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July 23, 2012
Halo 4 Controller and Console
Last week it was revealed from Microsoft's site that Microsoft will be releasing a Limited Edition Halo 4 Xbox 360 Console Bundle that comes with a Halo 4 controller. Although the pre-order page has been removed, the cat's already out of the bag. Although everyone is expecting that was part of Microsoft's plan.
Either way I guess more people were actually expecting a console bundle. I mean it's HALO, Microsoft HAD to do it. Here is what you get with this bundle
- Standard retail copy of Halo 4
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July 22, 2012
New Left 4 Dead Sequel
Hey there zombie fans! I have some great news for you guys today. Valve has finally announced the release of their next highly anticipated DLC for Left for Dead 2, "Cold Stream". The DLC will be available for players using PC, Mac and Xbox 360 from July 24th. So close!
This DLC will also come along side another update which will make all mutations available at all times. According to Valve "this will allow players to choose to match into games playing Taannkk!, Gib Fest, or even a user created mutation like Confogl."
There is an added bonus for Xbox 360 players as they will be getting some campaigns from the original Left for
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July 21, 2012
More Halo 4 Details
Microsoft has given a slideshow presentation to retailers this past week in order to get them up to speed with Halo 4. The slides confirmed some pretty great details we had been hearing rumors about. Halo 4 has been officially confirmed to contain:
- 10 new weapons
- 2 new vehicles along with many of the favorites from the past
- New class of enemies - Prometheans
- Master Chief will be fighting against a new race unlike anyone has ever seen before
- Cortana starts to break down due to her degrading AI. Would Master Chief be able to save his long time companion?Unfortunately the slides contained no new details about
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July 19, 2012
Halo 4 Multiplayer News
New information has surfaced surrounding the much anticipated Xbox exclusive, Halo 4. To be more precise, the information is regarding a new requirement that needs to be fulfilled in order to play Halo 4's multiplayer.
It seems that Halo 4's multiplayer requires a total of 8 GB of free space for an install, either in the form of extra space in an Xbox 360 hard drive or an external flash drive. However, Microsoft highly recommends the in-built hard drive over the external as the former is supposed to provide a more "optimal experience". I am guessing the optimal experience means less lag and load times?
This basically means
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July 17, 2012
Final Fantasy VII PC Re-Release
For some time now rumors had been going about that there would be a HD remake of Final Fantasy VII and that it would be available on Steam. Although we haven't heard anything tangible yet that would support this assumption, we did get news regarding FFVII.
Recently Square Enix has officially confirmed the PC re-release of the original FFVII via a website they put up. The game will be arriving to their online store in the near future as a downloadable game.
According to the website there seems to be 3 major improvements:
(1) 36 new achievements to unlock and basically compare amongst friends
(2) A 'Character Booster' which
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July 09, 2012
God of War: Ascension
As you guys might already know, God of War 4 or God of War: Ascension has already been confirmed and has been dated to be released on the 12th of March 2013. The first ever gameplay video of the campaign was shown at Sony's press conference at E3. Check out the amazing 7 minute gameplay demo:
God of War Ascension - Campaign Demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=j1QOCbAoRts
The story takes place before Kratos became the God of War and as you can see from the demo, being mortal is not stopping him from being the hard-as-nails character we have come to
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July 09, 2012
Counter Strike: Global Offensive Info
Counter Strike: Global Offensive is not exactly a great leap for the series. It is not meant to be Counter Strike 2 but a revamp of the old game. That being said, we should not sell this game short as any CS veteran would be more than happy with this game. The game will be available for PC, Xbox360, PS3 and PC players.
Valve has actually spent some time and tweaked some of the factors of the game, the most noticeable of which is the new and improved look of the game. The map layouts, loadout interface and the physics of the game have also gone through some changes.
Anyone who has ever played any of the games from the series will instantly recognize
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July 06, 2012
Watch Dogs
In my opinion, Ubisoft won this year's E3. They launched games on every possible platform and all of them looked amazing. They also had a nice little surprise for us at the end of their presentation. Ubisoft Montreal had been working on a new IP for a while which had been kept completely hidden. The game is called Watch Dogs and from the initial gameplay demo I can already tell you that this is going to be a keeper.
The game takes place in the future where everything electronic is run by a Central Operating System termed CTOS. So basically everything (subways, security cameras, traffic lights etc.) is run by the CTOS. Thanks to this, the Private Companies who control the system are nearly untouchable. Information
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July 05, 2012
Limited Edition Halo 4
The Limited Edition for Halo 4 has been revealed for pre-order and is priced at $99.99. There will be no Legendary Edition for Halo 4 which in my opinion makes the purchase decision much simpler. Either we decide to get the standard retail game or the Limited Edition with the added bonuses.
Let's take a look at what has been confirmed to be included in the Limited Edition.
- War Games Map Packs - the competitive multiplayer modes in Halo 4 will be termed War Games. Owning the Limited Edition will give players access to all three map packs that will be released in the future, as soon as they are made
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June 30, 2012
Halo 4 Multiplayer
We all know one of the biggest reasons behind Halo's success is the highly entertaining and competitive multiplayer component which has been termed War Games in Halo 4. Today we shall be taking a look at some of the cool things that 343 Industries have incorporated into the War Games that makes Halo 4 that much more worth playing.
Assassinations
The Assassinations are back but with a brand new flair. Assassinations are more satisfying and brutal than ever. There are a variety of ways in which these melee executions take place, for example Spartans can tackle an enemy to the ground before finishing him off with a knife. The variety