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Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn – Part 2 is now available

Posted on October 12, 2012 by John Scalzo

It’s Friday morning, so here’s the second episode of Microsoft’s Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn webseries. In this episode…

Cadet Michael “Sully” Sullivan continues to decode the hidden ONI combat video as Lasky’s struggle with his place in the UNSC ignites with fellow cadet Walter Vickers. After a classroom confrontation with Captain Mehaffey and a challenge from Chyler, Lasky pulls Hastati Squad back from the brink…at a terrible physical cost to himself.

Don’t forget to check back next Friday for part three!

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Madden NFL 13, Borderlands 2 lead all September bestsellers

Posted on October 11, 2012 by John Scalzo

Boom! The annual juggernaut that is the Madden NFL Football has once again taken the top spot for September sales as Madden NFL 13 reigned supreme last month.

Gearbox’s Borderlands 2 followed close behind with strong sales of its own. In fact, they were so strong that the sequel managed to top the first month sales of the original Borderlands by 234%. That is just an insane number.

New releases controlled much of the top ten with FIFA Soccer 13 (#3), Guild Wars 2 (#5), NHL 13 (#6), and World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (#7) also performing well.

The full top ten for September 2012 can be found after the break. (more…)

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Bridgestone claims that “Kevin Butler” never appeared in their commercial

Posted on October 11, 2012 by John Scalzo

The “Kevin Butler” lawsuit saga just gets stranger and stranger. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, a representative from Bridgestone has pointed out that actor Jerry Lambert didn’t have any lines in the commercial he appeared in, so he couldn’t have been portraying “Kevin Butler.”

“Mr. Lambert is one of the actors who appeared in the commercial as a Bridgestone engineer. Bridgestone denies that ‘Kevin Butler’ appears in the Bridgestone commercial discussed herein and thus denies that he speaks or does anything whatsoever in the commercial.”

Sony is suing Bridgestone and Lambert’s company, Wildcat Creek, for trademark infringement over their use of the “Kevin Butler” character in a commercial for a “Buy Four Tires, Receive a Wii” promotion. Bridgestone counters with the assertion that Sony never actually registered a trademark for the “Kevin Butler” character and that viewers understand that the people in commercials are actors.

Bridgestone makes a compelling case, but I’ll bet that someone, somewhere, believes “Kevin Butler” is a real person.

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Rockstar Games Collection includes Red Dead, LA Noire, GTA Episodes, Midnight Club LA

Posted on October 11, 2012 by John Scalzo

It’s just raining Rockstar news today! In addition to showing a trio of editors from Game Informer around Grand Theft Auto V, the publisher also announced that the four-game Rockstar Games Collection: Edition 1 will be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 on November 6.

The compilation, which is priced at $59.99, is a stellar deal and includes such fan favorites as Red Dead Redemption, L.A. Noire, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City, and Midnight Club: Los Angeles – Complete Edition. If these games have somehow passed under your personal radar, here’s a quick overview of what you’ll find within the Rockstar Games Collection: Edition 1…

Red Dead Redemption – Winner of over 170 Game of the Year awards, Red Dead Redemption brings the dying West to life with a vibrant open-world, powerful story, and intense single- and multiplayer action.

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City – The explosive conclusion to the highest-rated game of all time, Grand Theft Auto IV, featuring two complete games on one disc: The Lost and Damned & The Ballad of Gay Tony.

L.A. Noire – The revolutionary crime thriller featuring MotionScan, a breakthrough technology that captures every nuance of a real actor’s facial performance, providing a level of realism, detail and emotion never before seen in a video game. Featuring brand new gameplay and a dark, hard-boiled detective story, L.A. Noire became the first ever video game to be recognized by the Tribeca Film Festival.

Midnight Club: Los Angeles Complete Edition – One of the highest-reviewed racing titles of this generation, featuring deeply customizable real world cars, non-stop open world street racing and intense multiplayer action. The Complete Edition also includes every downloadable real world vehicle and city section released since launch.

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First Borderlands 2 DLC expansion available next week

Posted on October 11, 2012 by John Scalzo

“Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate’s Booty.”

It sounds like the solution to a particularly dirty game of Clue, but in reality, it’s the name of the first downloadable expansion for Borderlands 2. And it’ll be available next week!

The campaign add-on will be available to download for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 on October 16. If you pre-purchased the Borderlands 2 Season Pass, you’ll be able to download the expansion for free. If not, it’ll run you $9.99/800 Microsoft Points on your platform of choice.

Gearbox has planned three more expansions, and we’ll hopefully have more information on them soon.

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Daily Scoop: October 11, 2012 – Ten eleven twelve!

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Nicole Kline

Well today is a very special day – it’s the eleventh day of the tenth month of the twelfth year, making it 10/11/12! That’s pretty nifty. Too bad I’m squandering it at home laying in bed, filled with sickness and sadness. At least I get to play Borderlands 2 all day, but… still. It sucks being sick.

You know what else sucks? Zero deals! There are no deals today. I mean, that’s perfectly acceptable, in my opinion… I’ve already got my hands full with Borderlands 2, Retro City Rampage, and Torchlight II, not to mention Pokemon Black 2. I really don’t need anything else right now!

I especially don’t need more t-shirts, but there are a whole bunch of great ones today! (more…)

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Game Informer is getting a hands-on look at Grand Theft Auto V right now

Posted on October 11, 2012 by John Scalzo

How’s this for breaking news? Game Informer is reporting that three of their editors are at Rockstar’s New York headquarters to get a hands-on look at Grand Theft Auto V for a December cover story. Aside from a handful of screenshots released over the Summer, GTA5 has been subject to a self-imposed media blackout by its publisher since early March. So we’re grabbing onto any GTA5 news crumbs that we can.

Thankfully, Rockstar’s radio silence will come crashing down next month thanks to the huge info blowout planned by Game Informer. Who knows, maybe we’ll even get a release date.

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Nintendo Download: Lego Lord of the Rings demo, Mario Golf GBC, More

Posted on October 11, 2012 by John Scalzo

My precious has shrunk down to handheld size as a 3DS demo of Lego Lord of the Rings is now available on the 3DS eShop as part of today’s Nintendo Download. If you’re looking for a more full game experience, five titles also made their way to Nintendo’s three download services today:

Mario Golf (3DS eShop) – The stakes are high in the race to become the Grand Champion of golf. Four Club Champs stand in your way, and you’ll have to defeat them all to get a shot at playing the most famous golfer in the land.

Crazy Kangaroo (3DS eShop) – A groundbreaking, super-addictive and unbelievably cute platform game from Gamelion that delivers pure awesomeness!

Nurikabe by Nikoli (3DS eShop) – In this super popular puzzle, black spaces and white spaces slowly come together to show their true form. “Nurikabe” is a puzzle in which you refer to the arranged numbers to fill in all of the spaces.

Robot Rescue 2 (DSiWare) – Your mission is to navigate a cadre of codependent robots through an evil computer labyrinth that’s brimming with deadly traps. At certain points you’ll need to repaint your robots by stepping on a special tile in order to change their color.

The Last Blade 2 (Wii Virtual Console) – The Last Blade 2, originally released in 1998, is the sequel to the fighting game, The Last Blade, which was released a year before. It picks up where the previous title left off and takes the story of battling at the gates of hell to its climax. This time around, there are 16 unique swordsmen from which to choose.

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