Tag: Video Games

Quick Predictions For Sony’s Playstation Event Tomorrow (UPDATED)

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We are only mere hours away from Sony’s Playstation event which, most likely, will reveal the Playstation 4. So I figured we would play a little game of “take a stab at rumors and see if Sony can screw it up”. We will go through some quick points and check back after the event to see how close we were to being in Sony’s head.

Be sure and leave your guesses in the comments below. We want to hear just how in tune with Sony you are.

Alright it is time to check and see how my guesses panned out from last night’s event.

1. Will be called the Playstation 4

Yes. Good Start.

2. Will only come in one version

No answer given. Closer to E3 maybe?

3. 1TB hard drive (I am tempted to say 750GB)

No answer given. Guess I was too specific.

4. Will retail for $399.99

Again, no answer.

5. Will still be able to use the PS Move (I don’t know why)

Yes. Media Molecule showed off a sculpting demo.

6. Will stream games and may offer a game rental service.

Yes. Well Gaikai did say streaming games, but not definite on the rental. I’ll take it.

7. At least two of these games will be shown and/or announced as launch titles: Killzone 4, Uncharted 4, Infamous and Planetside 2

Yes. Now we’re doing good. Killzone: Shadow Fall and Infamous: Second Son were shown.

8. Will launch on October 25, 2013.

No answer. This will most likely be at E3.

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All in all I am calling this a win for the good guys. 4 out of 8 right and the four not right are pushes for a later date. Bingo!!

February 19, 2013
Image Leak May Reveal The Next Xbox Name

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An image has found its way online which appears to be from an Xbox dev unit and as you can see there is a name attached.

Xbox Infinity.

The name that has been tossed around for months as discussed in my next-gen article. Now this is purely a rumor right now and the picture has not been authenticated, but where there is smoke, there is fire. And don’t forget that Microsoft has already bought up the Xbox8.com domain name.

We won’t have to wait very much longer to find out the truth. Sony has their big Playstation event tomorrow and one would assume that Microsoft will hold their event before GDC this year which will be in the next 3-4 weeks.

February 19, 2013
AC3: They Tyranny Of King Washington Launch Trailer

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Today sees the release of Episode One of the [amazon_link id=”B0050SXFKE” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Assassin’s Creed 3[/amazon_link] DLC The Tyranny of King Washington and a new trailer has been released to show exactly how this alternate version of the AC universe began. It is a unique attempt by the series to show America’s greatest leader gone mad with power.

Episode One is titled The Tyranny and is available today, Episode Two (The Betrayal) will be out on March 19th and the final episode (The Redemption) will release on April 23rd.

February 19, 2013
New Gears Of War: Judgment Video Shows Off Multiplayer

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Damon Baird is back to give you the rundown on all the new goodies to the multiplayer in [amazon_link id=”B002I0H2AG” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Gears of War: Judgment[/amazon_link]. The new character classes are explained as well as how multiplayer maps will have more verticality to them.

I am more excited about this Gears multiplayer experience than I was for Gears 3 because it seems that the guys over at People Can Fly are addressing a lot of the issues that fans have wanted changed in past entries. I love the new class system and the addition of new grenades like the beacon grenades that give off a sort of sonar effect allowing you see through walls and the stim grenade which heals anyone near where it goes off. And finally, the ability to quick toss grenades!!! Thank you!!!

You also get a look at the Overrun mode which is like Horde on crack and free for all which I will spend many, many hours on. I am more of a screw teams, let’s just kill each other group.

Gears of War: Judgment releases on March 19th.

February 19, 2013
Bioshock Infinite ‘Lamb Of Columbia’ Trailer

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Irrational has released yet another trailer for [amazon_link id=”B003O6E6NE” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Bioshock Infinite[/amazon_link] that focuses on Elizabeth and her powers.

New footage is shown as Booker DeWitt begins to question if he should go through with the deal to bring Elizabeth back from Columbia. The trailer ends with the chilling line that was said in one of the game’s first trailers.

Bioshock Infinite releases on March 26th.

February 19, 2013
Rock Band Store Dies At 5 This April

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While the release of new music games has pretty much been put six feet under Harmonix has been releasing weekly content to their ever expanding library. Now, it seems, that it can fight no more.

April 2nd will be the last week of content release for the Rock Band store bringing to an end an impressive five year run that saw the release of over 4,000 songs over 275 consecutive weeks. They are currently having a sale on over 1,100 songs at 50% off so people can keep filling out their Rock Band libraries.

The company released a small statement on the Rock Band forums:

“We hope that you’ll all agree that this has been a tremendous run, and you should know it’s a ride that we at Harmonix have been thrilled to be a part of. We’re going to continue to support the forums and RockBand.com and hope to still see you rocking out online, in photos of Rock Band parties shared on Twitter and Facebook, or here on the forums. Whether you waited in line for a midnight release of Rock Band over 5 years ago, or you just joined the party with Rock Band Blitz… whether you’ve downloaded every single song we’ve ever released, or you’ve just played on disc songs until your neighbors moved away… whether you’re a metal shredder, or a bubblegum pop singer… thank you for being a part of our band.”

February 18, 2013
Bungie’s Brave New Destiny

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This past weekend Bungie, the creators of Halo, finally took the covers off of their next project, Journey. Ambitious does not begin to describe what Destiny is. Not only is this the company’s first game outside the safety of Microsoft’s umbrella, but it is an entire series of games that will involve a brand new universe and occupy the developers next ten years. Ten years!!

When they struck a deal with Activision to publish the game the documents revealed showed that Destiny is being made already sequel ready and the first game will release this fall on Xbox 360 and PS3 and also, presumably, for the next gen consoles as well. Every sequel after will be released strictly for the next generation.

Destiny’s plot revolves around the last portion of humanity to survive an apocalyptic event. The only piece of humanity left were saved when a mysterious ship, known as The Traveler, began to float above a section of Earth. It is always there, hanging as a somber protector for what reason no one knows. Humanity has put the pieces back together under The Traveler and begun to explore the galaxy again. With this comes new threats in the form of alien life that is looking to finish off the remnants of humanity. Destiny will see you play as a guardian, tasked to push back these forces and protect humanity.

Bungie is coining a new term for Destiny’s gameplay, the “shared world shooter”. Not wanting to call the game a true MMO, Destiny will be available to play completely in single player, or at any time, you can join some friends or strangers and help out in missions they are doing and decide to stick together or go do your own thing with your story. How this will work cross-platform remains to be seen. Will it be only 360 players that can match up with 360 players and vice versa or will Bungie somehow work there magic and have all consoles playing on Destiny’s world in one big sci-fi love fest?

Watching the video above also shows off that social integration will play a big part in Destiny. While the specifics are not known as to what will be the basis of the app, it would be easy to assume you would get story updates as well as messages from friends as they interact in the world. You may be able to set up party missions but that is just pure speculation on my part.

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It looks as though you will not be stuck on Earth in Destiny. You will have the ability to go to other planets, but it is not known if the space travel will be able to be controlled or if Destiny will have space battles. Even if the first game does not, it would not surprise me to see them added in sequels, especially with the horsepower of the next-gen consoles.

This is just the opening salvo of Destiny from Bungie. Expect to see a lot more from now until its planned fall release. I would expect a massive blowout at E3 this year to truly give gamers a sense of the scale of this project.

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February 18, 2013
Will Playstation 4 Stream Games?

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With the Sony Playstation event coming up on Wednesday where the Playstation 4 is expected to be unveiled the rumor bin is in full overdrive. The newest one comes from The Wall Street Journal that reports that Sony will offer streaming games over their new system.

‘The new technology, to be unveiled Wednesday along with the new console, will allow users to play games delivered over the Internet, these people said. The streaming service, they added, is designed to use current PlayStation 3 titles on the new console; the new device is also expected to play new games stored on optical discs.”

This rumor should probably be filed under the section “completely likely to happen”. Sony spent $380 million dollars last year purchasing the streaming service Gaikai and I am pretty sure it wasn’t just to have no use of it.

February 18, 2013
New Star Trek: The Video Game Gameplay Trailer

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Not a whole lot has been shown of Star Trek: The Video Game beyond a handful of screenshots since last year, but now with the game’s April release looming Digital Extremes is beginning to take the wraps off of their licensed title.

The game looks to mix a lot of different game styles together. The shooting sequences are close behind the shoulder type run and gun like Dead Space or Resident Evil while there appears to be some small exploration element like Uncharted or Tomb Raider and you even get to control the Enterprise in space battles. Hopefully all of this can come together and deliver a good movie tie-in game (for once).

[amazon_link id=”B0081B1O5A” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Star Trek: The Video Game[/amazon_link] releases on April 23rd.

February 15, 2013
Fallout: New Vegas 2? Obsidian Is Down For It If Bethesda Is.

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Obsidian has kind of made a career off of making sequels to highly popular games. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 may not have been the defining RPG in the galaxy far, far away that its predecessor was, but the game was well made and dang fun. Same could be said for its sequel to Bethesda’s Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas. They did a great job bringing a new story to the Fallout universe and crafting an impressive open world to play in.

Now the developers behind the upcoming [amazon_link id=”B006IOAHPK” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]South Park: The Stick of Truth[/amazon_link] may want to get back into the post-apocalyptic business if company CEO Feargus Urquhart has anything to say about it. And he did:

“Oh, we’d love to do Fallout: New Vegas 2. It would be awesome. If I think of going from Fallout 1 to Fallout 2, we tried to associate the two areas somewhat closely. It wasn’t just ‘Oh, we’re gonna do this 2,000 miles from here.’ So I think if we were to do Fallout: New Vegas 2 – or just a new Fallout – we would probably separate it from what the internal team at Bethesda’s doing. We’d keep it on the West Coast, because we’re West Coast people. They’re East Coast, so it makes sense.”

With Bethesda supposedly working on Fallout 4 would you want Obsidian to get another crack at the Fallout universe?

February 15, 2013