EA’s hosting a Battlefield 3 event this weekend, which will give you the chance to play alongside members from Korn, Megadeth, Outkast and hip-hop artist Mickey Factz.
In order to participate, you will need to become a fan of the Platoon of your choice on Battlelog or directly through Metal Platoon pages created by Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine and Korn’s Jonathan Davis.
The first event is going on as we type, but there is one going on tomorrow as well.
Representing Team Metal: Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine vs. Representing Team Hip Hop: Big Boi (Outkast)
Time: 10AM-12PM PST, January 7, 2012
Weapon of choice: Battlefield 3, Xbox 360
Map and mode: Strike at Karkand, Conquest Assault
MATCHUP NO. 2
Representing Team Metal: Korn’s Jonathan Davis vs. Representing Team Hip Hop: Mickey Factz
Gosh, Star Wars: The Old Republic sure is turning out to be awesome. Or so I’ve heard. I haven’t had the chance to play just yet. But I am increasingly jealous. Reason number 500: Our good friends at Game Trailers got ahold of this hilarious capture of a glitch in TOR that is as hilarious as it is deadly to your character. About 30 seconds in, watch the J-Tim dance moves commence, and may the force be with you here, and in the club.
It’s an embarrassment of riches for Skyrim fans today. Probably nothing could possibly touch the Auto Tune Bear Mod, but coming in close behind is an ingenious way to make Skyrim’s weak-sauce spider enemies less of an annoying RPG cliche. Namely, by turning them into Spider-Man.
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Called by its developers the first Vietnamese game to be released in the United States, 7554 tells the story of Vietnamese forces battling against the French in the First Indochina War. The name of the game represents 7 May 1954, which was the day when the French finally surrendered, ending the war.
7554 will run you a mere $ 12 when it comes out on PC in the US in February, and so I think we’re all going to have to try it just to see what’s up. And it looks pretty good anyway.
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This new trailer for Tribes: Ascend will get your hopes up that you can pull off moves that you will never, ever be able to do. Ever. But it’s nice to just watch and enjoy it with that knowledge, because it is a cool trailer.
It’s all about showing off and killing dudes in the smoothest way possible; seriously, it’s silky smooth. Watch this.
Gamasutra’s regular round-up of worldwide video game releases, “Release This!”, takes a look at every game title we know to be shipping to stores this week, in a custom compiled list. This week brings Mario Kart 7 to the 3DS in North America, while Japan gets Monster Hunter 3G and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The following list covers all of the game software we know to be available — across all platforms and regions …