Gears of War 3 players have been promptly rewarded with outstanding DLC thus far, including free-for-all content and the fun add-on RAAM's Shadow.  Now they can look forward to some fresh new content in 2012, as Microsoft and Epic Games have announced the new Fenix Rising pack, slated for release on January 17.  And you're getting a lot here.

The Spike Video Game Awards have officially wrapped, and while it's still a ways off from being considered a legitimate awards program like, say, the Oscars, there were plenty of entertaining moments that helped it beat out last year's ceremony.  And no sign of Olivia Munn...whew.  So what went down during the event?  We've got the full recap!

As great as mainstream first-person shooters are (we’re looking at you, Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3), we do like checking out ones that go off the beaten path, just to see what they offer to the genre.  We’re talking about oddities like Po’ed and certain Doom mods that twist the typical rules at running around and shooting things entirely.  So we were more than happy to see what WXP Games was doing with its genre-bending Xbox Live Arcade release, Xotic.

Beginning Tuesday morning December 6, Xbox 360 owners around the world will be able to download a free system update that will bring an all-new Xbox 360 experience, including brand new entertainment applications on Xbox LIVE and a redesigned user interface with expanded Kinect voice control. The next generation of TV entertainment begins with the announcement by Microsoft Corp. of the launch of an all-new Xbox 360 experience including the first group of new, custom applications from world leading TV and entertainment content providers on Xbox LIVE.

When it was announced a few months ago back at E3, the UFC on Xbox Live service sounded like a dream for fans of the fighting league.  Featuring live interaction between fights, interactive pools and other cool features, it was going to introduce a new dynamic for the service come December 1st.  Unfortunately, some minor setbacks have forced both UFC and Microsoft to come up with a new release date...but you won't have to wait too long.

Forza Motorsport 4 is doing quite well for the racing community, with hundreds of thousands of folks hitting the track and showing the world their racing mettle.  But that racing world is about to open up even further, as Microsoft has announced a new pack of cars coming to the game December 6th.

The latest Xbox Live Dashboard update has been coming for some time, and for months, fans have been buzzing about the changes that are being made, since they were first introduced at E3 a few months ago at Microsoft's press conference.  Now we're merely just days away from the update, as Microsoft has officially stamped it with a release date -- December 6th.