Wednesday, June 8, 2011

E3 2011 Goodness

So far so good. E3 is showing us it's going to be a great next few years to be a gamer. What have we seen so far? Well, let's see here, we've seen the next Assassins Creed:Revelations, Far Cry 3, Gears of War 3,Star Wars The Old Republic,Torchlight 2, Dead Island,A new MMO called Neverwinter,A new Tombraider, Battlefield 3,Modern Warfare 3 and of course Uncharted 3. All in all, it's enought to keep this gamer salivating for the next several months. Personally, I'm still waiting on Blizzcon for more Diablo 3 news.

Out of that whole bunch, I'm most excited about Dead Island,Torchlight 2 and Uncharted 3. Everyone is all hyped for Skyrim but i stay reserved after Oblivion, wasn't much of a fan, it was good but something felt lacking.That being said, I think the winner will be Dead Island, it looks very promising. It's like a cross between Fallout,Farcry and Dead Rising. You can't go wrong with that combination, if you don't believe me, check out this awesome clippage.



Dead Island Gameplay Footage [HD] by Xbox-Mag

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings



Rating: 9/10


Miminum System Requirements:

· OS: Windows XP SP2 / Windows Vista SP2 / Windows 7 (32/64-bit)
· Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 Ghz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+
· Memory: 1 GB Windows XP / 2 GB Windows Vista and Windows 7
· Video Card: 512 MB RAM, supporting Pixel Shader 3.0 (Nvidia GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon HD3850)

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is a first person role-playing video game developed by Polish studio CD Projekt RED.It is the sequel to the 2007 video game The Witcher, and was released internationally on May 17, 2011.

Wow! Just...Wow! This game has literally dropped my jaw on so many occasions it's not funny. To be honest, I had heard about the original Witcher but never got around to playing it until I viewed the footage on the Witcher 2 awhile back. So I loaded up the first one, played through and was blown away by that as well. It's your typical RPG but with so much more and an open world to explore much like Elder scrolls.

Just like the first game, the player takes control of Geralt of Rivia, one of the few remaining Witchers. Witchers are humans that have been genetically enhanced and trained to fight monsters from a young age. Basically, you can do the main story line or engage the many sidequests in each town. Here's some gameplay to show you.