Scruffy McGhee says: This week is all about saluting our #InstaGamers, as we go dark and gritty with some dope shots of Max Payne 3 and Diablo III!

The idea of saluting all of you #InstaGamers came courtesy of Lenny from the cannabis culture site, Hail Mary Jane. If you have been living in a cave for the past week, you might have heard that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg bought the popular iPhone photo-sharing app for a cool billion dollars. With that in mind, we here at Don’t Lose Your Day Job wanted to salute all of the dope #InstaGamers out there in InstaGram-land for sharing their love of videogames with us!

This new weekly franchise will showcase the best and most charismatic gamers on the World Wide Web. So, without further ado, allow us to salute this week’s #InstaGamers for the week of May 14 – May 20!

Scruffy McGhee says: Much hype behind Treyarch‘s latest reveal, but is it me or do they seem like they’re running low on ideas?!

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After much speculation and rumors, the official Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 trailer is finally out. What’s it about? If you guessed the future, then you’re dead on. If you didn’t, I wouldn’t blame you but at the same time we all expected something like this coming for some time knowing they’ve practically covered every war. So what does Treyarch do? Make a new war…in the future.

Scruffy McGhee says: Dishonored will shape a unique experience for all, the supernatural adventure’s creative directors have told VG247.

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Co-creative director Raf Colantonio told Sam Clay last week at an eyes-on event for the game – Arkane’s first since it was bought by Bethesda parent ZeniMax in 2010 – that while the main story will pretty much remain the same for everyone, its the “minute-to-minute story” that will promise a different experience for players.

We’ll let Raf explain it to you in the video below:

Scruffy McGhee says: Well? Does it? If you think so, let us know your thoughts in the comments section after the jump!

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Crysis 3‘s naturalization of New York City’s concrete jungle takes full shape in the first gameplay trailer, released this morning by EA. That compound bow makes plenty of appearances, but don’t think Crytek has forgotten about all those other toys Crysis fans have come to expect.

Get a taste of the adrenaline rush Crytek is planning on delivering in the clip below:

Scruffy McGhee says: With Halo 4 joining the fracas which also features some pretty stellar heavy hitters—where does 343 Industries‘ latest title rank against the other triple-A titles?

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The next entry in Microsoft’s flagship franchise officially has a release date. Fans of the Halo series that have been waiting patiently since last year’s E3 reveal can finally mark their calendars and plan their sick days accordingly to once again don the helmet of the Master Chief on November 6th, 2012.

Revealed via the official Halo 4 Facebook fan page, Halo 4 will be in position to go up against other heavy hitters releasing this fall including Assassin’s Creed III and BioShock Infinite, both releasing just weeks prior to Halo 4. One can only imagine that this places a bit more pressure on 343 Industries to deliver a truly amazing experience that not only diehard Halo fans will love, but to gamers in general.

Remember not to forget by watching the video below:

Scruffy McGhee says: For those 12 gamers out there who think that the PS3 isn’t going to try and recreate the Kinect need to see just why Xbox’s latest device is so awe-inspiring.VIA PI:

Here is a very clever video where a user teaches Kinect to recognize objects on the PC, using OpenKinect (drivers), OpenCV (image processing and recognition), FestVox (speech synthesis) and CMU Sphinx (speech recognition). All of the processing and recognition occurs in real time.

Watch the video in amazement and comment in the section below:

Scruffy McGhee says: @Capcom confirmed that the Manhattan Beach Landing level will be playable at their PAX East booth in Boston.

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The video below shows how to take control and become a VT (vertical tank) pilot using a combination of the Xbox 360′s Kinect controls along with a standard control set-up as well. Capcom has also confirmed that a brand new exclusive mission set in downtown New York will be playable at the Microsoft booth.

Watch for yourself below:

Scruffy McGhee: The game is scheduled for release on June 19th in the U.S. and in Europe on June 22nd.

Scruffy McGhee says: The reviews are in and it seems that it’s best that you save your money on buying Kinect Star Wars. Why? Let’s just say Han Solo and Lando Calrissian‘s images of badassery are tainted.

Read @OneJaredNewman‘s interesting write-up about LucasArts latest collaboration with Microsoft by clicking HERE.

You can see the Kinect Star Wars gameplay below:

Video games industry analyst Michael Pachter believes Microsoft will be the next platform holder to slash the price of its hardware, predicting a cut in spring 2011.

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“We estimate that a $50 console price cut across the board will impact software sales by a positive five per cent, and we expect Microsoft to lead with a cut some time in spring 2011,” he told Industry Gamers.

Pachter also believes the industry is set for a boost with the release of PS3 Move, Kinect and Nintendo 3DS.

“We think that Nintendo’s 3DS, scheduled for March release in the US and Europe, has the potential to reinvigorate packaged product sales,” he said. “Similarly, we think that Kinect and Move have the potential to drive console sales, broadening the installed base and giving new purchasers a reason to buy a greater number of packaged goods.”

Clark Kent says: Will a price cut help Xbox 360 sales? Or are the upcoming Move and 3DS going to outpace it? Share your thoughts in the comments section!

Clark Kent says: The second ‘Supreme Commander 2′ DLC video developers diary was sent to us today. After the jump you can see what Gas Powered Games has been up to!

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The video which features members of the Gas Powered Games development team discussing many of the changes implemented with the game’s A.I. in the upcoming DLC. There are some pretty significant improvements overall and there may be a few more DLC unit reveals embedded in here as well.

Before you get all antsy to see the second one — make sure you peep the first video below:

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Dev Diary #2: