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After the victory of Fernando Alonso at Silverstone comes in handy to tell the video 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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In a visit to London I have brought under his arm a Call of Duty: Black Ops surprised by the good sales of the game despite his parents, Infinity Ward, have abandoned the project altogether. It appeared that Treyarch, who had already made some Call of Duty of lower quality than those of Infinity Ward, had taken over the project and had given birth to a larger budget Call of Duty top. The truth, unfortunately, is another.

The single player mode has gotten what he wanted, to be more spectacular than Modern Warfare 2, but lacks a script more interesting, more exciting, epic moments, credibility and timing. The story does not come up to the bitumen to Modern Warfare 2. I certainly and I smelled the toast in the final minute and confirmed what I smelled. Well, that is varied, there are good salads shots, but although technically very great height bay, would not put it ahead of Modern Warfare 2, which currently remains the best.

The way to kill zombies is unlocked at the end is funny, but not much I was hooked.

Multiplayer is another story, the developments are pretty good, as the contract system, the option to perform jumps and push us into the ground while shooting and the new maps, which I found quite bright. New weapons are also a good incentive to snag a great time, sorry that my connection to Xbox Live Gold finish expire ... but almost better, because otherwise I'll burn the console-based Black Ops and FIFA 11 ...

Treyarch has done better work than I expected, but still I say the result is not more than MW2. Seems to have taken advantage of work done by Infinity Ward to get even better results. Competition, with the new Medal of Honor, among others, the head still wear it too hard ...

Rating: **** (4/5)

Taking advantage thanks to the blessed air traffic controllers I have been blocked 2 days in London took the opportunity to buy ice cream there the Call of Duty: Black Ops and Gran Turismo 5 with this that there is cheaper. However, early experience with both games have been worse ...

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Hello friends! Long time since I updated my dear blog, but the blessed day intensive that will change this. I just finished Red Dead Redemptio PS3 and I can give you my impressions, as always, 100% original and far removed from the analysis truños you can read there.

After finishing the single player game (the multiplayer yet I have not touched), I have been an excellent taste. Again the hand of Dan Houser permeates the entire script of the game. They talk of some kind of developer "pints" Japanese as the "Tarantino" of video games, but for me Houser is this guy who deserves the appellation. Dan has over 10 years writing the scripts for the GTA series and now has embarked on a Red Dead Redemption stands out above all by the script that has led Houser.

I'm not going to "spoil", but the story of John Marston really hooked. It is full of good dialogue in a way that rarely feel the need to ahorrártelos. The script is full of bandits, corrupt law enforcement, threats, tough guys, whores, racing, pounding, ... there's frauds, and under good grounds of social criticism and comments very ironic and odd acids and intellectual touch : as when subtly makes you wonder if you really can escape his past or when you move to reflect on policy with regard to a dictator and the revolutionary course that will return power to overthrow the people. All very disappointing, very Houser ... I love it! Indeed, as the script for RDD curiosity is ten times that of a movie ...

The end of history had been recommended to me by some friends and, indeed, I am delighted by unexpected, for being the West, for his epic. The duration of the game is quite large because between main missions will always find some fun secondary task to perform, so that ultimately the game offers you many hours of game that you expect. It is true that some side missions are repeated but, man, nobody forces you to do it if you seem boring.

The new scenario, the American West, 1911, gives a touch of freshness to the Grand Theft Auto has been lost over time. The horse is more fun than vehicles, such as hunting fugitives living or dead or beasts, tame horses, buy land ... I'm a big fan of GTA, but I must confess that Red Dead Redemption I liked it better than GTA IV.

The project has been 6 years of hard work against all odds, against analysts shoddy casting on land without seeing him play against attempts to purchase Rockstar and calamities. After all, upon giving the game the required years of development, has been round, has sold over 5 million copies worldwide and has had the success it deserves.

Despite having spent so much time developing an exceptional game, have much to talk about his famous bugs. I was the first to laugh at some, like the woman-ass, and I really found my games some as the disappearance of horses required to complete a mission or the character to fly free into the sky for no reason, but it is unfair to get with the game for this. On aggregate good bad beat by a landslide.

We face a great new franchise from Rockstar, a game that has been able to delay the release of Max Payne 3 end of the year, a game that gives many lessons, among them to be given to good ideas that development time require that little bit better and that much good and bad (and I note ...), that the quarterly results and presentations to investors, the short term, should not stand in the long term, quality, and thus give a 10 to Rockstar and 9 high to Red Dead Redemption. I still go down to the altar and I hope Rockstar continue so many years creating video games for adults that both amuse people like me.

Rating: Mahou 5 stars. Essential.

And now to enjoy the short with subtitles in Spanish, which is trippy:

Just a few days the official announcement was made that many xbox360 gamers were expecting, the launch of Gears of War 3.

Gradually getting more and more news on this highly anticipated game, how will you know the end of an epic trilogy and its launch is scheduled for April 8, 2011. Among the new features to highlight and emerging, the latest and coolest is the announcement by Cliff Bleszinski on Twitter (@ therealcliffyb ), which announced that Gears of War 3 will have the opportunity to play the campaign mode up to 4 player co-op.

Honestly it is very good news, and many expected as in Gears of War 2, but this latest edition will finally you will with it, so we're in luck gamers, gamers and others that we like to play with friends in cooperative mode .

Another novelty will be new characters in both the CGO , as in the Locust , apparently to join delta squad " Anya "and will be a playable character, as we see in the next trailer, while among the Locust, a new species of creature with tentacles, we will make the campaign more difficult. Also there are rumors about possible scenarios full of vegetation or even a sub-aquatic mission, new weapons and explosives ...

We will monitor all developments as they arise, but as you know we will leave doubts in April 2011, meanwhile it's time to create good hype from Microsoft and Epic Games , as they have this trailer called "Ashes to Ashes "and is the first thing we can enjoy.

As you know, and it is customary when they celebrate a European Championship finals or in the sports world, EA Sports always launches its official video about this event and this time they do the World Cup South Africa 2010 , to as only 2 months of its conclusion.

Since yesterday, April 8, is now available on PSN and Xbox Live demo of this game that will delight those fans of the game and those gamers who still enjoy FIFA 10 . The demo consists of a simple match between Spain and Italy, but is a great game graphically.

EA Sports has decided to market this game in physical form as a new game instead of out in addition to FIFA 10 because of improvements and new features including:

- The number of playable teams, while in FIFA 10 are the "core" in this edition we have 199 teams.

- Control "2 buttons" or "Dad pad", it is controlling play just two buttons, such as passing and shooting, as well as move our player with the joystick steering, the rest is done by the machine ... A novelty for the kids to play with his father or mother, EA always thinking of the family.

- Improved graphics and new animations, much like FIFA 10, but with a touch sharper and more colorful, more like sincerely, welcome addition to the coaches who will see them every 2 to 3 gesticulating in the band and from time to when we will suffer or rejoice with our game.

- Shooting and improved stops, compared to FIFA 10 shots on goal are more potent and effective, as the gatekeepers to this time seem more intelligent.

- Innovative launches penalties, here have been redefined and innovation comes into play when we play an important game, the pressure will increase as we move towards the end, as the responsibility of the players will not be as marked easy.

- New game modes and online, something new will be able to import our player from FIFA 10 to create this from scratch, to become captain of our team and fight for the World Cup scepter. Also an online mode with the tournament to make more realistic the fight between countries.

The official video game of the World Cup South Africa 2010, goes on sale later this month, namely on April 30, at the hands of EA Games for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. With this game we satisfy our desire to secure for Spain to lift the cup, if not finally consiguiese. Good luck to the red!

Without words. Is self-explanatory.

The little hell every day ... (Source: Pocketinvaders )

Him to death ... The pañueloo combo, the combo of pañueloo! (Source: Potatoes bring )

1. Why Patcher has become the great Rappel of videogames?
2. How is it possible that the prostitutes of Assassin's Creed 2 make us go unnoticed?
3. How much longer experiencing the three red lights and similar failures?
4. Why developers include downloadable content in the original game disc?
5. Will OnLive, and the like Gaikai the near future of gaming? And most importantly: Will they work decently with my ADSL Timofónica?
6. Are avenging the "hardocore" Nintendo refused to buy the games "hardocore" Wii?
7. How long will John Riccitiello at the head of Electronic Arts?
8. When do you get the p ... remake of Final Fantasy VII? Is it so hard to ignore the users?
9. Is the Halo saga is really overrated or cane Spain?
10. Does Sony is screwing with Move or will be a success as PSP go? (Go fucking question ...)
11. Really there was nothing for 3D technology that we are coming and that forces us to use a crappy glasses giving headache?
12. Will you leave talking nonsense at some point Peter Molyneux?
13. Who is the best Spanish journalist of video games?
14. Is not the argument of Heavy Rain, as little cheater?
15. Why was widely reported Steam and other digital download systems such as D2D and Metaboli games seem not to exist?

Rockstar Games , American company which we are accustomed to throwing "bombs" games, is completing his next release titled "Red Dead Redemption" .

The style of GTA and set in the golden age of "farwest" in it embody John Marston, a former bandit who after years of criminal life by a brutal gang, decides to settle down and live a more "quiet". But that life desirable and quiet will not last long for Marston, and government agents solicited their help to hunt down the most wanted bands.

Based on a game system very similar to the saga Grand Theft Auto , our goal will be to carry out the missions that are happening to us. Rockstar claims that no game will be a "linear", and therefore depend heavily on how we carry out the missions, as these will influence the development of history.

Red Dead Redemption is the sequel to Red Dead Revolver , which was released in May 2004 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. This second part is being developed by Rockstar San Diego and will be released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and its release date and hopefully the final is May 21, 2010.

After delaying for a third time again, hopefully something good for the game ... What you expect from this "GTA Western"?

During my career in video games that I have had to deal with a few marketing managers, product managers and other people defending bad life totally different positions as to promote their games.

Some think that good games sell themselves and prefer to promote the "less good" (because for them there bad game) and others, to be really good to push it all to market forces and the "mediocrity" according quality.

Those who think that video games sell themselves good not lift a finger to promote consecrated sagas. They know they have already assured his audience that the new product features will work on the creation of expectations. They will not fight for the product magazine cover or have a special, not necessary, users are already familiar with the game and will flock to buy and journalists interested in it and doing nothing. To these they propose any action, look at you as if you were not worthy of the game and you try to "sneak" the mediocrity of the day. They believe that marketing is worth, the one that really has merit, is selling trash, garbage which a super-duper top of the sales. As they see that a game has reviews of 9 or more believe that they are virtually all the "fish" sold, is a breeze and invest their time in making it more difficult to sell.

Then there are those who think that good games should be given a marketing worthy of them. Not enough that the game is amazing, you have to communicate, market and scream out as loud its benefits. They turn in his great game, do not rest on our laurels. Do not try to exalt reason over other video game not worth the grief. The fact that a series sold well so far does not ensure that the next installment will do the same again.

What is the good way to focus the portfolio of video games? From the user point of view is clear, you have to push it really worth it and the rest is fraud, but from the point of view that needs to get to sales target, the thing is not so clear ...

I my opinion I have of course, but this time I will tell you in the comments if the article generates some

Dear friends SEGA : We are in luck! And is that Sega has announced the launch of the next adventure of our beloved blue hedgehog, and yes, is the return that many were waiting for many years, the new "Sonic the Hedgehog 4" .

16 years (which are few) have passed since the last Sonic the Hedgehog (version lifelong platforms), namely Sonic the Hedgehog 3 , released by Sega in 1994 for Mega Drive and sold over 4 million copies, at that time was a success (shame that Sega plummet years later ...).

The return of the new Sonic The Hedgehog 4 is scheduled for summer 2010 download in various systems (Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and Wii Ware). We do not know its price, but we imagine will be between about 15 to 18 euros.

As for the game, but only have a video, we know Sonic The Hedgehog, we know what we're going to find. For those who do not know them, it is a platform on which stand the speed, jumps and scenarios.

Come graphically improved over older versions (obviously), but still do not know if we expect some surprises. This summer we'll find out.

If there is a game that I look forward (apart from Bioshock2 ) is the new title from Remedy Entertainment for Xbox 360 Alan Wake .

The game puts us in the shoes of a successful writer of thrillers, who tired of not getting the inspiration for his creations, he decides to leave his city with his fiancee Alice, escaping to a quiet village in the mountains called Bright Falls, in which to rest and change of scenery with the aim of finding the inspiration you need.

But everything seemed idyllic vacation "retreat", become a nightmare for Alan Wake . His wife disappears without a trace, the locals of the people want to hunt and follow him with axes and other tools ... and if there was not enough, when the darkness looms on the people, objects come to life and owned by Alan will. The only help that we will have is the county sheriff, who seems to know what is happening and can help, but soon he too will disappear and we will keep fighting these beings alone, as we try to find Alice.

Personally I very reminiscent of the first Silent Hill , where the protagonist's daughter disappeared in a quiet village and we had to search by confronting monstrous creatures turn. While this comparison would be based on the argument, as Alan Wake seems to have other dyes.

From Remedy have commented that the play is divided into chapters, like a TV series they were, and depending on how we finish each chapter, the story vary. The game will not focus on fear rather it is a psychological action thriller. For me personally this, the town and strange happenings ... remind me to shows like Twin Peaks by David Lynch.

As mentioned before the game will come from the hand of Remedy Entertainment creators of Max Payne, and has no official date but is expected to go during the 2nd quarter of 2010, exclusively for Xbox 360.

Today I was playing the demo of Dante's Inferno . For those who may know what is an action game in the purest style God of War . Such is the resemblance that many media call it a technically be a copy modeled on movements, combos, creatures, settings ...

Dante's Inferno is based on the first part of The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri. The player controls Dante, a veteran of the Third Crusade trying to reach his beloved Beatrice and free his soul from Lucifer. His search leads Dante to deal with monstrous creatures through the nine circles of hell in order to save Beatrice, also facing their own sins and crimes of war.

Honestly my opinion about this game is pretty good, I amazed me the demo, the game is technically exquisite creatures with some scenarios and graphically very good, with very crude animations and gameplay very affordable and easy to control. Another of the strengths I see in this Dante's Inferno is that is cross platform and can enjoy both boxers as sonyers.

The game was developed by Visceral Games within the Electronic Arts studios (creators include the successful Dead Space ) and will go on sale February 12 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PSP. A month later, specifically on March 16, will be released the highly anticipated God of War 3 PlayStation 3 exclusive and truly believe that the latter is the one who will win the war between them.

You guys who believe, God of War 3 or Dante's Inferno? Do you think Dante's Inferno?

A few weeks ago I was interviewed for Radio Vitoria and was a good time chatting with Iñaki Larrañaga about various aspects of gaming as an expert in video games by the grace of Google . The result is a good story done with an open mind and without prejudices towards video games.

To see what you think. You can listen to here t.

Because we like chorras videos more than any article brainy and / or analysis of more than 5,000 words, here are 2 videos chorras, but groovy, those that do not work and perform just great. Sad life of the journalist when items good quality and interesting have a click rate of X and videos chorras, X raised to N. But that's life, needs to be addressed. Do not get me wrong, I love these videos me, but when the youtube video of the day replaces quality item, a kitten dies somewhere ...

That said, here are the promised videos. First, one of the last Call of Duty (to see if MS Word learns that is not Call of Duty than once ... the automatic replacement of the Word has priceless moments of epic fail) that mixes the TV program of the Sixth "Mythbusters" multiplayer mode for Modern Warfare 2. It is in English, but it's great and always answers questions you did so bajini:

- A package may crush?
- Bouncing the knives in the game?
- Can we save ourselves from a grenade attached to our riot shield?
- Can you kill a fire hydrant?

The second video is also caviar. If you thought your Christmas tree was second to none, get ready to enjoy a home decorated with motifs of Guitar Hero ... also playable!: