So the playstation 4 is soon to hit stores this year, even though being an avid gamer myself I was not excited about the new gen consoles but after receiving an e-mail with a commented video of the new game being released on the playstation 4 called watch_dogs got me hooked and excited wanting to see more. The game consists of a huge open world to explore and get lost in its amazing graphics and life like gameplay, this is one to look forward too. Checkout the...
Crysis 3 – E3 2012 Press Conference
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The award-winning developer Crytek is back with Crysis 3, the first blockbuster shooter of 2013. Return to the fight as Prophet, the Nanosuit soldier on a quest to save humanity. Adapt on the fly with the stealth and armor abilities of your unique Nanosuit as you battle through the seven wonders of New York’s Liberty Dome. Unleash the firepower of your all-new, high-tech bow and alien weaponry to hunt both human and alien enemies. Uncover the truth behind the death of your squad while reestablishing the power of human will in a rich story full of exciting twists and turns. Crysis 3 is the ultimate sandbox shooter, realized in the stunning visuals only Crytek and the latest version of CryENGINE can deliver. Assess, Adapt, and Attack starting February 2013. Key Features: Seven Wonders of the Urban Rainforest New York City has been contained in a giant nanodome and grown into a unique rainforest with seven distinct environments. Master the ultimate sandbox and turn it into your own personal hunting ground. Assess, Adapt, and Attack Crysis’ highly-acclaimed sandbox gameplay is back with more open levels to let players choose their path and approach. Your upgraded Nanosuit allows brute force or stealth, always giving you more than one option. Expanded Multiplayer Experiment with new ways to customize your Nanosuit and brand new game modes. The Biggest and Most Explosive Arsenal in Franchise History In addition to giving you an arsenal of human firearms, Crysis 3 lets you scavenge alien weapons and deploy an all-new signature bow. The Evolution of CryENGINE CryENGINE unleashes the power of the Crytek creative team and delivers a visually stunning and varied gameplay...
Massive Battlefield 3 update
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Update on Xbox 360 goes live today, includes the possibility to rent your own server! he Battlefield 3 update for Xbox 360 goes live today and includes plenty of fixes, balancing tweaks, and the possibility to rent your own server! Read on for the full details. As you are reading this, the Battlefield 3 game update for Xbox 360 should be rolling out. This update is identical to the PlayStation 3 update that went live the other week. That means you get a lot of fixes, balancing tweaks, and some new functionality – including the addition of horns in all jeeps! You can find the change list in this previous blog post. Below are some of the highlights in this massive game update. If you have studied the update on PS3 or PC previously, a lot of this information will be familiar to you. Your server, your rules! Like the PlayStation 3 update, this also marks the start of the Rent a Server functionality on Xbox 360. This means you can rent your own server and create your personal gaming experience. Check out the trailer below for an idea of the possibilities of this program. To ensure a robust experience, we are launching this feature at a limited capacity and ramping up in the coming days. If you are unable to rent a server, try again at a later date. Beep beep! We have horns! Yes! We have added horns to all jeeps in the game! Nothing says “Get in and man the machine gun so we can take back the airfield!” like three short beeps of the horn. Just press [LB] to make your presence known to friendly forces. Warning: Beeping also heard by opposition. Suggest limiting beeping when in enemy territory to keep vehicle in working order. This feature is also present in the PC and PlayStation 3 updates that are live. Giving all players IR flares To balance the battlefield and give budding pilots a fighting chance from day 1, we are now giving IR flares to all players. These will be automatically available to you in all air vehicles in the game. So if you’ve had a hard time staying up in the air previously, it should be easier to dodge incoming threats from now on. We hope this small but significant change will mean more players take to the skies and mix up their play style. This feature is also present in the PC and PlayStation 3 updates that are live. More awards for skillful heli flying One of the balancing items we have done in this game update is to better reward skillful heli pilots. To do this, we have increased the pilot’s score for transporting passengers who make kills from the heli. The assist score for heli pilots is now 50 points/kill. In a fully loaded transport, four passengers who make 1 kill each will give the pilot a sum total of 200 points. This balancing change is also present in the PC and PlayStation 3 updates that are live. Making the SOFLAM a passive income gadget The Recon gadget SOFLAM (laser target painter) has been given a new feature. Now, when a Recon player places it and then leaves it, it will continue to paint targets entering its area of control, continuously giving the Recon player a passive points income. This means a Recon player can place a SOFLAM in a strategic position, then leave it to find a good sniping spot. Combined with fixing a few scoring error in the SOFLAM, it should now be a much more viable source of experience points for Recons. This balancing change is also present in the PC and PlayStation 3 update that are live. Suppressing is team play, too! Another balancing change that reflects how we want every player to be able to contribute to the overall effort is the lowered...
PlayStation Vita sales plummet in second week...
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Sony’s new handheld games console, the PlayStation Vita, suffered a sharp drop in sales in only its second week in the shops, according to independent figures. After selling 325,000 units in its first seven days, demand collapsed more than 75 per cent, video games analysts said. Only 72,500 were sold in the week before Christmas, according to Media Create, which tracks the video games industry in Japan. The PS Vita launch was initially hailed as a success, with buyers queuing up overnight despite freezing temperatures. The console, available with both Wifi and 3G connectivity, boasts a 5-inch display and one of the most advanced mobile CPUs available, based on ARM quad-core A9 architecture. The iPhone 4S’ chip is based on a dual-core A9 design. As well as a touch screen, the PS Vita has dual analogue sticks, motion sensors and a rear touch pad to enable an array of control possibilities. It represents a big bet by Sony that gamers can still be persuaded to pay for a dedicated handheld in the era of multi-functional smartphones and tablets, and cheap gaming apps. The PlayStation Vita meanwhile costs more than £200 in Japan and in its second week on sale was easily outsold by its cheaper predecessor, the PSP, which sold 101,000 units. Sony has already refused to bow to pressure to cut the PS Vita’s price, however. “There’s no need to lower the price just because somebody else that happens to be in the video game industry decided they were going to,” the firm’s consumer product chief, Kazuo Hirai, said in August after Nintendo was forced to lower the price of its rival 3DS handheld in response to disappointing sales. The PS Vita is due in British shops on February...
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3...
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World War 3 is here! Video description The official Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 live action trailer featuring Sam Worthington, Jonah Hill and Dwight Howard. Whether you’re a veteran of Call of Duty or a n00b just starting out, there’s a soldier in all of us. http://www.callofduty.com/mw3 Official launch...
Battlefield 3: Overview & Videos
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The most anticipated first person shooters is back Battlefield 3 (commonly abbreviated to BF3) is a first-person shooter video game developed by EA Digital Illusions CE and published by Electronic Arts. The game was released in the US on October 25, 2011 and in the UK on October 28, 2011 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and EA Mobile confirmed a port for the iOS platform. It does not support versions of Windows prior to Windows Vista as the game only supports DirectX 10 and 11. It is a direct sequel to 2005′s Battlefield 2, and the eleventh installment in the Battlefield franchise. The game sold 5 million copies in its first week of release, and was released to critical acclaim from most game reviewers. The PC download is exclusive to EA’s Origin platform, through which PC users also authenticate when connecting to the game. In campaign mode, players take on the personas of various military roles; including a special forces soldier, an F-18 systems officer, and a SPETSNAZ operative. The campaign takes place at various locations, including Iran, and follows the story of Sergeant Blackburn and later, Dimitri Mayakovsky. Battlefield 3 available on Xbox360, Playstation 3 and PC Multiplayer trailer The next generation of Frostbite graphics engine will debut with Battlefield 3. It will take full advantage of the DirectX 11 API and 64-bit processors, with no support for DirectX 9 (nor, therefore, Windows XP). It will also feature enhanced in-game destruction with Destruction 3.0, creating more refined physics than its predecessor. Gameplay trailer At SIGGRAPH 2010, DICE gave several presentations on advances in their rendering technology: “Tile-based deferred shading acceleration” via DirectCompute. This is being ported to the PlayStation 3′s SPUs. Morphological Anti-Aliasing (MLAA), again implemented with DirectCompute, for bandwidth conservation. MLAA is currently available only to a few PlayStation 3 games such as God of War III and LittleBigPlanet 2. DICE intends to bring this feature to DirectX 11 GPUs. Quasi-realtime radiosity. Improved environment destruction. Pre-order Battlefield 3 to receive the digital expansion pack Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand at no extra charge. This multiplayer expansion pack includes four legendary maps from Battlefield 2, remastered with Frostbite 2 physics, destruction and visuals. Completing the package are classic Battlefield 2 weapons and vehicles, unique rewards, new achievements/trophies, and...
