Love Mechs? Join the Hawken Beta

 

Everyone loves big Robots right? for a chance to join the Hawken Beta later this year follow the link below and register.

http://playhawken.com/?ref=sk4091hq

 

See you on the battlefield!

Hawken New Year Update

 

 

The guys over at Adhesive Games Ltd have given us a few concept pictures to keep us keen, waiting for that all but impossible dream of a good modern mech game.

 

As you can see from the above pictures, it looks like dark brooding BladerRunneresque Cities and Post apocalyptic ruins are all the rage in Hawken but they sure look nice and I look forward to seeing some more game renders and videos.

Now these Mech concepts look interesting, I like the blend of Mechwarrior like running gear with more real world ablative/ reactive armour. I’m guessing this is some kind of  light or scout Mech as itl looks sleek and fast (I would call it a SC-1B Scarab but hey that’s just me)

So for all you Battletech Players waiting for a new game or you players of Heavy Gear, keep your eyes open and check out Hawkens Facebook page for loads more info including some early gameplay vids.

 

Hip Hip Hooray! A new Mech game is on its way!

Not the most thought out of comments!

 

I just read the review of Space Marine for PC over at PC gamer and noticed the following in the comments section:

“I feel the same way, the whole of the demo seems to have that "rinse and repeat" element about it. Deffo not on my purchace list. I had really high hopes for this game having played 40K since Rogue Trader days but it's just meele spam at the end of the day :(“

 

Melee spam? If you ask me that would fit in with later versions of 40k perfectly!

lol

Birthday stuff

 

Well it was my Birthday this weekend and it brought with it a whole host of Wargaming goodies:

1) A Stormraven Gunship from my Bro, well looking forward to building painting then weeping as it gets destroyed in the first round of every game it plays.

2) R.U.S.E. This I bought with some extra money I had. It’s a great idea for an RTS and I like the overall command table aesthetic the main game has.

3) Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team. Oh yeah! For when you absolutely need to kill every Ork on the Kroozer.

4) Battlefield 1943, Nice to get a classic.

5) Cities of Death Book.

6) Some Imperial Guard and some grey paints. I’m going to try me some urban camouflage on them maybe this could be the start of an Imperial Guard army who knows.

7)… and I will be placing orders this week for some Warhammer 40k Terrain a Librarian and a pre-order for Space Marine.

 

was a good year.

Alien vs Predator Demo

So I briefly tried the demo tonight on Xbox Live.

Only a couple of games as a marine but TBH I'm not impressed so far. The controls seem clunky, the textures appear barely current gen and everything just seems out of proportion. I will maybe try a couple more games over the next few days as the Alien and the Predator and see if my opinion changes.

I really want this game to be good, the original AvP on the PC was one of my favourite PC gaming experiences ever and one of only 3 games to truly scare me (the other two being Aliens on the C64 and Silent Hill 2). Lets hope my opinion changes or that the demo is not indicative of the finished products quality. Come on Rebellion don't let us down

Afterburner Climax Announcement Trailer.

It's Official, it's on it's way!!!

This week I have been mostly playing... (5)

It's been a funny old week. I've been gtting back into Uni and had to put up with had internet problems at our new home. All in all gaming has been on a bit of a back burner lately but i have still had time to break out the joypad a few times.


Halo 3: ODST
Xbox 360

Got this cheap the other day. I was both impressed and disappointed by this title in equal measure. The campaign was fun with some great battles but it had a few inconsistencies compared to other Halo titles and the campaign was a little short. I haven't had a chance to play the online portion of the game yet but i am looking forward to it.


Geometry Wars 2
Xbox Live

Downloaded this one on a bit of a whim. both me and my girlfriend love it and have got quite competitive over it. I would recommend this game to anyone who is looking for a nice simple arena shooter with snazzy visuals.




Lego Indiana Jones
Xbox 360

I bought this for my girlfriend earlier in the year as she really enjoyed the lego star wars game she had. She never got around to playing it until now and we have been having great fun working out way through the game. It's good wholesome family entertainment after all.

Xbox Live Retro Bonanza!

Waiting for me this morning on XBLive were two tasty little demos. Space Invaders Extreme and Arkanoid Live.

For a Retrohead like myself this is a wonderful thing to wake up to on a Wednesday morning when I should be doing coursework. I suppose I could write a review of one of them and use it for my games journalism portfolio.

Everyone knows Space Invaders so I wont really bore anyone to death with an explination, However I would recommend everyone with an Xbox live acount to try out Space Invaders Extreme. The way the designers have tinkered with the basic formula of Space Invaders to produce something similar but also bang up to date is fantastic. It is similar in concept to Pacman CE and that was fantastic! Add to that the extra visuals by none other than epileptic fit inducing game designer Jeff Minter and you have a wonderful Xbox Live game.

Now Arkanoid is another of those earlyclassic arcade games, based on Breakout, it added power ups and a fantasic variety of levels to this simple concept of a game. It may not be as famous as Space invaders or Pacman but it's still a game worthy of a tinker under the hood for a 2009 remix.
However the execution of the update doesnt seem to have been done as well as that of Space Invaders Extreme. Instead of the fantastic psycadelic visuals one expects from such an update (helped in no small part by the success of Geometry Wars), we seem instead to have been given a mid 90's PC version of Arkanoid. I doubt this game will be heading onto my "Things to buy when I get some MS points" list despite my love for the original.

Both games add the almost standard Xbox Live play.

GTAIV Rant

To the annoying little twat who really spoiled my first online game of GTA4 by shouting echo echo echo echo constantly for the whole game...

I HOPE YOU DIE SOON!!!

UBI Oh Where Art Thou? UPDATE

Well its Monday morning and UBI have sorted out the mess on the EndWar servers.


From the Official UBI boards:

Posted Sun January 18 2009 23:07 Hi Everyone, When the 3-minute rule update was executed last week we encountered some unexpected difficulties which resulted in units not receiving XP or remaining KIA after matches. This issue has now been resolved on both the PS3 and Xbox 360. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused and are looking into an in-game compensation package. I'll announce more details once we get them worked out. Thank you for your patience and understanding. -QPK *UPDATE* We have finalized a reparations package. All players will be given 2 million credits and have their top 3 units promoted one level. This should happen after today's ceasefire. This message has been edited. Last edited by: QuidProKuo, Mon January 19 2009 01:10

So it could have been quicker but at least there is some compensation for us downtrodden commanders.

Well done UBI

Finish Him!!!!

I have never really been into fighting games. Maybe its because I never owned a SNES. Over the years I have tried countless different fighters and the only one that I could say I enjoyed was Soul Calibur on the Dreamcast. Despite this I took the plunge today and bought Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 on XBLive.

Now my only other experience of the MK franchise was the original game on the Megadrive. I remember it being one of the easier fighting games to learn the basics of and in my early teens the excessive blood and fatalities made it a wonderful gory spectacle for me and my friends but I probably traded it in a few weeks after buying it for something shooty.

All these years later and after an hour or two of playing UMK3 I am well impressed. It is clearly a game of hidden depths and I can not wait to explore the various fatalities, special moves and combos available. Ok so the graphics by todays standard are more than a little camp and the sound isn't going to be winning awards but that's not what gaming is about. It's about the thrill of ripping the head and spine from your opponent and then watching his lifeless corpse slump to the ground. What more could you want from a fighting game?