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The new Call of Duty: Black Ops Annihilation DLC is now available on the Xbox – LIVE marketplace. I have spent some time playing on the maps and have to say that out of all the DLC so far for Black Ops, this pack is my favorite. While I have not played the new Zombie [...]

I have been a Raptr user for a long time, since the companies initial beta. Long enough to have seen all the changes they have made to the platform. Lately, Raptr has gone through a lot of changes. Instead of simply a messenger product that allows you to chat across games, it is now also [...]

For those of you who want to catch the Microsoft E3 Press Conference, feel free to use the following sources: Official Xbox.com Stream: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/Community/E3  Stream for those on Mobile Devices: http://bit.ly/khPY9i Or Here: http://www.studiosevent.com/newscenter/?id=msfte3&width=51

For those of you into the ESPorts scene, make sure to check the MLG stream from the current event in Columbus. You can catch the stream over on the official MLG page: Live MLG Coverage This weeks events include Call of Duty: Black Ops, Halo: Reach and Starcraft 2. Filed under: Competitive Gaming, ES

Earlier this month, I got a rare chance to meet with some of the team members working on the upcoming PC game, Age of Empires Online. On hand were Danan Davis (Executive Producer), Dave Luehmann (General Manager) and Ian Vogel (Design Lead) to talk about what sets AOE online apart not only from its

Since the Release of Call of Duty: Black Ops, I have found myself spending many hours playing wager matches. These are very different than your normal game types. You have strict rules and limited weapons. Also, you don’t get any experience, the only thing you get from a wager match, is COD points,

In Part One we covered the basics of multiplayer in Medal of Honor including an overview of the classes, leveling and combat actions. For part two we are going to take a look at the actual game modes, as we well as some things you need to watch out for that will hopefully be fixed [...]

I have been playing a lot of Medal of Honor lately on both the PC and the 360. The multiplayer portion of the game was made by the folks over at DICE who also did the multiplayer for one of our other favorites, Battlefield Bad Company 2. The game shows similar graphics and attention to [...]