Sick of seeing Call of Duty: Black Ops player cards with images of guys humping pigs (or worse)? Time to fire up Halo: Reach again as Microsoft has released the Noble Map Pack. For 800 MS Points ($10) you get three new maps and a handful of new achievements. Three maps don't seem like much, but one of the maps (Tempest) features Forge support for variants. And for achievement whores there are 250 ... more.

V purists may not have been won over by the recent remake series, but it was popular enough to earn a ten-episode second season. In addition to the original V's Jane Badler reprising her role as Diana; this time the evil mother of Anna, TV Guide has confirmed that Marc Singer will appear in season two. He'll be playin... more.

Alright fellow nerds, write your best caption for this picture in the Facebook comments.The highest ranked comment will receive the following shirt, courtesy of 604republic.comMore pics of the shirt can be seen more.

Eurogamer has an interview up with SCEA's Software Engineer Anton Mikhailov where he goes off on the upcoming Kinect Star Wars game. He claims that not only was the E3 video faked, but that there is no way that the Xbox 360 Kinect can pull off a lightsaber game. He also promises that if PlayStation Mo... more.

There's no doubt that The Expendables is probably one of the most awesome action movies in a long time. And with two sequels on the way, the series has a potential to be even better. The above image has some good ideas, while others fall flat based on reality.Van Damme was offered a role in the first movie, but turned it down. However after the success of the original, he reportedly expres... more.

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade doesn't have a balloon as cool as this. Fox initially created this balloon to promote Blue Harvest, but it's since been used for Something, Something Dark Side and most recently appeared in the Hollywood Christmas Parade for It's a Trap. ... more.

AMC has released a three-minute preview of the sixth and final episode of the first season of The Walking Dead. After recovering from the walker attack on the camp, the group of survivors make it to the CDC and run into a scientist inside. This clip is of that scientist explaining something to the group. While it seems to be departing a bit from the comics, the series has been so good so far we'll... more.

If you watch Boardwalk Empire on HBO you probably already saw this, but here it is for those who don't have HBO. And if you don't, you'll want to call your cable company and order it ASAP as Game of Thrones will be the big geek series in-between The Walking Dead seasons. This new trailer shows a whole lot more from the series, including lots of dialog from Ned.So far things seem pretty faithf... more.

Sad news this morning as The Empire Strikes back Director Irvin Kershner has died at the age of 87 in LA. Empire will always go down as the best of the Star Wars movies, but Kershner was no stranger to SciFi having gone on to direct an episode of Amazing Stor... more.

Here in North America, winter has finally arrived.  The days are short and the nights are cold.  Whether you're looking to pick up a gift for a scifi fan, or you just want some epic reading material for these long nights, here are 10 reads you should definitely check out. Dune, Frank HerbertDune first appeared on bookshelves in 1965 and was the first book to win the renowned Nebula Award ... more.