's right, after being delayed, NBA Elite 11 will not be hitting retail shelves this year. EA will however be re

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Xbox Live
Halo: Reach Cap Lifted
So, it looks like you Halo: Reach junkies deserve a huge high-five. You unlocked the 117 million daily and weekly challenges well before the anticipated mid-November date. Bungie announced today that

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Video
Blood Drive Launch Trailer
Blood Drive is here. I know you've all been awaiting the game which Activision admitted was being pushed through a development cycle very quickly for some hopeful holiday sales. Activision have provi

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Upcoming
Crytek Are Potentially Making A New TimeSplitters
Crytek UK (the developers formerly known as Free Radical) have been talking to a number of publishers recently about potentially making a new game in their currently-dormant TimeSplitters franchise.

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DLC
Crackdown 2's Deluge Add-On Detailed
For those of you that have looked at Crackdown 2's Avatar Awards will probably already know that there is a second DLC pack coming for the game: the Deluge Add-On. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0oN

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Upcoming
XBLA Wednesday: November 3rd, 2010
This week, coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade: What so many forum-ers have rambling on about for months.. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Decade Duels - 800 MSP Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's comes to XBOX Live Arcade! Torn from the immense

Posted 13 years ago 108
Screenshots
Bulletstorm Screenshots Released
Earlier this year the magazine Game Informer, released its May 2010 issue cover which revealed the game Bulletstorm. Not only was this announced around the time that Gears Of War 3 was, it is also be

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Content roundup
Deal of the Week: November 1st, 2010
This week's DotW sees a 50% price drop on three XBLA games - all of which are 2010 releases! Not picked up Snoopy Flying Ace, Risk: Factions or Blade Kitten yet? Get 'em this week! RISK: Factions - 8

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New releases
Retail Releases: Week of November 1st, 2010
Fairly big week, at least for the United States, with the release of Microsoft's Kinect sensor. Kinect will be hitting store shelves in the United States on November 4th, accompanied by twelve titles

Posted 13 years ago 58
Video
Call of Duty: Black Ops Launch Trailer
With just over a week until the game's release, Treyarch have released the launch trailer for The Biggest Game of 2010™: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPTOVQFRggI&hd=1 Debuting during the Saints/Ste

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