April Poll Results, Competition Winner Announced & More!

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Here’s a thank you note before I kick off this post: I’d just like to say thank you very much to anyone who entered the Modnation Racers competition or voted in the monthly poll, I love it when readers interact with the site, it’s nice to know that some of you care enough to participate!

Last month I asked you avid readers of SFN whether or not you’ll be buying Nintendo’s latest handheld gizmo, the 3DS, which is set to be like the original DS but with some super special 3D graphics that will make our jaws drop and put money in Nintendo’s pocket. April’s poll got more votes than March’s which I was glad to see because I was really curious of the outcome of this one, and I have to tell you that I was rather surprised.

Since 2004 Nintendo have released the original Nintendo DS, the DS Lite, the DSi as well as the DS XL all of which have left more than enough holes in our pockets, you know that space where money should be but isn’t? Most of us have bought at least one DS in its 6 years of release, maybe even more if the screen popped off (which was prone to happen) and I had thought that you’d all be eager to buy the next instalment of the console but as the poll results showed, more than half of you (60%) voted ‘NO’ to say that you wouldn’t be buying the Nintendo 3DS though the other 40% of you who voted ‘YES’ to say that you would be buying a Nintendo 3DS can have fun with your terrible 3D-induced headaches and your blurry eyesight!

This month I’m asking you “What do you think about Sony’s Motion Controller?” You’ve probably read about ‘Sony Move’ everywhere, on Twitter, on TV and maybe even in the newspaper! Vote on your opinion of it in this month’s poll, over there –> –> –> –> –>

Next up I’m announcing the winner of the contest I held on SFN to win a Modnation Racers (PSP) Demo Code! Basically, I got sent an ‘early access’ code for the demo of  Modnation Racers on PSP, however, I couldn’t redeem it because I live in the UK. Being a good sport, I offered readers (and Twitter users) in North America a chance to win. After using Twitrand (a very useful website) to randomly choose a winner, @koone23 won! Congrats, I shall be DMing you the demo code shortly and for everyone else who entered and didn’t win, I’m sure that more codes that are useless to me will show up in my E-mail inbox soon!

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Ok, ok, I’ll admit it, the “&more” featured in the post title is that I need your help! If you want to see more awesome posts about gaming and if you’d like to have the chance to win more cool gaming prizes, I’m going to need you to look at the ads on the site. The ads keep SFN running and while I love writing for you all, it may become difficult if I don’t have ‘.com’ web address instead of the’.blogspot.com’ site that I’m working with. By looking at and clicking on the ads on the site (if they catch your eye) not only can you help me to improve the layout of the site as well as motivate me to write even more great articles, you could also ensure that your favourite video game blog (is it?) never goes away (at least, not for a while) as I’ve heard about ‘.blogspot.com’ websites being randomly deleted for no reason! I would really appreciate your help readers, even if you only click on one ad, it would still mean a lot to me, I mean for crying out loud (!) it makes me happy when you leave comments! (<—the way to my heart if anyone cares ;D )

Keep On Gaming!

Written by Jasmine Henry (Jasmino924)

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SFN EXCLUSIVE : First Details of the New Call of Duty!

As I have stated both here and here, I am always on the hunt to bring you the latest and greatest info from the wonderful world of gaming, as well as all of the hottest exclusives that I know you all dream about! Today I have the biggest exclusive that you awesome readers of SFN have ever read : the very first details of the new Call of Duty! Rumours about COD games float about more frequently than the cold, but this time I can bring you this bit of juicy gossip that I am 85% sure is correct. I know, I know that leaves a 25% chance of error but my knack for investigative journalism as well as my gut, tells me that this is a bona fide piece of news that you will love!

If you’re a frequent reader of the site or if you follow me on Twitter (if you do, thanks!) then you’ll know that I read the Official PlayStation Magazine (@OPM_UK on Twitter) every single month and the very first games that I ever played were demos on PS1 which came with the magazine plus, I’ve been buying the mag for years. In this month’s issue which features EA’s Medal Of Honour on the cover (now on sale!) they have a full page poster ad stating that they’ll be revealing the new Call Of Duty, which will be developed by Treyarch, next month. Not wanting to wait until next month for the info, I scoured every page of the mag, from cover to cover, hoping for a tidbit of news about the new game. However, my search was unsuccessful until I went right back to the ad for next month’s issue.

The ad shows a simple image of a grenade, with no other suggestions about the game. So, using my instincts I headed to Forestle (an eco-friendly search engine) and did a few searches for “Grenades” , just to see the look of similar grenades. As expected, my search came up with tons of grenades that looked just like this and so I refined my search to “Vietnam Grenades” (because I’d heard the rumours) and by George, did I nab this exclusive!

My searching turned up an image form the site ioffer , which was offering a lot of war memorabilia for sale, including guns and grenades. The grenades that were shown were described a being used “during the Vietnam War” which, if you didn’t know was one of the battles fought during the Cold War between 1959 – 1975 and took place in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. You can see that the grenades form the mag and the site are almost identical and they both have long ‘scratch-like’ indentations going from the top to the bottom which only helps to prove my point even further. Also, these types of ‘lemon hand grenades’ were used by the US Army at the time which could indicate the chance to play as a US Army soldier for the umpteenth time (!) when Treyarch’s new take of the Call of Duty series is released.

Thank you for reading this, and if you’d like to support the site and encourage me to search for even more awesome exclusives, please take a look at the ads on the site (above the heading). I really do appreciate it!

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Random Ramblings : Why Original IPs Are The Best

When you’re at high school it’s said that the best way to get through it is to blend in and try not to stand out. I am one of those teens in high school but unfortunately for me I stick out like a sore thumb wearing a neon sign that says “look at me, look at me!”. I stand tall with my 5 feet and 9 nine inches towering over my peers, my hair is bird’s nest messy (which is actually somewhat of a compliment) and I am a nerd by everyone’s standards. I am also left-handed, black and a girl which means that there is no one else like me in my school of over 1 thousand pupils. In short, I am different, in all respects of the word.

Just like original IPs I stand out when my shelf in the store is crowded by first person shooters and RPGs, with my differences making me interesting. However, instead of shunning them for being weird, unusual or ‘quirky’ we should celebrate these games' unique features. Developers who make these creative IPs have produced them from scratch, for example, you will never find another Super Mario Galaxy because it just can’t be done, it was Nintendo’s personal brainchild. You can always guarantee that the development team behind an original game tried their best to make the game absolutely perfect because it was their idea which, for the most part, they were allowed to have creative reign over. Let’s face it, we tend to do jobs half-heartedly unless they will benefit us in some way.

Next time you wander into into GameStop or browse Amazon.com , think about how much fun you’ll have playing an excellently developed original video game. Ignore the sequelised clutter that clouds your vision and instead choose to buy that game that just that little bit different.

*Btw I made the word “sequelised” up.

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DJ Hero 2 Confirmed by DJ David Guetta

 

Oops, I’m pretty sure that this wasn’t supposed to happen! David Guetta the DJ most famous for working with Akon to make the UK No.1 hit “Sexy Chick” and who also produced some DLC for the first DJ Hero has said in a recent interview [about DJ Hero 1]

“I think it’s amazing, this game, and I’m going to work on the No. 2 version,” 

he also proclaimed how much he liked the first game and revealed that he’s not that great at it either.

“It’s a really crazy game. After 10 minutes, you get the rush that a DJ gets after 10 years of practising. I have fun with it, but you know what? I can’t go to the maximum level. It’s too difficult for me. It’s crazy.”

No other details have been revealed about the sequel to Activision’s music mash-up/rythm matching game but I’ll keep you posted on SFN when I  have more news.

What would you like to see in the new DJ Hero game? Leave a comment below!

Random Ramblings of a Video Game Blogger : Ads In Video Games, How Far Is Too Far?

As I mentioned on Twitter earlier (for you planks who aren’t following me !) , today I was off sick from school (AKA the educational prison). So, I’m sat on the sofa all ill and tired, just watching T.V when an ad pops up and for some reason it irritates the heck out of me! I spent hours trying to figure out why it had annoyed me so much, when it hit me ; I’d seen that ad before, many times before in fact. This scenario from earlier made me think about how many gamers have complained about advertising in video games and why nothing is changing. The image above (via blogs.indystar.com ) is an example of in-game advertising that has caused an uproar (in 2008) but more recently Joystiq featured a post stating that there are plans for A LOT (trust me, I meant the capital letters) of ads to be put all over the in-game world of the new Splinter Cell video game. So I ask “How Far Is Too Far?”.

While us gamers realise that sometimes ads are used to cover the expensive developments costs and in this futuristic day and age they are generally guite high, but like many of you reading this, I played through Call Of Duty : Modern Warfare 2  , a game which cost approx. $150 million (!!!!!) to develop by the way, and I didn’t find a single advertisement in the game ! So to any money-hungry video game companies *cough* Activision *cough* EA *cough*  out there who are reading this, consider us, the consumers and the avid video gamers and our hatred of ads in the games that we love because one day, when your average game consists of 10 Coca-Cola banners and a McDonalds mini-game , no one will be buying your games anymore.

Are you for or against in-game ads? Post your thoughts below via the comment box.

See Need For Speed: Shift In Action

Check out this brand new trailer for Need For Speed: Shift and watch the superb gameplay that is featured.

Need For Speed: Shift Gameplay Trailer courtesy of Joystiq

So what do you think? Leave a comment!

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Tekken 6 Wireless Sticks (Hey That Rhyme’s!)

 

While Street Fighter 4 may have been the best fighting game of the year, so far,  there may be a contender that can  ‘reclaim that title’  and it’s name is “Tekken 6”. Anyway, enough of that movie trailer crap and on to the actual headline…

So some cool company called HORI have produced a pretty darn awesome peripheral for Tekken 6 (see image above) and it will act just like arcade machine controls, only it has a couple of added features-

a) it’s wireless!

and

b) it won’t get jammed like the Street Fighter IV fight stick did ;D

 

He he he, I’m looking forward to Tekken 6 because it will make a great post tile

Tekken 6 Takes The Trophy < hey it’s alliteration!

 

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Gran Turismo 5 Lowdown

Lately here at SFN I have been a little over-excited about all of the new racing sim games that are set to be released and so with this "motor vehicle" trend setting my blog 'a light' , why not add a little more fire to the the already raging fire with this news about a possibld (yes it has only been rumoured) Gran Turismo release date! This new specualted release date for the game is

November 27th 2009!

(via That Video Game Blog)

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Wii Has Worms!

Worms on Wii! In an interview with GamesTM Martyn Brown of Worms developer Team17, announced that they are currently developing their world famous Worms platformer for Nintendo Wii. "So if we were-and we are actually-doing a new Wii Worms" He also went on to say that it would "play online" too.

Update! Martyn Brown has also stated that they are developing a worms game for iPhone!

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Assassin’s Creed 2 Release Date Confirmed

Once again I have some great Assassin’s Creed 2 details to tell you and  oh boy are they good!

 

• There will be a special “Black Edition” of the game that comes bundled with this figurine of the main character, Ezio.
• The game will be released on the 17th of November in the US and on the 20th for those of us in the UK.

On a low note, the games “Black Edition”, as mentioned above has not yet been confirmed for release in North America but I’ll keep you posted when I hear some news!

Assassin’s Creed or Assassin’s Greed? Don’t think the game deserves a sequel or are you a fan? Leave a comment!

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This Brutal Legend Trailer Shows Us Why Activision Want The Game So Bad.

Take a look at this brand new trailer for Brutal Legend and then leave a comment to tell me what you thought the best bit(s) was. Mine? All of it!

Brutal Legend trailer courtesy of Joystiq.

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System Fail E3: Guitar Hero Van Halen E3 Trailer

Rock out with yet another Guitar Hero game when Activision releases it’s latest music rhythm game spin-off, Guitar Hero Van Halen. Check out the trailer for the game below.

Guitar Hero Van Halen E3 trailer courtesy of wubby213 on YouTube.

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System Fail News: Dead Space Extraction E3 Trailer Serves Us A Plate Of Gore With A Side Of Zombie.

When I’m not surfing YouTube for hilarious videos of keyboard playing cats I’m looking for the latest trailers and game previews that the site can host and so today I found Dead Space Extraction’s trailer for E3. Peep the video below.

Dead Space Extraction E3 Trailer courtesy of EA on YouTube.

Will you buying the new Dead Space instalment? Leave a comment below to say why you will (or won’t) be buying the game!

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System Fail News: New Fight Night Round 4 Dev Video Shows Us A Strong Contender

It looks like recent release UFC 2009 Undisputed may have some serious competition in the form of Fight Night Round 4, with each trailer and preview of the game making it look like a good competitor for lots of other fighting games including UFC and Smackdown Vs Raw and it’s one of these sorts of videos that helps to solidify this very claim.

 

Fight Night Round 4 video courtesy of That Video Game Blog (TVGB)

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System Fail News: Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Teaser Video

A few months ago I told you to remember the date November 10th as it will be the release date for Infinity Ward’s much awaited sequel to Call of Duty : Modern Warfare, the aptly name Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. Not much is known about the apart from the release date and not much else. We haven’t seen any footage of the game just yet, however this new teaser video shows us just that.

Leave comments in the comments box to tell me what you think about the intriguing but albeit short trailer!

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A Trailer DaVinci Would Be Proud Of!

The setting, a beautifully, crisp rolling background of rocky hills, mud-brick huts and disgruntled, stern faced guards. The; approximately 6 centuries in the past. The place; somewhere in the middle east. The game...... Assassin's Creed. Do you remeber the astonishing graphics and the creatively written storyline? Sure you do! Yeah, and I bet that you remeber the annoyingly repetitive gameplay too.

With any luck Altair's second video game outing will be a huge step up from the first. Well I hope so as after my first viewing of this trailer, a shiver went down my spine!



Assassin's Creed 2 teaser trailer courtesy of ubisoft on YouTube

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I Likey!

A while ago I posted the trailer for Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars and it looked pretty good, though if that didn't cinvince you enough to pre-order the game, take a look at this gameplay video below to see what GTA Chinatown Wars is all about.


Grand Theft Auto:Chinatown Wars gameplay video courtesy of PeanutButterGamer on YouTube

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"Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting"

Everyone loves the Grand Theft Auto from Rockstar, however at the moment none of the GTA games are available on any Nintendo consoles. So, when developers Rockstar thought about expanding the increasingly popular franchise, what better way to do it than to create a GTA for the Nintendo DS? With just under a month before the game in question (Grand Theft Auto:Chinatown) is released it's only natural that Rockstar released this trailer. Have a look below.



Grand Theft Auto:Chinatown Wars trailer courtesy of BoneyHead95 on YouTube

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God Of (All) Wars

I promised you more posts and more posts you shall get! Here is the extended trailer of the upcoming title for PS3 God Of War 3.



What do you think of the trailer? Speak your mind below in the comments box.

Hawx Incoming

I have good news for all of you flight sim fans.
The demo for the new Tom Clancy game Hawx will be flying onton the Xbox Live Marketplace on the 11th of February! That's tomorrow!

Looking forward to the demo?Leave a comment to say why.

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