Feature: Autumn and winter games (plus games from 2012 onwards)

If you know me you'll know I tend to get very excited over upcoming game releases (and only buy them several months later) so here are a few releases I'm looking forward to:

• LA Noire PC port- I may not have played LA Noire yet but I am very excited to see this release and how much more it has to offer over its console counterparts.
• RAGE- Once again if you know me at all you'll know I'm a massive id fan, following them since age six and I am totally stoked for their new game and new engine which will soon house Doom 4.
• The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim- I've hardly ever played any Elder Scrolls game but I've heard about them before so I've decided to give Skyrim a go, in the meantime I will be checking out Arena and Daggerfall seeing as they're both free.
• Doom 4- It's been announced, rumours are circulating and it is due to be confirmed in 9 days, should it come out when people are saying it will this will be the first Doom game (expansions not included) in almost a decade, in typical id style.
• Quake 5- Being the massive Quake fan I am any word of a Quake 5 of any sort gets me real excited and seeing as id have been hinting towards it I'm starting to get super excited and will be waiting eagerly for John to say "It's official, Quake 5 is on its way", sadly due to RAGE and Doom 4 we may not see Quake until 2013/2014.

Well that's my insight into the games of the foreseeable future I'll be back tomorrow morning with another wonderful flash game to review.

Tata for now.

TheWardy signing off.

My first playthrough, should you enjoy very badly done playthroughs

That's Interesting: QuakeCon

That's right guys QuakeCon 2011 is now less than 2 weeks away SO EXCITED.

"Hey Tom, what is QuakeCon???"
QuakeCon is essentially a LAN party held by id software every August out in Texas....noting more to say.
OR IS THERE?!...yes there is.
id also use QuakeCon to announce/discuss any upcoming projects and this year there are 3 projects on my mind: Rage, Doom 4 and Quake 5
We thus far know that Rage is on its way (out 13th September I think, cannot be bothered to check) and we know that Doom 4 is a possibility and that Quake 5 may have been taken into consideration so for all of us id fans QuakeCon '11 is going to be an exciting event.

Sadly I will not be attending the event this year but may attend next year's so keep an eye out. I will be following the event closely as it unfolds and put my findings in a blog post for you all to see (:

Anyway that's it for me now sorry this was so late.
I may see you all later on today but if I don't I will see you on Tuesday where I will be discussing the best upcoming titles as 2011 draws to a close.
Goodnight.
TheWardy signing off.

Flash Game of the Week:The Soul Driver

Well here I am once again providing regular posts (hopefully) I'm gonna kick it all off with a quick one.

The Soul Driver is a sort of flash equivalent of The Need for Speed, the main objective of the game is to drive 42 miles without totalling your car. Every time you reach a certain distance, you will go into a garage which gives you chance to upgrade and repair your car but also adds a new obstacle to the road. There are several felonies to commit in this game, once you commit a felony, the shield in the bottom-right corner will begin to fill and once full you will gain a star and the cops will release another resource which range from spike strips to police helicopters.

As it appears in Kongregate
And Armour Games

Anyway sorry for this being late...all I can say for that really.
I shall be back tomorrow (Friday) for interesting stories in the gaming world.
Until then...
TheWardy signing off.

REBOOT!

"But Tom, why did you shout reboot?"

Because I'm back! That's right guys I am back, hopefully for good, I have no idea but what I do know is that there will be a big overhaul involved which means that days will be removed/changed, all of which with immediate effect.
There will be no more dev blog for a while as all projects have been put on indefinite hold.
Features will be posted at the end of the month and mostly consist of any big game releases (including upcoming releases)
I haven't planned any changes for the Flash Game of the Week but I may still have to alter it.
Hardware review is being scrapped completely because quite frankly doing it was no fun at all.
That's Interesting, again no planned changes but always open to them.
I'm considering slowing the review down to once every two weeks, will confirm on Friday, also considering bringing our very own Tesni in for a guest review at some point.
Finally I may be adding something to the Sunday slot, confirmed on Saturday.

Well that's it for now.
Glad to be back.
FGotW tomorrow.
Bye.
TheWardy signing off.

Retrospect 8/8: GameGear Vs DS

This is it! The last one!! Sorry it's like hideously late but I truly have been all over the place this month (it even shows in the stats) but it's here now (and soon, the others should)

Time to get on with this.

For the finale we will be looking at the Sega GameGear and the Nintendo DS which were released in 1990-1991 and 2004-2005 respectively with the GameGear being retired in 1997. So without further ado lets get on with this.

Comparisons: Battery, media and functionality

Ok firstly a small advantage for the battery, there is no need to plug it in anywhere as it runs on AA batteries (even if it does take SIX of the bastards)

For once the media situation is different, basically the carts are much bigger and thus harder to lose, seems a bit silly but its my blog.

Anyway that's it for Retrospect! I hated doing it but I'm kinda sad to see it go really :( Anyway I am back permanently and will be posting on time every single time I promise :) Or Tesni will do mean things to me...possibly.

Anyway Imma prepare tomorrows flash game special, what is it? Only time will tell ;)
Bye for nowwww.
TheWardy signing off.

I'm back!

Hey guys sorry I'm a week late but better late than never eh :)

Ok so a few things: Firstly I was watching E3 for all of you who are wondering and despite only watching a few keynotes I have high hopes for the 2nd half of 2011 and the first half of 2012 and despite the fact nothing was said about Doom 4 (or at least I don't think there was) I am super stoked for that, secondly the Sploder game has been pushed back to the start of July, final time I swear, and finally you will be seeing some changes to the blog in the upcoming weeks which will be covered in depth on Sunday.

Back to normal posting tomorrow.
Until then, buhbyee.
TheWardy signing off.

Right

I need a break, so I am giving myself one.
I shall return Monday 6th June 2011 with the new release and stuff like that as well as some housekeeping seeing as I am struggling to keep up with this now.
Anyway, as most of you will not know I turned 18 on Monday :DD so now most of my break is gonna involve PS3 games...and the Amiga I bought from Super Effective Sunday.
Anyway I'm off seeing as I'm going out YET AGAIN tomorrow on my 3rd attempt at getting the Orange Box.
Goodnight.
TheWardy signing off.