| | The Lazygamer Awards 2011 – Best Xbox 360 Exclusive | Geoffrey Tim - December 23rd, 2011 | It’s really been slim-pickings for Xbox 360 exclusives this year; so much so that it took us ages to even come up with a list of nominees. Microsoft’s been so focused on Kinect and the peripherals casual fare to worry much about us real gamers - to the point that if it wasn’t for the deluge of incredible 3rd party multiplatform titles many adherents would ... [»] |
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| The Lazygamer Awards 2011 – Best Multiplayer | Geoffrey Tim - December 22nd, 2011 | If you’ve not been able to find a multiplayer game you enjoy this year, then you’ve got a serious problem - and should probably stick to solo gaming. Whether you like first person shooters, racing games, platformers or action adventures, there’s a multiplayer game for you in 2011.
Here are the nominees for best Multiplayer:Modern Warfare 3 Forza 4 Rayman Origins Battlefield 3 Mario Kart 7 ... [»] |
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| The Lazygamer Awards 2011 – Best Shooter | Geoffrey Tim - December 21st, 2011 | It’s definitely been the year for threequels - at least for big name shooters. Nearly every nominee on our list of the year’s best shooters has got a 3 on the end of it. There may not have been much in the way of innovation - but that doesn’t mean there’s no fun to be had. Which shooter gave us the most pew-pew-pewing satisfaction this ... [»] |
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| Gears of War 3: RAAM’s Shadow Review – Shadow stabbing | Geoffrey Tim - December 8th, 2011 | It took nearly a year for Gears of War 2 to receive its first single player, campaign DLC, in the form of Dark Corners - a section that was actually cut out of the main game. RAAM’s Shadow is different; not just because it’s out less than 3 months after the game’s release, but because it’s set all the way back before the events of the first Gears of War.
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| Gears of War 3 Booster map pack drops today | Gavin Mannion - November 24th, 2011 | Have you had enough of grinding out tickets in Battlefield 3 or being told your mother doesn’t love you in Modern Warfare 3? Well then maybe it’s time to head on back to the ultimate gore fest that is Gears of War 3 and today’s the perfect day to be doing ... [»] |
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| So how’s Skyrim done at retail? | Geoffrey Tim - November 15th, 2011 | Skyrim, the game that’s currently got its grasp on the minds of gamers everywhere has been out for just 4 days. Just about every gamer I speak to is obsessed with Skyrim - regaling me with their own in-game tales and stories. So it’s certainly popular - but how well’s it been selling?In short: Incredibly.
In just two days on sale, The Elder Scrolls ... [»] |
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| Forza Motorsport 4 and Gears of War 3 DLC Packs Out Now | Nick de Bruyne - November 2nd, 2011 | Today sees the release of not one but two DLC packs from Microsoft’s biggest franchises with Forza Motorsport 4 and Gears of War 3 getting additional content.
Forza Motorsport 4 sees the release of its November Speed Pack which adds 10 brand new beasts to the racetrack for a cool 560 MS points. The Gears of War 3 Horde Command Pack is now ... [»] |
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| Gears of War 3 Horde Command Pack Delayed | Gavin Mannion - November 1st, 2011 | Have you taken off work this morning to download the first in a long line of Gears of War 3 DLC? Well if so then I’ve got some bad news for you just in time for you to still make it into the office. Epic has posted up ... [»] |
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| The best-selling console games of 2011 to date. What’s at number one? | Geoffrey Tim - October 31st, 2011 | It’s been - and, for the next two months - will continue to be an absolutely incredible year for gamers. We’ve gotten an amazing array of games on all available platforms - too many, some might think. Which of the fantastic releases we’ve gotten this year has had the most sales though? The answer may surprise you.Thanks to Nintendo’s year-end financials, we’ve got the details - and according to the NPD, which charts sales in ... [»] |
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| Gears of War 3 DLC gives you more RAAM | Darryn Bonthuys - October 21st, 2011 | By now, you’ve saved Sera, won the battle and got the girl. And judging from what I’ve seen on Xbox Live, some of you maniacs have done it on insane difficulty. You’ve unlocked all the chicken-centric Easter-egg goodies, spent hours rampaging through humans as a berserker and generally owned the battlefield in team deathmatch.
So what do you do now? Why, you get yourself psyched for the upcoming DLC, which will have you in the human-slaughtering boots ... [»] |
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| South Africa gets dedicated Gears of War 3 servers | Geoffrey Tim - October 20th, 2011 | Gears of War 3 is great. The single player is deliciously cheesy and a heck of a lot of fun, but more important than that is that its multiplayer component is pretty darn fantastic, harkening back to the halcyon days of the first Gears of War, but with enough substance to keep newcomers happy. Unfortunately, it still takes ages to find multiplayer games - especially ranked ones, and when a multiplayer ... [»] |
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| Gears of War 3 Tips & Tricks Part 2 – I Like To Move It, Move It | Nick de Bruyne - October 18th, 2011 | I've added a bonus clip of Holden ZA kicking some serious ass (at the bottom of the post), check it out and be amazed. My personal pro tip, don't join games with Holden ZA in them. The team at XboxReel have just released part 2 of their excellent Gears of War 3 Tips & Tricks series. While Part One focused on learning to ... [»] |
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| Is this the greatest Gears of War tribute ever? | Darryn Bonthuys - October 12th, 2011 | Release a highly anticipated game, rake in the cash, then bask in all the accolades and fan tributes. That's a pretty standard reaction to any successful big budget game nowadays, and you’ll find yourself swarming with Deviantart sketches and cardboard cosplay.
It’s all in good fun though, but then you get some people who manage to really pull out all the ... [»] |
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| Gears of War 3 Sniper Tips And Tricks Video Shows A Lot Of Head-Popping | Nick de Bruyne - October 11th, 2011 | Nicholas Holden, the very same bloke from XboxReel.com that helped us put together this fantastic list of 10 Top Tips To Help You Kick Ass In Gears Of War 3 Multiplayer has just shot out his first video guide for Gears of War 3.
In this episode he gives both basic and advanced tips and tricks that will firstly make you understand how ... [»] |
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