The Best Games of 2011: XBOX 360 is a post from: DaxGamer

Being that it’s a movie tie-in game from Activision, I’m expecting Men In Black to be a standard(read: boring) third person shooter with aliens thrown in the mix.  Maybe it’ll have awesome weapons?

Men In Black is being developed by Fun Labs and is currently set for a spring 2012 release.

Men In Black Video Game Coming In 2012 is a post from: DaxGamer

Simply put, the Mass Effect series has proven itself to be one of the most respectable, innovative, fun, and beautiful (aesthetically, emotionally, and narratively) of its kind in this generation. It sucks you in, pulls you into the lives of things that, in reality, are little more than a few lines of code some Canadian wrote, and never let’s you go. Hell, I’m still here, wondering how my romance with Liara will play out in the conclusion.

But wait, trouble sets foot upon the horizon: according to a forum post by Chris Priestly, Mass Effect 3 is going to feature a multiplayer component. So far, we’ve been told there will be cooperative play for up to four players, and you can choose amongst the myriad races of the Mass Effect Universe, fighting to raise “Galactic Readiness”, being the level of preparation that the good ol’ galactic civilization of Mass Effect has for the inevitable onslaught of the coming Reapers. Now, you may think this is bad, because you look at games like Dead Space 2 that had an utterly laughable multiplayer affair, and find this added component to be a waste of disc space and time on the part of Bioware, but there is a saving grace: the team that has traditionally developed Mass Effect, Bioware Edmonton, is still solely working on the single-player campaign. In fact, another team, Bioware Montréal, is working on the multiplayer. With such knowledge, we see that even if the multiplayer component is useless and atrocious, we still have the same great team working on the same great series, with nothing standing in their way. Though you may argue that the multiplayer component will take up better-suited disk-space, I highly doubt anyone from Bioware will keep this on one disc. In fact, I’m guessing that ME 3 will be three discs: two for the single-player (just like ME 2), and one for this new multiplayer mode.

Thus, even though you may not like the idea of roaming around the virtual Milky Way as a Turian, Krogan, Asari, etc. with your buddies, killing Reapers and whatever else may stand in your way, you’ll still get the full conclusion to the saga if you only play the single-player. Additionally, it has been confirmed that you don’t need to play this new mode to achieve the best possible ending, but it would help your chances if you messed up somewhere along the way. Nevertheless, it is not necessary, and knowing this, I for one am not at all dreading the multiplayer arrival coming when Mass Effect 3 ships. What I am dreading, however, is how little of a life I will have as I blast away Reapers in my own little world Bioware has created for me, you, and every other gamer that’s ever played Mass Effect. It’s a beautiful thing, what they’ve done, and so far, whether it be KOTOR, Jade Empire, or Mass Effect 1 & 2, they haven’t let me down, and now with more funding, more time, more teams, and a conclusion to boot, I doubt they’ll let me down here.

Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Details Revealed‎ is a post from: DaxGamer

MW3 vs. BF3: A DaxGamer In-Depth Look is a post from: DaxGamer

The new mode survival is coming out with MW3, you and 1 other person will fight endless waves of enemies and each round the enemies get more difficult. Enemies do not spawn at fixed locations but instead tactical locations based on where the player is. You also earn cash for weapons and ammo. Multiplayer, what everyone has been waiting for is totally reamped. There are now 3 different “strike packages” for killstreaks called Assault, Support, and Specialist. The Assault strike package works the same as the default killstreak reward system in Modern Warfare 2 and Black ops.  The Support strike package offers support-style rewards such as UAVs and SAM Turrets. Unlike previous games in the franchise, the Support strike package will not make the player’s killstreak reward reset upon death, but instead, accumulate over the course of a match. The Specialist strike package rewards players with perks instead of killstreaks. After every eighth consecutive kill, the player will receive every perk in the game, but will reset back to none upon death.

Modern Warfare 3 will not use a money system for weapons and such. Quick scoping has returned from MW2. You will not be able to dive in MW3. Unlike previous game in the series, the player’s weapon will level up alongside the player. As the weapon levels up, the weapon unlocks a number of Proficiency perks such as Kick (reduced recoil while aiming down your sight) and Focus (stay focused under fire). Only one Proficiency can be put on a single weapon and is only allowed to be put on primary weapons. Another new addition is the ability to equip Hybrid Scopes on a weapon, such as a Red Dot Sight and ACOG Sight on a single weapon, and the player can switch between the scopes. A new gamemode has also been added, titled “Kill Confirmed”. Kill Confirmed requires players to collect floating dog tags from the corpse of a downed enemy before the kill can be registered. However, the opposing team can pick up the dogtag aswell to deny the other team of a kill. Another gamemode has also been added titled “Team Defender”. In Team Defender, each team must cap the opposing team’s flag, and hold it to accumulate points. Private matches also now include pre-made gamemodes including “Infection” (where the infected kills enemies to recruit them to their team), “Drop Zone” (where you must hold a drop zone for points and care packages), “Team Juggernaut” (each team plays alongside an AI Juggernaut character), “Gun Game” (be the first to get one kill with every gun in the game) and “One in the Chamber” (in which players are only allowed one pistol with one bullet and three lives where they can only get more bullets by killing other players). Along with this, players are allowed to create their own game modes with customized settings such as number of players and time limit.

All You Need To Know About MW3 is a post from: DaxGamer

So are you going to dust off Portal 2 and play Peer Review?

Portal 2 DLC Release Date Announced is a post from: DaxGamer

Well, for those of you who didn’t get to the beta early, because you got the Limited Edition of Medal of Honor, or pre-ordered the PC version from Origin, the Battlefield 3 beta starts today. In the beta, there is one map, Operation Metro, and one game mode, Rush. Also, the stats from the beta won’t carry over into the final version of the game, but to me, it’s worth it!
The beta will be open until October 10, and then, it will only be fifteen short days until the game’s release. So tell me, are you going to be playing the beta for one of the most-anticipated games of the year?

Battlefield 3 Open Beta Releases Today is a post from: DaxGamer

I got 99 problems, but Battlefield 3 ain’t one! This is the full-length trailer to the teaser we featured a couple of days back. It shows more gameplay footage than before, and some of the many awards they’ve won. This game will definitely be a winner, so don’t forget the beta starts this Thursday, and the game comes out October 25. Above and beyond the call!

Full Battlefield 3 “99 Problems” Trailer is a post from: DaxGamer

Batman: Arkham City Joker trailer – “We could both actually die here tonight!” is a post from: DaxGamer

Check out the awesome trailer.

Battlefield 3 “99 Problems” Teaser Trailer is a post from: DaxGamer