First of all for today's blog post I have to apologise for not writing here in a few days. Had to do job application and also spent the last 2 days unlocking scout achievements in Team Fortress 2 so I can report back to you about what the new weapons are like. More on those later.
The Don is back:
As mentioned in the title the Don is back in the form of The Godfather 2 coming from Electronic Arts (EA). This is due to be released on April 10th 2009 on PS3, Xbox 360 and the PC. They have released a new trailer viewable below today and this basically shows you how the business rackets work. How to take them and buy gaining them what benefits you get from them. Quite interesting video and actually makes you want to consider getting the game unlike the previous videos we have seen from EA.
EA beam down another video:
EA have also released another video today which is from their upcoming expansion Spore: Galactic Adventures for their 2008 title Spore. This video shows us just some of the many missions which will be available from the purchase of the expansion to play and is basically an add on pack to the space age section of the game. Interesting video and it just shows how much the space age could have been improved from the start but this look like it could be a good buy if you felt you did not get the best out of the space age in Spore.
Rock from March:
Last year saw the release of Guitar Heroes 4 on the Wii and all the other major platforms and we also saw the release of Rock Band 2 on the Xbox 360 too. Today Rock Band 2 has been dated for the PS3, PS2 and the Wii.
PS3 and PS2 owners will see the game released on March 27th with the game coming to the Wii on April 24th.
Will it be worth the wait? Well we shall just have to see but from a knowing a 360 owner who has the game it should be.
Boink!
With regards to the new Scout update for Team Fortress 2 please check back to the blog tomorrow and see what it is all about. See the pros and cons of the new update for Team Fortress 2.
AJ
Showing posts with label Team Fortress 2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Team Fortress 2. Show all posts
Saturday, 28 February 2009
Thursday, 19 February 2009
Boink! It's almost here!
On Tuesday Valve announced the next update for the Scout will be released next Tuesday (24th February 2009) via their Team Fortress 2 blog. As is the case with previous TF2 updates they are releasing a sneak preview of what is to come day by day until the launch.
So far they have told us about the Sandman which is a new kind of bat. This bat is pretty special and adds the ability to smack baseballs at the enemy team which in turn he gets stunned however the drawback is that you cannot double jump whilst this is being used.
Wednesday (yesterday) they announced the release of another two community maps. One being a new Arena map called Watchtower which basically is high up combat and with a lot of sniping potential, something which is lacking in the other Arena maps. The second community made map is to be a Control Point map and is based around sharop corners and short lines of sight. Both of these maps should be interesting to play.
Today Valve have announced the 'Bonk' Energy Drink and a list of the names of the 35 new achievements for the Scout. The Energy Drink will give you a few second rush of energy. Presumably by energy they mean speed. Again another interesting weapon.
So far it looks like the new Scout update will change the way the Scout is to be played entirely. By introducing a long range weapon it could make the matches interesting and by stunning people even more so. The rest of the updates we can expect to see will most likely involve a new game mode which Valve have promised us.
Tonight I have a little story for you all. I was on my way to my guitar lesson tonight when all of a sudden the motorbike broke down a mile from home. Deciding it was not worth the hassle of calling out recovery I decided to push it home. I must say it was rather amusing but ultimately it is a good work out. If you wish to get fit I would recommend pushing a 120kg motorbike plus fuel!
AJ
So far they have told us about the Sandman which is a new kind of bat. This bat is pretty special and adds the ability to smack baseballs at the enemy team which in turn he gets stunned however the drawback is that you cannot double jump whilst this is being used.
Wednesday (yesterday) they announced the release of another two community maps. One being a new Arena map called Watchtower which basically is high up combat and with a lot of sniping potential, something which is lacking in the other Arena maps. The second community made map is to be a Control Point map and is based around sharop corners and short lines of sight. Both of these maps should be interesting to play.
Today Valve have announced the 'Bonk' Energy Drink and a list of the names of the 35 new achievements for the Scout. The Energy Drink will give you a few second rush of energy. Presumably by energy they mean speed. Again another interesting weapon.
So far it looks like the new Scout update will change the way the Scout is to be played entirely. By introducing a long range weapon it could make the matches interesting and by stunning people even more so. The rest of the updates we can expect to see will most likely involve a new game mode which Valve have promised us.
Tonight I have a little story for you all. I was on my way to my guitar lesson tonight when all of a sudden the motorbike broke down a mile from home. Deciding it was not worth the hassle of calling out recovery I decided to push it home. I must say it was rather amusing but ultimately it is a good work out. If you wish to get fit I would recommend pushing a 120kg motorbike plus fuel!
AJ
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
My 'Heavy' Heart...
Valve have announced yet another major update coming to Team Fortress 2. This time round they shall be updating the 'Heavy' Class in what they are claiming to be the biggest update yet (yes even bigger than the pyro one!).
This new update will feature three new unlockable weapons for the Heavy, 35 Achievements, a new game mode, a new Payload map and finally another community made map. Phew, what a long list!
This could be an amazingly good update for Team Fortress 2 and more information can be found at the Official Team Fortress 2 Blog or by visiting this 'day by day unlock' Heavy website where every day up until next Tuesday (the release of the Heavy update) you will be able to see the new updates features being unfolded!
As for the reason behind my 'Heavy' heart this is due to the fact that from Thursday evening I shall be going away on holiday to France until the 24th (My Birthday!!). So I think we can officially blame the French for making me miss this amazing update ;)
Hopefully I should be able to post another blog before I go but if not I shall write when I get back from France!
AJ
This new update will feature three new unlockable weapons for the Heavy, 35 Achievements, a new game mode, a new Payload map and finally another community made map. Phew, what a long list!
This could be an amazingly good update for Team Fortress 2 and more information can be found at the Official Team Fortress 2 Blog or by visiting this 'day by day unlock' Heavy website where every day up until next Tuesday (the release of the Heavy update) you will be able to see the new updates features being unfolded!
As for the reason behind my 'Heavy' heart this is due to the fact that from Thursday evening I shall be going away on holiday to France until the 24th (My Birthday!!). So I think we can officially blame the French for making me miss this amazing update ;)
Hopefully I should be able to post another blog before I go but if not I shall write when I get back from France!
AJ
Monday, 28 April 2008
The long awaited TF2 update is nearly upon us!!!
So after having waited for well over a month now after Valve told us the original release date was to be sometime in March and now it has fallen back to the week of the beginnind of May.
Well hopefully this means that it will not be too much of a dissapointed, saying that Valve never delivers anything on time but when it does get delivered we know for sure that it is going to be one of the best things to happen since, well sliced bread!
Haha. Yes this is going to be yet another big update from Valve however we have not been told yet as to whether this update will be bigger than the last update which was released by Valve not so long ago.
I do however have a feeling that it will be, after all it will have around 40 new achievements, new weapons to unlock and a new, huge map. Wow what a mouthful!
Anyway seeing as the update has been promised by Steam to come out this week I took the liberty of taking two screenshots to show everyone that it is to be released this week and that basically if Valve go back on their word we have evidence to prove otherwise!
Anyway here are the two screens:
Will keep you posted,
AJ
Well hopefully this means that it will not be too much of a dissapointed, saying that Valve never delivers anything on time but when it does get delivered we know for sure that it is going to be one of the best things to happen since, well sliced bread!
Haha. Yes this is going to be yet another big update from Valve however we have not been told yet as to whether this update will be bigger than the last update which was released by Valve not so long ago.
I do however have a feeling that it will be, after all it will have around 40 new achievements, new weapons to unlock and a new, huge map. Wow what a mouthful!
Anyway seeing as the update has been promised by Steam to come out this week I took the liberty of taking two screenshots to show everyone that it is to be released this week and that basically if Valve go back on their word we have evidence to prove otherwise!
Anyway here are the two screens:
Will keep you posted,
AJ
Monday, 21 April 2008
Who has the better informant?
While on PC Gamer's website the other day I noticed this article (can be viewed here) having seen it regarding Team Fortress 2.
I actually nearly fell off my chair with laughter because to my amazement I had actually reported on the preview for the new Goldrush map 5 days before they had! They previewed it on "Thursday 17-Apr-2008 11:12 AM" and I posted my preview notice with a lot better explanation than them on "Sunday, 13 April 2008".
Wow that just shows how good my information is and just how much you should really pop back here to see what is going on!
AJ
I actually nearly fell off my chair with laughter because to my amazement I had actually reported on the preview for the new Goldrush map 5 days before they had! They previewed it on "Thursday 17-Apr-2008 11:12 AM" and I posted my preview notice with a lot better explanation than them on "Sunday, 13 April 2008".
Wow that just shows how good my information is and just how much you should really pop back here to see what is going on!
AJ
Sunday, 13 April 2008
Team Fortress 2 - Goldrush Preview - Courtesy of GameTrailers.
I was surfing through You Tube looking for help on how to make Team Fortress 2 maps when all of a sudden I saw this video stating that it is a preview for Goldrush. So intrigued I have a look and wow. It looks amazing and it does not look anything like the community made it so this could be the first real preview that we have of Goldrush!
It was actually added on March 17th 2008 on this guy's You Tube Account so it could be a little older than that however it could be good news for us Team Fortress 2 fans as maybe it will mean the next major update will be coming out soon(ish).
From what we can see in the video it looks pretty much finished however they could just be perfecting the whole Medic classes new debut for unlock weapons.
So enjoy the video (See below):
If you cannot see the video above then please click here and this link will navigate you away form this site to the video page where you can then proceed to view it.
From what you can see on the video it looks like the map will be split into different sections and run in one of two possible ways.
It could run through like Hydro or I have a feeling it will run like Dustbowl.
Although there is also the possibility that the map could just run on one whole turn which is likely as the video does not pause to change into another map. But if it does run like that it is going to be one hell of a big map. Could be a very long map indeed.
Dustbowl seems to be more of a realistic run because it looks like the map is aimed at the attackers trying to get past the defence like in Dustbowl where you have the map split up into sections and you progressively get closer to the final target much like this.
It also looks, but there is no definite suggestion, that there will be multiple routes for the cart to go on. Now how these will work it is unknown and not made very clear on the video.
Another key feature are the control points where it looks like you will have to get the cart to in order to get to the next stage. This could possibly mean that the opposing team will be able to push back the cart as well but again there is nothing to suggest this.
Well I shall update more on Goldrush if any more news comes out before the release and it looks like it could be one hell of a release.
AJ
With thanks to Gametrailers and also kocha65900 for providing the video.
It was actually added on March 17th 2008 on this guy's You Tube Account so it could be a little older than that however it could be good news for us Team Fortress 2 fans as maybe it will mean the next major update will be coming out soon(ish).
From what we can see in the video it looks pretty much finished however they could just be perfecting the whole Medic classes new debut for unlock weapons.
So enjoy the video (See below):
If you cannot see the video above then please click here and this link will navigate you away form this site to the video page where you can then proceed to view it.
From what you can see on the video it looks like the map will be split into different sections and run in one of two possible ways.
It could run through like Hydro or I have a feeling it will run like Dustbowl.
Although there is also the possibility that the map could just run on one whole turn which is likely as the video does not pause to change into another map. But if it does run like that it is going to be one hell of a big map. Could be a very long map indeed.
Dustbowl seems to be more of a realistic run because it looks like the map is aimed at the attackers trying to get past the defence like in Dustbowl where you have the map split up into sections and you progressively get closer to the final target much like this.
It also looks, but there is no definite suggestion, that there will be multiple routes for the cart to go on. Now how these will work it is unknown and not made very clear on the video.
Another key feature are the control points where it looks like you will have to get the cart to in order to get to the next stage. This could possibly mean that the opposing team will be able to push back the cart as well but again there is nothing to suggest this.
Well I shall update more on Goldrush if any more news comes out before the release and it looks like it could be one hell of a release.
AJ
With thanks to Gametrailers and also kocha65900 for providing the video.
Saturday, 12 April 2008
J-Server Custom Map Test - 11/04/2008 (GuruAJB123644).
Last night (11/04/2008) a whole load of us piled onto the Java Server on Team Fortress 2 so that we could all have a quick bash on some custom maps that had been created by members of the server.
So having decided to record footage of the evening I have somehow aquired 20 gigs worth of video that I shall be sifting through tomorrow and then uploading onto You Tube tomorrow (hopefully).
Plus I have now also joined www.photobucket.com so you will be seeing a lot more images on the Blog from now on!
AJ
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