GameStop offers Chance to Live Forever & win a 360

GameStop has hosted some pretty cool pre-order events but this one is pretty awesome. GameStop is giving gamers a chance to be immortalized in Max Payne 3′s Cemetery Multiplayer Map. The Map is a GameStop exclusive pre-order bonus and lucky fans will get chosen to get his/her name featured on one of three tombstones in the cemetery. Can you imagine taking people out in the multiplayer map and see your name on a tombstone? Pretty cool…well and maybe slightly creepy. But it’s a great way to get in a game! There have been two missions already, but we’re here to say it’s not too late! Mission 3 has started now and you have until March 11, 2012 to enter. Here’s how: To Enter: Mission 3 (March 6, 2012 through March 11, 2012) Visit GameStop’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/GameStop to watch the Max Payne 3 trailer and answer a trivia question

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‘Steel Battalion Heavy Armor’ Makes Kinect Hardcore

Steel Battalion Heavy Armor uses Kinect controls to tell the story of Lt. Powers and his platoon. Players create relationships with the battalion and wreak havoc on the enemy. Exclusively for the Xbox 360, players can expect Steel Battalion Heavy Armor June 19. The game is set in 2082, but with little tech, wars are won with rudimentary weapons. But, the vertical tanks control the tide of war. The Xbox 360 controller is used for aiming and firing, but actions such as communicating with fellow soldiers and starting the tank are done with Kinect. This game brings hardcore gaming to the Kinect, with smart implementation of the features the game might set a standard for Kinect games to follow.

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‘Bioshock Infinite’ Gets Release Date

    Irrational Games announced today that Bioshock Infinite is coming to the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC Oct. 16. The game will support the PlayStation Move controller, and in another PS3 bonus, the original Bioshock will come along with Infinite on the Blu-ray Disc. Gamers play as Booker DeWitt as he and Elizabeth try to escape the floating city of Columbia, in a forward 1912 America. “After BioShock, we had a vision for a follow up that dwarfed the original in scope and ambition,” Kevin Levine, Creative Director of Irrational Games. “BioShock Infinite has been our sole focus for the last four years, and we can’t wait for fans to get their hands on it.”

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Glossy white Xbox 360 starts shipping today

Over on Major Nelson’s blog, he’s taken the time to announce a new “Special Edition 4GB Kinect Family Bundle” for Xbox 360. The bundle contains one of each of the following, all in glossy white: an Xbox 360 4GB console, a Kinect sensor, an Xbox 360 wireless controller and a copy each of Kinect Sports and Kinect Adventures. The console also includes three months of Xbox LIVE Gold. All of that for the usual bundle price of $299.99. Nice, especially if you’ve been waiting for a white Kinect. The bundle’s controller will also go on sale separately for $49.99. This starts shipping today, except in Europe and Brazil, where residents will have to wait a few months.  

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Winter is Coming in an Art Book

Winter is coming. Well technically it is already here, but the Game Of Thrones game based on the book series, A Song of Ice and Fire, is coming out later this year. ATLUS has announced a pre-order bonus for the game. Now gamers who pre-order the game receive an art book with 64 color pages full of sketches and photos from the game. The book comes with a picture of the design team signed with a special message from George R. R. Marin, the author of the book series. “‘Game of Thrones: Visuals from the RPG’ represents one of the most elaborate, expensive bonuses we have ever offered,” said Tim Pivnicny, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at ATLUS. The bonus book is only available at Amazon for the US and Canada, GameStop, EB Games and HBO Shop. There are only a limited number of books. “The A Song of

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‘Jet Grind Radio’ shredding its way to XBLA and PSN

It didn’t take much to let the whole world know that Jet Grind Radio, the Dreamcast classic, is on its way back. SEGA released a short video clip today that was a bit light on the content, but really…only one thing mattered. One logo, right at the end, has seemingly confirmed the game’s eventual arrival on downloadable services. The only potential issue here is that licensing the music might not happen (remember, that happened with Crazy Taxi and the game wasn’t quite the same). Now, if only we could get original Xbox exclusive Jet Set Radio Future, I would be right as rain. Watch the teaser below.

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CD Projekt RED releases new teaser trailer for ‘The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition’

It’s not that often that we get to see a teaser trailer for something that’s technically already out, but when it’s a teaser for The Witcher 2‘s Xbox 360 Enhanced Edition…well, I suppose we can make a pass. This trailer takes a look at both melee combat and the sweeping vistas of the game. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition launches April 17 on Xbox 360 and PC (again). It includes an additional three hours of content.

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Four More Characters Revealed for ‘Street Fighter X Tekken’

The ultimate muscle man with flaming red hair and the harsh face of evil joins Street Fighter X Tekken along with one other character from the Street Fighter franchise. An equally muscular character with the traditional spiked hair in Japanese art using his martial arts to take down his enemies also joins the game with one other comrade from the Tekken series. Capcom announced the last characters that will be available at launch for Street Fighter X Tekken. Capcom also announced the official launch date for the PC version of the game. M. Bison and Akuma join the game, both Street Fighter veterans. From the Tekken sphere, Jin and Ogre join the game. The characters add to a roster to complete the 38 characters playable at launch. The PC version of the game comes out March 11, five days after the North American launch. Street Fighter X Tekken is another

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‘Sleeping Dogs’ Brings Cop Drama to Hong Kong

Sneak in the shadows and stalk potential suspects as Wei Shen, an undercover cop, tries to dismantle a criminal organization—the Hong Kong Triads. Sleeping Dogs offers shoot-outs at every corner of the city adorned in neon lights bordering the streets. Guns aren’t the only method of combat. Get up close and pound enemies with martial arts and objects found in the city. The United Front Games and Square Enix game is an open-world cop drama that will be released later this year for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows PC. “Working on Sleeping Dogs has been such a huge passion for the team at United Front Games and we’re really pleased to be working with Square Enix London Studios,” said Stephen Van Der Mescht, Executive Producer at United Front Games. “The extensive experience both our studios have in creating compelling openworld gameplay and rich and rewarding combat makes for

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Battleship: The Movie: The Game is an actual thing (though that’s not its name)

In this week’s edition of “Oh, hey, I didn’t expect that (even though I should’ve),” we have Battleship, coming from a partnership between Activision and Hasbro. And so a video game based on a movie based on a board game is a thing that is actually happening. Though you shouldn’t try to say that three times fast. …yep. “We’re geared up for an outrageous sea and land conflict with the all new BATTLESHIP videogame,” said David Oxford, Activision Publishing. “Inspired by the film’s exciting action and stunning backdrop, the game is next-gen naval warfare that thrusts players into the middle of humanity’s last stand against an unfamiliar menace.” I…have never thought about next-gen naval warfare while trying to figure out which coordinates that stupid, tiny destroyer floated on. I also missed the part where the original Battleship had land warfare. I also always knew who I was making my last stand against.

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