The Escalation Map Pack released earlier this week and to celebrate, Treyarch has opened up the XP floodgates , with double XP for all players across all platforms. The double XP celebration started this morning and will extend until Tuesday the 10th.
Apparently a Gazillion is not a real thing, as I have been made aware. However, Brink has 100 Quadrillion different character variations in its upcoming shooter.
Microsoft could be getting ready for a reveal of the Xbox 720 at next month's Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3). Up until now, all we have heard out of Microsoft is that it's very comfortable with the success it's having with the Kinect and Xbox 360 Slim models.
The PSN outage and privacy breach could spell big problems for Sony's PS3 in the future. Recently a CitiGroup Global Markets Analyst, Kota Ezawa released research notes that suggest their is strong concerns that trust in Sony's business will decline because of the recent problems.
Valve has added a replay system for Team Fortress 2. The new recording software will allow you to record videos on any server that allows the functionality.
The global network and security teams for Sony Network Entertainment and Sony Computer Entertainment started the final steps of testing for the new PlayStation Network. These final steps are said to integral in restoring the service, so we could see the PSN turned back on shortly.
Jackie Estacado returns this Fall in The Darkness 2. On October 4th, the sequel to the comic book adaptation will see a North American release followed shortly thereafter on the 7th internationally.
When Mass Effect 3 arrives at the newly announced delayed date sometime in 2012, it will be leaner and stronger than ever before. If you enjoyed the game's evolution from Mass Effect 1 to Mass Effect 2 and the streamlining of many of the game's RPG features, you'll be happy to hear that Bioware is aiming to enrich the role playing mechanics of Mass Effect 3 without overdoing it on the unnecessary data.
Tom Clancy games have been missing in action as of late. Not including Splinter Cell: Conviction it's been a while since we've seen some of the core shooter franchises from Ubisoft.