Miss out on some of the games released over the past year? Looking to spend the cash/gift cards you received for Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Festivus? Here’s a list of all the great gaming deals to bring with you when you venture out into the chaos that is Boxing Day:

Best Buy

• Sony 24″ PlayStation 3D LED Display Package – $299.99
• Battlefield 3, Gears 3, Saints Row 3, Madden 12 for Xbox 360 – $39.99
• NHL 12, Assassin’s Creed Revelations, Batman Arkham City for PS3 – $39.99
• Dead Island, Deus Ex Human Revolution for Xbox 360 – $29.99
• Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7, Disney Universe, SC 2 – $29.99
• Kinect Sensor Gunstringer Bundle with 3 Games – $99.99
• Kinect Sports, Kinect Sports Two, Dance Central, Dance Central 2 $29.99
• Xbox 360 New Wireless Controller – $54.99 Online Only
• PS3 Wireless Keypad – $29.99 Online Only

Future Shop

• 320GB Playstation 3 and 4-Game Bundle – $299.99 – Online only
• Xbox 360 4GB Console – $129.99
• Modern Warfare 3 – $49.99
• Gears 3, Arkham City, Madden 12, NHL 12, Battlefield 3 Xbox 360 – $39.99
• Dark Souls, Saints Row The Third, Rage, Madden 12 for PS3 – $39.99
• Kinect Sports Season 2 – $19.99
• Mortal Kombat, Killzone 3, Socom 4, LA Noire, Ratchet and Clank – $29.99
• Bioshock 2, Halo Reach for Xbox 360 – $9.99 each
• World of Warcraft Battle Chest for PC – $9.99
• Duke Nukem Forever for PS3 – $9.99
• Xbox 360 4GB Console with Kinect – $199.99

EB Games

• Assassin’s Creed Revelations – $19.99 (Dec 26 only)
• Batman Arkham City – $39.99
• Forza Motorsport 4 – $39.99
• Battlefield 3 – $39.99
• NHL 12 – $39.99
• Infamous 2 – $29.99
• Modern Warfare 3 – $49.99
• Xbox 360 4GB Console – $129.99
• Xbox 360 4GB Console with Kinect – $199.99
• Kinect Sensor with Gunstringer, Fruit Ninja – $99.99
• Select Kinect Titles for $29.99/each
• Starcraft 2 – $34.99
• World of Warcraft Battlechest – $14.99
• Playstation 3 160GB Hardware – $199.99
• Save 10% on purchases when you buy any 2 used games(Dec 26 only)
• Save 20% on purchases when you buy any 3 used games (Dec 26 only)
• Save 30% on purchases when you buy any 4 used games (Dec 26 only)
• Save 50% on purchases when you buy any 5 or more used games (Dec 26 only)
• Refurbished Nintendo DSi XL – $99.99
• Refurbished Nintendo DSi – $79.99
• Refurbished Nintendo DS Lite – $59.99
• 2 for $5 on all used games $4.99 or less (Dec 27-31 only)
• 2 for $20 on all used games $14.99 or less (Dec 27-31 only)
• 2 for $30 on all used games priced $19.99 or less (Dec 27-31 only)

Real Canadian Superstore

•Playstation 3 Dualshock 3 + Software Bundles – $49.99
•Xbox 360 4GB + Kinect Bundle – $199.99
•Xbox 360 Kinect Camera – $99.99

Shopper’s Drug Mart

•XBOX 360 4GB Console – $129.99 (Dec 26 only)
•Nintendo Wii Console – $119

Staples

• Xbox 360 4GB Console – $99.99

The Source

• Xbox 360 4GB Kinect Bundle – $199.99
• Xbox 360 4GB Console – $129.97 (Only Valid Until Dec 27)
• Sony PlayStation 3 160GB Console – $199.99

Toysrus

• PlayStation 3D Display – $299.97
• Select Ubisoft Videogames are Buy One, Get One Free
• Kinect Sensor – $99.99
• PlayStation 3 160GB Console – $199.97

Walmart

• 160GB Playstation 3 – $199
• Nintendo 3DS Hardware – $138.00
• Kinect Sensor with The Gunstrunger, Kinect Adventures and Fruit Ninja – $98
• Xbox 360 4GB Kinect Bundle – $199
• Battlefield 3 – $39.83
• NHL 12 – $39.83
• Madden NFL 12 – $39.83
• PlayStation Move Software Bundle – $79

As a Kinect owner and a mom, I was pretty excited to hear about some great family gaming news from Microsoft today.

My daughter was a huge fan of Kinect Sports, and she was thrilled to have the chance to try out Kinect Sports: Season Two demo today. Golf and Tennis are available in the demo, but the full retail game (available on Oct 25), will also include Baseball, Skiing, Football, and Darts. This one will definitely be on her Christmas list this year!

As well, for those who were fans of the first Dance Central, the Dance Central 2 demo is also available on the Xbox Marketplace today, giving gamers a chance to try out simultaneous multiplayer, the Free 4 All minigame, voice commands, a revamped Break It Down mode and more. The entire song list was also released, with song choices ranging from Lady Gaga – Bad Romance to Willow – Whip My Hair.

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These days its all about TDRC giving back. This weekend Neil & Mark are participating in the Extra-Life gaming marathon for the Chirldren’s Miracle Network and next week I will be participating in the annual Fight Like a Girl ”FLAG” Tournament event with Rory from GameFocus on the weekend of Oct 22 – Oct 24.

I can assure you I am certainly not an expert Halo Reach player. But I couldn’t resist such a good cause. Fight Like a Girl, or FLAG for short, is an annual Halo tournament that raises money for breast and cervical cancer research.

Organizers Kari Toyama (@TheDonWan) and Tasha Pettengill (@zoomdemon) have organized this tournament since 2006.

FLAG is played every October during breast cancer awareness month. 100% of all entry fees and donations are sent directly to Susan G. Komen for the Cure and National Cervical Cancer Coalition. To date, they have have raised over $22,000 for breast and cervical cancer research.

Want to participate? Here’s some information regarding the tournament:

Friday
12:01AM PDT
(This event is starting at 3:01 AM your time.)
Firefight Score Attack Events Start
[beat the best score] Solo and 4 Player Score Attack
Begin submitting your best score for Firefight Score Attack
Entry Fee: $10 Solo Event / $40 Team Event

Saturday
9:00AM PDT-3:00PM PDT
(This event is starting at 12:00 PM your time.)
2v2 Slayer Tournament
[bracketed, double elimination]
Saturday’s carnage entails a 2v2, double-elimination tournament.
Length of time subject to change due to tournament conditions.
Entry Fee: $20 Team

Sunday
9:00AM PDT-12:00PM PDT
(This event is starting at 12:00 PM your time.)
4v4 Team Tournament
[bracketed, single elimination]
Sunday begins with the return of a classic event.
Length of time subject to change due to tournament conditions.
Entry Fee: $40 Team
2:00PM PDT-5:30PM PDT
(This event is starting at 5:00 PM your time.)

FFA Slayer Tournament
[bracketed, single elimination]
FLAG ends with a bang with our Free-For-All Tournament
Entry Fee: $10 Per Person
11:59PM PDT
(This event is ending at 2:59 AM your time.)
Firefight Score Attack Events End
Your best score must be submitted by 11:59PM PDT.

I’m really looking forward to having fun and doing something I love for such a good cause.

If you’re curious on how you could participate or just give to the cause please visit FLAG’s official page http://www.flagtournament.com/

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A huge Zelda fan, I was quite excited to find out that as of today, 3DS/DSi owners can download The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords for free from the Nintendo E-Shop and the DSi Ware shop.

To celebrate the Zelda’s series 25th anniversary, Four Swords is a commemorative version of Link to the Past and Four Swords. A multiplayer adventure, you can play with up to four friends to solve puzzles and rescue the princess (each player must have game installed on their system).

Available for download from September 28, 2011 to February 20, 2012. Don’t miss out!

For more information, visit http://zelda.nintendo.com/fourswords/

Episode 60! My how time flies when we’re having fun. Hosted by Ash, and joined by the usual suspects, we had a blast this week! During our “What We’re Playing” segment, Jen spoke of finishing Deus Ex, Space Marine and shady Kijiji deals. Fin briefly mentioned Crimson Alliance, and Racer, Shadow, Capo, Needle, and Ash only played one thing this week, Gears of War 3 baby!!

We discussed wide range of Gears topics this week. The beautiful cinematics, bitch face Lambent Zerkers, new weapons, multiplayer modes, emotional scenes that made Capo cry, and Fin’s rant about Anya’s perfect hair. We also spoke of some gaming news regarding DCUO, SWOTR, and Diablo 3, and Jen mentioned how she screwed WalMart yet again, er….her latest budget game deal.

Listen to Episode 60 here

I had lost all hope of seeing it released this year, but Bioware and Lucas Arts announced that Star Wars: The Old Republic will launch on December 20, 2011 in North America and on December 22, 2011 in Europe.

Each copy of Star Wars: The Old Republic will come with 30 days of subscription time, after which you can continue playing with the following subscription fees:

1 Month Subscription: $14.99
3 Month Subscription: $13.99 per month
6 Month Subscription: $12.99 per month

Those who have pre-ordered the game and entered their pre-order code on StarWarsTheOldRepublic.com are eligible for Early Game Access.

Very much looking forward to playing this. I know how I’ll be spending my Christmas vacation this year!

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Always wanted to chainsaw the creators of Gears of War? Here’s your chance!

This weekend, the development crew at Epic will be playing Gears of War 3 on Live, Friday September 23rd from 4:00pm-7:00pm Pacific Time.

Send an invite to the following gamertag for a chance to play with the team:

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While playing Gears of War 3 online last night, I got super excited to have unlocked the Gold Hammerburst and Gold Lancer skins.

For a second I thought it was my amazing skills and was awarded these for being so damn good, but it turns out, that it’s a launch week bonus.

Play an Xbox Live match in Gears of War 3 during the “Golden Launch Week Bonuses”: (September 20th to September 26th) to unlock the Gold Hammerburst and Lancer

We had a blast this week! Hosted by Bionic Capo, and we welcomed a new member to the crew, Carlos!

During our “What we’re playing” segment, we heard about Jen’s disgust for Dead Island, Racer’s review of the Resistance 3 Doomsday Bundle, thoughts on The Gunstringer, and Carlos’ pile of shame.

With Gears of War 3 releasing on Tuesday, we discussed our plans (and snack choices!) for the launch of one of the most anticipated games this year. Racer and Bionic Capo mentioned their participation in Extra Life. And FinFan gave us his best Al Gore impression, discussing the impact of game discs and the environment.

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It’s finally here! The game I’ve been anxiously awaiting! Gears of War 3! On the eve of its release, I find myself remembering all the fun I had with the first two games, spending many late nights playing multiplayer, beating RAAM on Insane for the first time, and killing someone with my first grenade tag. And of the memorable moments in game, my first encounter with a Corpser, the deaths of certain COG members, and when Dom finally finds poor Maria.

I asked the some of the gaming community on Twitter today to help me reminisce, and to share with me in some of their most memorable moments, their favourite maps, and their weapon of choice from the previous games:

“Favorite maps from GoW1: Canals, Clocktower, Gridlock with snipers, favorite weapons: Gnasher, Longshot. favorite moments: First Berserker fight, Minh getting stabbed General Raam fight, Big Worm fight, riding the big monster from GoW2 (end of it) I forgot the monsters name And the high speed reaver chase with Skorge!” @St8Nasty

“the brutal way lieutenant kim is killed in the first. And the scene dom finds his wife. Two very powerful moments” @Carl360

“Gotta stick it out with the lancer on my side ” @airdom

“Gears is the reason I bought a large flat-screen TV and an Xbox 360 .. I’ll never forget the first time I saw it in action” @Talus360

“Canals & Gridlock. Snipe & Torque” @Tacoma

“The Torque bow execution. Gridlock. And just gaming with some xmg folks. ” @Definity

“The lancer on clocktower!” @cookiekwan

The Gears of War series will always hold a special place in my heart. It motivated me to buy my Xbox 360, was the first game I ever played online, and brought me together with some of my closest friends. Looking forward to what’s to come with Gears of War 3.