Next Borderlands DLC, 'The Secret Armory of General Knoxx' Announced

Gearbox Software and 2k Games revealed yesterday the latest upcoming DLC pack planned for Borderlands entitled, The Secret Armory of General Knoxx. The new content is said to have "never-before-seen enemies in a huge new environment complete with tons of brand new missions."
New weapons and items are also promised, along with a previously confirmed raising of the character level cap from 50 to ... an undisclosed limit. Still, Gearbox states there will be "new challenges and opportunities for growth for characters from around level 34 to level 50."

There has been no word yet as to when this new DLC will be released but they did show off a few nice screenshots to wet our appetite.

Xbox Live Hits 23 Million Registered Users Worldwide

According to the latest fiscal report by Microsoft, the amount of new Xbox Live registrations grew by 35% year-over-year during the Q2 reporting period (October 1st to December 31st) of 2009 compared to the same period in the previous year. The increase could be attributed to the record-breaking launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which was released on November 10th of last year.

The online gaming service is now at an impressive 23 million users worldwide.


- http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-6894-Video-Game-News-Examiner~y2010m1d28-23-million-users-now-registered-to-Xbox-Live

Dante's Inferno To Get Super Bowl Ad

A report says that EA is looking to invest at least $2.5 million for a Super Bowl commercial spot.
EA has reportedly bought Super Bowl ad time for the upcoming hack-and-slash game Dante’s Inferno, which will be released on February 9. The Super Bowl is one of Americas biggest televised events of the year, with hundreds of millions watching. The only thing as crazy as how many people are watching, is the price for a 30sec commercial spot during the game, $2.5-3 million.
EA is putting a lot of their eggs all into one basket for Dante's Inferno in the upcoming month. EA is looking to score big as they hope to divert buyers from Take 2 Interactive's Bioshock 2, which will also be released on the same day.

Dante’s Inferno is being developed by Visceral Games, who created 2008’s stunning survival horror epic, Dead Space. It is expected to be a massive hit and EA and Visceral have been making a significant marketing push for the better part of several months in anticipation of the game’s pending release.

Dante’s Inferno will be released on February 9 for the PS3 and Xbox 360. A PSP version will also be released.

Bioware will announce new games at E3 2010

Bioware just shipped Mass Effect 2 for the Xbox 360 and they are not relaxing anytime soon. That's right, no break for the hard working guys at the Bioware studio. Bioware co-founder Ray Muzyka, has made the claim that Bioware will be announcing some major game titles at this years E3 show. He did not mention or give any clues as to what these games would be but speculation is that the games will be the Mass Effect series for the PS3. Maybe not so much as speculation but hopeful PS3 fans who are missing out on a great RPG.

Battlefield Bad Company 2 demo

The Battlefield Bad Company 2 multiplayer demo is now available for download on Xbox Live.

Dom and Marcus appear in Lost Planet 2?

Capcom contacted Epic games recently to talk about having Dom and Marcus make a cameo appearance in the Lost Planet 2 game. Epic of course said "heck yeah". Cliff Bleszinski tells Kotaku.com "We're mutual fans of each other's work and crossovers are darned cool so we sent over the Marcus and Dom models for implementation." Capcom is using the character models of Dom and Marcus, but are most likely not using the Gears of War controller layout. "I can't speak about the controls for LP2," Bleszinski adds. "Anything else about how it's accessed or used in game remains to be revealed. I'll leave that to Capcom's capable hands."

Fable III Unveil Next Month

Lionhead plans to unveil Fable III during Microsoft's X10 event next month in San Francisco, the studio announced on its Facebook page 2 days ago.

"We hinted at this a couple of weeks ago but today it's official, a big Xbox event called X10 will take place in San Francisco next month showing all the upcoming Xbox games!," the message reads.

"Of course Lionhead is excited about showing the latest of Fable III, but we're also very much looking forward to all other games and announcements... coming from this event! So put it in your diaries; 11th February in SF and on the internet, X10!"

Announced at last year's Gamescom in Germany, Lionhead director Peter Molyneux has discussed very few details about the project. He did, however, later confirm Fable III will use Microsoft's Project Natal motion camera as well as contain a form of in-game micro-transactions.

I jumped into this series a few months before the release of Fable II and really have grown to love it. I am real excited to hear more about this new game and how it will integrate Project Natal features.

Fable III is currently slated for release this holiday.

Final Fantasy XIII Will Have DLC

After many asked questions and time spent wondering if Square Enix would offer DLC for FFXIII, Producer Yoshinori Kitase has finally gone on record to confirm that there will indeed be extra content arriving for the game.

"At first we had plans to release the game simultaneously worldwide," Kitase revealed to Official PlayStation Magazine. "So we had the intention to deliver identical versions between the regions. When we noticed that we wouldn't make it, we decided to release the game as fast as possible in the west after its release in Japan. We initially had doubts to add extra content to the western version but then it would have taken the international version more months of delay. We did prepare DLC but it will arrive a little later in the west."

So DLC is on the way, a little late, but better late then never i suppose.
No details are forthcoming on what the DLC will be. As long as there are big swords and no armor packs for our Chocobos, I think were in for a treat!

Left 4 Dead 2 update

Valve is updating Left 4 Dead 2 on both the PC and Xbox 360. Players will no longer have to worry about not having enough players on their team to survive a versus mode online. Empty slots will be filled with bots. Many players gripe about having a bot on their team but a bot is better than being down one or two players and struggling to survive. Also the auto spawning will be no more, Valve will give the player the option to choose when to spawn. This should eliminate spawning near enemies and not being able to react in time. These updates should improve the game for everyone making the game more enjoyable for everyone. Now get out there and kill the undead.

Then and Now: The Latest Trailer for Aliens vs Predator

The latest trailer from Sega and Rebellion for their upcoming game Aliens vs Predator, takes a look back 10 years ago to their original game and explores the evolution from the old to new. In this trailer you get a good glimpse at what their original game looks like back from 1999, to what the game will look like now. Also fans and newcomers of the series will see what and how inspiration and direction of the upcoming game took from the roots of the still popular original.