Gears of War fans around the world are excited (possibly drooling) over the upcoming release of the third installment in the series, Gears of War 3. There's a lot of hype about the game and its new features, which includes a 4-player co-op mode and a slew of new female charact ...more
So the Brumak boss fight is supposed to be hard in Horde Mode, right? Think again. This is a pretty funny trick that will allow you to beat a Brumak boss in 30 seconds in Gears of War 3. Terrain glitches, they're hilarious!
This video shows you some of the new features in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, namely the rated battelgrounds and new gear. You can earn some new special items through honor points or conquest points, and here is how you can earn both.
With the Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch only several weeks old, the extent as to what you can do with it is limited since there are only about 70 apps in the Gear Store right now, and a lot of those need the full app installed on your Samsung Galaxy Note 3 in order to function ...more
Do you play Gears of War 2 online? Have you ever wanted to execute someone in midair? Who hasn't? This video will show you how to do it using the dead body launcher glitch. Well, you won't see it, but the host will! Who doesn't like messing with the host of their game, especia ...more
Hopefully by now, you've played a good chunk of RAAM's Shadow for Gears of War 3. I've just now started to get to it, as my buddy and I have just completed the main campaign on co-op. For today, we've got three achievements for the newly released DLC. Just make sure you have t ...more
This week saw the release of Gears of War 3's most extensive DLC to date: RAAM's Shadow. Having played the first hour or so of the single-player component, I have to say that it is very good. The story serves as a prequel to the first game in the series, taking place right aft ...more
If you're playing Gears of War 3 and happen to visit the Mercy map, be sure to listen in for the bells. When you hear them, you'll be able to see a picture of Dom appear. But the easter egg doesn't end there. If you shoot the picture you'll hear a soundbyte of Dom crying.
Looking for an easy way to earn 50g while playing Gears of War 3? If you can execute an Epic employee or someone who has already unlocked the achievement 'Lambency', you can earn it for yourself. So hop into a game and try to grab it.
In Gears of War 3, Horde Mode 2.0 brings back several of the hard boss fights that you had to play through in the campaign. For example, this gameplay footage showcases the steps you'll need to beat the Brumak in Horde Mode.
If you're playing through Gears of War 3, the Beserker boss fight at the end of act 3 can be quite the pain, especially if you have it on hardcore mode. Take a look at this walkthrough to defeat the Beserker boss on hardcore mode. Even if you are on normal mode in GoW, this sh ...more
Both the Gears of War 3 Limited and Epic Editions contain a DLC code that allows you to unlock and play the Adam Phoenix character. The code is a little hidden, and unlike most DLC codes, isn't printed on the back of the manual. This guide from IGN will show you where to find ...more
3D games are usually fraught with "secret rooms" that the developers never planned on gamers being able to access. Silly developers. This video will teach you how to glitch into a secret room in the War Machine map in Gears of War 2. You can't really see shoot at people from t ...more
Watch this video tutorial to learn how to play war. Not only is War a great way to pass the time with a friend, but it's so easy to learn that both children and adults can play. You Will Need * A deck of cards * Two players Step 1. Deal the cards Shuffle the deck and deal ...more
This video walkthrough shows you how to beat Belly of the Beast, the third Act, of Gears of War for the XBox 360 on insane difficulty. The video also includes a voiceover to guide you through some strategies. Part 1 of 8 - How to Beat Gears of War - Act 3 - Belly Of The Beast. ...more
This video walkthrough shows you how to beat Desperation, the fifth and final Act, of Gears of War for the XBox 360 on insane difficulty. The video also includes a voiceover to guide you through some strategies and covers a strategy for defeating RAAM, the final boss. Part 1 o ...more
This video walkthrough shows you how to beat The Long Road Home, the fourth Act of Gears of War for the XBox 360 on insane difficulty. The video also includes a voiceover to guide you through some strategies. Part 1 of 4 - How to Beat Gears of War - Act 4 - The Long Road Home. ...more
Want to unlock a mutator and the 'Onyx Medal' achievement in Gears of War 3? This is the quickest way to unlock the Onyx Medal and requires you to enter the campaign in insane mode in arcade on Act 3 Chapter 1. You'll want to use the one-shot for this!
Ready to put an end to this "mad world?" This video shows you a simple way of defeating Pale Horse, the final boss in Gears of War.
Trying to take out Tempest, the last boss fight in Gears of War 3? You'll find her in Act 5, Chapter 6 of the game. Take a look at this gameplay video to find out just exactly what you'll need to do to defeat her and beat Gears of War 3! Be careful, the ending of Gears of War ...more
The Lancer chainsaw / machine gun from Gears of War is the weapon that first sold that game, Cliff Bleszinski's twisted brainchild that made the multiplayer so much fun. If you like LEGO and Gears of War, watch this video to learn how to make a replica of the Lancer out of LEG ...more
In this walkthrough we show the hacks and mods that can be done in GoW. Gears of War is a fantastic RPG and an award winning game. It was voted the best game of 2006. Find out using the old patch how to cheat and hack your way through Gears of War. Note: This isn't the latest ...more
Learn general weapon pickups in Gears of War and how to use grenades.
Struggling to defeat Queen Myrrah in Gears of War 3? Well, if the last boss fight is giving you some trouble, this walkthrough from Giant Bomb should help you out a ton! This specific boss battle guide takes place on hardcore difficulty.
The runaway chainsaw family of glitches for Gears of War 2 enable the player to chainsaw a target to death instantly, without having to wait through the tedious process of watching their victim being sawed in half vertically. This video will teach you how to use the glitch in ...more
It seems that almost every multiplayer map in Gears of War 2 has a secret glitch-based way of getting underneath it. This video is a tutorial on how to do just one of these glitches. It will show you how to get under the Security multiplayer map using a barrier breaker glitch.
There are several types of barrier breaker glitches in Gears of War 2. The one described in this video might be the easiest one of all. It will allow you to escape from many multiplayer maps. The only caveat is that this won't work if you are hosting the game. Simple, get one ...more
This video demonstrates how to use a sniper rifle in Gears of War. The video explains how to rush the sniper and how to ultimately kill your opponent.
Learn how to breakdown a game level for assets for you maps in Gears of War using the Unreal Engine 3. This example will show you how to create rain.
There are at least three different ways to execute the barrier breaker glitch in the popular XBOX 360 shooter Gears of War 2. There's the chainsaw way, the shield way, and the smoke way, which you will be watching here. This video will teach you how to use smoke to break barri ...more
The Lambent Leviathan boss fight occurs while onboard a ship which serves as the headquarters for the Cog soldiers in Gears of War 3. You'll need to make use of the Silverback to defeat the Lambent Leviathan, and this guide will show you how to shove the necessary bullets and ...more
Flying is fun, even when you aren't supposed to do it! This video will teach you how to use one popular exploitable glitch in Gears of War 2 to skywalk your way through the Stasis multiplayer map. You will need to enable ragdoll smokes and use the barrier breaker glitch for th ...more
There's nothing quite like drawing a venemous villian trying to throw a bomb at you to awaken your senses and get your fingers flexible for the drawing-filled day ahead. If you love drawing figures from video games and would like to improve your depiction of action poses, che ...more
Kick 'Em When They're Down Achievement 1. Rude Awakening Lancer + B (Tap, don't hold) 2. Meatsnap A, then X 3. Curbstomp Any weapon + X 4. Triple Punch C-C-Combo Any non-execution weapon (shotgun) + Y 5. Snixecution Sniper Rifle + Y 6. Torque Nudge Torque Bow + B 7. Pis ...more
This video demonstrates how to select your weapon in Gears. The video walks you through switching weapons and performing melee attacks with different weapons.
How's this for a fun wedding cake topper? Via Reddit.
Some trainers argue that playing tug of war is not healthy for a dog. It can be a battle of strength between a dog and owner, that the dog might think they control. However, tug of war can be a great way to train a dog a release command that can be useful in day to day situati ...more
The web's favorite robotics company, MIT's Boston Dynamics, never fails to instill truly animal-like qualities into its famed creations. We giggled (slightly guiltily) when poor Big Dog took a tumble on the ice. Now as we watch Little Dog climb, cautious as a puppy, and subse ...more
Like any good video game these days, controversy is a must, and that's exactly what Homefront provides. It's a good old-fashioned, controversial hot potato—isn't that the way war always is? It plays out like this: North Korea faces sanctions from the United Nations on nuclea ...more
The turret placement for the Brumak that spawns in wave 10 of Horde 2.0 mode in Gears of War 3 is very important. But if you take a look at this video guide, you'll be able to defeat the Horde Mode version of the Brumak fairly easily.
If you're up against the Berserker boss fight in Horde Mode 2.0 (also known as a Berzerker in some locals) and you're trying to figure out how to beat him, take a look at this walkthrough for Gears of War 3 for a strategy that'll defeat him. Oh, and you can also unlock an avat ...more
This clip will teach you everything you'll need to know to draw a custom Gears of War logo playercard emblem in the Call of Duty: Black Ops Emblem Editor. Call of Duty 7 (COD: BO) is the seventh installment in Activision's popular Call of Duty series of military-themed first- ...more
Disruptor Beam just soft launched The Walking Dead: March to War in the Philippines. It's not officially available in the US yet, but there are ways to play this take on Robert Kirkham's post-apocalyptic masterpiece regardless of where you live. The Walking Dead: March to War ...more
Learn the ins and outs of the popular Xbox 360 video game Call of Duty: World at War. This first-person shooter video game is also available on Windows computers, Nintendo DS, Wii, PlayStation 2, and Playstation 3, but nothing compares to the bloody close quarter combat on the ...more
Video games are one of the best non-medical things that have ever happened to sick children. They are stimulating, entertaining and require very little physical strength to play, which makes them perfect for those suffering physical maladies. In 2003, the ambitious and creati ...more
If you want to play the guitar well, you have to learn from the masters, like John Lennon. Learn how to play "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" by John Lennon on the guitar with this tutorial. This lesson focuses on the strumming pattern, and chord structure of the song "Happy Xmas." ...more
The Kinect for Xbox 360 and PlayStation Move might be fun to play with, but people do not look very cool while they're doing it. Air guitar is not particularly flattering (even if done on stage), and neither is air-anything else, as pleasurable as it might be. This is why I fi ...more
There's something extremely satisfying about hunting down your online adversaries and knocking them out with a well-placed shot, which probably explains why shooting games are still one some of the most popular time killers for iOS and Android. Shooting games for mobile come ...more
Gamers who have their Xbox 360's firmware flashed may have recently noticed an inability to play backups, or even make backups of newer games that have come out, such as Gears of War 3 and Dead Island, to name a few. This is because Microsoft has come out with a new disc form ...more
Gamers who have their Xbox 360's firmware flashed may have recently noticed an inability to play backups, or even make backups of newer games that have come out: Gears of War 3 and Dead Island, to name a few. This is because Microsoft has come out with a new disc format to fi ...more
Studies have shown (yes, there have been studies on this) that the keyboard and mouse control setup employed by PC gamers is better for first person shooters than a console controller. Fortunately, there's a nifty peripheral for the Xbox 360 called the XFPS Sniper that allows ...more
Shadows of the Dammed (360/PS3) is a polarizing game. It's not shy of being crass and crude. Go ahead and judge the game by the following examples (click to enlarge): The game is a giant penis joke. This is an official trailer for the game.. Now, with what you have seen, choos ...more
The Xbox 360 is America's video game system. It was designed in America, it has better market share in America than anywhere else, and it has the most overtly macho game catalog of any console. For many Xbox fanboys, gaming heaven is shooting hordes of really well-animated thi ...more
Like the press covering film and many other specialized fields, video game journalists use all sorts of jargon to convey to their knowledgable readers as much information about a game as quickly as possible. For non or newbie gamers, this can be extremely confusing. Those of ...more
If you really want to play Gran Turismo or Castlevania on the go, Sony's PlayStation Portable is a great way to do it. But it gets harder and harder to justify carrying around a PSP handheld gaming console when you've got an equally powerful Android phone in your pocket alread ...more
If you follow indie games at all, you've probably heard of Bastion. During its development, it took home numerous Best in Show prizes from E3 and other game conventions while building up an incredible amount of buzz in the games press. Part of what is intriguing about Bastion ...more
Introduction Halo: Reach is Bungie's latest and final addition to the franchise. Microsoft has claimed the title and from now on 343 Industries will be working on the Halo franchise. In my opinion, Bungie's last game is the best out of all of them. These are some tactics and ...more
Watch the world famous Trophy Hunters destroy God of War 3 on the PlayStation 3. In this video series, watch them show you how to play Mount Olympus in God of War 3. They cover the whole level and all the little tips and tricks associated with beating it, so pay close attentio ...more
If you've never heard of Steampunk before, then you're about to be educated. Steampunk is a relatively new hybrid style (and subgenre) of old anachronisms and technology. So, for instance, a steampunk computer is one that's done in an industrial, victorian manner with brass pa ...more
Board game enthusiast Scott Nicholson reviews a new game each week showing you the pieces and rules of play, as well and demonstrating the game with friends. This weeks game, Friedrich, is a war game taking place in Prussia where each player has their own set of objectives.