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Earn Achievements, qualify for XBLM discounts with Xbox Live Rewards
Back in June, Microsoft promised that Xbox Live Rewards members would soon be able to trade in their Achievements for prizes of some kind. As of today, “soon” is now.
Xbox 360 owners can head over to rewards.xbox.com and track your progress in the new “MyAcheivements” section. By earning Achievements, Rewards members will be able to unlock a special birthday present and rebates on Xbox Live Marketplace purchases.
Is your Gamerscore up to snuff? Here’s how many Achievements you’ll need to unlock to earn your birthday present and rebates:
Contender (G3000 – G9999): A Special Gift during your birthday month
Champion (G10000 – G24999): A Special Gift during your birthday month & 1% Rebate on your Xbox Live Marketplace purchases every month.
Legend (G25000+): A Special Gift during your birthday month & 2% Rebate on your Xbox Live Marketplace purchases every month.
EA cancels NBA Live 13, promises new NBA title next year
In 2010, just days before it was scheduled to ship to stores, EA Sports canceled NBA Elite 11. The sports game publisher took 2011 off and moved development of NBA Live 13 to EA Tiburon in Florida in hopes of resurrecting the famed franchise. But history has a way of repeating…
EA Sports Executive Vice President, Andrew Wilson, confirmed the cancellation of NBA Live 13 on the game’s official website today. In the process, he also promised that a new NBA simulation would be released by EA Sports next year:
When we started the process of bringing back NBA Live, we knew it was going to be a long journey. We started by moving the game to a new studio. We brought in some of the best new technology that has helped fuel innovation in our other games. We launched an even deeper level of engagement with our community to gather more feedback directly from fans. And we built a whole new development team to bring it all to life. We felt like we were on the right path.
But making great games is not easy, and we’re just not there yet on NBA Live 13. Having continued to look at the game over the past few days, it’s clear that we won’t be ready in October. And rather than launch midway through the season, we’re going to sit out the full year and stay focused on making next year’s game great.
NBA Live’s only rival in the basketball video game scene, NBA 2K13, will be released as scheduled on October 2.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged NBA Live 13, NBA Live 14
Bethesda releases animated prequel series for Dishonored
Bethesda’s Dishonored is one of the few non-sequels scheduled for release this Fall. As such, the publisher has been attempting to introduce gamers to the world of Dunwall with a series of developer diaries and plenty of trailers showcasing the steampunkish setting.
This week, they’ve gone a step further with the release of “The Tales From Dunwall,” a three-part series of animated shorts narrated by Chloe Grace Moretz (Hit-Girl from Kick-Ass) and scored by Dexter‘s Daniel Licht.
Hit the jump to view all three vignettes and prepare yourself for Dishonored’s PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 release on October 9. (more…)
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Dishonored
Mass Effect Trilogy coming to PC, Xbox 360 in November; PS3 release coming later
By now, you’ve probably heard a lot of people call the Mass Effect franchise the “Star Wars Trilogy of Video Games.” But are you one of the many who has bypassed the series up to this point? If so, does EA have a deal for you.
The publisher has announced they’ll be packaging together the three games of the series as the Mass Effect Trilogy on November 6. Initially available only on the PC and Xbox 360, a PS3 version will be available “at a later date.” The first game in the series was never released on the PS3, so this Trilogy re-release means Mass Effect will finally make its way to Sony’s system. A separate PSN download of the game will also be available on this “later date.”
The Mass Effect Trilogy will be available for $59.99 and should be great preparation for EA’s first annual “N7 Day,” a November 7 celebration of all things Mass Effect.
Hopefully We’ll find out exactly what happens on “N7 Day” soon.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3
Daily Scoop: September 27, 2012 – Nearly the weekend
Thursday is always such a tease. It’s not quite the weekend, but it’s so close that it’s tempting. We know there’s still one more full day until we can have our temporary, brief freedom, and that it will drag on forever. The weekend itself will be whisked by in a flash, and we’ll be back into the week before we know it. But hey, at least we are closer to it today than we were yesterday!
No deals today, folks. Sorry! I’ve personally been fixated the last few days on Call of Duty: Black Ops II and whether or not I should pre-order it. The Nuketown 2025 map is just taunting me at this point. I want to play it! Give it to me.
Two shirts for you today… (more…)
Posted in Daily Scoop, Etcetera, News
Nintendo Download: Denpa Men, Real Bout Fatal Fury 2, more
It’s Thursday, so it must be time for your weekly Nintendo Download. Here’s a quick rundown of the games The Big N has made available to buy this week…
The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave (3DS eShop) – Mysterious little creatures called “Denpa” Men float around near radio waves. You can’t see them normally, but you can find them and catch them in this dungeon RPG.
Hitori by Nikoli (3DS eShop) – “Hitori by Nikoli” contains 50 sudoku puzzles. “Hitori” is a puzzle in which you fill in any unnecessary numbers, making sure that the same number doesn’t appear twice in the same line.
Quarth (3DS eShop) – Originally released in 1990, Quarth is a blockbuster puzzle challenge that’s guaranteed to knock your socks off. Race back and forth in your powerful Block-buster ship and destroy the blocks before they blow you up.
Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers (Wii Virtual Console) – First released in 1998, this game is the seventh installment in the Fatal Fury franchise. Based on the same game mechanics as previous installments, it boasts new features and an evolved version of the two-line battle.
Kart Krashers (DSiWare) – Kart Krashers is a single player game where the player drives their kart through an exciting 10 stage circuit that spans the globe, and beyond!
Injustice: Gods Among Us Collector’s Edition includes most awesome/ridiculous statue ever
If you lay down your $99.99 to purchase the Injustice: Gods Among Us Collection’s Edition, available in April for the PS3 and Xbox 360, you’ll receive the statue above among your box of goodies. Look at it, I mean really look at it… Wonder Woman has lassoed Batman around the throat and is about to crush him with the spaceship that little Kal-El (AKA Superman) used to fly to Earth.
Deserves a place of honor on your mantle doesn’t it?
In addition to the 13″ statue, purchasers will receive a “Special Collector’s Edition” of a brand new DC Comics series, a digital download of DC Universe animated film Justice League: Doom, and three exclusive skins based on Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman from DC’s “New 52.”
Warner Bros. and NetherRealm Studios are packing a different (and superior) statue in with the Injustice Collector’s Edition in the UK. You can check out that awesome piece after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Injustice: Gods Among Us
CoD Black Ops II Zombies Mode trailer is a road trip of rotting flesh
Activision and Treyarch have unveiled the first Zombies Mode trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops II and it is quite exciting. A quiet road trip through the American countryside turns into a tour bus full of DOOM once the zombies attack. Check out the full trailer above!
Call of Duty: Black Ops II will be available on the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 on November 13. The Wii U version will follow later in the week on November 18.