After teasing us with screenshot after screenshot Rockstar at last took the wraps off of their newest trailer for Grand Theft Auto 5. In it we are introduced to our three protagonists who you will swap between in the game to pull off heists and complete missions.
Franklin is a professional repo man with what appears to be annoying girlfriend, Michael looks to be the “reformed” family man who’s son is wanting to be like his father and Trevor plays the part of the completely psychotic wildcard. All three have their moments in the trailer but it already looks like playing as Trevor is going to be a blast (sorry for the pun).
Have a look at the trailer and let us know what you think? Does the change to three main characters excite you? How about the change to Los Santos, which appears to be much more open than Liberty City.
Grand Theft Auto 5 is set for release in Spring 2013.
The time is almost here. On November 18th Nintendo will release their sixth home console, the Wii U, to the masses. The system has already filled its pre-order limit at virtually every outlet that will sell it. If you are one of the lucky ones picking one up on Sunday or hoping to find one out in the wild during the holiday season we have a handy buyers guide for everything you will need.
Take a look at the system bundles, games and accessories below.
Console Bundles
[amazon_link id=”B009AGXH64″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Wii U Deluxe Set[/amazon_link] $349.99
Black Wii U Console
32GB Hard Drive
Gamepad
HDMI Cable (Thank you Nintendo)
Sensor Bar
A/C Adapters for both system and Gamepad
System stand
Gamepad charging cradle
Nintendo Network Premiuim Subscription
NintendoLand game
[amazon_link id=”B0050SVHZO” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Wii U Basic Set[/amazon_link] $299.99
White Wii U Console
8GB Hard Drive
Gamepad
HDMI Cable
Sensor Bar
A/C Adapter (system only)
Games
Launch Day Games (Available November 18th)
Assassin’s Creed 3
Batman: Arkham City- Armored Edition
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Darksiders 2
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
FIFA Soccer 13
ESPN Sports Connection
Game Party Champions
Just Dance 4
Madden NFL 13
Mass Effect 3
New Super Mario Bros. U
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge
NintendoLand (packed in with deluxe set)
Rabbids Land
Scribblenauts Unlimited
Sing Party
Skylanders Giants
Sonic and All-Stars Racing
Tank! Tank! Tank!
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Transformers Prime
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013
Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper
Wipeout 3
Zombi U
Accessories
[amazon_link id=”B009AFLXQQ” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Wii U Pro Controller (Black)[/amazon_link]
[amazon_link id=”B009AFLXJS” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Wii U Pro Controller (White)[/amazon_link]
For everyone that is picking up a Wii U on launch day this Sunday or for the holiday Nintendo has just put up this video detailing what all you will need to do to get your online functions up and running.
The video does a a good job explaining the set up your Nintendo Network account, how to transfer your saves from your Wii to the Wii U as well as show off how Nintendo is designing the Wii U to be the center of your home entertainment.
It seems today is not a good day to buy new games because here is our second big mistake of the day.
Earlier we told you about PC copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 shipping with Mass Effect 2 discs now reports are that the Xbox 360 version of Lego The Lord of the Rings were shipped with demo discs instead of the actual game. The disc is marked “Not For Sale” on the front. Calls to our local Gamestops have not seen any problems but there are some other stores in other cities that have pulled the game off the shelves altogether.
WB Games has said that they are aware of the situation and are taking measures to correct it. Until then, just be sure and check your game before leaving the store.
It seems that some PC owners are going a little bit farther in the future than they were promised with today’s launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.
Forums began getting reports this morning that some PC owners of the newest Call of Duty game were given a Mass Effect 2 disc for the second disc of the game. This disc art reads correctly but when installed into the users PC it said that the information on the disc was a copy of Mass Effect 2. That is not the kind of thing that people want to see especially on the release of the biggest game of the year.
How many copies of Black Ops 2 that are affected by this are not yet known. Users with a Steam account can download the second disc info from the site so let’s hope they have a good internet connection or it may be a much longer wait to play Black Ops 2 than anticipated.
Microsoft has reported that the November 6th launch of Halo 4 was the largest in the franchise’s history. The return of Master Chief grossed $220 million dollars on launch day alone which math should tell us is over 3.5 million copies sold. Microsoft expects first week sales to be over $300 million.
Halo 4 is the first game in the Halo series not be made by series creators Bungie. 343 Industries took over development and crafted Halo 4 as the first game in a new trilogy.
With Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 releasing today it will be interesting to see how big the first day numbers are for the game especially since it is multi-platform.
[amazon_link id=”B007XVTR3K” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Call of Duty: Black Ops 2[/amazon_link] (360, PS3) $59.99
The biggest game of the year is here. Whether you like it or not, yearly COD’s are massive events that make Activision a metric s*** ton of money so until it hits a saturation point, get used to it. It’s Treyarch’s turn on Call of Duty and they are taking the franchise into the future (not too far don’t worry) for this sequel to 2010’s Black Ops. If you are buying this for the story then you are the 8% that should be applauded for still caring about stories in first person shooters.
[amazon_link id=”B002I0H09Y” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified[/amazon_link] (Vita) $49.99
This game has been in development for less than a year by a studio that has already released one bad shooter (Resistance) on the Vita and has already announced a name change and that they are getting out of console gaming, focusing on mobile games instead. Spend 50 bucks at your own risk.
[amazon_link id=”B007MM9E42″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Epic Mickey 2; The Power of Two[/amazon_link] (360, PS3, Wii) $39.99-49.99
Mickey is back and this time teams with Oswald the Lucky Rabbit to try and stop the Mad Doctor who has returned to cause havoc on Wasteland again. The Playstation 3 version supports the Move but there is no Kinect function for the 360.
[amazon_link id=”B0096QQDPK” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Sony’s Wonderbook w/ Book of Spells[/amazon_link] (PS3) $79.99-Wonderbook Move Bundle $39.99- Wonderbook: Game of Spells- Game Only
Honestly it’s best if I let a video explain what this is and let you decide. Parents of Harry Potter fans should definitely give this a look.
[amazon_link id=”B008J16AHE” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]The Hip Hop Dance Experience[/amazon_link] (360, Wii) $39.99
Do you love Just Dance or Dance Central? Is there too much Bee Gees or Katy Perry in your game and not enough autotune? Does Ubisoft have a game for you!!
Later this week we will have our Wii U release day blowout so be sure and check back for that and next week sees the return of Agent 47 and the Playstation characters go Smash Bros.
Today Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics announced their collector’s edition for next year’s highly anticipated reboot of Tomb Raider. It will retail for $99.99 and release on March 5th. Square has said that quantities will be limited thus the “collector’s” stamp (hmmm….not so sure).
The collection will include the following:
– 8″ Play Arts Kai Lara Croft figure (hopefully it will not look like a** like their Mass Effect Commander Shepard)
– Three iron-on patches that represent three of the achievements in the game
– A 5″x7″ lithograph of Lara Croft
– A 15″x19″ map of Yamati Island, the island on which Lara is shipwrecked
– “Weapons Pack” DLC which gives Lara extra weapons for in-game use
– A 10 track CD soundtrack from the game
What say all of you? Is this worth the bump up in price to $100?
Has it really only been seven months since Adam Sessler left G4? I guess when you get used to seeing someone so often time moves slower.
Fear not video game fans “The Sess” is back. It was announced today that the former G4/Tech TV editor-in-chief and host of X-Play will be making his return with Revision3. He will be the new editor-in-chief and executive producer of game content for the website.
Sessler left G4 back in April which now looks like a genius move with G4 now basically being a defunct network come January.
In a blog post this morning Sessler in part had this to say:
“While we may not know exactly what may come as of yet. I can assure you that it will be honest, it will continue my interest in raising the discourse of videogames beyond the false contests of reviews and the fetishization of minutiae, and it will involve you, the community, because you are playing the games along with us.”
Take a look at the first video Adam has posted today about his new position and be sure to go to Revision3.com/games to help support his new venture.
Producer Wants Your Input For The Future Of The Series.
Most fans knew a new entry in the Mass Effect saga would be coming eventually but now we have definitive word from the main man behind the best-selling franchise.
Casey Hudson, executive producer of the Mass Effect series, sent out this tweet yesterday morning to the delight of fans.
We’re in early stages of designing a completely new Mass Effect game. What would you want to see in it?
Bioware has already said that anything in the future for Mass Effect would not involve Commander Shepard but this is the first concrete evidence that the team is in fact at work on another game.
It seems they are still taking all of the fan outcry from Mass Effect 3’s ending (which I had no problem with) into account with Hudson asking fans to give their suggestions for what they would like to see in the next game.
