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Strengthen your forces and battle for new territories with the next downloadable content pack for Mass Effect™ 3 multiplayer! Available to download at no additional charge*, the Mass Effect 3: Rebellion Pack adds two brand-new maps, a new team objective and a new equipment slot to the game’s critically-acclaimed cooperative experience. The Mass Effect 3: Rebellion Pack will also introduce new unlockable characters, including the Vorcha, ex-Cerberus operatives and Male Quarians. Also available are all new weapons and items that can be obtained through reinforcement packs in the game’s multiplayer store.

The Mass Effect 3: Rebellion Pack will be available starting May 29 on XboxLIVE and the Origin™ client software and on PlayStation Network in North America on May 29 and in Europe on May 30.

The Mass Effect 3: Rebellion Pack includes the following content:

• Two New Action-Packed Maps – Land on Firebase Jade, located in a Salarian STG base on Sur’Kesh and fight to control Firebase Goddesson the Asari homeworld of Thessia.
• Six Powerful New Unlockable Characters – Level and promote six new unlockable characters, including the ex-Cerberus Adept andVanguard, the Vorcha Soldier and Sentinel or the Male Quarian Engineerand Infiltrator. 
• New In-Mission Objective – Randomly occurring during waves 3, 6 and 10, this new objective will demand that teams retrieve a high priority package and securely escort it to a designated extraction zone on each map.
•  New Gear Slot – A new slot will be available on the equipment screen, offering players a persistent gameplay bonus that will not expire after the end of a match. These new items will vary from weapon upgrades to character enhancements and will be available through reinforcement packs.
• Lethal New Weapons – Eliminate the enemy with deadly new weapons, including the Cerberus Harrier, Krysae Sniper Rifle, and Reegar Carbine.

As part of the Mass Effect 3 Galaxy at War** system, success in the cooperative  multiplayer experience in Mass Effect 3 links back to the player’s single-player campaign, helping Commander Shepard rally the forces of the galaxy to eliminate the Reaper threat once and for all. Multiplayer puts players in the role of a team of elite Special Forces soldiers sent to protect resources and assets that can help the greater war effort.

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* OFFER EXPIRES MAY 29, 2014. INTERNET CONNECTION AND ORIGIN (EA), XBOX LIVE GOLD, OR PLAYSTATION NETWORK ACCOUNT REQUIRED. VALID ONLY AT THE ORIGIN CLIENT SOFTWARE (WWW.ORIGIN.COM/ABOUT), XBOX LIVE MARKETPLACE OR PLAYSTATION STORE. VALID WHEREVER MASS EFFECT 3 IS SOLD. MASS EFFECT 3 FULL GAME, MASS EFFECT 3 ONLINE PASS AND ORIGIN ACCOUNT (EA) REQUIRED TO USE/PLAY DOWNLOAD. OFFER MAY NOT BE SUBSTITUTED, EXCHANGED, SOLD OR REDEEMED FOR CASH OR OTHER GOODS OR SERVICES. MAY NOT BE COMBINED WITH ANY OTHER OFFER, GIFT CARD, REBATE OR DISCOUNT COUPON. PRODUCT SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED, TAXED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. LIMIT ONE OFFER PER PERSON. YOU MUST MEET THE MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENTS, WHICH VARY BY COUNTRY, TO REGISTER FOR AN ORIGIN ACCOUNT (EA). EA MAY RETIRE ONLINE FEATURES AFTER 30 DAYS NOTICE POSTED ON WWW.EA.COM/2/SERVICE-UPDATES.

** The Mass Effect 3: Galaxy at War feature can be activated via the Online Pass code found in every new copy of Mass Effect 3. 

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Taking aim at E3 2012, City Interactive and their highly anticipated FPS sequel, Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2, are giving gamers an early look at what to expect when the doors open at the Los Angeles Convention Center on June 5.  Powered by CryENGINE3, gamers at this year’s show will get to go hands-on with the only game dedicated to delivering a pure sniper experience. 

Check out and share the new ‘Modern Combat Trailer’ now:

The gamewill be available for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows PC on August 21, 2012.

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Today, Ubisoft have released details of the UK Far Cry 3 Collector’s Edition, available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC versions of the game.The collectors edition will be called “Insane Edition” and includes the following:

• A 12cm Vaas Wahine with bobble head!
• Monkey Business - Discover Hurk, a new memorable character and quest giver, and his four unique missions (1 hour additional gameplay)
• The Lost Expeditions -Two suspenseful action packed missions totaling over 40 minutes of additional gameplay and an exclusive weapon (The Japanese gun)
• The Hunter Pack – The M700 hunting rifle and its three collector’s skins.
• The Warrior Pack - A handcrafted dagger and two exclusive tribal tattoos.
• The Predator Pack - Four exclusive rare predators and a multiplayer bow.
• An ‘Insanity Guide’ containing hints and tips to help you survive the island

Far Cry 3 releases on September 7 in UK.

The Far Cry 3 Insane Edition is available to pre order now from Zavvi for less than Ubisoft themselves, check it out here.

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As with all GhostStorm Gaming Reviews this one is free from spoilers, and it’s honest.

When I first saw an inkling of Ghost Recon Future Soldier back in 2010 it was just some images, and then followed a teaser trailer. After that and something I have never seen before was an image that told you about the different Ubisoft studios that were piecing together this great new game. They are Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Redstorm, Ubisoft Montpellier and finally Ubisoft Annecy. I was a little worried that this game could be like many others out there that gets rushed out, full of bugs and tbh a tad boring.

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2 Years on and here we are playing Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier and it’s a great game. The single player is brilliant, when you load up the game you are placed into a lobby….such as what you see when you play online in other shooters, from there you can choose up to 3 of your friends (if they have the game) and play through the game in a 4 person co-op. I unfortunately never got to use this feature as at the time of writing this I had no contacts with anyone else who had been sent this title.

Even though it has the word ‘FUTURE’ in its title there isn’t cheesy futuristic hover vehicles etc. it’s basically the same as other shooters but with cool gadgets, something that Splinter Cell fans will enjoy. When it comes to weapons there are some great combinations to make your gun unique, over 20 million in fact according to the box. With Kinect you can also customise your weapon, use your voice etc. Also as it’s a UPLAY enabled game you can unlock some cool things such as weapons and a new map to play on using the Guerrilla mode which is pretty much the same as Horde mode that is becoming popular in many of the new shooters.

UPLAY is not the only way that you can unlock new weapons etc. for use in-game but Kick Energy in the US are doing a promotion. Then there is a weapon to be unlocked by watching the Ghost Recon Future Soldier Alpha prequel, the sequel being the game itself, and then there is a clue somewhere for another weapon on Warmongers INC. You can also check out the Facebook game, Ghost Recon Commander, here. When you get the codes you have to enter them at ghostreconnetwork.ubi.com and whilst your there you can see all the other items that can be unlocked including more weapons.

The controls were great and considering that at some points there could be a big fire fight you would always find that the control mapping was spot on and would not lead you into bother, as long as you remember (A) is for cover, on the Xbox 360 it is at least. I am guessing it’s (X) on PS3.

Here are some of its awesome features that makes it a little different to most of the other shooters on shelves right now:

Cross Com:
Stay one step ahead of the enemy: Cross Com gives you real time intel projected directly on your goggles. The HUD allows you to control drones on the fly, as well as locating key enemy targets.

Optical Camouflage:
Be invisible: Use optical camouflage to move undetected through hot spots and gain the upper hand on your enemies.

Sync Shot:
Tag ‘em and bag ‘em: Use the tagging feature on the ground or by drone to coordinate synchronized attacks on enemy targets.

Cover Swap:
Stay out of enemy sight: Exploit unique cover system and swap through dynamic covers to surprise, flank and eliminate the enemies.

Hand to Hand Combat:
Become the ultimate “quiet professional”: hand to hand combat will give you brutal close-combat moves.

Over the shoulder
Relish in over 2500 animations: Your Ghost Recon character will roll, cover, slide, climb and disappear to stalk and take down your prey.

As with most games there were some bits that annoyed me.

Sometimes you would find yourself waiting at certain points on levels because they ‘computer controlled characters’ were still making their way to you. Also they would seem to turn around and go back to almost spawning point with no explanation another annoying thing was  they would just sit there and do nothing. This is frustrating because there was no onscreen clue or any voice command from the so called ‘Ghost Lead’ suggesting that you needed to kill a target before they would advance. This happened more than once and because of that some missions would take longer than expected. Some of the civilian actions were also buggy….they would run/spawn infront of your bullets for example and as we know if someone is firing a gun, you don’t run into the line of fire. They kill.

Graphics were something else too, sometimes they were amazing and on some occasions they seemed less-amazing. Another annoying factor, which is quite a big thing to me is that there is no ‘save’ option in the menu. You are forced to put up with auto save and with some missions you will be annoyed over that. Small detail to some but a big deal to some also, I think this is something others may complain about too.

Considering that there is a lot of shooters out there, and not just on consoles and PC’s you could say that it’s hard to make them all unique but I really feel that Ghost Recon Future Soldier is still unique its 3^rd Person for one where most others are 1^st Person, the only other great game that is like this is are the Gears of War titles and whereas this can be a downfall for some missions as there isn’t really a way to change your view it doesn’t make the game crap at all.

I enjoyed the storyline, even though I felt the ending wasn’t that good. I refuse to spoil the ending for you but when you see why it could’ve been different. The gadgets and the experience of being a ‘Ghost’ was great too. I suggest that whether you’re a fan of the Battlefields/Call of Duty’s or even Gears of War to still give this a play. Perhaps rent it from LoveFiLM as part of a trial. It’s definitely a title I will be keeping and playing on most often because when you can have between 2-12 people online via multiplayer it’s bound to be fun. I will also like to suggest that if you get this game and want some help during the single-player campaign then add my gamertag, SingingTurnip and I will join your team.

The score I am going to give this game is an 8/10 because as mentioned its quite unique, the graphics are cool but there is some bugs that need to be sorted out, such as the squad mate issue above.

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Filmmakers Anthony Caulfield & Nicola Caulfield have announced they have launched an Indiegogo campaign to fund the production of their new 90 minute documentary feature film titled ‘From Bedrooms to Billions’. The film tells the remarkable, true story of the British Video Games Industry between 1979 - 1996 and how the creativity and vision of a relatively small number of individuals allowed the UK to play a key, pioneering role in the shaping of the billion dollar video games industry which today, dominates the modern world’s entertainment landscape. Featuring interviews with key contributors to the UK story in video game development, publishing and journalism from over the last 40 years, combined with compelling archive, ‘From Bedrooms to Billions’ is the first to attempt to bring this fascinating story together starting in the late 70’s, spanning ‘Thatcher’s Britain’ of the 80’s and culminating in the dramatic shift of fortunes for the UK Video Games Industry by the late 90’s. The film celebrates the importance of this era and why it has become such a landmark period in the history of British invention, creativity and industry.
Producer, Anthony Caulfield said

“From Bedrooms to Billions has been a very personal project for us since June 2008. Having completed many documentaries we have always wanted to document the rise of the British video games industry and the incredible story that went with it. What’s so fascinating is how the UK computer scene was originally nothing more than a scientific curiosity which snowballed into something so vast. As we started putting this film together we uncovered so many incredible stories, these people had to literally make up an industry as they went, some were very successful, but others were not so, however collectively we felt it a strong story that’s long overdue and should make a wonderful movie”.

Fellow Producer Nicola Caulfield said

“This film will be a great piece of nostalgic entertainment that documents an important part of UK history. This era is so often overlooked and not known by young British talent looking to enter the games industry, as the vast majority of UK children, school leavers and even students believe that gaming originated mainly from the US and Japan and have little to no knowledge that a British games industry even once existed”.

A teaser trailer is shown below and further information on the ‘From Bedrooms to Billions’ Indiegogo campaign can be found at the film’s official website www.frombedroomstobillions.com.

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Mister X is at it again.  The world famous criminal has disappeared into the streets and alleys of London’s nightlife, and it’s up to the detectives of Scotland Yard to find him before he gets away yet again.

Scotland Yard was first released as a board game in 1983, where it went on to win a plethora of awards throughout both the US and Europe.  The game, which has sold over 4 million copies since it’s release, has finally made its way onto iPhones and iPads the world over.

The gameplay see’s players choosing between playing as the detectives, or as Mister X himself.  The detectives attempt to corner or catch Mister X as he travels through London, either on foot, by taxi, train, or bus. With only his discarded tickets to go on, it’s a race against the clock to see if Mister X gets away once again, or England’s finest can bring him back to the Yard.

“The game has been a huge cult classic since it’s creation, and it was a natural choice to bring to iOS”

said Thomas Bleyer, Managing Director of Ravensburger Digital.

“And by working with FDG Entertainment, the creators of Cover Orange, we’ve been able to make something really special out of it, including a new setting and voice chat during multiplayer sessions.”

Here is the trailer:

The game is a universal app, and will be available in the AppStore worldwide for a special launch price of just $4.99/£2.99.

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Buy Scotland Yard in the App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/app/scotland-yard/id494302506

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Playing Max Payne 3?

Keep getting shot in the face?

Need help?

Good news then, as we’re pleased to announce that the official Max Payne 3 Signature Series strategy guide is out today from BradyGames!

Featuring exclusive content from Rockstar Games, the weighty 304-page tome hits shelves alongside a game that’s already a hit with fans and critics alike.

Max Payne 3 continues the tale of former New York City detective, Max Payne. Still haunted by the memories of his traumatic past, Max begins a new life working private security protecting a wealthy industrialist and his family in Sao Paulo, Brazil. When gangs target the family under his protection, Max is forced to fight to save his clients and clear his name, in a bid to, once and for all, rid himself of the demons that have tortured him for far too long.

Signature Series Guide Key Features

• Point-by-point gun tactics and manoeuvres for the entire main story campaign.
• Detailed maps highlighting points of cover and targets for all areas of intense combat.
• Unparalleled coverage of the enormous Multiplayer experience available in the game.
• Gunplay tactics for stringing several deadly moves together for maximum damage.
• Complete list of Achievements and Trophies.

The Max Payne 3 Signature Series strategy guide is released in the UK TODAY, with an RRP of £12.99, online prices may vary. Zavvi have it for £9.95 > http://www.zavvi.com/books/max-payne-3-strategy-guide/10587280.html

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