Uncharted 3 Beta

The Uncharted 3 Beta releases today, make sure it get out and download it! There's big incentive for playing the Beta as much as possible, with unlocks for the full game upon completion of certain goals. The Beta runs from today, June 28th, to July 14th.

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Portal 2 Review

Portal 2 is a puzzle game of sorts, that plays like a first person shooter. Not having played through the first one, it was an interesting purchase for anyone and still fun for everyone. Portal 2 introduces many new gameplay features, and keeps the same old puzzle and humor style. The game looks great and plays great too, leading to one of this years most entertaining puzzle games by a longshot, and one of the best games as well.

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Fall Preview

2011 is probably one of the biggest years for games I've ever seen. Many highly regarded franchises are releasing sequels that look to improve on everything that has already been established. There are almost too many games to choose from, I don't know how anyone will have time to play them all. Here's a look at the games that I'm most looking forward to, and already have pre-ordered through Gamestop. I'll go in order of month and release date, so that way there's no bias in which one's I start with.

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Infamous 2 Review

Infamous 2 picks up right where the first Infamous game left off, making you one of the most powerful superheroes, or villains, in all of gaming. The first Infamous ended with a warning from the future that a Beast is coming, and that you, Cole MacGrath, will be the only one able to stop the monstrosity when it comes. Cole finds out, with the help of a new contact by the name of Kuo, that the only way to get powerful enough is to absorb the power of blast cores from the explosion of the Ray Sphere. These blast cores are located in the city of New Marais, a city inspired by the city of New Orleans. Cole must travel there to gain the power in time before the Beast can destroy all of humanity, or gain the power to become unstoppable.

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Nintendo Press Conference Notes

Nintendo, again, really doesn't do much for gamers this year yet again. They appeal to the younger crowd, and those who love gimmicks, but nothing more. There were a few announcements of titles coming to their new system, but that merely means they're catching up to Sony and Microsoft.

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Sony Press Conference Notes

 Sony had a pretty strong showing this year. They highlighted so many different titles, it took a while to gather all of it. They came out and apologized right off the bat, which was good to get it out of the way to make room for all of the games. They started strong and ended strong. I guess Kevin Butler wasn't right for the time, as they probably wanted to appear very professional, which makes sense.

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Ubisoft Press Conference Notes

Ubisoft really hasn't been a huge Gamer oriented company for a while now. Most of their titles tend to be child friendly, aside from Assassin's Creed. They have a few franchises, such as Rayman, that will appeal to gamers from years in the past, but overall, they aren't a huge "gamer" publisher. Also, they're not afraid of a few dick jokes BLEEP.

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EA Press Conference Notes

A lot of awesome things for gamers happened in this conference. Unlike Microsoft, they focused on the games, and gamers in general. Their games look amazing, and provide a wide variety.

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Microsoft Press Conference Thoughts

 The first half of the Microsoft conference focused on titles that are multi-platform, like every other year. They did highlight a few that would have Kinect compatibility, but were very vague on the details. The ones that they showed, Ghost Recon Future Soldier and Mass Effect 3, looked ultimately pretty dumb. Mass Effect had voice commands, which would actually be pretty useful when you're busy with other buttons controlling weapons and firing, although I'd feel pretty silly speaking to myself. On the other hand, Ghost Recon looked terrible. The guns can be edited using Kinect motions, but it would be much easier to use a button input. Also, firing a gun with the motion of opening and closing motion is absolutely stupid. Kinect voice compatibility has been redone as well, with a new dashboard and and Bing search system added. Honestly, unless I was with friends, a button input is again, much easier, and less awkward by yourself. It's nice to see them support their peripherals, but its nothing exciting yet.

If you liked Kinect, this conference is for you.

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Last Minute Update Before E3

Here's what to watch out for today. (All times Central Standard Time)


11:30 pm - Microsoft Press Conference
2:30 pm - EA Press Conference
4:30 pm - Ubisoft Press Conference
7:00 pm - Sony Press Conference

So, today has the biggest line-up out of any day. I'll be updating periodically with relevant information, for those who can't watch the conferences live. Not really too sure what's lined up for many of these conferences.

• Microsoft is set to announce a new subscription plan called Diamond, that may include something about a TV subscription service. 
• The EA press conference will have an announcement of a new IP by Insomniac, the creators of Ratchet and Clank and Resistance.
• Sony needs to come out strong after last month.

Keep checking back on my blog for more news and info.

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Uncharted 3 - What's known right now (and Collector's Edition announced!)

Uncharted 3 is definitely looking to be one of the best games of 2011, which doesn't really come as a surprise, as Naughty Dog's Uncharted 2 won Game of the Year in 2009. Uncharted 3 releases November 1st, and will probably be one of the biggest holiday releases, aside from the ultimately over-popular Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3. The developers have been hard at work for the past 2 years since the release of the second game in the series, Among Thieves, and they're finally starting to spread the word that they're gunning for that top spot again in 2011. Many features have been announced so far, but according to Naughty Dog, there is still an immense amount of info yet to come. We know some details of the single-player, a lot of details on the multiplayer, and very few details on the co-op play. Here's what I know so far about Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.

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The Playstation Store Returns!

The Playstation Store is finally up and running after over a month of downtime. I'm currently browsing the catalog, but thought I'd share the update with everyone first, and point out the notable releases. Its been so long that its hard to know even where to start, but here goes. Also, I hope to make this a weekly post, updating the blog with the weekly updates from the Playstation Store. The update I'm providing this week is mainly going to be just a list of what's been released, as there's far too much to report on. Future updates will give a few details on each game/demo/item.

*The Store is still a bit buggy as they're still updating it, but it does indeed work. Just back out if you're getting error messages, and go back in.* 

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