Madden NFL 13 Cover Vote Opens With 32 Players

Electronic Arts and ESPN SportsNation unveiled today the 32 players for fans to vote on in the coming weeks to determine who will grace this year’s Madden NFL 13 cover. Read On »

Breaking the Illusion of Control – Did Mass Effect Gamers Expect Too Much?

Four and a half years ago, Bioware released the most ambitious undertaking in the history of gaming to date: to give gamers the ability to choose their own destiny in a videogame, making choices that would have repercussions rippling throughout an entire trilogy. Read On »

Avengers Assemble! Zen Studios Announces Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles

Zen Studios and Marvel Entertainment this morning announced that this spring, the Avengers will be assembling on pinball tables everywhere you can find an Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Vita.  Titled Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles, this downloadable pack will contain four new tables in celebration of the upcoming film: Read On »

Diablo III Gets Release Date

Activision Blizzard announced today that Diablo III will be hitting stores on May 15, 2012.  The highly anticipated action role-playing game is now available for pre-order from via Battle.net as a digital download or through major retailers.  Read On »

Ratchet & Clank Getting HD Makeover For 10th Anniversary

Ted Price, CEO of Insomniac Games, announced today on the PlayStation Blog that Ratchet & Clank will be getting an HD makeover for their 10th anniversary.  Read On »

Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances F2PMMO In Open Beta

Electronic Arts’ developer Phenomic today launched the latest installment in the Command & Conquer Tiberium franchise as a free-to-play MMO: Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances.  The browser-based game is now available to the public as an open beta at www.tiberiumalliances.com. Read On »

SEGA Jumps On To The Origin Bandwagon

Electronic Arts announced today that SEGA would be joining the line up on their online service Origin.  Read On »

Nintendo – Hundreds of AR Cards For Kid Icarus: Uprising

Nintendo today announced details on how to discover and collect hundreds of AR (Augmented Reality) cards to collect and use in the upcoming Kid Icarus: Uprising, the first Kid Icarus game to hit retail markets since 1991. Read On »

Twisted Pixel Announces New ‘Merican Adventure For Gunstringer

A new hero rises up from the ashes to find a queen to live by his side!  Well, he’s not really a hero persay, but he does rise from the ashes; and the queen part is true too. Read On »

Xbox Live Users Experiencing Gamerscore Resets

Users of the Xbox Live service are getting a scare today as they log in and find that their gamerscore and achievements have been reset.  The issue began appearing just a bit ago on the Xbox Live forums.  A quick review of the profiles doesn’t show the typical “Code of Conduct” message that coincides with an action from the Xbox Live Policy Enforcement team, so it appears to be a real issue.

“Try signing out of the profile and then back in and see if that helps,” is the ongoing response from the Xbox Support Twitter account which is currently being flooded with cries of help from Xbox Live users who are missing their score and achievements.

“@XboxSupport thanks for quick reply but I may just cry in a corner while screaming at the hackers.” says one user via Twitter. 

The solution of logging off and back on appears to be working however, but the root cause has yet to have been determined.  A request for comment has been sent to the Xbox Support team.