Epic's Gears of War being displayed to public at San Diego ComicCon

In case you missed it, there was a live panel from Epic Games about information on their next release, Gears of War 3. Have no fear, followers of the Evil Blog, as Kotaku has given us a rundown of what happened at their panel at the San Diego ComicCon. Follow the link and you'll see what the public wanted to ask Gears of War 3's staff and what the staff had to answer.

Gears of War 3 has over 1 million preorders.

Just when you think Epic Games couldn't get anymore Epic, Gears of War 3 has solid proof that it is going to be a hit. Reported by Gamespot Article, Epic Games has acquired over 1 million preorders worldwide. This beats out the fastest time of any Xbox 360 title game to date, even titles like Halo: Reach.

While originally to be released this summer, GOW3 was pushed

Battlefield 3 has a new official video online displaying some of the new multiplayer game play. The video is a kill montage from the DICEs newest first-person shooter, and the sequences shown are more than impressive.

The graphics resemble movie quality action, while remaining true to the Battlefield aesthetic established in earlier titles. The newly released game play best exemplifies the fast paced, chaotic action that previous Battlefield games are famous for.

One of the opening sequences shows soldiers rushing past a tank that is firing upon enemy positions. It confirms that DICE has once again created a first-person shooter that expands the scope of the online multiplayer experience.

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The newest installment to the coveted Battlefield series, Battlefield 3, will be released on October 25^th, 2011. The new game promises to bring an entirely new first-person shooter experience, and the information regarding the pending release only works to increase my excitement surrounding the game. As if the release of Battlefield 3 wasnt enough to get the gaming world excited, a paperback novel has only been planned to accompany the game.

Popular fiction/non-fiction author Andy Mcnab is writing Battlefield 3 and it will be released in November of this year. McNab is a former member of the British SAS, and took part in numerous special

The first batch of confirmation e-mails for beta testing of Call of Duty Elite has been sent out on July 14^th. This means that successful applicants are already beginning to test the new Call of Duty community feature, and will be among the first public users who get to see its full capabilities.

This is very exciting news, as it denotes that the public is one step closer to experiencing the new CoD Elite feature. The remaining confirmation e-mails will be sent out to chosen applicants over the next month, and hopefully the testing community will be able to get a good feel for how Call of Duty Elite is going to change the gaming experience.

The statistic features, map breakdowns, and weapon information are going to make Call of Duty a much more engaged online game. I

Electronic Arts, the game developer giant, has recently acquired PopCap Games for $750 million. PopCap Games is a popular creator of casual and social games for multiple formats; some favorites are Plants vs. Zombies, Bejewelled, and Peggle. Electronic Arts CEO, John Ricitiello, now boasts a digital business worth upwards of $1 billion, and the new addition to EA makes them the number two publisher on Facebook.

PopCap games selected Electronic Arts from a long list of offers they have been receiving, and David Roberts, CEO of PopCap, said this about choosing EA, They have recast their culture around making great digital games… we'll scale our games and services to deliver more social, mobile, casual fun to an even bigger, global audience.

An anonymous source jumped at the chance to grab the domain name, modernwarfare3.com, before Activision had the chance to secure ownership. Users who plugged in this domain name were routed away from any Call of Duty website, and originally were directed to an anti-Call of Duty video. Whoever runs the domain name is making an obvious statement of displeasure against the Call of Duty franchise.

Recently, however, users who plug in modernwarfare3.com are being redirected to DICEs official Battlefield 3 website. This raises an interesting debate over who runs the website domain name. It is unlikely that the site is run by DICE or Electronic Arts, given the bad public response they would endure as a

A French site linked to the leak of Gears of War 3.

It's months before the release of Gears of War 3, but unfortunately some people are impatient for Epic's game. This incident thatoccurred not too long ago has made such a security breach that law enforcement had to be called in. Thankfully that won't be necessary anymore.

A French developer in charge of a site that is hosts a

More updates on the upcoming Modern Warfare 3 have been released and the news denotes a crisper gaming experience for everyone. The Call of Duty franchise seeks to put out the best possible product each time they release a new game and MW3 will be no different.

A group of Call of Duty glitchers are helping Infinity Ward sift through the new games multiplayer game play in order to resolve pending issues. MapMonkeys, as the community is called, has helped with past Call of Duty titles, and this time around they are spending even more time cleaning up the game play.

Battlefield 3 fanbase raising the rivalry between EA and Activision

It's only been a few weeks since E3 wrapped up and already the fanbases of both games of Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3 are standing their ground on which game will win this year's FPS rivalry. You see it in various forums, comments sections of gaming news sites like Kotaku and Digg's gaming section, and you even hear it on other games voice/text chat like Team Fortress 2 and Halo: Reach.

Now I'm a person who's usually on the fence