“You know the drill soldier! The battle begins at 20:00, sharp, over the fabled battlegrounds of Xbox LIVE! Keep those Lancers revving and keen, but whatever you do don’t tear into the enemy until you see the whites of their eyes… on the ground!
Ha! I just made that one up right here on the spot - good one, wasn’t it?
I said, good one, wasn’t it?
Nervous laughter, now that’s what I like to hear! There’s no shame in being nervous before a big battle, soldiers, that Gears of War 3 videogame will break even the steeliest of nerve - doesn’t matter if you’re a veteran or an amateur.
That’s why we play… on Gears of War Wednesday.”
It’s unfortunate, but AR or Augmented Reality games are still something of a novelty.
While games like EyePet, Kinect titles like Raving Rabbids and Nintendo’s 3DS have demonstrated how it’s possible to bring the virtual world into real-life (or vice versa), not every game is able to make use of this exciting avenue for videogames mainly because players aren’t always guaranteed to have a camera on all platforms.
With the PS Vita, however, AR games and gaming has a fresh new chance at becoming prolific, so this Question of the Day asks:
Are you interested in the PS Vita’s Augmented Reality capabilities?
On the back of the highly successful launch of Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure in 2011 and the reveal of Skylanders: Spyro’s Universe in December comes the official announcement of the next full game in the series, Skylanders Giants.
The one positive aspect of PS Vita launching in the West two months after Japan is that it gives Sony an opportunity to iron out a few kinks and add some new firmware features.
There have been a couple of minor firmware updates since the Vita’s Japanese launch, but today’s update (version 1.60) is the most significant thus far.
A demo for The House of the Dead III is now available on the PlayStation Network, but zombie slayers take note, it’s exclusive to PS Plus members until the 21st of February.
You don’t have to travel back in time and visit a galaxy far, far away for a chance to witness the birth of the Star Wars series of cinematic masterpieces - all you need to do is live in Johannesburg and enter El33tonline and Xbox 360 South Africa’s competition!
El33tonline and Xbox 360 South Africa are giving away 15 double-tickets for an opening day screening of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace 3D this Friday, February 10th, at Monte Casino in Johannesburg.
Why? Simply because we want as many people as possible to experience the movie in spectacular 3D and celebrate the upcoming release of Kinect Star Wars!
Zip over to El33tonline’s Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace 3D Competition page for details on how to win a double ticket to the movie - there are chances to win on El33tonline, Facebook and Twitter too!
This is a quick-fire competition and we need to find our winners before tomorrow - tell you friends and family to get entering, too!
The co-op missions in Uncharted 3 are some of my favourite, team work at its best in some really awesome adventures with Drake and his crew.
Well good news folks, because the downloadable content for Uncharted 3 that arrives on the PlayStation Network today includes a new co-op adventure, but this time you get to play as the villains!
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim did not have any mod tools when it launched, yet the amount of mods that became available almost immediately was frightening. From new outfits to whole new areas and obviously multiple retexturing projects.
At Sony’s currently-on-the-go Playstation-centric event, Destination PlayStation, a new kart racing challenger has entered the fray in the form of LittleBigPlanet Karting.
The long-awaited and delayed Kinect Star Wars action game for Xbox 360 and Kinect has been dated for April 3rd, and on launch will be available in two flavours: standalone or bundled with that awesome limited edition customised R2-D2 Xbox 360.
Five game modes will be included in Kinect Star Wars, namely Jedi Destiny: Dark Side Rising, Podracing, Rancor Rampage, Duels of Fate and… Galactic Dance Off.
What can you expect in Galactic Dance Off mode?
Woah! This week’s PlayStation Store update has so much gaming goodness that it’s difficult to know where to begin. From the digital version of Catherine ($39.99) to the Jak and Daxter Collection ($39.99) - there’s enough new content here to entertain you for a month, never mind a week.
Activision has revealed that the third planned and upcoming Content Drop for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be a third new map, Overwatch, which will become available at the end of the month for Premium members of Call of Duty Elite, exclusively to Xbox LIVE.
Sony Computer Entertainment has set live the latest firmware update for PlayStation 3, adding new features and a new terms of service agreement with the changeover from PlayStation Network accounts to Sony Entertainment Network accounts included.
[Update] David Jaffe has stormed his own Twitter account to clarify the matter of his leaving Eat Sleep Play, posting numerous updates via multiple tweets. Get them all below. [End of Update]
In an interview with the Salt Lake City Tribune, Eat Sleep Play co-founder Scott Campbell has revealed that the company’s other co-founder (and long time development partner) David Jaffe is to leave the studio on completion of Twisted Metal.
Campbell said of Jaffe’s future plans:
“He’s excited to go into the casual space as well. He’s got some projects that he’s excited about. So we’re kind of going down two separate paths.”
Final Fantasy XIII-2 was recently released around the world on both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, signalling the return of an RPG series that was once considered the most cherished of videogames!
Final Fantasy XIII-2 is, according to Square Enix, Final Fantasy XIII done right, with a focus on accessibility, new features, new characters and streamlined gameplay - from the sounds of general buzz in and around the ‘net, the publisher has done a terrific job of winning back fans of this mighty series with its latest game!
El33tonline and Megarom are giving you a chance to win a copy of Final Fantasy XIII-2 on the platform of your choice (Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3), but to stand in line for the prize you’re going to need to know a thing or two about the more recent Final Fantasy games…
Make your way to El33tonline’s Final Fantasy XIII-2 Competition page to enter!
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