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Gears of War 3 DLC releasing November 1; priced at 800MSP

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Gears of War 3 will be receiving its first expansion, entitled the ‘Horde Command Pack addon’, on November 1. The Pack will include 3 new maps, 3 new playable characters and 2 new weapon skins, and there will be 250 gamerscore of achievements up for grabs. Also included are four new fortification and armor upgrades. The pack will sell for 800MSP, but those gamers who bought the season pass will automatically download the addon for free.

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Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Achievements Revealed

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You can almost feel the excited anticipation in the air, with the release of Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls V: Skryim almost upon us. And with around a month to go before release, the achievements for Bethesda’s epic have finally been detailed. There’s a total of 50 achievements, with 1000 gamer points on offer. Will you decide to be a thief or sweet-talk your way to success? Get married or live the single life? Check out the achievements list below, but be warned – there are spoilers.

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Assassin’s Creed timeline and development cycle details

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New details regarding the Assassin’s Creed timeline, direct from Ubisoft today. Speaking to Eurogamer, Alexandre Amacio, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations creative lead, stated the studio plans on tying up the majority of the series’ loose ends before the end of 2012, when the ‘Desmond cycle’ of the storyline will reach its conclusion.

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Sony reveals new Playstation Network feature – ‘Only on PSN’

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A PSN blog post has stated that during this October, a new program called ‘Only on PSN’ will offer new games exclusively available on the Playstation Network. Starting October 4th, new games from various genres will be added, including Eufloria and Okabu. To celebrate the announcement, Sony will be offering a 20% discount to Playstation Plus subscribers on each game during the first week of its availability. In addition, users who spend more than $60 out of their PSN/Sony Entertainment Network throughout October will receive $10 back in November.

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Playstation Vita packaging revealed – it’s all about the Blues

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Sony has unveiled the PSVita’s packaging, and whilst I’m usually not a package ogler, I’ll admit I do like the crisp blue shown here. The EU Playstation Blog has full details on just what each of the PS Vita’s Home icons represent, and they include the previously discussed Welcome Park, Music player and Photo capturer, as well as the already well-known to Playstation users trophy and PSN store icons.

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Gears of War Lego Lancer shows fans dedication

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Gamers can definitely be described as both a dedicated and creative lot, but this example of devotion to bringing an iconic in-game weapon to life has to be seen to be believed. PlumBrothers’ 1:1 scale lancer is a very impressive build in and of itself, but when you realise it not only features a working trigger mechanism, loads rubber bands from its very own clip and also has a working chainsaw, it becomes even more of an engineering marvel.

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Mass Effect 3 Collector’s Edition contains “online multiplayer pass”

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Has one of the biggest kept secrets been outed by a gaming retailer? Xbox World is reporting that the latest issue of their magazine (out October 25) will reveal a “killer new feature” for Mass Effect 3. And that killer new feature could well be the inclusion of Multiplayer, with a flyer for the game from a South African retailer surfacing and claiming the Collector’s Edition will include an “online multiplayer pass.”

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Uncharted 3 requires one time activation pass to play online

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Sony has announced that their highly anticipated third person adventure-platformer Uncharted 3 will require a one-time-use PSN pass in order to play the online portion of the game. Speaking in an interview with Spanish gaming website The Vault, Juan Jiménez, Sony Espana’s Software Manager, revealed the game will require an online pass, similar to the pass required for Resistance 3, another recently released exclusive Sony title.

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Final Playable character in Batman: Arkham City revealed as Nightwing

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I’ll admit it, guys. The news that Nightwing is joining Catwoman and Robin as a playable character in the game’s Challenge Mode has me more excited than it probably should. Leaked details of Nightwing specific trophies have surfaced on PS3Trophies.org, practically confirming that Nightwing will be the fourth playable Challenge Mode character.

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Aliens: Colonial Marines ten minute walkthrough

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SEGA have released a new trailer for their upcoming FPS Aliens Colonial Marines which places players firmly in the shoes of space marines as they attempt to survive against the alien xenomorphs (without the addition of the Predators this time).The trailer is narrated by Randy Pitchford, the President of Gearbox software, and whilst the footage shown isn’t exactly new (it’s the same gameplay they showed at E3), it’s at least something to watch to pass the time between the game’s release.

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