HOLY SHIT SON! Here they are, leaked images of the new maps for Modern Warfare 3!!!!

Well the browser war officialy ended for me today when Firefox updated on me without my permission and switched all my default searches to BING. Ya... i know... fuck you bing, and now i guess, fuck you firefox. Not only did it pull my search up in Bing, i then got these stupid ass bing search popups. I nearly shit my pants. I thought i did something wrong so i clicked on the address bar and did another search, same shit.

~it feels like a billion voices just cried out in frustration and their browsers were suddenly silenced

I had already been teetering with dropping firefox for chrome anyways, but kept holding out on version 3 until chrome got some sort of plugin for advanced tab management like "Tab Mix Plus" in firefox. but after this, after today, and the abomination that is the latest version of firefox, im out. Clean out, like will never look back out.

I welcome you Chrome, as my browser king, may your reign be supreme

and of course...

On a side-note if you still want to use firefox (and i cant imagine why) heres how to replace bing back to google

* 1
Launch Firefox.

* 2
Type "about:config" in the location bar.

* 3
Type "keyword.URL" in the filter bar.

* 4
Right-click on "keyword.URL" in the search results. Click "Reset."

OR manualy replace the value with

http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=

Been neglecting the site more and more, Its not that I dont have the time, its that im lazy and not taking the time to just login and write stuff. Anyways I came across some hilarious comics recently, one that totally reminds me of being married, and the other... well its just funny cuz of how true it is, enjoy!

Came across this greeat article on Wired... thought I would share, it is cut/paste below in its entirety.

Nintendo’s Game-Killing Policies Alienate Biggest Fans

Nintendo has not yet said if it will publish The Last Story, an acclaimed new role-playing game by the creator of Final Fantasy, outside Japan.
Image: Nintendo

The most charitable thing we could say right now about the lineup of games for Nintendo’s Wii console is that it is not quite a barren wasteland.

There’s the epic adventure The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. The Wii debut of the addictive, original music game Rhythm Heaven. And another Kirby game. All these are coming at some indeterminate point in the future.

And that’s about it, at least for those of us who are fans of deep, challenging experiences, or the sort of things we used to call “videogames.”

Nintendo’s got plenty more on tap for the casual audience: virtual board games like Mario Party and Fortune Street, find-the-object games like Mystery Case Files and Mii mini-game playgrounds like Wii Play Motion.

That’s in America. In Japan, where Wii has not been as explosively popular, it’s a different story. Nintendo continues to make grand overtures to the hard-core gaming fans in its home country. Most notably, over the past year it has released two role-playing games called Xenoblade and The Last Story, created by some of Japan’s most famous RPG designers. The games are exactly the sort of thing that Nintendo’s system lacks stateside: full-scale adventures with solid gameplay, high-quality graphics and music, interesting stories.

Social-media letter-writing campaign Operation Rainfall seeks to ‘make Nintendo localize notable games such as Xenoblade.’

So it came as something of a shock when Nintendo did not take the opportunity at E3 to announce U.S. releases for these two games. Over the years, Nintendo of America has often declined to release many of its more hard-core Japanese games, but these two titles seem to have been the straw that broke the camel’s back for many fans. A group of them has started a social-media letter-writing campaign called Operation Rainfall with a stated mission “to make Nintendo localize notable games, such as Xenoblade, The Last Story and Pandora’s Tower.”

Most interestingly, Operation Rainfall has mobilized enough fans to pre-order Xenoblade on Amazon (using an outdated entry for the game’s old working title, Monado: Beginning of the World) that it was for a time the best-selling game on the site.

While it is still possible Nintendo plans to release these games in the United States and simply has not announced them yet, given the company’s track record there is good reason to be skeptical bordering on pessimistic. Nintendo, like every other publisher on the planet, has every right and duty to decline to release certain games. What makes Nintendo unique is that it refuses to let other publishers release the games, either. What good does it do anyone to sit on content — especially when there’s barely anything else on your platform?

 

As for me, I’m lucky. I speak and read Japanese, so I was able to buy and play Xenoblade and The Last Story (after buying a Japanese Wii, of course, following Nintendo’s unfortunate decision to region-lock the console). I started studying the Japanese language specifically so I could play games that weren’t released in English, the most notorious of which at the time was Final Fantasy V.

These days, many more Japanese games are released in the United States, and with much faster turnaround times. Small publishers like Atlus, NIS America and Aksys do a brisk business in releasing many niche role-playing games in small batches for hard-core fans. For the most part, today’s gamers don’t need to crack the books and study kanji characters simply to play the games they want.

The one maddening exception is Nintendo of America, which for reasons it flatly refuses to discuss has greatly cut down the number and types of games it releases. The omissions that fans have found to be most egregious are the ones in established game series. Nintendo partnered with Tecmo Koei to release the latest in the Fatal Frame series, a survival horror franchise that was quite popular in the PlayStation 2 era, exclusively for Wii. But it was never released outside Japan.

Early in the life of Nintendo DS, Nintendo released two intriguing puzzle-adventure games called Trace Memory and Hotel Dusk. It produced sequels to both games, which were released in Europe, but not America.

Two excellent GameCube games, Pikmin 2 and Chibi-Robo, were re-released on Wii in Japan featuring motion controls. Neither came here.

I won’t belabor the point. (OK, I will: Mother 3.) Yes, every other game publisher routinely decides it does not have the money or bandwidth to release certain games in all territories. Recently, Capcom’s U.S. branch said it would not release the latest Nintendo DS Ace Attorney game here after five critically acclaimed installments.

When asked why, Senior Vice President Christian Svensson was quite forthcoming: “The costs of localization are higher than the forecasted return,” he said on the company’s official forums.

Third parties have abandoned Wii, and Nintendo apparently does not see fit to change its game lineup to make up for that.

While it’s unlikely that Capcom would let another publisher handle the game, many large gamemakers actively seek out other outfits that are all too happy to translate and release the games they pass on. For example, Namco Bandai declined to release the wonderful Retro Game Challenge, which was picked up by Xseed Games. Sony didn’t want to tackle What Did I Do To Deserve This, My Lord?, and NIS America jumped on it.

Nintendo used to allow this; its first-party Japanese games Cubivore and Polarium Advance were released in the United States by Atlus. This is a company that I am fairly sure would be positively ecstatic to release any or all of the games that Nintendo passes on.

And yet, for some reason unbeknownst to us common folk, Nintendo sees more benefit in sitting on the games and never releasing them at all. Saving them for a rainy day, perhaps? If so, it’s pouring now. The list of upcoming third-party Wii games that Nintendo distributed at E3 tells the rest of the story: There is not a single game coming to the Wii from Nintendo that is not either aimed at the casual audience or otherwise based on a kid-friendly movie or television license. It’s over. Third parties have abandoned Wii as a serious platform, and Nintendo apparently does not see fit to change its game lineup to make up for that.

With practically nothing on the Wii that isn’t licensed shovelware or casual mini-games, this would be the perfect time for Nintendo to partner with smaller third parties and have them handle the localization and release of some original games.

This is especially true in the case of Tecmo Koei, which produced Fatal Frame and Takt of Magic for Wii. Do you know what Tecmo Koei is releasing on Wii this year? Champion Jockey, a racetrack-betting simulator. Do you think it would rather be releasing Fatal Frame? Why yes, I believe it would.

It’s not that these games are all amazing. Xenoblade and The Last Story are very good, but I think many of the others would get middling reviews. But being selective about which games to release makes some sense only if players are otherwise spoiled for choice. If that was ever the case on Wii, it is not anymore.

Hey, I get it: Casual gamers are Nintendo’s bread and butter. The company sold millions more copies of Wii Sports Resort than it sold of Metroid Prime 3. It makes perfect sense that it would exert more effort there, given that Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 own the hard-core gamer market. But Nintendo always said it did not intend to abandon the core. And with its emphasis on core games for upcoming console Wii U and 3DS at E3, one would think the company would make at least some token effort to retain those fans through the Wii’s final year and a half.

I should probably note at this point that the absence of Xenoblade and The Last Story from E3 does not mean that they have been canned. There is a great chance that fans are organizing a letter-writing campaign over products that Nintendo already has every intention of releasing.

Indeed, Nintendo has a history of holding games back from E3: In 2008, it waited until October to announce Punch-Out!, Sin & Punishment and the DS version of Rhythm Heaven. Perhaps it did not want the games to be forgotten in the whirlwind of E3.

But if gamers find themselves pessimistic about these games’ chances, Nintendo has only its own disastrous track record to blame.

See Also:

• Nintendo Brings Wii RPG Xenoblade to Europe
• Nintendo To Publish The Last Story, Mistwalker RPG
• Top 10 Revelations That Rocked E3 2011

Chris Kohler is the founder and editor of Wired.com's Game|Life, and the author of Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life. He will talk your ear off about Japanese curry rice.

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Star Wars Galaxies, will go offline later this year after more than eight years of service, Sony Online Entertainment and LucasArts announced today.

In a letter to Star Wars Galaxies players, the game's developers call the closure of the MMO and its trading card game spin-off a "very difficult decision," putting an end to the virtual world on December 15, 2011. SOE promises that Galaxies will "go out with a bang with a galaxy-ending in-game event in December."

In an interview with Massively, SOE's John Smedley says the decision to end Star Wars Galaxies was a "business decision" largely related to the arrival of BioWare's Star Wars MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic, expected to launch within the next year. Smedley downplays speculation that recent hacking attempts, lay-offs or a still dwindling player population were behind the closure.

I myself have played the game in length leveling both a level 90 spy and medic and enjoying the game and all of the expansions

Star Wars Galaxies first launched in the summer of 2003. Below is SOE and LucasArts' letter to fans on the game's closure.

Just moments ago, the Supreme Court in a 7 to 2 decision, has decided that, like music, books and movies, video games are First Amendment protected speech in the case Brown v. EMA.  So many people took action signing the gamer petition and directly filing briefs with the Court.

The decision has been a long time coming, and we're so pleased by today's news.  We're sure this isn't the end of the fight.  One decision doesn't mean that we won't see elected officials attempted to test these new parameters.  You better believe the ECA will continue to fight for the rights of the entertainment consumers and we hope you'll stand with us and add your voice.

But today, we can hold our heads up a little higher knowing that we won this fight.  We'll be following up later in greater detail once we've read the complete decision.

Happy gaming,

The Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA)

I have read several reviews of this game, and the end conclusion of ALL of them is this....

The Good

• The game doesn't last very long

The Bad

• Everything else

The Ugly

• I have to install and play this piece of garbage on the PC to see how that version holds up, and make sure there's nothing to be salvaged from the multiplayer

Verdict: Skip

Im not going to lie, I was super excited for this, now im not even sure If im going to install it and find out if the above is true. Are you going to play it? If so how was/is the game?

SOURCE:

 My Review of Dungeon Siege 3

So I was bored today so I downloaded it and played it in one sitting. I finished it in just under 9 hours, I didn't do "EVERYTHING" but I did finish the game. 

First things first, <Rant> Game developers have gotten into the terrible habit of designing their games for the Console (PS3,Xbox360), then doing some half-assed port to the PC. It doesn't make any sense to me, because I feel as a gamer that each development should be able to stand on it's own. I am just glad I downloaded this and I didn't pay for it. When I started playing this I got the same feeling I get, when I buy a DVD or a Blueray and all it came with is the movie and nothing else. </Rant>

The controls are really weird but after about the 3rd hour it didn't feel as bad. Not like it should have been, and there is no key config in order to change it. The left mouse button does a basic attack, if you hold shift you can do an augmented attack. The right mouse button moves you around (basically point and click). You switch Stances with the "Q" key Each stance has a basic attack a basic augmented attack and 3 alternative attacks which you activate using the 1 2 and 3 keys. You can block by using the space bar but that drains your power/focus. Holding the Space-Bar gives you access to 3 other abilities for healing defense or power/focus regain if you have purchases those abilities. There are some other movement commands but you get the idea.

The Story-Line is pretty decent, but Square Enix is generally good about that. The problem comes with your companions, you can only bring one with you, they each have their own stories. The character you choose is streamlined into the core story and you get little snippets of the story of your companions depending on who you have with you. I played Reinhart the Old Scholar Mage, He was a fun character, the spells and the dynamics are fairly cool and you can teleport away from the bad guys. My main companion was Anjali, the Archon. She seemed to have the most interesting story as the days passed. The only reason I think they did it this way in order to make the game have more replay value. 

All in all it's a decent game but I think the controls of the game bring the game rating down, I would give it a 2 out of 5, if you are bored and want a game to pass the time it will fit your needs

LIKE A GOD-DAMNED BOSS!@

HA-DOO-KEN!!!! (with fury) -nobody fucks with Ryu

A fantastic guest article by Eight8Eight ~ Please enjoy the wrapup he has submitted!

 http://www.e3expo.com/

So the E3 Game Expo Started today, lots of really interesting news and information coming out all day. I know a lot of you are wondering what is set for this year in gaming, especially since we have been scattered about tons of different games.

Microsoft Information ====================

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 - The graphics look similar to all the games past. The Single Player looks to be adding underwater in the demo they were playing the water movement looks fairly clean. As interesting as the storyline looks I feel that this could be DLC for Black Ops or Modern Warfare 2. The problem is going to be the fact that the single player will probably be short, and the DLC will be large making the game downright annoying

Tomb Raider - The Origin Story Of Lara Croft, The graphics for the game look great and I personally like Origin stories, being a fan of the original Tomb Raider Games makes this even better for me personally. The game allows you to highlight items to help you figure out puzzles, or you can try it on you own. Which I for one like, nothing like being stuck in on one thing for a long time. Watching the game demo it definatly made you feel for Larua as she struggles to survive.

EA Sports is working with Microsoft Kinect to bring 3 of their games into Kinect; Tiger Woods PGA Tour, Madden NFL, and Fifa 12. Both Audio and Motion controls will allow the games more control. EA will also be bringing Kinectablity to other games such as Sims 3 pets with voice control, and Family Fun Night 4 with Hasbro Games. 

Mass Effect 3 - You are Shepard and you are taking the Earth back. Mass Effect 3 will support kinect for the Xbox 360 for both audio and motion controls. You can give your squad mates voice commands through the kinect, as well as speaking the wheel comands to activate them. Also it looks like you can use the Controller in tandem with the kinect abilites based on the Demo they displayed which looks amazing. 

Xbox Live - The Xbox Experience using your voice to control Music, Movies, Media, and Games. Microsoft is partnering with 10 more partners coming soon and expanding xbox live to have millions of movies. One of the Partners will be YouTube. All the Entertainment you want Easy. Bing Will also be one Xbox and it will allow you to not only search netflix, youtube, hulu plus, but your entire Xbox 360 system as well. You Say it and Xbox Will Find it. Xbox Live TV will be Available coming this year. TV is more amazing with YOU as the controller. Xbox is also Partnering with UFC bringing all the best fights and the ability to compete with your friends on the Xbox. Crazy interactive abilities while you watch the fights. The ability to call the fights and what other people called and how they did interactive videos training sessions.

Xbox Exclusives 

Gears of War 3, like Jedi had there return now is the Return of the Gears in the 3rd Game in the Trilogy. The Graphics are in tune with what you would expect from gears of war. With new toys like the silverback, a mechanical suit with guns for arms, you can expect more fun against bigger bosses. With Ice T bringing back his band Bodycount to develop the Theme Song to the newly, Brought back, Horde Mode, this game will have rap and rock in a great soundtrack

Ryse From Crytek, Brings us a Kinect Title that allows you to live during the Fall of the Rome. These are the type of titles I like for Kinect, fighting as a warrior, swinging swords, headbutting enemies, and enjoying it.

Halo Combat Evolved was an amazing game when it was released and now that the entire game has been remastered into Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary, with 7 of the best multiplay maps for Xbox live. You can relive the game again.

Forza Motorsport 4 with deliver an amazing car experience. The ultimate car community. this game looks amazing The diver view shows the dash like you normally would and it also has kinect voice abilities as well as kinect head-tracking so where you look the driver looks (watch out though you could crash lol). Introducing Community Car Clubs, Community Rivals Mode, and 16 Player Races. As well as 80+ Manufactures, Monthly Expansions, and an Epic World Tour Releasing on October 11th

Fable The Journey, We Come back to Albion where heros are no longer born and must be made. This game features Kinect Features. The game looks like what you would expect from Fable I am geeked for it as I just finished Fable 3. The Kinect brings a different way to play in Fable and looks like it might be fun but maybe not the entire game, or if so then shorter duration.

Minecraft is coming to Xbox 360 Kinect Exclusively. It is a very simple game and I think people will really Enjoy this if they enjoy Minecraft

Kinect Disneyland Adventures and Kinect bring you the entire disneyland park down to the last detail. The rides in the park have become games you can play. You can also create your own souvenirs and share them with friends on Kinectshare.com for a social disney experience. Travel with Peter Pan in Never Never Land or Join Alice on her Search for the White Rabbit, or just enjoy the ambiance of the Disneyland Park.

Kinect Starwars - Experience all the action that is starwars in the Kinect world allowing you to fly fighters fight sith and enjoy all the great adventures that made starwars amazing.

Sesame Street Once Upon a Monster - another Kinect Title, defiantly looks like a kids/family title but if I had young kids I would get this. It looks like a fun if you were spending time with your kids

Kinect Fun Labs - You can create, play, and enjoy all of the Kinect Creations. KinectME is one of the amazing creations. This allows you to take a picture of your face and body and instantly create your Avatar for xbox 360 to look exactly like you. Kinect Sparkler uses the finger tracking ability from kinect. You can create a 3D Picture and then draw in Three Dimensions around the photo using the Finger Tracking, just over all be creative, and share online with Kinectshare.com. With Googly Eyes and the Kinect Image Capture you can take photos of real life objects enter them into your Xbox World and Games (That Support it of course) It went live on 06/06/11

Kinect Sports Season Two introduces Baseball, Sking, Golf, Darts, Tennis and Football. This will definatly compete with the Wii as these are some of the best sports out there also they include both audio and new gestures to make the gaming experiance great.

Dance Central 2 will also have voice control, kinect functions, a campaign mode and a redesigned Break it Down feature. Also all the songs from Dance Central can be imported into Dance Central 2, with over a 100 songs on launch they will have more songs then any other dance game. One of the main highlights they are proud to announce is the ability to have multiple dancers dancing at the same time using one Xbox Kinect.

Closing the Show out was a Teaser for Halo 4 for the Holiday 2012

Sony Information ====================

Jack Tretton started off Sony's Press Conference, Everyone was anticipating news on the hack the NGP and several of the new games that are coming out. He touched on the issues of the hack and talked about free access to CinemaNow that offers both movies and tv shows also mlb.tv, huluplus, vudu, and netflix. 

Uncharted 3 Drakes Deception from Naughty Dog will showcase not only single player but also multi-player features. The trailer starts off by showing us what we have come to know and love from Uncharted. The movement is fluid, clean, and reminds me of past Uncharted games. Drake moves slowly on a boat, sneaking around taking out what seem to be terrorists. The movement from quick cut-scene and back into game action is very smooth and does not slow the game down. The Multi-player beta goes live on June 28th. Uncharted 3 will also have 3D Features. The Full game releases on 11/1/11

Resistance 3 from Insomniac Games, The Chimera have won the war and things look pretty bad. Another game that will boast 3D Features to enhance the games playability. Resistance 3 is more of what we have come to expect from the game, not saying it's bad in any respect just more of what it should be now with 3D. Resistance also supports the PSmove. You can get the bundle on 09/06/11 which includes the Game PSmove the PSmove Gun all for 150$ 

God of War Origins Collection and Ico and Shadows of the Colosses Will be Revamped In HD and 3D for the PS3. With these new releases, Playstation is putting itself as the leader in 3D. Playstation will be releasing a 24inch Playstation display so that everyone will be able to afford to be in 3D and the system will allow players to see their own image depend on the glasses they are wearing ending splitscreen gaming. The monitor also comes with a 6ft HDMI cable and one pair of the 3D glasses and one game for only 499$ additional glasses will be 69.99$
A full addition bundle for your Playstation 3 to bring you into 3D.

NBA2k12 on the PSmove allows you to use the PSmove to smoothly play basketball with the PSmove from 2KSports. The graphics and motion make the game look extremely realistic. To Amp up the game they had Kobe Bryant come out to play against one of the developers. Kobe playing the Lakers and the Developer playing the Heat. Kobe mentioned during the play that the game looked extremely realistic. This will be coming out on October 4th 2012

Medevil Moves Deadmans Quest, not only supports PSmove but will also be in 3D. The motions you perform will generate the weapons you want to use, there is no inventory to wory about or equipping to do. What you see is what you get with this new game, what you do with the PSmove happens in the game. There are lots of choices in this game as well as secret pathways you can find. You can also Use your grappling to climb up walls and move through the levels. Good for all ages on this game.

Infamous 2 comes out on June 7th and brings with it PSmove and Controller functions for what ever you feel. New Abilities and a new story line will make this game an great expansion to the first Infamous. You will also be able to create online missions with PSmove controls as well

Little Big Planet 2 will also have move options for the user generated content

Starhawk from Lightbox interactive coming in early 2012 is a western space age first person shooter, that puts you on an alien planet trying to survive with western type laws and futuristic equipment.

Sly Cooper Thieves in Time coming back to Playstation in 2012, Brings back its colorful levels and whimsical characters. Not much info on the game just a silly Trailer

Dust514 from CCP as a playstation Exclusive, Dust514 will exist in one world with Dust514 and EVE, one world one war, It will also feature Move abilites and Home PC interaction. This is a FPS in the Wold of EVE actions taken in Dust514 have effects that will effect the MMORPG EVE World. The beta at the end of this year and a released in the spring of 2012

Bioshock Infinite from Irrational Games, one of this years most anticipated games the game developer boasts that you can play this on it's own and enjoy the game fully, without playing any of the previous Bioshock games. The trailer at E3 was made up of complete game footage. Bioshock Infinite will also have PSmove Compatibility. Consumers that buy Bioshock Infinite will also get the Original Bioshock on the same blueray disk

Irrational Games will also be releasing a title in the Bioshock World for the PSV not other information released on that as of yet

Saints Row 3 will have exclusive content on the Playstation 3, and release in Novermber 15 

Paramount will be releasing a PSmove perriferal based on the phaser from Star Trek for their new game set in JJ Abrams Star Trek Universe there will also be Exclusive Prequel content only downloadable on the PS3, this will be coming in 2012

3 Exclusive Content from EA on the Playstation 3
SSx will have Mount Fuji from Nasa Satalite content
Need for Speed The Run will get three exclusive Cars
And Battlefield 3 will include Battlefield 1943 Included with only the PS 3 game

The World of Network Entertainment has Morphed Since the Release of the PS3, Moving into the next generation Sony introduced The Playstation Suite with PS certified tablets and Cellphones. This will allow you to take your Playstation network to come with anywhere you go.

Playstation Vita for PSV supports an 5inch Oled Screen, Dual Touch-Pad and Two Cameras WiFi and 3G WiFi are just some of the things in the PSV supports to allow gaming on the go, Also support Mobile Social Networking, Sony is partnering with ATT to provide this item. PSV offers a unique social experience, with Party you can talk to your friends with this device using a headset or the microphone in the system. Near allows you to connect to your friends and send info back and forth. With the new PSV the World is in Play. PSV will Boast Over 80 Games on Launch from Sony plus several amazing Developers. PSV is gearing up for lots of releases for the Holiday season $249.99 for the WiFi Model and the 3G/WiFi will Run $299.99

PlaySattion 3/Vita crossfunctionality is a big focus for Sony, Online Competition /Crossplatform Play / Cloudbased Saves is Currently Exclusive to the Sony Playstation Network. New LittleBigPlanet game for Vita to use touch screen, rear touch pad, tilt functionality, camera in both creation and gameplay modes. 

Uncharted: Golden Abyss is the official name of PSVita UC game, Take Unchated on the go with stunning graphics with this new portable device, the PSV allows water shaders and dynamic lighting you can also use the touch screen to interact with this game and possibly future games. You can also you the 6axis feature with the PSV to move Drake around the screen. Allowing you to play the way you want.

Ruin is what Sony has dubbed is a Social Action RPG on the PSV that would immerse you into the RPG setting on the go. The Dynamic Battle field is a new way to attack in the game the attacks can kill the enemies and the terrain as well. you can interact with other players in the game as well becoming a friend or a foe. You have the ability to create your own lair and have other players to attack you and you them. Actions happen in real time. This game also allows you to save your game to the PSCloud and move over to the PS3 and start exactly where he left off. This allows your to enjoy the game mobility and or in the comfort of your own couch

Modnation Racers for PSV is a new release for the PSV it is not a port from any of the other renditions. One of the new features with this release allows you to use the touch pad to create unique raceways in way that was not before possible. Modifying the track and crafting tracks is smooth and quick, you can also use the touch panel to create mountains quickly and easy. Owners of this game will have access to all of the other content from the other renditions of the game

Capcom up for Street Fighter X Tekken at Sony press conference, Cole from inFamous to be character in this new game, Sony now showing him in the game on PSVita. So not only will Street Fighter X Tekken be available for the PS3 but also the PSVita. you can use the touch pannel to do moves on the PSV and they demoed a live version playing on the PSV.

That is it for Sony's Press Conference Mobility 3D and Move!

Nintendo Information ====================

Nintendo started out with an orchestra playing Zelda Music While we watched the Evolution of the Zelda Games on the screen After all it is Zeldas 25th Anniversary god I feel old.

Nintendo went over the music of zelda and explained that music has a large role in all their games especially Zelda, Because of the 25th Anniversary they will be releasing Zelda Games for all of their Consoles: Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening Debuting for the Gameboy Color Pixel Console Lineup. The Legend of Zelda 3D Ocarina of Time will launch for the 3DS around the world. For the Nintendo DSI The Legend of Zelda 4 Swords, and The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword for the Wii and you will be able to use the sword motion with the wii and the bow and arrow, it will also come with a special wii controller in golden color for the collectors. They also Announce the Zelda Symphony Concerts will be held in every region of the world coming this year.

Mariokart for the 3DS, The Same game you know but tricked out to expand your view. With new Hang-gliding options for the Karts underwater levels, as well as the ability to modify your kart to make it your own. This Releases Holiday Season 2011

StarFox 64 3D for the 3DS you can use the buttons on the 3DS or you can use the 6axis to move your character as you move the 3DS. Also with the camera on the 3DS you can see the pictures and expressions as you win or lose in the Starfox Multiplayer Mode

Super Mario 3D a game designed from scratch for the 3DS with everything from all of the Mario bro's games you have come to love in a new 3D adventure

Kid Icarus Uprising, Brings back Pit for the 3Ds this game also has 3v3 multiplayer to allow you to battle friends and chose your weapon for the fights. Also looks like some kind of Augmented reality card game is going to be coming soon

Luigis Mansion 2, follow Luigi along in this adventure to hunt ghosts with his trusty vacuum in 3D, This will include not just 1 but several new Mansions

3DS Third-party games coming soon, Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, Resident Evil: Revelations, Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Ace Combat 3D, Tetris, Cave Story 3D, Driver Renegade, Pac-Man and Galaga Dimensions,Tekken 3D, and Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D Downloading digital data from the Nintendo Eshop will expand the 3DS for all players. A Virtual Console service for the 3DS will allow you to port titles from the Gameboy and Gameboy Color plus Regular Consoles. 3D Classic Excitebike will be free for customer to launch this service

Pokemon will be springing into 3D for the 3Ds and in real life. An Enhanced Pokedex will be available for the 3Ds that will make the game more social as you trade with friends and find more pokemon information. You can also impose pokemon onto pictures with this new Pokedex3D

Wiiu The new console from Nintendo, the controller Switch from the TV to the controller, comes with a pen so you can draw on the controller, play games made only for the controller it self, Use the motion of the controller to control the game,Get all new Views of the game with the New Controller, User the controller to connect with the Wii Fit. Take Aim with the new controller allows gun functions and adapter. Video chat with the new controller, Use the new controller to browse web-pages, Share content from the controller to the tv instantly, Get more detail from the controller such as using it as an inventory window as you play a game on the main screen coming out in 2012

The WiiU Controller Boast a 6.2inch touch screen, two Analog sticks a +Plus Control Pad, both ZL and ZR Trigger Buttons, X and L buttons on the top, Rumble Capability, Microphone, Left and Right Speakers, Gyroscope, and a Camera allowing you to play games easy. The WiiU is backwards compatible so it works with all the old devices and games. 

Smashbros is in development to work on both WiiU and the 3DS and they will work together in some fashion but there is no launch date at this time

Lego City Stories is a new installment in the Lego franchise for the WiiU, it's a Lego open world game exclusively for WiiU and 3DS 

Here are some of the games that are coming on the new WiiU Battlefield 3, Darksiders 2, Dirt, Batman Arkham City, Aliens Colonial Marines, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Online, Metro Last Light, Tekken, and Ninja Gaiden 3 Razors Edge

Konami Developer Information ====================

Konami is branching out to all consoles pc, Mobile Equipment and now social networks

More Events and Tournaments all over the world 

It is the 30th anniversary of Frogger and 25th anniversary of Castlevania expect to see DLC for Castlevania: Lord of Shadows for Frogger for the 3Ds

Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater for the 3DS it was developed to show what the 3DS is capable of. The camera on the 3DS can be used to take pictures of plants or anything to apply camouflage to Snake in the game. The gyro sensor is active as well, if you move the 3DS around while snake is movie say up a tree and or crossing a bridge you could put snake into jeopardy because you are actually moving the terrain giving the game a totally new gaming environment

Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 - They have been working on the off the ball movement in this new rendition of PES to improve Offence and to make the game balanced the defense has been upgraded with upgraded zone defense and man mark to be more realistic the AI has also been upgraded to bring the game to a new level and make it more of a challenge with the improvement of the Offence. They are making it a one body and one mind game, the dribble cross cuts and delay plays have also be improved to make the one on one interactions a lot more engaging.

Neverdead has been being developed in Oxford England, Some of the new features you can expect are that first and foremost the player is immortal, even if he loses his arms or legs they can come back, the story is about an immortal named Bryce that starts 500 years ago, he was a great demon hunter he challenges the daemon king and loses, His wife killed and then cursed to live always. Since the character is immortal if he loses his limbs he can pick them up and put them back, this makes interesting actions such as use the detachable limbs in unique situations. On this project the Japanese and European teams have teamed up to get different aspects. Megadeath has presented the Music for the NeverDead Exclusive E3 Trailer

Silent Hill Downpour, a new silent hill you control a new character Murphy Penelton who escapes a prison bus and while escaping finds his way into silent hill, also Silent Hill Collection will be released this year which brings Silent Hill 1 and 2 retouched in HD as well as Silent Hill Book of Memories Exclusive for Sony's new Portable Device

Transfaring allows you move gamesaves from PS3 to the PSP and back to the PS3 so it allows you to be able to play at home and play on the go all with the same game, this is the first step in the new lifestyle

New HD Editions of games they are not Emulated and have been created for both Xbox 360 and the PS3 some of the games are Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 and PeaceWalker in HD, and Zone of the Enders 1 and 2 in November 2011, Konami is still working on Metal Gear Solid:Rising there are not any announcements about it this E3 except they are still focusing on releasing it in 2012

Konami is working on a New Game Engine The FOX Engine for a new game Kojima is working on. The Engine looks amazing they have a similar demo to Cryteks Engine and looks really amazing it is Multi-Platform as well so it allows development for all current mediums. The New Game on the Fox Engine will be a Multi-Platform game and Transfaring enabled for a Global Audience


Electronic Arts Developer Information ====================

We all love the games that Electronic Arts puts out even if we don't much care for the way they do DLC and community but this year looks to be a great year for EA love them or hate them you can't deny them.

Now it's time for some quicktime events with Need for Speed: The Run on the all new Origin Network, They use the premiere trailer to intro their press release.

Star Wars : The Old Republic, I can not wait for this game with the amount of time and effort that went into this game it should be good regardless. Raids Tattooine epic boss battles and other things are being shown live at E3 this year. EA Rep states that with the amount of time and effort put in this game he does not need to talk people into playing this game. This game will also be on the Origin Network

SSx new game coming from EA Sports in January of 2012, since there have not been many skateboarding games this looks amazing. They have used NASA sat data to expand the globe and drop into mountain ranges across the globe. Race It, Trick It, and Survive It. Also announcing new and interesting Characters into this game as well

Fifa 12 the worlds game, mobile devices, consoles, pc's, and social networks. Fifa 12 will be the New Tactical Defending, Precision. Dribbling, Player Impact Engine, Real World Impacts. Testers have already said Fifa 12 is the best Fifa ever, and it's only in Alpha at this time. A new Social Network for Fifa is the Fifa Football Club, you can connect and compete and gain levels and experience in the new Fifa Football Club. This also connects to Mobile Applications as Social networks to share achievements between friends.

Battles are Primarily won in the Hearts of men in the New Madden 12 present by EA Ray Lewis from the Ravens Payton Hillas from the Cleveland Brown and Clay Mathews from the Green bay Packers Presented the game. The new Collision System and Defensive System, and Dynamic Player Performance are two of the new features coming this year and kicks of August the 30th. The New Connected Experiences will connect people world wide in Madden 12 Is Victory waiting for You?

The Sims Social Bringing the best Sims game to Facebook you play with your friends and you play with life. It allows you to play sims with actual friend in facebook it looks like an interesting concept but if you have to pay for it I am not sure it will go far.

Curt Shilling announces Reckoning from his new Game studio 38 Studios, A huge open world with possibly 100's of hours of game play. A Hero is Reborn to hunt his own Killer and change the fate of the world known as Amalar, the action is fast passed the magic is very awe inspiring but then again this is a trailer so we will see.

OverStrike - Insomniac Games is expanding to a Multi-platform game with OverStrike, Overstrike follows 4 agents as you try and save the world utilizing guns and gadgets that make the game look really amazing

Battlefield 3 - I really don't know what to say expect GET IT, GET IT NOW! DICE makes really good games and they have been improving with every game they release. the new Frostbyte 2 Engine makes Battlefield to what it is with amazing destruction as we have come to expect, huge scale to make the game entirely expansive, rendering making the lighting so realistic, and the audio to bring you into the game. The new Social Experience Battle Log allows you to be in the game and the new Social Experience is going to be free an September Brings the Open Beta. You can see the Multi-player Trailer at www.origin.com and download Origin while you are there EA's Answer to Steam. Release set for October 25th

UbiSoft Developer Information ====================

Day Hay from UBIsoft Montreal introduces us to James Broady trapped on an Island with a Secret, The dynamic controls look great sneaking up on bad guys pulling their knives and killing them with them, Farcry 3 looks like a really fun game but nothing AWE inspiring just a fun release

Randy Pitchford from Gearbox Software came out and talked about brothers in arms and how they develop those games and where they are coming from when they develop these games, but now gearbox has come out with a new view of WW2 introducing Brothers in Arms The Furious Four, something like inglorious bastards these four love their job and killing Nazis.

Ubisoft and Paramount have teamed up to bring a movie inspired game of Tintin, in the game the choices you make change the game which is a feature I have always liked it makes the replay value so expansive. The trailer for the game looks like a lot of fun.

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier, They made an 8-Bit Intro for the game if ghost recon was around 20 years ago, it looked very whimsical but that was just an intro, The Actual game looks really clean, the gadgets they soldiers have will make the game a lot of fun, showing full HUD and even line of sight to make sniping someone not only easy but automatic just line up and pull the trigger. When controlling 4 people on your own you need this and or if playing with friends makes it so you don't have to cuss them out for missing. The HUD and sat views make the game really interesting know where everything is and being able to view overhead layouts as well as use adaptive camo and aerial drones is great. Playing with 3 other friends will make this game amazing I really hope they have a PC release for this. They also have the ability to fly in drones to take out air that has them pinned down. The New Gunsmith System allows you to customize your gun into a wide range of options. Tom Clancy's Online will bring Ghost Recon to the PC absolutely Free that means No MONTHLY FEE. Defiantly a Game to check out Alone you Fight Together you Dominate! apply for beta now www.ghostrecon.com

Maniaplanet a new great online adventure for the PC, create and play the racing experience you want with Trackmania 2, they give us the power to play and create in a social environment. This is going to be a great game for the driving enthusiast and the design enthusiast. 

Raving Rabbids Alive and Kicking for the Kinect, brings the rabbids you love to torture into your living room. You can have up to 4 players in this new game which wil brings party games to a new level and you can share some of the photos that are taken with facebook showing your facebook friends all the fun they are missing.

The Gamification of Life, with Just Dance 3, for the Wii, Kinect and the PS Move, over 30 million players worldwide and room for more this game launches on October 11th 2011.

Rocksmith Augmented Guitar Game - Turning the act of learning to play the guitar into a game. Rocksmith progressively helps you learn to play the guitar it starts of slowly and as you learn gets harder. This game will allow people to learn real music. Rocksmith also releases in October.

Your Shape Fitness Involved 2012, This allows you to work out and have fun, Ubisoft know exercise is not always fun and they want to create a fun and exciting way to exercise and have fun withYour Shape. Not only allowing you to exercise but to share your results and fun with the world coming in November of 2012

Assassins Creed Revalations, Ubisofts submission for Game of Show, The trailer is amazing as is all their trailers, now we delve into the E3 Demo where Ezio is out for a leading Templar but the Ottoman Guard is hot on his trail. The graphics are amazing both lighting and textures. There is a new smoke bomb feature that looks very versatile with the ability to go into a mode to see your enemies in a red outline in the smoke so that you can take them out. Also as we know the wrist daggers are a staple but there is a new wrist gun, that has been displayed, with this there should be new combos and excitement. The interactivity looks great, although I wonder if you will have movement issues that generally plague 3rd person adventures or if they have finally gotten better at the designs. Also a new wrist hook allows you to hook onto lines to slide down the lines for quick movement.

Games We Can Expect in the upcoming Year ====================

2K Games:
BioShock: Infinite (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
The Darkness II (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Duke Nukem Forever (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
XCOM (Xbox 360, PC)
*Rumored* Spec Ops: The Line (PS3, Xbox 360, PC) 

2K Sports:
NBA 2K12 (PS3, Xbox 360)

505 Games:
Backbreaker: Vengeance (Xbox 360) 
Supremacy MMA (PS3, Xbox 360)
Wrecked: Revenge Revisited (PS3, Xbox 360)
*Rumored* Sniper Elite 2 (PS3, Xbox 360) 
*Rumored* Wrecked (PS3, Xbox 360) 

Activision:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Prototype 2 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC) 
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC, 3DS) 
Spider-Man: Edge of Time (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii) 
X-Men: Destiny (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, DS)

Atlus:
Catherine (PS3, Xbox 360)
The Cursed Crusade (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

Bethesda:
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Prey 2 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Rage (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

Capcom:
Devil May Cry (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
*Rumored* Dead Rising 2: Off The Record (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
*Rumored* Dragon's Dogma (PS3, Xbox 360)
*Rumored* Resident Evil 6 (PS3, 360)

City Interactive:
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

Codemasters:
Bodycount (PS3, Xbox 360)
F1 2011 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

D3 Publisher:
Ben 10: Galactic Racing (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, DS, 3DS)
Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon (PS3, Xbox 360)
White Knight Chronicles II (PS3)

Deep Silver:
Dead Island (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Risen 2: Dark Waters (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

Devolver Digital:
Serious Sam 3: BFE (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

Disney:
Cars 2 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii, DS)
Phineas And Ferb: Across The Second Dimension (Wii, DS)
Kinect Disney (Xbox 360)

Electronic Arts
Battlefield 3 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
FIFA 12 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Madden NFL 12 (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii)
Mass Effect 3 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
NCAA Football 12 (PS3, Xbox 360)
Need For Speed: The Run (PS3, Xbox 360, PC, 3DS)
NHL 12 (PS3, Xbox 360)
The Sims 3: Generations (PC)SSX (PS3, Xbox 360)
SSX (PS3, Xbox 360)
Star Wars: The Old Republic (PC)
*Rumored* Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii, DS)
*Rumored* Insomniac Games/EA Partners Title (PS3, 360)

Ignition:
El Shaddai: Ascension Of The Metatron (PS3, Xbox 360)

Konami:
Silent Hill: Downpour (PS3, Xbox 360)
*Rumored* Doctor Lautrec And The Forgotten Knights (3DS)
*Rumored* Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D (3DS)
*Rumored* Metal Gear Solid: Rising (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
*Rumored* New Contra Game (TBA)

LucasArts:
Star Wars Kinect (Xbox 360)

Majesco
BloodRayne: Betrayal (PS3, Xbox 360)
Camping Mama: Outdoor Adventures (DS)
Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic (3DS)
Face Racers: Photo Finish (3DS)
The Hidden (3DS)
Hulk Hogan's Main Event (Xbox 360)
Mind 'N Motion (Xbox 360)
Nano Assault (3DS)
Pet Zombies In 3D (3DS)
Take Shape (Xbox 360)
Zumba Fitness 2 (Wii)

Microsoft:
Forza 4 (Xbox 360)
Gears Of War 3 (Xbox 360)
Dance Central 2 (Xbox 360)
Kinect Sports 2 (Xbox 360)
*Rumored* Codename Kingdoms (Xbox 360)

Namco Bandai:
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon (PS3, Xbox 360)
Dark Souls (PS3, Xbox 360)
Inversion (PS3, Xbox 360)
Ridge Racer Unbounded (PS3, Xbox 360)
Soul Calibur V (PS3, Xbox 360)
Tekken X Street Fighter (PS3, Xbox 360)
*Rumored* Armored Core V (PS3, Xbox 360)

Natsume:
*Rumored* Harvest Moon: The Tale Of Two Towns (DS, 3DS)
*Rumored* Rune Factory: Tides Of Destiny (PS3, Wii)

Nintendo:
The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii, *Rumored* Project Cafe)
Super Mario 3DS (3DS)
*Rumored* Animal Crossing 3DS (3DS)
*Rumored* Kid Icarus: Uprising (3DS)
*Rumored* Mario Kart 3DS (3DS)
*Rumored* Super Mario for Project Cafe

Sega:
Aliens: Colonial Marines (PS3, Xbox 360)
Anarchy Reigns (TBA)
Binary Domain (PS3, Xbox 360)
Captain America: Super Soldier (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, 3DS, DS)
Crush 3D (3DS)
Guardian Heroes HD (TBA)
House Of The Dead Overkill: Extended Cut (PS3)
Mario & Sonic At The London 2012 Olympics Games (Wii, 3DS)
Renegade Ops (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Rise Of Nightmares (Xbox 360)
Sega Rally Online Arcade (PS3, Xbox 360)
Sonic Generations (PS3, Xbox 360)
Untitled Shinobi Game (3DS)

Sony:
Little Deviants (NGP)
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection (PS3, Xbox 360)
Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One (PS3)
Resistance 3 (PS3)
Silent Hill HD Collection (PS3, Xbox 360)
Sound Shapes (NGP)
Starhawk (PS3)
Twisted Metal (PS3)
Uncharted: Golden Abyss (NGP)
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (PS3)
Zone Of Enders HD Collection (PS3, Xbox 360)

Square Enix:
Dungeon Siege III (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3, Xbox 360)
Heroes Of Ruin (3DS)
Hitman Absolution: (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Kingdom Hearts 3D (3DS)
Tomb Raider (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Wakfu (PC)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

Tecmo:
Ninja Gaiden III (PS3, Xbox 360)

Telltale Games:
Back To The Future: The Game Episode 5 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Jurassic Park: The Game (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Puzzle Agent (PS3, PC)
*Rumored* The Walking Dead (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

THQ:
Margaritaville Online (PC)
Metro 2033: Last Light (Xbox 360, PC)
MX vs. ATV Alive (PS3, Xbox 360)
Red Faction: Armageddon (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Saints Row: The Third (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
uDraw Studio (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
UFC Personal Trainer (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii)
UFC Undisputed 3 (PS3, Xbox 360)
Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium Online (PC)
Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team (PS3, Xbox 360)
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
WWE 2012 (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii)
*Rumored* Devil's Third (PS3, Xbox 360)

Ubisoft:
Assassin's Creed Revelations (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Call Of Juarez: The Cartel (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Driver: San Francisco (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
From Dust (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (PS3, Xbox 360, PC, DS)
Rayman Origins (PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii)
Rocksmith (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
*Rumored* Far Cry 3 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)

Warner Bros:
Bastion (Xbox 360, PC)
Batman: Arkham City (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Gotham City Imposters (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Green Lantern: Rise Of The Manhunters (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, 3DS, DS)
The Lord Of The Rings: War In The North (PS3, Xbox 360, PC)
Sesame Street: Once Upon A Monster (Xbox 360)