I really don't know what to say about this... Its awesome stuff and the music is incredible. I do recommend that you turn the volume WAY UP as its just so cool that way, and if you can get some bass too.
The long awaited update for Minecraft, 1.8, finally has seen some light. currently the update is playable at PAX and is slated to release in two parts. The first part will be somewhere within a few weeks and the second half will be as 1.9 and they haven't said when but will more than likely follow close behind.
When starting up a world you will be able to choose between Creative or Survival modes. obviously they are very different from each other where Creative will let you fly around, place an infinite number of blocks, and also be able to choose from a pool of the different items and blocks in the game which will replace the inventory, it will also NOT have any damage or mobs. Survival mode will have changes to the combat system which now has critical hits, and charging bow shots. Some other features that will be included are sprinting, better lighting, hunger, experience, NPCs and villages, new and better biomes, and even a new mob known as the Enderman.
The Enderman are actually pretty creepy. They are peaceful until you look at them directly, then they become angry and will teleport to your location and attack you. They can also pick up other blocks and move them around.
EA spokesperson Jeff Brown is still showing that they are very low people by continuing to bash Activision. Even after Activision CEO gave a speech saying that he would like to see all games succeed including Battlefield, and also that the words from EA are bad for the Industry in which many have agreed upon.
EA CEO said after the speech "Welcome to the big leagues Eric. I know you're new in the job but someone should have told you this is an competitive industry."
Wait, what? That line alone makes no sense, Eric Hirshberg (Activision CEO) said that it was competitive a few times in the speech. not to mention that the welcome is a bit late as he is with the company that completely destroys EA in numerous fields.
Jeff was even quoted with saying "You've got every reason to be nervous. Last year Activision had a 90 share in the shooter category. This year, Battlefield 3 is going to take you down to 60 or 70. At that rate, you'll be out of the category in 2-3 years. If you don't believe me, go to the store and try to buy a copy of Guitar Hero or Tony Hawk."
Again, what? GH and TH games were discontinued by Activision in order to concentration more on other projects, not because you made a better game. Maybe you should pay more attention to the rest of the industry instead of looking in tunnel vision at your own work. Also it's not smart to "count your chickens before the eggs hatch" because what happens when your game sell's just like all your others have? You wont have even touched Call of Duty and they will be at the way top then.
I do apologize if this seems like I'm playing favorites here. I kind of am just because EA has as of late been really annoying, well they always are. I have made the decision to not get Battlefield 3, as have a few other people that I know. My reasoning is quite obvious, I don't feel that a company that doesn't know what the word respect is should get my money. However I am still getting Mass Effect 3, I cant turn down a game from a developer that is great even if their publisher is bad.
At GamesCom Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg gave a speech explaining how he doesn't aim to take down competition but applaud its abilities. In some ways this can be taken back to the event that went on at E3 where EA/DICE employee's would not allow him to check out the Battlefield 3 beta that was available there. Eric handled everything that was thrown at him very classy and professionally, clearly he wants people to know that he is the better man.
Having competitors throw things around like not letting you check out their game or using the terms that are explained in the video can make someone at least a bit angry, but he seems to keep his cool. Its qualities like this that will earn more respect for not only them but for the entire company as well.
Today EA released a multiplayer gameplay trailer that I must say looks amazing. I cant wait to play the game. It looks like its going to be more intense than the Bad Company games. But this is probably only because this is PC gameplay. I really want to know why they would cut the console gamers short, I personally think its bad for business.
anyway lets just sit back and try to relax to the intense gameplay...
I suggest going full-screen
I only hope that the company learns some respect.
Today at Gamescon Sony announced that the price for the PS3 system would drop. This price drop is only $50 but that's money towards your first game. The big question is weather or not they did it to get customers back or they were genuinely lowering it as companies do. There isn't much to say about this really, but if you wanted to expand your gaming options now isn't a bad time to do it. There are many great exclusive titles for the PlayStation 3 that will be releasing in the coming months. There is also a limited edition bundle available at select retailers. This bundle is a 320GB console with a copy of inFAMOUS 2 and a 30 day membership to the PlayStation+. Just remember that you wont get to keep anything that you got from plus when the subscription expires.
it was only last year that the Xbox Live arcade and later PSN and Steam title, Blacklight: Tango Down, released. even though we already knew there would be another to release this year I doubt anyone knew how well it could look. One year doesn't seem like much time to make a game and have much more on the last game, especially for one that is from a small and relatively young studio. After seeing some gameplay I must say that I am impressed, Retribution is running on Unreal Engine 3 and will have full compatibility with Direct X11. Unfortunately we don't know that they will have a console release yet, but it would probably not be an arcade game this time.
Here is some gameplay just for you courtesy of our... um... friends over at IGN.
Today Infinity Ward dropped a video of the new spec ops survival mode. Previously we saw a small bit from the Jimmy Fallon show but that really did not show anything at all. Here is a good 2 minute trailer of the new mode. MW3's new spec ops mode looks like a lot of fun for solo or with a friend. Be sure to stay tuned for the Multiplayer reveal coming up at Call of Duty XP.
So we all are excited for the line up of games, right? Well at least Battlefield 3 is one of those that is highly anticipated. lucky for you guys there are some people that don't like to follow the rules and also that we like you guys...
Well how about we just show you instead of tell you!
Yeah I got a little excited so I just put all these on. If you want more you can scavenge the internet or you could just wait patiently for the beta to come out, and soon after at this rate the final release!
AMD the company behind the 360s graphics, said that the Xbox console will be able to render graphical detail on the level of James Cameron's movie Avatar.
They didnt just say that is going to have graphical power that is much farther than people were expecting to get to. They also happened to say that the A.I. will allow games with massive amounts of NPCs to have their own personality.
As a Xbox fanboy myself I have to say that I am very excited as this is a good jump for game consoles.
Earlier I discovered a domain name "Sony-Microsoft.com" what could this mean. Who knows but we do know that its actually in Microsoft's name so its gotta be something legitimate. Maybe we will be seeing a cross built next gen console this would diffidently be a weird turn of events.
I think it may be the first step in a line of partnerships and maybe a strong friendship that will improved both systems in the coming generation of consoles. Maybe we will see some Blu-ray on the Xbox, maybe we will see a PlayStation with a better online service... Either way stay tuned as we gather more information on the give subject.
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Yesterday was July 7 that means that it was time for another Bungie day, and another Bungie vs. The World. In the previous years they have reigned victorious but this year we took the victory four ourselves. It seems there were some hard feelings from the last few times because we didn't just beat them we handed their virtual behinds to them in the form of DMRs to the face.
This year Bungie promised to send victors who earned a steaktacular medal against them a grade-A-Steak from Omaha Steaks. I think that may have had something to do with the performance of the community this year. I Guess if you offer free food for beating you, you cause people to open up a can on you.
The final tally was Bungie with a measly 48 wins and The World with a hefty 83 wins.
Creative director at Bioware, Casey Hudson will be with Mark Protosevich, the screenwriter for the project will be at Comic-Con on July 22 to reveal a small glimpse of the Mass Effect movie. We have been hearing about it for some time now and its great to see that it is actually in the works. Of course we all know that movies based from games are bad but this may be different as there are some things pointing out that Bioware is going to be very involved in the production of the movie. Looks like we will just have to wait and see how things go.
The arcade game Section 8: Prejudice released almost 3 months ago and has a large action report so far. The people over at Gamespy have been tracking the PC and 360 version of the game and put together a compilation of different stats. The numbers that are recorded so far are quite big.
Some of you have heard about a new MMO codenamed Titan in the works over at Blizzard, we all know about their previous massively multilayer online game , WOW, and have an idea about how this new game can turn out. The question is though what will they do with it, the name implies another fantasy game but that is not necessarily true. It would be cool to see Blizzard move into another era for a MMO and they would most likely be able to pull it off (granted I don't play WOW).
The main question is, what will happen with World Of Warcraft? some report do say that WOW has reached its Player-base cap after a drop in subscriptions of .6 million between October last year to March. There are other reports saying that the game will target a larger audience (why do you need more?) even though they are getting a few trillion dollars yearly from WOW. With so many games going for the F2P idea this will make people wonder what Blizzards plans to do with Titan. The new game is allegedly planed to launch with in the next 12 to 24 months.
If you ask me, I like the F2P theory but I am not inclined to give any money to them to get the items that are available via micro-transaction. In most cases when games go Free to Play they loose a lot of what made them great in the first place. This also brings me back to WOW, they would naturally more the support over to WOW so they can get people there but what happens to the previous game will that shut down at all or will it become F2P. If it goes free they should leave it alone and not try to make any more money off of it.
Respawn Interactive, the studio formed by the two former Infinity Ward CEOs, recently released some pictures of their new game. They don't help you at all on what it could be. with one of the pictures being a close-up shot of something with the word "Down" and the other really blurry, fortunately I can see what the blurred image has in it but i cant really say what it is for sure. The pictures actually appear to be concept art at this point, but we have out ideas on what they are and would love to hear what you think. Also stay tuned as we will work on doing some clarification work to show you what they are (mostly the blurred one).
The gaming service OnLive has their sights set for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. currently the cloud gaming company is going through talks with Microsoft and Sony to be able to provide the features on the two systems. The VP seems to like the idea and spoke with CVG about the proposed expansion of the company:
"Absolutely, they would make great consoles. Our controller is a hybrid between a PS3 controller and an Xbox controller. It's all compatible, it would just work. There are OnLive guys chatting [Sony and MS], but we'll see where it goes. But it would absolutely work, we're ready to work with everybody."
Apparently the idea isn't that far out there, and the only issue would be with MS and Sony. I personally don't know about this idea, cloud gaming is a cool thought but you would have to have a internet connection at all times to play the games. If there would be a way to change it so that you can download to games that would be great.
