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Halo: Reach Achievements Revealed

The Halo craze is building once again. With just over a month before Halo: Reach blows it’s way onto store shelves, Bungie is pouring more fuel on the hype fire with a tease that gamers are going to love. In Bungie’s latest update for their weekly blog they released the full list of the achievements available in Halo: Reach.

For the players looking to pad their gamerscores come Halo: Reach, this reveal will give them a leg up in preparation. But for those who would rather be kept in the dark, well— You probably wouldn’t have clicked this article.

The Monitor: A Weekly Halo Update

This is your weekly ride on the Halo hype train. It’s an exciting time to be a Halo fan. We’re just over a month out from a major title release, which means the folks over at Microsoft, Bungie, and 343 Industries have started pumping out all of the television adds, articles, and products needed to keep the Halo community drooling, as well as try and hook as many last minute stragglers who might be wandering around the Call of Duty isle.

Battlefield 3 Beta Access with Medal of Honor

According to EA, not only will you receive weapons, ammo and camouflage with the Limited Edition Medal of Honor, but you’ll also be getting an invitation to the Battlefield 3 Beta.This is the first time Battlefield 3 has been officially announced after being previously confirmed as “in development.” 

Medal of Honor will be available October 12 in North America, and the Battlefield 3 Beta is expected to arrive sometime in 2011.  

The Future Back Past Here — The Doom Look

And that’s why the French don’t wash… oh hi! I’m Tristan Wong, one of the writers of Player Affinity, and today I have decided to do something a little different this time around. I have recently bought this pack on steam, it’s the coolest thing in the world and I thought the deal was too good to pass up. So I got off my ass and got the credit card and I bought… drum roll please.

Top Five Growing Strategy Trends

Strategy is a pain in the ass genre that really likes to stick it to you when you believe one unit should be able to do the job of hundreds… well, back then the genre just didn’t understand the concept of versatility and usefulness and the strategies boiled down to mass and rush which can be very irritating. Welcome to the world where the new is examined and pin pointed as the most useful thing we have come across to make strategy games a little more use-friendly since… that game with four zero’s… WARHAMMER, thank you.

Players Will Decide if Carmine Lives or Dies

The Carmine family has had some pretty foul luck when it comes to military service. We were introduced to Anthony Carmine in the original Gears of War, whose career was tragically ended by a sniper round to the head. In Gears of War 2 the boys of Delta were given a rookie to train who just happened to be the youngest Carmine brother, Benjamin. Although green as grass, Benjamin showed a lot of courage against the Locust swarms but it was eventually his inexperience that separated him from Delta squad and caused his death.

Alan Wake “The Signal” Review

Alan Wake’s “The Signal” DLC picks up right where the main game ended. Serving as the seventh “episode” of the game, it opens up refreshing our memories with the “previously seen on” trailer utilized through the main game and explains exactly what happened at the end in case we weren’t too sure. Alan has succeeded in saving his wife Alice by destroying the darkness’ avatar in the long deceased Barbara Jagger, but in the process has trapped himself within the darkness. Now, in a twisted and constantly shifting dark mirror of Bright Falls, Alan must find a way out of the darkness before succumbing to the encroaching madness while also figuring out what new presence Alan is fighting against that is using shadows of his memories to try to steer him off the proper path.