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After the victory of Fernando Alonso at Silverstone story is very video that I want to emphasize in this article. The guys at Codemasters are working hard on the official game of Formula 1 and it seems the result of this year will be much more satisfying than the debut. First, look at the first real images of the game and then keep talking.

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Before I ask, no, it has nothing to do with the famous British music group that triumphed with his smash hit " Song 2 ".

Blur , the game is synonymous with fun, competition, rivalry, struggle to reach the first goal at all costs a lot of laughs and laughs.

2 months ago that Activision has launched numerous codes to play the beta of Blur with 48 hours of free Xbox Live Gold. So we could enjoy the multiplayer mode (since the beta only has online multiplayer modes). The success was overwhelming, exhausting these in no time.

While still not out the game, the beta of Blur is one of the most played online, gathering thousands of gamers daily. There is nothing unusual, because once you've tried the beta and have played Blur a couple of races, the game becomes increasingly addictive and awaken the desire to improve our final result.

Why is it so addictive Blur The answer is simple, people from Bizarre Creations have done a tremendous job, have mixed Project Gotham Racing 4 with Mario Kart , and the result is Blur, a game arcade racing unlike in the which your goal is to reach the finish line first, but not just enough to accelerate and brake, but along the circuit are scattered numerous "power ups" to help you advance to the desired top.

These "power-ups" are: turbo, normal shots, shooting guided missiles, mines, car repair, shield, etc.. Furthermore, our car has a life bar that decreases over the rival attacks and strokes than we, but be careful that when we appear zero reaches far behind and lose many jobs.

Blur will go on sale on May 28 for Xbox 360 , PlayStation 3 and PC, there will be a "boom sales" since the month of May will be collapsed by Alan Wake, Red Dead Redemption, among others ...

If you have not had occasion to try the demo, you're already taking, and those who have tested and, what do you think?

Yesterday there was a digital conversation Yahoo! Eurosport with Adrian Valles, a great pilot who aspires to become the fourth Spanish race driver in Formula 1 (which today is one of the few hobbies that I think I like better than video games). You know that Alonso and Raikkonen were called the PlayStation generation prepared for careers in the new thrill of riding on your PlayStation 2 ... Well, almost all young drivers are big fans of driving games and did not hesitate to ask Vallés what was his:

Question: The speed and driving games on consoles are well made. Do you play normally? What is your favorite?

Adrian Valles: I have a simulator at home which is a Jordan Formula 1 in 2003 and the game I use is the Rfactor Mod F1 a.

Touch your c ... mariloles! A Jordan 2003! Hell, here who hesitates is lost! The Jordan were never cane , but that car Fisichella won a race, the Brazilian Grand Prix in 2003 . I remember it was a very eventful career, he won the pure bow and got nothing more that season, but continues to be a Formula 1 car real "tuned" to become video game.

Anyway, I am consumed with envy and I would love nothing more than making a small story of the toy, not hesitate to have three screens, custom made seat and steering wheel and pedals of course real ...

And then there are the official team simulators, which apparently are very realistic ... I'll get the mop that I am leaving everything lost drool

Cruden's Hexatech Racing Simulator IAAPA 2009:

It only costs $ 191,000! TOOK ME-LO!

I know that Sony did not mean any harm, but the case is sent on Gran Turismo 5 Prologue the day before going on holiday and ended up making the case to the one o'clock ... Since I have gone as I come play as shown in photo blog header and I would mention to my impressions.

I found a set of cool graphics. This is obvious from the beginning, and in the menus, which is always present your car in a dream scenario. The level of detail is amazing both in cars and on the track. The intro is a sample of graphics power is seen in all its glory just need to put the repeats.
As you know, not everything in life is the graphics. The gameplay also seems to me that falls short. Lowering and removing the difficulty driving aid becomes as tricky as in reality. The artificial intelligence also accompanies other cars. Without being aggressive, change either drawn if they touch you well in advance you're not careful, they spend sometimes causing brake dust outputs also raise a very realistic ...

Best possible type graphics, great AI and especially online mode to get all the juice to a game that is nothing more than a drink a little "out-bitches." It costs less than 40 euros, which is not much given the times, but I'm not sure that's worth. This game is really good, but if you had to pay out of pocket no doubt await the final version will be much more comprehensive in options, cars and tracks.

Between what I do not think anything is that we were again without damage to the cars. After seeing how they reacted the cars of Forza Motorsport 2 driving our mistakes, this is nothing short of unforgivable. I guess that's the price you pay for car racing real brands. I think one of stupidity of some "lights" responsible for trademark or marketing of any of those car companies who will not see a scratch on their virtual cars. After watching the Mercedes was Lady Di, I assure you that a Mercedes is not going to look better or safer to see that does not break into my game. It makes no sense.

Finally, if you really want to Gran Turismo, which makes sense given its lineup and the absence of quality racing games on PS3, grab one, but if the money out of my mind I would expect. Yourselves ... Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is a great appetizer, but by itself falls short, missing the main course.

Without leaving the Guitar Hero, playing lately come new Burnout Paradise. I think the series has gained a lot with the new release, which now competes and crashes in an open world called Paradise City and I wonder what position to leave this good game Need for Speed, whose latest installment has not gotten good reviews .

The new Burnout is fun from the start. As always, the introduction and location of the game is great. Within seconds you are in Paradise City received instructions to play. The sense of speed and engine damage is very good and driving, totally arcade, very similar to Need for Speed. In every street in Paradise City have timed runs, others in which the goal is to takedowns, racing tricks that target, others in which you must escape persecution and always, at any time, you can activate the show and begin to collide with the aim of causing the most damage possible. This variety makes the game very enjoyable, but with every rise of fully licensed and have to repeat the tests, although with more difficulty. Jumps and hidden paths are also the best.

The game has gotten very good reviews and scores nine out of ten, while Need for Speed ​​has gone from seven. I also think the Criterion game is over, but the truth is that the tuning sells a lot more, even unfairly, relegating Burnout to January, the date on which hardly any quality game releases. Exit from this date means and to give up a number of holiday sales, but I guess the strategy has been to pull the next Need for Speed ​​and Burnout relegate. Games are not really that different. Throw in a Burnout tuning and have a game infinitely better than Need for Speed. Need for Speed ​​is definitely the enemy at home.

Of course, not everything is good in Burnout Paradise. For me the worst is the guidance system. When you start the race and hit the turbo is difficult to see properly and need to react very quickly. At the same time have to be attentive to the top of the screen to see if you have to twist or not. Although there are warning sounds, the truth is that if you take off the view of the car as normal is that shock and miss opportunities to win. I think this could have been solved with the classical system of arrows over the car, but you subtract realism.

Other things to improve is the ability to have real cars, the creation of the driver inside the car, the size of the city, who immediately falls short ...

Echo lot less of gameplay in which you have to get a certain number of points in pre-set clashes. It's about the only thing I played in previous editions. Something similar happened with the Need for Speed ​​Most Wanted, which I put aside the game to just have fun with the police persecuiciones.

- Special Burnout Paradise on Yahoo! Games.

In the game Yahoo! blog I wrote a new review article in which the games have been launched in January, a month soulless about releases, with particular attention to who is in my opinion the most important release of what far this year: Burnout Paradise .

- Article January, the month soulless in the gaming blog of Yahoo!.

If you live in Madrid and use the bus, sure you've seen shelters with advertising for Need for Speed: Pro Street. Well, some of them with a new system that allows them to make noise and throw smoke by emulating a car wheel.

The objective is to innovate and attract attention. Sure you get through the noise and smoke safe as used in the film that dismisses the marquee.

I leave the list of shelters that "smoke" and make noises:

Plaza de Callao, 25, Carranza street 2, Paseo de la Castellana, 189, Calle Goya 89, Plaza de la Moncloa, 47 Princess Street and Calle Raimundo Fernández Villaverde with Nuevos Ministries.

If you go through some of them tell me how it is made to the invention.

Update: The Need for Speed ​​campaign is giving a lot of talk. Someone in London has screwed up the background announcing the Need for Speed ​​with pictures of topless girls. These erotic models posing in a Ferrari and appeared in online erotic section of "The Sun". Finally they have realized that there is way to promote a game and have withdrawn the campaign.

- The news marquees A very real for a game: with smoke and noise in marketingnews.es.
- The news EA removes part of the publicity campaign for the new Need for Street .

The Formula One PS3 I love because I am a big fan of Formula 1. I do not care you have to press both the button to speed up that I left the mark on his finger, or cruising around a track and then stay for 3/100 of the required time and lose. All to play in the only official (exclusive Damn!).

Using this video game have created a very good strategy should follow Fernando Alonso to win the World Cup this Sunday in Brazil:

What do you think the strategy? Is it right or you would you go 3 stops?

- More videos of joke in 20 minutes .

This first picture shows you exactly what was the party for Juiced 2. Tuned cars (the Audi TT you see in the image is in the game with Knight, the author of this gem with an Xbox 360 in the trunk), scantily clad girls and actress Rosanna Walls as host of the party was the most interest of the party. From the list of the best of the festival exclude catering, more than likely guilty of passing a bad Friday (fear not, I'm better).

In short, it was a pleasant party in which there was great influx of journalists and where we could see a large gateway tuned cars crossing the parking of the Hotel Puerta de America.

The game comes out for all platforms (PS2, X360 ...) and looks great from what I could see. You can tune the car to the limit and seems to be the game that will analyze your driving and driver DNA created based on your aggressiveness, etc..

I also include a picture of me enjoying the party. I left as handsome as my avatar. Is that I'm stuck!

I love the videos and photos showing a game and its corresponding real image. Almost always done with such material car and driving games. This time I liked a video of Project Gotham Racing 4 I've seen in vandal . Enjoy it:

- The video vandal .
- Info on Project Gotham Racing 4 .

Give your image to a video game can get out rally very expensive. In late 2004 launched the game Richard Burns and November 25, 2005, the pilot sadly died of cancer. Now the news is that the biggest and best rally game series dryness is an orphan. Colin McRae has died in an unfortunate helicopter crash. Rest in peace.

We hope that neither SEGA decides to face her and SEGA Rally WRC, the official video game, is not sponsored by our Carlos Sainz, whom the best, all the luck in the world.

- The news of the death of McRae in as.

Besides Foza Motorport 2, soon we will enjoy a new generation Colin McRae has very, very good. Without further ado I leave you with your video. The guys at Codemasters, at times a bit low, still rely on their large series of rallies to stay afloat. This is not neglected or promotional videos:

And while Electronic Arts continues its series Burnout cane, and, above all, with Need for Speed. It seems to be really stepping up this year and the new Need for Speed ​​Pro Street brings great new features:

Forza Motorsport 2 is a treasure for those who like driving 100% simulation. If you have an Xbox 360, but not much money to make a game that is over 60 euros, go to the promotion and try getting one. You just have to answer a question in the most humorous and witty as possible. In the comments I see that the regular readers of my humble blog you are a horny mind. Participate, tienéis many papers to bring you a game. Luck!

- Special Forza Motorsport 2 on Yahoo!

And now, the video:

A few days ago I published the first video of Need for Speed ​​Pro Street, EA has released the second, which finally confirms that actual damages will be in cars. The video shows the game at its best graphics and audio, although we still know little about the gameplay. I keep hoping that they do less arcade and simulation. The game will hit stores in November.

- Video of Need for Speed ​​Pro Street: