Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Multiplayer Features

The reveal, to a packed aircraft hangar in Los Angeles, was the first time that Activision and Infinity Ward have shown Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer modes in public. For many, the multiplayer is the main reason to play Call of Duty, and Modern Warfare 3 appears to have received the biggest revamp of the mode in years.

The changes are an attempt to fine-tune the balance of the game, while rewarding different styles of play. Killstreaks have been redesigned and renamed pointstreaks. Rather than streaks being handed out just for straight kills, players can now earn additional rewards by completing other game objectives. Players can choose between three strike packages at the loadout screen, which reward pointstreaks in different ways.

The Assault package offers similar direct damage equipment to Modern Warfare 2's killstreak rewards, such as Predator drones and helicopters, with your streak resetting on death. The Support package gives you access to gadgets such as UAV's and turrets, these streaks do not reset on death. While the Specialist package is aimed at more proficient players, handing out additional perks to their soldier which last until death. Deathstreaks, which give struggling players an extra boost, return after their absence from Call of Duty Black Ops. Infinity Ward have also confirmed they will be cutting certain overpowered streak rewards, such as nuke and One Man Army. Other tweaks, such as no longer being able to carry a shotgun as a secondary weapon have been implemented to help balance the game. One consistent complaint over Call of Duty's multiplayer is how it over-favours already proficient players and focusses too much on deathmatch, rather than objectives. These adjustments should, in theory, address those concerns.

Weapon progression has also been tweaked, with guns levelling up as you progress, while a new list of additional Perks has been announced, which can be assigned to give your soldier particular skills. The new perks include Recon, with explosive damage displaying on the mini map; Blind Eye, which makes you undetectable by air support and sentries; Assassin makes you undetectable by UAV, portable radar and heartbeat monitors; Quickdraw allows you to aim down the sight of your gun quicker; Stalker allows you to move faster while aiming. And Marksman allows you to identify targets at longer range.

There are a handful of new game modes too. Kill Confirmed, which has you collecting dogtags from fallen enemies to score points; Team Defender has one team member carrying a flag to earn points while his squadmates protect him. In addition to these public match options, more modes will be available in private match setups. One in the Chamber and Gun Game make the leap from Black Ops, while all new modes include Infection, which has players killing enemies in order to recruit them to their team; Drop Zone has players controlling specified areas to receive extra support, while Juggernaut has an AI super-charged character accompanying each team.

Posted By: Sam P 

Twitter: SammyRascall

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 - Coming Soon

It wasn’t that long ago when Call of Duty was just about the bees knees to gamers of any stripe. In fact, as part of our 100^th issue celebrations Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare got voted as one of the greatest shooters of all time. It’s quite amazing, then, to look at how the PC community – or at least Atomic’s iteration thereof – looks at the CoD franchise.
Hint: it’s generally pretty negative.
Generally, every trailer and news item to do with the brand is met with responses that range from ‘who cares?’ to ‘Activision killed, dismembered, and then sodomised my cat’. Perhaps the most eloquent (not to mention less abuse-filled) comment came from the curiously-name Xyzzy Frobozz, commenting on one of the DLC releases for Black Ops:

“The next COD is going to have to go in a pretty radical new direction before I'll look at buying it. I'm sick of having the same old girl in new clothes being wheeled out twice a year. To top it off, I then have to invest in the new map packs so I don't end up being kicked out of every second game...”

That sums it up pretty well. The PC audience is tired of re-tasked code and graphics, the same-old game with the same-old perks, the relentless crawl of paid DLC and the feeling that those who do invest will have the edge.
It’s basically the case, then, based on our hands-on time with Modern Warfare 3, that the Xyzzy Frobozzes of the world are going to be less than thrilled with Activision’s and Infinity Ward’s latest milking of the giant CoD cashcow.
Some changes...
Straight up front, we’ve got to say that Infinity Ward is really making an effort to appeal to a wider market with Modern Warfare 3, and on paper it sounds great. Kill streak rewards have seen arguably the biggest change, and have now been separated out into three streams – assault, support and specialist. The assault package is your classic CoD stuff, with lots of killy rewards to reward to the killiest of players. Support, on the other hand, is more defensive in nature, bringing in UAVs, buffing team mates with extra armour and so on.
The Specialist package sounds very interesting, too, essentially unlocking more and more perks with more and kills. This is basically the perfect lone wolf package, as its possible to end up with every perk if you’re really on the ball.
The aim of these changes is to open up the game to match the way people want to play it. Great idea on paper, but having played around with the different packages, it still feels as though it’s the guy with the most kills who’ll be rewarded the best toys. It is great to have objectives like caps and defusals count toward kill streaks, but it’s not enough of a change given the inherent run-gun-respawn nature of CoD’s basic gameplay.
The new map mode, Confirmed Kill, is another great idea that still can’t quite pull the game back toward something we want to play. The idea is that to score a kill, you must not only put the enemy down, but then collect their dog-tags. This simple mechanic accomplishes a lot of things – it rewards team-play, as you can collect tags for team mates, and deny tags to the enemy. It forces campers and snipers to work with their team, so that there’s always someone around to capitalise on their pwning skills. It also lessens the impact of some of the more offensive kill streak rewards – if you can get to the site of that recent missile strike you can deny a mess of tags to the enemy. Of course, if you’re too slow, someone’s going to have a great time – as happened in our hands on session – wandering to the site and collecting whole metric arseload of win.
Most things stay the same
Despite all these tweaks – and there’s more, like weapon-levelling, new equipment, and so on – Modern Warfare 3 still looks, feels, and plays more or less the same as every game that came before it. This is even more apparent on console, where there’s really nothing new to the graphics at all – in fact, we’re really getting tired of that same death animation we’ve been seeing since CoD4!
Confirmed Kill is a rare ray of light, but it still suffers under the more general issues of the modern CoD. Hitboxes are either miniscule or comedically large, as is often highlight by the kill-cam, hit-registration is way off even on knife strikes, and the fact that you can now not only kit-out a weapon with different items (such as scopes and suppressors) as well as fiddle with recoil, stability and hitting power, simply means you can no longer rely on simple weapon-recognition to know what you’re up against. Not that CoD is really about that kind of strategy aforethought these days anyway...
And on top of all that, it’s still such a fast, explosion-filled and loud experience, with spawns placing you anywhere on the map, that it’s simple not our kind of game anymore. There seemed to be an overall shape to CoD4 matches which is simply lacking in more modern iterations. At the same time, it also seems pointless to be even talking about disliking it – Activision and Infinity Ward are quite simply not making this game for gamers like me, or many of the folks on Atomic.
There are millions out there who are going to love what IW’s bringing to MW3, and for them, the new modes and gameplay elements will be enough to spark interest, while the underlying similarity to the last two CoD games will mean it’s still very familiar. It’s a recipe for success.
Why fight it?

Posted by: Sam P
Twitter: SammyRascall

19/9/11

2k Game reviews Website

Look out for the 2K Game Reviews which will be coming soon!

We will keep you posted and hope to have it running in the near future!

More reviews to come!

Posted by: Sam P

Twitter: SammyRascall

12/9/11

FIFA 12 Screenshots Video by 2K Game Review

FIFA 12 Screenshots Video by 2K Game Review

Sorry that the video is blurry, it was created by Stupeflix.

by Carwyn
Twitter - @CarwynP

New Rugby Union Games to be released this year

Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge

The Trailer



Creation Centre

Rugby World Cup 2011 Game

There is currently no video linked to this game at the moment so we had to just rely on the screenshots:

By looking at both games, they don't look like very tempting games at all, both look very cartoony, and do not look realistic at all in my opinion, the closest to being realistic is the Rugby World Cup game, but we haven't seen the game as it is yet to be released yet and we only have screenshots to prove it at the moment, because I like Rugby I will most probably buy both of these games, and when they I have them, I will give you a much more detailed review on the two games. Currently the Jonah Lomu game has been revealed to be released this Autumn and the Rugby World Cup game will be released on August this year.

Winner: At the moment the Rugby World Cup 2011 game.

by Carwyn
Twitter - @CarwynP

New FIFA 12 Screenshots and more info on the new Career Mode introduced.

FIFA 12 Career Mode

I love this new idea of player morale, where if a player's morale is low the player will warn you, and will give you information on how to improve his morale, e.g. if he isn't happy with the captain and believes he shouldn't be the captain then you change the captain to someone else. And I don't know if you haven't notice, but if you look on the 1st, 3rd and 4th screenshots you can see on the left, Youth Academy, this means at last a chance for you not to just control the first team but also the club's youth system, and that is an awesome idea, the screenshots for the Youth Academy still haven't been released by EA but I think just the sound of Youth Academy excites me, you can see they have made a lot of effort on the Career Mode, but screenshots doesn't say anything until the game is ready and the game can be bought by the public.

Also there are further news from EA, and they have announced that former Arsenal striker and current Sky Sports commentator, Alan Smith will be Martin Taylor's No.2 in the commentary box on FIFA 12, which sees Andy Gray's long partership with EA gone even though TalkSport which is currently Gray and Key's employers are on the game.

by Carwyn
Twitter - @CarwynP

FIFA 12: Manchester City Trailer

FIFA 12 - Manchester City New Kit and Etihad Stadium Trailer

Just look at how realistic the Man City team look, Milner looks identical to his real self, so does Joe Hart and many other City players. The reason behind this trailer and why the City players look exactly like their real self, is because City have teamed up with EA Sports as a partner for FIFA 12, so it looks like City might have a player on the front cover with Rooney, a United player next to a City player on the front, that will look extremely odd. I just simply can't wait for it to be released.

There will be new screenshots revealed on this blog in the next hour or two, so come back in a bit to see these new screenshots, which will include screenshots of the new Career Mode, with some very interesting new features to it.

By Carwyn
Twitter - @CarwynP

FIFA 12 Latest Screenshots

FIFA 12 LATEST SCREENSHOTS

Here are all the latest FIFA 12 Screenshots, which include the new EA Sports Football Club Game mode for Xbox Live and PlayStation Network, I have been told though the in game graphics you see in these graphics are not the finished article, I have been told the graphics will be much better with more players looking like their real selfs and including transfers, e.g. you will see a Clichy picture in an Arsenal shirt well that will not happen in FIFA 12, Clichy will be in a City shirt:

Excitement: 10/10
Graphics: 8/10 from these screenshots, I have been told 4 you to all be expecting better when the FIFA 12 hits the stores
New elements to the game: 8/10

FIFA 12 Release date: (North America) 27/09/2011 (Europe) 30/09/2011

 

You can now pre-order FIFA 12 on PS3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii now. But you can also pre-order the FIFA 12 Ultimate Edition which is the game itself and free gold packs for 4 months on the FIFA Ultimate Team 12 at Game and GameStation.

 

To pre-order FIFA 12 Ultimate Edition on Xbox 360 follow this link: http://www.game.co.uk/Games/Xbox-360/Sport-Football-Management/FIFA-12-Ultimate-Edition/~r355061/?s=FIFA+12

To pre-order FIFA 12 Ultimate Edition on PS3 follow this link: http://www.game.co.uk/Games/PlayStation-3/Sport-Football-Management/FIFA-12-Ultimate-Edition/~r355062/?s=FIFA+12

 

by Carwyn

Twitter - @CarwynP

Coming Soon: F1 2011 by CodeMasters

F1 2011

By looking at this trailer, it already excites me for its release, I believed that the 2010 version was awesome, I thought the best F1 game ever made in my opinion, but the only problem was that you weren't able to do a season with two players, like I was a driver for one team and my friend/brother in another team, and compete against each other, and at last, a chance to do this with the F1 2011 version, the multiplayer game mode will awesome, especially when you can also have a season online too, that sound brilliant, and the graphics from what I have seen on that trailer looks good too, is it as good or better than the 2010 version, I hope so.

Excitement: 9/10
Graphics: 8/10
New elements to the game: 10/10

Codemasters have released these 5 pics:

 I hope you’re all as excited as I am about this game, another must buy this year.

Comments on the game by people who have played it:

Anthony Davidson, F1 Test Driver & Advisor

"First impressions are good, big improvement all round from last years game."

Event Feedback from the F1 2011 VIP Community Day

"The physics, graphics just seems much more real."

"It's a massive improvement from 2010, so looking forward to its release."

Release date: 20th September 2011

Available to pre-order now on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. Seems it's not on Wii!

by Carwyn
Twitter - @CarwynP

Must buy Games this year: Xbox 360 2011

LA NOIRE

Battlefield 3

FIFA 12

Assassins Creed Revelations

by Carwyn

Twitter - @CarwynP

Any recommended games we should review? Let us know.

Battlefield 3

Battlefield 3 Trailer

I have heard about this game being released a long time ago, but today when I was at the cinema watching Transformers in 3D this trailer came up, the one above, and yes after watching it, especially in 3D, I thought, "Wow!", I have been waiting for this game a long time, especially with COD being released every damn year, don't get me wrong, COD is a good game, but compared to Battlefield, I don't think it should be held in the same breath, I think it's an awesome game, and every time has a good storyline, a storyline that you can play for a long time, and hopefully with this game it will be the same, and after watching this trailer I just want to buy it now, like I do with FIFA 12. Also after seeing the reviews about it, it is sure to be a big hit like the other two.

Carwyn suggestion: COD vs Battlefield winner = Battlefield

Release Date: (USA) 25th of October, 2011; (EU) 28th of October, 2011

To see other reviews on Battlefield 3 by 2k Game Review click on this link:
http://2kgamereviews.blogspot.com/2011/07/battlefield-3-robert-gwilym-jones.html

by Carwyn
Twitter - @CarwynP

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More game reviews to come up soon.

Barbie: Groom and Glam Pups Game Review

THQ has a brace of child-friendly games under its belt and continues to belt out licensed product after licensed product. Their Barbie range on DS and Wii goes head to head with similar efforts from Activison and Disney InteractiveIn Groom and Glam Pups, a stripped down Nintendogs wannabe, You take care of a selection of glamorous doggies, dress them up, train them to do tricks and generally do all the things superstar doll models are expected to do with their canine charges.

Note to self: Dont let haydn read my posts for gam reviews again ;) .... anyway ... The game is as simple as can be. Players select a dog from a selection of Shi Tzus, Yorkshire Terriers, Poodles and others. They can then name their dog (unsurprisingly, Charlotte wanted to call all her dogs Ollie for some reason), and then take on various tasks to glam their pup up to the nines.Given the DS’ range of control methods it also seemed a little disappointing that more wasn’t put into the game to allow players to exercise their creative streaks. Colouring the dog’s hair with the stylus perhaps? Maybe even drawing patterned clothing to clad your dog in? A bit of voice command stuff like the original Nintendogs had? .. I dont know im just guessing because I dont want to go into too much detail as i know it is not everyones forte of games, except for Haydn Jones -.- who will be receiving a copy of the game at christmas due to the review request. 

Information gathered from watching a short video online and a synopsis from"allaboutthegames" 

All in all, it’s a shade under £13 from most etailers so you do get what you pay for in this pocket money game.

Posted By: Sam Pascall 

Requested by: Haydn Jones

Twitter: @SammyRascall

Top Spin 4 Game Review - PS3

Right, where to start, ive been hitting this game hard today to try and get the most out of it and I was very impressed! In comparison to SEGA's "Virtua Tennis4" which was terrible! For you who cannot decide which one is for you here is my review going into much detail about Top Spin 4. 

Top Spin 4 is only here now after a switch in developers from now defunct French outfit PAM Development to Mafia II developer 2K Czech. Luckily it seems their aptitude for sports simulation is far greater than for clichéd gangster stories. 

The unusual thing about the rivalry between Top Spin and Virtua Tennis is that both are great games and which you prefer largely depends on how seriously you want to take your simulation. Top Spin has always been the most complex and less accessible of the two, but as a consequence also the most realistic. 

 Top Spin 4 Gameplay: Fedderer vs Williams

Virtua Tennis 4 Gameplay: Fedderer vs Nadal 

Compare! 

You win no prizes for guess that 2K Czech have attempted to simplify things here, but although different it's not dumbed down. Flat, slice, lob and top spin shots are assigned to the face buttons, each of which can be turned into control or power shots depending on how long you hold down the button - with additional modifiers also available by pressing the shoulder buttons. 

This might not sound too complicated but being able to consistently pick the right shot without fumbling the controller like a British hopeful takes some practise. Thankfully plenty of opportunity for this is provided in the excellent Top Spin Academy, which walks you through the basics and then tries to teach you the nuances through a series of trials. 

It may seem an odd comparison but the Academy is exactly what we wish Capcom and other developers would include as standard in their beat 'em-ups. The Academy doesn't just teach you what the buttons do, it tries to explain the broader strategies and how to play the game properly. 

This excellent training tool is matched by an equally good career mode. As you'd expect it's all based on levelling up a customised character and taking them through a career from nobody to number one seed. But the depth of options and excellent TV style presentation, which even include shots of you hanging around in the locker room, really sells the atmosphere. 

And that perhaps is where the game really distances itself from its predecessors, which as realistic and deep as they may have been always came across as a little stiff-shirted and dull. 

Of course there's a suite of multiplayer options as well, but the predictable problem is that unless you're playing someone with a very similar level of experience to you matches can be quite unsatisfying. The online modes do their best to filter players accordingly though and the depth of play is certainly worth this small inconvenience. 

Although the Wii and PlayStation 3 versions do have optional motion controls Top Spin's controls are much too nuanced for Kinect - unlike the more knockabout Virtua Tennis. Both games have 3D support though and Top Spin 4's new animation system is state-of-the-art. 

In Short: If not the best tennis sim ever then certainly the most realistic, and with a training tool that should be the envy of any other game. 

Pros: Enormous depth and realism with an all-new control system. Excellent presentation and career mode. Academy is one of the best training systems of its type. 

Cons: It still takes considerable practise to play properly, which does impact on the multiplayer. Onscreen displays can be confusing and intrusive. 

The game is retailed at 39.99 GBP whereas Virtua Tennis 4 is on sale at 30.00 GBP but it is deffinately worth spending the difference on a decent game ! 

Thanks 

Posted by: Sam Pascall 

Twitter: @SammyRascall 

Battlefield 3 - Robert Gwilym Jones Personal Opinion

Battlefield 3 Is possibly the best FPS ive ever played!! i got offered to play on the Beta and the game engine for it is insane!! it kicks infinite wards ass to be honest, plus what the fuck is this business about a premium option online! that kind of thing has ruined most games online on the PC with overpowered guns and knowing infinite ward they will include more perks for the people that can afford it. Ive lost all interest in infinite ward when i played the beta for BF3 it looks insane!! here's a list of new things that are in bf3!

1. Medic is no longer a class assault can now heal and resupply people with ammo which i think is awesome because the at the same time the assault classes had really good guns when the medic had a stupid LMG that was very inaccurate and it suffered because of the lack of medics on the battlefield.
2.Sniper Scope sway is back!! this update is my most liked because no more noobs who think they can snipe cant :L
3.Support Class is back! plus with the LMG you can deploy a bipod to make your gun more accurate this is the same for snipers too!!
4.3 attachment slots making this game a very challenging game! especially with people having different combinations i liked this part! the engineers can have flashlights under there gun and when you shine it at someone close up they get a glare and cant see hah

‎5.No Magnums! this means basically there aren't any perks like COD that can make your guns stronger every1 will have the same damage modifiers as they first started with weather your level 1 or 40!
6.Damage Modifiers! Say a tank pulls up next to you and you have 1 RPG left if you wanted to slow it down you shoot the treads of the tank and the treads will get damaged so it wouldnt be able to move, or if you wanted to take out the main gun if you shoot the turret it'll stop firing i think that's a pretty awesome add'on to be honest!
7. squad leader spawns! this means that you can make squads now but only 1 person per 30 seconds can spawn on you if you cant spawn on that certain person you can choose to wait until you can or spawn at the nearest base this is useful because i remember playing BF2 and you'd be fighting 1 guy then 3 people would spawn behind that guy so you'd end up with a 3 v 1 so i think this is a good update too!
8.Customisable Dog'tags And Stealth Kills! If you played BF2 you will remember when you knifed somebody you'd get a dog'tag odd them well now you can customise them depending on your level they go from bronze to gold! and you can design your very own dog'tag to whatever you want!
9.More Point Options! This Basically means that say if you were giving cover fire to the enemy so that your team mates could move up you get points for doing this now which is really neat!

Thanks to: Robert Gwilym Jones for Supporting his views with 2k Game Reviews 

Published by: Sam Pascall 

Twitter: @SammyRascall 

FIFA 12 vs PES 12

FIFA 12 - Gameplay Trailer

PES 2012 - Gameplay Trailer

Comparing the two videos (if you have watched) you can see a real difference in the two, the graphics of players faces are good on PES, which is really the only good thing about it, if you see on the video, the dribbling is more like done in a robotic way, you can't move freely with the ball and well the passing just looks awful, when you compare it with FIFA, you can see they have put in a lot of effort to make the game as much like the real game, where with tackles, the way the player goes down looks much more realistic in this version of the FIFA series, and I think that FIFA have done a good job again on the graphics, Rooney doesn't look like a massive stocky person no more, he looks more like him in real life. I remember playing PES on PS2 a really long time ago, and I loved playing it, I liked it more than FIFA, because the graphics were better and the game play was good for its time, but now it just seems that PES just haven't changed one bit on their game play, the dribbling is still awful like I said, finishing is incredibly hard again, most probably, and the passing well it just isn’t as good as FIFA, you might say that everything in the game is done robotically, but footballers aren't like that in real life. With FIFA I believe that it is a much improved game, I think they have solved one of their big problems and that was real injuries, defending looks much better from what I have seen from the video, the player impact engine I feel is going to be the best thing about this game, it just looks brilliant and I think that the video shows how good it will be (Look at Cahill's challenge on Rooney (0:50) on the video) All round looks like a really good game, and again even more difficult to use which is what everyone wants. FIFA are also going to introduce the FIFA 12 Ultimate Edition, which currently Game offers for £44.99. The Ultimate Edition includes not just Ultimate Team but it also includes monthly Ultimate Team gold packs, each containing 12 items including players, contracts, stadiums, managers, staff, fitness, healing, footballs, kits and badges. Each pack contains one rare item, such as enhanced player attributes, longer contracts and the most coveted players. So by buying this edition it will give you step up on your competitors, I think it's an idea that I feel should have come a long time ago now, where the game includes Ultimate Team game play, because Madden have now added Ultimate Team for two years on the trot into their game instead of having to make people go through updates. But yet again PES have no answer to this popular game play, they will continue to have random names for team like Merseyside RED instead of Liverpool etc, and will again include rubbish game modes like world tour sort of thing which can I say isn't a real competition.

So that is what the both games include, and I have got to say, I know which football game I will be buying this year and that is FIFA, after playing both games, I still feel the same, and after playing it that one day, I want to play it again, with PES I felt it was very difficult to control, even the person playing against me (who was a PES fan) said that it just isn’t good enough and that FIFA is three times better than PES, and I agree with him, the players was so much easier to control, you can definitely see that EA have concentrated also on players real strengths and weaknesses, like for that day I played as Spurs, and Gareth Bale was quick and good with the ball as he is in real life, with Lennon, even though he was quick he was easily challenged by defenders like we know in real life he isn't a strong player, when you compare that with PES I played as North London Whites (something like that it was), I knew they were Spurs so I made a challenge which one was realistic, in PES, Bale's dribbling skills were impossible to use, as defenders would be in a straight line tackling Bale easily and I was playing against Arsenal (well you know what I mean) and that isn't realistic as Sagna and Clichy are very attacking full backs but not any occasions I saw them attacking just simply in a straight line unless you passed the ball to the 2 full backs, and then Lennon, yes he was quick but he was really strong compared to what he is in real life, but again very hard to dribble with the ball, I realised when dribbling when you turned it moved on a very precise angle, if you turned it a bit to the right it would make a huge and dramatic turn, which I feel isn't realistic at all. On the day we weren't allowed to play any of the game modes as they were both currently working on them, so I can't review the game modes until it comes out. So come back in a couple of months on further reviews on both games.

Overall Winner: FIFA 12

FIFA 12: 9/10
PES 12: 6/10 (Needs to improve dramatically)

What would improve both games?
FIFA - stop the ping pong passes again, yes from playing it that day it feels to me that it was coming back even though they scrapped that in FIFA 11, dribbling could be improved again, introduce more leagues like the Blue Square Conference (it would be good to play as Wrexham), Welsh League etc, and also introduce Wales the National Team onto it and have an international team game mode like the World Cup, Euro Championship etc and the introduction of Europa League and Champions League instead of ECC EFA etc would enhance the reality of the game.

PES - Stop calling teams with random names, improve the game play heavily, introduce real leagues like the Premier League etc and improve the reality of the game instead of concentrating on graphics.

FIFA 12 Release date: (North America) 27/09/2011 (Europe) 30/09/2011

PES 12 Release date: Not confirmed, expected to be October

So FIFA will have an advantage over PES, that there version will be released first.

To pre-order FIFA 12 Ultimate Edition on Xbox 360 follow this link: http://www.game.co.uk/Games/Xbox-360/Sport-Football-Management/FIFA-12-Ultimate-Edition/~r355061/?s=FIFA+12

To pre-order FIFA 12 Ultimate Edition on PS3 follow this link: http://www.game.co.uk/Games/PlayStation-3/Sport-Football-Management/FIFA-12-Ultimate-Edition/~r355062/?s=FIFA+12

by Carwyn - 01/07/2011

Twitter - @CarwynP

Thanks to MachinimaSports for supplying the two videos.

CoD: MW3 (Reveal Trailer)

Your thoughts on the Reveal Trailer for Cod MW3?
Bring excitement to those who follow the COD saga?

Posted by: Sam Pascall    1/7/11
Twitter: @SammyRascall

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Short Insight

Well, Activision hasn't officially announced it of course and there's always a chance it'll slip to 2012, but we all know it's coming. The "next" instalment in the Call of Duty machine will come from a re-constituted Infinity Ward, stripped of its upper echelon staff. Little else is known, though there are fresh rumours that it'll be a prequel to Modern Warfare, following the character Ghost through his initiation into Task Force 141. Hmm, it sounds vaguely plausible, but I'm not convinced. Less enticing is the possibility that, if Activision is going to introduce a two-tier online multiplayer system with a subscription-based premium option, this could be where it kicks off.

Release: TBC (Possibly 9-11-11) Depending on Production Delays

Posted by: Sam Pascall    1/6/11

Twitter: @SammyRascall

Mass Effect 3 - Short Insight

"If Shepard doesn't bring help soon, there won't be an Earth to save," says some cockney hardnut as giant alien robots stomp all over London. And this moment from the Mass Effect 3 announcement trailer is pretty much all we have to go on about the next instalment in BioWare's unmissable sci-fi RPG series. The only other thing we know is that this is likely to be the final adventure in the series, unless there are any Ashley Williams or Kaidan Alenko spin-offs planned...

Release: Q4 2011  Around the same time as MW3
Short Insight on Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 coming soon.

Posted by: Sam Pascall    1/6/11

Twitter: @SammyRascall

Infamous 2 - Aids

This post will help you with all your inFamous 2 needs, as far as I know these do NOT affect your trophys in game so feel free to use them!

Sniper Blast ability DLC Go to "http://www.edgeshave.com/default.aspx?utm_source=CheatCC&utm_medium=Banner&utm_campaign=Edge_PS3_Promo2011#!/ps3Giveaway", and register. Then, select the "Sniper Blast" option, and enter "841058005209" or "841058005261" as a code.

Completion bonuses Successfully complete the game twice, once taking the Hero path and the other time the Infamous path. After the credits end, a message will appear saying you have completed both paths in Infamous 2 and have unlocked access to the opposite Karma powers of your current Cole along with the powers of the character you did not transfer with. You will also get 15,000 XP.

Free powers Any powers you buy during a UGC mission will not reduce your available XP. Simply create a blank UGC mission, start playing it, upgrade your powers, then quit the mission. You will have the same amount of XP as you had before buying the powers, but all powers will be unlocked.

Quick travel To move Cole anywhere in the game, start a game, and open a blank mission using the Mission Editor. Move the circular marker on the screen to any desired place you want to place Cole in the game world. Then, press X, and exit the Mission Editor, but do not save. Cole will now be at the location of the Mission Editor marker. This is very useful if you do not want to walk from one end of the city to the other.

Posted By Sam Pascall 1/6/11
Twitter: @SammyRascall

Game Review - Infamous 2 & Top Spin 4 & Virtua Tennis 4 - 1/7/11

So glad i got rid of Virtua Tennis 4 and got Infamous 2 and Top Spin 4 ..
Infamous 2 is great if you have played the original, if not i suggest playing the first. It includes a never ending career mode unlike the first where it leaves u on a cliff edge ! so annoying. On the second you have the chance of more powers and upgrades also you can download and create your own missions meaning so much more gameplay.
Top Spin 4 ( havent played yet but ive got it and checked out a load of forums and IGN reviews ) .. a serious tennis game, the career mode has an awesome review as it flows much smoother from 2K Productions, they always make great sport games. They have put in a lot of effort into the features of the players this making it rewarding. Graphics are very good especially on PS3.
The onine features of Top Spin are very good, it gives itself a Call of Duty feeling but in the form of Tennis.
Whereas Virtua Tennis was soo cheesy and childish, it was suicidal, career mode was awful! once u play a tournament you cant go back, basically in 3 days u can finish ur whole career mode ( normal game play ) it just sucks! The players are always statue like and not much movement, unlike top spin you cannot time your swing wrong. On VT if you make a mistake ur player falls on his ass and it looks terrible ! you can deffinately tell it has been produced by SEGA because the cheesy music plays in the background constantly! All the menus take so long to load up its untrue! even when you choose an item to preview from the Kit Catalogue section.
Ratings:
Infamous 2: 9/10
Top Spin 4: 9/10
Virtua Tennis 4: 5/10

Twitter: @SammyRascall