Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 is a first-person shooter video game that was officially announced on February 11 2009. It is the sixth installment to the Call of Duty series and the direct sequel to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The game is developed by Infinity Ward, and published by Activision and Square Enix in Japan. It runs on an IW 4.0 engine with a native resolution of 600 pixels on the PlayStation 3 platform. Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 is scheduled to be released worldwide on November 10, 2009, in conjunction with Call Of Duty Modern Warfare: Mobilized for the Nintendo DS and Call Of Duty Modern Warfare, port for Call of Duty 4 adapted by Treyarch for the Wii console. The game falls under the genre of first-person shooter games with an ESRB rating of M for mature. In the single-player campaign, players take on the role of Sergeant Gary “Roach” Sanderson who is a young member of an elite, multinational commando unit known as Task Force 141. Sergeant “Soap” MacTavish who is the player character in Call of Duty 4 also makes a return, although as a non-playable character who is promoted to captain in the Special Air Service. He now heads the Task Force and thus becomes Sanderson’s superior officer. There is also a mysterious third member of the Task Force, whose character is only known as Ghost and conceals his face with a skull-imprinted balaclava. The game is set several years after the conclusion of Call of Duty 4, with the prominent return of the radical Russian Ultranationalist organization under the leadership of Vladimir Makarov who is a former associate of Imran Zakhaev, though with his own ambitions. An early campaign mission called “Cliffhanger” sees the player character Sergeant Sanderson and Captain MacTavish infiltrating a Russian base in Tian Shan mountain range in Kazakhstan and escaping on snowmobiles.

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The multi-player mode of Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 is said to have the same gameplay as the previous Modern Warfare, making it feel like a true Modern Warfare experience, with game sizes set at nine on nine with the levels mixed between indoors, outdoors and varied heights. In contrast to the prequel, the UAV mid-battle and mid-sprint seems to be more dependant on the gun to determine speed, with the game strongly reliant on perks and create-a-class options. In addition to that, the actual weapon load outs are also a bit different with a primary and secondary gun available in every create-a-class. In addition to pistols, players can now also add a shotgun, a machine pistol or a regular pistol in its place, as well as rocket launchers. Not only that, there are also major changes in the killstreak system, allowing players to customize their kills at the 3,4,5,6,7,9 and 11 increments, with only 3 and 4 available at the beginning Private class, providing some serious incentive to keep leveling up. These include everything from supply drops to predator missiles, helicopters, UAV, AC-130, anti-UAV, and air strike. In terms of design, items are very much more varied in this game as compared to Call of Duty 4 with more height, more cover areas and elevation change from section to section that are possibly drastic. Not only that, Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 also features a lot of customization with pure depth and options, including killstreaks that include a huge amount of versatility, far more expandable guns, and even crazier perks as compared to the first game. In terms of the weapons, the huge range of weaponry includes the M4, FAMAS, SCAR-H (which is a mix of AK-47 and M4), Tar-21, the MP5K, UMP45, a submachine gun called the Vector (similar to the original MP5, but with faster firing speed), light machine guns and sidearms.

“Modern Warfare 2 is a direct sequel to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and is clearly looking to step it up in terms of dramatic campaign levels. Those hungry for more Modern Warfare 2 should be sure to check out GameSpot’s stage show live from E3, where we’ll be sitting down again with Infinity Ward and delving even deeper into this exciting shooter.” (GameSpot, 2009)

God of War III was announced at E3 2008 and is scheduled to be released in March 2010. It is a forthcoming installment in the God of War series which falls under the genre of hack and slash, and action-adventure games with an ESRB rating of M 17+. God of War III is developed by SCE Studios Santa Monica and published by Sony Computer Entertainment under the God of War series with a native resolution of 1080 pixels for its PlayStation 3 game console platform. Read the rest of this entry »

Bayonetta is an action game for the PlayStation3 game console of which its demo was announced on 31 August 2009. It was directed by Okami and Hideki Kamiya, the creator of the Devil May Cry series, and was developed by Platinum Games in collaboration with Sega who is also the publisher of the title. The game is expected to be released in Japan on October 29, 2009, in North America in January 2010, and in the first quarter of 2010 to Europe under the Action genre and bears an ESRB rating of M for mature. It is set in a fictional city in Europe and centers on the title character Bayonetta who can wield four handguns as well as perform other magical attacks to defeat her enemies. Read the rest of this entry »

Gran Turismo 5 (commonly abbreviated as GT5) is the fifth edition of the Gran Turismo racing video game series, and is scheduled for release in March 2010. The game is currently under development by Polyphony Digital and is to be published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. Its expected date of release is 31 March 2010 and will be released on the Blu-ray disc media. The game is designed by Kazunori Yamauchi and supports 1080i, 1080p, 16:9 aspect ratio, 480p and Dolby Digital sound. The game expands on the Prologue version (a new in-cockpit view provides a unique perspective for racers and features a customized dashboard for each of the cars in Gran Turismo 5 Prologue) and is the first of the main numbered series to feature on the PlayStation 3. The game features an online mode with support for up to 16 drivers racing simultaneously. Read the rest of this entry »

Rage is a PlayStation 3 game which will be id Software’s next release and is in full production and set for release in late 2009 or early 2010. It is built on the company’s new id Tech 5 engine. The game was announced on August 2, 2007 at QuakeCon. A trailer for the game was released by Gametrailers.com on the same day. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world similar to that of films such as Mad Max 2 and is set in the near future following the (fictional) impact of 99942 Apophis. Rumour has it that the game is an open world game, though not quite so completely as while there are ways to interact with the environment off the track, Read the rest of this entry »

Resident Evil 5, known in Japan as Biohazard 5 is a survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom Read the rest of this entry »

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is a PS3 game developed by Naughty Dog and published by SCEA and is a modern action adventure game released on Oct 13, 2009. The Multiplayer Demo for the game was released September 15, 2009. The game is rated T (Teen) by ESRB for Blood, Suggestive Themes, Violence and Language. Uncharted 2 supports up to 10 gamers on its online multiplayer mode. The game starts off about a year or so after the events of the first game and begins with Nate and a few fellow thieves working on finding Marco Polo’s lost treasure fleet. The game takes them on to a much grander adventure, one that takes them half-way around the world. Uncharted 2 changes locales frequently over the course of the adventure and results in a faster pace of game play. Read the rest of this entry »

Yakuza 3 is a game that marks the fourth installment in the series. Yakuza 1 and 2 took place in modern Japan and told the story of a former yakuza named Kiryu Kazuma, who fought for his loved ones, loyalty, and friendship. The third installment, which was titled Ryu Ga Gotoku: Kenzan in Japan (not released in English yet) takes place in the Edo period in Japan, and while it shared a similar atmosphere with the previous two games, it felt more like a side story. In Yakuza 3, gamers take the role of the protagonist, former yakuza Kiryu Kazuma and the game takes place in two locations: the subtropical island of Okinawa and the red-light district of Kamurocho. The story progresses with Kiryu and the little girl Haruka from the first installment leaving the dangerous streets of Kamurochou in 2007 and starting a new life in Okinawa. Having opened an orphanage and living a quiet but peaceful life, Kiryu and Haruka soon find themselves in trouble regarding land acquisition, and plans for a military base expansion and resort development. Read the rest of this entry »

Legends of Wrestlemania was released between the 19th to 24th of March 2009 in Australia, Europe and North America to coincide with WrestleMania XXV. It was first announced in July 2008 by THQ Inc and JAKKS Pacific, Inc. The game was developed by Yuke’s and published by THQ who are also the developer and publisher for the WWE SmackDown video game series. Legends of Wrestlemania is a PS3 game that features legends and alumni of the professional wrestling promotion, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). They are the same characters who have appeared at WrestleMania in the 1980s and 1990s during which WWE was still known as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). In this new instalment, Legends of Wrestlemania features a new grapple-based combo fighting system that focuses more on arcade-style gameplay in order to differentiate itself. Only the D-pad or left analogue stick and the four face buttons are needed in order to play the game. The player’s HUD is indicated through a health bar that shows a number between one and three. Read the rest of this entry »

ShellShock 2: Blood Trails was released on 13th February 2009 in Europe and on 24th February 2009 in North America. It is developed by Rebellion Developments, published and distributed by Eidos Interactive under the genre of First-person shooter and survival horror. ShellShock 2: Blood Trails is the sequel to ShellShock: Nam’67 that was developed by Guerrilla Games and published by Eidos in 2004. The plot is like any other zombie-like horror influenced first-person shooter game set during the Vietnam War. It revolves around a member of a special ops team headed by the same main character from its predecessor, Special Sgt. Caleb “Cal” Walker that vanished after being sent into the jungle of Cambodia to retrieve cargo known as WhiteKnight (codename for Dr. Pierre DuMont and his virus that were onboard the plane) which was lost after the U.S. transport plane containing it was shot down by an NVAF jet.
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