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  • Mass Effect Trilogy To Touch Down In November

    Rejoice Playstation Owners!!

    Well if you own a Playstation and haven’t had an opportunity to play the first Mass Effect game you should rejoice in moderation.

    Bioware announced today that all three of their award winning Mass Effect games will be released in one set on November 6th for Xbox 360 and PC and retail for just $59.99. The Playstation version will be released at a later date that has not been announced yet so if all you know of the first game is the motion comic that greeted you before your playthrough of Mass Effect 2 you will finally get a chance to complete the most RPG-feeling of the trilogy. The first Mass Effect will be available for download on the Playstation Network at a later date also.

    All three should come packed with all the downloadable content that were attached to the games.

    If you have not played through any of these games then this is the perfect opportunity to get on board and experience one of the best stories ever told in gaming. You really are in for a great time. $60 bucks for almost eighty hours of historic gaming? Sounds like a great deal to me.

     

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  • New Game Releases. Week of September 23, 2012.

    Warcraft Goes Panda, FIFA And Dead Or Alive Both Involve Bouncing Round Things.

    World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (PC) $39.99-Normal/ $79.99- Collector’s Edition

    If you are still playing World of Warcraft after all these years I applaud you. That and weep for your bank account. But Blizzard knows how to keep the expansions coming and this week sees the release of Mists of Pandaria. Level up your character to 90 and play as a new class (Monk) as you uncover the mysteries of the land of Pandaria. And The Pandarans are neutral if memory serves me. So they are like Swiss pandas?

    Dead or Alive 5 (360, PS3) $59.99

    Tecmo’s fighting series has been to the beach for volleyball and the wrestling ring and I guess now it’s time to get back to the fighting. Well, that and watching the jiggling boobs. Let’s face it, the DOA series is known more for their jiggle technology than their fighting engine but plenty of people keep buying it to keep the series going.

    FIFA 13 (every system imaginable, maybe even the Virtual Boy) $29.99-$59.99

    Like with NHL 13 you already know if you are buying this or not. You do not need convincing with all the new bells and whistles in this year’s game. Although let’s not forget that their is Kinect and Move support this year so you can give that a try before realizing how bad it probably is. If you curse at the game on 360 you might get carded by the ref? If every game did that I would get past the intros.

    Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse (360, PS3, PC) $59.99

    Take control of Stewie and Brian as you make your way back through multiple universes to stop Stewie’s evil brother Bertram. The Family Guy writers have had a hand in writing this but for me the Family Guy train passed five years ago and if I am going to play a video game based on a long running cartoon I will wait for South Park: The Stick of Truth.

    Bad Piggies (iPhone, Android, Windows Phone)

    Rovio is looking to keep their cash cow (or pig) rolling with the release of Bad Piggies. Where Angry Birds focused on destroying structures to get back at the pigs for kidnapping their eggs this game focuses on the pigs building things to help them get through the level. Seeing as Angry birds has been downloaded over 1 billion times I think it is pretty safe to say that Rovio’s pockets will be flush with cash for the forseeable future.

     

    Next week brings back the evil Umbrella Corporation and hopefully a better game than Resident Evil 5.

    Happy gaming!!!

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  • Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time Release Date Announced

    Next February Just Got More Crowded .

    Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time will be coming on February 5, 2013 just in time to join a crowded month which includes the likes of Bioshock, Metal Gear and Dead Space.

    Fans have waited almost seven years on the stealthy raccoon’s PS3 debut. The game was originally slated for this fall but was pushed back and was also added to the PS Vita lineup. Thieves in Time will be one of Sony’s Cross-Buy titles which means that when you buy the Playstation 3 version of the game you will be able to download the title onto your Vita for free.

    Along with Cross-Buy the game also has Cross-Play functionality so you can swap saves between systems. Playing at home and have to head out of the house? Simply swap your save to your Vita and continue from where you left off. Both of these features is what Sony (and myself) are hoping will push Vita sales.

    Will you be getting Sly Cooper come February or is the month too full of great games already?

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  • Dead Island: Riptide Trailer Goes For The Heart Again.

    New Trailer Tries To Capture The Emotion Of The First Game’s Memorable Trailer.

    Who could ever forget the trailer to the first Dead Island? The played in reverse story of how one family met their end on the tropical island resort was something truly different and had the video game world talking about the game. It proved a success with the first game selling over 3 million copies.

    Dead Island: Riptide was announced a few weeks back and only a few screenshots have been shown but now the developers at Deep Silver have released the first trailer for the game and it tries to convey the same sense of emotion as the ill fated family from the first game. Take a look below and let us know what you think.

    Dead Island: Riptide releases in 2013 for Xbox 360 and PS3.

  • Sony Shows Off Lighter, Thinner PS3.

    Two New Models And Bundles Announced

    Sony started off TGS 2012 by revealing what had been leaked weeks ago, that we would be getting a new model for the Playstation 3. The new model is 20% smaller than the current “slim” version and weighs 25% less.

    The system will come in a 250GB and 500GB versions and will be available in limited edition bundles. The 250GB system will be released on September 25th and retail for $269.99. It will come packed with Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception: Game of the Year Edition as well as a $30 voucher for CCP Games upcoming free to play shooter Dust 514.

    Dust 514 is a first person shooter based in the EVE Online universe where your online battles actually affect the real outcomes and economy of the EVE online community. The game is free to play but will have different items and weapons available through microtransactions and $30 should be a good start for anyone wanting to start on this new shooter.

    The 500GB version of the system will be available on October 30th to coincide with the release of Assassin’s Creed 3. A special bundle will be ready with the system coming packed with the highly anticipated game and a free month of Playstation Plus for only $299.99. The Playstation 3 version of the game also includes four exclusive levels that can only be played on Sony’s system.

    It looks like Sony is making a big push this year to get more PS3’s into homes before next year when it is presumed they will show off their next home console for the first time.

  • New Game Releases. Week Of September 16, 2012

    All Hail The Beginning Of Holiday Gaming!!

    Borderlands 2 (360, PS3) $59.99-normal/ $99.99- deluxe/ good luck finding a loot chest

    Gearbox’s followup to their 2009 game (which is free to all PS Plus subscribers this month), Borderlands 2 ups the ante on almost every single facet of the original. More character classes, a deeper story, 87 bazillion guns (no really, that’s how many Gearbox is toungue in cheek saying), online four player co-op and two player split screen which, if you played the first game, is the BEST way to play. A season pass for all DLC is also avaliable for 2400 MS Points or $29.99 on PSN. Ummm go now and get it.

    Little Big Planet Vita (PS Vita) $39.99

    Wait? Wasn’t this game not supposed to be released until September 25th? You are correct but Sony gave the go ahead this past Saturday to begin selling the game early. And yes I have a copy in my Vita right now and a review will be coming soon. I can say that from what I have played that if you love LBP and do not own a Vita this is a system seller. Tarsier has taken over for Media Molecule and have integrated all the Vita features well.  Now Sackboy can fit in your pocket and go anywhere. Phrasing, I know.

    Torchlight 2 (PC Digital Download) $20

    All the dungeon crawling and looting of Diablo III at a third of the price. Add in multiplayer co-op and the ability to still mod this game to your hearts content and you are looking at an easy buy for dungeon looters.

    Jet Grind Radio (XBLA, PSN)  800 MS Points/$9.99 PSN

    After you are done blowing off cel-shaded heads in Borderlands 2 go ahead and download the HD re-release of the Dreamcast classic rollerblading game. Not as many guns as Borderlands but you will have a great time blading away from cops and tagging your turf with graffiti. Oh Dreamcast, the one system Sega did right and it died a premature death.

    Happy gaming!!!

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  • Review: Mass Effect 3: Leviathan

    Does Commander Shepard’s New Mission Deliver?

    Leviathan is an interesting piece of DLC. If you are like me then you finished Mass Effect 3 months ago and have the ending to your Commander Shepard story firmly entrenched in your head. Now whether you liked the ending or not is up for grabs considering all the fan outcry when the game released but you have an ending nevertheless. So now Bioware has given us this add on mission which, while it would appear to not have a huge impact on a game finished for months on end, does manage to give some vital information into the Reaper’s history. Even if it is a little slow getting there.

    The mission starts as every piece of Mass Effect DLC does, by checking your email. There you receive a message asking Commander Shepard to go speak to a Dr. Bryson on the Citadel about the possibility of a creature powerful enough to kill a Reaper. After you arrive at the doctor’s lab he is killed by his assistant who seems to be under control by some outside force and now it is up to you to piece together the doctor’s research and find the being called Leviathan. And this is where the mission slows to a halt.

    The great office search is on.

    Yeah that title sums up a good portion of the mission. I love Mass Effect. Every one of them but this part of the DLC just seemed stuck into the game to give the content more of a playtime. You will run around Dr. Bryson’s office and bedroom a lot. And the searching isn’t even skillful. Just run around and click on everything you see and go to the galaxy map and get told where to go. Now if it had just been a one time trip before getting back to the action then it could be more forgivable but you will do this multiple times. Search the doctor’s things, head out for a bit of space flight, scanning planets, a bit of shooting and then head back to Bryson’s. I am not meaning this to sound as harsh as it does but this is over half the mission.

    Once you have located the whereabouts of Leviathan is where, to me anyway, this began feeling more like Mass Effect. Taking the drop ship down to the water based planet you are hit with a pulse of energy that crashes you and your team on a rig surrounded by nothing but ocean and what looks like thousands of years worth of decimated ships. As Reaper forces drop down the battle gets hot and heavy and you get to really get back into the combat. It had been a few months since I played Mass Effect 3 so by the time this section of the DLC came I was just getting used to the controls again. But like an old pro I was popping off biotics and melees no problem.

    Mech Effect 3

    After you get through the first waves of husks, brutes and banshees, Cortez tells you that there is a mech suit that you can use to dive down into the ocean to check out what your probe has found. You must first charge the battery pack while more enemies assault your position then you get to take your new mechanical friend out for a walk. There is a short burst of combat inside the mech but once you are in the ocean it is strictly exploration. While the mech section doesn’t last long it is a fun change of course and the underwater walk around has a slight (very slight, but still cool) Bioshock feel to it.

    Without getting too spoiler happy, once you find Leviathan is where the real meat of the story is. You find out the beginnings of the Reapers and why they look as they do. Leviathan reveals a good deal of important back story that should be known by all Mass Effect fans and adds more depth to the universe that you have been trying to save since 2007.

    While a good chunk of the DLC left me a bit numb mentally, the end battle and subsequent revelations about the Reapers history makes this a must download for Mass Effect lovers.

    Nerd Rating- 7.5/10

     

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  • New Game Releases. Week Of September 9, 2012

    The Long Summer Is Almost Over. Winter Is Coming.

     Heihachi returns, Kirby turns 20 and the frozen sport reports for duty.

     

    Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (PS3, 360) $59.99

    The first Tekken Tag Tournament was released back in 1999 so it has been a good long wait for the Tekken fans who like their Tekken with a little Marvel vs. Capcom thrown in. Play as over 40 fighters of the Iron Fist Tournament in 2-on-2 tag matches and try to forget about the horrible, horrible movie that was made about the franchise.

    Kirby’s Dream Collection (Wii) $39.99

    Nintendo’s little puffball is turning the big 20 this year and to celebrate Wii owners get this collection of six classic Kirby titles including: Kirby’s Dream Land 1&2 from the original Game Boy, Kirby’s Adventure on the NES, Kirby’s Super Star and Kirby’s Dream Land 3 on the SNES and Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards from the Nintendo 64. Completing the collection is a soundtrack CD and an artbook. Happy Birthday Kirby.

    NHL 13 (PS3, 360) $59.99

    It’s almost hockey time again. You know right off the bat if you are going to buy this year’s version or not and that you know that the physics engine has been reworked and that you can switch to back skating with just a button press or the new chop option to take a shot at the man with the puck to try and gain possession. Good times, eh?

    Double Dragon Neon (PSN, XBLA) $10

    That’s right, Billy and Jimmy Lee are back!! Developer WayForward is bringing back the fighting brothers once again in a classic 2-D beat em up to save Billy’s girlfriend while Jimmy risks his life for absolutely no nookie at all. Punch, kick, grapple and throw around hundreds of gang members while buying songs that unlock new abilities that can be combined into a mixtape of special moves.

     

    Happy gaming!!!

     

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  • Tomb Raider Gameplay Shows Off Beautiful Environments, Indestructible Deer.

    Tomb Raider is quickly heading towards it’s March 2013 release and this past week at PAX Square Enix showed off about 14 minutes of gameplay from very early in the game. There were no human antagonists but rather a look at how Lara would control and how she will have to hunt and scavenge for food and supplies to survive.

    Tomb Raider is one of my most anticiapted games for next year and looks incredible even in a not near finished build. Now if we could hunt a deer without it taking like 12 arrows to take down.


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  • Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes Opening Video And Gameplay

    Now don’t let the title fool you too much. This just released video from PAX 2012 is indeed the first opening video from MGS: Ground Zeroes but you won’t really see any gameplay until after the nine minute mark of this eleven minute video. What you will get in a visually stunning assault on the eyes that shows off the Fox Engine’s power with weather effects and clothing. Hideo Kojima announced today that he is personally overseeing and working on this Metal Gear and that while the Fox Engine can run on next gen, Ground Zeroes will release on PS3 and Xbox 360.

    Check out the video below and enjoy the subtitles and creepy Japanese music.

    http://youtu.be/pKrkf7BEb-4