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Earlier today Sony unveiled  there new motion controller, The Playstation Move. At the GDC 2010 conference, Sony gave out all the details for the new controller. This new controller is actually broken into two parts, very similar to the Wii.

This highly anticipated motion control system that translates your real world movements into video game moves. The controller with the blue ball is the main controller; with the home button, analog stick and 3 buttons. The second sub part is devoted to be a controller, with a D pad, analog stick on the back, and a few face buttons. The blue ball is actually a camera that captures your real life movements.

The Playstation Move will be released near the end of 2010, for a price of less than $100. There are 3 ways you buy the Move, you can buy it individually, or buy it as a bundle with another game and finally buy it with a new console. Sony also stated that some older games will be redone to for the Playstation Move, such games as Little Big Planet, and also new games like Socom 4.

This is really big News but I can't but help wonder that this is very similar to the Wii? To me this a more expensive Wiimote and nunchuck. There is no doubt this will be a hit, but can it compete with the Wii, since it's another $100 to buy it. While you can get the Wii for $200, you will have to pay around $400 for the PS3 and the Move. Almost twice as much, well Sony better make this the best damn invention ever otherwise I'm sticking with the Wii.

OnLive, the on-demand, instant-play videogame service first revealed at last year's GDC, will launch on June 17, 2010. This will be available in 48 countries and will be accessible for both the PC and Mac. The service will cost $14.50 per month, and this will give you access to a huge library with such games as Mass Effect 2, Borderlands and much much more. The library will also be updated regularly and the first 25 000 users may also receive the first 3 months free of charge. This a huge step for online gaming, and there are also planning to bring this to multimedia TV's! I think this is fricking awesome, this is a huge step for gaming; having instant connection to all the games for a low price.  Games on Demand is already out there, but this a different take on this service and will probably be a great success.

The Newest Character: Hakan

This is something new? Hakan The weirdest character yet.

Hakan Gameplay

Microsoft is making a few changes to the "Don't ask, Don't tell" policy. This allows  users to include mention and information of their sexual orientation, religion, nationality, and race in their gamertags and user profiles. Well this is nice and dandy, but I already got suspended for this.  Before this update, many of us would start fights and conflicts discriminating others, so I guess it's okay to do it now? Well the rules might have changed you can only use politically correct terms, "lesbian," "gay," "bi," "transgender," or "straight". Any thing else like "fag" is still inappropriate. Maybe we might see more people like "gaygamer103", people may not be afraid to express themselves anymore. But you may still get banned if you bio or gamertag is still offensive to others. Well this is a pretty nice update, maybe we can take advantage of it for the time being and make gamertags like "ikillgays213", naw I'm just kidding. Finally it's nice to see Microsoft loosening up a little bit, and maybe they can make things cheaper too.

Since Valve has confirmed the release of Portal 2, Valve has now given us some more information. The game is now set to release on the Xbox 360, but so far no information on the other consoles so far. Finally Valve has confirmed that there will be co-op in the new game, and more new game modes. Well this is a start, and hopefully we get more information soon.

Would you believe that half the U.S. gamers over the age of 13 are female. More and more video game industries are now targeting the female gamer market ages 13-34. They are incorporating more style and fashion into their games. Atari's is working on a new game "Project Runaway", a fashion game for women of all ages to take the world of design into there own hands. Also Nintendo released "style sawy" a fashion boutique game for the DS, which is sponsored by Beyonce. The increase in female gaming is do the interactive interface of the Wii and the DS, I guess girls are too lazy to learn how to play games like COD. Well I hope they don't starting playing online it would be awkward talking trash to a 13 year old girl.

Valve for the past week has been flirting around with the rumor of releasing Portal 2. Now Valve has finally confirmed Portal 2 is in the making and will be hitting stores this holiday season. There was no word on what platforms it will be on or any other information. After playing the first game, I am pretty stoked about this game. As we more information is released I'll let you guys know.

With the release of Bad Company, Modern Warfare, and MAG Zipper Interactive's has confirmed another big shooter for the fall release of 2010. Socom 4 makes it return, but this time on the PS3. This new game will be doing something new that the series has never done before, creating a story mode. Socom games have been heavily multiplayer based, but never had a story before. The new story mode will still incorporate all the multiplayer game styles; squad based, realistic, tactical and obviously third person. Zipper reported to have working very hard on making this a great story. You play as Ops Commander who is in charge of  a 5 person NATO special forces squad. Right away you learn that the other NATO forces have been annihilated, and you and your team have to go sort this mess out. Your 4 other team members: Schweitzer, Wells, Chung, and Forty-five ( the first girl in the series) have a huge task to accomplish, since Zipper stated this game is no "cakewalk". The story unfolds over a 6 day period, which is broken up into two main acts. Also Zipper stated there will be 14 missions, and this will provide about 12 hours of playtime, and this is amazing compared to the other story modes in other big shooters. The story takes place in South East Asia, but no longer are the battles fought on beaches and forests, but you go through many different cities and destructible environments.
Socom 4 will also deliver graphics and presentation wise, they have incorporated cut scenes that blend in and out of gameplay making for a more believable story. Also there have been some new additions to enhance the gameplay. First of all the AI is just as smart as you, they will use suppressors, they will take cover and try to flank you and if not killed in time they may even drop an air-strike on your head! Finally a brand new addition to this game is the new command mode. This will allow you to give your team instructions for both attacking and movement. While holding down a button a menu screen will pop up giving you a variety of options to choose from. Also command mode is based on real time and you can only perform movements based on what you can see. So far there has nothing been mentioned about the multiplayer other than it will be 32 players online. But so far so great, the story mode seems to be a great addition, and if the multiplayer is any thing like Socom 3, I'm sure it will be an amazing game.

As we all know there will be an annual release of a Call of Duty game, but we do not know who will be making them. But now we know that Treyarch will making this years Call of Duty game, which will be set to release at the end of 2010. Also the franchise announced that Sledgehammer will be making the 2011 game, the action adventure game developers. So this means we won't see another Infinityward game until 2012, so until than will we be seeing more world war games? Cause I'm seriously getting tired of those games. But Sledgehammer said it will continue the franchise action based shooter theme. This years game will be about the Vietnam War, and will have the same game engine and presentation as World at War. Finally the franchise wants to bring its game over to Asia, and make Call of Duty go international.

Already out in Japan, DSi is offering a new way to play. After Nintendo's next quarter they will be releasing 3D hidden picture, made by Good Feet. This down-loadable puzzle game, will use the camera to detect how you tilt the system, and adjusts in real time. With this new feature it will allow you to shift your view to find hidden items in the game, and move objects in a new way. Also this new game has lots of content as well. There are many fairy tale theme's to unlock, and if you find your self stuck you can buy hints with the coins you collect as you play. This is only the beginning for new idea's for games. Not going to lie this seems pretty sick, hopefully they can do something productive with this. Finally this game will be available for 200 DSi points, and will be released soon.

Normally when we talk about system crashes we talk about the Xbox 360 and how the PS3 is better since it doesn't crash. But now me and many other PS3 owners are experiencing this really irritating bug; I cannot connect to the Playstation network, and it won't even let me play games OFFLINE! Playstation said the system is paralyzed, wtf? Also this is not just on the new slim but all different versions of the PS3. This is the biggest piece of shit, why the hell does this happen of all of sudden? You don't have to be connected to the internet to even be affected. Sony has released information, this may be related to the internal clock. That's it? Well they better fix this problem really fast cause this is preventing many us from playing Heavy Rain.

As a child we always hear our parents tell us that video games are no good for us. But recent studies have shown people who have suffered a stroke can recover much faster by playing Wii. By any chance your parents have mentioned that to you while you were younger and have sadly suffered a stroke, nicely rub it in there face that playing video games will actually help them. After a person has had a stroke, there are more likely responed to virtual gaming, and the motions involved while playing will help them better there motor skills and regain there motion. In Canadian studies games such as Mamas Cooking house and Tenis have helped patients regain there motion faster than other tests and studies. In the medicine field doctors are now incorporating more virtual gaming, I guess patients progress faster with fun than having to go through surgery. Even tho this is not an official practise yet,  many doctors and organizations are pushing for it. So the next time you want to skip school, pretend your sick and you will have no choice but to play video games.

Mass Effect 2 will be releasing another DLC in late March, the Firewalker Pack. This DLC is free to all Cerberus Network Members(people who bought the game new). The pack will include 5 brand new missions, and a new vehicle, the hammerhead. The hammerhead is a tank like vehicle with speeds up to 120km/h, with guided missiles ensuring you will cause some serious damage. All 5 brand new missions will include the hammerhead as well. Finally Bioware announced they will also introduce a brand new heavy assault weapon. All of this will be hitting the marketplace this March, I don't know about you but I cannot wait.

Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero will be receiving some hot new tracks this month. Every Thursday for the month of March Activision will be releasing 3 brand new songs packs. Some of the greatest hits from Blink-182, Ok Go, Flogging Molly, and the best 80's music such as Go-Go's and Night Ranger. March 4 their first track pack will include Blink-182, and their 3 most popular hits: First Date, All the Small Things, and Adam's Song. March 11th Ok Go will be hitting the marketplace with "here it goes again", "do what you want", and "get over it". On St.Patrick's Day they will release songs from the Irish band Flogging Molly, the pack will include: Requiem for a Dying Song, Paddy's Lament, and The Seven Deadly Sins.  Finally on March 25 they will bring back the 80's. With "Girls, Girls, Girls", "We got the beat", and "Sister Christian". All these songs will be available in a pack or individually. On the Xbox 360 it is 440 Microsoft points  for a pack, and $5.49 on the PS3, and 550 points for the Wii. Or buy each song individually for 160 Microsoft points, $1.99 on the PS3, and 200 points on the Wii. Personally I wish they would add more heavy rock songs, cause I believe that is what made Guitar Hero great, but otherwise this a great addition and cannot wait.

With the release of Modern Warfare 2, people who haven't buy the game have been spending their time wisely playing Halo 3.

Super Mario Galaxy 2 was finally given a release date. The sequel for one of Nintendo Wii`s best sellers has been set to be released May 23rd. Nintendo`s Vice president Cammie Dunaway released the info at the media event in San Fransisco, where a new trailer was released, showing off some of the games new features. The demo showcased Mario playing in several new maps, such a ghost theme, and a GIANT planet. Another thing mentioned was the controls will remain the same from its predecessor. Finally it looked like Yoshi will be making his return as well, and this time you can use the pointer to use his tongue. From the very little information available I already think this game is going to be awesome. As we approach May more updates will be made.

"Connection Interrupted" that is the only match I can seem to find now a days playing Modern Warfare. The games I do get to play in are extremely laggy, people will be glitching all the way across the map and somehow knife me from behind. At first I thought o it is a one time thing, but now more and more the games are become more laggy. This was anticipated to be the biggest seller, and Infinityward was aware of that, I would at least assume they would at least give us a game with decent servers. Infinityward was showboating with a big ass smirk on their face talking about their nice multiplayer features, but how the hell can anyone enjoy them if they can't play one single match. They expected millions of people to play this game, so they expected everyone to have a perfect 25mb per second connection? I guess we saw this coming when they announced there was no more dedicated server for the PC version. But after the release with all the millions they have made they would at least fix this, right? The worst part is I encounter this problem more on Xbox than I do on PS3, I paying fricking $60 for this crap a year! Give me a break. I believe this to be a bigger problem than all the glitching, because before you would enter the game and be getting raped, but now you can't even get into a damn game. Infinityward please fix this problem!

As we all know Sony does not like piracy, but it now seems that Sony is going a little overboard. From the PS3's seven layers of security to the several different types of PSP's. It seems Sony can't do anything to prevent people from hacking them, so they decide to change things up, punish those who haven't done anything. Sony and Game developers have worked together and have come up with voucher code. These codes are used to play online, and every single PSP will need one to play games online. So if you bought the game used, you will have to pay $20 to get the code. Sony is already doing this with the new Socom game, and this is only the beginning. I hate to see legitimate buyers penalized for this, and I think that Sony`s tactics are not acceptable. So what do you guys think? Do you think Sony is write or wrong? And is this method of preventing piracy an effective method?