It’s a well-known fact among the gaming community that consoles and RTS games don’t mix very well. The effectiveness of the tried and true keyboard/mouse control scheme that PCs utilize has to yet to be successfully matched by a console controller. While games like the upcoming Halo Wars are trying to remedy the problem by designing for a console from the ground up, EndWar takes a different route. A more vocal route, one might say.

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If you have been looking forward to Tom’Clancy’s strategy game, EndWar, and you own an Xbox 360, you will get your shot at a multiplayer beta come early October.

The catch (and ultimately what makes this a “VIP demo“) is that you will need to pre-order the game (I see a trend developing here) in order to receive a token which grants you access to download the game. The press release states that slots are limited and tokens will be given out on a first come first serve basis.

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The much-talked-about patch to the hit game Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is officially available for download. I just checked it out on the Xbox 360, and I would assume it is available for the PlayStation 3 as well, though I can’t confirm it. Read on for the full update details. Read more…

World War III and its hypothesized aftermath has been the subject of countless novels, films, video games and even music for the last sixty years. Basically, since the defeat of the Axis Powers in 1945, people from nations around the globe have prophesized about what the parameters would be for the next Great War. As Americans, we have been subject to these possibilities since their inception. But as time marched on, our speculations as far as the “who” and “where” of the next world conflict have evolved. Read more…