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Another week has passed since my last post and until today I’ve got to be honest I didn’t have much to say. You see this week the gaming world has appeared to have taken a holiday as nothing really caught my attention. However, that all changed today when I read a number of topics all that wet my appetite for the future, but as always il start with the games.

Games 
Like the opening of this post not much has happened on the gaming front this week mainly because I forgot it was a bank holiday on Monday which meant that Lovefilm didn’t receive my games until Wednesday , which meant I didn’t receive them until today. So in light of that I will give you my initial pre game thoughts and in next weeks blog I can give you a review of the games. In a way this is a blessing in disguise as I can build a bit of a gap between the games I play and the reviews I give.

 So the 3 games I received today were Hunted: The Demon’s Forge, Sniper Elite V2 and WWE 12. I’ll start with Hunted: The Demon’s Forge. I don’t know too much about this game other than you have a partner in single player so I’m interested to see where that goes hopefully it will be a campaign where you actually need your partner rather than just an added nuisance.

Next up is Sniper Elite. My last sniper game was Ghost Warrior which to say the least was shit. The AI had super sonic hearing which made me turn off before the first level was over. I’m hoping this game will reward stealth and I’m looking forward to what the co-op has to offer. 

Lastly is WWE 12. I’ll start off by saying I’m not expecting much, ever since the WWE games have replaced a proper story mode with some half arsed fight whoever you want I’ve liked these games less and less but I will continue to play them in hope that they get it right one day.

News
As stated at the beginning of the post there really wasn’t much news I wanted to talk about this week until today when it seemed the stars aligned as an influx of news came in that I was actually interested in. so here it goes.

Hitman Absolution finally got a release date of November 20th, that’s a Tuesday so mark it on your calendars as Agent 47 is going to get his hands dirty. Along with the release date is was also announced that if you pre-order the game from a participating retailer than you will get access to Hitman: Sniper Challenge via PSN or XBLA from May 15th. This pre-order bonus is a standalone game where you play Agent 47 and you have to take your target and his bodyguards out from a single rooftop. I really like this kind of pre-order bonua to the ones where all you get is a fancy map or a shirt. My only concern is what is stopping someone from pre-ordering the game just to get the DLC then cancelling their pre-order.

Assassins Creed 3 finally got a “game play” trailer or as it should be known a cut scene trailer where all the graphics are super smooth. I’m looking forward to this game because I enjoy the series although I’m expect this to be the tipping point as to whether I continue getting this series on the week of release or getting it when nothing else is out. I hope it connects to Desmond somehow, I want that chapter to end. They did it with Ezio and Altiar so hopefully they can do it with Desmond.

Ghost Recon is getting some DLC at some point after its release, the DLC is called “Artic Strike” and will include additional maps, 2  new game modes and some more weapons. I have high hopes for Ghost Recon I enjoyed the last 2 games I just hope this game tries to stand out from the crowded FPS scene and doesn’t try and do a COD copy in its multiplayer.

The final bit of news I have to talk about is Bioshock Infinite which has been delayed (shock and horror) the reason being they want to make the game as good as it can be. Which is fine I’d rather a game comes out and is bug free and polished than a half arsed game that could ruin a franchise. My only problem is doesn’t this game feel like its been in the works forever. I remember seeing a game play trailer 1-2 years ago and since then apart from a trailer nothing. I want this game to be good but the longer it takes to get here the less hopeful I am.

So that’s it a shorter than planned post mainly because of the game delay which I apologise for. Also if you haven’t already check out this week comic by Warren it’s about Tim Burton and its true apart from Batman because that was awesome, I’M BATMAN.
Until next time...


Lawrence