Microsoft’s generous offer to give a few weeks of Xbox Live Gold to everyone who downloads the Mass Effect 3 demo was too good to be true. While Microsoft is technically granting Gold access by allowing everyone to download and play the Mass Effect 3 demo at the same time, it’s not throwing in all the more »

As you probably know, Super Bowl XLVI is right around the corner. To a lot of gamers, sporting events aren’t a top priority on their list of things to keep up with. For others, sports is king. Regardless of which side of the fence you’re on, everyone should be thanking football for giving everyone free more »

Staying true to tradition, the PlayStation Blog has outlined PlayStation Plus releases for the upcoming month. Of all the content that will be available, nothing grabs my attention more than The Simpsons Arcade Game. We saw the ESRB listing for this game some time ago, and we’ll finally be able to play it again in more »

If you’re looking for a free Gameloft game for Android, you may want to head to the GetJar app store today. Gameloft has teamed with GetJar to offer Asphalt 6: Adrenaline for free as part of GetJar’s Gold Apps collection. To get this app, you’ll have to download the GetJar app store on your Android more »

Title: Katawa Shoujo Price: Free System(s): Windows, Mac, Linux Release Date: January 4, 2012 Publisher (Developer): Four Leaf Studios (Four Leaf Studios) ESRB Rating: N/A, 18 and over since it does have adult content, sexual situations and smoking. Pros: Realistic storylines and depictions of relationships, detailed character art, doesn’t in any way make fun of more »

Nintendo’s weird and not good at the downloadable games and content thing. The Wii, DSi and 3DS all have online shops, but they’re not very well organized, there are never sales and demos are only occasionally available for select WiiWare games. It seems the company has realized this kind of sales strategy is bad, because more »

When the 2011 Ludum Dare came up, Mojang’s Markus “Notch” decided he’d try participating and seeing what he could come up with in that period of time. Since the theme this year was “alone,” Notch put together a rudimentary, 2D version of Minecraft called Minicraft. The result was a game with some mild RPG and more »

Do you want to own Dead Space for Android, but don’t want to spend $6.99 for it? If so, you’re in luck. You can get Dead Space for free right now without needing to do anything illegal. Electronic Arts and Samsung have joined forces to offer Dead Space within Samsung Apps. Samsung Apps is only more »

I’ll admit it, it’s easy to get burnt out on indie game bundles. The thing is, the Humble Indie Bundle started something. People saw how popular it was and how willing people were to chip in money when they could pay whatever they wanted and choose where the cash went. It inspired knock-off or similar more »

It’s time to kick off your Wednesday with some free Android apps. GetJar, a third-party Android app store, has created its December 2011 Gold Apps catalog. This catalog is filled with premium apps that are now free. These aren’t a bunch of throwaway applications either. Some of the games and applications Getjar is offering were also a part of the recent 10 cent app promotion the official Android Market held for 10 days. Others have been featured as the Amazon Appstore’s Free App of the Day. It’s worth your time to take a look at the many things you can get for free.