The first minutes of this game really blew me away.  The premise of the game is centered around the main character Isaac Clark, an engineer,  who should not have woke up for work this morning.  The Uss Ishimura lost communication with everyone and Isaac and his team is responsible for the repairing the communication failure.  That’s where the story gets very interesting.  The problem is bigger than anything that the team has ever encounter.

Dead Space is a great mix of action with a unique spin on character development.  You have to collect Power Node to upgrade you weapons and Rig (armor).  These can be obtained by purchase ( through the in-game store) or by finding them in the game.  Also, you can buy new weapons via the store.  Lots of the action revolves around walking around and getting the crap scared out of you while trying to stay alive.  Gforce missions are really fun.  Some of the jobs that Isacc must complete include repairing the outside structure, and eliminating nuclear waste.

This is my impression about a few of the key points in Dead Space.  This game could be a serious contender for game of the year.  Enjoy a few videos I found on the net.

I wish the game was as good as the trailer.

The biggest problem that I have with this game is the health pack and bullets. Where are they? I walk and died and walked and died. This would not normally be that bad if the enemy weren’t so overpowered. I have this game set on the normal difficulty and still trouble killing creatures with the pipe and axe. I think that if you are going make getting health packs rare you should get an achievement every time you find one. I spend more time at the reload screen then I do actually play this game.

I had to stop playing about halfway trough the game.  Give me some cheats or something. This game is not playable in the current build. That’s it for now until next time.

P.S How in the hell did you hire a whole testing team of blind people?

Here are a few new Fable 2 screenshots. Fable 2 is due holidays ’08.

Ten Million consoles sets the tone for the rest of year. Microsoft also, sold 19 million consoles worldwide. This is going to be a great year for game and gaming. Now if Microsoft would just release Alan Wake.

“This year will be the largest in the history of the videogame industry, with Xbox 360 leading the charge in the U.S. and abroad,” said Don Mattrick, senior Vice President of the Interactive Entertainment Business in the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft. “History has shown us that the first company to reach ten million in console sales wins the generation battle. We are uniquely positioned to set a new benchmark for the industry.”

The Age of Conan is almost upon us. Get ready to explore the land of Hyborian in Funcom’s new MMO set in the world of Conan. 

“Funcom has not been able to find any higher beta numbers for MMOs in the western world,” said Morten Larssen, VP of Funcom Sales and Marketing. “We believe it represents the largest ever beta sign-up figure in the history of the genre.”

Funcom also, confirms that over 800,000 people have signed up for the Clan of Conan newsletter. For more information about the Age of Conan visit www.ageofconan.com. Pre-order Conan here. 

Blizzcon is back in 2008. Tickets will go on sale for $100 each. Visit Blizzcon.com for more info events and activities.

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BlizzCon^™ 2008 Announced

IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced plans for its third BlizzCon^™ gaming convention, to be held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California on October 10 and 11. BlizzCon is a celebration of the global player communities surrounding Blizzard Entertainment^®’s Warcraft^®, StarCraft^®, and Diablo^® franchises. In response to the demand to accommodate more attendees, this year’s event has expanded from two convention halls to three.

“Whenever we’ve been able to meet and interact with Blizzard gamers from around the world, it’s been a great experience for us,” stated Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “We’re looking forward to seeing even more of our players at this year’s BlizzCon and delivering another entertaining and informative event for them.”

BlizzCon will offer a wide variety of activities to help all attendees get the most out of the two-day event. In addition to serving as a gathering place for the different Blizzard Entertainment gaming communities, attendees will be able to enjoy:

• Hands-on play time with upcoming Blizzard Entertainment releases
• Discussion panels with Blizzard Entertainment developers
• Competitive and casual tournaments for players to showcase their talents
• Areas and activities devoted to licensed products such as the World of Warcraft^® Trading Card Game
• Costume, machinima, and character sound-alike contests with great prizes
• Commemorative merchandise based on the Blizzard Entertainment franchises
• A silent auction
• More exciting activities to be announced

Grand theft auto is finally here for all platforms. This is Rockstar’s first game in three years and their first GTA game for the next gen consoles. Although, saturated with controversy, GTA has embraced the blight to make over 500 million dollars in revenue its first week released. Grand theft auto is quickly becoming one of the greatest launches in game history. For people new to the game, GTA is a large sandbox world where you can do anything or go anywhere. Most of the game play is centered on meeting characters and doing missions but, in a sandbox world the game play experience doesn’t stop there. Rock star comes out of the gate with guns ablaze by offering solid game play, deep characters, and multiplayer (A first for the series).

How do you know you playing a Rock star game? The easy answer to that question can be found in the game play and story telling. Rock star always makes storytelling its number one priority to engross the player into its playground. I can’t tell you how many times I have lost hours upon hours roaming to world of GTA. In this installment you play Niko Bellic, an eastern European immigrant, newly arrived at the harbor of Liberty city. He comes to America seeking fame and fortune promised to him by his cousin Roman. Niko is a very likable guy. He is portrayed as a man who knows what he wants and knows how to get it. Although, he is not accustomed to life in America he soon finds people to help him assimilate into American culture. Niko meets a lot of characters traveling trough Liberty City. These characters bring about new mission, new points of interest and new items. The new characters are also, well written with excellent dialogue that portray a since of urgency and power. The story helps set the scene but, without top notch game play the game will fall flat.

The game play in this installment of the Grand theft auto series has been greatly upgraded and improved. First thing Rockstar upgraded is the targeting system. This was the single worst feature in all the GTA games up until this game. Rock star learned from there previous mistakes and gave the fans what they wanted. The targeting system is almost perfect. It plays almost like a third person shooter with free look mode. Also, you can lock on with the left trigger and fire with the right trigger. This gives you dead on accuracy and makes dispatching enemies easy and fun. They also, added the duck and cover system. It feels a lot like playing Gears of War which focused to lot on the duck and cover system. Rock star also worked on the car driving physics. Every car in liberty city has its own driving style and braking system. Not all the car drives as well as you think they should. Does liberty city have a good brake shop? The short answer is no. Lots of times I think I had enough room to stop, only to plow in to oncoming traffic. The motorcycle is the worst about stopping distance. I think in the next expansion rock star should add a brake shop. With that being said, the game play is still excellent and a great improvement from the last game. Multiplayer is by far the most exciting upgrade this year.

Rock star finally join the land of multiplayer games. By adding multiplayer the replay value has increased by hundreds of hours. With 16 different game types ranging from simple death match, cops and crooks style game, and co-op. Cops and crooks is a refreshing new game type. You take the role of either a cop or crook. This is predetermined at the start of the match. If you are the crook you and your team have to make it to the destination before the cops caught you or kill you. In all of these modes you have a lot of the city at your disposal. You take the necessary measures to ensure victory by steal cars, pick up new guns and armor. If you have friends you can set up a room called party mode. In party mode you can invite friends to join your game lobby. These friends will stay partied up in every team game type you play. You can also, just run around liberty city and cause mayhem. These just scratches the surface of what Grand theft auto has to offer.

Grand theft auto is an excellent game. The replay value of this gem will keep us entertained well into the summer. For Xbox 360 users, Rock star has promised bonus content for this platform by the end of the year. We could be playing this game well into next year. If you enjoy open ended game play with a deep story embedded this is your game. Run. Don’t walk. To your nearest video game store and pick up this game.

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