Well ThumbPad readers, I was lucky enough to be sent to a Microsoft event this past week and I gotta tell you, it was pretty damn good. I got to see Halo: Reach in action as well as play a bit of the Firefight mode, see some Kinect being played before my eyes, as well as listen to Buzz Aldrin. What the second man on the moon was doing here to promote a video game I have no real idea... But I'm not complaining. It was an interesting night which I'll now tell you about and I took quite a few pictures. Unfortunately I'm a terrible photographer.

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Thanks to our good friend Christopher Clark, we had the opportunity to ask Steve Stamatiadis, co-founder and the creative director at Krome Studios  a few questions about Blade Kitten, a new XBLA, PSN and PC title that will be releasing very soon.  

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PS3 owners rejoice, and Xbox 360 fanboys rage! In a surprising turn of events at Gamecom Germany, Bioware and Electronic Arts have just announced that Mass Effect 2 is coming to Playstation 3 in January 2011. This will include the full game as well as hours of bonus content. Whether or not this is entirely new content or the DLC that has been released remains to be clarified. 

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Just last week I conducted a little experiment. We all have that X gamer on our friends list that will stop at nothing to get that one Achievement or rank within a game. So I thought I'd see what the fuss is all about and to find out how far some gamers will go to reach the promise land that is in there heads and to be call the great one by no one for having that crazy high rank or achievement.

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Microsoft is well known for pulling something big out their virtual ass at E3 events; last year blowing us away with their Project Natal announcement. The question remains 'What could they possibly do this time to get the gaming community pumped for the next 12 months?'

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That time is upon us once again, probably one of the biggest months for gamers and game news world wide, that's right E3 is being held June 15 - 17 at the Los Angeles convention centre. A lot of big things are expected at this years E3 with all major developers expected to show up and show off, continue reading below for my top 10 gaming predictions and anticipations.

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The first piece of paid downloadable content (DLC) has recently been made available for EA and Bioware's epic space opera, 'Mass Effect 2'. For 560 Microsoft Points, or around $8-$10 AUD, this is also the largest download at over 700 megabytes.

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The Splinter Cell franchise has been kicking it stealth-style since 2002 when the first title in its critically acclaimed portfolio introduced series leading man Sam Fisher and his employers the secretive black ops organisation Third Echelon. It won over countless stealth converts with its stylish game play, top shelf graphics and well scripted storyline and remains one of the highest rated xbox/ps2 games of all time. Since the series' humble beginnings, players have followed Fisher as he silently ploughed through four flagship games (and a plethora of handheld tie-ins and spinoffs) building upon the solid foundation and game play created by Ubisoft almost eight years ago. With the release of the fifth and most recent instalment - Splinter Cell: Conviction, it's time to take a look back at the evolution of the series and Sam Fisher's trademark goggles and see just how far they have come.

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