Epic Games’ Gears forum received a post from company VP Mark Rein a few minutes before 1AM today. In that post Mark makes mention of a title update for the Gears sequel that they hope to release in January. The laundry list of issues being addressed include the ability to wield an invisible shield, infinite [...]

Major Nelson, who is currently chilling out and live-blogging in Japan at the Tokyo Game Show, just confirmed that the New Xbox Experience will officially launch on November 19th.  Additionally, he went over some of the new features, such as taking a picture of your Mii Avatar to use as your GamerPic, as well as [...]

A press release issued today by EA announces the release of a “Total Payback” update to Mercs 2. The update will be making its way on to XBL October 13th and PSN just a few days later on October 20th. Included in said update will be the ability to enter in cheat codes to unlock [...]

Come Monday, September 29th, Xbox LIVE is shutting down for a full 24 hours. Starting promptly at midnight, everything related to the LIVE service, including a lot of the features on Xbox.com, will be unavailable as Microsoft prepares you for “the cool new stuff coming your way in the new Xbox experience”.

Robert Bowling, Community Manager for Infinity Ward, has revealed that the team has been hard at work on a playlist update for their hit shooter Call of Duty 4. Along with the playlist update, which hasn’t been given a date yet, there is an Xbox Live and Playstation Network double-experience points promotion in the works [...]

It’s kind of hard to argue with the popular belief that the console versions of TF2 are massively inferior to the PC one. They don’t have 32 player matches, they’ve got awful controls, there’s barely any community to speak of, it used to be obscenely laggy, and they’ve never gotten any of the cool (and [...]

[youtube width="480" height="378"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8IK8F68VzA&fmt=18[/youtube] Bravo, Valve. Bravo. The video above is the latest “Meet the” TF2 video from Valve, showcasing what I’m convinced is the most powerful class in the game- SANDWICH. Weighing in at 120mg, it’s variety of weapons include, but is not limited to swiss cheese, two slices of whole wheat bread, and new [...]

“Release early and often” is the established mantra the Valve team has set and continues to perpetuate as they update Team Fortress 2 with maps, modes, achievements, and weapon add-ons. This time? The Heavy.

The Vuzix virtual reality headset (which I previously reviewed) has just released a software update that boosts the number of games supported.  Notable additions include Halo, GTA San Andreas, Lord of the Rings Online, and Spore.  Continue on for full details.

Major Nelson let loose on his latest podcast that the upcoming Dashboard update for the Xbox 360 will be entirely optional.  Well, you’ll most likely still have to download it, but you can continue to use the old blades system and even forgo the new Miis Avatars and stick with your Gamerpic.  Oh, and you [...]

It’s rather inconspicuously called v1.4, but this update is anything but pedestrian. It boasts two new game modes, a quick-join system, and more tweaks than you are probably willing to read about in one sitting. All for free too.

Less than a day old, Sony has reportedly taken down PS3′s 2.4 Update. Users on the Official Playstation Message Boards have claimed that after installing the update, their PS3 would fail to boot up.

The big one’s out now.  Firmware Update 2.4 can be found waiting for you on your Playstation 3.  At last you can now access the Cross Media Bar (XMB) in-game and message your friends! Follow the link for the full changelog and find out why I’m slightly bemused.

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.

It’s nearly summer, but Microsoft has caught the spring update bug. An alleged feature list for Microsoft’s Spring update has been leaked. As per usual, there are some lackluster additions but others are huge, and if the list does prove to be accurate we will have some excellent new features being added to Xbox Live.