The Witcher 2 Free From Today

Xbox Live Gold members can now download The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings on Xbox 360 for free. The Witcher 2 will be available for free until the end of January. Meanwhile, Xbox One owners still have time to get D4: Dark Dreams Don't Lie - which is available free for the entire month.

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Deals With Gold

Microsoft has announced this week's Xbox Live deals for the Xbox One and Xbox 360. Tomb Raider games seem to be the main feature this month. Major Nelson's website states that this week's deals are valid through December 8, 2014. You can check out the full list below:

Xbox 360 Games

Content Title	Content Type	Discount %
Tomb Raider	Games on Demand	50%
Tomb Raider Adventure Pack Unlock	Add-on	50%
Tomb Raider Online Survival Pack Unlock	Add-on	50%
Tomb Raider Underworld	Games on Demand	75%
Tomb Raider: Underworld – Lara’s Shadow	Add-on	67%
Tomb Raider Underworld Beneath the Ashes	Add-on	67%
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light	Arcade	67%
Tomb Raider Anniversary	Games on Demand	75%
Tomb Raider: Anniversary – Episodes 1 & 2	Add-on	67%
Tomb Raider: Anniversary – Episodes 3 & 4	Add-on	67%
Tomb Raider Legend	Games on Demand	75%
Armored Core Verdict Day	Games on Demand	50%
Enslaved	Games on Demand	67%

Xbox One

Content Title	Content Type	Discount %
Tomb Raider Definitive Edition	Xbox One Game	33-50%

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Destiny - Behold...The Magical Cave

Destiny players this week have found a Cave situated in 'Old Russia' which drops unlimited loot which ranges from Uncommon to Exotic Weapons and Armour. The Cave be found nearby the Cosmodrome. Now this is an endless spawn point for low-level enemies, which Re-spawn every few seconds. Players are encouraged to go in two's or three's to farm the Cave. Check out my pic below to see some of the situation's you can get yourself in.

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WWE 2K15 Delayed On Next Gen

2K Sports has today announced that the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions of WWE 2K15 will not be released on October 28. The next-gen versions will launch three weeks later on November 18. The 360 and PS3 versions are still set for the original release date.

Allthough the developer wasn't open as to why the game has been delayed, they did have this to say: "Visual Concepts and Yuke's are committed to delivering the most authentic and action-packed WWE experience to date, including release for the very first time on next-generation consoles. The additional development time enables our talented teams to ensure the WWE 2K15 next-gen experience fully meets our expectations."

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July Games With Gold Free Titles

Microsoft has announced the free games that Xbox Live Gold members will receive in July, and it includes four games in total--one of which was already made free during June.
Xbox One:

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition -- This version of the game adds extra content which includes characters, levels and so forth.

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood -- This one if already available, so download if you haven't yet.

Xbox 360:

July 1: Gotham City Impostors -- This is Batman-themed shooter which a decent multiplayer game which was first given away in the collectors edition of Batman Arkham City.

July 16: BattleBlock Theater -- This one is from The Behemoth, a developer known for Castle Crashers and Alien Hominid.

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PES 2015 Announce By Konami

Konami has released a bunch of screen shots from PES 2015 which showcase character and stadia details of the next-gen football title.

The images are of 3D recreations of well known Juventus players such as Carlos Tevez and Paul Pogba. The pictures also outline new details added to stadia, particularly with crowd generation which seems to be a dramatic leap from previous games.

PES 2015 is the first entry in Konami's co-developed in the UK to enhance the game's authenticity. It has been suggested the PES 2015 release date will fall on September 26 though it has yet to be confirmed.

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GRID Auto Sport trailer and info released

Codemasters has officially announced a new game within their GRID series titled GRID: Auto Sport which is set to be released on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. The game is being described on the Codemasters Blog as the "the next game in the GRID series and descendant of TOCA Touring Cars and is designed to move the series back in line as a more authentic racing game". The game is due for release on June 24th 2014 with no next gen iterations of the game coming. You can catch the trailer aswell as all the info below.

The Handling

As ever, our handling model has had a lot of effort put into it and you’ll really notice the difference, we think, from GRID 2. For GRID Autosport we’ve gone back to a more authentic handling style. It’s definitely not a full simulation – we want it to be authentic, not clinical – but it’s more towards that end of the spectrum than before. If anything, we believe the handling is actually one or two steps further towards simulation than Race Driver: GRID, to give you an idea.

Each car has been tuned and adjusted to really give a sense of its personality so they will act and behave differently from one another, as they would in real life. This is especially noticeable across disciplines. Pick up a WTCC spec Touring Car and it’ll feel completely different to a Formula 3 car for instance. The goal has been to replicate an authentic feeling of what it’s like to race each of these cars in the games as if you were out on the track yourself.
We’ll be talking more about the handling and how we created it in the coming weeks, including how you, our Community helped shape it in ways that you may not yet know.

The Racing Disciplines
You’ll be hearing us talk about disciplines a lot as they make up another of the core foundations of the game. Disciplines are various types of motorsport, of which there are five within GRID Autosport, each with its own unique style and feeling. There’s a vast difference in the way a Touring Car race unfolds compared to that of an Endurance race. Each discipline requires a different approach, strategy and comes complete with its own style of racing.
For instance, in Touring Cars it’s all about aggressive pack racing. You’ll have to manage tyre wear and race into the night in Endurance competitions but look to race smoothly and with precision in our Open-Wheel races. Street Races are about reacting on the fly on claustrophobic streets through cities with unpredictable changes in elevations and drift cars are all about demonstrating your car control. To become an all-around driver, you’ll develop a broad set of skills.

Each discipline has a number of dedicated series within them; ranging from Touring Cars, GT, Single-Seaters, Muscle Cars, Drift, Supercars, Hypercars, Time Attack, Prototypes and many, many more. You don’t just get five broad experiences, but also different racing experiences within those styles.
We’ll be going into more detail of each discipline between now and launch, starting next week with our in depth look at the Touring Discipline.

The Locations
You will have noticed the likes of Hockenheim, Sepang, San Francisco, Jarama and Yas Marina within our announcement video but that’s far from the complete roster, there’s plenty more to come.
GRID: Autosport will feature 22 locations with a combined route list that totals over 100!
While we will have a selection of great city based locations it’s the circuits that make up the bulk of the roster and there’s a great variety on offer.
From the iconic to the old favourites, the ones classed as legendary and of course some new faces as well. In fact, there are more circuits in GRID: Autosport than there are in Race Driver: GRID and GRID 2 combined.

The Career

The single player career in GRID Autosport will allow you to become a professional racing driver. As you make progress you’ll be able to join and switch teams, fulfil sponsor demands and beat rivals.
Racing with a teammate is back and at your request he/she will now attack the cars ahead or defend their position. All this is handled by a simple button press on the controller and it’s a feature that will also allow you to request information from your team engineer.

The career is open and this means that you’ll only ever have to compete in the racing disciplines that you want to. If you’re a Touring Car fanatic then by all means find a home within the Touring section, and never leave. If you love the precision of Open Wheel racing and also enjoy the odd bit of Endurance then you can happily bounce between the two.
The choice is entirely yours to make – choose your favourite style of racing or master them all.

The Racing Experience

When you take an authentic handling model, a great selection of cars and a variety of racing disciplines, it still needs the racing experience to hold them all together and in GRID Autosport your racing experience revolves around the paddock.
This is the menu you’ll find yourself in before a race and it’s from here that you’ll be presented with a number of pre-race options, such as practice and qualifying.
If you find yourself racing on an unfamiliar circuit or route then simply head into practice and spend some time on the track. After practice you can jump into qualifying where, as you’d expect, you’ll be able to set your fastest time with the aim of starting higher up the grid come race day.
Much like the career, the choice is entirely yours. If you want to have a practice session and jump straight into a race then great. If you want to give practice a miss and just do qualifying then that option is also entirely possible, as is skipping straight into the race itself should you so desire.The paddock will also allow you to tune your car before the race. Tuneable components include: brake bias, differential, downforce, gears, ride height and suspension at both the front and back. All of the cars in the game run great as ‘stock’ but the option to tune is there should you wish to get the car handling to your own preference.

Multiplayer

Powered by RaceNet you’ll be able to join with friends to form Racing Clubs and race under team colours against other clubs in the community. Receive new challenges every week with the new and evolved Discipline Challenge, track your stats including your complete vehicle history and climb weekly and persistent leaderboards.
We’ve got a series of features planned for the coming weeks, all of which dive deep into the multiplayer of GRID Autosport so be sure to keep your eye out for those!

Driven by Community Feedback 

While we were patching GRID 2 and releasing new content we were also busy gathering feedback. We listened to everyone who had an opinion on not just GRID 2 but our older games as well. This feedback was digested and ultimately it played a huge part in the early development of GRID Autosport.
The authentic handling model has been shaped by Community feedback but we haven’t just stopped there. Cockpit view makes a return, and with it a dashboard view too, yes, GRID Autosport will ship with two in-car cameras.

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Far Cry: The Wild Expedition Announced

If you fancy jumping into the wilds of the Far Cry games, then the perfect collection letting you do just that is being released to celebrate 10 years of gaming goodness by the franchise.

Far Cry: The Wild Expedition brings together Far Cry Classic, Far Cry 2, Far Cry 3 and Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, all at the responsible price of £29.99. It is due to launch in the UK on February 14th for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

For our North America viewers you will be getting a slightly different package. Named the Far Cry Compilation, the collection is the same minus Far Cry Classic and that it will be launching exclusively for PS3. It is due February 11th for $39.99.

If you fancy getting Far Cry Classic on its own, it will be released February 12th for Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network for £7.99.

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The Elder Scrolls Online: War in Cyrodiil Trailer

Looking forward to jumping into the Elder Scrolls universe with friends, then check out the latest action packed trailer for the game. Offering glimpses of large scale battles and sieges, magical powers and a guy leaping with some pretty Daedric looking wings, the trailer is an exciting look into the game.

Finishing the trailer of is also the announcement for the release date of the game, 4/4/2014. Only a few more months to go then.
 

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Liam's fondest and worst memories this generation

Well there have been some great game's this generation and some really bad ones, I suppose you could say it has been the best generation for great games. Along the 3 platform's: Wii, Ps3 and Xbox 360 i have had an amazing time whether it be on my own or playing with other's through Live or PSN. When we discussed this we said it would be a top 5 scenario and a worst 5 but i found that it would be too difficult for that so here goes my top 10 and worst 5, explaining why and how!

Top 10

10 - Dead Rising

One of the sole reason's I got the Xbox 360. At the time i remember watching on Playtime which was an old show on bravo and it blew my mind how you could have so many zombies on screen at one time and the fact it was set in a mall just like Dawn of the Dead (favourite film) just made me weak at the knees. Dead Rising had great characters and bosses who were psychotic and fit in with the story of everyone going nuts in an apocalypse scenario. Another thing which blew my mind at the time was the amount of weapons that were at my disposal. When going from a PlayStation 2 and playing games such as Shadow of Colossus and God of War the leap was extraordinary.

9 - Alone in the Dark

Now i know what your thinking....this is his number 9?!  But yes it is! Alone in the Dark was a good game that was vastly under rated by many due to bugs at the time of launch. Being a big fan of the series i don't think they could have done a better job in doing a reboot than what they did here! The game featured dynamic lighting, great graphics and an inventory system that hadn't been tried at the time and still hasn't to this day. Alone in the Dark sold 1.2 million copies, so here's hoping for a sequel on next gen *fingers crossed*.

8 - Batman Arkham City

I could have given number 7 slot to either Batman game's as they were both truly awesome, however Arkham City just pips it. Batman Arkham City grew on the first game and took it that one step further. There are tonnes of enemies all with great voice over's and an impecable story line that could trump even the great Nolan movies. Batman: AC added open world game play to something where you thought it couldn't get any better. New combo's and gadget's were added aswell as playable character's such as Catwoman and Robin. Heck Batman: Arkham City was that good that i went and bought that collector's edition...and everyone know's what a tight git i am!

7 - Assassins Creed Revelation's

The Assassin's Creed series is one of my favourite's of all time. I love how each game leave's me wanting more through cliff hangers and i'm yearning for the 4th on next gen. Each game has been great but none immersed me aswell as Revelation's. Revelation's brought together the story of Ezio and Altair and explained how both were linked and how their memory's can save all of human kind. One more reason i loved this game so much is that they weren't afraid to kill off character's which i think create's a more powerful ending and also make's you want to play as that character over and over. Another favourite from this game is the hookblade which is used to either kill enemies or zip line about that place, hopefully it will make a return in Assassins Creed 4.

6 - Gears of War 3

Gears of the War 3 is one of the best shooter's of all time and feature's so high up on the list due its great story mode and amazing 'Horde Mode'. GOW 3 finished off an amazing trilogy and had some epic moment's and even for the third title in the series, still managed to bring shock value to the table.

5 - Resident Evil 5

Resident Evil 5 is the sequel to one of my favourite games of all time - Resident Evil 4. It expanded on all the great ideas of 4 adding co-op mode and bring back a fan favourite in Chris Redfield. It may have had its querks yet it still managed  to deliver an awesome game to the survival horror genre.

4 - Metal Gear Solid 4: Gun's of the Patriot's

Metal Gear Solid 4 would really be a joint number one if i had my way. MGS 4 is 5 years old now and still in my opinion is one of the best looking games. In this game Konami went all out bringing super clever AI to the enemy and pitted Snake in middle of a war between two opposing sides. People may have complained that this was one long cut scene of a game but to have great story telling that is what you need and this is what Kojima does so well. MGS 4 is one of the best exclusives available and should be played by more people than just PS3 users.

3 - Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Uncharted 2 Among Thieves is a breathe taking journey and i could have picked any game of the trilogy as they are all phenomenal. Uncharted 2 took all the ideas of the first game and super sized them by a thousand bringing an adventure story that would challenge the likes of Indiana Jones. Uncharted is a series made by Naughty Dog who are famous for doing such games as Crash Bandicoot, Jack and Daxter and most Recently The Last of Us - all of which are master pieces to their own generations. One thing that is scary...is seeing what Naughty Dog can do with a bit of kit like the PS4, I'm frothing at the mouth just thinking about it!

2 - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Bethesda's Elder Scrolls series seem to the be the benchmark of many games. They take many genre's and stick them all into one huge world. Oblivion blew my mind when i first had it on the 360 and when Skyrim came along I was in awe. The amount of different things you could do within the world is astonishing and to this day i am still playing and finding new things! One thing for sure, The Elder Scrolls: Skryim has to be the best money to game time ratio of all time as i'm sure that billions of hours have been lost worldwide. 

1 - The Last of Us

Just when you thought this generation was over, Naughty Dog go out and create a world that you thought wouldn't be possible with this type of hardware. The Last of Us is possibly my favourite game of all time let alone this generation and showed a sign of what the future may hold for gaming. Everything in TLOU from the script which wouldn't look out of place in Hollywood to online were near perfect. I must say i am a huge fan of the zombie genre but even taking these out of the equation would still come up with a master piece. Words can't do justice to how fantastic this game is and everyone should be able to play it at one point or another even if it means paying £100 for a new PlayStation.

Worst 5

Guess I've saved the worst for last. This section will define the shit sandwich's of games which is what I would rather eat than play these again. With the amount of budgets for games that get flung around these days you would think it would be rather hard to make a bad game.

5 - Facebreaker

Right where do i start on this piece of poo! Facebreaker is one of the more difficult games this generation. This game was made by EA and resembles the old Ready 2 Rumble games. I picked this up later down the line for a fiver from Currys and that proved too much. I gave the game half an hour but after having my ass handed to me continuously in the first round, I decided to call it a day before I threw the Xbox out the window! 

4 - CSI: Hard Evidence

CSI: Hard Evidence was purchased back when i was an achievement whore. I tried to use a guide but got no where as the game was physcially broken! This game featured awful graphics and doesn't resemble the show in any way other than the user being a victim for buying it...

3 - The Bourne Conspiracy

Sadly i purchased this twice (360 & PS3) on the basis that I loved the movies. The Bourne Conspiracy isn't even that bad a game it's just the fact i can not the life off me after about 20 attempts beat the guy on the plane!

2 - Terminator Salvation

Movie games are never really any good and this is possibly one of the worst. In an ideal world you take John Connor and you pit him and the Resistance against actual Terminators! Sadly all you fight for four hours (completion time) is the tin can above. Only up side is this is the easiest 1000G allthough the most bor......ing, sorry i dozed off just thinking about it.

1 - Jumper: Griffin's Story

 Here is another movie tie in which is my most hated game this generation. Jumper is based on a bad film which of course is going to equal a bad game. This is another game i got to rack up the achievement point's and I did quiet while until Samual L. Jackson shows up to bitch slap me! He is one of the hardest bosses of all time however this doesn't account for repetitive game play in which you just mash a,b,x or y. Jumper features horribly bad graphics and the worst sound effects with the character's repeating the same things every 5 seconds over and over and over, uuugh!

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Skyrim comes to Minecraft

If you have ever wondered what the world of Skyrim would look like if it was set within Minecraft, then wonder no more.

A new official mash-up is on the way, introducing new textures, themed menus and a new user interface, 40 character skins, craftable items and over 20 iconic soundtracks, all based around Bethesda's popular The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim.

In addition to the above their will also be pre-set worlds featuring Whiterun, Riverwood, and Bleak Falls Barrow, places that should be familiar to Skyrim players.

Minecraft: Skyrim Edition is set to come to the Xbox 360 edition of the game sometime soon and should be priced around $3.99, £2.69, €3.79.

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The Walking Dead: Season 2 Reveal Trailer

Fans of Telltales The Walking Dead game, get excited, for season two is coming and the reveal trailer has been released, showing that Clementine is back, and now playable as the main protagonist.

It should come of excitement for fans to be able continue on her story after the finale of the first season. Along with the reveal trailer, a bunch of shots have also emerged of Clementine, perhaps the night time setting and darkness featured is a reflection of dark times ahead within season two.

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Grand Theft Auto V Micro-transactions

With rumors emerging of possible micro-transactions in GTAV online, with mixed reception, today those rumors can be put to rest with confirmation from Rock Star.

In a post on Rockstar Newswire, it is confirmed that you can purchase in-game money in GTA online in exchange for your hard earned real world cash. For those fearing that this will lead to a pay to win system, it was also stated that the micro-transactions will only allow those who partake to gain items quicker, 'You don’t have to spend real money to attain the cars, guns, clothes, flash and style of a high-roller in Los Santos, but can if you wish to get them a little quicker'. 

The newswire also gave details on reputation, which is earned through everything you do in GTA online. The higher your reputation, the more features are unlocked such as weapons and contacts, think of it as a level system, and reputation can not be bought, it has to be earned. 

Sounds fair enough to me, that if someone does not have the time or patience to earn in game cash they can spend their real life money, but that everyone else who does not want to spend their own money can still earn all the same items, just a little slower, and that everyone has to earn and build up reputation to unlock features.

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Dishonored: GOTY coming in October

Bethesda has announced Dishonored: Game of the Year Edition will be released on October 8 in North America and on October 11 in Europe. With this the following DLC addons will be included: Dunwall City Trials, The Knife of Dunwall, The Brigmore Witches and Void Walker's. The GOTY Edition will be available in Europe on Xbox 360 and PS3 for €39.99/£29.99 and €29.99/£24.99 on PC.

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