The agony is over people, for those of you who have been dying to play Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, the day has come. Today many stores across the world will be opening at midnight and fans will spend their hard earned 60 Dollars on their very own copy of the game.

In addition to getting 2 pairs of socks, a hat and gloves to prepare for the wait you can warm up on these news!

Today Activision has pushed the official Call of Duty ELITE app onto Xbox LIVE Marketplace. We are still awaiting the PSN equivalent though.

Players who download the app will receive 2 hours of double XP and can upgrade their membership to Premium if you haven't done so. Check out the features here.

[Update] Activision Community Overlord OneOfSwords aka Dan Amrich, has tweeted that 'full functionality' for the app will be up tomorrow, you can download the app though.


[Via GamePro]

A brand new demo has just landed on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Black Box's next installment in the Need for Speed series; Need for Speed: The Run. The demo features the Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni in the Desert Hills of Nevada.

You can give the demo a download from here.

As promised, Turn 10 has released a demo today on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for their upcoming racer, Forza Motorsport 4. The demo takes place on the Bernese Alps level with three different cars to choose.

Gold members can now download the demo here.

Valve has revealed today that the first free Portal 2 DLC will be arriving on PC, Mac, Playstation 3, and Xbox 360 on October 4th. This DLC is titled Portal 2: Peer Review and you will continue the co-op story that features an all new mysterious test track were you will be playing as Atlas and P-Body once again to outsmart GLaDOS in a bunch of new puzzles.

Peer Review will also be adding a Challenge Mode for both single player and co-op were you will be able to compare score against friends and the Portal community on the leaderboards.

Electronic Arts have revealed that on October 18th they will be releasing a demo for Need for Speed: The Run that features the Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Valentino Balboni, and takes place in the desert.

They did not reveal what consoles the demo will be on, but my guess would be the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and most likely the PC as well.

While you are waiting for the Battlefield 3 beta to release tomorrow, why don't you give one of these three new XBLA titles a shot that just released. Worms: Ultimate Mayhem, MLB Bobblehead Battle, and Mercury Hg are all now available for download off of the Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

Worms comes in at 830 MB for 1200 MSP, Bobblehead Battle is 480 MB for 800 MSP, and finally Mercury Hg 170 MB for 400 MSP.

October 4th is going to be one great day for gamers, on top of RAGE and Dark Souls, Electronic Arts has revealed that the updated version of Crysis 1 for consoles will release that day as well.

If you don't know, this version of Crysis will be releasing on PSN and XBLA for $19.99. It features updated controls for a better console experience, along with new lighting and effects.

Criterion Games have just released their brand new burnout title specially built as a downloadable game for XBL and PSN; Burnout CRASH. BC features three game modes, six themed areas, and an all new top down camera angle.

Login to your preferred console now and pick up Burnout CRASH for only $10/800 MSP.

What could easily be called the best Resident Evil title to ever release; Resident Evil 4, has just been made available today on both Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 with updated HD graphics.

RE4HD features all new enhanced graphics along with Trophies and Achievements support. - You can pick it up on PS3 for $19.99 and X360 for 1600 MSP.

Go grab your racing helmet, your lucky pair of gloves, and the keys to your mom's car, you need to start practicing because the Forza 4 demo releases early next month.

Turn 10 has revealed today that on October 4th, Forza 4's demo will release on to the Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

After months and months of rumors it has officially been confirmed today that the original Crysis will be making its way over to consoles in October.

This remastered version of Crysis features upgraded graphics, new effects, and specially designed controls for a better console gaming experience.

[Update: It will be made available on PSN and XBL as a digital download only. You can expect to spend $19.99 or 1600 MSP. The game will also full stereoscopic 3D support. More details to come.]

Enjoy the debut trailer below!




Source: GameTrailers

Halfbrick Studios have just released a second DLC pack today for their very successful XBLA Kinect title, Fruit Ninja Kinect. This new DLC is called Space Capsule and it comes with a new Star Chart Background, Comet Blade for slashing fruit, and three achievements worth 50 Gamerscore.

You can get it all now for only 160 MSP ($2.) Download it here.

Check out some of the crazy customizations, gadgets and weapons you will be using in the upcoming downloadable game, Gotham City Impostors, in this brand new trailer. Gotham City Impostors will release early 2012 for Playstation Network and Xbox LIVE. Give the video a watch below.

Ubisoft has officially revealed today that they will be kicking off a multiplayer beta test for Assassin's Creed Revelations early next month. The beta will be timed exclusive on Playstation 3 for PlayStation Plus and Uplay members from September 3rd to the 11th. No date has been given on when a Xbox 360 or PC beta will start.

"The multiplayer beta offers access to nine characters (The Sentinel, The Vanguard, The Guardian, The Vizier, The Thespian, The Deacon, The Bombardier, The Trickster and The Champion), three maps (Knight’s Hospital, Antioch, Constantinople) and four playable modes (Wanted, Manhunt, Deathmatch, and Artifact Assault), which are only a sample of the final multiplayer content."

The full game of Assassin’s Creed Revelations releases on November 15th, 2011 on Playstation 3, PC and Xbox 360.

    
    

It's a great day to have XBL GOLD because two awesome demos have released onto the Marketplace this morning. Driver San Francisco and Madden 12 are both now available for download. Driver comes in at 750 MB, and Madden comes in at a massive 1.53 GB.

You can download Madden NFL 12 here, and Driver San Francisco here.

Seems like the Black Ops DLC train hasn't hit the caboose yet. Activision has announced the release of the fourth DLC pack called 'Resurrection' on August 23rd. The DLC includes re-mastered maps from the original Zombie mode on World at War. Also, a "moon" level along with that "moon" feel you will get a Zombie Moon Theme.

Additionally, this DLC pack comes with a Zombie's Soundtrack with four extra tracks not released on the Zombie Soundtrack released before.

As usual the DLC will hit the XBL Marketplace first and then approximately a month later for PC and PS3. This DLC will run you a cool 1200 Microsoft Points. Hopefully more is announced with multiplayer maps. Onpause will report any further developments.

One of my favorite games back in the day on the Gamecube was Worms 3D. I would spend hours and hours grenading, slapping and snipping those little worms. Today's post is a special one because it has been revealed that Worms 3D, and Worms 4: Mayhem will be getting a PSN and XBLA remake called Worms: Ultimate Mayhem.

Worms: Ultimate Mayhem features all the content from the original two games, but also adds more single-player missions, puzzles, customization options, and worms.

Worms: Ultimate Mayhem will release later this year. Check the first HD screenshots out below.

The launch trailer for a game I am really looking forward to checking out has released. The trailer takes a look at your god like powers and the tribes you will be helping out. - From Dust will release on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace July 27th for 1200 MSP also known as $15 bucks. Until it's out, you can watch the trailer below. Enjoy!

With all the new console buzz about coming in 2012. Its been speculated that these new next-gen mean machines are going to blow our mind with Avatar Movie style CGI gameplay and next to real life Grand Theft Auto. Does anyone remember what happens when you break promises like that? Well, technically its not promises but, gamers around the world take it to heart. We all know what happens when you push technology and forget about gameplay.

Back on PC it was the Myst series. Yes, some argue that it was heavy in gameplay. For myself I would like to see something teased other than a point and click puzzle game. It looked great for the time. It was all click to a movie. Gameplay is a big issue with the uncertainty of the market right now. Gamers are done playing the same thing just looks different. Enough with the sequels we don't want to be playing Call Of Duty 100. We want something innovative that is gonna grab our attention and keep it going.

Look at the Crusin' USA and the arcade version compared to the N64 version. Case in point Nintendo edits content for younger players. Hence there owning of the kiddie game market. They look to change that with the WII U. Well they gotta do a lot more than let the Third-Party developers take care of the hardcore market. Hardcore Gamers want a dang controller. Not a do-hicky that shows you on a screen how much life you have or how many grenades you have. Good luck Nintendo, I'm rooting for ya.

Next on the list is the original Xbox. Do any of you remember the tech video they showed with the dancing robot and a lady dancing with it? Or The People's champ The Rock telling crowds that WWF Raw is going to be so detailed that you can rip off clothes of your opponents while whipping some candy ass! Well, we got wrestlers that not only didn't have much clothing to rip off and couldn't. The wrestlers walked and ran like robots with a rod in their (area censored)! Don't believe the hype it will let you down every time. Saying and doing a two different things.

Immersing a player in a world is hard to do these days in the industry we have. Gamers expect more. A good population of the gamers I have spoken to want more content. More bang for there buck. Most of the game companies have found a way around the content issue with the advent of PS Store and XBL Marketplace with micro transactions. DLC is great, don't get me wrong. But, If I have to unlock multiplayer just so I can play online and use in game tools associated with the title its gone too far. I see this action as making the consumer pay for the titles used or non-used. I do not like the fact that you buy a used game and you don't get the full value of the game on top of being locked out of portions of the game. Its cheating consumers out of a dated game that isn't worth near as much as it is on the new market. So, Grandma walking into game-store anonymous and picking up a title for a grandchild or child isn't going to grab that points card just so they can play online. Creating major frustration among consumers.

With the new consoles on the horizon and Bringing players into a social environment with linking different services together in one place may be bringing to much to the table. You have to be a hard core trophy and/or achievement hunter to have to post it all over facebook and twitter. Its not going to be a good thing when spam is over running our consoles. Its bad enough with being flooded with chain messages as it is. "fwd this to five of your friends to get (any title) DLC for free!" next we will have the Nigerian population telling us about how many millions we have stowed away from a dead relative passing. If the major three figure out how to avoid all this clutter and make it on the outside a Game Console. Not locking you into features they may have a winner. The future may look crazy but, So did the SNES when it came out.

The first title in the Summer of Arcade palooza has released and it is Bastion for 1200 Mega Space Pennies. The download size comes in at 560 MB. You can download Bastion here.

Bastion is an action role-playing experience that redefines storytelling in games, with a reactive narrator who marks your every move. Explore more than 40 lush hand-painted environments as you discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces. Wield a huge arsenal of upgradeable weapons and battle savage beasts adapted to their new habitat. Finish the main story to unlock New Game Plus mode and continue your journey!