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'Play' Halo on your PS3

no.spam@gameriot.com (Captain Wales) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:32:40 -0500

God of War 3 Demo Review/Preview

no.spam@gameriot.com (Tsarblandi) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:46:55 -0500

Right I’m going to start by saying that I really don’t like hack’n’slash and I really dislike button time events… now onto God of War 3. Along with another couple thousand or whatever people I received an exclusive email giving me a code for the E3 demo of GOW3, god knows why as I never made it clear anywhere that I like the series, I played Gow2 and didn’t think it was that good, but I digress. So after waiting 3hours for a 2.6gb download (yes my speed is ****, I live in the middle of nowhere), I finally get to boot up the demo; first of all it gets off to a great start, if any games asks me to consult a doctor before I play is ok in my books.

Right once you begin, it pretty much feels like Gow2 except someone has made the graphics look freaking awesome, it still sticks with its button mashing however, even though from time to time I did press triangle to avoid getting RSI. And this goes on for a while, maybe its just because the enemies are few in numbers but my attacks didn’t seem that awesome. It goes on adding some more buttons to my controls; the Fire Bow, the Lion Fist things, until it finally drops you deep in the middle of a boss fight. Now the fight is actually broken as when the boss charges at you the button event to dodge, doesn’t dodge instead you fly 100 feet into a brick wall and loose half you’re health. So the door opens and a centaur comes out, originally a boss from Gow2, I’m guessing they’re trying to make it seem that you’re more powerful, except it didn’t turn out that way and just seemed the enemies were weaker. In the background a huge giant of lava is laying waste to the city and it looks pretty cool, it didn’t look any less impressive than the graphics in the foreground. Next hoards of enemies come out and I really get to test the combat.

So I do a bit more button mashing, a bit of rolling purely for the fact that I just got taught the controls even though the best way to get out of a crowd is to simply bash you’re way out. Next it tells me about the ‘Grab’ button, for some reason locked until this point or maybe it was just another bug that the demo warned me about. Once you grab you get another choice of commands, yes square, triangle and circle. Pressing circle merely hits the guy in the face, rather a ‘***** stop checking out my girl friend’ drunk kinda brawl, rather than ‘I’m a ******* god feel my wrath’. Ok so I try out the next one and it snaps the person in half, looks pretty sweet, nothing wrong with that. Finally I get to square, it picks up the enemy and runs through the crowd knocking over every enemy in the way and dealing out huge amounts of damage, it then throws the guy you picked up against the wall killing him instantly. So I basically though why the hell would you even give us the option of the other two, its obvious which were going to use.

Now there’s a bit more combat between the stages but I’m going to ignore that as It carries out the same principle in every fight, button mash, button mash some more and if there’s a lot charge you’re way out in a pleasant parting of enemies as if you were riding a bike through a puddle. The next set piece is a fight with an ogre, or at least I thought it was due to a crowd of soldiers using shields in the corner not going anything. I basically hit the ogre 3 times before I could grab on him and take control, this means you’re going to piss over everyone, and before long you kill everyone in the area and see a hopeless Helios lying on the ground. Jump off, another button time event except this isn’t clear what I’m supposed to do as all it did was show both R1 and L1, anyway once I figure it out I’m treating to a nice little bit of Kratos ripping his head off and then finding out his head can help me reveal secrets… nice. Next I go jumping on ledges and ****, ram a guys head into a wall, just because I can, and finally get to a stage where I have to use the wings to fly up a shaft when obstacles come my way…gosh never seen that before. Get out of shaft, about to attack the lava giant I saw earlier and ****…end of demo.

In conclusion Gow3 is nothing special, its basically Gow2 with better graphics, im not saying that’s bad if you enjoyed the game. Then for me it’s a bit repetitive and samey the whole way through, I wouldn’t find myself playing the game. Having said that, I don’t really like hack’n’slash even though I did look at some of it and thought “…sweet”.

Gameplay: 5.5/6 (maybe 8 if you like hack’n’slash.)

Graphics: 9, it did look pretty awesome, and the blood effects weren’t dumbed down at all (I’m looking at you Resistance 2)

Cant really comment on anything else such as story or multiplayer due to the lack of it, however I’m sure that they will make it available for every one soon. ( Also I know the vids in a different language but it’s the best quality I could find without posting 6 different parts).

Assassins Creed 2 Narrated Gameplay (+L4D2 Carnival Gameplay): PAX 2009

no.spam@gameriot.com (Tsarblandi) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:24:23 -0400

Hey all, just some nice new vids from Pax, i know someone recorded the AC2 demo on his phone or something and shown it a couple days before they released a full version with naration so you may have already seen it.

Assassins Creed 2

You can see the uncut versions on the phone if u really want to here(Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)

L4D2 Gameplay

And you might have seen this L4D2 gameplay vid posted about again released from Pax early but this is in HD...which is good...

Batman pirates get broken game.

no.spam@gameriot.com (Captain Wales) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:55:33 -0400

Did you downloads a cracked version of Batman Arkham Asylum for PC? Well, hope you enjoy playing a game where Batman has 'forgotten' some of his moves making the game unbeatable.

Rocksteady studios (creators of Batman: AA) have made it so pirates that illegally aquire the game for PC will find themselves playing a game where Batman has lost his ability to use certain moves. Most notably the glide-jump.

In a thread on the Edios forums one pirate came to innocently report a bug, claiming that instead of gliding Batman would spread his wings and fall to his death in poison gas.
Quoth (an Edios Admin) gave this response.

"The problem you have encountered is a hook in the copy protection, to catch out people who try and download cracked versions of the game for free.

It's not a bug in the game's code, it's a bug in your moral code."

Unfortunatly for pirates it looks like other developers are looking to do similar things with future released to make cracked games unplayable. Square-Enix has announced plans to input a similar system in its upcoming Final Fantasy XIII...pirates be warned.

Assassins Creed 2 Screens, Crysis 2 Teaser Site and More

no.spam@gameriot.com (Tsarblandi) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:43:16 -0400

A hell of a lot of news out to day, basically because of GamesCon 2009 in Germany atm. Beginning with Assassins Creed 2. Earlier some new information was released about EA's upcoming sequel as well as some new screen shots.

- The land is beautiful, basically because of graphics, but our main protoganist thinks so too, he is in love with the scenary around the country in which you travel around. It also means that as he prefers to explore, we can expect (as the player) to see some secret missions and plenty of side quests to fill our time (and not to mention some classic high points).

- The throwing knives make a convienient return except now they require two hits to kill an opponent, i wouldnt be surprised if this was because of the dart gun which was made for you by Leonardo DiVinci. As well as that we also get some nice other gadgets including smoke bombs, and ofc the famous flying machine.

- As quoted "Stealth and Handguns dont Mix", so ****, basically if you use the hand dart gun thing, it uses a hell of a lot of gunpowder which makes some satisfying noise, which basically makes the guards notice you, but hey its a one hit kill...right? Well...it IS a one hit kill but...because its period it takes a few seconds to line up a sight, and if youre in a crowd youll be noticed straight away pointing your arm at your victims.

Now for the Screenshots...

CRYSIS 2:- A new Crysis 2 teaser site was revealed today showcasing some neat new videos and information on the game. Im not going to sum it up when you can head over to it here.

http://www.crynetsystems.com/

Now for some betas and release date news:

- Bioshock two has its beta set for release in the first quarter of 2010, making a Q1 release date seem unlikely.
- MAG, the ps3's revolutionary 256man online shooter makes it way into an OPEN beta on the 17th of september
- Starcraft 2 is rumoured to be pushed back to 2010 because of the exceutives pushing back the beta after saying they wanted at least 4-6months between beta and release.
- RUSE beta has been announced for PC and you can sign up for an Ubisoft account and check off that you are interested and your name will be entered into a draw (havent tried it so i need clarification).

GAMES CON VIDS:

UNCHARTED 2: AMOUNG THIEVES

DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS

RATCHET AND CLANK: A CRACK IN TIME

BATTLEFIELD BAD COMPANY 2

MASS EFFECT 2: GRUNT TRAILER

CRYSIS 2 NANOSUIT TRAILER (Thanks to Ronnieb555 for uploading it in glorious HD =P)

Btw, yes i did take most of the vids from machinima basically coz they were in one place so it was easy, you can check them out there too, they get credit

Section 8 Beta and Demo

no.spam@gameriot.com (Tsarblandi) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:01:52 -0400

In a recent press announcement, South Peak Interactive have announced a multiplayer beta of their forthcoming future FPS, Section 8 (which looks ******* sweet btw). All that is known so far about it is that it will have just one map which will be included in the final release, whether this is set to change im not sure. This is set to be released on XBL and the PC version 10th August, but will be scheduled in Septemeber for America.

Also if youre someone who doesnt like multiplayer (an idiot maybe?) there will be a demo released 2 weeks after the release of the beta. Its not sure what the demo will include though it will most probably be the some part of the story.

Also if youre on the Xbox 360, you maybe intrested to know that they have also released the achievements (though i cant find them =/), anyways sry about that. So all i know about them is what it quoted from the release. That some of them are going through the single player campaign, going through in a certain time, ascertaining particular and a number of kills, as well as some of the standard multiplayer achievements. The usual stuff.

Anyways heres the trailer for this highly anticipated game, due for release 28th of August for Xbox 360

Batman Arkham Asylum as good as Bioshock!?

no.spam@gameriot.com (Captain Wales) — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:32:24 -0400

New L4D2 Screens and New Zombie info

no.spam@gameriot.com (Tsarblandi) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:56:14 -0400

Some new L4D2 screenshots were shown at the valve showing at Comic Con this year to show case some new information on the new special zombie, the "Spitter" and a new level. Left 4 Dead 2 is set to be launched 17th November for Xbox 360 and PC.

Well the new level is called "Swamp Fever" and is... well set in a swamp...duh. Also this has a new type of 'common' that is specific to this level. The Mudmen were also shown in this screenshot.

They also announced a Ak-47 and Grenade Launcher (didnt show pics and couldnt find direct quote), as well as a new boss infected which is set to join the charger as new special zombies in L4D2. This new one is called the "Spitter" and looks pretty ****** up... but anyway her primary attack is set to be an AOE, spit (whoda guessed?).

New Mass Effect 2 Features (With Video), and 'Call of Duty' Modern Warfare 2?

no.spam@gameriot.com (Tsarblandi) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:53:01 -0400

Some new Features along with a video displaying these has been released for Mass Effect 2 yesterday.

1. The combat is more physics based this time around so your going to see body fly over the screen more realistically making this game more action packed and more satisfying when you engage in combat.

2. You can give specific commands to your allies in real-time which makes Mass Effect 2 more dynamic and intense

3. Brand new interrupt system which is incredible for this RPG style of gameplay, you can now have a conversation or if you want to be a bad ass you can cut the conversation destroy your enemy in cinematic style oh my god it’s fantastic.

(Quoted from here)

In other Random news, Infinity Ward released their latest modern warfare 2 box art which suprised some fans. After Infinity Ward, stating that they wanted to detatch themselves from the Call of Duty franchise have confused people by having the Call of Duty logo on the box. Whats going on?

Galactic Arms Race

no.spam@gameriot.com (Derek Lesley) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:22:14 -0400

I recently came across an interesting game whilst surfing the Intrawebs, called Galactic Arms Race (or GAR). The developers describe the game as "Space Diablo", with real-time combat, cool particle system weapons, and RPG-style leveling and skill trees. At first looks it's a relatively simple space shooter where players choose one of three alien factions, then proceed to battle aliens, pirates, and other villainous enemies, gain levels, skills and find new weapons. Nothing new there then.

What is new, and most interesting about this game, is that none of the weapons are created by the games developers, but are instead created by the game itself. You read that right, self-evolving game content. The game uses a complex set of algorithms called cgNEAT (content-generating NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies). It takes popular weapons (based on how often they are fired or equipped) and evolves them based on preferred player features. Players are limited to only being able to use a few weapons, so they must choose which ones they wish to use carefully.

The original game website can be found here, a general look at the weapons system can be found here and a complex and detailed look at the system behind it can be found here.

The Worlds Most Expensive Videogame?

no.spam@gameriot.com (Captain Wales) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:01:19 -0400

What you are looking at there could quite possibly be the most expensive videogame of all time. Videogame collector JJ Hendricks (from the USA) just purchased this obscure NES title for a whopping $17,500 (£10,700).

The cart in question is a gold-coloured copy of ‘Nintendo World Championships’, which was created for a Nintendo-sponsored games competition back in 1990. It is, by all accounts, the ‘Holy Grail’ of video game collectibles; a fact that is supported by its scarcity with only 26 copies thought to exist worldwide.

We're all feeling the pinch of the credit crunch and a lot of gamers are turning to second hand games to help save cash. As if normal gamers have that kind of cash to spend on games anyway; Hendricks considors the game a 'stonking bargain.' If thats a bargain I don't want to see what he pays for his full price games.

Furthermore the game itself is only 6 minutes 21 seconds long! Puts things into perspective for people who refuse to spend £40 on a game with a four hour story mode. The game is made up of three segments from existing NES titles (Tetris, Rad Racer and Super Mario Bros) and all three segments have to be completed withing the 6 minute 21 second time limit. Not exactly value for money then

Prototype vs InFamous crossdress off

no.spam@gameriot.com (Captain Wales) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:21:05 -0400

After Zero Punctuation reviewed inFamous and Prototype in successive weeks host Yahtzee said he could not decide which game about "super powered ********" was better but would give the honor to the studio that made the best picture of the rivals protagonist in drag.

Well here are the entries:
Radical (makers of Prototype) had this image made up of inFamous' Cole McGrath in a Vegas showgirl style costume.

However I think Sucker Punch (makers of inFamous) have to win for this effort of Alex Mercer riding a unicorn.

(I dont know if it's worth noting but both pictures feature unicorns, just throwing that out there to see what conspiracy theories come back)

Anyway, I thought it just showed what good sports Radical and Sucker Punch are taking part in this and that not all is serious in the worl of game development.

So, discuss good people of the internet....

Rock 'legends' slam Guitar Hero

no.spam@gameriot.com (Captain Wales) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:41:03 -0400

During an LA press conference last friday to promote the 'It might get loud' documentary musicicians Jack White and Jimmy Page revealed what they think of Guitar Hero. Journalists from NME quote White as saying

"It's depressing to have a label come and tell you that [Guitar Hero] is how kids are learning about music and experiencing music." And, "If you have to be in a videogame to get in front of them, that's a little sad."

Page went on to say he believes kids can't learn anything about music or learning musical instruments from video games such as Guitar Hero or Rock Band. Now whats the problem? Surely any way that grants you a larger target audience and lets more people hear your music is a good thing. As far as learning nothing about music I can personally say thats a load of rubbish. I've been playing drums for 7 years and I've learn loads of cool songs and drum fills by playing GHWT. There's also plenty of stories about kids who start off playing Guitar Hero and then it inspires them to take up the real Guitar. I think the problem is the people who spend all their time playing and game and treat it as a real career itself.

I guess Jack White failed to mention songs from his band the Raconteurs are availible to download for GHWT and the song Blue Orchid by his other band The White Stripes is confirmed for Guitar Hero 5. Even though he doesn't like the franchise so much I can bet he's not turning down the royalties.

So what's the deal with music rhythm games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band are they just a bit of fun or destroying the music industry? I guess no ones forcing bands to put their music in the game and if Jack Whites so opposed to it he could always pull out of Guitar Hero 5...

Duke Nukem Forever Lives?

no.spam@gameriot.com (Agenda) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:04:18 -0400

I found an article over at ShackNews.

I gave it a quick read and glad that they are continuing development for 'Duke Nukem Forever' and they are also starting a new game to be titled 'Duke Begins'. Personally I think atm they really should be focusing on finishing Duke Nukem Forever seeing as it is much closer to completion that Duke Begins.

I mainly believe this because after 12 years of development it should be their first priority and the fact that all this publicity will die down over time which is where people will begin to forget about it. 3DRealms stated that the Duke Nukem Forever is still in the making even though most of their staff has been laid off.
Quote from shacknews
'Surprisingly, 3D Realms explicitly notes that it continues to work on "the development of" Duke Nukem Forever, though "it released the majority of its employees working on the development" because of a "lack of funding to sustain the high level of development."'

It seems that take-two want an Xbox 360 version and want the game on both platforms to have multiplayer. So far it seems that it is still being developed but into what we don’t yet know.

'Duke Begins was slated for release by mid-2010,' and according to 3DR duke beings "has been delayed by 12 months or longer," so are we seeing a 2011 release date for another duke game or will this turn into another Duke Nukem Fornever

China thwarted by copyright?

no.spam@gameriot.com (Derek Lesley) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:56:14 -0400

Solid Oak, developer of the notorious CyberSitter, says it has found code stolen from their own program within the Green Dam Youth Escort filtering software that is being used by Chinese authorities, and is considering filing a lawsuit to halt shipments.

Solid Oak has asked large companies such as HP and Dell to refrain from installing Green Dam; Despite this, around nine million copies of the software have already been shipped.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has "ordered the problem be fixed," but it's unclear when, or if, that'll happen. There is of course still the irony that Chinese censoring efforts are being halted by copyright infringement laws.

3D Realms Legal Battle Continues

no.spam@gameriot.com (Agenda) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:26:31 -0400

I saw this entry on the facepunch newsnode and thought you guys might want a look.

'None of you forgot about the legal battle that's almost ready to be continued between Take-Two and 3DRealms, right? If you did, you won't want to miss out on the latest as things are just about to heat up.

A 20-page court document has been released with a number of stipulations, requests, and accusations made in the legal files. One such claim from Take-Two alleges that 3D Realms has a considerable amount of funds in an off-shore account.

With the game's development now halted and its development team disbanded, Take-Two says that 3D Realms "breached its commitment" to deliver the "competed source code of DNF in a timely manner," a move that also prevents Take-Two from porting the game to consoles, such as the Xbox 360.

As part of a 2000 agreement to "promote and exploit" Duke Nukem Forever, Take-Two claims it has "exclusive, irrevocable and worldwide rights to develop" console versions. Take-Two further adds that the agreement allowed the company to "independently develop" console ports once 3D Realms had delivered the PC source code.

In terms of compensation, Take-Two believes it is entitled to the incomplete source code--which would help "in the development of the Console Versions of DNF"--along with "damages equal to...lost profits caused by Apogee's failure to timely develop and deliver" DNF PC and "an award of damages equal to the DNF Advances with accrued interest."(...)

Perhaps most shockingly, Take-Two claims that "upon information and belief, [3D Realms/Apogee Ltd.] has title to a substantial amount of funds deposited in an off-shore account, which Take-Two believes Apogee can use to fund its outstanding obligations."

Take-Two further notes that, in the event of "any future development of the Console Versions of DNF," 3D Realms and Apogee are "required to cooperate"--suggesting that there may still be a chance of Duke Nukem Forever, at long last, hitting store shelves.

Interested in finding out more or simply love legal documents? Feel free to check out the full, 20-page document here or head on over to Shacknews for more on this story.

Even with the remote chance of there being an eventual release for Duke Nukem Forever, it would more than likely be a very long time in coming. With the legal battle just beginning, don't expect there to be any resolution to this any time soon.'

Vidzone launches on PS3

no.spam@gameriot.com (Captain Wales) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:22:32 -0400

Well I had no idea this was coming but on the PS Store yesterday there was an app called Vidzone, I downloaded it and it's pretty sweet for a free download.

It's basically a free service you can use to watch music videos on your PS3, obviously people might say what's the point when they can use the internet...and that's a good point. However as a free download its pretty cool. It has an impressive selection of music videos even having the top 10 chart songs (if you're into that stuff). As a PS3 boy I'm not sure if there's an equivilent service on the xbox360 but I'm sure that will be commented on soon enough.

It's pretty cool in the way you can make a playlist of music videos and it will just play through them as you search for others to add to your playlist, you can even edit the playlist on the fly, re-arranging the order, deleting and adding songs and the playlist plays through.

Another interesting feature is when you look at a video it gives you the option to download it for your mobile. But this costs £1.50 (probably $3), even though I'd probably never use it, it's nice to know its there.

Furthermore there's a neat 'related videos' button which finds you similar/related music videos to the one's you've got in your playlist. Mostly it just comes up with other songs by that band, but it does also suggest similar artists too. So all in all a pretty cool free app.

New Bioshock 2 Screenies and Multiplayer Info Released, Release Date announced

no.spam@gameriot.com (Tsarblandi) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:53:40 -0400

Some new Infomation on Bioshock 2's Multiplayer experience got announced yesterday from a 2k Games spokesman. This is what he said: (Not sure of the guys name but i got this quote from here)

Its key features are:

- As you progress you can buy new weapons and plasmids to create new combinations of toxins to use in battle.
- You should be able to learn more about the fall of rapture.
- You will also be witness to the fall of rapture and battle through rapture before hand. This allows expansion to new environments.

Also, the release date has been announced to be the 3rd of November for people living in North America and 30th October for those in Europe.

Theres too many to post them all, for all of them go here

E3 Trailers Final Roundup (L4D2 Gameplay and Halo 3 ODST, and More)

no.spam@gameriot.com (Tsarblandi) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:55:52 -0400

Final Day of E3 has brought a fair bit of stuff, all be it repetitive. Most of the stuff was wii so i made sure i missed out most of that crap such as Super Monkey Treasure Island 2 x).
The Other Videos from the Final Day can be found here
The Rest of the Videos from E3 Can be found here

Left 4 Dead 2

Major Walkthrough

Part 1: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-left-4-dead/51031

Part 2: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-left-4-dead/51033

Part 3: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-left-4-dead/51035

Part 4: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-left-4-dead/51038

Halo 3: ODST

Major Walkthrough

Part 1: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-halo-3-odst/51015

Part 2: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-halo-3-odst/51017

Part 3: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-halo-3-odst/51019

Part 4: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-halo-3-odst/51023

Part 5: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-halo-3-odst/51026

Alpha Protocol Interview

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-alpha-protocol/50945

Dead to Rights: Retribution Alley Brawl Gameplay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrS8RPw2VNI

Huxley Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lMWFasakZY

Gears of War 2: Dark Corners Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z0XeC1t4-A

Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time Hydra Gameplay

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-ratchet/51010

Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time Buzzblades Gameplay

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-ratchet/51007

Americas Amry 3 Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muLLE3LNFk4

Section 8 Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x31ZJnJzjE&feature=channel

E3 Trailers June 4th

no.spam@gameriot.com (Tsarblandi) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:40:33 -0400

My other post got way too big and messy so im gona put the last lot on this one. Here are the previous ones [here]

4TH JUNE ( 08:35pm GMT)

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-metal-gear/50827

E3 Trailers: All of them! i hope

no.spam@gameriot.com (Tsarblandi) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:30:25 -0400

Heres all that i found so far, sorry for kinda posting this twice but the first failed as it took up half the blog, im just gona give you all the links i found. I will also try to update this blog everyday so that i dont put blogs everywhere, check back to check out some more. Some Pre3 teasers can be found here

2ND JUNE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCqKHXiRjHg

Star Wars: The Old Republic “Jedi vs Sith” Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sainKIZ8vI

3RD JUNE (8:47am GMT)

Prototype Launch Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH8ol9AKeOE&feature=related

Dead Space Extraction Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cN1MLn6A9w

Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9pWgEp86cM

Dead Rising 2 Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if2j6Hqivvw

0 Day Attack on Earth Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efmvb1ygtjA

Order of War Command Trailer

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-order-of-war/50207

Resident Evil: Dark Side Chronicles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlkhFyjo4x0

New Super Mario Brothers Conference Demo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uYi-uWOa0U

The Conduit Conference Trailer

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-the-conduit/50255?type=flv

MAG Conference Gameplay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxV2s54w5Ak

God of War 3 Gameplay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44i6wMKlhhA

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker trailer

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-mgs-peace/50262

Uncharted 2 Press Demo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmOKMir6JOo

Uncharted 2 Multiplayer Demo

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-uncharted-2/50340

Uncharted 2 Co-op Demo

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-uncharted-2/50344

Fallout 3: Point Lookout DLC Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlCWlueeC3s

PS3 Motion Control Demo Part 1 & 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCCXiInTsc8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhbU4nrSBhA

Rouge Warrior Trailer

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-rogue-warrior/50272

Final Fantasy XIV Online Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAFyFCqCEW0

Sin and Punishment 2 Gameplay trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjfLN82-CSw

Left 4 Dead 2 Multiplayer Gameplay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-jmYz1PzV8

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-left-4-dead/50357

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-left-4-dead/50349

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-left-4-dead/50351

3RD JUNE (6:02pm GMT)

Heavy Rain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onMyPFd9BmU&feature=related

Alien vs Predator Developer Walkthrough Part 1 & 2

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-aliens-vs/50382?type=flv

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-aliens-vs/50380

Saw Intro Cutscene

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXAuU1e7_7E

Alpha Protocol Developer Walkthrough Part 1 & 2

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-alpha-protocol/50420

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-alpha-protocol/50418

Saw Puzzles and Traps Gameplay

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-saw/50434

Saw Sacrifice Trailer

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-saw/50436

Saw Combat Gameplay

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-saw/50440

Dead to Rights: Retribution Trailer

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-dead-to/50467

Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvpBOJcca9w

Halo 3: ODST Developer Walkthrough Part 1 & 2

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-halo-3-odst/50404

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-halo-3-odst/50402

Metroid: Other M Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMEPNWNpD_8&feature=related

4TH JUNE (9:04am GMT)

L4D2 Inner City Gameplay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u20io_NcUwI

L4D2 Park Gameplay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTrRmyApmJE

L4D2 Ambulance Gameplay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4T8PHGgls4

L4D Developer Walkthrough Part 1 & 2

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-left-4-dead/50625

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-left-4-dead/50622

L4D2 Alleys Gameplay

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-left-4-dead/50560

Dark Void Gameplay trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L23sLKL2WZk

Dark Void Ariel Combat Walkthrough Part 1 & 2

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-dark-void/50712

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-dark-void/50710

Darksiders Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzVbeTJ4eoQ

Darksiders Developer Walkthrough

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-darksiders/50561

Darksiders Boss Walkthrough

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-darksiders/50552

Mount and Blade: Warband Gameplay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhjrMhYH2Mc

G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu4dxsBLk-c

Modern Warfare 2: Story Interview

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-modern-warfare/50586

Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time Interview

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-ratchet/50580

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSsoRUrwfPI

Demon Soul’s Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UtC0xx2C7Y

MAG Gameplay Demo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7tfXsbgUss

Little Big Planet PSP Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRxwSqI_sy0

Motorstorm: Artic Edge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybO****coQk

Army of Two: The 40^th Day Gameplay

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-army-of-two/50669

If you have found any more and would like them added, just PM me or comment, again for adding to all the E3 stuff, but this will be my only one =P

PS: The second lot wouldnt stay highlighted yellow so bold will have to do =P

Pre3 Trailers (Crackdown 2, Mass Effect 2, L4D2, and More)

no.spam@gameriot.com (Tsarblandi) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:18:09 -0400

No-one had actually posted these trailers, but put lots of info about them. These are only those i deemed nessacary to post, for example i didnt find the new Tony Hawk of upmost importance, a full list can be found here. (Sources: Pre3 Conference, IGN, Machinima, and Random Youtubers)
EDIT: sorry didnt realise it would take up this much space on page

360 E3 Conference

no.spam@gameriot.com (Derek Lesley) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:19:44 -0400

Microsoft have just announced some awesome new games on their website. Check the link over at http://www.xbox.com to see the trailers for Crackdown 2 (which looks fricking awesome), Left4Dead 2 (ZOMG!!!) and Splinter Cell Conviction (although there's quite a bit more on the last one) along with several others. Apparently it's live so you might have to wait a while to watch it

Things Shown (That i saw anyway):
Tony Hawk Ride - Gameplay footage
Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 - Gameplay Footage
FF XIII - Gameplay Footage
Shadow Complex - Arcade Game from Epic
Joy Ride - Arcade Game featuring avatars
Crackdown 2 - Trailer
L4D 2 - Trailer
Splinter Cell Conviction - Trailer & Gameplay Footage
Forza 3 - Gameplay Footage
Halo 3 ODST - Gameplay Footage
Halo Reach (beta key available with ODST pre-order) - Trailer
Alan Wake - Trailer & Gameplay Footage
Last.FM
Netflix/Sky
Zune Video (in full HD, on demand, and in 18 countries)
Live Party
Facebook (featuring friend linker and facebook connect)
Twitter
Metal Gear Solid: Rising
Project Natal? (Interactive Gaming with full body tracking and voice and facial recognition. Also able to scan in items)

I can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with at E3!
The 360 site is backup and has been updated with various pieces of information about stuff revealed at the conference (mostly the new software and hardware, rather than games).

Assassins Creed 2 Leak and Star Trek MMO Release Date

no.spam@gameriot.com (Tsarblandi) — Sun, 31 May 2009 12:53:59 -0400

I just heard about this and got me and a friend to search for it, the sites i generally look at had it down and the only version we could find was one where it had a bit of text and a second repeat after in a different render, but here it is. This was leaked sometime last night i believe, ubisoft has had most sites remove it.

Also Star Trek Online had its release date announced yesterday. It is due to be released at the end of Ataris Fiscal (not sure what that means) Year, which is March 2010. To sum up the game there was this quote in a report released by atari the during the week.

“Star Trek Online: with customizable ships and characters from the Klingon Empire and United Federation of Planets, ground, space and shipboard gameplay and unique options for player generated content set in the Star Trek universe, Star Trek Online is the MMOG that allows gamers to boldly go where no one has gone before.”

The offical site can be found here

Windows 7 Starter Un-Crippled?

no.spam@gameriot.com (Derek Lesley) — Sat, 30 May 2009 05:25:54 -0400

Many of you may have heard how Windows 7 Starter edition was limited to only being able to run a maximum of 3 apps at any one time.

However, "based on the feedback we’ve received from partners and customers asking us to enable a richer small notebook PC experience with Windows 7 Starter, we’ve decided to make some changes compared to previous Starter editions."

These changes are basically allowing Windows 7 to be available worldwide for notebooks (instead of limited to certain countries) and removing the 3 app limit. Sounds good right? Perhaps for someone who only wants to check their emails on a notebook, because the remainder of the limitations make it epic fail for anything. Among the limitations is the inability to change your background. WTF! No RTW epic wallpaper!

From http://windowsteamblog.com/

Windows 7 Starter does not include:

Aero Glass, meaning you can only use the “Windows Basic” or other opaque themes. It also means you do not get Taskbar Previews or Aero Peek.
Personalization features for changing desktop backgrounds, window colors, or sound schemes.
The ability to switch between users without having to log off.
Multi-monitor support.
DVD playback.
Windows Media Center for watching recorded TV or other media.
Remote Media Streaming for streaming your music, videos, and recorded TV from your home computer.
Domain support for business customers.
XP Mode for those that want the ability to run older Windows XP programs on Windows 7.

Guitar Hero 5 Bands Released

no.spam@gameriot.com (Captain Wales) — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:59:06 -0400

Guitar Hero 5 is having the bands to be featured in the game released in an unusual style...

Activision has given different lists of the bands to different companies, websites, shops and magazines to release. Culminating in a competition where you have to name which bands were released from which sources in an opertunity to win '5 tickets to 5 concerts of your choice' which as prizes go is a pretty sweet one. They have also states a realase date of September 1st.

Anyone interested should check out the official Guitar Hero 5 website
http://gh5.guitarhero.com/

Note they are only releasing the bands included in the game, not the songs from them. There are a few songs confirmed which I put on an earlier blog if you're interested. There's still two more sources to be released (today and tomorow) but so far here's the bands comfimed from all the different sources.

Confirmed songs:
Vampire Weekend: A-Punk.
Bob Dylan: All along the watchtower.
Wolfmother: Back Round.
The White Stripes: Blue Orchid.
Face to Face: Disconnected.
Shiney Toy Gun's: Ghost Town.
Eve 6: Inside Out.
M.I.A: Jimmy.
Santana: No one to depend on (Live).
Johnny Cash: Ring of Fire.
Tom Petty: Runnin Down a Dream.
Kings of Leon: Sex on Fire.
Stevie Wonder: Superstition.
The Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Devil.
Attack! Attack!: You and Me.

Confirmed bands but not songs:
3 Doors Down
A Perfect Circle
AFI
Alter Bridges
Band of Horses
Beastie Boys
Beck
Billy Idol
Billy Squier
Blink-182
Blur
Bon Jovi
Brand New
The Bronx
Bush
ColdPlay
Darkest Hour
David Bowie
The Derek Trucks Band
Dire Straits
Duran Duran
Elliot Smith
Garbage
Gorrillaz
Iron Maden
Jimmy Eat World
Kaiser Chiefs
Kiss
Mötley Crüe
Muse
My Morning Jacket
Nirvana
Public Enemy featuring Zakk Wylde
Queen
Queens of the Stone Age
The Raconteurs
Rammstein
Rush
The Smashing Pumpkins
Sonic Youth
The Sword
Sublime
Weezer
Wild Cherry

I don't know most of these bands which I guess means they are sticking to their modern theme for GH:5. There are some good bands but it depends if they pick good songs from them. Should have the full list of bands by Sunday, or close to. Each source has been releasing between 5 and 10 bands. Currently 60/85 artists have been anounced.

Sky 360

no.spam@gameriot.com (Derek Lesley) — Fri, 29 May 2009 08:01:14 -0400

BSkyB (British Sky Broadcasting) and Microsoft have recently announced that they will be releasing a Sky Player service for the 360 in the UK. It will be able to stream live Sky channels and live sports, as well as a Pay-Per-View Movie catalogue and a back-catalogue of existing programs.

Pricing and what channels/programs will be available have yet to be announced, although the service is alleged to have an autumn release date. Unfortunately all the content is streamed, and at standard definition to boot, with no mention of any HD content yet. Avatars will supposedly be able to interact with the service too, letting friends watch the same show together in a virtual living room or stadium, with the ability to communicate with each other via headsets and chat. The service will be available to anyone with a Sky subscription in the UK, with special pricing options available to those who don't have one.

Starcraft 2 Beta Map Editor

no.spam@gameriot.com (Agenda) — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:01:45 -0400

Some Chinese community managers have confirmed that the Star Craft 2 beta will have a map editor.

The original article is located here

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Most likely not in the first phase of beta won't promise anything for later phases, since we generally don't promise anything, but more likely ^^

Of course, this could just be that different offices have received different orders from Blizzard HQ. With the Chinese reps promising a Map Editor, and giving details about it, it's probably VERY LIKELY that the editor will be included. However, I take the words of Xordiah over a semi-anonymous Chinese rep any day of the week, so "no promises" yet!

The system requirements, also match the ones Kalos predicted for the last year or so (read his hardware purchase guide to get your best bang for the buck when upgrading to a SC2-compatible machine!)

This seems to confirm the Chinese rumours as TRUE, but obviously the site's webmasters personal speculation of beta starting "before May" was wrong. However, Karune is the main Community Manager for RTS and StarCraft, and since he debunked this rumour, we can't say 100% either way. Small update! My friend Webnet, admin of StarCraft-Source.com just posted the quote from Karune. It's slightly cryptic, but should indicate that the Chinese sites are just gauging their possible fansite keys. If this interpretation is true, then the Chinese sites were just lying about their keys...

Also, us Europeans feel a bit disappointed that basically everyone gets to try the beta before us."

This article seemed a little confusing as it was stated the editor was included, then it defently will be included then it isnt. Anyway from some of the points stated it seems as though it will be a rather powerful editor, i just hope the community embraces it.

EA Makes Battleforge Free

no.spam@gameriot.com (Tsarblandi) — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:45:57 -0400

Just found this on http://www.strategyinformer.com/news/4341/ea-gives-battleforge-away-for-free however as i come to understand there are a few catches, but you still get the full game.

Quote From EA:

Countdown to E3: Bioshock 2

no.spam@gameriot.com (Tsarblandi) — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:27:20 -0400

With this Countdown to E3 i was hoping to give as much information and speculation on the games that will be featuring, so im going to have to cover just the main games and the one people are looking forward to most, or have the most hype. But for Bioshock 2 i found a really nice gameplay demo with some nice information from the commentator, but its plenty more than i would be able to put together. So here it is.

(This Video was Released about 2 weeks ago, i took this one from youtube but most game sites had it first, i just had trouble putting the vid in)

Summary
-You play as the first big daddies
-You can work with little sisters to harvest ADAM
-Ability to mix plasmids
-New addition of Big Sisters
-Set 10 years after the events of the original Bioshock

Also there is this teaser site, i found it quite nice to be able to look through the different bits of info and piece the story together. [http://www.somethinginthesea.com/]

PS: if i need to do some more referencing, please PM and i will take it down and have a look into it