Nintendo Showcase - 3DS & Wii U - April 2013

As I’m sure you are aware the Nintendo direct conference occurred this week focused on the 3DS. Unfortunately this has already happened buy my predictions - for those that care – were: ·         Showcase for Animal Crossing: New Leaf – because this is only two months from release ·         Showcase for Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins – again because...

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Nintendo Patent Infringement on 3DS

A federal jury has found powerhouse developer Nintendo guilty of infringement. This has been taken up against an inventor’s 3D display technology patent with the 3DS hardware. As reported by Reuters, the technology, which provides the 3D image on the handheld device, which can be used without 3D glasses, was invented by former Sony employee Seijiro Tomita. Tomita has sued Nintendo for patent infringement in 2011 and has now been awarded $30.2...

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Multiplayer Bot Arena

I must be a minority here but the one thing that I miss from gaming, even as little as 5 years ago, is the multiplayer bots that you could use for offline play. I’m not expecting revolutionary AI or easy difficulties but just the option to pull in a few bots and feel like king of the world for a little while. I know Black Ops I & II have bots, which can be made frustratingly difficult to play against, but the vast majority have dropped these...

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BioShock Infinite - 1999 Mode Tips

If you’re reading this then you probably know that 1999 mode is certainly not a walk in the park. If, however, you have no idea what 1999 Mode is then I’ll quickly explain. This mode is the BioShock Infinite’s version of an ‘Extreme Mode’ and is unlocked following the completion of a single playthrough or by entering the Konami Code (which you won’t find here you cheats). As a difficulty setting this has been set to test even the most...

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BioShock Infinite Review - A Beauitful Blue Sky

It would be very hard not to begin this review by breaking every journalism rule I know. I would find it easy to tell you ‘that the graphics are superb’ or that the ‘range of details is astounding’ but that really wouldn’t do the game any justice. Perhaps the best thing to really begin this with is the mysterious character, Elizabeth. This computer-controlled female co-star is convincing enough that she becomes one of the more normal creations...

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Metal Gear Solid 5 has Phantom Pain

Hideo Kojima has announced that The Phantom Pain and Ground Zeroes together will constitute as Metal Gear Solid 5. The six minute trailer of the game, which I’m sure you saw a few weeks ago (if not this is embedded below), combined footage from both games and eventually revealed itself to indeed be MGS5. The hospital section is the tutorial of the game itself and is set around ‘Snake’ (although this could likely be Big Boss) waking from...

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Assassins Creed 4: Black Flag Gameplay

The now yearly Assassins Creed franchise has been given some in-game footage in the form of ‘Assassins Creed 4: Black Flag’. This shows off naval battles (which became a popular side mission in the last outing) as well as underwater exploration and new locations. The new game will feature Havana, full of decaying European buildings and jungle like locations as well as Kingston with its grassy streets and timber houses. It’s our first...

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Battlefield 4 - Announced

At the GDC event last week EA unveiled their heavily rumoured (see - ‘expected’) Battlefield 4 game. Powered by the new Frostbite 3 engine the 17-minute gameplay trailer showed off many new and old features for this modern warfare FPS. The DICE made shooter is due to hit shores in autumn and has several options for pre-order already. All pre-ordered BF4 games will automatically get you a Premium expansion pack – although the specifics have...

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PlayStation 4 - Games Announced So Far

I decided now would be a good time to list out the known PlayStation 4 games. Of course the announcement of the new console brought with it a firm selection of confirmed games and I have also listed a few rumoured games as well.   Obviously I will update this as more details become available   Game - Developer - Release Date (* indicates rumoured) Assassins Creed 4: Black Flag – Ubisoft – TBA*   Blacklight: Retribution...

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Krieg Character for Borderlands 2 Announced (He's a Psycho)

Gearbox revealed their sixth playable character for Borderlands 2 at PAX East last weekend and it came in the form of a ‘rehabilitated psycho’ named Krieg. He will be available for 800 Microsoft Points at some-point in May although the exact date has not been given.                                      Krieg is...

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