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Frank O'Connor and Halo 4 at Eurogamer Expo. Halo 4 will be playable and hosting a developer session and a live demo. Read Below for more Details From: http://www.littleenglishhaloblog.com/ By: FlawlessCowboy Eurogamer have confirmed that Halo 4 multiplayer will be playable on the show floor at Eurogamer Expo. That's not all though, they also announced that 343industries Franchise Development Director Frank O'Connor will be hosting a Developer Session at midday on Thursday 27th September. "Microsoft is also bringing over 343 Industries' Frank O'Connor to open the show in the 12pm (noon) developer session on Thursday 27th September. Frank will be doing a live demo of the game, talking about its creation and taking questions from the audience." There are still a few tickets left for the Thursday, so if you're wanting to go see Frankie strutting his stuff around Earl's Court you'd better act quick. If you can't make it down to the show then worry not as your favourite Halo blogger (no, not Louis Wu) will be there reporting on the event. I'll have photos, videos and opinion hot from the show floor so remember to check in on Thursday 27th.

The following skins are now available for the Xbox 360. Skins include Gears of war, spider man and several others. READ BELOW FOR DETAILS From: http://www.gameinformer.com/ By: Jim Reilly Microsoft released a second round of Minecraft Xbox 360 skins. The new batch includes 45 skins total, such as Spelunky Guy, Marcus Fenix, and Zoey from Left 4 Dead. The pack costs 160 Microsoft points. Check out the full list below: 1. Enderman Man – Minecraft 2. Pig Man – Minecraft 3. Sheep Man – Minecraft 4. Naked Sheep Man – Minecraft 5. Spider Man – Minecraft 6. General Akamoto – Skulls of the Shogun 7. Otus – Owlboy 8. Meat Boy – Super Meat Boy 9. Agent Cobalt- Cobalt 10. Zapp – Gamma Bros 11. Buzz – Gamma Bros 12. Glorg – Glorg 13. The Player – Retro City Rampage 14. Spelunky Guy – Spelunky 15. Green Knight – Castle Crashers 16. Orange Knight – Castle Crashers 17. Blue Knight – Castle Crashers 18. Red Knight – Castle Crashers 19. Marcus Fenix – Gears of War 3 20. Skorge – Gears of War 21. Anya Stroud – Gears of War 22. Damon Baird – Gears of War: Judgment 23. Joanna Dark – Perfect Dark 24. Joanna Dark (dress) – Perfect Dark 25. Joanna Dark – Perfect Dark Zero 26. Elvis – Perfect Dark 27. Juno – Jet Force Gemini 28. Vela – Jet Force Gemini 29. Lupus – Jet Force Gemini 30. Horstachio – Viva Piñata 31. Pretztail – Viva Piñata 32. Fizzlybear – Viva Piñata 33. Bill – Left4Dead 34. Louis – Left4Dead 35. Francis – Left4Dead 36. Zoey – Left4Dead 37. Hunter – Left4Dead 38. Boomer – Left4Dead 39. Witch – Left4Dead 40. Agent Level 5 – Crackdown 2 41. Pilot 42. Sailor 43. Pirate 44. Ninja 45. Elf [source: Play XBLA]

From: http://www.gameinformer.com/ By: Jack Gardner Thousands are set to descend on Raleigh, North Carolina for the biggest North American eSports event of the summer. The Championship will feature a total prize pool of nearly $215,000. MLG expects thousands to flock to their summer championship at the Greater Raleigh Convention Center and millions more to watch the online streams. From the amount of content they are putting out for the Summer Championship, I wouldn't be surprised if they shattered their previous attendance/viewership records. The main events will be the StarCraft II, Mortal Kombat, Soul Calibur V, and League of Legends tournaments. StarCraft II fans can expect to see previous champions Taeja, Marine King, and Violet going up against hundreds of prospective summer champions for the $25,000 first place prize. There will be four streams for StarCraft II matches cast by Day[9], Apollo, djWheat, TotalBiscuit, Mr Bitter, Rotterdam, Rob Simpson, Tim Frazier (Robin), Axeltoss, Kibbelz, Clutch, and Adebisi (observer). Mortal Kombat and Soul Calibur V each have a first place prize of $16,700 and will feature the likes of DetroitBalln, CDjr, Keev_, Kayane, LostProvidence, Pig of the Hut, among others. Each fighting game will have one dedicated stream cast by Tom Brady for Mortal Kombat, Bibulus forSoul Calibur V, and hosted by Juicebox Abel. League of Legends will have the largest prize money with $40,000 given to the winning team. Twelve teams will be competing for honor and riches including Curse and Dignitas. Two streams of the competition will be cast by Dan Dinh, Optimus Tom, Deman, Monte Cristo, Jaws, and Jatt. In addition to all of that eSports goodness, there will also be several other awesome events occurring. Blizzard Entertainment’s StarCraft II World Championship Series North American Finals will have a separate stage and competition area. Players will be competing for $60,000 and the chance to represent their countries at the Battle.net World Championship in Shanghai November 17-18. Some of the players to watch will be Scarlett, ViBE, and MajOr, winners of the Canada, US, and Mexico Finals, respectively. There will be two exhibition tournaments of Virtua Fighter 5 and Skullgirls each with $2,000 prize pools. The exhibitions will be held Friday through Saturday. For more information on attending or viewing the MLG Summer Championship, click here. Also, MLG has been kind enough to provide me with a few HD codes that can be used to view the event in HD without ads and with full access to all streams. Tweet at me, @Riverboatjack, with #MLGRaleigh for a chance to win one of the codes! Tune in August 24-26 to watch the action go down in Raleigh.

Check out this murderers' row of highly anticipated games scheduled to ship in the second half of the year. Ladies and gentlemen, start your saving. If you want to play the biggest games of the year, your wallet warning level will be at Defcon 1 come the autumn months. READ BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS FROM: http://www.gameinformer.com/ BY: Matt Bertz Here are the confirmed dates we have so far. Click the game name to read our review. August Darksiders II – August 14 Sleeping Dogs – August 14 The Last Story – August 14 New Super Mario Bros. 2 - August 19 Transformers: Fall of Cybertron – August 21 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive -- August 21 Dark Souls (PC) – August 24 Guild Wars 2 -- August 28 Ratchet & Clank Collection – August 28 God of War Saga -- August 28 Infamous Collection -- August 28 Madden NFL 13 – August 28 September Tekken Tag Tournament 2 – September 11 NHL 13 – September 11 Borderlands 2 – September 18 Kinect Sesame Street TV – September 18 Kinect Nat Geo TV – September 18 World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria -- September 25 Dead or Alive 5 – September 25 October Resident Evil 6 – October 2 NBA 2K13 – October 2 Pokémon Black & White 2 – October 7 XCOM: Enemy Unknown – October 9 Dishonored – October 9 Dance Central 3 -- October 16 Skylanders: Giants -- October 21 Medal of Honor: Warfighter – October 23 Street Fighter X Tekkan (Vita) – October 23 Forza Horizon – October 23 Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask -- October 28 Assassin's Creed III – October 30 Assassin's Creed III: Liberation – October 30 Need for Speed: Most Wanted – October 30 Nike+ Kinect Training – October 30 Sports Champions 2 -- October 30 November Halo 4 – November 6 LittleBigPlanet Karting -- November 6 Paper Mario: Sticker Star -- November 11 Call of Duty: Black Ops II – November 13 Disney's Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two – November 18 Disney Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion -- November 18 Hitman: Absolution – November 20 PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royal – November 20 Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed – November 20 December Far Cry 3 – December 4 Which games are you planning to splurge for first?