No Dawnguard for Skyrim on PS3?

One of the big wigs over at Bethesda has just been quoted as saying that they have not promised any DLC dates or promises of any for the PS3 or PC versions of Dawnguard.  As you may have remembered 30 days ago the Xbox got the first DLC for Skyrim called Dawnguard.  This is suppose to be only a 30 day exclusivity and everyone had assumed that the PS3 version and PC version would have been released today or at least very soon.  Apparently by this comment made we can assume that for those versions of the game we can assume it will be a waiting game.  Is it because these versions aren't ready?  or are they just not doing them at all?  It would be really bad I think for Bethesda if they didn't.

My Guild Wars 2 beta experience.

I was fortunate enough to get to participate in the final Guild Wars 2 beta this past weekend and I can say that so far I really like what I see in this game.

I really like the art style in this game.  It is very different from your typical MMO or most other games for that matter.  I also liked how that the choices you choose within the character creation affect how your characters story will develop.  A pretty neat feature for sure.  I had a chance to play a Human ranger, a Sylvari elementalist, and an Asuran Engineer.  My favorite story line so far is a toss up between the Human street rat story line and the Sylvari story line.  My favorite area I would have to say is the Sylvari starting area.  It is huge and just looks amazing.

The game play style of this game is not your typical MMO style as it is more action based with you having to move and dodge your enemies instead of just standing there and nuking them like WOW.  This took me some getting use to but I like it after I adjusted.  Another neat feature is that your abilities change depending on the type of weapon that you are currently using.  Even though some of the abilities seemed very similar they still had their own flair to them.

Another thing I noticed was that a lot of the intro starting areas seemed a similar mechanic.  Now granted the stories were different they all almost always involved seeing what a map looks like, a plea to help other people, and a giant thing at the end to kill with other people in the area.

I like how that the game isn't too linear but it was also hard to tell sometimes when you have stepped into an area where you will get your butt handed to you very quickly.  Especially when you walk into the middle of a dynamic area event without knowing it.

What I will say about the game is that it will be great for those who like an MMO but do not want to have to pay a monthly subscription fee and for those of you who do not normally play MMO's and like the diablo type of gameplay.

I will leave you with the opening video of the Sylvari area to get an idea of the art-style used for the cut-scenes and a tiny bit of the gameplay.  This game will be releasing on August 28th and I feel it will definitely be worth it.

A quick look at Secret World.

Here we have a nice review from the guys over at Machinima for the new MMO, The Secret World.  Now this game is different from most MMO's because it is rooted in more of the "actual world."  Instead of say most other MMO's exist in some sort of fantasy world.  Secret World, is basically set in the real world except lots of crazy stuff is happening right out of  a Stephen King book.  Now as Matt says in the video the game is different enough from most MMO's and I would have to say it looks interesting but the fact is that I just can't see myself paying another monthly subscription to an MMO, especially when it feels like sometimes more of a job than a game.  I will stick with the free to play varieties thank you very much, Guild Wars 2 anyone?

Anyway check out the video review below.

Guild Wars 2, developer diary.

Here is a great look into a game that could be pretty awesome.  I also love the fact that you pay once and play forever in the MMO world.

Guild Wars 2, gets a release date!

The much anticipated sequel to Guild Wars has finally gotten a release date of August 28th.  This MMO is buy once play for free.  In other words you don't have to pay a monthly subscription in order to enjoy this game and unlike free to play games you do not have to buy certain items or abilities.  You simply pay once play forever.  Check out the release trailer below.

Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut DLC coming this month!

Bioware today announced the long anticipated "fix" the ending of the game.  On June 26th all three platforms will be able to download the DLC extended cut for free.

I for one thought there was nothing wrong with the ending.  For many people though, they thought it wasn't enough.  Even though it was a little cryptic this extended cut is suppose to elaborate  more on the ending of the game.  I do not think however people will get as  many options for an ending as some people would think, as this seems nothing more than an extended version of what happened with the original endings.  I guess next week we will figure out if it was worth the wait.

Vizio Computers are now for sale!

Yesterday, Vizio had a press release for their new computer line.  We finally get to see what these guys have been cooking up for the last 6 months since their original announcement back at CES.  The most interesting thing is that all of these computers will start at $898.

That is an interesting start point I think.  The best deal here, from what little details we still have from the press conference, is the all in one computer.  Coming in at 24 inches and 27 inches with built in HDMI inputs for your cable box or video game systems and a sub woofer to boot, this is a great deal for $898.

You can tell that they have definitely taken their que from Apple and made these with very minimalistic designs.   I think all of them look very slick and well thought out in design on the outside anyway.  There will also be no bloatware on these computers, which is refreshing when it comes to a Windows computer.  They also seem to offer a pretty good line up of internal hardware including Ivy Bridge processors and Nvidia graphics chips.

On the notebook side some more details that we do know.  The notebooks will all have SSD hard drivers, and HD (1080p) displays.  They are referring to their ultrabooks as "thin and light,"  I suppose this is a way to differentiate themselves from all the other Ultrabooks out there.  It looks like the base price on all these will only get you an i3 processor and an i7 on the high end.  No word on the pricing of those high end models but it is a bit of a bummer that they start at an i3 for this price range you would expect more.

As these start trickling down into store shelves hopefully we will get more info and some detailed reviews of these products.  As they stand they are a fresh look on the windows platform and a welcome change.  I can't help but think for me I can spend $100 more and get an Apple Macbook Air or iMac which may or not be considered better products depending on your side of the Apple love/hate battlefront.  Regardless I am glad to see these finally available for sale and I hope it will reinvigorate the  stale PC design models.

Elder Scrolls Interview concerning combat details.

So what we have here is an interview done by Joystiq with the lead game designer, Nick Konkle.  What he discusses talks a lot about how they are coming at the Elder Scrolls from a MMO view point while not making this your stock MMO.  If you recall I have had my doubts about this game (just like half the internet,)  while yet being kind of excited about it.  What Nick discusses during the interview really has me more excited now about the game.

What he discusses about the combat system and how any class can use any weapon makes me interested and glad they took that from the Elder Scrolls games instead of your typical MMO.  Also, you will not see or use a typical rotation of spells or abilities that almost every single MMO has out there.  I am so glad of this because honestly it's kind of boring do "master" a rotation for a class then basically that's all you do every time you play your character over and over.  He discribes it as a play your character your way and be good at it.  Sounds pretty cool to me.  Enjoy this 11 minute video interview and hopefully we will get to see some combat in action from the game.

Star Wars 1313 Gamplay!

Holy Crap this looks amazing.  The fact that this is actual gameplay is astonishing.  During the interview on GT.TV however there was no mention on a release date.  I have a feeling we are probably looking toward sometime next year but seriously looking to be the game that makes Star Wars a cool game theme once again!  I really can't wait to see more of this game and I wish I were at E3 to be able to play the 7 minute demo that LucasArts will have.  Hopefully I can get you more video tomorrow of the gameplay footage from the demo.

Tomb Raider gets a reboot, and it looks great.

The game that started a genre looks to be back to take the thrown away from Uncharted.  This game is very mature and very movie like in its quality.  I can't wait to find out more at the E3 xbox showcase.

All about Lord of The Rings Trailers.

We have two other game trailers that have been released ahead of E3 that concern the Lord of the Rings Universe.

First up we have the Guardians of Middle Earth Trailer.

Get ready to battle it out as one of your favorite characters from the Lord of the Rings Universe in this MOB style game coming out this fall.  check out more info coming soon, I'm sure sometime during E3.

Also we have Lego Lord of the Rings.  I mean who doesn't just love playing out their favorite stories in lego form.  Check out the trailer below.

Also I just want to say holy crap did you see how big the One Ring was?  It wasn't a ring it was a belt for Frodo.  haha

Rift announces a new expansion

Rift:  Storm legion will be releasing this fall and it seems to offer an extremely lot of content for the current game.  From almost tripling the size of the game world to adding more raids, dungeons, and raising the level cap to 60.  Also they are planning on adding 4 more souls to each class.  Other than these details they haven't gotten into too much detail on exact gameplay or what to expect but it looks pretty promising.  Check out the official Trailer below.

Official trailer for the Skryim DLC

Let's kill some Vampires!  Or be a Vampire killing the people killing the Vampires.  Wohoo!  This will be released over the summer.  Sadly the xbox gets this first then 30 days later the rest of us get our hands on this fun expansion for just $20.

More Elder Scrolls Online GamePlay information.

There is more info hitting the web from interviews with the games creators talking about the solo aspect of gameplay while leveling and the public dungeons that they will offer in the game.

The interesting part of the public dungeons is the fact that unlike WOW or RIFT where your dungeon groups are either invite only or you allow the game to form a group for you, public dungeons will allow anyone to wonder in and do the same exact stuff that you are doing.  The developers inspiration for this comes from their love of the original Everquest game.  One developer says to imagine what it was like in Everquest hiding in a corner waiting for someone to come help you get back out.  While they say they can't exactly recreate that experience they will have these public dungeons all over the place.  These public dungeons can be done solo however they will be extremely hard if done so.  The point of this is simple with in the game world these public dungeons are meant to be a social point for you to meet new people that are trying to do the same stuff as you are.  Maybe you will start leveling together, maybe not.  The point is that this will add a better social aspect while leveling.  Now they will also offer your standard private dungeons and end game raiding for up to six people.

It seems from what info we have gotten so far, it doesn't seem that they are trying to revolutionize the MMO market but rather perfect things from the first and second generations of MMO games out there.  I hope they truly can pull this off and this game does well.  Although, I think many Elder Scrolls players still will not like the fact that the combat system isn't more like Skyrim.

Of Orcs and Men E 3 trailer.

Check out the really great graphics of this game coming out for Xbox, PS 3, and PC.

Diablo 3's Real Money Auction House looks to be delayed Indefinitely.

Blizzard has announced that it will be delaying the introduction of it's Real Money Auction House.  The reason for this Blizzard says, is because they are trying to iron out some bugs in this system to make sure it works great.  Personally, I have a feeling that this is due to the fact that they recently had some hacked accounts reported recently.  Also, Blizzard finally admitted that they did confirm that these attacks happened and that they happened to people who were using their authenticator system.  A definitely troubling thing indeed if someone has figured out how to break this unique security code generating program that Blizzard offers to all of it's products to keep such things from happening.  Also there is still no word yet as to when the PVP system will be put into place.  Hopefully this feature is not being delayed like the Real Money Auction house will be.

The MMO report is back!

PC Games - E3 2012 - Marvel Heroes

The MMO report is back with a pre E 3 edition.  They discuss the upcoming Defiance MMO, as well as some faction info for Elder Scrolls Online.  Good to see that they are keeping to their word and not giving up completely on the MMO Report.  Enjoy the show.

Skyrim 1.6 Update Bringing Mounted Combat!

You ask and Bethesda shall answer.  In a beta version released yesterday Skyrim 1.6 adds the ability to fight while you are mounted.  Which was probably the most requested feature players wanted added to the game.  So now you don't have to get off of that horse of yours to fight then chase your horse down after the fight is over.  YES! Finally..

Also with this patch will come numerous bug fixes and improvements to gameplay, it promises to fix memory leaks and lots of memory optimization so that the game will run smoother.

If you are a PC user head over to Steam and opt in for beta testing to get this updated beta patch.  No word on how long this will stay in beta but if you do choose to download this beta i recommend making a backup copy of your saved game files.  Because you know it is a beta after all.

Are you ready for Diablo III?

Are you one of the millions upon millions ready to play Diablo 3?  Well you only have less than 24 hours to play this long long long overdue game.

Elder Scrolls Online is official!

The rumors were true and yesterday Game Informer gave a tease of their upcoming issue with Elder Scrolls Online as their cover story.
Bethesda didn't reveal any gameplay with this announcement but gave information that Game Informer would have a lot of details in the upcoming issue.  They did say however that the game is set to be released sometime in 2013.

We also know that this game will take place 1000 years before the events in Skyrim and that you will be able to travel all of Tamriel.  This includes the lands featured in previous Elder Scrolls games like Skyrim, Morrowind, and Cyrodiil.

There will be 3 player factions, although we have no idea yet what they are.  There will also be contested pvp land battles which to me means that you will fight for control of these lands in real time.

Bethesda has teamed up with Zenimax Online Studios to design the game.  This studio was established about 5 years ago with Mythic's cofounder Matt Firor.  It has been said during the announcement that they have been working on this game for a few years now, so I am excited to see where they are exactly in its development stage.

I for one am excited yet cautious about this release because I wonder exactly how they plan on implementing the Elder Scrolls game play into an MMO.  If it is a sandbox title where everything is affected by players that could good and bad.  However if they go to much into the standard MMO play style it will no longer feel like an Elder Scrolls game.  I guess we will all just have to wait and see what game informer has to reveal for us soon.

This game is scheduled to be released in 2013 for PC and Mac.