One Day to Go

Morning gamers,
Tomorrow is the big day and we finally get to play Watch_Dogs!! I cannot explain how excited I am to get my hands on it. I will be picking up the DEDSEC edition so expect a unboxing soon after, well that's it I can stop myself from playing the game.

Will be doing my best to try and go for the Platinum trophy but not checked the trophy list yet since I don't want any spoilers. Anyway I will be talking about Watch_Dogs more in the week but now it's going to have to wait. Onto my gaming news I've fully clocked Battleship on the Xbox 360 so that's another 1,000 gamer score to my goal. May has been a really good for month me with Lego Hobbit PS4 Platinum, Lego Movie Xbox One 1,000g, Walking with Dinosaurs PS3 Platinum and South Park Stick of Truth Xbox 360 1,000g. Six games fullly clocked that has to be a new record for me and in fact I'm only just under 800g from hitting 160,000 which was my goal before Watch_Dogs comes out.

Not a bad run to say I nearly hit 4,000g in two weeks so I'm very proud of myself, even more prouder to have some more games completed on my list. Next month is going to be taken up with Watch_Dogs and after that I'm not sure, there are two games coming out next month that I kinda want but thinking I will hold off to save some money (Last of Us Remasted and Sniper Elite 3).

Over the weekend I've been playing Star Wars Old Republic and I've started a new character, got myself a Sith Warrior that's currently about to hit level 8. Loving the story so far with this character and I'm really starting to get back into the game. I have promised myself to give some more time to the MMO scene since I keep waisting my credit for them. Need to make some time for Warcraft todya since I did start levelling up a Horde Shaman. So much to do! got a list a mile long to play and I got plenty of other things to do.

Speaking of things to do I have a couple of blog changes that will be happening over the next few days, some new pages I want to add and few to edit. I will post up a update once they done along with what I've done so keep an eye out for that. On that note I'm going to shoot since I want to get some game time in before I need to rush off. Have a good one folks and don't forget Watch_Dogs tomorrow!!!! woot!!!

~Iznic

Pre-E3 Announcements Part One

Morning folks,
With E3 just around corner it's that time of the year where everyone starts announcing new games, show off trailers and of course good old rumours/leaks. So to catch up I decided to do a post series on everything so far and then I should be caught up (fingers crossed). Going to start off with Ubisoft announcing the Farcry sequel, Farcry 4 of course.

Few of my friends was shocked this got announced before E3 but to me it was a brilliant idea, stops people leaking it just before the event. They confirmed it existed and will be present at the conference with all the details, stops a troll from doing a big leak and trying to get a little fame for leaking a big announcement.

Anyway so yes we have a sequel which I will admit I was shocked to see, did not think there be another Farcry just yet. I still not played the third one yet and I do own it thanks to PlayStation Plus, think it's going to be one of those games I need to make time for this summer. Feel like I'm missing out but I got some time before this one comes out since it's slated for start of next year. There are some rumours about leaked story details etc. but I'm not holding my breath about them, wait until the E3 trailer.

So that's one announcement done so what's next? hmm so much to choose from so how about the new Batman Arkham trailer.



How good does that look? I'm talking a serious Game of the Year contender for 2014. Batmobile gameplay looks amazing and Arkham Knight at the end? badass. This is on the top of my list to buy for day one and I cannot wait to see more at this E3, hopefully some very cool limited editions as well will be shown. Would love a Batmobile figurine this time around oh man that would be amazing.

Right I need to continue on and going to end this part of the series with Halo of course, like Farcry they did a small announcement. The image below was put up confirming the full title Halo 5 Guardians and that the game is slated for Fall 2015.

If you remember my old posts I did say I was worried that a lot of the announcements would be for 2015/2016. So having both Farcry and Halo saying 2015 I was really worried, I really do not want to go a full year with only a few games. Don't get me wrong there are good amount of games coming out but it has been months since the launch of the new consoles and the releases have been quiet. Don't want to wait another year to get a good line up of stuff to play.

Anyway shortly after this a rumour started appearing which could explain why this is slated for next year. Halo HD remastered edition, the rumour slates that Halo 1/2/3 and 4 was coming to Xbox One. Now it's just a rumour right now but that would make a ton of sense, the Halo series is spread across two consoles and some people might had not played the first two. So releasing the full set for the new Xbox to allow everyone to try it out and catch up before they release 5 would make a lot of sense. Have to wait and see what E3 will reveal but I would be shocked if they didn't because Microsoft do not have that many exclusive for this year. Especially with their big guns like Gears of War only just been started and Halo 5 next year.

I will be adding Halo to my list to get since I'm fan of the series although I don't remember finishing number two, I do own it for the PC but just cannot remember getting to the end. I know I've done everything else though, have to fix that.

Well that's it for part one folks and are you guys looking forward to these games? all of them are on my want list except Farcry which is on my watch list. Probably will be added to my want list once I've started 3 or seen a trailer.

~Iznic 

The Results

Morning folks,
Had a brilliant week off and yes I did spend a ton of hours gaming, just a shame it went so quickly. Good news though I did finish the three games that I had set has a goal in my last post. Finished off my rental game Lego Movie (Xbox One) and got the full 1,000 gamer score. Then I started and finished South Park Stick of Truth (Xbox 360) for the 1,000 gamer score has well. That was my third play through of that game and I got to say it's one of the best games I've had the pleasure to play. Finally I sat down and finished off the last four trophies for Walking With Dinosaurs (PS3) and now have the platinum trophy. It was a bit of a grind but the 2-3 hour mark that I thought it would take was spot on, so not massively long but still a pain.

Very pleased with myself with the fact I'm starting to get some games clocked again, I was doing really well at the start of the year then suddenly in March/April it just seemed to stop. Anyway that was my week goal completed and it does put me on a better standing with my goal before Watch_Dogs. I said 4,000 gamer score (target 160,000) and 2 platinum trophies would be nice. Well I've done the two platinum trophies now and half the gamer score. Could be possible to get the last 2,000 gamer score but all depends on how much gaming time I can get this week before next Tuesday.

Speaking of goals and targets that was my number 8 platinum for the year so I'm doing pretty good towards my 20 goal for the year. I do have possible two more lined up but not sure when I will get around to them just yet, currently playing the new Wolfenstein that I picked up yesterday and Battleship. Both are good games and I will talk about them in another post once I've put some more time into them and got a better opinion.

So that's it folks for me on my gaming for the week, I do have some plans for the blog and I've got a ton of posts I want to put up about all the new stuff that's been announced. I want to sit down later for an hour or two to plan everything out before I start posting. Expect a post later since I'm hoping to have something for then, until that time have a good one folks.
~Iznic

Week Off

Morning gamers,
Great news for me! its a week off from work!!! joy!! and its a chill week so I do have a few day plans but other than that I'm free to play games all week. I've set my plan for this week to finish three games that I've got sitting on my shelf.

First up is Walking with Dinosaurs for the PlayStation 3, the game is already finished but I have three trophies to get which is just doing several actions multiple times without a mistake. Bit of a grind but I'm thinking a hour or two make which would then net me a Platinum Trophy for my time. Also it will add to the little challenge I set for myself before Watch_Dogs comes out, clock two platinum trophies and hit 160,000 gamerscore.

Think that challenge might I had been a little too high and especially with only only two weeks to go roughly. Good news though is I did finish Lego Hobbit last week and clocked the Platinum Trophy, so if I can do Walking with Dinosaurs this week that would be the two Platinum Trophies done.

So that's my first game for this week and the second is of course Lego Movie for the Xbox One. It's my rental game that I've had for like a month since Lego Hobbit took over my time. I'm two levels shy from completing the story then it's all the collectibles to do. That is the longest part but it does help I think this game is the shortest and easiest of all the Lego games so far. I really think I can clock this game by the end of the week without worry. Should also net me around 500+ gamerscore so it goes towards my Watch_Dogs challenge as well.

Final game that I would love to get done this week is South Park Stick of Truth on the Xbox 360. Yes I picked it up again on a different format, even though I've clocked the game twice on the PlayStation 3 (platinum trophy) I still want to play it again. Cannot tell you how good this game is but you probably realise that if I'm playing it again the third time this year. Good news is though it will be a 1,000 gamerscore to the challenge so that 160,000 will be a lot closer just not sure what to do after these three games yet.

Well that's a lie since I've picked up quite a few games this week out of the bargains so I could work on them, plus I got a ton of Live for Windows PC games to work on that will give me some gamerscore. Anyway folks I'm going to head off and get some gaming done, expect some more posts soon since I've got plenty I want to chat about but until then have a good one.
~Iznic

Only a month to go

E3 2014 is just around the corner and I cannot wait to see what happens. I will admit this year I'm a little worried that we will see lots of great games only to be told next year or 2016. Disappointed will not describe me if that happens, the line up since the release of the new consoles has been a bit quiet so it needs a good boost soon, glad that in twenty days we have Watch_Dogs to dig into.

Right now for me I have three games I really want to see this year and they are, Uncharted 4, Battlefront and Mass Effect 4.

EA confirmed yesterday that Battlefront will be making appearance this year at the show, really hoping it will be their shooter this year since Battlefield only came out last Christmas and Medal of Honor was shelved. I loved the first two games and I really hope they can bring that greatness to their version.

Uncharted 4, you don't need me to describe why I want to see this game! the series is awesome and to be honest I was shocked we did not get this game in the launch window for the PlayStation 4. It would had done really well but I'm guessing the time factor got in the way plus all the employees that left didn't help. So I'm hoping we will see this game finally at E3 and get a date for it, again I would love to see it this year.

Finally Mass Effect 4 which just needs to come out! another one of my favourite games series up there with Assassin's Creed. Over the last year we have seen plenty of teasers pictures and I think it's time we saw a trailer and a date.

Come on folks make this Quarter 4/Christmas one of the best gaming launches ever!
~Iznic

P.S. Expect some more posts about E3 leading up to the event

Call of Duty Advanced Warfare Announcement

Morning folks,
Yesterday they finally announced the next Call of Duty game and so take a few minutes first to check out the reveal trailer.



Before I go into the trailer there is a website counting down to the 4th May where it's meant to be all revealed so expect to see a lot more on Sunday with hopefully plenty of details. Anyway back to the teaser trailer and what we know. Release date is going to be the 4th November 2014 which is unsurprising.

We have a Private Military corporation that has decided to go evil and his now taking over. Plenty of new gadgets and we have one pretty good game from the looks. I prefer my Call of Duty games for the Single player and the co-op modes. Ghosts was a good story but not great, this though looks pretty amazing I just hope it keeps hooked all the way through.

I do chuckle at the new gadgets though, exo suit? huge jumps? Crysis/Crackdown anyone? really hope the jumps and wall climbing are not just specific events that use for a few times and that's it for the entire game.

GAMEINFORMER Magazine Cover

Guess we will have to wait until Sunday to find out some more details but until then it looks good and I will be adding this game to the buy list.
~Iznic