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.

If you haven't played World of Warcraft before and wanted to try the game free, you used to have to play as much as you could within a 10 or 14 day trial period, and then you'd have to buy the full game with a subscription. But with the latest content update "Rage of the Firelands," Blizzard has decided to take a new approach to the trial version of World of Warcraft.

Blizzard has completely gotten rid of the timed 10 and 14 day trial times, but you still have a level 20 limit. You can play the trial version of the game as long as you want all the way up to level 20 before you have to pay-to-play. The new trial version also includes the new option to play as a Blood Elf or a Draenei. My opinion is that Blizzard will attract even more new fans to the game this way since most of us don't like playing with a time restriction.

The new adventure update for that game still doesn't have a release date but we do know that it will not be 1.7 and will be 1.8 as notch is going to make an update with the pistons alone because we wanted it.

He was trying to keep it a surprise but he just couldn't any more though there are still some things that we don't know. What we do know is that it will be a big update. Notch on his blog talked a bit about it and how they will be updating us on the new features while its on its way. Below is a small bit of what we can expect for 1.8.

"Already implemented are new complex terrain features, at least one new mob, some interesting new combat mechanics, a new lighting engine, and some experimental new gameplay ideas. To come is more interesting farming, bigger incentives to explore, and npc villages."

It's well known that Nintendo is doing a remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for the Nintendo 3DS. What's not as well known is that they plan to intentionally keep as many of the bugs from the original Nintendo 64 version in the game as possible. It's more for the nostalgic purpose and the original fan-base than anything else. Nearly, if not all, of the people who've played the original game thought the bugs were fun to play around with, so it's easy to see why Nintendo would plan to keep these implemented as much as possible.

It seems Activision has been registering new domain names lately all relative to something called "Goldeneye Reloaded." Nothing has been leaked on the game and nothing is known about it. This could be a number of things: a revamped version of Goldeneye from the Nintendo 64 with HD graphics for modern consoles (since the new one with Daniel Craig on the Wii isn't in HD), or quite possibly "a turn as an Xbox Live Arcade game or on PSN."

Again, this is all just speculation. Nothing's been confirmed, released, or leaked. It's guesses on what Activision is up to with these new domains.

It is officially ruled by the supreme court that video games are protected by the constitution, primarily in this case the First Amendment for free speech. The decision in this case stated that the sale of "ultra-violent" (what ever that means) to minors is not illegal. This a big step in the "right" direction (kinda) as it will hopefully bring more light to the world that is video games.

However I would like to state that this does mean that we are more than likely going to be seeing a lot more little kids screaming into their mics while they are killed.

It is important to know that is was a case brought up from California, the case was know as Schwarzenegger vs. EMA and became Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association somewhere in the battle that took somewhere around six years. So from all this it still doesn't really matter until this get moving so that we all get enjoy the goodness. Either way you look at this was a triumph for us and we all should all make a note here.

the recent detective thriller L.A. Noire that released last month actually had been in development for quite some time. In fact it was seven years and it wasn't a Duke Nukem kinda thing the game was in production the whole time. during its development it had changed publishers midway through from Sony to Rockstar.

There were many reasons that it took so long to make but much of it was that the game had been the biggest project for any developer in Australia, and the force behind the production were mostly new and had this as their first project. Some of the other reasons that were stated said that the management had been terrible in a variety of different ways from abuse to insane money spending on the project.

After the projects boss spent a reported "tens of millions" on equipment in just one year the publisher at the time Sony had decided to drop the title even though they had great faith in the title after their last project. The decision had been made solely because the price tag had far exceeded what Sony wanted to pay. This event hurt the company's ability greatly and caused many more problems with the development but they were able to be brought back up by a new publisher Rockstar Games.

Rockstar had been determined to make sure this game was great. They even spent more that Sony had just to be sure the game would turn out. While under Rockstars wing the games had been ported to other systems, revamped, and even went through four different delays.

Ultimatly in the end of it all Rockstar had been right as the game had been a total success. with its release in May the games has had roughly three million sales world wide and just under 900,000 in its debut.

The company that owns more than is imaginable and has made all kinds of cool software, especially my favorite the Android OS has announced their new expansion of the company. if you haven't guessed by the title its games, yes they have decided that they want to make games. in fact they are hiring for positions right now.

Its still a mystery what the focus of the games will be but its Google so it doesn't really matter. However if you are interested in a position with Games at Google then check it out here.

It appears that although almost everywhere else in the world is enjoying the PlayStation Network after its security breach, Japan certainly isn't. The PSN is still down in Japan, which was supposed to launch sometime late last month. The Japanese Governmental bureaucrats at the Ministry of Economy's Media and Content Industry department "won't allow Sony to resume its PSN service until the electronics giant gives more information on new security measures."

What they're asking for is what the new preventative measures will be with their service, and how Sony will win back their customer's confidence over "personal data such as credit card information." It's essentially a way to ensure that this sort of security breach won't happen again.

It's estimated that the PSN in Japan will be restored sometime next month.

By now all of you have most likely seen the trailer for Halo 4 and noticed that the Master Chief looked different. Well that's not all, his armor is changed but his behaviors have as well. We don't know much yet but we are due to know soon enough.

In an interview with Frank O'Connor from OXM he stated "There's some story behind his new look, There are specific reasons why he looks the way he does and why some of his behaviors have changed. We'll see in good time."

So be sure to stay tuned for any news on the subject and also if you haven't seen the trailer yet here you go. We are so nice to you...

For those of you that have pre-ordered that's great but if you haven't you should get to that sometime... Soon, it does come out November 11.

Bethesda has decided for all pre-orders of the new Elder Scrolls game they will receive a very special map of the game. No its not a big piece of paper its actually made out of cloth. the cloth is apparently a high grade material that should feel like burlap. its definitely a great incentive especially for those that are fans of the series, or those that are really into the medieval fantasy thing.

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For those of you who've bought TF2, you can ignore this post. But if you're like me, and didn't buy TF2 for whatever reason, you can get it whenever you want now for free from Steam!

Valve released Team Fortress 2 back in October, 2007, and its popularity skyrocketed among PC gamers, and quickly became a "must-have" in a standard game library. The game is most easily recognized by its slightly cartoon-ish art style, memorable characters, and hats. Lots and lots of hats.

Steam servers are currently overloaded from all the downloads for the game since it was released for free, so it may take a while to download. It's free, so you may as well give it a try if you haven't done so already.

It appears that a new lawsuit has been filed against Sony on Monday, June 20th, in a federal court located in San Diego. The lawsuit avers that two weeks prior to the attack on the PlayStation Network, Sony fired "a substantial percentage" of the employees in the Sony Online Entertainment section of the company, which happens to include those working in its Network Operations Center, which is responsible for "preparing for, and responding to, security breaches." Apparently, Sony did this as a "strategic decision to reduce costs and streamline its global workforce."

This is where things get interesting. After laying off these employees, Sony installed the appropriate firewalls and other security measures to defend its own sensitive data. However, they did not do the same for customer data (more attempts to save money, a lack of care for their customers, or a very large, overlooked business mistake?). The breach of the PlayStation Network is just one of the more recent "attacks against high-profile firms, including defense contractor Lockheed Martin and Google Inc."

We all know what happened next; the PlayStation Network was breached, customer info was exposed, and the network was shutdown to prevent further damage. Every single aspect of the network was down for 23 days, starting in April to early May, and little by little was started up again.

Had Sony not fired those employees two weeks prior, is it possible that this crippling attack could have been prevented? It's hard to say for sure, and the only thing we can do is guess.

Not much is being revealed on the lawsuit, but more information will be posted as the lawsuit progresses and more info becomes available.

There is for a fact a new Rainbow Six game in the works. unfortunately it happened to skip out on E3 this year even though we had heard about it before hand. They haven't yet given a official name for it yet but have given some interesting details about the new tactical shooter.

This one is supposed to more driven in the story compared to the previous games in the series. Its main antagonist this time around is a Terrorist group formed in the US that is angered by the greediness of Wall Street and the government that protects the people. This group has decided to target New York City to get their point across to the people of the US.

How they are changing things up with this one is that everything you do in the game affects the rest of the game. So its actually impossible to play every mission in one play through. They are doing this using a morality system so if you were to come across a innocent person that was made into a puppet for bombing by the terrorists you would have to make a decision on how to handle it. there are a few ways to go about solving the issue, one way is to incapacitate them and try to remove the the bomb or you could even kill the person one way as told by KOTAKU would allow you to toss the person over a bridge if you happen to be on one of course.

L.A. Noire has made its mark on the gaming industry recently, and it made its mark hard. I have seen nothing but great, high scoring reviews of the game and personally have only good things to say about it myself. Its innovative gameplay, solid and well thought out storytelling, and its groundbreaking use of motion-capture technology sets this game ahead of most others.

That being said, it's only available for the PS3 and Xbox 360, which leaves a lot of gamers out of the loop. Rockstar knows this and just announced this morning that L.A. Noire will be making its PC debut this coming Fall. Rockstar states that the PC version will give players more customization options, including "keyboard remapping and gamepad functionality to both optimize and customize performance and user experience."

That's not the only thing the PC gets, though. Rockstar boasts that the PC version features "increased fidelity and improved graphical enhancements," and "will also feature 3D support."

It appears that players with PCs capable of running this game with higher graphics settings will be able to experience an even more detailed version of 1940s Los Angeles with the graphical enhancements. Keep an eye out for the PC version of L.A. Noire hitting store shelves this fall.

Gears of War 2's Horde mode really brought a new light into ways to play video games. Granted they weren't to first to do it, but they were the first to really make it fun and popular. Right after other games had their own incarnation of the horde mode like Halo's Firefight.

With Gears of War 3 comes a new Horde experience known as Horde 2.0. EPIC has really expanded on the game mode this time with the ability to build structures and even purchase new weapons and ammo. It also seems that they have maps that are built for Horde whereas in GoW2 they where just the multilayer maps with customized spawning.

for a better rundown on Horde 2.0 check out the video below and if you can wait for the game to come out on September 20th and cant get to any of the big events then check the GameCenter Tour page to see if it will be at a Walmart near you.

By now, everyone's heard of the new Nintendo Wii U console. Most of us have seen at least bits and pieces of what it is and what it is possibly capable of. Gabe Newell sees potential in the new console, and stated this morning to Joystiq that "Wii U seems to be a lot more powerful than the previous generation." Newell goes on to say that "It fits better into scalability in terms of graphics performance and CPU performance, so I think it'll be a lot easier for us to fit it into our scalability model."

What does this mean exactly? It strongly suggests that Valve may start developing games for the Wii U, which is no surprise since they've been working with consoles more and more lately, and expanding their games to the Wii U gives them a chance to appeal to a wider audience. It'll be interesting to see how Valve utilizes the touchscreen controller in upcoming releases.

This is actually good news. Nintendo has been faltering since the Wii came out as far as game selection goes. It's been more of a family oriented console with somewhat novelty games and titles that weren't taken seriously. There were a few of the bigger titles on the Wii (such as Call of Duty), but these ultimately failed, considering they weren't designed for a console that was motion based and, as I mentioned earlier, more family oriented. Nintendo did have some very fun games to play (New Super Mario Bros., Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Super Smash Brothers: Brawl), but it seemed like these titles were far too few from a company that has always been great with games. Now that the new console is announced, and Valve seems to be taking an interest, it appears that more serious games that will appeal to the hardcore gamers will be making their debut on the Wii U.

Starting sometime in 2010, rumors emerged about Rockstar developing Grand Theft Auto V. Nothing was officially released on the game, but some leaked information suggests this game will have a setting in Los Santos (GTAs version of Los Angeles). Other information can only be guesses. For example: early this year, Rockstar registered five new domain names that could be intended for use in an in-game internet system (like the system seen in GTA IV with internet cafes allowing the player to access certain websites).

The domain names are:

CashForDeadDreams.com
SixFigureTemps.com
StopPayingYourMortgage.com
HammersteinFaust.com
LifeInvader.com

As with GTA IV, these domain names are meant to be somewhat humorous and may possibly parody real life businesses or programs (the best example being the CashForDeadDreams.com domain possibly parodying Cash4Gold or other similar businesses).

According to unnamed sources, the game is very likely to be released in 2012, but could also possibly be delayed until 2013. Since Rockstar usually likes to keep their poker face going and only show their cards when they're closer to their release date, it's mostly speculation on what the game has to offer and when it may or may not be released. More information will be posted as it becomes available.