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Left 4 Dead 2’s full achievement list has been released on xbox360achievements.org, and the list helps confirm names of the games campaigns:

• Dead Center
• Dark Carnival
• Swamp Fever
• Hard Rain
• Parish

Excited yet? You should be! And don’t forget about the upcoming demo that should be ready before the end of the month.

[via gamespy.com]

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I think the picture above says it all, because that is what this week is all about. For me at least anyway! I still have my fingers crossed on being one of the lucky to win the Fortune Hunter Edition, but either way, my pre-order from Amazon will be arriving tomorrow!

So we all know that I'm totally stoked for Uncharted 2, but for those looking for something different, you won't be disappointed. Brutal Legend seems to have a pretty huge following, and Fallout 3: Collector's Edition is sure to be a huge hit. I'm actually excited for Magna Carta 2 as well. But that may have to wait till the holidays hit and I've put a good amount of time into Uncharted 2.

Oh, and don't forget the awesome buy 2 get 1 free deal Toys R Us is running this week - couldn't have come at a better time!

On to the list!

Xbox 360
Brutal Legend
Cars Race O Rama
Fallout 3: Game of The Year Edition
Magna Carta 2
Way of the Samurai 3
Where the Wild Things Are: The Videogame

PlayStation 3
Brutal Legend
Cars Race O Rama
Fallout 3: Game of The Year Edition
Midnight Club: Los Angeles Greatest Hits
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Way of the Samurai 3
Where the Wild Things Are: The Videogame

Wii
A Boy and His Blob
Cars Race O Rama
JU-ON: The Grudge
Limited-Edition Wii Sports Resort Bundle with Two Wii MotionPlus
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
Squeeballs Party
Where the Wild Things Are: The Videogame

Official Nintendo and Star Wars Wii Darth Vader Sensor Bar Holder
Official Nintendo and Star Wars Wii Clone Trooper Blaster
Official Star Wars Wii Anakin Light-Up Replica Lightsaber
Official Star Wars Wii Yoda Light-Up Replica Lightsaber

PC
Ancient Secrets: Quest for the Golden Key
Cabela's Outdoor Adventures 2010
DHC-6 Twin Otter Flight Simulator
Dinertown Tycoon SB
F-16 Fighting Falcon Flight Simulator
Fallout 3: Game of The Year Edition
Fate: The Traitor Soul
iCarly
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
More Great Games for Girls
NBA 2K10
Nancy Drew: Warnings at Waverly Academy
The Clockwork Man JC
Worldshift

DS & DSi
Cake Mania 3
Cars Race O Rama
Chicken Blaster
Dream Dancer
Hero's Saga: Laevatein Tactics
Margot's Bepuzzled
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
Petz Pony Beauty Pageant
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
Squeeballs Party
Where the Wild Things Are: The Videogame

PSP
Cars Race O Rama
Half-Minute Hero

[via gamingbits.com]

We all know which video game I'll be playing over the next week, let us know what you're planning on picking up!

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Found a great hard drive deal going on right now:

Maxtor and Seagate External drives are on clearance until 7/6/2009:

http://shop.seagate.com/store/sgateus/Content/pbPage.OnSalePage

I purchased a 500GB Maxtor Shared Storage II for $59.99. One for the house and 2 for the office. Great price for some NAS.

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News reported by strategyinformer.com:

EA announced today that its recently released MMO strategy game called BattleForge is now a Play4Free title. The game was recently reduced to $29.99, but EA has now decided to make the game free.

Check out the roundup of this weeks latest video game releases across all consoles, handhelds, and the PC.

It appears that X-Men Origins: Wolverine will be the biggest hit, as the movie releases this weekend as well. Not sure if I will pick it up or not, but I'll definitely be seeing the movie. Personally I'm looking forward to one of the Nintendo DS releases this week!

Check out the full list right here.

News reported over at Gamespy.com that NCSoft's subscription free MMO has sold over 6 million copies world wide. Here is a clip from Gamespy's report:

"We are humbled by how gamers have responded to Guild Wars over the past four years, and we are proud that the game and its community have helped to continually shape, define, and expand the genre," said ArenaNet studio head Mike O'Brien. "Our subscription-free business model has proven to be a big hit with gamers, bringing an enormous and diverse online community to the game."

Guild Wars is one of the most successful PC gaming franchises of all time. Since its release in 2005, it has received numerous awards for its innovative design, world-class art direction and robust content streaming engine. ArenaNet continues to support the game's thriving community with regular in-game events, updates, and community activities.

I'm a former Guild Wars player myself, and I must say, I own all 3 campaign's and the Eye of the North expansion. And although things kinda grew stale towards the end, I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Guild Wars.

Any other Guild Wars players out there?

It looks like another premier publisher has joined the ever expanding world of Valve's digital distribution service.

NCSoft, a premier publisher and developer of MMO games, has begun to offer games such as Guild Wars (former Guild Wars player here!), Lineage, and City of Heroes on Valve's digital distribution service known as Steam.

You can also expect to see NCSoft's upcoming MMO, Aion, to be available through Steam when it launhes later this year.

To help welcome the addition of NCSoft and it's wonderful library of MMO's, Steam will be offering deals throughout the coming weeks on various NCSoft titles.

Definitely worth keeping an eye on if you were planning on picking up any of NCSoft's MMO's. Maybe one day I'll reinstall Guild Wars and give'er a run!

Bethesda announced today that there will be a new Fallout title slated for a 2010 release for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. The game will be titled "Fallout: New Vegas" and it is not a sequel to Fallout 3, but will still be an RPG.

The second part of this announcement is that Bethesda will not be developing this game, instead it will be from Obsidian Entertainment. No artwork or additional info/news has been released

Now available on Steam is the Dawn of War II (PC) Single Player Demo. And for those of you who haven't purchased the game yet, Steam has lowered the price down to $37.49, but only until April 20th.

I'd suggest this game for any RTS fan, and of course, any Warhammer 40K fan. I'll try to throw up a mini review sometime, but as of recently, this has been my game of choice. It's an RTS, but doesn't focus on base building. Aside from your primary HQ, there are no other building structures you have to worry about. Dawn of War II really focuses on units and micro managing them.

The races that are currently playable in Dawn of War II are the Space Marines (of course...), Eldar, Orks, and Tyranids. When I started playing this game upon its release, I focused solely on the single player campaign and 1v1 ranked matches. But recently, 98% of my games are 3v3 custom and ranked matches. I really enjoy putting together a good team and working out strategies through good communication. There have been countless times where our team would come back from a 100 point deficit, all because of good team work and communication. But I don't want to get into that stuff right now, I'll save that for the review or even a Dawn of War II tips article.

In the meantime, if you haven't played this game, definitely download the demo. And if you're an RTS fan or Warhammer 40k in the slightest, this purchase is a no brainer.

A new patch for the Dawn of War II PC game is scheduled to be released this Monday, April 13th. It seems that the main focus of this patch is to fix the population cap issues, while also providing some extra smaller balance changes.

Here is a list of some highlights from the upcoming patch, info is taken directly from the Dawn of War II community forums:

• Implemented final fixes for the Population Cap issue as noted in Patch 1.1.3. This included reverting the temporary changes made in Patch 1.1.3.

• Tyranid Warrior Adrenal Gland upgrade damage reduced from 52 to 40

• Energy Shields no longer regenerate while active – This includes the Zoanthrope, Falcon, Hive Tyrant, Warlock, Force Commander, Mekboy and Techmarine

• Energy Shield conversion modifier reduced from .2 to .25

• Energy Shields now have an 8 second toggle on / toggle off time.

• Falcon Energy regeneration reduced from 3 to .5

• Fixed an issue where campaign completion achievements were sometimes not awarded

• Fixed an issue with automatching code to help provide better quality matches based on TrueSkill™ Rankings.

• Fixed an issue allowing players with mismatched data to be grouped together.

Check out their forums to see a full list of changes.

The patch is also supposed to fix an issue where users were not receiving achievements for completing the campaign. Definitely looking forward to that fix, as I've beaten the campaign twice and didn't receive the achievement (cause that's what games are all about of course). It will be nice if the achievements are automatically awarded to those who have already beaten the game, I really don't feel like beating it a third time just to get that achievement.

And I'm sure I'm not the only one that will be happy with an improved match making system. I'm finally in the TS20 range, but I remember when i was a TS10 and under I would constantly be matched with TS30+. It was a good learning experience, but it definitely didn't help my record any! Even now I'm still getting mismatched pretty frequently, so it will be nice to see this system fixed/updated.

Hopefully a bigger patch will be released soon with more balance changes and updates. Until then I guess us Dawn of War II players should be happy we're at least getting this!