For the new "Sales & Specials" section on the Xbox dashboard, Microsoft have chosen 2009 Lode Runner remake to have its price permanently cut from 1200 Microsoft Points, down to 800 Points. Coinciding with this price drop, developer Tozai Games are launching two new downloadable content packs, the first 160 Points and the second 240. Pack one, available now, is a 'Skill Pack', containing 50 ne... more.

For all you Call of Duty lovers that just can't wait to 10th prestige and unlock... whatever happens when you prestige, good news comes in the form of a double XP weekend beginning right now. Players on all versions of the game on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC can log on and halve the time it takes them to level up their little soldier, the weekend ending as weekends traditionally do on Monday mo... more.

The dates fans of chainsaw murder have been waiting for have been dropped, Epic Games allowing purchasers of similarly-murderous shooter Bulletstorm entry to the Gears of War 3 beta on April 18th through the Bulletstorm disc, with pre-orderers of Gears of War 3 having to wait a few extra days until April 25th for the official start. The beta runs until May 15th, which seems like a solid amount of ... more.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has today revealed that they will be releasing a Sesame Street game for Kinect, the title is being developed by none other than Tim Schafer's Double Fine Productions and will be titled Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster. The game will feature a whole host of the iconic Muppets from the hit TV series and will allow players to team up with the likes of Elmo ... more.

Activision Publishing yesterday announced Skylanders Spyro's Adventure, another reboot for the Spyro franchise that could actually be quite interesting. Using a "Portal of Power" peripheral the game allows the player to transport 30 different and collectable real-world Spyro-based toys into the game, bringing the toy to life as a character inside the game across multiple platforms, remembering ach... more.

At a recent press conference, publisher Activision announced the death of the Guitar Hero and DJ Hero franchises, which will be discontinued (including all DLC) come February 2011. Development on this year's Guitar Hero game has been cancelled, and Activision Publishing's Guitar Hero business unit has been disbanded. Long story short, the Hero franchise is dead. Activision cites 'declines in th... more.

2K Games have today officially announced The Darkness 2, the sequel to the 2007 original. Set for release some time this Autumn on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, the game is being developed by Digital Extremes (most recently responsible for Bioshock 2's multiplayer), rather than the original game's developer Starbreeze Studios. Based on the supernatural horror comic series, the player wil... more.

While it has been known for a few days now that the PC version of the upcoming Battlefield 3 will be including a 64-player mode in its online component, US retailer Best Buy have today listed the console versions of the game as including a comparatively small 24-player mode, as available in previous series entries. The listing includes a "massive 24-player online battles" among the list of fe... more.

Ubisoft have today announced the latest title in the Call of Juarez franchise- Call of Juarez The Cartel- with some screens to go with it. Under development by Techland for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, Ubisoft are currently shooting for a Summer 2011 release date. Set in the present day (as oppose to previous CoJ games which were set in the 1800's), The Cartel is a FPS which is confirmed to ... more.

Epic Games have released just three new screenshots of their upcoming title Gears of War 3, all covered in that Unreal 3 engine sheen. Yes, the only real vibrancy of colour may be coming from the blood of a Locust enemy and a background explosion, but no one expects any less from the series at this point. The focus of the screens are the female Gears (Gears of War's name for soldiers, if you so... more.