RTX was AWESOME!

The Gaming news for the week:

• Assassin's Creed 3 Rise Trailer:
  
• Halo 4 Forge details released at RTX this past weekend. If you missed it, here is a video of the details:
  
• The Villian Trailer for Black Ops 2:
  
  Yes, that did say that the story was created by David S. Goyer, the co-writer of The Dark Knight Rises. It also said that Trent Reznor was the composer of the game. Yeah, thats right the frontman of Nine Inch Nails and composer for The Social Network (which he won an Oscar for) is the composer for the game!

Don't forget about my Twitter Contest to win Tickets to see The Dark Knight Rises! If I get 1000 Twitter followers by July 20th, 10 lucky people will receive tickets to see The Dark Knight Rises at any showing of their choice.
My Twitter link is: @JoshuaDVincent

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QOTD: Did you go to RTX?

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EA bashes Black Ops 2!

The Gaming news for the week:

• The long awaited Portal 2 DLC is coming out this May. The only bad thing is it only comes out for Mac and PC. On May 8th, if you own Portal 2 on Mac or PC, you can create your own levels and share them with the world with the Perpetual Testing Initiative. I was hoping that they would release it onto the Xbox 360, but since there is no Steam platform on it I would have to live without it.
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 news:
• Comes out for Xbox 360 and PS3 on November 13th, 2012.
• Will be set 13 years in the future
• Will be centered around a single solder that is kind of like Alex Mason in the first one
• First Trailer has been release. Check it out below:

• An Professional CG artist has started work one an animated short film based on the popular game Portal. The short film is titled Companionship and is about a tale of love, loss and cubes. Here are some images from the film:
  
  What do you think?
• Microsoft and 343 Industries are working on a live action 5 part web series called Forward Unto Dawn. There has not been to much information released about this, but it will not just bee an advertisement campaign for Halo 4. Since 343 Industries put out their first bit of live action content, fans went crazy. Now they are getting what they asked for. The 5 episodes will tell the story of how Master Chief inspired a young cadet to become commander of the UNSC Infinity. It will tie into the events of Halo 4 and telling the origins of how the war started between humans and The Covenant. They plan to release the episodes in the weeks leading up to the release of Halo 4 on Machinima and Halo Waypoint.
• Angry Birds Space is the fastest growing mobile game of all time. Its has been downloaded 50 Million times in its first 35 days. That is a lot of data being downloaded. Rovio should be proud with them selves and continue to make high quality content.
• DICE is working on expansions and DLCs to keep Battlefield 3 players happy for another 12 to 18 months. The first DLC is called Close Quarters and adds four new small maps, a new game mode and several new weapons. The Armored Kill DLC will add big maps and new vehicles and will come out this fall. The End Game DLC comes out in the winter, between late 2012 and early 2013, with yet to be announced content.
• Rumor: Half-Life 3 announcement might be coming from this years E3.

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QOTD: How does the Portal Fan Film look?

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Halo 4 looks pretty...Awesome!!!

The Video Game news for the week:

• Conan O’Brien got to visit 343 Industries where they are making Halo 4. He got a behind the scenes look on what they were doing with the game. He also got to voice a character in the game. Check out the video below to know what i'm talking about:
  
• There was a lawsuit filed against Ubisoft recently due to story similarities to John Beiswenger's book Link and the Assassin's Creed franchise. The similarities that are being talked about are historical and religious references, an Animus like device, and a  Abstergo like company. Fans quickly responded in the best way they could think of. They went over to Amazon.com and gave bad reviews to the book. You try and stop a company that has a large fan base and this is what you get.
• Some awesome new screenshot from Halo 4 have been released. They showcase some new stuff including Armor, characters, and settings.Check them out below:

  

  New Armor

  

  Multiplayer Map

  

  Forerunner Campaign

  

  New Grunt      

• Trials Evolution set a huge record on the Xbox Live Arcade this past week. It was downloaded over 100,000 time in one day. It brought on over $1.5 Million in sales on its first day alone. The game being released is part of Microsoft's Arcade Next promotion, which will be releasing another game next week. If it is as popular as Trials Evolution, its gonna create major revenue for Microsoft.
• Popular Youtuber FPS Russia and Activision wanted to show a new toy that will be showing up in the new Call of Duty game. Come check out the Quadrotor:
  
  The new game has been confirmed to be Black Ops 2 by the games website. From what FPS Russia suggests, it may be a game based in the future.
• The Gameplay trailer for Crysis 3 has been released. Check it out below:
  
  
• Rocksteady is releasing Batman: Arkham City Game of the Year edition with something pretty cool. They are releasing a DLC titled Harley Quinn’s Revenge. In the DLC players to use Batman or Robin's unique combat and investigative skills to uncover Harley’s vengeful plan and shut the gates on the Arkham City forever. In addition to the news story line, players get to experience new environments and fight a new gang of thugs. Check out the trailer for it below:
  
  The Game of the Year edition of the game releases on May 29th and will included the new DLC free of charge. If you already own a copy of the game, you can also purchase the DLC on that same day.

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QOTD: What do you think of the gameplay for Crysis 3?

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Joel McHale kicks a guy in the balls for Nintendo!

The Video Game news for the week:

• Sony's Smash Bros ripoff is called PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale and will be revealed during E3 this year. There is only one confirmation on who will be a character in it, Sweet Tooth from Twisted Metal. Gamers are hoping for Nathan Drake from the Uncharted series and Kratos from the God of War series. I guess they will have to wait till the reveal at E3 later this year.
  
  
• The logo for Black Ops 2 has been released. It also teases to when the game trailer will be released. Check it out below:
  If this is right, be expecting the trailer on here when it is released.
  
  
• Nintendo hires Joel McHale to do a commerical for the 3DS and this is what they got:
  
  It made me laugh and I liked it, but I still won't buy it.
  
  
• There are lists out on the web of the most anticipated games to be released this year.
  Here is the list of the most anticipated Xbox 360 titles:
• A lot of Screen shots from Halo 4 have been released. Since 18 screen shots wont fit on this blog here is a link to a website that has all 18: All Games Beta
  Here is some more details about what the game will offer:
• Spartan Ops will pit you and 3 other players against enemy forces in the game. 
• A new multiplayer game mode called Regicide has been announced. Players will fight against each other, with the top player being called the King. For every kill that the King gets, their bounty will go up. This makes their death worth a pretty penny for anyone who kills him.

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QOTD: What Video Game are you most excited for this year?

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Minecraft has made $80 Million!!

The Video Game news for the week:

• TellTale Games has revealed the price for their new game for The Walking Dead. The first episode that will be released in April will cost $5 for PC, Mac, and PSN players. That translates into 400 Microsoft Points for Xbox players. Right now PC and Mac players can purchase a Season Pass for the game and get it for 10% off.
  
  
• The Box art for The Amazing Spider-Man game has been released. Check it out below:
  
  
• Milla Jovovich, leading lady of the 5 Resident Evil films, wants to be in the next  Resident Evil game. She says she has been a fan of the games for a long time, but doesn't understand why here character, Alice, is not in the game.
  
  
• Xbox Live Arcade Next trailer has been released. Check it out below:
  Trials Evolution is set to release April 18, 2012Bloodforge is set to release April 25, 2012Fable Heroes is set to release May 2, 2012Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition is set to release May 9, 2012

• The Game trailer for Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two has been released. Check it out below:
  
  
  
• Minecraft has made over $80 Million so far. This helps indie developer Mojang to work of more projects. There are rumors out there that say Mojang might be working on a space themed adventure.
  
  
• Band of Brothers was a direct inspiration to the Gears of War game franchise. Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski says the franchise was created around the serious tone of Band of Brothers. They hope to take the Gears of Wars franchise into a more serious type of game.
  
  
• A new Heavy Hitter for Bioshock Infinite has been revealed. Check her out below:
  
  
  
• A large ammount of Black Ops spoilers have been released. Since there are tons of them I will post a link to the site where they are posted:  BLACK OPS 2 LEAKED

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QOTD: Would you like to see a game based on Band of Brothers?


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Look, Up in the Sky!

The gaming news for today:

• To the people that say PC gaming is dying or dead, you can go chock yourself with a wireless controller! PC gaming is still alive and kicking. This past week Steam, the PC digital distribution platform of games, just passed a huge mark. They had over 5 Million people logged into Steam and playing a game. I bet you can guess what game it was. Yep, Skyrim!
• Well Factor 5 was working on a Man of Steel version of Batman: Arkham Asylum/Arkham City, but it was cancelled before anything could happen. They have released what some of the characters would look like. To me it would have been a decent game if it was any way like a superman version of Batman: Arkham City. I'll post a picture of what Superman would have look like at the bottom of the page.
• If you are not watching CES, you should be. Sony announced a new portable platform called The  PlayStation Vita and man does it seem cool for a portable platform. Thats all i'm going to say now, but Friday will be my CES overview. I will be talking about everything I love seeing.
• Activision has plans to release another Call of Duty game this year. From the domains they have registered many believe it to be Black Ops 2. Then again, they do own the domains for Black Ops 2 through 6. I don't think a dying series like Call of Duty can last that long. Just saying!

Thanks for reading today's post, as always leave a comment down below about anything or the question of the day, which is:


QOTD: Do you think they should make a Superman game like the most recent Batman games? Would it be as good?


Until Next Time,
The Pop Cult. Blogger.


P.S. Video game review will be up as soon as I finish watching Moneyball.