Buy The Upcoming Twisted Metal And Get Twisted Metal: Black For Free

David Jaffe, co-director of the new Twisted Metal for the PS3 showed up on the Playstation Blog once again but this time with good news. The Twisted Metal creator brings us yet another message via video announcing that each copy of the new Twisted Metal will include a free downloadable copy of Twisted Metal: Black.

He also wishes every Twisted Metal fan a Merry Christmas and at the same time got side-tracked a bit for food stamps... Anyways, well that's good news.  free games are always welcome and hopefully it sticks and doesn't follow EA for trying to pull a fast one at the last-minute.

I know it's been awhile and you might have forgotten it already, but the new Twisted Metal is coming on Valentines Day, February 14, 2012 exclusively for the PS3.

[Source: Playstation Blog US]

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Impact (PSP) - Impressions

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Impact, the current Naruto game by CyberConnect2 on the PSP. Naruto games by CyberConnect2 are action packed, over the top, fighting games with controls that are simplistic but with enough depth to keep both casual players and those willing to take it a step further around. That isn't quite the case here.

To be honest I was a little excited about this game. After seeing the trailer shown at TGS 2011, I was expecting this to be the portable version of Ultimate Ninja Storm while thinking that the horde mode shown would be just a game mode for the story mode. But that new "rush mode" system IS the whole game. When starting a level, you deal with a bunch of stupid grunts ala Dynasty Warriors. Thing is that the mindless grunts in Dynasty Warriors have more brains (and health) than the grunts in this Naruto game. Characters basically have one combo with barely a hand full of special moves and one ultmate move. Now while everything is gorgeously animated and highly over the top, you will be sick of it after just one mission with each characters, maybe even less.

Now it may sound as if I am hating on this game for not meeting my expectations which is true but I am slowly enjoying this game. The enemies are butt easy so the only real challenge is the actual boss fights which pits you against significant characters in the story. On normal (the game's default difficulty) it's a tad too easy and since the only other difficulty available at the start are 'Easy' and 'Normal', you're kinda stuck with that for the moment. I'm only at Chapter 2 (starts at Chapter 0) which isn't very far so I am hoping that the game has much more to offer since previous Ultimate Ninja / Narutimate Hero games have impressed me before but there is a glaring fault in this game that is haunting and will continue to haunt my playthrough and that is a lack of an auto-save feature. Seriously, how hard could that have been to include?

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The Games I completed in 2011

2011 is almost over and I started to think "How many games did I complete for 2011?" First thought, it should be a lot. So I started making a list of the games that I completed, meaning from start until you see the credits rolling.

This was an amazing year for gaming. Starting 2011, I already had a buy list which I actually followed to the tee in the end. The last in my list was Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. When I got Skyrim, I considered myself done for 2011. I had to ditch some games like inFamous 2, Resistance 3, RAGE, and many more which I consider to get if I find a cheap copy somewhere. The head count is at 25. I'll update if I missed some but that's about the gist of it. Not that much if you ask me. If I record the number of hours of each game though, well that's an entirely different story.

My completed list of 2011:

Mass Effect 2(PS3 playthrough) DC Universe Online(has a story so it counts) Diablo 2(D3, come out already! playthrough # 7) Killzone 3 Uncharted 3 Two Worlds 2 Batman Arkham City Outland Dragon Age 2 Gears of War 3 Mortal Kombat(has a story mode, so yea) Deus Ex: Human Revolution L.A Noire Portal 2 Halo: Reach Fable 3 Splinter Cell: Conviction Dead Nation Dark Souls The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Crysis 2 Dead Island Moon Diver Left4Dead 2 Alan Wake

I was hoping to add Battlefield 3 into the list but I'm actually not done with the single player. Have 45 hours spent on multiplayer but haven't completed the campaign which should be at least 8 hours long. Why? cause it's flat-out boring and just bad. I'm having a hard time pushing myself to go through this linear campaign. I'm halfway there though so I'll be done hopefully by the end of the year.

I was hoping to have a bigger list but at least now I have a personal record to beat entering 2012. Thinking about beating the 2011 by doubling the amount of  games completed. For the sake of having a challenge. Take note that I took a huge amount of hours in each game. I don't rush finishing a game, especially with RPG's, if I see a side quest that needs doing, I'll do it.

If you have time, drop by the comments and throw your completed games list of 2011. I'd love to see what you guys have finished and also add in some stuff you want to complete by the end of the year. For me, I just want Battlefield 3's single player done and maybe my second play through of Uncharted 3( Crushing difficulty).

Holiday weekend, what are you playing?

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone! Now I know that Christmas is the season for giving but I'm sure some of you guys will get some new video games, be it given by other people or "given" by yourself. So, if are playing video games this weekend then what are you playing?

Migoy: No new games for me since I am at the age where I have to get those kinds of things for myself and can't ask Santa for em. Was mostly busy with preparing for the big night and spending time with the family. However I was able to spend sometime with Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Did a bit of Arcade Mode on the morning of the 24th and after I got home I was able to play a few online matches with @estimater (tupasheep) and Arlie around 1:00am on Christmas day. Played again after I woke up, did a bit of training with some characters I haven't really explored yet and trying to get all the character endings.

Arlie:

Happy holidays to everyone! Bought some games yesterday as a part of my last minute holiday shopping list. I got myself a copy of Batman: Arkham City, Assassin's Creed: Revelations and Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception which I aim to finish (or even Platinum) all this week while we're on a holiday shutdown at work. Also played Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 and Battlefield 3 online with my friends.

Quash: Happy holidays! since its Christmas, was busy with all the last minute shopping and the horrible gift wrapping(didn't bother wrapping one and actually gave it with just a paper bag) but doesn't mean I didn't squeeze any gaming during the weekend. Before I left to join family, I did a few Super Meat Boy stages. I hope everybody had an awesome Christmas. I sure have and it was fun spending it with family.

Finally - Street Fighter x Tekken Asuka Reveal

After half a year since it was teased at the end of the E3 2011 trailer, Asuka Kazama finally gets revealed for the roster of Street Fighter x Tekken.

Now it's just a cinematic trailer with Chun-Li and Cammy fighting Asuka and Lily. Fan service is present in this cross-over catfight. Capcom has slowed down with these trailers, I hope they start releasing more character reveals soon if there are any left.

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