Grave Gamer News & Views — xbox 360

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A series of limited edition pin ‘medals’ that celebrate the memories of endless epic battles, infinite high scores and numerous blistered fingers.

They are listed at 18€ each, which is @ USD$24. This would make a great Christmas gift for any gamer.

Just supporting the Dreamcast before it fell in battle should earn you its respective medal.

Today’s hubbub is centered on a rumor published in OXM centering on the future of the Gears of War franchise – or rather, the past of the franchise.

People Can Fly, the dev behind the underrated (and truthfully underwhelming) Bulletstorm, are apparently being contracted by parent company Epic to fulfill a trilogy of prequels centering on the Pendulum Wars.  There have been GoW novels focusing on this event but details have only been mentioned in conversations and files in the actual games.

Should we expect to see Marcus, Dom, and rest of the COG crew return?  Perhaps, but it should be noted the Pendulum Wars covers a 79-year span of time which leaves a lot of room for interpretation.

The update Xbox wanted to have out in mid to late November is finally making its way to your dashboard in two weeks.

The update will streamline the current interface and implement all sorts of Kinect functionality where you’ll be able to either use gestures to navigate menus or exert even less energy by issuing voice commands to browse through the content you’re looking for.

More interesting yet,...

Colonial Marines seems to be shaping up in all the right ways.  It’s hard to believe Sega supported the project without wanting to slap the Predator license all over it (xenomorphs haven’t appeared on film without the Predator since 1997).

The rabid fanboy that grew up watching and rewatching Jimmy Cameron’s 1986 classic really wants developer Gearbox to knock this one out of the park.  They’ve tried to instill in fans that they are very much enamored with this film saga, Cameron’s Aliens in particular, and Colonial Marines definitely has not experienced a rushed development cycle which always counts in a game’s favor (see: Batman: Arkham Asylum, a game made better thanks to coordinated delays).

We’re allowed our doubts though, Gearbox.

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City concept art.  The days seem to only grow longer the closer we get to March.