Call of Duty ELITE July premium content drops announced

 
Another month, another premium drop (DLC) for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 drops. This month, folks will be getting three multiplayer maps and a Special Ops mission. The three maps will be Decommision – a graveyard of rotting ocean liners, an oil rig with sniper perches in Offshore, and Terminal – a fan favorite from Modern Warfare 2, which takes place in a Russian airport. The Special Ops mission will be called Vertigo which pits you against helicopters and enemies from a rooftop vantage point on the Oasis hotel.

As usual, Xbox 360 ELITE Premium members will receive the content first (July 17th) and non-ELITE Premium members on the Xbox 360 second. PlayStation 3 users will have to wait much longer before they get to try out the new maps. However for those of you who can't wait to play Terminal, it will be released to all COD:MW3 players free on Wednesday, July 18th.

Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn live action trailer released

Anticipation continues to build this morning for the next installment in the Halo series: Halo 4. We already saw the Halo 4 limited edition Xbox 360 be revealed this morning, and now a new live action trailer has been released at Comic Con. [video in the full post]

The trailer is called Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn and is part of a series of live action webisodes that will help shed some light on the background of Halo 4. The series takes place before the Covenant invasion and follows a group of young UNSC recruits trying to become elite soldiers to fight in the different wars Earth is participating in. The group is led by Thomas Lansky, whose leadership is put to test when the base is attacked by the Covenant. Master Chief helps them get out of the base and you'll also learn more about his past with the series. Check out the trailer below and let us know what you think and if you're excited for Halo 4′s release on November 6th.

Nintendo 3DS sales reach 5 million in US

Nintendo has reached a milestone today announcing that it has sold 5 million 3DS handsets since its debut in March of 2011. They've also announced milestone sale figures for some games including The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D(1 million), Super Mario 3D land(2.1 million) and Mario Kart 7(1.75 million).

Nintendo also mentioned that they held a 75 percent market share for portable hardware for the second month in a row now. They also sold nearly 400,000 units in Japan. In the month of June, Nintendo sold 150,000 3DS units, 150,000 DS family units and around 95,000 Wii consoles.

Triple-screen gaming setups put under the microscope, deemed an attainable luxury

Can't help salivating over gaming setups with three screens? The Tech Report knows your hunger, and aims to satiate your cravings with a detailed look at the triple-display efforts of Gigabyte's GeForce GTX 680 OC and ASUS' Radeon HD 7970 DirectCU II Top. The high-end GPUs ran Battlefield 3, Arkham City, Rage and a few other games through the wringer — competing on temperature, game performance, noise level and more — outputting each title in a glorious extra-wide resolution, with a few quirks on the side. The Tech Report emerged from the gauntlet reluctant to relinquish its additional displays, extolling the trial as the first “next-generation gaming experience” they've had in a while. What's this mean for you? The author sums it up nicely: “In a few short years, surround gaming has gone from being somewhat of an exotic luxury to something far more attainable.” If snagging a multi-panel gaming setup is your goal, venture on to the source below where an unabridged, 11-page breakdown awaits.