Activision sends over some cool 360-view screenshots for you to check out. Please note these 360-view screenshots require the latest version of Quicktime installed.

Athens Boat:

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Athens Lighthouse Destruction:

Rockstar Games today announced that Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system is now available in North America at retail stores everywhere. This standalone retail offering bundles Grand Theft Auto IV, the award-winning and highest-rated title of this console generation, with Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City, featuring the episodes The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony.

“Each story in the Grand Theft Auto IV trilogy brought new perspectives and new gameplay to the amazing world of Liberty City,” said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. “We’re happy to bring these three experiences together for the first time in one complete package.”

Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition invites players to step back into the crime-addled streets of Liberty City to experience its seedy underworld from multiple perspectives. Live the tale of Eastern European immigrant Niko Bellic as he attempts to reconcile his sordid past in a new city in Grand Theft Auto IV; grab a chopper and hit the streets with hardened biker Johnny Klebitz of The Lost motorcycle club in The Lost and Damned; or rub shoulders with Liberty City’s elite as Luis Lopez, right-hand man to nightlife guru Tony Prince in The Ballad of Gay Tony.

Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition is a standalone retail title that spans three distinct stories, interwoven to create one of the most unique and engaging single-player experiences of this gaming generation. This definitive Grand Theft Auto bundle boasts hundreds of hours of single-player gameplay; a full suite of open-world multiplayer game types limited only by players’ creativity; dozens of eclectic radio stations with hours of music and original dialogue; exclusive new cover art, collectible map and poster, and more. Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition is available now in North America and slated to launch in Europe on October 29, 2010 for a suggested retail price of $39.99 / £34.99 / €49.99.

Harmonix, the world’s premier music video game developer, and MTV Games today announced that Rock Band 3, the next generation in the ultimate social and interactive music gaming platform, is available today in North America and will be available Oct. 29 in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and other territories for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, Wii and Nintendo DS.

“Rock Band 3’s greatest achievement may be that it’s not just another Rock Band game; it’s an ambitious step forward for the genre.”

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Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is to receive a major update on Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday, October 27, 2010. Full online functionality including co-operative play will be activated via a free title update and free downloadable content will be available for 30 days, so make sure you buy or download the DLC before the 30 days are up.

“We’re delighted the Online Co-op is ready and going live – as a thank you to the patient Xbox gamers, and for a limited time only we will be giving away our first DLC pack for free. Download it, have a go and while you’re there try the online co-op mode, it’s great fun,” said Darrell Gallagher, General Manager of Crystal Dynamics.

The first DLC pack entitled ‘All the trappings’ will be given away for free for 30 days to XBLA players. The pack offers up a brand new area to conquer and features a combination of puzzle, exploration and combat experiences.)

The co-op and DLC update for PlayStation3 and PC players will be coming soon.

Fable III, we have all been waiting for it since the second we finished Fable II. We wanted to get back to Albion and save it from whatever evil may bestow it. Lionhead Studios has been giving us many screenshots, previews and even interviews here at Gametactics. After being shown the game by Peter Molyneux himself at E3 2010 behind closed doors, we just couldn’t wait to get our hands on the final copy to review and share it with you. Here it is, the review of Fable III for the Xbox 360.

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The Sims 3 release on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 is upon us. On Tuesday, you can get groove on the Sims 3 on your console finally! This trailer features a very special guest voice over. 🙂

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The Noble Map Pack is set to bolster Halo: Reach’s online battlegrounds on November 30th, 2010. But before you wage war on Halo: Reach’s three new fronts, get a good, long look at Anchor 9, Breakpoint, and Tempest with this brand new trailer.

From Bungie:
Our DLC team has been hard at work these last few months, cloistered together in the heart of the studio preparing three new multiplayer maps for your Halo: Reach multiplayer pleasure. Though they’re still putting the finishing touches on what we’ve now dubbed the Noble Map Pack as we speak, we’ve been itching like crazy to show off the trio of maps for quite some time now. Today, you get your first good look. The Noble Map Pack will be ready for download on November 30th for 800 Microsoft Points.

Noble Map Pack

The fight for humanity continues on a galactic scale. From a frozen xeno-archaeology site harboring secrets centuries old to an orbital anchor defending the stars high above planet Reach to mysterious places far, far beyond, the Noble Map Pack injects three new explosive environments into the multiplayer battlefield, each designed to reinforce all of Halo: Reach’s vital warfronts, from small scale engagements to massive Invasion battlegrounds.

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Lionhead Studios and Microsoft Game Studios is getting all gamers excited about the midnight release of Fable III tonight, and to celebrate the Fable III release: They have released a new developer diary titled “co-op”. This video shows off some of the improvements in Fable III co-op mode. Don’t forget that many stores will be opening at midnight tonight to start selling Fable III for the Xbox 360, contact your local favorite video game store or electronics store for more details!

Raising the bar once again for interactive music games with the addition of groundbreaking new features that include keyboards, vocal harmonies and Rock Band Pro Mode, Harmonix Music Systems Inc., the world’s premier music video game developer, and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks, today proudly announced that Imagine, the timeless album from John Lennon, will be among the first albums released as Rock Band 3 downloadable content.

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Get ready to splatter some zombies. Blood Drive is a car driving, gun blasting, zombies, missiles, and psychopathic maniacs in cars roaming splattering all the zombies in sight. Come join the contestants in the Blood Drive tournament as they mow down, shoot up, and blaze a path of destruction, chaos, and madness in the desert city of Las Ruletas. Activision sent along some box art, two new screenshots and a shot of all the zombies you can run over in Blood Drive.