EA and BioWare have gifted fans of Mass Effect 2 with some new DLC, The Arc Projector heavy weapon. Here is a brief outline of the weapon’s capabilities:
The Arc Projector ionizes targets with a non-visible laser to ready them for a high-voltage electrical attack. As the lightning-like bolt hits its first target, a sophisticated auto-targeting system paints succeeding targets with the ionization laser, allowing the electricity to take the path of least resistance and arc between them. An entire enemy strike team can be shocked to death with a few pulls of the trigger. Careful aiming will also allow the user to arc shots to nearby explosives as well.
A welcome addition to your arsenal I’m sure you’ll agree. This is the first of the heavier guns to utilise an electric attack, with a quick reload time and massive damage dealing capabilities. It’s strengths lie in destroying kinetic barriers and eliminating synthetic barriers. I for one will soon be jetting around the Milky Way shocking the living daylights out of any mercenaries I may have missed the first time round. To give you even more of an indication of how it works here are a few screenshots of this bad boy in action.
Is the above picture a representation of you? Is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 causing you to become frustrated, angry and possibly Mapathetic? Here is a full description of what you may be experiencing, courtesy of Infinity Ward:
“Mapathy (n.) [map-uh-thee] (often expressed as, “How the hell did you know I was there?!”) is a state of indifference to the same old maps one has been playing for the last several months. The Mapathetic individual no longer derives pleasure from blowing up people hiding in the cockpit or on top of the crane. More than 20 million people may be at risk for Mapathy.”
Well fear not my fellow FPS addicts and fellow Mapathy sufferers, a cure is at hand. On March 30th 2010 a map pack is coming for COD Modern Warfare 2 on Xbox 360 shortly afterwards for PS3 and PC.
Details are sketchy at the moment but check back soon for more info as it arrives. More people around the globe are currently suffering from Mapathy than swine flu, and tamiflu can’t help you… only more maps can.
Time to take the soldiers out of the box, and they don’t require assembly and painting!
With the Kaiser dealt with and the toy’s safely back in their box, it’s time to take a closer look at this XBLA game and see if the House Party has been kicked off in style. So with gun’s at the ready, we wait for the whistle to send us over the top, either to glory and victory or to certain death at the hands of the German guns. Even in a toy war there can be on only one winner, is Toy Soldiers a glorious success? Or a whimpering death rattle…
As part of the Xbox live House Party, Toy Soldiers has been released on Xbox Live arcade, and what kind of self respecting boy would I be if i didn’t dip into the toy box and see what was going on! Mortars, machine guns, planes, tanks, you name it, it’s here allowing you to unleash hell on your little moulded enemies on a small plastic scale!
The single player Campaign mode see’s you defending your base (a lovely looking toy box) from waves of infantry, horsemen and a variety of vehicles on land and in the air. The aim is prevent a set number of waves from entering the toy box, but it’s not quite as simple as that.
Dust off your six shooters and saddle up, a hot new western is being lined up to hit Xbox 360 and Playstation 3! It’s being billed as ‘Rockstar’s most ambitious title’ yet and as you can see from the screens below it’s looking very, very tasty.
An open world game featuring several towns and outposts as well as a whole host of authentic characters, this has all the early indicators of being an absolute classic. Period weaponry seems to be feature heavy, from your six shooters and lassos to early machine guns and explosives.
Ever wondered what Hell would be like? Imagine the screams and cries of the tortured souls being the only sounds you could hear, their battered bodies writhing in agony and roasting on the lake of fire being the only thing you can see.
Sounds awful doesn’t it? But now imagine you have a huge scythe, the power of religion and a beautiful woman to save. . . .suddenly it seems like a place i might like to go! So, ‘Abandon all hope, ye who enter here’ and let’s see if this is a heavenly triumph or a hellish mess.
Zaeed Massani doing what he does best. . .destroying things!
Mass Effect 2 is on the shelves and in our Xbox’s, and EA and Bio ware have decided to spice the game up with some free dlc (well, free in most cases!) in the shape of downloadable character Zaeed Massani and bonus mission ‘Normandy Crash Site’.
Add this to the Dragon Armour which came free with Dragon Age: Origins and we’ve already got a few tasty treats from the Mass Effect 2 world to tuck into! These are available via the Cerberus Network which is on the games main menu. So lock and load people (and aliens) and lets see if they are any good. . . .
Having the ball usually means you’re about to be hit. Hard.
There will be blood! Cyanide Studios and Games Workshop have teamed up to create a videogame version of the superb board game Blood Bowl, but is it just for fan boys or is it accessible to everyone?
Blood Bowl is a mix of Warhammer the board game and an ultra violent version of American football, which on paper (and on a board) is great. There are 8 races to choose from; Humans, Orcs, Goblins, Dwarfs, Chaos, Wood Elves, Skaven and Lizardmen each with there own strengths, weaknesses, unique tactics and star players, but which of these psychotic breeds has what it takes to be Blood Bowl champion? And is the game worth playing to discover the answer?
When I first got my hands on ‘Brutal Legend’ I was as excited as an eleven year old girl at a Twilight movie. I love metal. Jack Black rocks. Guitars and axes are a brilliant combination. How could I not love it??
‘Brutal Legend’ has the most entertaining intro I’ve ever seen (Jack Black showing us the hallowed record of the games title), leading to a menu which is the record sleeve and record itself. It’s simple but looks great and is highly amusing.
In the office this week I’ve been playing the new Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 just to see what the fuss is all about with these football games. Check out the first look above with my impressions and expect a full written review at the end of the week. Will it be a cracking shot? Or a red card?
Ever wondered what Hell would be like? Imagine the screams and cries of the tortured souls being the only sounds you could hear, their battered bodies writhing in agony and roasting on the lake of fire being the only thing you can see.
