Just wanted to remind everyone that today is customer appreciation day at Broomfield. We have free pizza, free pop, free giveaways AND BUY 2 GET 1 FREE on all used video games.

Also, all NEW games are $5 off our already low prices.

GameXplosion in Broomfield, CO is having a Halo Reach Tournament. There will be three rounds of play the Third round will be the championship round. To determine if you make it in the championship round will be an accumulation of your kills in total. The three to four top people with the most kills will face against each other in the last round.  The whole match will be played free-for-all. One round will be with shields the other will be without shields. Remember the more people that show up the more the grand prize will be.  If you have any questions you can call at 303-466-3555 or come into the store.

GameXplosion at 120Th & Sheridan is have a Marvel VS Capcom 2 Tournament on September 4, 2010 . Terms and Conditions:  Best out of three Rounds!! Single Elimination!! Repetitive moves/ button mashing will not be tolerated and will result in disqualification.

There will be 1, 2, and 3rd place prizes. Remember the more people that show up, the higher the first place prize will be!! If you have any questions or concerns let us know!!

GameXplosion on 120Th & Sheridan is having a Call of Duty 4 Tournament on August 21, 2010  . Terms and Conditions:  Player with the most kills wins!! Three rounds of play!! Rounds will already be determined of what type of match (hardcore), weapon set (no creating classes). Maps will be determined by majority, if unable to decide I will pick. Ther will be first, second and third place prizes. Remeber the more people that show up the higher the prizes will be!!!

For those of you that were fans of the original, and amazing if I may say so myself, Crackdown the sequel is very similar and yet has many differences from what I have seen so far. As of yet I have not finished the game but intend to down the road. The game has the same feel with a whole new twist that is both good and extremely challenging. In the first game your goal was to take down drug lords and gangs, in the second this is still a focal but only one slice of the pie. The game opens up with news of an outbreak of people infected by a virus that carried over from the end of the first game. The “Freaks” as they are called in the game are basically a plague onto the people of Pacific city and need to be neutralized.

The game plays just like the first one in that it is still the open world action filled sandbox with something unique for all kinds of gamers. The leveling system is built primarily around orbs that envelope the entire city. The orbs are color coated depending on the ability you are trying to level up. For example agility orbs are green and are scattered on building tops and ledges, the more you collect the more points you get towards gaining a level. When you level up with agility it makes you run faster and jump higher. The other skill orbs available for leveling up are driving, strength, weapons, and explosives.

For gamers with ADD, myself included, this game is a bottomless pit. I say this simply due to the size of the map and the endless possibilities, not to mention the ability to climb buildings, throw vehicles, and tear up the city alone or with friends. Lets get serious, who doesn’t want to climb buildings, kill people, kill mutants, and more?

We have quite a few new releases coming up this month.  From Lost Planet 2, Skate 3, Red Dead Redemption & Super Mario Galaxy 2 to at least name a few of the amazing titles coming out this month. I do plan on getting around to these games real soon but I am currently playing Alan Wake, a psychological horror game with wicked twist to the story line. I am going to give you a quick run down of the game play with the story line, but don’t worry I’ll try not to spoil it to much.

So many of you probably have seen the trailers for this game and think oh its another 3rd person shooter.  Yes that is true but it adds another element to the shooting aspect that makes the game feel different from other shooters.  This feel I’m talking about is using the flashlight to actually harm your opponents and using light sources to harm your opponents. You also have a couple of different light sources to destroy the enemies, from a flare to a flare gun and even flash bang grenades.  Now most of you are thinking that is lame, but it goes really well with the story line and makes the game play a lot more interesting and fun.

So for the story line you play as a writer named Alan Wake who is going on a vacation with his wife. This vacation spot used to be real famous for fishing until the volcano erupted at the bottom of the lake, and now its famous for its deer hunting.  Anyways you end up on a cabin in a lake and the next thing you know you wake up a week later not remembering anything that happened, with your wife missing. With her gone and everything missing you feel nothing but alone and cold in the dark, but this darkness has taken over everything in the town and now you must find out where it came from but most importantly find out what happened to your wife.  What I really like about Alan Wake is how they lay the story line out.  Each little play through you go through is an episode of what happens and it all leads up to one big finale like a TV show, and my favorite part is how they keep informed of whats going on.  So if you completely forgot what happened on the episode before you and are starting a new one, it will do a previously on Alan Wake in that cool narrators voice.

I give this game 4 1/2 out of 5 stars.

GameXplosion in Broomfield CO, will be having a Super Street Fighter IV tournament on June 12, 2010 @ 3:00PM.

Terms and Conditions;  Best 2 out of 3 rounds. The tournament will be bracket style. No button mashing (multiple Hadoken’s) or same special spamming, will result in disqualification. There will be 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes, remember the more people that show up the higher the first place prize will be. Any question’s or concern’s? Call or stop by our store.

Both GameXplosions, in Aurora on Hampden & Tower Rd and in Broomfield on 120th & Sheridan, are have a Buy 2 get 1Free sale of all Xbox and PS2 games.  This sale will go through the weekend of March 5 and end at closing (8PM) March 7 2010. Got some games that don’t work? Bring them in and we can throw them on our professional disc buffer for just $2, got more then 5 we can do a deal for 5 disc buff for $8.

For those of you familiar with they Devil May Cry series you have probably already picked up Bayonetta or just waiting on that paycheck. For those of you that are unfamiliar with the series, I’m here to put a little spot light on Bayonetta and its game play as well as storyline. From what I have gathered with it so far is that you are a witch buried deep in a lake for the past 500 years with no recollection of your memories. As you go through the game you will re-live her past memories that are triggered by events and as well as play through current events that happen to her.  She wasn’t born with her witch powers but more or less made a deal with the Devil, which in turn she has to kill angelic soldiers in order to keep her deal with the devil solid. And just to make it weird your witch powers are actually controller by the characters hair, odd but they made it work for the game and I believe that’s what makes this game unique and entertaining to play. As you go through the game you will encounter some people in Bayonetta’s past and present, some good some evil, some will help you (give you kick @$$ weapons) some will try and kill you. Who is on your side, you will have to play the game to see.

The game play is a classic Devil May Cry feel to it, and for those who haven’t played them I would compare it with Ninja Gaiden II.  The button combination’s are simple but complex like every weapon has different combo’s so you would have to memorize a couple of them if your like me and don’t like seeing your character doing the same combo’s over and over, BORING!!! The gore factor in this game is AMAZING, you have different torture techniques one is where you shove and enemy in a sarcophagus with spikes and close it on his face and yes blood and guts go everywhere.  And just like Ninja Gaiden the boss battles are enormous, I mean this in both that they take a little while to beat and the fact that they are 50 times bigger then you are. Now for me that takes the cake for action adventure games.  This game has everything an action adventure hack em slash em needs, Big @$$ Bosses, big finishers, massive combinations, amazing story line and not to forget the new sexy character Bayonetta. I give this game a 9 out of 10.

Both GameXplosions will be having an early Black Friday Sale.  We will start it on Wed Nov 25 and end it on Black Friday Nov 27.  Our sale will consist of Buy 2 and get the 3rd free of any used games in the store. Of course the free one will have to be of equal or lesser value, and will not be able to combined with any other offers. Even if you have no money, come check out our store maybe you can start an early Christmas list.