Publisher: Microsoft Studios Developer: EPIC Games, People Can Fly Platform: Xbox 360 Release: March 19th, 2013 After three titles and countless fans, the generous folks at Epic Games and People Can Fly decided that instead of heading further into...
38 Studios is Empty Effective Immediately.
In a somewhat shocking turn of events, the Rhode Island based 38 Studios has layed off it’s entire staff today. Everyone inside the company recieved this email this morning, The Company is experiencing an economic downturn. To avoid further losses and possibility of retrenchment, the Company has decided that a companywide lay off is absolutely necessary. These layoffs are non-voluntary...
Bulletstorm 2 Cancelled, due to “Poor PC Port and Piracy”
The alliteration in the title was entirely by accident. The supposed sequel to everyone’s favourite “FPS-meets-Calvinball” title Bulletstorm has been officially scrapped today, from a statement by Epic Games president Mike Capps. Despite receiving a positive critical reception, it seems that the sales from Bulletstorm ended up being not quite what EA was hoping for. While poor sales were quoted...
The Next Chapter in the SOPA war
There is no shortage of information available on this past week’s most heated conversation topic, the SOPA/PIPA debacle. What will probably be the most memorable piece or news this year will see, the fight put forward by the world against the groups and advocates that tried to strip the internet of the very foundation that makes it truly impactful....
Geek Badge Joins Internet Blackout to Fight SOPA.
It’s taken me a few solid days of contemplation and identity discovery to finally decide that Geek Badge will join the horde of internet heavyweights and blackout our website on January 18th. The date is unquestionably the single day that could change our entire future as not only journalists and writers, but as gamers and fans of all things the internet has...
Epic Games Doesn’t Back SOPA Legislation
The current Stop Online Piracy Act (or SOPA) legislation, still at this time being discussed and debated by the powers that be in the United States, seems to be a matter of endless fear for people across the internet, with companies coming forward to speak out in favour or against the act, and petitions, protests, and articles being created and...
Something Brand New out of Epic Games to be Announced this Weekend
“It’s not what any of you think. Brand new stuff.” Was the message that came from the twitter post of @therealcliffyb, otherwise known as Cliff Bleszinski of Epic Games, in regards to a new reveal set to show this weekend at the Spike Video Game Awards. Which, considering the past pedigree of Epic’s virtual library, can be boiled down to...
RAAM-a-lama Ding-Dom, Gears 3 DLC Detailed & Dated.
Today, Xbox and Epic Games announced the first real DLC package for Gears of War 3 in RAAM’s Shadow. Taking place Post-Emergence in a rattled Sera, the players will be dropped into Zeta Squad and tasked with evacuating LLima City. A squad that includes Michael Barrick (from the Gears comic series), Lt. Minh Young Kim (Gears 1) and Tai Kaliso...
First Gears of War 3 add-on coming November 1st!
With Gears of War 3 having sold 3 million units, there’s a lot of pressure for Microsoft Studios and Epic Games to deliver well with the game’s DLC. Well, their first shot to impress us with the announcement of the first add-on for the game, the Horde Command Pack, coming this November for 800 Microsoft Points (10 dollars in human...
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Gears of War 3 [Game]
Developer: Epic Games Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Platforms: Xbox 360 Release Date: September 20th (NA), Sept 22nd (JP) Rated: M for Mature “Epic Story, Epic Scale, and the most Epic Multiplayer EVER!” Gears of War has cemented itself as one of the biggest and most epic franchises in gaming history. It’s hard to say if its success was bottlenecked...
First Gears of War 3 DLC not to feature Original Cast
With the mighty Gears of War 3 out at last, many of the big questions are what’s next for the series. Well, like most games, the answer will be DLC, but this game’s first DLC will make a fairly bigger jump than most. According to a NeoGAF post from the Gears designer, Cliff Bleszenski, the add-on will have no appearance...
Blockbuster is Dying for Your Love, Through Gears of War 3
Today, Blockbuster announced that, in collaboration with the launch of Gears of War 3, purchasers of the title will get one month of free rentals from their library of movies and games. Is this the biggest desperation move made by a retail video rental company? No word on if this “deal” is US only, but it seems practical being that...
The Blockbuster Effect – A World of Proper Peripherals
Hey folks, With every major title, there is major business. In the gaming world, this is mostly seen through the release of peripherals and swag. In the next couple of months, we (the gamers) are blessed to enjoy one of the largest displays of top-tier gaming. With next week’s release of Gears of War 3, and November’s release of Modern...
GB Events: Vancouver holds Gears of War 3 Party on the Pier
Last Saturday was the culmination of time and effort for Gears fans. All over the country players embarked on an email scavanger hunt that concluded last week when gamers alike were instructed to head down town Vancouver and ask the butcher at Save-on-Meats for “Locust Meat”. I decided to head there with Aaron to see what sounded like the coolest...
Gears of War 3 Trailer – Dust to Dust
No one on the planet can take the hype away from Gears of War 3 right now. Only a few weeks away from being released worldwide, EPIC Games has their sights set on having the biggest release this year. In order to consistently force our finger on the pulse of GoW3, EPIC released yet another awesome trailer (in the same vein as...
Gears of War 3′s Opening Cinematic Leaks!
Out of a pleasant bit of luck (for you and us, anyways), somebody managed to leak the Gears of War 3 opening cinematic to the world. Chances are, it’ll be taken down by Epic Games or Microsoft Studios soon, so I’d hurry up and watch it if I were you. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSFkEnR2Nl0] It’s a bit of an info-dump, but it...
Epic Games working on a New IP
Fancily enough, the Gears of War team might be working on something legitimately new. A job posting from Epic Games has been released, with the demand for game programmers for both Gears of War 3 and “a new unannounced IP in development”. This would mean an original non-franchise project is now in the works. Considering the team is mostly famous...