Eidos Interactive Ltd. and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced the Insane Night Map Pack, a free downloadable map pack for the critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum action adventure title. Beginning tomorrow, the Insane Night Map Pack will be available from PlayStation Store, Xbox LIVE Marketplace, and Games for Windows LIVE Marketplace, and offer gamers two new Challenge Maps to (as predicted last week) hone their FreeFlow Combat skills and test their Invisible Predator prowess.
In the ‘Totally Insane’ FreeFlow Combat map, players will be tested to their fullest as scores of escaped lunatics bear down upon BATMAN as they make their escape through the asylum’s secure records facility. These fast-moving foes will challenge all but the most practiced players, with quick reactions and expert timing needed to fend off wave upon wave of insane inmates, Read the rest of this entry »
Xbox 360 and Activision Publishing, Inc. today unleashed the latest weapon to help gamers take to the battlefields and join one of the most anticipated launches of the year with the global announcement of the Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 Limited Edition Console. Infinity Ward’s Modern Warfare 2, the blockbuster sequel to the best selling first-person action game in history, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, was the inspiration for the console’s high-speed, low-drag, battle-ready design, which is available for pre-order today at participating retailers. Beginning with Modern Warfare 2’s worldwide release on Nov. 10, fans can arm themselves with the Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 Limited Edition Console, which features an exclusive design inspired by the epic thriller, more storage space than ever before in a 250GB Hard Drive, two Xbox 360 Wireless Controllers, as well as an Xbox 360 Headset and a Standard Edition copy of Modern Warfare 2 for a recommended retail price of $649(NZ). “It’s the highest compliment to the team and our fans to have a special themed Xbox 360 console,” 
The white flag waves as “Forza Motorsport 3” has gone gold, entering its final lap before launching on October 23rd in New Zealand exclusively on Xbox 360. To mark the occasion, Microsoft and Turn 10 today confirmed that a demo of the highly anticipated title will arrive on Xbox LIVE Marketplace starting September 24th.
It may not be long before there are even more video games vampires. No, Konami hasn’t announced another Castlevania title. Instead, it seems that HBO is planning for a game based on their show True Blood
For the first time ever in a video game, GRAMMY Award winning DJ’s and producing duo, Daft Punk, will start the party right with Activision Publishing, Inc.’s DJ Hero on October 30th, 2009. Featuring 93 exclusive on-disc mixes from some of the biggest acts in hip-hop, pop, rock and dance, players will be able to test their DJing chops as virtual recreations of the renowned twosome and experience their iconic sounds in eleven original mixes, including two signature “Megamixes,” using their music. Among the mixes in the game featuring Daft Punk are: 
This week, gamers will finally be able to unlock an Achievement in Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway worth 50 Gamerscore points if they play the game at any time on September 17, while connected to Xbox Live. The Achievement – Remember September ‘44 – references the War War II mission that sent Allied Airborne troops into the Netherlands to kick-start Operation Market Garden, which is also the basis of the game’s story. 
In Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, the entire single player campaign is fully playable co-operatively for up to four players online. Teamwork and communication are key as gamers take on USMC infantry and spec ops roles battling the might of the Chinese PLA as the war plays out across Skira island. 
