• How To Get Mob of the Dead's Secret Easter Egg & Achievement

    If you've played any of the past Zombies maps from previous Treyarch-developed Call of Duty games, you're doubtless aware that the studio likes to include deviously tricky easter eggs for players to unlock.

    These easter eggs put all other secret achievements to bed with their complexity and level of challenge. Gone are the days of simply taking a hidden path and unlocking the easter egg or putting in the Konami code at a certain place and time. Treyarch has raised the bar time and time again, only to have it raised further...by themselves.

    In Mob of the Dead, Treyarch may have outdone themselves.

    The easter egg in Mob of the Dead - the Zombies map in Black Ops 2: Uprising - gives you the achievement 'Pop Goes the Weasel' and this is probably where you want to stop reading if you're hoping to avoid spoilers.

  • Two Things You Might Have Missed in ShootMania's Launch

    As ShootMania: Storm continues to make waves among FPS veterans and newcomers alike, there are a couple things that you might have missed when the game launched last week.

    Combo Mode

    This brand new game mode was released simultaneously with the launch of ShootMania: Storm but it was buried among the frantic excitement that any launch week brings with it. Combo is a game mode that enables weapon switching - as well as a new weapon, but more on that later.

    Item pick ups are available around the map in the form of lasers, nucleus and arrows.

    The rules are pretty simple; two teams of 2 fight to eliminate each other. The first team to eliminate both opposing members wins, but the enemies must be eliminated two in a row. After every elimination, the time window to execute a 'Combo' as it is called increases. If neither team completes a Combo by the time the regulation timer ends, there will be a sudden death overtime period.

  • This is Everything That 'Knife of Dunwall' Adds to Dishonored

    Bethesda released the latest DLC add-on for Dishonored this morning, in the Knife of Dunwall expansion. 

    We know that the content tells the story of Daud and his band of assassins known as The Whalers. While Corvo Attano got the blame for the death of the Empress in Dishonored, Daud is the man truly responsible for the crime. Daud is no stranger to assassinations but for some reason, the death of the Empress weighed more heavily on him than previous murders.

    The story is fascinating, but what about the new gadgets and weapons that Daud is promised to be able to wield?

    We spent some time with Knife of Dunwall today, and here is everything that the expansion brings to the table.

  • Stream the First Episode of SyFy's Defiance, Read Our Episode Recap

    Did you miss last night's big premiere of Defiance on SyFy Channel? If so, we've got you covered with a full episode recap and stream. 

    If you don't want anything spoiled for you, go ahead and skip down to the bottom of this post to watch the episode for yourself. The pilot episode clocks in at around an hour and a half, but we're not sure how long an average episode would be. For those of you curious how the episode was, we humbly present to you our episode 1 recap below.

    We've known from the outset that Defiance is an ambitious project. Creating a world that will support both a video game environment and a full sci-fi program? If that's not ambitious, we don't know what is. This pilot episode serves to introduce us to all of the characters that we will come to know throughout this first season of Defiance, but it does more than that. It also introduces us to the world of Defiance in a brand new way.

    We've been spending time with the Trion Worlds game and while that experience has given us a great idea of the world that Defiance inhabits, it wasn't until watching the show that we truly got it. The characters, the world and the environment came alive in a new way for us last night.

  • Black Ops 2: Uprising Launches This Week, Here's What We're Getting

    As you may or may not be aware, Treyarch is launching the second DLC expansion for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 this week and it's kind of a big deal. 

    We took a good look at Mob of the Dead last week and were rather impressed by what we found. The new Zombies map looks amazing, but now it's time to do the same with the rest of the content. The DLC goes by the name of Black Ops 2: Uprising and includes four brand new multiplayer maps as well as the aforementioned star-studded Zombies experience.

    Mob of the Dead

    Here's the premise behind Mob of the Dead (in a nutshell): four Prohibition era mobsters are arrested, tried and sentenced to prison time in Alcatraz.

    Here's where things get interesting, however. You see, Alcatraz is a dark place, but our four mobsters didn't realize exactly how dark.

    Turns out Alcatraz is crawling with a mob of their own, a Mob of the Dead if you will.

    As if that wasn't exciting enough, the mobsters are brought to life thanks to the vocal talents of Ray Liotta, Michael Madsen, Joe Pantoliano and Chazz Palminteri. Honestly, we could stop here and Black Ops 2: Uprising would already be worth the price tag but Treyarch didn't stop there, so we won't either.

  • Defiance Premieres on SyFy Tonight, Episode 1 Preview

    As you most likely know, Defiance is not only a great open-world shooter from Trion Worlds but also a full sci-fi program on SyFy channel. 

    The show is debuting tonight, so let's take a look at what you can expect from the series premiere. Episode 1 of Defiance airs tonight on SyFy Channel at 9:00PM, local time.

    In case you're not familiar with the story in Defiance, this is what the show is about in a nutshell; set in the near future, a group of alien species collectively known as the Votans have arrived on Earth. Initially waging war against each other, the humans and Votans have now been forced to work together in the aftermath of the Arkfall event in 2030. The world as we know it has changed, the very surface of the Earth left altered.

    So, episode 1. Here's what you can expect from tonights episode - without any spoilers, of course.

  • How to Maximize Your XP Earning in Black Ops 2

    This weekend is Double XP in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, giving players a chance to rack up two-times the normal amount of experience towards their next rank or prestige level.

    Doubtless many of you will be grinding all weekend, but there's a science to maximizing your earning and we're here to share some tips on how you can get the most bang for your buck this weekend, taking advantage of the Double XP promotion.

    Keep reading for three foolproof methods to maximizing your XP earning in Black Ops 2.

  • How to Get 1999 Mode in BioShock Infinite Before Completing The Game

    BioShock Infinite's super-challenging 1999 mode is normally only available upon completion of the games entire story mode, but we're here to tell you that there's another - much faster - way to make this happen. 

    Here's how to do it:

      1. Head to the main menu in BioShock Infinite (it should look like this).
      2. Once there, enter the Konami Code - which is the following sequence of buttons:

      3. That's it! You should see a notification pop up - and an achivement unlock - telling you that 1999 Mode is now available.
      4. Die over and over as you attempt to play 1999 Mode.

    If you have any questions or comments, post them up in the replies and we'll do our best to help you out. This method works on all platforms, so feel free to give it a shot today! 

  • What's New in Black Ops 2's Mob of the Dead Zombies Map?

    When Treyarch announced the second DLC expansion Uprising for Black Ops 2, we had mixed feelings. On the one hand, the maps looked good and the Zombies experience seems unique but on the other, it was just the same old formula...again.

    Activision has made it a habit to follow the tried and true formula with Black Ops DLC for both of these last two games; a handful of multiplayer maps and a new Zombies map.

    Lather, rinse and repeat.

    With Black Ops 2, call us naive, but we were hoping for something new. Is that what we've been given with Uprising? Let's take a look at the latest trailer for Mob of the Dead, the new Zombies experience and see what's new.

    You can see the trailer at the bottom of this post and follow along while we dissect this new look at the DLC.