Very disturbing accusations are being hurled from the Bungie camp this morning, as the developer takes aim at Inifinty Ward.

“Modern Warfare 2 is just like an idea we’ve been kicking around for some time,” said Bungie’s Jeff Needler.  “For years we’ve been talking about releasing something awesome that innovates upon a franchise without just recycling the same character models, weapons, vehicles, and graphical assets.  It’s obvious that corporate espionage has occurred here.” (more…)

Not wanting to mess with a formula people seem to love, Infinity Ward announced today that it’s first pack of single player story add-on DLC for Modern Warfare 2 will be very familiar in composition to gamers who already loved the campaign presented with the retail game disc. (more…)

Platform Reviewed: PC (Also available on Xbox 360)

I’m going to say this straight up front, right now: I was not a big fan of Left 4 Dead.  I enjoyed it for about two weeks and then barely played it again.  For me, the game was just too arcade-like.  It never felt cohesive; hopping from one scene to another.  The missions themselves were also a failing in my opinion, never really deviating beyond the “Point A to Point B” formula.  And the weapon selection was – quite frankly – laughable.

I hold nothing against any person that enjoyed Left4Dead, however.  At it’s core, it was a chaotic co-op game that the player could enjoy with their friends.  That was never enough for me, but I understand why others would be content with it.

When Valve announced Left4Dead 2 at E3 earlier this year the community went into a frenzy.  The claim was that this game could not possibly hold enough new content to justify it having its own release…not when DLC is a viable option in this day and age.

Find out if Left4Dead 2 truly is a sequel to the popular co-op zombie shooter, or whether it falls short of a retail price tag- after the jump.

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Activision Blizzard certainly doesn’t dillydally. As expected, the publisher and developer is already touting the massive success of Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. A mere day after launch, the company issued a press release declaring it “the biggest launch in history across all forms of entertainment.” Bold words, but they are backed by astonishing figures.

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You too could be killing zombies tonight – For FREE – WIN COPIES OF LEFT4DEAD2! Win today, play today!

With the launch of LEFT4DEAD2 on Steam last night, a new wave of the zombie horde is upon us! Keeping yourself away from the threat of brain munching may be more difficult than ever, but at least this time around you have even more tools to get the job done. With a host of new weapons including melee weapons to help get up close and personal, and in case things go slightly awry (and by”awry”, I mean having your face gnawed of by a zombie) then the new defibrillator should help save the day.

Aside from having the right tools for the job, the best thing we can do in the face of this AI directed zombie apocalypse is to gather as many survivors together in one place and all try and fight this thing together.  So here at Sarcastic Gamer 4 codes for copies of the game we have acquired (on Steam) to give to the most Sarcastic Survivors we can find. We want to get you playing the game by the end of the day, so you are going to have to be quick on the draw…

Full details of how to win after the jump…

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It was a moment of extreme satisfaction; the cap to a short, yet mentally taxing journey. An accomplishment that one tends to gloat over, raising a fist while proclaiming: “Fuck yes, I won the day.” Despite my trials, I persevered, and emerged stronger as a result.

For some, Braid is an artistic gem, offering gorgeous, stylized visuals and an equally impressive score. I certainly won’t provide a counterargument. However, to me, the challenges make the experience.

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[This article is a special contribution from SGC Member and SG Forum Moderator Ala Douche, thanks Ala Douche!]

“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” -John F. Kennedy

“If you want to make enemies, try to change something.” -Woodrow Wilson

Here we are, the release of one of the most anticipated (if not the most anticipated) games of the year, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. People across the world rejoice! The next iteration of one of the most addicting first person shooters of all time is upon us! Hold on a second there, it doesn’t look like everyone is happy. Oh my, an entire platform of consumers are angry! (more…)

Remember the “Summer of Arcade” over at Xbox Live?  Games like Shadow Complex and Trials HD and Splosion Man? And then…poof…nothing?  XBLA started dropping games like Inferno Pool and Bubble Bobble Neo?

Amidst the flurry of games fleeing 4th quarter to get away from Modern Warfare 2 and Left 4 Dead 2, a little gem totally flew under the radar for me and just hit me in the back of the head like a boomerang.  I’m sure everyone focused on November 10th is certainly not paying attention to XBLA, so it would be easy to miss!

XBLA is about to get busy again with the November 18th release of Gyromancer, a Puzzle Quest-y roleplaying game-puzzle hybrid cooked up by…Square Enix and Popcap?    Pretty good chance while you clowns are busy shooting each other in the face in MW2, I’m going be playing through Gyromancer.

You have to see it to believe it, so I’ve put the trailer in after the jump!

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Welcome to the reintegration of an arguably ancient SG feature, Review of the Reviews. In this feature, we essentially take on Metacritic at their own game, but rather than summarizing every review into a score, we use words. Words are better, right? Better than numbers? I mean, what was the last binary play you went to see versus the last literary one?

Words > Numbers. Come, read some words with me.

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As I said on our first podcast of the weekend, Dragon Age was one of my more anticipated titles to see and get hands-on with. Well I did get hands-on with it, briefly, for as long as I could stand to keep my eyes on that screen.

You know that feeling you get when you look at a really ugly person? Like, really ugly? So ugly that you don’t even feel guilty for thinking the person is unattractive? And no matter how much the view offends your eyes, you just can’t look away?

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Ubisoft were pulling out all the stops at this year’s Eurogamer Expo: along with the astonishing 3D version of Avatar, we were treated to a sizeable chunk of Assassin’s Creed II.

As if that weren’t enough, they even roped in one last minute surprise: Sam Fisher.

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Well, the Uncharted 2/Brutal Legend Duelist League week had an unprecedented number of fatalities at the hands of  newcomer Stoned Sheep.  Not only did he beat all challengers at mutliplayer (including yours truly), but he then went on to take humiliating still screenshots of him kicking the hell out of each and every opponent.  Usually, this involved him holding onto a grenade launcher and his opponent being blown into small pieces.   It was not pretty.

A few caveats: I started a match with Astro Nit.  I beat him on the practice, then he won the first of three matches, and then he had to leave, so I gave him five points for coming out and mixing it up.  Also, Eao and Stoned Sheep’s match apparently didn’t happen because of connectivity issues (Eao’s from Cairo? Wowza!).

So, Mr. Stoned Sheep rockets his way to the top of the leaderboard while everyone else if left to lick their wounds.  Let’s take a look at what the new leaderboard looks like!

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Well, look at you. Getting drawn in to reading an article based on the surprisingly absurd title…

I bet you won’t click the jump. You haven’t got the stones. You can’t HANDLE THE JUMP!

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