With the release of the highly anticipated, and super awesome, Max Payne 3, Rockstar Games has announced that TEARS, an original song by Max Payne 3 composers HEALTH, is now available on iTunes. "HEALTH’s unique blend of rock, powerful drums and electronic soundscapes lends itself perfectly to the score for the game. Taking influences from Brazil, Max’s native New York and the themes of the original games, HEALTH have put together a fantastic soundtrack that perfectly embodies the tone and the atmosphere of Max Payne 3. Distinctive arrangements unique to each level accompany Max on his journey through the game's locations, perfectly framing the game's epic action sequences and the dark and gritty story."  You may also listen to the full song by checking out this Youtube video.


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Ubisoft released the launch trailer today for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. Coming to you on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 next week, 05.22.2012, you will get to play the following awesome title. See you online!

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If you are an EVE Online fan like me, then you doubt are sitting there, probably skillin', waiting for the most awesome of the latest updates coming to the game in a long time. EVE Online: Inferno will be hitting your game's cache on 05.22.2012 and it is going to be smooth!  Check out the key features below. If you haven't joined already, then why not go ahead and do it now. Hell it's free for two weeks!

• Key features of Inferno include:
• Mercenary Marketplace: pay the best guns-for-hire to settle your scores or make yourself available to the highest bidders in the most notorious PVP universe in gaming
  
• War Declarations: reworked systems to help you wage war and keep track of your legacy
  
• Missiles and Launchers: savor every moment from launch to impact with missile launchers and dramatic new missile effects
• Factional Warfare: enlist in a faction and join the entry-level game of conquest with more rewards and deeper gameplay than ever before
  
• Visual Updates: Enhanced graphics on ship models and increased options in the industry-leading character creator Plus Kill Reports, Unified Inventory, 16 new modules and dozens of enhancements to both graphics and gameplay

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Below, witness the trailer for a 25 minute prequel film for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. The full movie will be available here on 06.14.2012. This will give you an idea of what the Ghosts will experience when they are dropped behind enemy lines to take out a very, very bad war criminal.  Let's just say he gets more than a spanking.

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"Ghost Recon Alpha is deeply connected with the video game, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.

• Characters: The main four characters in the movie are the same four playable characters in the video game.
• Storyline: The movie takes place immediately before a key turning point in the video game’s storyline, a vicious attack against a major European city.
• Location: the location where the movie takes place will be one of the multiplayer maps available in the adversarial mode of the video game.
• Exclusive unlock: a secret code is also hidden in the movie, enabling access via Ghost Recon Network to an exclusive weapon unlock playable in Ghost Recon Future Soldier.

Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Alpha boasts a line-up of top Hollywood talent. The film was directed by Academy Award winners Hervé de Crécy and François Alaux, who won an Oscar in 2010 for Logorama, and produced by Rhea Scott for Little Minx, a Ridley Scott & Associates company. Tim Sexton, 2010 Academy Award nominee for Children of Men, and Gregory Pruss wrote the gripping script. The film was shot by District 9 cinematographer Trent Opaloch; edited by Pietro Scalia, two time Academy Award winner for Black Hawk Down and JFK; with sound effects and sound effects editing by Per Hallberg, two time Academy Award winner for The Bourne Ultimatum and Braveheart as well as Michael Mann’s Heat; production design by Jan Roelfs (Gattaca, Alexander; and costume design by Sammy Sheldon (V for Vendetta, Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class, Black Hawk Down). Military Weapons Specialist Harry Humphries, consultant on such notable action films such as Transformers, Thor, Iron Man and Armageddon, ensured that the futuristic weaponry in the film was entirely realistic."

Head here for screenshots in case you can't view movies yet.


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Max Payne 3 will have an Arcade Mode when you get it in your hands on 06.15.2012.  These will bring to the single player missions even more awesomeness with the following two modes announced today.  Score Attack will allow you to replay any single player level after you complete it in which you do whatever you can to get the highest score possible by acquiring points for each shot that hits its mark and each adversary you vanquish. New York Minute is a return from Max Payne and Max Payne 2 in which you get a minute put on the clock and lets you get through the levels as quick as possible. Time is added for each person you kill, so be sure to flood the walls with gibs.  More details about all of this can be found here.


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So with Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier making ti's way to stores come 05.22.2012, it will be fighting it's way into the hearts of and minds of those who are still playing Max Payne 3 that was released the week before. So to help up the ante a bit, Ubisoft announced new DLC content that will be out for 800MSP on Xbox LIVE or $9.99 on PlayStation Network on 07.03.2012. The Arctic Strike Pack puts you on "...From the streets of Moscow to the far reaches of the Arctic, this all-new downloadable content pack extends your Ghost Recon Future Soldier experience with new multiplayer maps, a new multiplayer mode, a new Guerrilla Mode co-op map, and six additional weapons to give you the supreme edge over your enemies."

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Bethesda announced today that Dishonored will be on store shelves for your Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC come 10.09.2012. A few days later in Europe.  If you don't know already, this really looks to be a fantastic looking game along with a great storyline.

"Dishonored is set in Dunwall, an industrial whaling city where steampunk- inspired technology and otherworldly forces coexist in the shadows. You are Corvo, the once-trusted bodyguard of the beloved Empress who has been murdered. Framed for the crime, you become an infamous assassin, known by the disturbing mask that has become your calling card. In a time of uncertainty, when the city is besieged by plague and ruled by a corrupt government armed with frightening technologies, dark forces bestow supernatural abilities upon you – but at what cost? The truth behind your betrayal is as murky as the waters surrounding the city, and the life you once had is gone forever.

Creatively eliminate your enemies with Dishonored’s flexible combat system as you combine supernatural abilities with weapons and gadgets at your disposal. Pursue your targets under the cover of darkness or boldly attack them head on with weapons drawn. The outcome of each mission plays out based on the choices you make."

Even more awesome, if you will be at E3 this year, expect to get your hands on a demo. Most excellent.


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The people who make Risen 2: Dark Waters have something really nice for you: a patch. A patch to fix a lot of things that have probably been irritating someone someplace in the world.  Additionally, if you watch below, a Making Of video on essentially how they did everything when it comes to the storyline, etc. Pretty interesting if you want to know how all of that stuff gets made, and the people who have to do it.  Video first:

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And now, the patch notes:

New Features:
- Most monster attacks can be now blocked
- Player has the ability to dodge during combat (activated through pressing the direction keys twice)

Tweaks:
- Improved vegetation rendering
- Improved object draw distance
- Improved terrain rendering

Balancing:
- Maximum amount of automatic saves limited to 10
- Improvements in monster combat AI
- Improvements in character AI if they get attacked from behind
- Simplified cannon sabotage in Puerto Isabella
- Merchant on Sword Coast now also sells rum and grog
- Removed exploit for shooting game
- Mara's health increased
- Stealbeard's hat can't be sold anymore

Bugfixes:
- Fixed issue with flickering trees in far distance on Nvidia graphic cards
- Fixed crash with 7.1 sound system configuration
- Fixed issue with SLI graphic cards
- Fixed rarely occurring crash during climbing
- Fixed issue within return to ship option
- Fixed an error with rain in interiors
- Crew members can't be killed by monsters anymore
- Player will get the cunning potion after crafting
- Fixed issues with skill teachers
- Fixed several exploits




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So, the following video of how things are going to go down while playing as Connor in Assassin's Creed III is going to make you feel either "this is just the same shit, different era" or "f' me! I can finally jump through windows in these buildings I run over, and totally massacre people with a bad ass hand axe and not feeling bad about it one bit".  Enjoy the show folks!

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It's time for some pain killers folks! Only a few more days away from the super long awaited Max Payne 3. With an incredible storyline expansion and fantastically integrated multiplayer component, you will want to get your hands on this come 05.15.2012.  Watch the video below and when you are done, be sure to join our crew, the Joystickwidows!



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