Borderlands 2 keeps the sweet, sweet DLC flowing with new character Krieg the Psycho. Now most of these guys are small and wiry, but Krieg has been the victim of some experimentation. It looks he and Bane are workout buddies.  This character is all about getting in close with his axe, or whatever other weapon is more »

Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon is here this week. It doesn’t require a copy of Far Cry 3 and truthfully doesn’t have much to do with Far Cry 3. It’s a parody of 1980s themed visions of the future. The year is 2007, and Sargent Rex Colt is a Mark IV Cyber Commando fighting a more »

Put away that Xbox Live Gold card you were about to redeem. You don’t need it today, or this weekend for that matter. Microsoft is offering up free Xbox Live Gold to its customers. Well, provided you live in the United States, Canada, Latin America and Japan. If you’re in any of those regions, you’re more »

Twisted Pixel makes some truly unique games with a great sense of humor. If you have never tried their work before, now you have no good excuse. The Twisted Pixel Games Bundle includes four titles: The Maw, ‘Splosion Man, Ms. ‘Splosion Man and Comic Jumper for just 800 Microsoft Points. That is four of the more »

Behemoth’s 2008 Castle Crashers is still one of Xbox Live’s most played games. After five years, we have the followup in BattleBlock Theater. You get shipwrecked on an island controlled by evil cats (Is there some other kind?) who force you into platforming challenges for their entertainment. Behemoth’s trademark humor is on display here. It more »

This week’s Xbox Live Update blast from the past is the Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams. The Great Giana Sisters first battled evil in the 1980s, with a game that looked a lot like Super Mario Bros. The similarities were so great the game retailers pulled the game from shelves. It went on to become a more »

This space is supposed to focus on the newest games and content hitting the Xbox Live Marketplace. More and more lately, the new games are HD updates of classic titles we’ve played already. In the case of Darkstalkers, I am perfectly OK with that. Darkstalkers Resurrection combines Night Warriors: Darkstalkers Revenge and Darkstalkers 3, adding more »

Mass Effect 3 isn’t quite over – yet. The Citadel DLC finds the Normandy crew on shore leave. Yeah, there’s really no way that can last. Initially a group of mercenaries intent on ruining Commander Shepard’s lunch are your adversaries. Don’t worry, things get a little more complicated than that. The Citadel is a shift more »

It’s time for the latest Xbox Live Update! We’ll start by looking into the heart of the cards with Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Decade Duels Plus. Duel against your favorite characters, or the ones you hate, from the animated series in single player. In multiplayer, you can step up in four player tag duels with text and more »

Prepare for the latest Xbox Live update. We’ll start with Special Forces: Team X, a 3rd person cover-based shooter from Zombie Studios. This cel-shaded shooter is set in a not-too-distant future that sees the major political powers giving up on diplomacy. Instead, they’ll settle their differences with clandestine teams of insanely well-equipped soldiers.