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Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling has tweeted a link to bring about awareness to Mapathy, a symptom gamers suffer from by playing old maps over and over again. The link and Bowling then stated that the "cure" would be coming on March 30, 2010.

"It’s OK, the cure is hitting Xbox Live in just 3 short weeks," wrote Bowling practically confirming that the first DLC map pack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is coming.

The site itself features a larger, non-cropped version of the above image, which describes Mapathy and revealed that the cure is coming on March 30. It also states for visitors to check back later "for self-help information."

This information comes approximately one week after former studio heads Jason West and Vince Zampella were fired by parent company Activision for "insubordination" and "breach of fiduciary duty." The pair are currently suing Activision for "breach of contract" and the rights to the Modern Warfare IP.

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Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling has tweeted a link to bring about awareness to Mapathy, a symptom gamers suffer from by playing old maps over and over again. The link and Bowling then stated that the "cure" would be coming on March 30, 2010.

"It’s OK, the cure is hitting Xbox Live in just 3 short weeks," wrote Bowling practically confirming that the first DLC map pack for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is coming.

The site itself features a larger, non-cropped version of the above image, which describes Mapathy and revealed that the cure is coming on March 30. It also states for visitors to check back later "for self-help information."

This information comes approximately one week after former studio heads Jason West and Vince Zampella were fired by parent company Activision for "insubordination" and "breach of fiduciary duty." The pair are currently suing Activision for "breach of contract" and the rights to the Modern Warfare IP.

[Mapathy]

[Twitter]

A recent announcement from Mindy Mount, Microsoft’s Chief Financial Officer of its Entertainment & Devices Division, reveals that Microsoft is preparing to reveal their full lineup of software for the Natal release later this year.  Here’s what she had to say:

"We have very strong first and third-party developer support for [Natal]. Needless to say, we’re putting some of our best people on coming up with great game ideas for this, and we’re going to have some great stuff."

"As a history, Microsoft works very strong with third-party developers, so we’re hoping that we’re going to get some great titles from that. You’ll be able to see more news about that this summer at E3. We’ll show you the full lineup."  

According to IGN, the list of publishers has grown to encompass 70% of all publishers worldwide.  The future of the Natal looks bright given this news, but we’ll have to wait until E3 to find out for sure.

[IGN]

A recent announcement from Mindy Mount, Microsoft’s Chief Financial Officer of its Entertainment & Devices Division, reveals that Microsoft is preparing to reveal their full lineup of software for the Natal release later this year.  Here’s what she had to say:

"We have very strong first and third-party developer support for [Natal]. Needless to say, we’re putting some of our best people on coming up with great game ideas for this, and we’re going to have some great stuff."

"As a history, Microsoft works very strong with third-party developers, so we’re hoping that we’re going to get some great titles from that. You’ll be able to see more news about that this summer at E3. We’ll show you the full lineup."  

According to IGN, the list of publishers has grown to encompass 70% of all publishers worldwide.  The future of the Natal looks bright given this news, but we’ll have to wait until E3 to find out for sure.

[IGN]

The time has finally arrived for Square-Enix fans. Final Fantasy XIII will be hitting retail shelves as the biggest game release this week. After years of wait the first non-sequel, non-spin-off Final Fantasy game to lead with a female since Final Fantasy VI will be available to the series’ Western fans on Tuesday for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Also releasing this week is the next installment of the Mega Man series on the PS3, Mega Man 10.

Here’s the full list of releases for this week:

DS:
Photo Showdown
Spectral Force Genesis
The Daring Game for Girls

PC:
Assassin’s Creed 2
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II: Gold Edition

PlayStation 3:
Final Fantasy XIII
Mega Man 10
Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition
Yakuza 3

PSP:
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger

Xbox 360:
Final Fantasy XIII
Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition
Scrap Metal

Wii:
Racquet Sports
Sam and Max 2: Beyond Time and Space
Calling

The time has finally arrived for Square-Enix fans. Final Fantasy XIII will be hitting retail shelves as the biggest game release this week. After years of wait the first non-sequel, non-spin-off Final Fantasy game to lead with a female since Final Fantasy VI will be available to the series’ Western fans on Tuesday for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Also releasing this week is the next installment of the Mega Man series on the PS3, Mega Man 10.

Here’s the full list of releases for this week:

DS:
Photo Showdown
Spectral Force Genesis
The Daring Game for Girls

PC:
Assassin’s Creed 2
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II: Gold Edition

PlayStation 3:
Final Fantasy XIII
Mega Man 10
Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition
Yakuza 3

PSP:
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger

Xbox 360:
Final Fantasy XIII
Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition
Scrap Metal

Wii:
Racquet Sports
Sam and Max 2: Beyond Time and Space
Calling

It’s a particularly litigious week around the PC Gamer HQ with IW’s lawsuit and Dan’s jury duty. When not conversing in law-speak we are talking about Battlefield’s launch, Sup Com 2, Portal’s radio transmissions and more.

It’s a particularly litigious week around the PC Gamer HQ with IW’s lawsuit and Dan’s jury duty. When not conversing in law-speak we are talking about Battlefield’s launch, Sup Com 2, Portal’s radio transmissions and more.

It’s official, Portal 2 is on its way. Valve has announced the highly-anticipated sequel to the 2007 Orange Box standout puzzle game in the latest issue of Game Informer.

While there are no full details known yet, Game Informer mentioned in its notes of the upcomming issue that the game will have "new gameplay mechanics, storyline, and some surprising new twists." The piece will be a whopping 12-pages long inside the April 2010 issue.

Perhaps this time, the cake will be real.

[Game Informer]

It’s official, Portal 2 is on its way. Valve has announced the highly-anticipated sequel to the 2007 Orange Box standout puzzle game in the latest issue of Game Informer.

While there are no full details known yet, Game Informer mentioned in its notes of the upcomming issue that the game will have "new gameplay mechanics, storyline, and some surprising new twists." The piece will be a whopping 12-pages long inside the April 2010 issue.

Perhaps this time, the cake will be real.

[Game Informer]