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Friday, May 24, 2013

Grid 2: Mono Edition is the Most Expensive Game Ever

Grid 2: Mono Edition is no ordinary limited edition version of a game. It's the most expensive game ever at about £125,000. There is only one and it comes with a supercar! Which supercar? The 170 MPH street legal BAC Mono. Yes it is street legal. It also includes a racing helmet and suit. Check back soon for my Grid 2 reveiw.  GRID 2 Mono Edition attaches a 125,000 sports car to a 40 gamesources:http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/grid-2-mono-edition-pre-order-costs-125-000-comes-with-own-170mph-sportscarhttp://us.bac-mono.com/grid2.php

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Xbox One Announced

Microsoft has unveiled their new console, the Xbox One. The Xbox One's power is pretty much identical to that of the PS4. It has a 8 core CPU, 8 GB RAM, 500 GB hard drive, Blu-ray drive, 802.11 wireless with Wi-Fi direct and HDMI in/out. It may or may not play used games. It is not backwards compatible. It hasn't been decided weather it will require an online connection or not but it sounds like it will. It will require a connection to the new kinect 2.0. The Xbox One will connect with your cable box so watch T.V strait through the console. It has a feature called Snap that is part of Skype. It lets you watch stuff while talking to your friends. Here is what the new console, kinect 2.0 and the new controller look like:
sources: http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-everything-we-know-509069410
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xboxone/meet-xbox-one

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Dust 514 review

Dust 514 is a free online MMO FPS connected with EVE Online for the PS3 developed by CCPGAMES.

I played the beta several months ago and thought Dust 514 was overly complex and kind of boring. How much has it improved since the beta.?

The graphics are noticeably better than the beta but the frame rate isn't good. I think it's under 30 frames per second. At least that's what is seems like. The maps aren't that detailed and are kind of generic looking. There is a lot of long range shooting in this game and the poor frame rate makes it hard to see long distances. Overall the graphics are alright but generic.

Now for the MMO part of the game. You start off the game by making a character and are sent to your merc quarters. Here you can customize your character and join battles. You will need to make a dropsuit. You can add all kinds of weapons and accessories to dropsuits. Everything in the game is consumable. So after you use something you will have to replace it. You buy stuff from the marketplace. It's much easier to find stuff than in the beta! There two kinds of currency used in the game. Arum [real money] and ISK [not real money]. If you want the best stuff fast your going to have to pay some real cash or you will have to grind for hours. There are somethings that aren't consumable called Blueprints. If you get a dropsiut or weapon that is a Blueprint version than you can use it as long as you want. You will either have to grind a lot of pay real money for these. You also get skill points after each battle. You use skill points to improve stuff like use of drposuits and weapons etc. To get the skills you actually want you have to first get skills that aren't any good.

You can join or make Corporations. These are large groups of players that fight together. You have to invite people or get invited to be in one. If you get a good group of people you will have more fun than just playing random people. 

There are two game modes, Ambush and Skirmish. There are also several variations of the two. Ambush is pretty much just a team deathmatch mode and Skirmish is like a capture the flag mode. They aren't that original and their just plain boring. Aiming is a bit sluggish but you can turn up the sensitivity. The maps are huge but very dull. At times combat can be fun especially when your on a good team. Sometimes your with a bunch of people that have no idea what their doing. Most of the time actually. Its best to be in a Corporation. 

Overall Dust 514 is a dull FPS with OK MMO elements but the actual game part isn't anything you haven't seen before. It's got some good community features, deep customization but when you actually start playing a match, it will bore you to tears.    

3.8/10 

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Gran Turismo 6 announced for PS3 this holiday season

Gran Turismo 6 has been announced today for the PS3 and will come out this holiday season. All the cars and tracks from GT5 will carry over to GT6. There will be over 1,200 cars and 30 tracks. There are many new cars and tracks too. It will run on a brand new engine and will have improved social futures. The course maker has been improved. There are also a lot more car customizing features. Sounds good to me. Here is the trailer :http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7naFe7RWARg

Sources: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/05/15/gran-turismo-6-unveiled-out-this-holiday-on-ps3/

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Gran Turismo 6 most likely to be on PS3 rather than PS4?

If you take a look at this picture of the Gran Turismo 15th anniversary event from PlayStation France's website you can see a PS3 logo in the upper right corner. This probably means there will a PS3
announcement at the event. I would be shocked if it's not Gran Turismo 6.





Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Gran Turismo 6 to be revealed May 15th?

To celebrate one of the very best and the most realistic racing game series ever, Gran Turismo, a special event is going to be held May 15th at the world famous Silverstone race circuit in England. Kazunori Yamauchi will be "Making some exiting announcements of about the future of the brand". Maybe they will reveal Gran Turismo 6. Its rumored to come out on the PS3 this year. Do you think they will reveal it?

sources http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/05/08/celebrating-15-years-of-gran-turismo/