Assassin's Creed III World Premier Trailer

Devil May Cry 5 Public Enemy Trailer

Lastly from Capcom's Captivate was a new trailer for the upcoming Devil May Cry game. Sadly still no release date yet.

Lost Planet 3 Announced

Another game to rise out of Capcom's Captivate event, and quite possibly stole the show was the reveal of Lost Planet 3.

"Lost Planet 3 reveals new truths about the foreboding planet and the colonial history of E.D.N. III. Lost Planet 3 introduces Jim, a rig pilot who leaves Earth to take on a hazardous but lucrative contract on E.D.N. III.

Working for Neo-Venus Construction (NEVEC) who are preparing the planet for colonization, Jim joins his fellow pioneers at the Coronis base and begins surveying the uncharted terrain and obtaining samples of the planet’s energy supply – Thermal Energy". 

Check the trailer below.

Resident Evil Captivate Trailer and Release Date

At Capcom's 2012 Captivate event in Rome recently press were able to get the first look at Resident Evil 6 in action. 

release date and a new trailer. The game has now been earmarked to ship globally on October 2nd 2012 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, with the PC version "to follow". 

At Capcom's 2012 Captivate event in Rome recently press were able to get the first look at Resident Evil 6 in action. Among the announcements was the information that the release date globally would be October 2 for both X-Box 360 and PS3, with a PC version to follow. 

Also released was the latest trailer which shows some amazing footage and some interesting developments. The addition of Wesker's son, bringing Ada and Sherry back into it and what seems to be a fight between Chris and Leon has completely blown me away. This is one of my must gets for the year.

EB Games Expo 2012

The 2012 EB Games Expo has finally been announced!!!

Over the last couple of days there have been multiple hints on the EB Games Facebook page leading to the official reveal yesterday. This year the event is based in Sydney and is being held over three days from     Oct  5 - 7 with tickets going on sale from May 24. Alongside this, the EB Games 2012 Expo website was also launched which, whilst not finished at present (will be up May 2), you can play a cool little game that can win you a pass. I will post more about this below.

Not much has been announced so far but there is a secret document you can access on the website by clicking on the EB World mascot Buck and entering your EB World code which shows you some interesting clues on what we may see... if you don't have and EB World card yet I suggest you head to your local EB and get your hands on one. It's the best thing since sliced carrots...

What gamer are you? 

That is the question you are asked when you head to the EB Games 2012 Expo website.  After taking a test and answering a few cool questions you will receive a character and a description on what sort of gamer you are (along with this you can follow some instructions to win free passes to the show, one of which will be given away each day up until May 2). I took the test and got the - 'I'm a brooding, old school, jammin' gamer. Hey, throw this guy a lancer and it is pretty damn accurate.

Borderlands 2: Doomsday trailer

Become a vault hunter, up against a massive world of creatures, psychos, and the evil Handsome Jack. A bazillion weapons just got bazilliondier! More wub? Zero? Shut up and take my money.

Mass Effect 3: Taking Earth Back Trailer

Watch the epic CG launch trailer for Mass Effect 3. The war to Take Earth Back begins on March 6, 2012.

ESRB Rating: MATURE 17+ (Blood, Partial Nudity, Strong Language, Violence, Sexual Content)

A friends thoughts Part 3. Brad vs Skylanders

Epic Skylander whinge session = go

I think the hardest thing to write in here, would be a word apt enough to describe this fucking atrocity without alienating and offending ninety percent of the Internet.

Activision are a company that pride themselves on feeding off the moronic gaming consumer bleeding the common man off his hard earned dollar for tiny shit dribbles of content.

To quote somebody from my …. small circle of associates and companions -

“DLC? In my day they were called patches, and they were free”

Anyway while I have limitless hate for these fuckheads let’s get this topic back on the rails.

Now for the non gaming types who loathe themselves enough to read my textual vomit - Skylanders is a video game aimed at children 12 years and below, A typical adventure game with cutesy character based off Spyro style platforming elements.

This may seem harmless, aside from one small factor that leads to the sheer criminal ideal of the game itself. The game comes packaged with a small “platform” and three character figurines, to play as a certain character in the game - you are required to place this small plastic piece of fuck onto the glowing platform so you can use them.

Now the kicker here is, certain parts of the game are only accessible using certain characters and you only get three in the box.

You have to buy the rest separately.

This is where my limitless agony comes into play, not only do these psychopathic parents fork out ungodly amounts of money on buying these excess characters, Acitivision purposefully undersupply them in order make mothers froth at the mouth. Over the past two months I have had minimum eight people per day asking for these figurines, the majority of them with an aggression and sense of entitlement that makes me want to reach through the telephone and end them with a swift grip to the throat.

So here I am at a store level, I have no control over stock of these tiny soul destroying fucks. ($14AUD per character by the way) But of course them not being in stock is all my fault, So I take all the abuse while Activision plot the next money thieving software to make them rich beyond mortal comprehension.

I think I made a mistake listening to Ghost by Devin Townsend Project while trying to write this blog entry, because it really is quite impossible to stoke the fires of loathing when his music is relaxing the shit out of you - anyway most of you get the point, obviously this wasn’t directed at being a humour filled posting, more my own personal venting. So if you didn’t enjoy it - I’m pleased I ruined somebodies day besides my own.

- Brad

Australia finally gets R18+ classification for games

The Federal Government has introduced legislation to establish an R18+ category for computer and video games in Australia.

Currently in Australia, the maximum legal classification for games is MA15+. Games that are not considered suitable for children are refused classification and banned.

In 2009, the Government received close to 60,000 submissions in response to a discussion paper on the matter.

Minister for Home Affairs Jason Clare says the legislation is scheduled to come into effect at the start of next year.

"This will bring the classification categories for computer games into line with existing categories used to classify films and make the Australian classification regime more consistent with international standards," he said.

The editor of Australian computer-gaming website Kotaku, Mark Serrels, says an R18+ category has been a long time coming.

He says many games currently rated MA15+ are not suitable for children, but their parents have no way of knowing.

"We need an R18+ rating so parents are aware of what games are suitable for children and what games aren't," he said.

"This is something that has been going on for over a decade now so it's really positive that this is happening."

A national telephone survey conducted by Galaxy in 2010 showed 80 per cent of the 2,226 people contacted said they supported the introduction of an adults-only category for games.

SOURCE

A friends thoughts on Star Wars: TOR

I'll begin by saying I can be much more critical, and likely more offensive in my reviews than what you may have read previously on Scarecrow Games. With that in mind, I bring my attention to Star Wars: The Old Republic.

The MMORPG to bring down the numbers of World of Warcraft? I sincerely doubt that. I concede that SW:TOR is polished and refreshing in comparison to the aging beast that is WoW, but to claim it will tear away it's fanbase in favour of lightsabers and starships is presumptuous at best and arrogant to boot. Quite fitting of EA, if I may indulge in the pleasure of slamming a company that was the mastermind of an atrocity such as Origin.

I digress. Having finished with my “EA is evil” rampage, we move onto SW:TOR.

Initially I was excited at the prospect of traversing the Star Wars universe as some kind of strange Lucas inspired being, beating on the Rebel scum and Force choking the life out of a Twi'lek. I was astonished to find my first companion was indeed an annoying Twi'lek female with a shock collar around her neck. The pleasure of pushing that buzzer to wipe the smug look of her face with every snide remark was gleeful, to say the least.

And then, I came to a sudden realisation. I had spent the better part of my week searching dark tombs, waiting for a decent level enemy to respawn to pick up another 20 credits and a fucking worthless datapad.

I realised I had already grown weary of the routine, the same routine I had tried to overcome in past MMORPGs. As much as I love the Star Wars universe, it just couldn't surpass the grind. Maybe it was my ADHD kicking in, but I felt bored.

Graphically, the game looks and plays like Warcraft. The combat system mimics Warcraft. The mechanics are Warcraft. I can't see past it! The true saviour of the game is the fully voiced conversations in your character prologue and Mass Effect style speech wheel, with a standard “Nice guy”, “Couldn't give a shit guy” and “Sinister, broody guy” options, to declare your Light or Dark side intentions. But the prologue only lasts around 20 levels and you're back to the grind!

To be dissapointed in this game is an admission I am, regrettably, forced to make. (No Lucas pun intended.) I wanted to love this game and pour hours into shaping a character that felt like my own. But in the end, almost all the level 50 characters look the same. There seems to be no individualism.

Put all this into a package without Australian servers and you have a clone (Am I pushing this too far?) of a decade old game with lightsabers, and enough lag in the Imperial Starfleet area to make your eyes water.

If you are a slave to the grind and enjoy lightsabers more than original gameplay, this truly is the game for you. If you were bored of DC Universe a week into it's free to play release, then steer clear. Perhaps the game will better itself through added content, but as with all added content in MMORPGs, expect a laundry list of bugs, glitches and patch updates to surely follow. Nothing special here, but surely enjoyable to true fanboys. 2/5

- Luke