[UT3 Scene] Kill, Crush

I thought it's time for another scene. While I love that this can happen, I hate when it happens to me D:

The video is stuffed with effects of Sony Vegas this time, so it won't appear as grainy and noised as it used to on this map.

Steve Jobs dies at 27+27+2.7.

Due to his critical health situation, Steve Jobs resigned from his position as CEO of Apple on August 24th. The rumors of him being dead have been going around for months, supposedly sparked by a single Tweet, but the day has come those rumors found sad verification. Steve Jobs, born 24th February 1955, died at the age of 56.

"Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be in the foundation of Apple." 

Gears 3 Q&A Livestream

The Director of Production at Epic, Rod Fergusson, is giving a livestream over at their livestream channel on twitch about the Horde Command Pack DLC and Gears 3 itself. The stream is scheduled for today at 5:30pm EST.

The DLC map Rustlung

Battlefield 3: Open Beta launched

The Battlefield 3 Open Beta has begun! 

The Open Beta features the map "Operation Métro" in the Game mode "Rush".
Full version will contain 8 more expansive maps that adapt to any of the six game modes.

To join the party, download the Origin Client here (~50MB) and download the Beta from within the client.

On Playstation 3, the Beta will automatically appear on the Playstation Network Store.
Similar on Xbox360: It will appear automatically on the Xbox Live Marketplace.

The stats won't be carried over from the Beta to the final game.

Got any questions? Reach out to EA's customer service

A short announcement: New blog to come

Recently, I haven't been able to find something appropriate to talk about, and seriously, I hate the feeling I have to write something, I'd rather do it whenever I find something worth talking about. And I can talk a lot about Music. So I decided I will put up a Music - blog. Either in a week, maybe tomorrow or even today, I have yet to decide. I will announce when it's running then.
I'll still update this blog right here though, don't get me wrong, I just think the music blog will be updated more frequently.

Neon

Gears of War 3 Release

There are few games in this world that make fans celebrate countdown parties. In the past, milestones like Halo 3 or World of Warcraft were needed, just to name a few. Now Gears of War 3 is at the ready to finish the chronicles of Marcus Fenix.

About 479 GAME and GameStation stores have promised to open up in the UK for midnight, with 20,000 shops worldwide opening its doors for tonight.

Finished Dead Island already? Trade it for Gears of War 3 

HMV offers to you to trade in UK's current number one title Dead Island for Gears of War 3 for a surcharge of £1.99. Not to be outdone, GAME will also sell you Gears of War 3 for £4.99, which let’s be honest, HMV’s offer outdoes GAME by £3, when you trade-in Dead Island, Driver: San Francisco or Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine.

Gears of War 3 Reviews

Official Xbox Magazine: 10/10
“Quite simply, Gears of War 3 leaves no stone unturned – it’s everything a triple-A blockbuster should be.”

Guardian: 5/5
“Committed gamers know what to expect from the Gears Of War franchise, and Gears Of War 3 will tick all of their boxes. Chainsaw bayonets and blood spatters: tick. Hulking space marines: tick. Chest-high walls and new and interesting ways to blast the Locust troops: tick.”

Digital Spy: 5/5
“…it’s the great bump in visual quality, the diverse and engaging campaign that never lets up, and a universe that finally catches your interest that impresses the most.”

Joystiq: 5/5
“Between the pacing and the attention to detail visually, auditorially, and narratively, it’s also the best campaign Epic’s ever done, and one of the most exciting, consistent campaign experiences on the Xbox 360, or any other system for that matter.”

Giant Bomb: 5/5
“The members of Delta Squad have finally found some closure, and, for all of the derisive things the world lobs at Gears’ totally-broed-out motif, the story even manages to be touching on multiple occasions. It’s a joy to play, and the game’s expanded set of multiplayer options will give you plenty of things to keep you busy for a good, long time. Oh, and Ice-T’s pretty great in it, too.”

Game Informer: 9.5/10
“This is the best execution yet of an idea that spawned one of the biggest modern franchises in all of gaming. What’s not to love?”

GameSpot: 9.5/10
“Even if you don’t remember where you were on Emergence Day, this is one adventure you won’t soon forget.”

 

Unreal Tournament 3, now with Nyan Redeemer

A group of three dedicated UT3 players decided it's time to follow the hype of Nyan Cat.
The result was a mod for the nuclear weapon of mass destruction: the Redeemer.

This mod replaces the original Redeemer with the Nyan Cat Redeemer. A nice feature: the closer you are to the cat, the louder the music will get.


Killmessages: Player1 got Nyan'd by Player2. And loved it!
and NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN NYAN SuicidalPlayer loves the Nyan

Redesign [+ Scene]

So basically what's up is that I've wasted approximately 4 hours on doing a Redesign just to notice you can NOT save your work with the testversion of Artisteer. Seriously, do not bother using this program! Cracked versions as well as test versions are not able to save your work. The program crashed like 3 minutes before I was done and when I started over again, it crashed halfway. Rage level was uncontrollable...
You know that feeling when you spent hours on doing something creative and then your program goes "NOPE.AVI" and you end up having your time wasted?

I was so pissed, I didn't even have the motivation to write, edit scenes or play anymore. So, sorry if I neglected not only my but also your, my follower's, blogs.

As a compensation, have my personal NOPE.avi scene I did just now.

[UT3 Scene] High Distance Enforcer Fling Shot

First minute on a server I didn't know. I thought the taxirun they tried to pull off was already undeniable anymore, but I tried my luck and succeeded. See for yourself:

[UT3 Scene] Triple Accidential Teamkill

Well, crap, he should be pretty pissed at me (yes, it's all the same person).

• First time I just wanted to boost him (meaning I'll speed him forward so he can score faster)
• Second time I saw he couldn't reach the flag, so I tried to push him up
• Third time wasn't really my fault; wanted to do a taxi run with him, he ungrappled to take the flag and got crushed by a spawning vehicle... LOL

Anyway, enjoy

P.S.: Teamkill was disabled, that's why I didn't think I'd kill him ;)

GoW3 Add-ons + Season Pass

Although Gears of War 3 is still weeks away from the final release, Epic has announced there will be several add-ons released. The first of them will be released this November.
Those add-ons are supposedly a must-have for any fan of the Gears series. They will be adding hours of campaign and multiplayer mayhem.
The Gears of War 3 Season Pass will be available on September 20th, the day of the GoW3 release, and will cost 2400 Microsoft points on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
The advantage of purchasing a Season Pass versus purchasing all add-ons individually will be a 33% saving, plus it will include a Liquid Metal Weapon Set.

Gears of War is undeniably one of the most celebrated sagas in video gaming. Statistics now confirm this: The third part of the series has surpassed a spectacular 1.3 Million pre-orders worldwide! That makes it the fastest pre-selling Xbox exclusive in the history of the platform.
Already 20 million matches have been played in the multiplayer beta this spring.

[UT3 Scene] The Neckbreaker

Today I present to you: The Neckbreaker
A nice way to kill targets is make them trip (e.g. shoting them from their board) and make them hit a corner with their head.
That's what I did here.

Ah and one more thing, don't ask me why the quality screwed up, it was fine when I rendered it.

[UT3 Scene] Homerun!

I catapulted someone in mid-air with my Fury. Flinging him like an ant from my leg.
He definitely didn't see that one coming. ;)

Hawken

Adhesive Games has brought out a UDK-based Mech game called Hawken.
In case you don't know what UDK is, I will write an article about that later.

Hawken is basically a mech-themed FPS. Because it was created with UDK it's running on the Unreal Engine 3. The focus is on creating an intense and enjoyable battle experience that captures the feeling of piloting a heavy war machine while keeping the action fast-paced and strategic. The game offers two unique team game modes, as well as team deathmatch and free-for-all deathmatch.

Developer: Adhesive Games
Release: TBA
Genre: Action, First-Person, Shooter
Platform: Xbox 360, PS3, PC
Publisher: N/A
Website: http://www.hawkengame.com/
ESRB: N/A


Trailer:

 

Free Bulletstorm Soundtrack

For the Bulletstorm lovers amongst you:
Epic Games offers the Soundtrack for free.

Download it here.

Gears of War and Gears of War 2 on Sale

Gears of War and Gears of War 2 are available for purchase for a limited time on the Xbox Live Games on Demand Service. Their price is the same for each version:

United States, Canada: 14.99$
United Kingdom: 14.99£

If you want to take this offer, be fast! It's only available from 23.08 - 30.08.
Unfortunately, it's not the Games for Windows version :(

In the meantime, have a Gears of War 3 trailer. 

P.S.: I would like to take this chance to rant a little about comments.
If you don't have anything related to say, better don't say anything at all instead of "Nice post", "Great", "Cool".
I won't publish those anymore and I certainly won't return a comment to people who obviously want JUST THAT.
Other than that, comments are still very appreciated, if they make sense. ;)

Neon

Gears of War 3 Cinematic Opening leaked

So the official Intro Opening of Gears of War 3 has found its way to the internet
Find out why it's titled "We're All Stranded Now"

I'll allow myself to say that this looks promising. A game I'll be definitely looking forward to in september!
Solely for the badass chainsaw guns of course ;)

Gears of War 3 has gone Gold

Epic Games Executive Producer Rod Fergusson announced today to the staff at Epic Games and the world that Gears of War 3 has gone gold. The arena at headquarters was filled with excited Epic staff members as Rod made the announcement. After the announcement was made, Rod had PR Manager Dana Cowley roll out the cake and he along with Design Director Cliff Bleszinski cut the cake with a Gold Retro Lancer. The cake was a gift from Microsoft. The consensus was the cake was delicious.

Now I want some Gears of War cake...

The UT3 campaign

Before the release of UT3, the developers advertised the great story. Let's have a look at this in detail:

The story

In times of war, in a far away galaxy, there lived a guy named Reaper. He was a former miner.

One day, the Krall and Necris (the "dark deads of space", working with the most powerful - Nanoblack - technology) invaded his colony, Twin Souls, destroying everything and everyone. To escape, he ordered one of his teammates, Othello, to take a fighter spaceship. That wouldn't help evacuate the colonists but at least get his sister to safety. A few moments later, he gets shot with a rocket launcher. Only with luck he survived; rescued by his sister. She arranged a deal with the Izanagi Corporation. They are now - in opposition to Unreal II, where they are the main antagonists - the Ronin's¹ employers because they were able to provide a hospital and a mercenary gig which gets them to their revenge on the Necris.

A Krall killing a colonist. In the background you see the necris inquisitor "Akasha"

The Izanagi are into whatever makes them money and they send the team of four, consisting of Reaper, Sarah, better known as Jester (his sister), Othello and Bishop on a mission to "steal" Axon's gear. That includes the Axon Goliath, which is a hefty armored tank. From there on it's just the regular game modes like CTF, Warfare and Deathmatch against seemingly "random" enemies.

The Axon Leviathan. The most powerful vehicle in the game. Four turrets and a main gunner.

Such missions continue until you finally head to the Necris homeplanet, Omicron 6. Lusting for blood, your team manages to intimidate Akasha² when you defeat her forces at Necropolis, the Necris capital. You follow her until you reach her little safe-house. So far you got her locked down. She's trapped on Sentinel, no support, no hope of escape. This is where it ends.


SPOILER ALERT:

When you killed Akasha, you try to report in to your team, but no one replies. It turns out to be a trap by Phayder Corporation (the Necris "creators") and Malcolm, who used to command you in the name of the Izanagi. He ran their spec-ops. You were a disposable asset for him. 
Then you see a Necris warrior throwing Reaper's sister Jester down from a higher level of the building. Her last words were "Told you, it was a trap", laughs a bit, coughs blood and dies. Full of rage, Reaper vows Vendetta on Malcolm, since he was the only one who knew their plans. When he charges his Rocket Launcher for attacking the superiors of Necris forces, the picture cuts off leaving us with an open end.

Okay, okay, I admit, there's a lot to the story but only if you work it out for yourself. They don't display all the information as I did. You just play missions which are tactical strikes in the form of standard game modes against (if you don't bother working it out for yourself) seemingly random enemies.
That alone leaves me thinking that Unreal Tournament is a pure multiplayer game. At least it's way more fun online.

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Neon

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Song of the day

I must correct myself, I remember a song that fits now ;)

¹  Ronin: the last survivors of Twin Souls. The team you control in the UT3 campaign, consisting of Reaper, Jester, Othello and Bishop

² Akasha: the necris high inquisitor. Leading force of the Twin Souls slaughter. Killing civilians for a living.

Sickest/Luckiest AirRockets + Bonus Scene

Sorry for being lazy guys, but I finally finished the scene I promised for two days ago lol
Although I had a lot to do today, I still managed to get it done.
I hope you enjoy it.

Good? Bad? Not worth an upload? Best scene ever? Tell me in the comments =)

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Song of the Day

Because I'm in a chilled mood right now ;)