The Last Of Us

The Last Of Us is a PlayStation 3 exclusive which is scheduled to be released worldwide on May 7th 2013. The Last Of Us is a survival horror action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog. The Last Of Us was officially announced on December 10th 2011 during the 9th Video Game Awards (VGA).

The game has two main characters, the two survivors of the post-apocalyptic America are Joel and Ellie.

Joel is an adult who is a brutal survivor and Ellie, a brave young teenage girl who is wise beyond her years. The pair must work together if they hope to survive their journey across the US.

The Last Of Us was nominated for the Most Anticipated PS3 Game of the Year at VGA, but unfortunately lost to Grand Theft  Auto V (GTA V).

The Last Of Us E3 2012 Extended Gameplay:

VGA The Last Of Us Story Trailer:

The Last Of Us Truck Ambush Trailer:

The Last Of Us Bill's Safe house Cut Scene:

The Last Of Us Theme Song by Gustavo Santaolalla:

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Video Game Awards 2012 (Part 2)

Hello and this part is just a continuation of part 1 if you haven't already checked that out.

Best Team Sports Game:

Nominees:

• NBA 2K13
• Madden NFL 13
• FIFA Soccer 13
• NHL 13

Winner:

NBA 2K13

Best Individual Sports Game:

Nominees:

• SSX
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13
• Hot Shots Golf World Invitational
• WWE 13

Winner:

SSX

Best Multi-Player Game:

Nominees:

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
• Guild Wars 2
• Borderlands 2
• Halo 4

Winner:

Borderlands 2

Best RPG (Role Playing Game):

Nominees:

• Mass Effect 3
• Diablo III
• Torchlight II
• Xenoblade Chronicles

Winner:

Mass Effect 3

Best Action Adventure Game:

Nominees:

• Assassin's Creed III
• Darksiders II
• Dishonored
• Sleeping Dogs

Winners:

Dishonored

Best Shooter:

Nominees:

• Halo 4
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
• Borderlands 2
• Max Payne 3

Winner:

Borderlands 2

Best PC Game:

Nominees:

• Diablo III
• Xcom: Enemy Unknown
• Torchlight II
• Guild Wars 2

Winner:

Xcom: Enemy Unknown

Best Wii/Wii-U Game:

Nominees:

• The Last Story
• New Super Mario Bros. U
• Xenoblade Chronicles
• ZombieU

Winner:

New Super Mario Bros. U

Best PS3 Game:

Nominees:

• Assassin's Creed III
• Journey
• Borderlands 2
• Dishonored

Winner:

Journey

Best Xbox 360 Game:

Nominees:

• Assassin's Creed III
• Halo 4
• Dishonored
• Borderlands 2

Winner:

Halo 4

Studio of the Year:

Nominees:

• 343 Industries
• TellTale Games
• Arkane Studios
• Gearbox Software

Winner:

TellTale Games
 

Now what everyone has been waiting for the final awards which are for Best Game of the Year and Best Game of the Decade (2002-2012)!!!

BEST GAME OF THE DECADE (2002-2012):

Nominees:

• Batman: Arkham City
• BioShock
• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
• Portal
• Mass Effect 2
• Red Dead Redemption
• Wii Sports
• Half Life 2
• World of Warcraft
• Shadow of the Colossus

Winner:

......................................................................



Half Life 2


Best Game of the Year:

Nominees:

• Mass Effect 3
• Journey
• Dishonored
• Assassin's Creed III
• The Walking Dead: The Game

Winner:

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The Walking Dead: The Game!!!


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Video Game Awards 2012 (Part 1)

Video Games Award (VGA) is an annual award show hosted by Spike TV. VGA awards the best computer and video games of the year. To add more entertainment to VGA, live music appearances and performances by popular performers in the music industry.

So lets see the results of the 10th annual Video Games Award 2012:

Character of the Year:

Nominees:

• Raul Menendez - Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
• Master Chief - Halo 4
• Commander Shepard - Mass Effect 3
• Connor -Assassin's Creed III
• Clap Trap - Borderlands 2

Winner:

Clap Trap - Borderlands 2

Most Anticipated Game:

Nominees:

• Tomb Raider
• The Last of Us
• South Park: The Stick of Truth
• Bioshock Infinite
• Grand Theft Auto V

Winner:

Grand Theft Auto V

Best Social Game of the Year:

• Sim City Social
• Marvel: Avengers Alliance
• Draw Something
• You Don't Know Jack

Winner:

You Don't Know Jack

Best Downloadbale Game:

• Fez
• Journey
• The Walking Dead: The Game
• Sound Shapes

Winner:

The Walking Dead: The Game

Best DLC (Downloadable Content):

Nominees:

• Leviathan - Mass Effect 3
• Dawn Guard - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Mechromancer Pack - Borderlands 2
• Perpetual Testing Initiative - Portal 2 

Winner:

Dawn Guard - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Best Adapted Video Game:

Nominees:

• The Walking Dead: The Game
• Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
• Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
• Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

Winner:

The Walking Dead: The Game

Best Performance by a Human Male:

Nominees:

• Dave Fennoy as Lee Everret - The Walking Dead: The Game
• James McCaffrey as Max Payne - Max Payne 3
• Dameon Clarke as Handsome Jack - Borderlands 2
• Nolan North as Captain Martin Walker - Spec Ops: The Line

Winner:

Dameon Clarke as Handsome Jack - Borderlands 2

Best Performance by a Human Female:

Nominees:

• Melissa Hutchison as Clementine - Borderlands 2
• Emma Stone as Amanda Carthwright - Sleeping Dogs
• Jen Taylor as Cortana - Halo 4
• Jennifer Hale as Commander Shepard - Mass Effect 3

Winner:

Melissa Hutchison as Clementine - Borderlands 2

Best Handheld/Mobile Game:

Nominees:

• Gravity Rush
• Sound Shapes
• Little Big Planet PS Vita
• New Super Mario Bros. 2

Winner:

Sound Shapes

Best Fighting Game:

Nominees:

• Street Fighter X Tekken
• Dead or Alive 5
• Tekken Tag Tournamnet 2
• Persona 4 Arena

Winner:

Persona 4 Arena

Best Independent Game:

Nominees:

• Journey
• Dust: An Elystian Tail
• Mark of the Ninja
• Fez

Winner:

Journey

Best Graphics:

Nominees:

• Journey
• Dishonored
• Halo 4
• Assassin's Creed III

Winner:

Halo 4

Best Original Score:

Nominees:

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
• Journey
• Halo 4
• Max Payne 3

Winner:

Journey

Best Song in a Game:

Nominees:

• Castle of Glass by Linkin Park - Medal of Honor: Warfighter
• I Was Born For This by Austin Wintroy - Journey
• Cities by Beck - Sound Shapes
• Tears by Health - Max Payne 3

Winner:

Cities by Beck - Sound Shapes

Best Driving Game:

Nominees:

• Dirt: Showdown
• Need for Speed Most Wanted
• F1 2012
• Forza Horizon

Winner:

Need for Speed Most Wanted.


This concludes part 1 of the VGA awards List 2012 catch part 2 continuing the other categories that were mentioned in the Video Games Awards 2012.

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Far Cry 3

Far Cry 3 developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 (PS3). it is the third instalment of the Far Cry series following from Far Cry 2 which was released in 2008.

Far Cry 3's release was delayed because of the developer's editing and completing the final version of the game and was supposed to be released on September 4th 2012 for North America and September 6th 2012 for Europe. However it was released on November 29th 2012 for Australia, November 30th 2012 for Europe and December 4th 2012 for North America.

Far Cry 3 is an open world first person shooter game, set on a tropical Island somewhere around the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The main objective of the game is to rescue your kidnapped friends and escape from the Islands and its insane Inhabitants.  

IGN gave the game a 9.0/10 complimenting the game's excellent cast of characters, unpredictable enemy encounters, and its open world environment.

Official Playstation Magazine (UK) and Official Xbox Magazine both gave Ubisoft's Far Cry 3 also a 9/10.

Far Cry 3 E3 2012 Gameplay:

 

Far Cry 3 Story Trailer (UK):

 

Far Cry 3 UK Trailer:

Nintendo Wii U

Nintendo's new video games console the Wii U, released November 18th

2012 in North America, November 30th 2012 in Europe and Australia and it will be released in Japan on December 8th 2012.

The Wii U comes in two different colours: 

• White Wii U Basic Console
• Black Premium/Deluxe Console

Nintendo Wii U can support high-definition graphics and produce 1080p video output.

• 2GB RAM
• White coloured console has 8GB of Internal flash storage 
• Black coloured console has 32GB flash storage.
•  The controller is a 6.2 inch touchscreen Wii U Game Pad
• An Alternative controller can be used, called the Wii U Pro Controller

The Wii U is backwards compatible with the first console the Wii and the Wii accessories (peripherals) may also work with the Wii U such as the Nunchuck, and Wii Remote Plus. 

Nintendo GameCube soon will be available to download via Nintendo's Virtual Console Service. 

The Wii U Game Pad has an Off TV Play feature which is basically playing specific supported games which allow you to play games without the use of the TV, this is a new feature to consoles of today.

The Wii U Game Pad features are:

• Accelerometer
• Front Facing Camera
• Dual Analog Sticks
• Built in Infrared Sensor Strip
• Built in Microphone
• Gyroscope
• D-Pad
• Stylus
• Volume Control
• Sync Button
• NFC (Near Field Communication)
• Headphone Jack
• Infrared Transceiver
• Control Buttons and Trigger Buttons on back 

IGN Wii U Unboxing:



Nintendo Wii U Games to expect from E3 2012:

Hitman: Absolution

Hitman: Absolution is an action-adventure stealth game which was released on Tuesday November 20th 2012 which is the 47th week of the year (in reference to Agent 47). Hitman: Absolution was developed by IO interactive and published by Square Enix. Hitman: Absolution is the 5th instalment of the Hitman series.

Hitman: Absolution will be released on the following platforms:

• Microsoft Windows
• PS3
• Xbox
• Cloud (OnLine)

The complaints about the game is that the game experienced crashing, freezing and corrupting file saves on the PS3 and the Xbox 360, rendering many of the games unplayable.

IGN gave Hitman: Absolution a 9/10 and also stating: "It’s nice to have a game that doesn’t just encourage improvisation; it requires it".

IGN Video Review:

Update on Grand Theft Auto V

Bloggers and Gamers and Everyone else a quick update on the release date of Grand Theft Auto V.

The screenshot below speaks for itself:

Yes 179 days to go from today (Monday 19th November 2012)!!!!! Mark your calenders for May 17th 2013 and start saving your money for this must buy game, you cannot afford to miss a potential game of the year 2013.

Link below to check it out for yourself:
http://direct.asda.com/Grand-Theft-Auto-V---PS3/003778971,default,pd.html

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iPad Mini

Is it just a smaller iPad or is there more to it?

The iPad Mini released on the Friday November 2nd 2012. The iPad Mini was designed at an 7.9in screen display to compete with its rivals, Amazon Kindle Fire HD, Android Tablets etc.

Apple boss Tim Cook stated: "not just a shrunken down iPad... an entirely new design... you can hold it in one hand..."

The Features of the iPad Mini:

• The iPad Mini is 7.2mm thin (as thin as a pencil!)
• Weighs 0.68lbs - half the weight of an iPad (as light as a pad of paper).
• iPad mini comes in 2 colours - Black and Slate or White and Silver
• The screen size is 7.9 diagonally.
• Screen resolution of 1024 x 768
• iPad Mini has a 5mp iSight Camera and a HD FaceTime front side camera.
• iPad Mini has a dual core A5 chip processor and LTE download.
• The WiFi is twice as fast as the iPad.
• 10 hours of battery life.
• Memory capacity of 16GB, 32GB and 64GB.
• 2 models WiFi (connects to internet over Wi-Fi networks) or WiFi and Cellular (connects to internet over Wi-Fi and fast mobile data networks).
• Over 275,000 apps to download. 

Technical specifications: http://store.apple.com/uk/buy/home/shop_ipad/family/ipad_mini?afid=p219%7CGOUK&cid=AOS-UK-KWG-UK_iPad_mini 

iPad Mini TV Commercial:

Unboxing of iPad Mini

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New Grand Theft Auto V Trailer!!!

Rockstar Games have now released a new trailer for Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V). We've all been waiting for this highly anticipated second trailer for this very concealed and action packed game which I'm sure everyone is expecting this game to be a nominee for Game of the Year 2013.

I have also got confirmation of the RELEASE DATE from an employee in GAME which you can pre-order now and the RELEASE DATE WILL BE IN MARCH 2013. It may seem a long time away, it is but this is a game waiting for!!!!! I will be most definitely getting this game and I'm sure everyone else would be buying this game too!!! Enjoy both trailers below the first released trailer and the newly released trailer.

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Trailer #1 (November 2nd 2011):      

Trailer #2 (November 14th 2012):

Black Ops 2

Current rival to Halo 4, Black Ops 2 is releasing today midnight!!! So all you Call of Duty fan boys and girls (if there are any :P ) post your thoughts on the new game on my blog sharing your opinions on my blog.

Black Ops 2 is the ninth instalment of the Call of Duty franchise and a sequel to Call of Duty Black Ops which was released in 2010. 

Black Ops 2 will be based in the future of 2025 and it is the first Call of Duty franchise to be based in the future with future warfare technology and arsenal weapons. Also it is the first Call of Duty game to have a branching storyline alternatives. 

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 is a first person shooter developed by Treyarch and published by Activision releasing on platforms: PS3, Xbox, PC and Wii U.
Black Ops: Declassified will be released on PS Vita only and be set between the first two Black Ops games. 

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Black Ops 2 Trailer:

Black Ops 2 TV Trailer:

Halo 4

First person shooter Halo 4 developed by 343 Industries, exclusively for Xbox 360. Halo 4 is the seventh instalment of the best-selling Halo franchise and was officially released November 6th 2012. The highly anticipated Xbox exclusive received an 9.8 out of 10 from IGN and commented that Halo 4 is "Amazing". Halo 4 is the first instalment of the new trilogy named "Reclaimer Trilogy".

Halo 4 was officially announced on June 4th 2011 at E3 2011, in which the hype for Halo 4 was extraordinary and Halo 4 is at its highest peak so far in the Halo series. Week ending 3rd November 2012 Halo 4 sold over 2 million units in the USA alone. The sales speak for it self that Halo 4 is a great game with beautiful graphics display and millions worldwide favour and admire the game. Leave your comments below on your thoughts on Halo 4 and vote which is better Halo 4 or its rival Black Ops 2?

Unboxing of Halo 4 Limited Edition from IGN:



Review of Halo 4 from IGN:

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