So what to expect in Mass Effect 2? Hopefully the trailer will give you an idea about the storyline, but here’s some additional information:

Launch date for Battlefield Bad Company 2 is March 2, 2010.

Gameplay in Bad Company 2 resembles that of Battlefield: Bad Company and takes place in the mountainous regions along the border of Russia among other places. Bad Company 2 will include locations in snowy mountains, dense jungles and also sandy deserts within both story mode and multiplayer mode. The game allows players to play through missions using any tactic they choose. Like its predecessor, Bad Company 2 features destructible environments, however, more destruction is now possible; players can now completely destroy a building rather than just its walls. Bad Company 2 is the fourth Battlefield game to have blood in it.

Source: Wikipedia

I, for one, am really excited for this new Battlefield game! I hope the PC version of it is as clean and polished as the console versions no doubt will be. Anyone else planning to pick this one up in March?

With slightly cartoony graphics and plenty of humor (dark and otherwise), it seems to have a quality of fun which will be a welcome relief from the overly-serious-artificially-epic style of other recent titles.

Oh, and it has lots of big guns and explosions, which is good.

Interested in more? Check out these gameplay clips:

• Diablo 3 Monk Gameplay Blizzcon
• Diablo 3 BlizzCon 2009 Broll Gameplay Part 1
• Diablo 3 BlizzCon 2009 Broll Gameplay Part 2

Diablo 3 is officially FPS Gaming Community approved.

Subtitled “Wings of Liberty,” the first of three games has its focus on the Terran faction.

StarCraft II is a sequel to the award-winning Starcraft game developed in 1998. The game is developed by world famous Blizzard Entertainment. They have not set a release date, but it is widely assumed to be released in early 2010.

As always, the cinematics look stunning! Hopefully the story will be as exciting as it’s looking like it will be!

StarCraft II, a sequel to the award-winning Starcraft game developed in 1998, is a sci-fi Real-Time Strategy game. The game is developed by world famous Blizzard Entertainment. They have not set a release date, but it is widely assumed to be released in early 2010.

This is our first real good look into the singleplayer component of Wings of Liberty, with nearly five minutes of gameplay footage from the Terran campaign.

Some of the highlights from the video include:

• A pair Terran battleships laying waste to a horde of zerglings
• A small Terran outpost completely surrounded by lava (that flows up and down through the battlefield)
• Some huge, badass Protoss units that are the guardians of some ancient relic

It’s definitely worth checking out the video!

It’s worth the download. Checking it out in full resolution, buttery smooth 60 FPS is pretty damn sexy.

Here’s some analysis of the trailer:

• Host migration
• Throwing knives (Counts as primary grenade?)
• Multiple attachments at once
• Extended magazines
• Ammo(?) drop as the 4-kill-streak reward
• Call signs
• Riot shield (With shield melee)
• Predator missile
• Radar scrambler? (You see the UAV turn to static)
• “FMJ” (Full metal jacket? Choice of ammo?)

Further analysis:

• RPG’s seem to move much much faster.
• Shield Bashing is confirmed at :43 seconds (Sovereignty)
• UAV Jammer seems to only work when you enter a certain radius of a player. (NotSoGeneric)
• You can be in chat when in the AC130. You notice this helps because you can hear TSUEnami IW calling out all the enemy combatants. (username455)
• You can still use your weapon even though you are carrying the flag.

Source: Slasher @ Digg.com

It’s coming together rather nicely, and I’ve been enjoying the beta a lot. I must say that dropping from the sky is a thrilling experience, as you’re able to slam on the air-brakes and guide your descent – making a precise landing or dodging anti-air flak.

Check out this awesome trailer!

If we back track to the first few months after the announcement of the new Wolfenstein, we can see where people’s concern began to grow. There was little information about the game to be found on the web, and the closest things you could find were either artist renditions or screenshots of green Nazi zombies. New game additives such as “veil” and sneak previews of the powerful futuristic weapons arsenal looked for a promising single player, but the multiplayer of the game was immediately called into question. “Will we everyone be blasting eachother with high-tech energy weapons online? Iron sights, we don’t want another COD! Ewww green is my least favorite color…” I could sit here and read off a list of quotes all day, but I digress. In the early phases no one knew what to expect for the multiplayer portion of the game, except that the previews that had been released to the public were looking like what some referred to as a COD clone. From then on, the majority of information regarding the game was purely single player.

It wasn’t until a few months before release that information regarding the multiplayer was leaked. An interview with Carmack gave fans hope, as quoted in an interview about MP, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. Gamespot coverage of the console MP gave insight as well, but restless wolf fans were still left in the dark. It wasn’t until a leaked beta version of the game hit the net, that people got a good look at what the multiplayer was going to be like. Within days there were numerous youtube videos, impressions on forums around the web, screenshots, you name it. This was the point when the Wolfenstein forums hit an all time high of chatter. Names were called, fingers were pointed, and all caps were abused. Id were definitely not happy about the leaked beta or the responses they were getting regarding the multiplayer, but it may have been the most successful beta test I have seen in a while, in terms of the output of information regarding bugs and demanded changes. An official public beta was definitely in order much earlier in the development, as the game was due to come out only weeks after the leak, but it gave the developers some things to think about in the meantime.

Only a week after release we can draw some solid conclusions about the game. One, the single player kicks ass! Two, the multiplayer needs some serious attention and quick. Why did this happen? It seems that the single player and multiplayer were separately developed, and the majority of the MP team were laid off (fired) shortly after release, reasons unknown. At this point someone purchasing the game for the multiplayer may be asking themselves why they should buy the game with all the disappointment. Here are a few reasons why the new Wolfenstein may not be as bad as many portray it to be, and why it may have a hopeful future. 1. Wolfenstein community manager stickies a constructive community feed back thread on the forums (hundreds of posts and views within only a few days). I can only hope that this collection of feedback is an attempt from id to keep their famous franchise alive, and give the game back to its fans. 2. Promod beta announced after the first week. Hannes=God. ET:QW could have used his expertise this early on, and I know that many people are depending on this guy’s work for Wolfenstein if the developers can’t deliver. 3. Gaming leagues announce ladders with promises of big rewards. Competitive communities always provide a new form of entertainment to a game. WolfTV anyone?

In all seriousness, this game is going to be worth the buy and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. The single player has gotten great reviews all around, and although the multiplayer is not what people wanted it to be, that may very well change soon. Either through intensive patching, community modding, or the combination of the two, the hardcore wolf fans do not want to see this game fail. Even now, simple tweaks to the game bring it one step closer to the feel of the original Wolfenstein and previews of Hannes promod are getting people excited. I am personally making my buy to contribute to the further development of the game, and am hoping that the Wolfenstein series continues into the years to come. *Detailed Game Review to Come*