Metro: Last Light Gameplay Demo

Saints Row: The Third - Gunning For GTA

Most people were getting excited and speculating over all the leaked information about GTA 5. I on the other hand was over the moon when Saints Row: The Third was announced. OXM Magazine gave Grand Theft Auto IV 10 out of 10, Saints Row 2 got an 8. In my eyes this was obsurd. Yeah GTA looked stunning and created an impressive lively world, but if I had to do another chase mission across that long ass map one more time, I would of lost my mind! Very repetitive and just a bit boring really, Taking all the fun out of what made San Andreas so amazing. This is exactly what drove me to Saints Row. Similar to GTA: SA in many ways, the game is all about non stop fun. Good story, great variety of missions and a lot of creativity, Also great co-op. Now Saints Row: The Third is coming and I for one can not wait! They look to have taken everything from the last games and ramped it up to 11! I mean come on, You can beat someone to death with a giant pink dildo.. If it ain't worth buying this game for that then you are just plain crazy.


Saints Row: The Third Dev Walkthrough

Sega says 1.3million Users Affected By Hack Attack

Japanese video game developer Sega Corp said on Sunday that information belonging to 1.3 million customers has been stolen from its database, the latest in a rash of global cyber attacks against video game companies.

Names, birth dates, e-mail addresses and encrypted passwords of users of Sega Pass online network members had been compromised, Sega said in a statement, though payment data such as credit card numbers was safe. Sega Pass had been shut down.

"We are deeply sorry for causing trouble to our customers. We want to work on strengthening security," said Yoko Nagasawa, a Sega spokeswoman, adding it is unclear when the firm would restart Sega Pass.

The attack against Sega, a division of Sega Sammy Holdings that makes game software such as Sonic the Hedgehog as well as slot machines, follows other recent significant breaches including Citigroup, which said over 360,000 accounts were hit in May, and the International Monetary Fund.

The drama surrounding the recent round of video game breaches paled compared to what PlayStation maker Sony Corp experienced following two high-profile attacks that surfaced in April.

Those breaches led to the theft of account data for more than 100 million customers, making it the largest ever hacking of data outside the financial services industry.

Sega Europe, a division of Sega that runs the Sega Pass network, immediately notified Sega and the network customers after it found out about the breach on Thursday, Nagasawa said.

Lulz Security, a group of hackers that has launched cyber attacks against other video game companies including Nintendo, has unexpectedly offered to track down and punish the hackers who broke into Sega's database.

E3 2011 Press Conference's Round- Up

Microsoft revealed a whole host of new games and features for Xbox 360--no PC presence.

• Kinect support is coming to four EA Sports games, including the Tiger Woods, Madden and FIFA series.

• Mass Effect 3 will support Kinect voice control for selecting conversation options and commanding squad members in combat.

• The new Tomb Raider veered wildly into the realm of 'torture porn' in a demo section shown on stage.

• Youtube and Bing search are coming to Xbox Live.

• All future games in Ubisoft's assorted Tom Clancy franchises will "leverage" Kinect on Xbox 360, as was demonstrated with Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.

• Live streaming TV is coming to Xbox Live this fall.

• Ice-T has reformed his thrash metal band Body Count to record a song for Gears of War 3. Yup.

• The oft-rumoured prettied-up remaster of the original Halo: Combat Evolved was confirmed for a November 15 launch.

• Little "gadgets" and toys for Kinect are coming free through the Kinect Fun Labs.

• Crytek's mysterious Xbox 360 exclusive has been revealed as an Ancient Roman Kinect-controlled first-person melee game, named Ryse.

• Minecraft is coming to Xbox 360 this winter with Kinect support.

• Lionhead's Kinect exclusive Fable: The Journey was announced.

• Double Fine's Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster is completely adorable.

• Kinect will let you virtually visit the Magic Kingdom in Disneyland Adventures.

• Exercise substitute sequel Kinect Sports Season Two was announced.

• Dance Central 2 was announced, boasting multiplayer.

• A new Halo trilogy is planned, kicking off with Halo 4 in the 2012 holiday season.

Sony ended there E3 2011 press conference, leaving a handful of announcements in its wake. If you weren't glued to the live streams, here's what you missed:

• Sony revealed the PSP successor is named the PlayStation Vita surprising no one. The announcement that the handheld would retail for $249.99 (Wi-Fi only model) and $299.99 (3G/Wi-Fi model) is still shocking. The handheld is launching globally by the end of 2011.

• Ruin, an action-RPG for the NGP and PS3 was announced. Also announced was the ability to play the same save on either platform, similar to Kojima's "Transfarring" announcement last week.

• BioShock Infinite will include Move support. Irrational's Ken Levine also announced a new BioShock game will come to the PlayStation Vita.

• Developer CCP announced Dust 514 is a PlayStation 3 exclusive.

• Sly Cooper returns with Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, coming in 2012.

• Resistance 3 will get its own Sharpshooter Move bundle, like SOCOM 4 did before it.

• God of War Origins announced, collects the PSP games for the PS3. Both that collection and the Ico/Shadow of the Colossus collection will arrive this September.

• Sony announced new hardware! No, it's not a system, silly... it's a 24-inch 3D monitor and Active Shutter glasses in a bundle that includes a copy of Resistance 3 and an HDMI cablefor $499.99. The monitor also allows two players to play at once, showing each player a different view of the screen. It's magic or something.

• PlayStation 3 will receive new media from CinemaNow in America. CinemaNow is a provider offering a similar service as Netflix.
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Nintendo ended its E3 2011 press conferenceby winning the console war in my opinion, debuting several 3DS games and the announcement of its new console. Here's what you may have missed...

• Despite rumors of pushing it back to their next console, Nintendo confirmed that Skyward Sword would be coming to Wii this holiday season. We did, however, later get extremely brief hints at an HD Zelda.

• On the Zelda tip, Nintendo announced several plans for the 25th Anniversary, including Link's Awakening coming to the 3DS Virtual Console today, Four Swords coming for free in September, a series of symphony concerts, and two CDs.

• Before taking the wraps off of the console, Iwata teased that it will "serve every player."

• Nintendo announced and/or detailed five first-party 3DS titles, most of which are coming this year. Mario Kart 3DS, Super Mario 3DS, Star Fox 64 3D are coming this holiday season. Kid Icarus: Uprising will feature 3v3 multiplayer. And a new Luigi's Mansion was announced without a release date.

• Finally, Nintendo named its next console Wii U. It features HD and a touch-screen controller as rumored, along with some other features like the ability to play games remotely on the controller. It's scheduled for release in 2012.

• Among the first titles mentioned for the Wii U was the next Super Smash Bros, which will also come to the 3DS.

• Nintendo also has several third-party publishers on-board to port games like Darksiders 2, Batman: Arkham City, and Metro: Last Light.

• Plus, TT Games is making an exclusive open-world Lego game for the Wii U and 3DS.

E3 2011 Trailers

Part 1

The first of many...

Tomb Raider

Uncharted 3 Coop Syria Gameplay Trailer

XCOM

Saints Row: The Third

Metro Last Light

Silent Hill Downpour

SSX

Darksiders 2

Spiderman: Edge Of Time

Prototype 2

60000 Lines of Dialogue For The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Just when I thought I couldn't get any more excited for this game, Eurogamer give us this little bit of information about Bethesda's new open world fantasy adventure.

"A few new tidbits of information on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim have sneaked out of Bethesda HQ, including news that the game contains 60,000 lines of voiced dialogue.

According to PC Gamer, the long-awaited RPG sequel will feature unlimited dragons that can attack at random as you explore the game world.

Wounded dragons will apparently be unable to fly, offering an opportunity to engage them on the ground, potentially giving you the upper hand.

Slaying dragons earns you special abilities called dragon shouts. A few examples offered include power-ups that give you fire breath, a lightning strike, the ability to slow down time or a speed boost.

The game's guard system is reportedly getting an overhaul. In contrast to previous games in the series, if you commit a crime in one region guards in a neighbouring area won't automatically be aware of it and collar you on sight.

Bethesda has also confirmed that horses will feature in the game, with improved handling promised over Oblivion. You'll also be able to hop in a carriage for speedy travel between regions or automatically skip to places you've already discovered.

Oblivion's Dark Brotherhood assassin's guild return, along with a thieves guild, a fighter's guild and a mage's guild.

Finally, Bethesda has promised a much larger voice cast has been signed up to deliver that whopping script than worked on Oblivion."

Thank god Mass Effect 3 was pushed back until 2012! Lord knows what would of happened if they were released around the same time.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is released on November 11, 2011

Major Project Cafe Details Leaked

How much of this is true is yet to determined, But if Nintendo are showing this of at E3 on Tuesday then we could already have the winner of the Console wars. I've been very sceptical of what exactly Nintendo have been working on and whether they can deliver something to rival the Xbox and PS3 again. Judging by these specs, They are definitely pushing them close. Nintendo innovate and the rest take a couple of years to follow. Have Nintendo done it again? We'll have to wait and see.

Rumoured Controller Design

"The System:

• Uses a custom IBM triple-core CPU running at 3.6GHz per core
• The development kit contains 1gb RAM, but Nintendo have hinted that the console will actually have 1.5gb
• Nintendo will be releasing games that will run 1080p natively. Sources say that with Nintendo’s art style and the power the system has, the games look ‘stunning’.
• The system does run on AMD R700 card, but the architecture is slightly different and the clock speeds are much higher.
• The System resembles JPN/EU SNES machines in color only and not in shape
• The development kit is about the size of a 360, not the console
• Close sources say it’s as if Nintendo is in “damage control” with 3rd party developers.
• Nintendo is trying really hard to get 3rd parties on board to develop games and have offered incentives such as not releasing big-title Nintendo games in holiday seasons to compete against 3rd party titles.
• Nintendo went to many 3rd party developers on guidance on what they were after with the new console in terms of system specs, controller and online system.

The Controller:

• Nintendo have been keeping this really quiet and have only given developers controller prototypes to start designing games. However, the final controller build with all the features have only been given to Nintendo 1st and 2nd party developers for now.
• Nintendo had planned on inserting a screen on the controller back when the Gamecube was in development, but opted out due to technology not being advanced enough to be functional
• The controller that’s been given to developers has a large 5.7inch hd (960x640pixel) screen, 2 analogue sticks, 4 face buttons, 3 middle buttons (select/home/start in that order), 2 shoulder buttons and 2 triggers.
• The triggers aren’t as deep as the 360’s triggers, but have plenty of push
• The big thing about the screen is that it’s a multi-touch screen, contains it’s own battery and is detachable from the controller unit
• The screen when detached contains its own memory so developers can store data on it, so gamers can play whatever the developer designs for the screen-only use
• When the screen is attached to the controller it works by streaming content directly from the console
• Nintendo are giving developers ideas other than just having it function as a quick menu screen for games while attached, or as a simple tamagochi-like mini-game when detached
• The controller contains a gyroscope, but motion controls isn’t the focus of the controller like it was for the Wii"