Video Game Releases for October 2011

September marked the end of the video game drought of the year and we had some amazing games come out from Dead Island, Deus Ex Human Revolution and Gears of War 3 . Now September has finally come to a close however the video games will keep on rolling this month. Unfortunately I will be unable to get any of these games because I'll be saving my money for next month slew of games.

October 4
Crysis - PSN, XBLA
Dark Souls - PS3, Xbox 360
NBA 2k12 - PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Xbox 360,Wii
RAGE - PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Spider Man: Edge of Time - DS, 3DS, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii

October 5
Orcs Must Die! - XBLA

October 7
Just Dance 3 - PS3, Xbox 360, Wii

October 11
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon - PS3, Xbox 360
The Cursed Crusade - PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record - PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Forza Motorsport 4 - Xbox 360
Seasame Street: Once Upon a Monster - Kinect
Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights - 3DS

October 12
Orcs Must Die! - PC

October 13
Might and Magic Heroes IV - PC

October 16
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure - 3DS, PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii

October 17
Professor Layton and the Last Specter - DS

October 18
Batman: Arkham City - PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii
Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One - PS3
Rocksmith - PC, PS3, Xbox 360
The Sims 3: Pets - Mac, PC
Stronghold 3 -PC

October 21
Football Manager - Mac, PC

October 24
Kirby's Return to Dreamland - Wii
Pokemon Rumble Blast - 3DS

October 25
Battlefield 3 - PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Dance Central 2 - Kinect
Disney Universe - Mac, PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii
Dragonball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi - PS3, Xbox 360
Silent Hill: Downpour - PS3, Xbox 360

October 27th
Kinect Sports: Season 2 - Kinect

September's Game of the Month - Gears of war 3

Games I've Italicized I will be hoping to do a Review of. Lets see how my paychecks from work look like...

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Valve Hopes To Have Global Offensive Beta Access In Early October

For those who cannot wait to get their hands on the upcoming Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Valve plans to host a closed beta sometime in early October. The beta will hopefully give everyone a chance to experience the game according to Valve's Chet Flaiszeck.

A handful amount of people have already gotten their hands on the game; a group of pro gamers were the first when they were invited over by Valve. With the testing those players have done, Valve has added some new features to the game, and I'm not talking about the molotov of the revamped de_dust, the new Counter-Strike will be hosting three new game modes.

Enjoy some new screenshots that were released as we wait for the beta to come out on the PC, Mac, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

If you have played Counter-Strike, then you most likely know what the Gun Game mod is. For those that don't know what it is though, Gun Game is a type of mode for Counter-Strike in which you start off with one of the pistols, when you get two kills, your level up your rank and earn a new pistol. You keep doing this until you go from pistols, then to SMGs, and then from everything in between the knife. If you get a kill with the knife, you then are the winner of the game. Gun Game in Global Offensive will be changed into Arsenal and from there will be split into two different sub-modes - Arsenal: Demolition and Arsenal: Arms Race. Arms Race will be exactly the same as Gun Game, but Demolition is a mix of Arms Race and objective game play.

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Portal Is Free For Five Days

If you have never experienced the glory of Portal, you should do so now while you can. For five days, players are able to download Portal for your PC or Mac for free. Valve is offering this just until the 20th, so get it now while you can. Portal was first free when it was released on Mac, and now, for some weird reason, Valve just decided to throw people who still do not own a copy of Portal a bone.

You can get your copy on the Steam Store here.

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Amazon 4th of July Sale

All the way till July 9th, Amazon will be holding a Buy One, Get One Free sale for video games and video game accessories. Along with buying one and getting one for free, most games seem to be on sale also. Do not miss out on this sale, it has been awhile since I've seen Amazon do this. 297 different types of games and accessories are currently on sale.

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Portal 2 DLC This Summer AND Free

Valve has announced that Portal 2 DLC will be coming out this summer and that it will be free for PC, Mac, PS3 and 360. The DLC will include new test chambers, leaderboards, and single/multiplayer challenge modes. Good ol' Valve given us what we need.

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