EL33TONLINE: News archive for December, 2011
El33tonline is wrapping up 2011 today with the last Pre-W33kend Post of the year!
We asked to see photos of your gaming ‘cribs,’ and you certainly all delivered allowing us to fill three features with pics of the places that you game.
You can check out part one, part two and part three of the ‘El33tonline Cribs’ feature to catch glimpses of the gaming setups El33tonline’s community chose to share with us, but below, you can see photos of where members of El33tonline like to sit down and play a few games.
Continue reading this El33tonline feature, El33tonline Cribs: Our Gaming Setups Revealed!
We’ve said it before, but it hasn’t yet become any less true so we’ll say it again: 2011 was jam-packed with amazing videogames! These titles appeared on every platform, too, and across every genre making for one of the most diverse and quality-filled years in gaming yet!
Gamers love to pick favourites, however, so in the fine tradition of bringing order into the chaos of this wonderful world of videogames, El33tonline asked our friends and readers to vote on their top picks of the year to help us form our final, mighty ‘Game of the Year List’ for 2011.
And vote you did.
We’ve tallied the votes and the results of your contributions lie in wait below, starting at No. 20 and working our way to No. 1 - the Ultimate Game of 2011.
What do you think it could be? Let’s find out, together:
Continue reading El33tonline’s Reader Game of the Year Awards: The Results.
On this day in 1938, December 23rd, the first modern coelacanth was discovered South Africa.
On this day in 1823, December 23rd, the famous Christmas poem, ‘The Night Before Christmas,’ was published anonymously.
And on this day in 19XX, December 23rd, El33tonline friend, reader and reviewer Russell Marston was born.
So all told, December 23rd seems to be quite a successful day in history!
Please join El33tonline in wishing Russell (aka RDM-ZN) a very Happy Birthday - we hope you’ve had a great day so far with an awesome evening to follow!
Hands up those of you who regard the original ‘Alien’ movie to be one of the finest pieces of film ever to be crafted. Hands up those of you who think director Ridley Scott can do absolutely no wrong.
Lots of hands up in the audience today, so most of you will be excited to see the debut trailer for Scott’s next film, ‘Prometheus,’ and the prequel to Alien.
Spine-chilling, hair-raising, brain-tingling stuff:
Welcome to the third part of this RPG historical review. When last we left off, we had just finished off the Western decade of the 1980s, and were finding out about what happened to RPGs in the East in the early 1980s.
Let’s jump right back in!
Continue reading El33tonline’s editorial by guest writer Fayyaad, A complete history of role-playing videogames: Part 3.
It’s the final Question of the Day here on El33tonline for 2011, and ever since we started this grand journey into the minds of El33tonline’s friends and readers, there’s been once question we’ve been dying to ask…
What single new feature would you like to see on El33tonline in the future?
While many people will be doing some emergency Christmas shopping this weekend, PC gamers should rather head over to EA’s digital distribution platform Origin and pick up Battlefield 3 for half-price.
The FIFA titles on PSP are somewhat underwhelming but EA Sports is looking to raise the bar considerably with FIFA Football on PS Vita.
The game has most of the bells and whistles of FIFA 12 on PS3, along with a number of exciting new features which give football fans unprecedented control over where the ball goes during passing, shooting and set pieces (such as free kicks).
The European launch of PS Vita is still two months away but that doesn’t mean gamers aren’t busy stashing away as much money as possible to be able to afford some of the excellent games and accessories available at launch.
The EU PlayStation Blog recently published a list of the recommended retail price (RRP) for a variety of PS Vita game cards, memory cards and peripherals which will be available at launch. For South African readers - you can estimate the price of an item in our currency by multiplying the cost of it in Pounds by 12.
Yesterday Nintendo released a fun messaging app for the 3DS called Nintendo Letter Box (known as Swapnote in the US). You can download it for free from the Nintendo eShop and immediately start sending and receiving messages via StreetPass or SpotPass.
The app has a number of cool features, including the option to attach photos and sound effects to your messages. You can also create 3D drawings and text simply by switching between two planes on the fly, and each message can be up to four pages long.
Spec Ops: The Line was recently re-unveiled by 2K Games and Yager, giving us but a teasing taste of what we can expect from this third-person shooter when it arrives in 2012.
Now, the publisher/developer pair have unleashed a thrilling gameplay trailer to prepare us for the chaotic, white-knuckle action they’re aiming to include in the game with quick cuts of devastating sandstorms, gunfire and aerial combat - one to look out for in 2012!
Jimmy. Shoshanna. Inugami. JP Dumond.
These names may not mean much to you right now, but when The Darkness II releases next year across Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, you’ll no doubt become very well acquainted as you inhabit each of these personalities in the game’s recently announced, dedicated four-player co-operative mode, Vendettas.
Now that you’ve completed Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure on the platform of your choice, do you need something else to do with the Portal of Power and your levelled up figurines? Do you need another reason to bring your toys to life in Activision and Toys For Bob’s world?
Then have a look at Skylanders: Spyro’s Universe, an online multiplayer game where you’ll be able to partner up with friends while making further use of your inanimate Skylands creatures.
A brand new trailer for Cyanide Studio’s upcoming RPG epic has been released, showcasing some of the intriguing characters, environments and story moments we may encounter as we play through Game of Thrones on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC in early 2012.
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