The big news for Brink is a new cinematic trailer released during GDC and we have it here for you. Get your first look at Container City, a Floating home to squatters and refugees just looking for a place to call home. Choose your side wisely, will it be the Resistance the Security, as you battle for control of the ARK, Humanities last place of refuge after total environmental catastrophe – the melting of the Polar Ice caps.

Fight alone or online with up to 16 player matches while completing team based and individual character goals. Game objectives, and missions will be dynamically generated based on a number of variable conditions; your character, your condition, your location, your squad-mates, and the overall status of the battle in all gameplay modes.

Rated M – May not be suitable for all viewers

Features:

• Online multiplayer game letting you compete against up to 3 other player assassins.
• Hunt down other players and assassinate them before they find you.
• Escape other players by blending into the environments & crowds of citizens.
• Play in 3 different environments from Assassin’s Creed II inspired by Renaissance Italy.
• Use power-ups to gain edge over your opponents.
• Fight your way up to the top of the leaderboards.
• Collect achievements and post them on Facebook.
• Go head to head by inviting your friends to a game and find out who amongst you is THE ONE.

Get the game here now! * Limited Time Offer *

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I was playing my usual weekly friends only game of left 4 dead over the weekend and realized that about half of my friends list now consist of female gamers. While we waited for some of our friends to show up, we got to talking about games, the things they like what some of the reactions to them have been. Guys – I have to admit that I’m rather ashamed of many of you.

The times surely have changed. I have female friends on my XBL list that play everything from the most simple of casual games like Hexic or 1 vs 100, music games such as RockBand to some pretty hardcore games like Gears of War 2 and Halo 3. Watch out guys, these chicks will whoop your ass – The old addage “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” hold true in the realm of gaming (more on that later).

During our conversation, we discussed a variety of things that I’ve noticed and I wanted to get their opinion. For fun I took a look at their achievements and most of them have fared better on these games. I still can’t quite get past the Hard setting on Rockband, I refused to play Gears 2 on Hardcore and I know I don’t have the will or patience to finish Left 4 Dead 2 on the hardest difficulty.

They found that to be funny and felt it was a good time to open up a world of verbal punishment directed at me. I’m a big boy – I can take it. In the end they attributed it to the lack of focus myself and many other guys have with games and it makes sense. I (along with many of my friends) like to burn through a game so I can finish it and then go back later. The girls like to master the games for no reason other than they love the games.

I asked them if they could tell me what they loved about gaming online and gaming in general, but, also what really pissed them off. In the short time we had there’s what was said.

Likes:

• A well played competitive game. Blow outs suck but every now and then it’s fun to just hand out an ass kicking
• Meeting awesome people and becoming friends with them. You always have someone online to play something with.
• Kicking guys’ who call them little boys or make sexist remarks to them out of lobbies.
• An extension to the above point, when not in control of the Lobby, kicking their ass on the digial playground.
• Relaxing and hanging out with some good online friends and having some laughs after a long day/week of work

Dislikes:

• Being asked if they’d like to see a picture of someone’s package…and by package I mean weiner. (Come on guys….Really?!? For shame)
• Being asked to send naked pics of themselves (They didn’t want to see your junk, what makes you think they’d want to send you pics of themselves?)
• An extension to the above, they do not want to talk about their physical dimensions (Still can’t take the hint guys?)
• Having sexist comments yelled at them (Ok…I’m guilty of that one…All in a fun competitive manor though)

In the end, the rest of ours friends jumped in and we set up our teams to get our game on. I muttered something to one of my friends asking her if she could send me a picture of her boobs (A joke of course…kinda…SHE HAS A HOT SOUTHERN ACCENT!!) and asked why she wasn’t baking me a pie. She laughed…it was a strange sort of laugh and just before the game started, she told me that I was dead, a shiver rolled down my spine. Fast Forward 10-15 minutes later, I was dead at her hands. Almost immediately I received a voice message where she was laughing hysterically and called me her little bitch. After that game she helped me finish my 1st Left 4 Dead 2 Hardcore mode level.

The point I’m trying ot make guys is this: Every guy I know asks me how I managed to bag a girl who likes to play videogames because they all want one of their own. So why do so many of you act like such idiots? Be nice to the girls who play games. You know you want one of your own but acting like a moron isn’t the way to find one. Who knows, one of the gals online just might be able to help you get those tough to reach achievements.

I found the controls clumsy, having to hold buttons and directions to walk adds unnecessary effort to an otherwise simple action. Also interacting with the environment and other people leaves much to be desired.  Action buttons that are to small to read or are spinning rapidly around the characters head can lead to missed opportunities or discussion points that seamed to be times with some responses.

Where this game leaves everything behind is the graphics – Talk about life like characters, you can actually see the pores on their faces.  These look like people you would see in a movie, a really well done CGI movie.  The sound effects and the voice acting are also top notch.

All in all I think this game will appeal to many, but not this gamer. Let us know what you thought of the Demo.

Available: February 23, 2010
Developer: Quantic Dream
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment

A quick fix from Sega today surrounding an update on the PSN today to address joining multiplayer game issues in the PS3 version of the demo. Also the new version of the AvP demo now features added functionality for PlayStation 3 games to create their own matches and browse for open slots to join other in session games.

“We are confident that the matchmaking issue has been fixed with this new demo and we will be monitoring community activity closely over the coming days to ensure that it has been fully resolved. We would like to thank the community for all of their valuable feedback and continued patience,” said Gary Knight, European Marketing Director of SEGA Europe.

Interestingly enough our very own SlayerAgamon raised concerns over the multiplayer Deathmatch only options for this demo – and has raised a fuss over other game demos only offering this… In the same Article from Sega, Rebellion clarified the reasoning behind this choice.

“We chose Deathmatch as the mode for the demo as it’s very familiar to all FPS gamers and minimizes restrictions on players while they are getting to grips with the controls of each of the three playable species” said Jason Kingsley, CEO and co-founder of Rebellion. “We have plenty of new modes in the game and players only have to wait a matter of days before they can play them when the game launches.”

For advice on how to discern if you are playing on the old demo please visit http://www.sega.co.uk/news/?n=3939.

Aliens vs Predator is set for release on Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC Games For Windows on February 16th in America and February 19th in Europe.

Well EA to the rescue! Get in on the Heartbreaker sale now and pick up The Saboteur, Dead Space and Dragon Age: Origins via PC download for the under $100… Only available until February 14th.

Haven’t heard from SEGA in a while have we aye? Enter the long anticipated and awaited AvP demo on HD consoles. I sat down eager to download and set aside some good quality time to enjoy this quick tease only to find myself slightly vexed. Why is it that a lot of the publishers of games these days feel I want to jump into a multiplayer ONLY demo after I’ve waited months just to play it “myself”?!! This was the case with Army of Two: 40th day as well…just utterly annoying.

Let’s jump to the gameplay. I quick match-up into a lobby (which was fast) and I was in. The system made me an Alien, something I didn’t seem to have the option to change while in the lobby though I looked and pressed every button possible. Minor I guess. The action was swift and I did like the the feel of the controls. I do warn though, there were clearly people in my lobby that have played it for HOURS because I was killed on average every 15 seconds or so, In short, go into this demo knowing your patience will be tested not because the demo is flawed, because I think you’ll not have enough free roaming time to get familiar with it all. To it’s credit AvP looks and sounds really good. It’ll take you back to the first time you heard the Alien’s ‘hsssss’ which there is a separate button for…awesome. You’ll here the Space marines gun discharging throughout, which will take you back even more. Again, freakin sweet. It almost allowed me to forgive there not being the ability to play the demo in solo campaign mode. Mostly, I’d recommend checking it out until your patience gives in…it’s worth it….mostly.

Catch the Bioshock 2 Trailer here.

See you in Rapture.

“The Babysitter” focuses on the intense rivalry between the ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Troopers) and the Spartans. When given an assignment to assassinate a high-ranking Covenant Prophet, a four-man team of ODSTs must accept a Spartan Sniper to their strike force. Each discipline learns something important about the other as the mission progresses into hostile territory – and old rivalries must be reexamined if the mission is to succeed. The episode emphasizes the differences in ability and style between the two soldier types, and features a few familiar faces – Dutch from Halo 3: ODST and his teammates Private O’Brien, Master Sergeant Cortez and Corporal Checkman.

Now that your stoked for Halo Legends you can dive right into the mythology of the upcoming episodic Halo Legends release by participating in the Halo Legends Heroes Journey Sweepstakes.

This is already underway so don’t delay any longer… Fans are invited to make an active search for special codes on the film’s social networking pages, and entrants will be eligible to win the coveted grand prize – an exclusive, behind-the-scenes trip to Microsoft’s 343 Industries, the production company behind Halo Legends. Other prizes include the Xbox 360 Elite, as well as Blu-rays and DVDs of the film, which will be released by Warner Home Video on February 16, 2010.

Hit up these sites and find the Daily Codes: http://HaloLegendsDVD.com, http://facebook.com/HaloLegendsDVD, http://myspace.com/HaloLegendsDVD and http://twitter.com/HaloLegendsDVD. Collect up to four distinct codes each day and get access to Halo Legends virtual trading cards and earn yourself additional sweepstakes entries. The cards are organized into sets which, upon completion, grant to exclusive content (video clips, still images, information) from the Halo Legends movie. In addition, each card expands in size and provides additional details about its place in the episodic film.

Grand Prize:
One (1) lucky winner plus one (1) guest to take a 3-day/2-night journey of their own to 343 Industries in Redmond, WA for a private screening and a chance to meet some of the creative team behind Halo Legends. In addition, the Grand Prize winner will receive an Xbox 360 Elite and Halo Legends on 2-Disc DVD or Blu-ray. There will also be three (3) First Prize winners who will receive an Xbox 360 Elite and a Halo Legends on 2-disc DVD or Blu-ray. Ten (10) Second Prize winners will receive a Halo Legends standard edition DVD. The sweepstakes is open to all residents of the United States and Canada (excluding Quebec).

Visit http://HLSweeps.com/Rules.html for official rules.

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