Friday, March 29, 2013

Thursday, March 28, 2013

"Play to Earn" Rewards 360 Users for Purchases and Play


Xbox Live Rewards has been around for a while and allows users chances to get free points through taking surveys, renewing Gold membership, and various other things. Today, Major Nelson revealed a new offshoot of this program which is called Play to Earn. Starting in April, this new program will track player purchases and play to reward them accordingly.

Users are still able to participate in the standard Xbox Live Rewards tasks, but Play to Earn gives back to players who simply make a lot of purchases or play their games. For the month of April, playing four XBLA games for 20 hours or more gives back an avatar item. If four XBLA games are purchased at 400 Microsoft Points or more, then you'll be gifted a month of Xbox Live Gold. Finally, if you spend 3200 Points, you'll get back 800.

So far, it seems that Microsoft is heading in the right direction although they may want to amp up the prize for being a dedicated Xbox player. Either way, the incentive of giving players something back for contributing to Microsoft's economy is a smart one.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Show Mobile Data and Wi-Fi Network Speed in Notification Drawer [Android]

Ever wondered why an website is taking so long to load, or why an online multiplayer game is lagging? It could be a network issue, but can you be sure? Yes you can if you have a handy network speed meter in your Android device’s notification drawer. I wonder why there isn’t one by default, but if you wish you had one, try Network Speed.
Network Speed puts a simple speed indicator in the notification drawer of Android that shows real-time throughput of the phone’s network connection – be it 3G, EDGE, GPRS or Wi-Fi. The icon in the notification drawer flashes whenever there is network activity in either direction – upload and download. Pulling the notification drawer down shows the actual speed. Optionally, Network Speed can also show IP address and Wi-Fi ESSID.
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A tap on the app icon opens the graph view that plots network speed over time.
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Network Speed is a free app and works on all Android devices running version 1.51 and up.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Log Into Happy Wars, Get 40 Free Tickets

ToyLogic decided to celebrate Spring, because why not?

Spring Reward!


Log into Happy Wars from today, March 26th, to April 1st and receive your 40 free tickets!

Doritos w/ Purchase Free Xbox Live Game pick The Maw or Toy Soldiers!


Doritos has a promo going on for a free xbox live game (Toy Soldiers or The Maw) with the purchase of 2 specially marked Doritos, Cheetos, Lays, Ruffles or Funyuns packages. In addition you will also get a 2 week xbox live gold code as well. More details HERE

Monday, March 25, 2013

The Walking Dead Episode 1 - Free Again!



If you missed tis freebie last year then starting tomorrow the game is 100% free during the spring sale event! Make sure you set it to your download queue so you dont miss out! Get the game HERE


Xbox LIVE Spring Sale 2013 starts Tomorrow!



Friday, March 22, 2013

Amazon Guide to get $200+ in free Amazon credit every month **Update** Listia!

As in the past 2 posts about Listia HERE & HERE, I display my latest wins. I had to save up some credits before I could go back at it again, but here is my latest scores!




Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Start Saving Those Microsoft Points - Xbox Spring Sale starts on the 26th


The Xbox Spring Sale will begin as of 26th March 2013 and will last until 2nd April 2013.

The sale will be up to 75% off of multiple arcade games, movies, Add-ons and games on demand!

Read more about the sale from the Xbox website HERE

I will keep you posted

Friday, March 15, 2013

The Luck of the Zombie St. Patricks day Sale | popcap.com


Save 50% on all PopCap games for PC and Mac during our St. Patrick’s Day sale. Until March 19, 2013. Download Games Only

From Plants vs. Zombies to Peggle to a host of hidden object games, it’s a great chance to try something new or to revisit an old friend. So stock up now, because after you wake up Monday morning and call in “sick” to work, you can stay in your jammies all day and play video games!

Danish News Station Mistakes Assassin's Creed Rendering For Syrian Skyline

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Because fact-checking is for people who don't have GOOD GUT INSTINCTS, a Danish news station recently displayed a rendering of Damascus from Assassin's Creed instead of the current Damascus skyline like they intended. One of the TV channel's employees had found the image online and thought it was a photo of Damascus' skyline.
[TV2 Head of News Jacob] Nybroe says it was a terrible mistake and a "reminder to us all of the importance of verifying the sources of pictures."

Windows 8 Tablet Avatar Prop FREEBIE in Marketplace

Its Free and the link works as of right now so grab it quick. Download Here

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Free Window Web weapon skin for Gears of War Judgement


GO HERE, Click Like then Launch then Sign in and put in your name, email and gamertag then the skin is yours.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Get a free Avatar Tomb Raider T-Shirt

You will have to visit the Tomb Raider Facebook page HERE

Scroll down and find this "offer":



You should get the code after you click on it.
Ends 3/31/13 so dont forget.

Avatar Freebies - Starcraft II & Marines T-Shirts

A couple of dashboard ads to look out for, credit goes to avatarhunter


Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Nuketown 2025 Is FREE for Everyone now!

 

Coming on the marketplace as a free map tomorrow is Nuketown 2025.

Honestly I am fairly disappointed with the pre-order and premium content from Black Ops 2.

First they offered Nuktown 2025 as a pre-order only bonus, then they took it away completely. Only after the uproar of upset users did they add it back to only certain playlists.. Now they give it away free.

Second they offered Nuketown Zombies with the higher tiers game bundles, then they give it away free for season pass holders.

So what did I get from my pre-order again???? Not cool... cot cool...

Free Paintball lancer skin for Gears Judgement


Go HERE, make sure you click EVERY crimson icon!

There is a couple places that have some trivia and the answers are
1. Guns blazing
2. Boomshot
On this screen you will be required to drag and place positions, they are as follows
3. From left to right, engineer, assault, medic, scout.

At the end you should have a bar that fills up 100% and you can redeem your skin right then and there

Monday, March 11, 2013

Amazon Guide to get $200+ in free Amazon credit every month **Update** Listia! Screen Shot Proof

I got a couple messages from people asking if my post earlier today was infact legit. So to prove the legitimacy here is some screenshots of my xbl account. Haters Gonna Hate...

Fyi, the 1600msp is the code I won for the Lipton Brisk Contest





Borderlands 2 - New DLC Charater Revealed at SXSW


During a panel at SXSW, Borderlands 2 developer Gearbox has revealed a new vault hunter is coming to its RPG-fueled first-person shooter.

"Deep beneath Pandora, an experiment has escaped," a teaser for the DLC announced, revealing a silhouette of the new character decimating enemies. "Bandits beware, a new vault hunter is coming. More mayhem awaits."

Details for the second add-on character were scarce, much like the Pandora wasteland; however, the teaser (which you can view below) leads us to believe the new character is melee-focused. Gearbox franchise director Matt Armstrong wouldn't reveal the exact release for the DLC during the panel but added, "DLC is announced on a very tight schedule, and I don't think you'll have to wait long until you see that character."


Injustice: Gods Among Us - Battle Edition


Injustice: Gods Among Us hits retail shelves in North America on April 16. Warner Bros.

The Battle Edition, not to be confused with the already revealed Collector's Edition, costs $149.99, and PS3 and Xbox 360 versions are coming to GameStop and EB Games stores in the US and Canada. The big inclusion, as you can see above, is the special fight stick controller, along with three DLC skins of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman as they are in DC Comics' The New 52 revamp. Among other features, the fightstick offers "adjustable illumination" for the joystick and buttons, just in case you're picky about how your controllers light up.

I have actually been shopping fight stick recently since my son has suddenly got into Mortal Kombat amd Street Fight games , I thought he would love this, but for a decent stick they run you $80+, I think I am going to get this before it is sold out.

The Battle Edition is only sold at Gamestop and EB Games.

Keep in mind, if you pre-order the game. You will also receive the Red Son Story line with 20 extra missions along with the Red Son Skins.

Microsoft to discontinue the Gold Family Pack


Microsoft has confirmed to Joystiq that they have discontinued the popular Gold family pack. What this means for current Family gold pack customers is that their family center settings management suite is still available for them... at this time.

When asked why this bundle which for just $99.99 gave the user four year long gold subscriptions they responded the following:

"We continually evaluate our business focus and work to offer services that make the most sense for our customers and Xbox."

VGHS Is Shooting Season 2! Coming Soon


If you havnt heard of VGHS (Video Game High School) it is a great and funny web series. A must watch for gamers. Check out Season 1 HERE if you havnt seen any of them.

Good new, they are now into week 2  of shooting season 2, looks like season 2 will start on may 10th.

Go HERE to see behind the scenes and keep up with the latest news.

Amazon Guide to get $200+ in free Amazon credit every month **Update** Listia!

As part of my Amazon Guide to get $200+ in free Amazon credit every month, I have a section for Listia. My post shows you how to use Listia but as I have posted in the past it can be used for much more. I have won several items which I posted about last week HERE, is what I was able to get this week.

All this I have won in the past week using my guide and banking credits:



Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Amazon Guide to get $200+ in free Amazon credit every month **Update** Listia!

As part of my Amazon Guide to get $200+ in free Amazon credit every month, I have a section for Listia. My post shows you how to use Listia but as I have posted in the past it can be used for much more. I have won serveral items and my most recent wins are all game related.

All this I have won in the past week using my guide and banking credits: