Tuesday 27 December 2011

13 years ban on COD.

Oh dear! maybe they should stop their gaming career if they continue to wreck havoc on "MW" community.

"You! cheaters and unruly bastards time to face your sentence for 13 years. The more you folks cheat/hack or done something stupid, the more "ban" sentence. That's right scumbags, you should be gone!"
Also Creative strategist of Infinity Ward "Robert Bowling" is definitely serious.

Hey you! If you don't want to be banned then stop being a jerk. As a reminder to you all malicious fools.

Friday 23 December 2011

No posting on holidays

I will not post on Christmas and New Year. Meanwhile, I would take a rest and hang with my family for a time being.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! see you on December 26.

Made in Philippines



One thing I've noticed that some of the video game peripherals maybe-- console or hand-held that they have "Made In Philippines" mark. I'm proud of our countrymen that makes these chargers or whatever things they made.



On the other hand, our product weren't subpar though unlike "Made in China". Dear Readers, I'm not biased against china but bad experience on their products and of course, media scare a shit out of me.

It would be awesome that we can make a "Filipino made" game-- if we have that kind of industry. The title should be "Panday the MMO game" or something similar.

Another Battlefield in development



When played on Wake Island DLC, you will see 2143 on image above. It means that they may be developing another "Battlefield". Actually, they used this tactic on BF2 as a announcement of Battlefield: 2143.

Wednesday 21 December 2011

The Last of Us is not a stereotypical zombie horror genre


Many people are saying that this is another zombie game or some crap. No! they are wrong for most part. The game is more on mutants since it features some big headed freak which is obviously not Undead but more like-- Aliens. Insane survivors are pretty much included here.

Proof on the video!





The debut trailer indicates that the game may look like a concoction of three titles; L4D (enemies run), RE (survive) and Condemned (Ax Crazy) that have been mixed on a blender then, boom! one badass game with two badass protagonist (father-daughter). Of course, the female character looks like Ellen Page.




Tuesday 20 December 2011

Bad Opportunity, Bad timing



So Okay, today is the release of SWTOR. Damn it! something is bothering me. It's either I don't have the money to buy subscriptions and the game actually, since it cost a 59 bucks for standard edition or maybe it wasn't released in the Philippines yet.

Sunday 18 December 2011

SWTOR release date



Guys, you should be ready. The SW:TOR will be releasing on December 20th (2 days remaining) on North America and December 22 for European countries.



Each copy includes a 30 months subscription key. Although, you may continue playing this by buying a subscription keys below:



  • 1 Month Subscription: $14.99 (£8.99/€12.99)
  • 3 Month Subscription: $13.99 per month (one-time charge of $41.97/£25.17/€35.97)
  • 6 Month Subscription: $12.99 per month (one-time charge of $77.94/£46.14/€65.94)



So pre-order now and "May the force be with you".

Thursday 15 December 2011

New C&C coming to social networks



With the seeming end of C&C, We all know that the EA-- "the demon gaming company" raped and killed the C&C on purpose because of money. But however, EA decided to revive the C&C series one more time by creating a social network game called "Tiberium Alliances" which is obviously from Tiberium universe. I doubt that they may give quality C&C to us gamers since the "changes" it took. The quality C&C I may like to try is Generals 2-- which featured on VGA 2011 "World Premiere".


As I watched the video, The starting intro, as usual, some of it are recycled (EA logo, hill scenes, and particularly, units) and the gameplay is cool though. But with recent history of EA pulling our legs, I may call shenanigans on their part since it is only a beta and needlessly to say, I don't trust them.

To prevent another disaster, they may try some following changes-- including my opinion about it:

  • It may be improved by following the opinions of beta testers and common gamers. 
  • Company policy, anyone?
  • Avoid rushing, they always like rushing their works.
  • "Inexperienced always leads the more experienced", now I know there are many screw-ups in game industry because of so-called "Managers" bosses their employees who knows how to game. Hell, they don't even play at all! So change it and hire some competent managers! 
  • Lessen it's price. I don't care if they make it thirty or forty bucks but they should make it decent enough to be enjoyable.
  • Beta! don't forget to make betas. 
  • Don't even try to fools us!


They also said that it's free to play but I'm not crossing my finger a bit!




Saturday 10 December 2011

list of winners in VGA awards 2011



The awards have gone smoothly (perfectly) and my expectations have been met! So far, 11 winners are not on my voting list.

These are the short list of titles and studios that won the awards:

Game of the year:


Skyrim

Studio of the year:


Bethesda Game Studio

Character of the year:


The Joker

Best Xbox 360 game:


Batman: Arkham City

Best PS3 game:


Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Best Wii game:


The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Best PC game:


Portal 2

Best mobile game:


Super Mario 3D land

Best shooter:


Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Best action adventure game:


Batman: Arkham City

Best RPG:


Skyrim

Best multiplayer:


Portal 2

Best individual game:


Fight Night Champion

Best team sports game:


NBA 2k12

Best racing game:


Forza Mortorsport 4

Best fighting game:


Mortal Kombat

Best motion game:


The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword


Best independent game:


Minecraft


Best adapted videogame:


Batman: Arkham City


Best song in the game:


Bastion: "Build that Wall (Zia's theme)" by Darren Korb


Best original score:


Bastion


Best graphics:


Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception


Best performance by a human male:


Portal 2: J.K. Simmons as Cave Johnson


Best performance by a human female:


Portal 2: Ellen McLain as GLaDOS


Best downloadable game:


Bastion


Best DLC:


Portal 2 Peer Review


Most anticipated game:


Mass Effect 3


Gamer God award:


Blizzard Entertainment


Video game hall of fame:


The Legend of Zelda



Thursday 8 December 2011

PSVita supports one PSN account



As stated by the title, the PSVita would only support one PSN account on a memory stick which means that you should have many memory stick just to keep your multiple accounts.


Sony associate brand manager Crystal MacKenzie said:


"Your PSN ID is bonded to your memory card and your memory card is bonded to your Vita, "
then

  "So if you wanted to change different PSN users but use the same memory card, you would need to go factory reset." 

Resetting the factory settings to play different users seems hassle to me.

Serious Sam: 3 epic DRM tactic



Instead of Draconian DRM, Croteam created a more ingenious piracy deterrent: "The Immortal Pink Scorpion". Good thing though, that they didn't follow the examples of Ubisoft and EA.

Good job guys for your genius idea. But wait, Could hackers bypass it?

Tuesday 6 December 2011

True Crime: Hong Kong cancelled



I've played the "True Crime: New York" which immerse me into the True Crime series, it makes me wanted to play for another "TC"-- that I was really addicted to it. When the VGA awards 2009 featured the TC:HK on "World Premiere" preview, I was excited to the fullest. So I waited for 2 "freakin" years just to play "True Crime: HK" and now they're saying it's cancelled.

This is the most stupid excuse of Activision ever had!

 "The game had been delayed twice; the budget had been increased twice; and it had ballooned to a size where it was going to have to be a pretty incredible success in order to be worth the investment that it was taking to get it done," 
and

 “The finished product was not going to be at the top of that genre"

WHAT?! are they fucktards? This will be the most successful game if they release it and they would make more money.

But wait there is hope, Square Enix will create the TC:HK but with new name and the release is on 2012.




I rest my case...




VGA nomination voting



Time is running out! Vote your for your favorite nominated games now.

http://www.spike.com/events/video-game-awards-2011-nominees/voting/game-of-the-year

Sunday 4 December 2011

VGA 2011 awards



I'm very excited for the VGA awards again, since I'm watching it for three years-- from VGA awards 2008 to 2010. I love the "World Premiere" previews which is classic, it features the upcoming games like; True Crime: HK (cancelled), Mass Effect, Prototype 2 and etc.

But the current VGA is different-- they may say, I hope that they make it look cool. The last VGA awards (2010) is crappy and too short which makes it boring-- although, there are some cool celebs. VGA awards 2011 will feature the top games like Skyrim, Batman: Arkham City, BF3, Uncharted 3 and Portal 2 which means it is tight competition as said by the blogger of Game-Modo.

I almost forgot to mention that the trailers are cool.





The full list of nominees from VG27 with courtesy of Kotaku (more complete than my previous post):

GAME OF THE YEAR
  • Batman: Arkham City
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  • The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
  • Portal 2
  • Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
STUDIO OF THE YEAR
  • Bethesda Game Studios
  • Naughty Dog
  • Rocksteady Studios
  • Valve
BEST XBOX 360 GAME
  • Batman: Arkham City
  • Forza Motorsport 4
  • Gears of War 3
  • Portal 2
BEST PS3 GAME
  • inFAMOUS 2
  • Killzone 3
  • LittleBigPlanet 2
  • Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
BEST Wii GAME
  • Disney’s Epic Mickey
  • Kirby’s Return to Dream Land
  • Lost in Shadow
  • The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
BEST PC GAME
  • Battlefield 3
  • Minecraft
  • The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
  • Portal 2
BEST HANDHELD/MOBILE GAME
  • Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
  • Infinity Blade
  • Super Mario 3D Land
  • Jetpack Joyride
BEST SHOOTER
  • Battlefield 3
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
  • Gears of War 3
  • Rage
BEST ACTION ADVENTURE GAME
  • Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
  • Batman: Arkham City
  • The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
  • Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
BEST RPG
  • Dark Souls
  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution
  • Dragon Age II
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
BEST MULTI-PLAYER
  • Battlefield 3
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
  • Gears of War 3
  • Portal 2
BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME
  • Fight Night Champion
  • Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters
  • Top Spin 4
  • Virtua Tennis 4
BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME
  • FIFA Soccer 12
  • NBA 2K12
  • NHL 12
  • MLB ’11: The Show
BEST DRIVING GAME
  • DiRT 3
  • Driver: San Francisco
  • Forza Motorsport 4
  • Need For Speed: The Run
BEST FIGHTING GAME
  • The King of Fighters XIII
  • Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds
  • Mortal Kombat
  • WWE All Stars
BEST MOTION GAME
  • Child of Eden
  • Dance Central 2
  • The Gunstringer
  • The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
BEST INDEPENDENT GAME
  • Bastion
  • Minecraft
  • Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP
  • The Binding of Isaac
BEST ADAPTED VIDEO GAME
  • Back to the Future: The Game
  • Batman: Arkham City
  • Captain America: Super Soldier
  • LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
BEST SONG IN A GAME
  • “Build that Wall (Zia’s Theme)” by Darren Korb – Bastion
  • “Exile Vilify” by The National – Portal 2
  • “I’m Not Calling You a Liar” by Florence + the Machine – Dragon Age II
  • “Setting Sail, Coming Home (End Theme)” by Darren Korb – Bastion
  • “Want You Gone” by Jonathan Coulton – Portal 2
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
  • Bastion
  • Batman: Arkham City
  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution
  • Portal 2
BEST GRAPHICS
  • Batman: Arkham City
  • LA Noire
  • Rage
  • Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN MALE
  • J.K. Simmons as Cave Johnson – Portal 2
  • Mark Hamill as The Joker – Batman: Arkham City
  • Nolan North as Nathan Drake – Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
  • Stephen Merchant as Wheatley – Portal 2
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN FEMALE
  • Claudia Black as Chloe Frazer – Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
  • Ellen McLain as GLaDOS – Portal 2
  • Emily Rose as Elena Fisher – Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
  • Tara Strong as Harley Quinn – Batman: Arkham City
BEST DOWNLOADABLE GAME
  • Bastion
  • Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
  • Stacking
  • Trenched
BEST DLC
  • Fallout: New Vegas – Old World Blues
  • Mass Effect 2: Arrival
  • Mortal Kombat: Freddy Krueger
  • Portal 2 Peer Review
MOST ANTICIPATED GAME
  • BioShock: Infinite
  • Diablo III
  • Halo 4
  • Mass Effect 3
  • The Last Guardian


Also don't forget to tune in on December 10 live.