Microsoft is yet to announce any official plans regarding a beta for the game, which is due for release later this year on Xbox 360, but we wouldn’t be surprised if there was one. Crackdown buyers were granted access to Halo 3′s beta, while Halo: ODST purchasers gained access to Halo Reach’s beta.

Microsoft UK’s Xbox entertainment director Stephen McGill has said that “one of the key things with Halo 4 is going back to what made it amazing for people playing the first Halo.”

THIS IS A HOAX. DON’T BELIEVE IT!

It seems some people are using  a little trick to make people believe they are playing Halo 4 Beta to do this they:

• Edit their Profile
• Change their “Name” to “Playing Halo 4 Beta”
• Set their status to “Busy” so that “Playing Xbox 360 Dashboard” isn’t shown for activity.
• Then their “Name” is shown instead of activity.

To any unsuspecting person on their friends list it looks like they are playing Halo 4 Beta don’t be fooled.

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Both Portal 2 and Skyrim were nominated for Game Of The Year as one of their nods. The other Game Of The Year nominees are Rocksteady Studios’s dark superhero game sequel Batman: Arkham City, FromSoftware’s immersive hardcore RPG Dark Souls, and Eidos Montreal’s acclaimed franchise update Deus Ex: Human Revolution, also all multiple award-nominated.

Other titles with multiple nominations include Naughty Dog’s action adventure Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, and Team Bondi’s detective title L.A.Noire. A diverse set of overall nominees include titles with digital-physical crossover (Toys for Bob’s Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure – for Innovation), free-to-play elements to the fore (NimbleBit’s Tiny Tower – for Best Handheld/Mobile Game), and even no visual display at all (Die Gute Fabrik’s Johann Sebastian Joust – for Innovation).

Overall, the Game Developers Choice Awards are open to any video game, with no restrictions or payment for game submission, with open nominations from a plethora of game professionals helping to choose this year’s finalists. Winners will now be selected by the Game Developers Choice Awards-specific International Choice Awards Network (ICAN), which is an invitation-only group comprised of 500 leading game creators from all parts of the video game industry.

The complete list of nominees for the 12th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards are as follows:

Best Game Design
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo)
Portal 2 (Valve)
Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios)
Dark Souls (FromSoftware)

Innovation
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure (Toys For Bob)
Portal 2 (Valve)
Bastion (Supergiant Games)
Johann Sebastian Joust (Die Gute Fabrik)
L.A. Noire (Team Bondi)

Best Technology
Battlefield 3 (DICE)
L.A. Noire (Team Bondi)
Crysis 2 (Crytek Frankfurt/UK)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (Naughty Dog)

Best Handheld/Mobile Game
Tiny Tower (NimbleBit)
Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo)
Jetpack Joyride (Halfbrick)
Infinity Blade II (Chair Entertainment)
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP (Capy Games/Superbrothers)

Best Audio
Bastion (Supergiant Games)
LittleBigPlanet 2 (Media Molecule)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
Dead Space 2 (Visceral Games)
Portal 2 (Valve)

Best Downloadable Game
Stacking (Double Fine)
From Dust (Ubisoft Montpellier)
Bastion (Supergiant Games)
Outland (Housemarque)
Frozen Synapse (Mode 7)

Best Narrative
Portal 2 (Valve)
The Witcher 2 (CD Projekt RED)
Bastion (Supergiant Games)
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (Naughty Dog)
Saints Row: The Third (Volition)

Best Debut 
Supergiant Games (Bastion)
Team Bondi (L.A. Noire)
Re-Logic (Terraria)
BioWare Austin (Star Wars: The Old Republic)
Eidos Montreal (Deus Ex: Human Revolution)

Best Visual Arts
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (Naughty Dog)
Rayman Origins (Ubisoft Montpellier)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron (Ignition Japan)
Battlefield 3 (DICE)

Game of the Year
Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
Portal 2 (Valve)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Eidos Montreal)
Dark Souls (FromSoftware)

In addition to the awards for individual games, the Game Developers Choice Awards committee will be announcing its Special Award recipients in the near future, including honorees for the Pioneer, Ambassador and Lifetime Achievement Special Awards – as well as revealing the identity of this year’s Game Developers Choice Awards host.

Winners in all major categories will be honored at the Game Developers Choice Awards show, attended by more than 3,000 of the world’s leading video game developers, and taking place Wednesday, March 7th at 6:30 pm at the Moscone Convention Center during the 2012 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

In 2010, the Game Developers Choice Awards added a sister ceremony, the Game Developers Choice Online Awards which honors online and connected games, held during Austin’s GDC Online . Highlights from the 2011 ceremony, which awarded Trion Worlds’ Rift as Best New Online Game and Mojang’s Minecraft as Best Live Game, will be shown during the main Choice Awards ceremony in March.

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The new software update will create the biggest interactive TV service in the world, with close to 40 leading TV and entertainment providers accessible through the console’s Xbox LIVE online service. These include Sky, Channel 4, Channel 5, BBC, YouTube, MSN, Muzu.tv and many more (see below for full listings). One console will now bring together all these entertainment platforms, using the most advanced technologies in motion and voice controls.

The FREE dashboard update will be rolled out on tomorrow across 35 countries to a network of 35 million Xbox LIVE members, making watching live TV or on-demand movies, playing video games or listening to music effortless.

Kinect voice and gesture controls available with select Xbox LIVE content, and may vary by feature. Features, content and launch timings for the apps vary by region. See xbox.com/live for more information.

Personal and social features including Cloud Storage for Game Saves and LIVE Profile, Beacons and Facebook Sharing will also launch with the 6^thDecember update, along with enhanced Family Settings.

TV and Entertainment Providers
·         ABC iView – Australia
·         AlloCiné – France, Germany, Spain, U.K.
·         Antena 3 – Spain
·         Astral Media’s Disney XD – Canada
·         AT&T** – U.S.
·         BBC – U.K.
·         blinkbox – U.K.
·         Bravo – U.S.
·         BSkyB** – U.K.
·         Canal+* – France, Spain
·         Channel 4 – U.K.
·         Channel 5 – U.K.
·         CinemaNow (Best Buy) – U.S.
·         Comcast – U.S.
·         Crackle – Australia, Canada, U.K., U.S.
·         Dailymotion – Available in 32 markets
·         EPIX – U.S.
·         ESPN** – U.S.
·         Facebook** – Available in all 35 Xbox LIVE markets
·         FOXTEL** – Australia
·         GolTV – Spain
·         HBO GO – U.S.
·         Hulu – Japan
·         Hulu +^** – U.S.
·         iHeartRadio (Clear Channel) – U.S.
·         Last.fm^**  – U.K., U.S.
·         LOVEFiLM – Germany, U.K.
·         Manga Entertainment – U.S.
·         Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment/Real Sports – Canada
·         MediaSet – Italy
·         MSN with MSNBC.com – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, U.K.
·         MUZU.TV – France, Germany, Italy, Spain, U.K.
·         Netflix^** – Canada, U.S.
·         Rogers On Demand Online (RODO) – Canada
·         RTVE – Spain
·         SBS On Demand – Australia
·         Syfy – U.S.
·         Telefonica – Spain
·         Televisa – Mexico
·         “The Today Show” – U.S.
·         TELUS** – Canada
·         TMZ – U.S.
·         Twitter^** – Available in all 35 Xbox LIVE markets
·         UFC – Canada, U.S.
·         Verizon – U.S.
·         VEVO – Canada, U.K., U.S.
·         VimpelCom** – Russia
·         Vodafone Portugal** – Portugal
·         YouTube – Available in 22 markets
·         ZDF – Germany
·         Zune^** – Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K., U.S.

Tuesday, Dec. 6 will also see the free Xbox Companion app for Windows Phone get launched which will let you find, learn more about and control content from popular entertainment services on Xbox LIVE.

This Xbox Companion app will have some cool new features to use with your Xbox 360 including:

Xbox Companion search powered by Bing. Search the unified Xbox catalog for movies, TV shows, music, games and apps using the Windows phone. View a detailed unified results page across all content providers. You can see recently played games and apps and browse the Zune video catalog

Using the Xbox Companion app you can learn more details about the movie, TV show, music or game that is playing on your console. You can also get friend activity (friends online, friends with beacons, friends who have recently played), achievements and related items.  You’ll also be able to select a search result, and launch a movie, TV show, game or app on the connected console as well as play, pause, fw, rw the playing video or music on the connected Xbox,initiate media purchase and navigate your Xbox console with Windows Phone using the Xbox Companion.

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“With $775 million of sales of  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in its first five days,  Call of Duty has become the first entertainment property in history to set five-day launch records for three consecutive years across all forms of entertainment,” said Robert Kotick, CEO, Activision Blizzard.  ”Life-to-date retail sales for the  Call of Duty franchise have exceeded $6 billion worldwide, which makes  Call of Duty one of the most valuable entertainment properties in the world.  We expect continued sales momentum, as reviews and audience enthusiasm suggest that this is the best  Call of Duty game that we have ever made.  Online play for  Modern Warfare 3 is at record levels and we continue to see high online play for both  Call of Duty: Black Ops  and  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which ranked as the #2 and #4 top-played Xbox LIVE games for the week of November 7, according to Major Nelson.”

“As I have said all year, we have been singluarly focused on making a spectacular game for our fans, and nothing else. Our incredible teams at Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games have done just that,” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO, Activision Publishing.  ”Call of Duty:  Modern Warfare 3 continues to thrill core gaming enthusiasts as well as draw new people into the medium, which is not an easy balancing act. But it takes more than a great game. I would also like to thank our incredible team for the pulling off the launch of the year, as well as our retail partners around the world. But most of all, I want to thank our fans. They are our toughest critics, and our biggest supporters, and none of this would be possible without them.”

In addition to beating all previous first-and five-day theatrical box office, book and video game sell-through records,  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3  set two new records on Xbox LIVE.

According to Microsoft:

• More than 7.0 million multiplayer hours were logged playing  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 by the end of launch day, November 8, a 19% increase over last year’s 5.9 million multiplayer hours logged playing  Call of Duty: Black Ops last year’s launch day.
• More than 3.3 million unique gamers played  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in one day on November 8  up from 2.6 million unique gamers for  Call of Duty:  Black Ops.
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 set a new record for concurrent players on Xbox LIVE with 3.3 million simultaneous users on November 8.

“The  Call of Duty franchise returned to Xbox 360 this year with another record-breaking launch.  More than 7 million multiplayer hours were played on  Modern Warfare 3 on day-one of launch on Xbox 360,” said Don Mattrick, president of the interactive entertainment business at Microsoft.  “And with the exclusive first access to new multiplayer content, we’re proud Xbox 360 is home to the largest and most engaged  Call of Duty community.”

The game also set a new franchise mark for the number of simultaneous online gamers playing  Call of Duty  on PlayStation®  Network on its first day, and was the best-selling video game launch of all time in North America on Amazon.com and at Best Buy, GameStop, Target and Walmart.

“In just over a week,  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has been hugely successful on PlayStation 3, and continues to drive millions of gamers globally to PlayStation Network with its unprecedented and engaging online multiplayer experience,” said Jack Tretton, President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA).  “The  Call of Duty  franchise is one of the biggest entertainment brands on the planet, delivering gameplay experiences like no other which is why we’re also excited to bring the  Call of Duty franchise to our highly-anticipated next generation portable, PlayStation Vita, where we expect fans will continue their dedication to the most amazing  Call of Duty experiences whether in the home or on the go.”

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“We are inspired by the support from the gaming community and how it has rallied around our Extra Life programs to support Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals,” said John Lauck, president and CEO of the Children’s Miracle Network. “We’re honored and thrilled that Xbox is helping the Extra Life fundraising effort with its G3 event on Xbox LIVE.”

In addition to the event on Oct. 1, Xbox will host a series of Game with Fame activities the week of Sept. 26 at the G3 Miracle Lounge in Los Angeles, where Xbox LIVE members will have an opportunity to play video games on Xbox 360 with celebrities.

Xbox has also joined forces with GameStop, the world’s largest multichannel retailer of video games, to help drive participation across the country and host in-store events with key celebrities to raise awareness for the effort. GameStop and 2K have already raised more than $70,000 (U.S.) for Children’s Miracle Network hospitals in advance of the online event. Hulu, EA, Capcom Entertainment, Square Enix and other companies are supporting the event.

“GameStop associates are passionate about giving back to the communities in which we operate,” said Paul Raines, chief executive officer for GameStop. “We look forward to raising awareness and money for this tremendous cause with the help of gamers nationwide.”

Those interested in raising money, donating or learning more about G3 can visit http://www.xbox.com/g3 for more information.

About Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals

Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals raises funds for more than 170 children’s hospitals across the United States and Canada, which, in turn, use the money where it’s needed the most. When a donation is given it stays in the community, helping local kids. Since 1983, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has raised more than $4 billion, most of it $1 at a time. These donations have gone to support research and training, purchase equipment, and pay for uncompensated care, all in support of the mission to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible. Learn more at CMNHospitals.org.

In Halo: Reach, players experience the fateful moments that forged the Halo legend. It’s the story of Noble Team, a squad of heroic Spartan soldiers, and their final stand on planet Reach, humanity’s last line of defense between the terrifying Covenant and Earth. This darker story is echoed by grittier visuals amid a backdrop of massive, awe-inspiring environments. Characters, enemies and environments are rendered in amazing detail by an all-new engine designed to deliver epic-scale encounters against the cunning and ruthless Covenant.

Once the campaign is over, the battle continues online with an unparalleled multiplayer experience that expands on the award-winning suite of features that helped define the Xbox LIVE experience.

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After getting the band together for a surprise concert during E3 at the “Gears of War 3” Horde Showcase, fans the world over are now getting their first taste of Ice-T’s lyrical contribution to the final chapter in the “Gears of War” trilogy based on his experiences as a hardcore “Gears” player himself.

“I’ve always been a big fan of the game and got to play a lot of the new one during development,” said Ice-T of Body Count. “I play the character Griffin so when I was invited to also record a new track, the lyrics came pretty quick.”

Body Count’s “The Gears of War” and the game’s official soundtrack will be available in conjunction with the launch of “Gears of War 3” later this autumn.

For more information on “Gears of War 3,” visit: www.xbox.com/gearsofwar3

Toshihiro Nagoshi said:

“What I wanted to create this time was a dramatic and energetic sci-fi shooter. When you hear sci-fi you may think of cold, clinical environments but with Binary Domain I wanted to combine this with a deep human drama”

“The keyword we have in mind for this project is “Life”. I wanted to make something that will be accepted by both the Japanese and Western markets and this fundamental theme is something everyone knows, but which the full extent of can be difficult to grasp.”

Binary Domain’s central theme of life is also key to the way the innovative AI system is being developed.  The highly advanced AI will make the battlefield a more compelling experience than ever before and players will have to plan their moves strategically and carefully in order to progress through the hostile environments of the game.

Gary Knight, Senior Vice President of Marketing at SEGA of Europe and SEGA of America stated:

“We are excited and proud to have Toshihiro Nagoshi working on Binary Domain,” commented “The game is being developed in Japan yet it is designed for a global audience and will take players into an exhilarating story wrapped into a unique, action-packed shooter experience in a fresh new setting.”

Binary Domain is being developed by SEGA Japan and Yakuza-creator Toshihiro Nagoshi for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Weapons Pack 1

RELEASED : Xbox 360 – 2/11/2010 / PS3 – 3/11/2010 / PC – 28/10/2010

FREE

Cut down the competition with these 3 new weapons – Machine Gun: Dark Hog, Shotgun: Blackstone,
and Rifle: Sieger.

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Wanzer Pack 2 –

RELEASED : Xbox 360 – 2/11/2010 / PS3 – 3/11/2010 / PC – 3/11/2010

FREE

Crush the competition with 2 wanzers from the Front Mission franchise – the Stork Mk. IV and Tatou.

Stork

The current Stork model is based on the original parts from Freyman Corporation. Staying true to the
design philosophy of the series, this contemporary model exhibits all the versatility of its predecessors,
while sporting minor upgrades that allows it to compete in the modern battlefield.

Tatou

Past models in the the Tatou series were designed specifically for the light recon role. The modern
Tatou, however, was redesigned to become a multipurpose combat unit possessing a level of speed and
agility comparable to its predecessors.

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Weapons Pack 2

RELEASED :

Xbox 360 – 9/11/2010 – 240 MSP

PS3 – 10/11/2010 – €2.99 / £1.99

PC – 10/11/2010 – €2.99 / £1.99

Blast your enemies with these 3 additional weapons – Bazooka: Rock Jack, Rocket Launcher: Wild Goose,
and Missile Launcher: Goldias.

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Wanzer Pack 3

RELEASED :

Xbox 360 – 16/11/2010 – 320MSP

PS3 – 17/11/2010 – €3.99 / £2.99

PC – 17/11/2010 – €3.99 / £2.99

Smash the competition with a wanzer evolved from the Front Mission franchise’s past (Wildgoat) and 1
brand-new type (ISV-Prototype).

Wildgoat

The Wildgoat, designed mainly as a long-range weapons platform with limited defensive capabilities,
became popular among snipers and artillery specialists, for whom the ability to deliver a devastating
initial strike is worth more than a few sheets of extra armor.

ISV-Prototype

The ISV-Prototype was never mass-produced, and only a handful is known to exist. Built to push the
limits of military-grade hover units, the ISV-Prototype is able to field weaponry comparable to land-
based wanzers while still retaining the ability to move across impassable terrain.

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By using the Title Managed Storage system, developers “Team Meat” will be able to push new levels to the game, which players can download for free. This is because all new content is made using a standardised level creation tool, Microsoft will allow additional levels to be made available without going through the certification it otherwise forces onto all DLC.

“In a world where it costs $2 to unlock content in a game that you’ve already purchased,” explained Refenes, “it is nice to have the power to totally say ‘f— you’ to that system and go our own way.”

Microsoft has not been resistant to Team Meat’s unorthodox methods, Refenes claimed. “In the end they actually welcomed it because they want developers to do anything and everything with their service that makes them stand out. “No one has ever done anything like this in the history of XBLA as far as we and our people at MS know.” Team Meat have released a schedule of planned approval-free DLC running early next year.

Following the later release of a PC version with a level editor, the pair also intend to publish the best user-made content to the XBLA edition of Super Meat Boy.