Anarchy Reigns Playthrough
Anarchy Reigns will be getting a legit English release in January but if you caught my post a while back, you'd know that I had a copy imported.
Think of this as a sort of "early look" at the game. Now I know that there are a ton of Max Anarchy/Anarchy Reigns videos out there but I'm sure not everyone has the exact same experience. Here's my playthrough of Anarchy Reigns.
By the way, get this game. It's awesome.
Phantom Pain could be Metal Gear Solid 5?
During this year's VGA's, a new game called The Phantom Pain was revealed. This reveal was the biggest talk of the night because we had a completely unknown developer called Moby Dick Studio coming out of nowhere showing a new IP to one of the biggest events in gaming. It was an impressive trailer, but it didn't make much sense and as I was watching the trailer, it was reminding me of Metal Gear Solid for some reason. Then towards the end, the last words you here in the trailer are "V has come true.".
Sounds crazy yes, but that's what I thought when I saw the trailer. It also didn't help that the guy with the claw arm had Snake's hair. Before I go any further, skip to 10:40 on the video below to see the trailer.
I'm not the only one who thought the trailer seemed to be hiding something. Folks over at NeoGAF quickly dissected the trailer and found more evidence to support that this could be either Metal Gear Solid V, or a game in relation to Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, Kojima's next Metal Gear Solid game that was released last September.
The developer, Moby Dick Studio, has a website which completely has nothing except in the About Us page:
Moby Dick Studio is a game developing company operating out of Stockholm, Sweden. Moby Dick Studio was founded by CEO Joakim Mogren who after years of working for a major American developer brought together people out of various game studios from around the Scandinavian area to start something new.
Our goal is to deliver an uncompromising, exciting and touching game experience to people all around the globe.
We will shortly be disclosing information regarding our first major release.
The first thing people noticed was in the name of the CEO, Joakim Mogren. His name, was an anagram for "Kojima". The thread further noticed other hints like the scar in the protagonist's face being similar to Snake's scar in Ground Zeroes, and the enemy emerging through the fire could be Volgin (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater).
If this actually is Metal Gear Solid V, or another Metal Gear Solid game from Kojima himself, him trolling the fans this way is an amazing way to market the game.
Interesting stuff, but everything at this point is still rumors of course. We'll just have to wait and see the truth behind Phantom Pain.
Dark Souls 2 revealed during VGA 2012
It took me awhile to figure out what I was watching when seeing the show live. It was only in the end when it was clearly obvious what I just watched. During this year's Video Game Awards, From Software announces Dark Souls 2 with a cinematic trailer. Check it out below
When the trailer ended, not much info was given after, and the show went on. But thankfully, Gamespot reported additional information on the Dark Souls sequel. For starters, Dark Souls 2 will be coming to PS3, Xbox 360, and PC.
It was also revealed that Demon's Souls and Dark Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki will not lead the team working on Dark Souls 2, but will rather serve as a "supervisor" during development.
The game will have a new protagonist with a fresh storyline, and a "revamped" of the Dark Souls server-based multiplayer with a twist.
That's all the information so far. After the trailer was revealed during the show, the trailer was up in Youtube but was quickly taken down after a few minutes of uploading. We will post a working link once a viable one is available.
Too soon for a sequel? Well, it depends on when this game is expected for release. The added content to the first game just came out, as well as the PC version of the game called the "Prepare to Die Edition", so it was quite a shocker to see a sequel announced.
VGA 2012 results
The 2012 Video Game Awards have concluded and the winners have been declared. Some were obvious choices, while others were quite a shock. Here's the full list of the winners in each category.
2012 Video Game Awards winners:
- Game of the Year: The Walking Dead: The Game (Telltale Games)
- Studio of the Year: Telltale Games
- Best Xbox 360 Game: Halo 4 (Microsoft Studios/343 Industries)
- Best PS3 Game: Journey (Sony Computer Entertainment/thatgamecompany)
- Best Wii / Wii-U Game: New Super Mario Bros. U (Nintendo)
- Best PC Game: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2K Games/Firaxis Games)
- Best Handheld / Mobile Game: Sound Shapes (Sony Computer Entertainment/Queasy Games)
- Best Shooter: Borderlands 2 (2K Games/Gearbox Software)
- Best Action Adventure Game: Dishonored (Bethesda Softworks/Arkane Studios)
- Best RPG: Mass Effect 3 (Electronic Arts/BioWare)
- Best Multi-Player Game: Borderlands 2 (2K Games/Gearbox Software)
- Best Individual Sports Game: SSX (Electronic Arts/EA Canada)
- Best Team Sports Game: NBA 2K13 (2K Sports/Visual Concepts)
- Best Driving Game: Need For Speed Most Wanted (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games)
- Best Fighting Game: Persona 4 Arena (Atlus/ARC System Works/Atlus)
- Best Adapted Video Game: The Walking Dead: The Game (Telltale Games)
- Best Independent Game: Journey (thatgamecompany)
- Best Graphics: Halo 4 (Microsoft Studios/343 Industries)
- Best Song in a Game: “Cities” by Beck (Sound Shapes)
- Best Original Score: Journey (Sony Computer Entertainment/thatgamecompany)
- Best Performance By a Human Male: Dameon Clarke as Handsome Jack (Borderlands 2)
- Best Performance By a Human Female: Melissa Hutchison as Clementine (The Walking Dead: The Game)
- Best Downloadable Game: The Walking Dead: The Game (Telltale Games)
- Best Social Game: You Don’t Know Jack (Jellyvision Games)
- Best DLC: Dawnguard – The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks/Bethesda Game Studios)
- Most Anticipated Game: Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar Games)
It's no surprise that Telltale's The Walking Dead would come out the big winner this year's VGA's. I think they deserve every award since I too think it's one of the best game's to come out this 2012. What's shocking is Borderlands 2 taking best shooter and best multiplayer against the likes of Black Ops 2 and Halo 4. I guess I'm too used to seeing those categories being easy wins for franchises such as Call of Duty and Halo.
Surprised by the results?
Crysis 3 release date announced
Crysis 3's released date has been revealed. Gamers waiting for the third installment in the Crysis series, mark this date on your calendar: February 19 in the US, and February 22 in Europe.
In a report from Joystiq, EA hosted a preview event revealing their early 2013 lineup, which included Crysis 3. During the event, Crytek founder Cevat Yerli announced the release date.
Together with this announcement, EA also released a new video for Crysis 3 teasing an episodic cinematic video series that will premiere on 12/12/12 (See what they did there?). Check the teaser below.
Crysis 3 will be released for Playstation 3, Xbox360, and PC.