It seems that with the help of a ananymous tipster and your Xbox 360, Gears of War 3 was "officially" announced. Apprently as according to the screenshot caught above by Joystiq "The epic story will conclude in April 2011".

No word yet from Epic Games on the confirmation of the subject at hand so for now we peg this as a rumor. A tipster to Edge Online reported some fo the following facts as part of what's going to be in the game.

Gears Of War 3 will shake up the franchise's acclaimed cover system and feature underwater missions for the first time, Edge can reveal.

Developer Epic Games is set to evolve the combat by introducing new Locust foes with tentacle-like appendages which are capable of extending to player cover spots.

Meanwhile, the COG members of Delta Squad will be equipped with explosives that can travel beneath the ground to take out enemy cover positions, our US publishing source told us.

While the first two Gears games offered mobile cover in the form of objects like burnt out cars that could be pushed around, Gears Of War 3 will feature a heavy duty mech suit the COGs can utilise both for protection and to wreak havoc.

The game is also apparently going to be set in the Summer so we will finally see a different color pallette this time. Since we have no official word from Epic Games, this will all be pegged as rumor until we reach Monday for Cliff Bleszinski's reveal on Late Night.

Exclusive for the Xbox 360, Ignition Entertainment's release of Deadly Premonition for the Xbox 360 has been today's Amazon.com's Deal of the Day. The game has been reduced to a low low price of $14.98.

Deadly Premonition Gameplay Features:

• ·         Over 20 hours of gameplay!
•           Open world adventure- can you survive the town of Greenvale?
• ·         Numerous side quests
• ·         Large cast of eccentric characters, each with their own unique stories and agendas
• ·         Multiple mini-games, including fishing and racing, which gain you experience points to upgrade Agent York’s arsenal
• ·         Dozens of melee, ranged and hidden weapons to choose from to battle the forces of evil

Deadly Premonition is rated “M” for mature by the ESRB. For more information please visit www.deadlypremonition.com.

You can check out and purcahse the game here.

For the ever affordable price of $29.99, the release of Fallout 3 made its way to the Games on Demand service. Here are a list of other titles that will be hitting this month on the service as well.

Xbox LIVE Games on Demand:

April 13: Tomb Raider: Legend (North America)
April 13: Devil May Cry 4 (Europe, Australia and New Zealand)
April 20: Halo 3 (All Xbox LIVE Regions)
April 20: Saints Row (Europe)

The Games on Demand service just continues to grow with downloadable titles 24/7 without the need of a disc.

Due to an overwhelming success the developers over at Bizarre Creations have decided to unlock the multiplayer beta and make it available to gamers everywhere on the Xbox Live Marketplace. So, if you have Xbox Live Gold membership you can head on over to the demo area and download the multiplayer demo now.

Blur™ is the ultimate powered-up racing experience, dropping players into heart-pumping, electrified action with up to 20 cars trading paint as they charge towards the finish line.  Drivers careen through real-world track locations packed with fast curves, sneaky alternate routes and hair-raising jumps in over 50 licensed cars as they collect and tactically utilize intense Power-ups, including the ability to blast other cars out of the way with huge bursts of energy, boost their speed, and more. For the ultimate multiplayer racing gameplay experience, Blur offers a first in the racing genre with up to 20 players online at the same time, a progressive ranking system that rewards gamers the more they play, objective based race events, and if that weren’t enough, Blur brings back a fan favorite with 4-player split-screen gameplay. Blur will be available this spring for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.  

Check out more info on Blur over at http://www.blurgame.com/.

We received an email today from Miscrotsoft detailing that the next time you sign on to Xbox Live you'll be promted to an update. This update refers to the recently confirmed USB support for Xbox 360 consoles. This will give you the chance to connect up to two USB FlashDrives to your console for up to 32GB of extra space.

While you may be able to use third-party flashdrives, the performance is all based on quality and speed of the specific drive and some of them may not even provide an equal level of performance. Microsoft will be releasing its own Xbox 360 branded USB flashdrives in May supporting a storage of 8GB for $34.99 and 16GB for $69.99.

Modern Warfare 2's first new multiplayer map pack from Infinity Ward is now available worldwide on Xbox LIVE. The map pack adds five exciting multiplayer maps to the best-selling title ever on the Xbox 360.

The annual Spring update for the Xbox 360 is coming around the corner and it looks like the first details of the update have been revealed thanks to Joystiq obtaining some valuable information and screenshots.

According to the update, after the download and install is complete; gamers will be able to download Xbox Live Arcade games, Games on Demand, DLC, and even Title Updates to a separate storage device on their console. So can we expect a drop in price of the Memory Units in the future? You can never tell at this point since it's a little early to confirm any details.

Check out more on the report over at Joystiq as well as the image gallery of the process for the USB Storage.

Peter Moleyneux held his press conference and revealed some rather interesting details about the upcoming Fable 3. Here's is a bit of a talk Moleyneux had during the Game Developers Conference this week. Via Destructoid.

Molyneux wanted to make Fable III's story is much clearer, and more different, than the narratives from the first two games.The team could have retread the same narrative ground and made another Hero's Journey where you start weak, then get really strong, and then kill a baddie at the end, but Molyneux asked: "what if we made that hero's journey the halfway point in our game? What if we constructed this story where you started as a hero without any power at all, and what if there was this evil terrible tyrant king, and what if you went out as a rebel, took forces and took on and overthrew that tyrant king, and then you became that king yourself? Would that be a unique and original story if that was a halfway point? The answer was yes."

You can check out a whole new batch of screenshots below.

Four DLC content add-ons have been made available on Xbox Live today, entitled the "VIP Membership Ca Pack". It's been stated that any purchase of the DLC pack during the month of March will have its funds donated to assit in the global relief efforts for the vicitims of the earthquake in Haiti. The DLC was previously only available to those who purchased the Limited Collectors Edition copies of the game.

Now you'll be able to download the DLC for 800 MS points and it will give you special access and visibility in the Forza Motorsport 3 Community as well as special recognition in the scoreboards, lobbies and more. You'll also be placed in the VIP section of the auction house. The VIP membership includes these 5 cars: 2008 Aston Martin DBS, 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, 2007 Ferrari F430 Scuderia, 2007 Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera, and 2007 Porsche 911 GT3 RS (997). Also note that the VIP membership is included in an Xbox Live token form if you do purchase the Limited Collectors Edition.

Hit the jump below to check out more details on other DLC packs that were relased today from Turn 10.

Hopefully we didn't completely turn you around in your thinking that we have a full batch of Fable III screenshots for you. What we do have is only 2 of them, and double the fun. Peter Molyneux must be swimming in joy giving us all these little tinty bits of glimpses into Fable 3. Looks like we'll just have to wait until E3 for when we discover something new and hopefuly a gameplay treat.

Check out the screens below...