God of War Completed in 8 Hrs

The release date for God of War Ascension is drawing closer and closer, and official game reporters' reviews of the game are coming in hot left, right and center.

Most of the reviews seem very positive and are giving the game scores 8s, 9s, and in some instances, a big fat 10 out of 10.

However, one thing that got my attention was a remark made in a review on the gaming website, Famitsu. The reviewer has said that the game can be cleared in just 8 hours. No details on the difficulty he was playing was given, so it's hard to tell what environment the reviewer played the game in.

God of War's director, Todd Papy recently announced

Lost Planet 3 Pre-order Bonuses

It seems most games these days are released with various tiers of extra bonus content, and Lost Planet 3 is another game to follow. Recently Capcom has given info on the pre-order bonuses for Lost Planet 3, and there is quite a lot to choose from depending on what retailer you pre-order from.

Pre-ordering from GameStop will get you the Freedom Fighter Pack which includes five unique multiplayer characters and two rig upgrades. Pre-ordering from Best Buy will get you the Assault Pack which includes three unique weapons and two rig upgrades, and the Punisher Pack which can be gained by pre-ordering from Amazon, includes three unique

PS3 in Three New Colors

Although the PlayStation 4 is probably just around the corner, the PlayStation 3 still has a few more months in it before the gamer community starts to lose interest. The PS2 sold very well after the PS3s release in countries like India, and it seems that Sony want to aim for the same result with the PS3 after the PlayStation 4 is released.

Sony hasn't waited for the PlayStation 4 to hit though, as they have already released three brand new models aimed at the Indian demographic. The new colors follow the same model and build of the previous super slim charcoal black version bundled with a 500GB hard drive.

The new colors include Azurite Blue, Garnet Red and

Metal Gear Rising First DLC Pack

Less than 1 month after the original games release, Konami has revealed information on its first downloadable content pack for its Metal Gear Rising Revengeance game.

The VR Missions DLC has been revealed in a new trailer, introducing players to 30 new VR challenges designed to test the player's reactions, movements and fighting skills. The extra content pack will cost just $2.99 (or 240 Microsoft Points) and although it will be released in Japan first, the US release will be on March 12^th, whilst the Europe release will follow the US a day after on March 13^th.

The video trailer shows us some arcade-style

DICE Finished With Battlefield 3

It'd make sense that after the appropriately named 'End Game' DLC, DICE will stop development for the popular FPS Battlefield 3, and according to DICE's Senior Video Director, Ronald Smedberg, they now have finished up with the game.

Ronald posted a tweet on twitter to express his feelings for finishing up on the game, and his hopes and ambitions for the future. "It's over. We're done with BF3. Both happy and sad at the same time, but the future holds exciting things."

It's already been known for a while now that DICE are working on a new Battlefield 4 title for the next gen consoles, and DICE has now posted up an application

Blacklight Retribution

Although the free-to-play model has previously been something that has stuck to online PC games and casual smartphone games, it seems things are slowly starting to move towards a similar free-to-play model on consoles as well.

This is definitely going to be the case if Zombie Studios get their game onto the PlayStation and Xbox 360 if their plans go ahead. The popular shooter, Blacklight Retribution for a while has been a topic between Zombie Studios and their PC publisher Perfect World, discussing a possible release on hardware consoles.

However, recently Perfect World has finally given permission to Zombie Studios, and both Sony and Microsoft

Saints Row 4 Coming

A tweet from a person working at Deep Silver has given us all the more reason to stay tuned to PAX East this year, as 'something HUGE' will be shown off there.

Although it's not definitely a yes, after Deep Silver purchased the rights to Saints Row in the THQ auction, it'd make a lot of sense to see a brand new Saints Row game hit the industry very soon.

Another tweet from Chris Stockman, the design director for Saints Row 1, tells us that he's heard 'around the campfire' that a new Saints Row game will be ready for retail this August, on current gen hardware.

This would put the release of the next Saints Row game dangerously close to a similar open

Assassin's Creed IV

A new leak has shown the world the next installment in the Assassin's Creed series, playing out in the eyes of the fearsome Blackbeard the pirate, a narrative is given describing the terror that is known as Edward Kenway, and as you can probably guess, Edward is the main protagonist of Assassin's Creed IV: The Black Flag.

The trailer shows some pretty actions scenes on-board two sail ships side-by-side, and a few other combat scenes we've expected from Assassin's Creed, but what hit me the most was the unbelievable graphics quality of the trailer.

Obviously the trailer doesn't represent real game footage, but just for CGI in general, it looked absolutely stunning,

PS Plus Big on PS4

PlayStation Plus is a yearly subscription system that currently offers subscribers access to the Instant Game Collection, early access to demos and exclusive deals and content, faster automatic updates, bigger discounts and various other features for a price of $50.

Right now, PS Plus is available for the PlayStation 3 and the PS Vita, but Sony seem eager to get it more strongly engrained into the PlayStation 4 ecosystem upon its release.

Jim Ryan, CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment expressed his thoughts on the PlayStation blog. "We definitely see PlayStation Plus as a core part of the way forward. We're not yet in a position to disclose our plans for the future of

BF3 End Game

The Final DLC content pack for Battlefield 3 is definitely making a splash this March, and if you're on the right platform, you may be able to get your hands on the new downloadable content from March 5^th.

The Battlefield final 'End Game' DLC will include four new maps- Operation Riverside, Nebandan Flats, Kiasar Railroad, Sabalan Pipeline, each of which are played out within a different season, adding weather effects to the mix. Three new vehicles will be added, including dropships and motorcycles, and two new game modes: Capture the Flag and an Air Superiority game mode that pushes players into the skies and forces them to fight one another in jet fighters.

On top of this, 16 new