Fighting games are a bit of a diverse lot: there's the realistic UFC or WWE titles, the fantasy-complicated controls-realistically-looking Tekken, the sports type like Fight Night (everybody wants to be Manny Pacquiao these days), then there's the semi-realistic-looking-martial-arts game, the Dead or Alive series.
Dead or Alive back then marketed on two things: more women in their fighting game titles, hence, bitchfights (no, I don't use the term 'catfights' when two women are slugging at each other), and their ladies are well-endowed up front. So much as the game engine had to be tuned to use "breast physics" for unrealistic jiggle eye-candy. Sometimes it's a good thing, but other times it can be .....let's just say not-safe-for-under-eighteen.
Ah yes. Always the beach.
Now don't get me wrong, I like the Dead or Alive series, and I even own one for the 3DS. And yes, I like the game because of obvious reasons (not to mention Kasumi is such a hot beautifulkunoichi), but I'm more of a Tekken fan then. But then again the King of Iron Fist Tournament is becoming more and more...sophisticated that I don't know the controls of some characters I used before. Either it's been revamped or changed altogether.
And yeah, I have a personal disdain for the XBox 360. Personal, so I won't say it here. As to why the creator wanted his "masterpiece" be Xbox-exclusive, I don't know why. Megalomaniacal pervert.
Ahem.
The 5th installment of DOA is set to be released for both PS3 and 360 platforms. Not to mention a revamp of graphics and yes, they've toned down the boob-bounce and cup size quite a bit.
Left: the previous title (gorgeous up front), right: revamped "realistic" look (still gorgeous).
Characters are slowly being revealed with two special guest fighters from another fighting game (and progenitor title to 3D fighting), Virtua Fighter.
As shown in the E3 2012 vignette, Akira Yuki is the first guest fighter shown for DOA 5. I'll let you guess the other one.
Dead or Alive 5 is slated on September 2012. Gods this year wallets are going to be slaughtered.
Duty, Honor, Country....oh wait, that's the ROTC motto. Who dares, wins?
FPS fans, this one's for you: if you're not much of a fan of the Call of Duty games, Rainbow Six, or even Ghost Recon series, EA is giving us a more "realistic" scenario game. Yep, the rebooted Medal of Honor that was released last 2010 is getting a sequel, and is packing more firepower than ever.
Dubbed Medal of Honor: Warfighter, the campaign follows of the actual footsteps (I guess based from declassified information that can be freely accessed) of Tier 1, US SOCOM's most elite special forces operations group. The missions take place around the globe, and in the trailer below, a particular mission in Basilan, Philippines; supposedly 'hideout' for the Abu Sayyaf extremist group.
Also featured in Warfighter is the multiplayer mode, where you can choose from any special forces group of a country:
Another game that's been years in the making, now Konami & Kojima Productions has now released a new trailer for the next Metal Gear title on E3 2012. Set years after "Guns of the Patriots", we see the returning protagonist, Raiden, in a different light: from the effeminate look from Sons of Liberty to the Cyborg Ninja of MGS 4 to this: back to the cybernetic body, and back into the battlefield.
And yeah, Roy Campbell over the CODEC. Brings back memories
No news yet on the release date, though I hope it doesn't clash with Assassin's Creed III's release date.
For those who noticed, this Metal Gear title doesn't have the "Solid" to it: my speculation is that because "Solid" denotes Solid Snake, or in the case of Big Boss then, Naked Snake. And since it's set after MGS 4, we can assume that Old Snake has passed away.
Taglines: Lightning Bolt Action and "Make It Right".
AC fans, drool in this spectacular teaser cinematic given to us by Ubisoft on E3 2012: another AC III cinematic! The eagle motif is more prominent now, and we get to see Connor Kenway's prowess in the battlefield as he hunts down Templars.
Ubi did say that AC is going back to its roots, hopefully this means being a solo gameplay altogether. Don't get me wrong; the faction feature and Brotherhood Assist Move was nice during the Italian AC trilogy, but I dig the "no one messes with me" soloing action of Altair on the very first Assassin's Creed.
Two words to describe this trailer: Longbow shot.
Assassin's Creed III comes out this year, October 2012. And for you conspiracy-apocalypse theorists nutjobs out there, that's less than two months before December 21, 2012.
Tactical Espionage Action, Tactical Espionage Operations, Lightning Bolt Action, and now this. Well played, Kojima.
It seems that Hideo Kojima is teasing us again, Konami fans. This time, on not-so-MGS-related material, but to another hit game, Zone of the Enders. But alas, not a sequel or prequel or interquel or any other -quel you can think of, but a 'remastered' or high-definition remake of the first two ZOE games. Shucks.
But meh, what can we do? Drool on the pre-E3 teaser trailer, that's what.
And don't forget: nothing beats the sound of micro-missiles and lots of lasers blowing up enemies in smithereens.
Not exactly the visual example, but you get what I'm trying to say here.
From problems during launch date to choppy connection and unbearable lag, it would seem Blizzard has its hands full just to fix their Battle.net servers for their newest baby. With numerous sudden maintenance downtime, account theft and hijacking is another problem that's rising.
There have been numerous complaints about their accounts being 'hacked'. One such anecdote was a player joined in a public game, and during their farming operations quests he got suddenly booted out for some reason or another. When the player attempted to log back in, he was told that his B.net credentials and password have been changed or what. Some say because the authentication token during public games were shared, while others blamed hidden keyloggers and malware as culprits.
Like I said, it's an anecdote. I can't even verify it.
But one person had a first-hand experience with his account being hacked. Ars Technica writer Kyle Orland was one of us; a somewhat-normal player: no high-level legendary equipment to boast about and such. But when it comes to hackers and account thieves, there's no discrimination on who they want to target. And bad luck will strike at anyone, and in the internet, no account is truly safe without added security.
Read his first hand account over at the Ars Technica page, as it serves as a cautionary tale for everyone who plays online games. I remember a tip that my computer science friend told me a long time ago: use different passwords for every account you have in the internet, be it Yahoo! messenger, Facebook, Twitter, Gmail and such. If you use one password for everything, consider your life totally screwed when your accounts are compromised.
So for Blizzard fans and players, I leave it up to you on what other security measures you do on your game accounts. For further reading, head to their B.net FAQ site.
Seems that AC fans have won this fight: American author John Beiswenger voluntarily dropped his charges of "copyright infringement on his work" against Ubisoft and their Assassin's Creed franchise, and instead focuses more on other business matters. Though he still claims that Ubisoft copied his work.
What a wuss.
To qoute Beiswenger's lawyer, Kelly Clements Keller:
“My client’s decision to exercise his right to voluntarily dismiss the action, without prejudice, in no way diminishes his stalwart conviction in the merit of his claims against Ubisoft. He is unwavering in his belief that many key components of the video game franchise infringe on many key components of his novel, Link.”
“We believe Ubisoft has engaged in egregious acts of copyright infringement and, should he choose to seek redress through the courts in the future, we remain confident that a trier of fact would agree.”
