Epic Games Sets the Record Straight on Gears of War: Exile

Back in early January 2011, news surfaced about Epic Games trademarking the title "Gears of War: Exile" on US Patent and Trademark office's website. Cliff Bleszinski (aka Cliffy B) of Epic Games revealed in an interview with Gamespot at PAX: East that the studio was working on a project named that, but that it has since been cancelled indefinitely.

"Let's just bury the hatchet now...Gears of War: Exile was an unannounced game that I can't give any details about that has since been cancelled."
~Cliff Bleszinski,

Server Rental Makes it Possible to Rent Out a Battlefield 3 Server

Being in random matches can be stressful. However, if you play Battlefield 3, then likely you don't have to worry about that from now on.

The reason why is because EA is renting out servers for your own personal use on the PS3, PC, and the Xbox 360. So that means you aren't going to be thrown into the middle of a battle where one sniper dominates the map or one lone wolf with a tank manages to squish you like a junebug over and over again. Now you can rent out a server and play with your friends and the people that you trust.

On the Xbox 360, for about $1.50 (120 Microsoft Points) per day or $25 (2000 Microsoft

Bungie Gives Halo a Farewell with an Interesting Stats Page

As Bungie say their last goodbyes to the Halo series, the developer decided to give it a honorable farewell by releasing a record of some multiplayer statistics that they have gathered over the years. And they are mind-blowing. Even you didn't like Halo, it's still an interesting read, especially when you see the numbers.

Facts include:

The Number of Steaktacular Medals: 382,330,491
Number of Weapon Kills: 108,548,388,596
Halo's Playtime in Days: 85,841,504
Halo's Playtime in Years: 235,182
and many more.

With nearly ten years of cumulative multiplayer experience some of the

Robert Bowling Leaves Infinity Ward

News from Joystiq reports that the creative strategist for the Call of Duty franchise, Robert Bowling, has recently left Infinity Ward and Activision. Robert "FourZeroTwo" Bowling, announced his resignation on his Twitter.

This is resignation came out of the blue and was a surprise to many. This is due to the fact that Bowling stayed at Infinity Ward even during massive departure of its staff, which many of them then later regrouped to create Respawn

MW3 Community Announces a Blackout of Activision Shooter

Reported by Attack of the Fanboy and various other sites on the internet, it seems there is some tension amongst the Modern Warfare 3 community of gamers that is directed at Infinity Ward. It seems that fans of the popular Call of Duty game want Infinity Ward to hear their complaints about the game's lack of support for the community's needs and concerns. These complaints range from lag compensation, lack of matchmaking options, broken spawn systems, and a long list of other complaints.

This type of action from

Call Of Duty: The Modern Warfare of Bradshaw and Gronkowski

Reported by Crave Online, it seems that the clash between Super Bowl XLVI two featured teams of the NFL is still going on in a way, despite that the New York Giants pulled off an underdog win against the New England Patriots. But apparently the match ain't over, at least in the minds of the developers of the 'Modern Warfare 3 Content Collection' pack.

In Venice, California, Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw and Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski clashed together in a Super Bowl rematch to see

The Orchestrated Video Game Music Tour Could Be Appearing in Smaller Venues and Areas

To celebrate it's decade of success, Video Games Live will celebrate in 2012 by heading to smaller venues and towns across the globe. Their reasoning to shy away a bit from populous places like New York and Chicago, was due to demand from their fans and their success.

"We continually receive thousands of emails a year from families and gamers who would love to experience our show, but find it hard to travel to major cities and have to deal with travel expenses, overnight stays, getting the kids out of school, etc. and we would like to try to accommodate as many people as possible to share in the experience..."

Tim Sweeney States That Both PS3 and Xbox 360 Have Six-Eight Years of Life in Them

In an GamesIndustry interview with Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games (the company that gave us the Gears of War series) and the genius behind the first Unreal Engine states that unlike past consoles, the Xbox 360 and the PS3 have a longer lifetime than their past counterparts.

"The big difference between a console and a tablet is the console can consume 100 or 200 watts of power, while the tablet consumes one or two or three or four watts. That's really the limiting factor of performance

No New Next Generation Xbox Unveilings in 2012 Says Microsoft

The gaming community will be disappointed to find out that Microsoft has no plan to release a new console anytime soon, according to a statement from Microsoft and this article on Mashable.

With the 2012 E3 being less than a few months away, many hoped Microsoft would unveil some new hardware, like they have done in the past, and it has been a long time since the XBox 360 was introduced at E3 in 2005. A spokesman for the company expressed the following:

“While we appreciate all the interest in our long-range plans for

Portal 2 and Battlefield 3 Win Three Awards at This Year's BAFTA

So according to some news from Kotaku, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts held its awards ceremony, handing out awards for achievements in the arts of both film and television, which also includes video games. Portal 2 won the award for Best Game while Battlefield 3 managed to bring home the best online multiplayer game, audio achievement and also the public-voted GAME award.

SOURCE:
http://kotaku.com/5894197/portal-2-is-best-game-and-battlefield-3-wins-three-at-bafta-awards