Archive for June, 2012
Preorder and get 50% off
With the list of several highly anticipated games to be released by EA Games, they have a new marketing strategy. For this week only, go and preorder one of the games then you get 50% off of a select of games. The only games you get to choose from to get the discoutn includes :
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit
FIFA Soccer 12
The Sims 3
Go to Origin to see the full list of games that you can preorder.
Dragon Age Games for Under $10
This week you can get several of the Dragon Age games on Amazon for $10 or under.
Dragon Age II ~ $4.99
The sequel to Dragon Age Origins and players follow the story of Hawke, who fled the nation of Ferelden during the events of Dragon Age: Origins.
Dragon Age Origins ~ $4.99
The game takes place in a mystical world with dwarves, elves and so much more. It is a role playing game so you would make decisions for your character of choice. These choices in turn would affect what happens in the game and how the game progress.
Korean Diablo 3 Consumers May Have Refund Option
Server issues and connection problems plaguing Diablo 3 has prompted Blizzard to offer a refund to players in South Korea after much prodding from a Korean consumer protection agency.
On the official South Korean Diablo 3 website it was announced that unsatisfied players under level 40 can start applying for refunds on June 25. Furthermore, if anyone has purchased within 14 days and is level 20 or lower, they can return the game for a full refund.
South Korean consumer law states that consumers are due a refund if they purchase a product that doesn’t work through no fault of their own, and it's certainly well documented just how many issues Blizzard has had with the massively popular game.
Blizzard is doing this to comply with South Korean law, but don't expect this treatment in other countries. Most game publishers anticipate minor issues at time launch and hope for a "forgive and forget" treatment from players. Perhaps this will be the wake up call to make sure games are suitable for launch.
World’s First! Diablo III Hardcore Inferno Finished!
As the article title states, someone beat this crazy hard game in the hardest possible way. As he explains in the introduction to the video below, Canadian gamer Kripp wanted not only to be the first in the world to beat Diablo 3 on Inferno difficulty with a Hardcore character – i.e, flip your desktop and rip your hair out if you die – but to do it before Blizzard lowered the difficulty with Patch 1.0.3, which launched yesterday in the US and is currently being rolled out in Europe.
If you watch the video and haven’t gone through Act IV there will be spoilers, but hey, if you haven’t played Act IV yet, then what have you been doing lately since launch?
There was initially some confusion about whether Kripp and Krippi’s Diablo kill was in fact the first, but Blizzard community manager Bashiok has subsequently confirmed it in a tweet. “My apologies Kripp and Krippi” he said, “looks like you were 1st HC Inferno clear. (my spreadsheet deciphering isn’t what it used to be) Congrats!”
The Diablo kill takes around twenty minutes. What’s most impressive about this video is Kripp and Krippi’s ability to stay calm – even when Kripp’s barbarian gets knocked into Shadow Diablo’s cage trap/grab combo. “Don’t get cocky” and “run the f**k away” are stated over, and over again.
Congratulations to Kripp and Krippi, the amount of balls you have to do this battle, as well as how calm you guys were, you’re link ninja monks. It’s proof that cooperative gaming can be just as tense and exciting as multiplayer when the stakes are high enough – and the threat of losing a pair of max-level, uber-geared characters in front of an audience of thousands? Man it would have sucked if they didn’t make it.
Solid Snake Still Kicking into Metal Gear Solid 5
Despite previous belief, Solid Snake will return to the star role in Metal Gear Solid 5.
In an interview with the french magazine, IG, Hideo Kojima said that his development team was not yet finished with Solid Snake.
“Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance never claimed to be a Metal Gear Solid. This is not a game about our beloved Solid Snake,” he’s believed to have said. ”It is a spinoff that tries something different. We have not yet finished with Solid Snake, despite the fact that I wanted to let him die at the end of Guns of the Patriots.”
The quote has yet to be verified as it will be featured in an upcoming issue of the magazine.
Apparently, in addition to revealing that Metal Gear Solid 5 will feature Solid Snake, Kojima hinted to a new engine known as the ’FOX’ engine. This engine is to incorporate a social interaction compatible to Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
Metal Gear Solid 5 was confirmed last fall, and is expected out any time between April 2013 through May 2014.
If you can’t wait until then, don’t forget to check out Metal Gear Solid HD Collection on Xbox 360 and PS3, which is out now.
Making Sweet Love to My Joystick… (# 13)
So somewhere between doing actual work, video gaming, and sleeping, the team gets the chance to sit down for Episode 13 of the NewbCast Gaming Podcast.
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Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
On August 28, 2012 Activision Publishing Inc will be releasing a new game that is made to be as authentic of a Transformers experience as possible. The game is called Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. The game will be released for the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3.
The premise for the game takes place during the final days of the planet Cybertron. Players can choose between the AUTOBOTS and the DECEPTICONS. They have the ability to change between vehicles form and robot form with a variety of skills to fight. A great addition to the game includes the multiplayer option where games can have up to 12 players.
The game will be $59.99 and preorder is available at several locations including GameStop, Best Buy, Walmart and Amazon.
Mass Effect 1 & 2 on Sale!!!
Now at Amazon, you can download Mass Effect 1 & 2 for $11.99 or you can buy them seperately starting at $4.99.
New League of Legends Character: Draven
Ranged AD carries are by no means short in quantity, but Draven, League of Legend‘s newest hero, employs high skill abilities and upkeep with Spinning Axe that define his placement in ranked matches.
Draven’s passive and first two active abilities work in conjunction with each other to provide most of the damage of this champion. Wicked Blades, Draven’s passive, adds a bleed effect to his standard attack when using Spinning Axe or upon critical hit. Because of this, Spinning Axe’s uptime should be maximized. Spinning Axe is a buff on Draven which causes attacks to do extra damage to minions and champions. The power of Spinning Axe is that it may be refreshed by positioning the champion inside the axe’s drop location. If the player can keep the Spinning Axe buff for ten seconds, a second Spinning Axe can be summoned to ensure that every auto-attack gains extra damage and a bleed effect. Blood Rush provides a short term attack speed and movement speed bonus upon activation, and can be recast immediately after catching a Spinning Axe.
The key to successfully continuing your Spinning Axes as Draven is to actively think about the movement you want to take as you use your attack. The drop circle of Spinning Axes is based off of the active motion of the champion. That is, if your champion is moving in a direction, the location of the circle will be placed forward in that direction. Because of this, Draven will have troubles keeping damage up and finishing any ganks that juke in the jungle or take advantage of creep to make a getaway.
Draven’s E and ultimate abilities help curb some of this weakness, however. Stand Aside cancels channeled skills, slows, and moves enemies to either side of this targeted skill. By getting enemy minions out of the way, finishing off a target in lane becomes far easier, being able to continue Spinning Axe more easily. If your attempted kill jukes the opposite direction, is too far ahead of you, or you’re in the absolute wrong position to assist during a team fight, Whirling Death provides. The attack clears through every opponent (reducing with each hit) to its target location anywhere on the map, and then returns back to Draven for a second round of damage. The damage is not particularly high on its own, but Whirling Death provides a great kill opportunity when you’re in a pinch or your opponent believes they are safely protected under their tower.
So far, Draven is looking like a solid ranged AD carry, requiring a bit of technical skill and strategy to maximize the incredible damage potential available in the character. What has your experience with Draven looked like so far? Let us know in the comments below!
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