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Resident Evil 5

So, with RE5 being a hot title in the Capcom camp, its came clear now, since I actually decided to read all of the things I could about it, that RE5, is going to be based around the configuration of RE4. With pursuits and puzzles, like the original triology, but with more dynamics. A few changes which have been implemented, were aiming the gun with the right controller, unlike the left controller in the original RE4. Also, comes the most exciting one for me, being able to control the AI with the B button, which means they can no longer block paths, and get in your way especially during awkward camera angles. Also, the AI seems very similar to RE4. But in this edition, they’ve tried to out do themselfs. They will dodge bullets, plan and try to take you out, group up on you and more! All I can say, is that when RE5 finally hits the shelf, I may goto heaven and die.

Left 4 Dead

Thats right, more zombie antics. The scary co-op based zombie survivor game. 4 players battle it out, to finish the game in their own sections. Often crossing over to help out with artillery and often lending a hand. The game looks set to be incredibly exciting and tense. As far as I am aware, it has no single player and it is entirely co-op based. So an Xbox Live Account will be required! The game is ran on the Source engine, which means that it’ll have intense physics, and ultra real surroundings. Which I hope you’ll be able to use to your advantage. Disadvantage being that a zombie can probably break through a wooden door fairly easily.

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Soul Calibur IV

So, the character list is as follows:

“Algol (Soulcalibur)
Angol Fear (Soulcalibur)
Astaroth (Soulcalibur)
Cassandra (Soulcalibur)
Cervantes de Leon
Heishiro Mitsurugi
Hildegard von Krone
Hong Yun-Seong (Soulcalibur)
Ivy (Soulcalibur)
Kamikirimusi
Kilik (Soulcalibur)

Tira (Soulcalibur)
Voldo (Soulcalibur)
Xianghua (Soulcalibur)
Yoda
Yoshimitsu (Tekken)
Zasalamel
Ashlotte (Soulcalibur)
Setsuka (Soulcalibur)
Shura
Starkiller”

If you click on the links it will take you to the IGN page for the profiles of the individual characters. Also the original Soul Calibur is available on Xbox Live Arcade, but i’d recommend buying Soul Calibur 2/3 for the original Xbox as it’ll probably work out cheaper!

Sonic Unleashed

Sonic Unleashed, the best way to describe it. Imagine Sonic 2, mixed with full 3d effects of the Xbox 360 calibre, but with a 2D mesh. So, its set in a 3D world, but it plays like a 2D game. I can’t wait, finally a Sonic game that might not actually suck.

Microsoft Dashboard Update Not Compulsary!

Thats right, the new dashboard update won’t have to be compulsary, neither will the new “Mii” characters you’ve seen. With the update not being released till the end of the year you’ve got a while to think about it!

There was some down time, and I apologise. It was pretty much for the whole weekend, but we’re back! There has been some interesting development in the Xbox camp, in North America. You can get gears of war, UT3 for $299! Pretty good deal, and I think when i’m in america I may buy myself a cheap Xbox and get it modded, I dont know yet. They’ve brought down the price and started shifting shelf space for a 60gb model, and trying to bring xbox game installation to make load times alot quicker. Sounds interesting, but we’ll see.

You may remember him from the original, but Liquidos is back, and assuming his position. But I still need more posters! Lemme know, Fuh Relz!

Bungie, no show at E3?

Well, if you visit the Bungie.net website, you’re confronted by a popup message, which reads:

“For the last several months, we’ve been building toward a reveal of something exciting that Bungie is working on. We were looking forward to sharing that with our fan community during the week of E3. However, those plans were just changed by our publisher.

We realize that many of our fans are disappointed by this turn of events; members of the Bungie team share that disappointment.

When the right time comes, we look forward to sharing this exciting announcement with you. Until then, we appreciate your continued support and patience.

Harold Ryan
President
Bungie LLC”

Which basically adds a bit of drama to the situation, rumors around the internet say that they’re undergoing a new Halo game, one of which could be a prequel, or one set inside the Halo world, but not actually part of the Halo triology franchise. Microsoft recently said in an interview with MTV Multiplayer, and let slip that a new Halo was in the works, watch this space, as any news comes, I will let you know.

Guitar Hero World Tour - More Details!

So, they have announced a few new things. Things which have been announced are:

• Previous Guitars will be compatible, although the functionality of some of the new guitars won’t be included. Like the tone changing buttons at the end of the guitar.
• The drum kit is touch sensitive, hit it hard, it sounds louder, hit it quiet, it sounds quiet. It also meant to be fully wireless and to be really robust.
• The microphone is wired, to reduce latency, and it is meant to be very robust as well, seems like the GH crew have designed their equpiment to last.
• The drums have inputs galore: two standard input ports on the back (so you can plug in two kick drums if you want), plus a MIDI input, so you can run your Groovebox or similar piece of kit through the game’s music studio software. Future-proof? Check.
• Travis Barker, the drummer from +44 (and former Blink 182 drummer) was an advisor in the design and feel of the drum kit. He will be a playable character in the game, as will Hayley Williams, the singer from Paramour.

Source: IGN

Marvel Alliance 2 Characters Announced:

Activision have announced that 24 characters have been confirmed, Venom, Green Goblin, Spider-Man, Hulk, Captain America and Wolverine (in an old classic costume) are confirmed. Aswell as Iron Man and the Invinsible Woman

Call of Duty: World at war:

Jack Bauer has lended his voice to the new CoD game. New additions to the gameplay included bazookas, flame tanks and flamethrowers, which offer massive destructive potential at the risk of equally massive danger to your character – it’s like walking around with a bomb strapped to your back.

The game will also feature a co-op mode, supporting four players online or two players locally via split screen. The co-op mode will keep track of each player’s individual statistics and scores, adding an element of competitiveness to the action.

CoD: World At War is due to hit the shores in November.

Well, we’ve been given a release date according to the E3 news! March, 2009. Not that far away, but yet feels like an eternity, the game looks set to be really good. Havin’ done R4, and enjoyed it, although slightly disappointed by it at the same time, i am hoping R5 lives up to more. I liked the weird hillbilly-almost zombie like people in the last resident evil 4, but to me the game felt more like Devil May Cry, than a Resident Evil. But then I guess they can’t remain in the Resident Evil 2 days forever, where would they get? (Street fighter anybody? :P) with so much interweb hype around this it makes me nervous that it won’t stand up to the test of all the anticipation. I wish people would leave games alone, instead of hyping them up so much just to end up being a disappointment. But only time can tell, and I am hoping it lives upto the demand, as i’m sure Capcom will.

So, by the looks of things, Xbox is getting a new dashboard by the looks of things. Going along the media centre view, by the looks of things, the official video from Microsoft is here:

It looks ok, but I prefer the old, and you can see from the video Microsofts take on Nintendo Wii’s Mii’s.. I think it doesn’t look that great, but I hope they have an option to have the old dashboard back!

Guitar Hero WT Footage:

*wetself* Ok ok.. I know it isn’t really guitar hero any more, but think of the excitement! Create songs, a realistic looking drum kit! What could possibly go wrong? Supposedly with an end of sept release, it actually makes me stupidly excited. Now I can’t say much, because i’ve never played Rock Band, I didn’t really like the music selection that much, and thats why I decided to save my £160.. For Guitar Hero haha..

Gears of war mutliplayer footage! It actually looks immense, i’m in love. Gears of war 2, looks set to be better than the original. I liked the original GoW, it was atmospheric, it was intense, it was battle-fueled, and it was graphic! All the best things to make a number #1 game!

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With all the excitement surrounding E3, there has been a rush of Xbox pictures and new screenshots for games put up. Halo Wars, Prince of Persia, Mortal Kombat vs DC, Tigerwoods 09, Tomb Raider: Underworld.. Plus many many more, i’ve included them down below!

Mortal Kombat vs DC:

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Halo Wars:

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Soul Calibur IV:

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Tiger Woods 09:

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Stormrise:

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Tomb Raider:

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So as you can see, some awesome games coming! I really can’t wait! Even Tom Raider and I thought I would ever say that in my life haha!

Thats right. We’ve changed! The URL, and the site is all new! pr0nking.net still exists, but now we have a new domain, XboxFanBoy.co.uk! So, the old news is gone, the old images, videos and forum are all gone. But, its all in the process of getting setup. It’ll be beautiful!

Thanks for your patience,

pr0nking