DVD.co.uk are offering select titles on all consoles for 2 for £25 and 2 for £30, while handheld games are 2 for £18 and 2 for £30. They are also offering  up to 70% off select titles on all platforms. The gmaes most worth of mention are Left 4 Dead 2 for £12, The Witcher Enhanced Edition for £12 and Bad Company 2 for  £14.

PS3 2 for £25 list can be found here. PS3 2 for £30 can be found here. PS3 deals can befound here.

XBox 2 for £25 can be found here. XBox 2 for £30 can be found here. XBox  deals can be found here.

Wii 2 for £25 can be found here. Wii 2 for £30 can be found here. Wii deals can be found here.

DS 2 for £18 can be found here. DS 2 for £30 can be found here. DS deals can be found here.

PSP 2 for £18 can be found here. PSP deals can be found here.

PC deals can be found here.

Gamestop.ie are offering the Multi-Threat armour and a Halo Reach hoodie when you purchase the Halo Reach Standard Edition, online only. Get a free Mario Wii Skin with any Wii Mario game you purchase or you can get a free Gamestop NDS bundle pack if you purchase any Mario game for the DS. Get a free copy of Sports Champions when you purchase the Playstation Move, online only. Preorder FIFA 11 for €25 if you buy a 3PAY mobile phone.

CD WOW currently have a sale of up to 85% off select titles. List can be found here. They also have games for sale on clearance, list can be found here.

GAME.co.uk’s weekly sale can be found here.

Smyths.ie are having a weekly sale. Sale can be found here. Enter this competition while on their site to win a voucher for €250 to spend on your gaming goodies. (ROI only)

Argos.ie are having a clearance sale on some games and older models of current gen consoles. List available here.

Xtravision are offering a free copy of Scarface on dvd and the Vegas DLC when you purchase Mafia II (PS3 & 360 only). Also if you preorder Halo: Reach, you get 800 MS Points, downloadable Spartan Recon Helment, Variant and UA Multi-Threat Mjolnir Mark VI Armour. Deals only available instores and not online.

Game.ie are offering free one month dvd rental with any purchase.

Mighty Ape’s New Zealand store are having a large sale on 336 games. List of games can be found here.

Mighty Ape Australia are also having a large sale on 500 games. List can be found here.

Play.com are offering up to 20% off all console bundles and up to 15% off of all preorders. Up to 50% off their Hot Picks of the week.

Gamesnash.ie are currently having a sale on select titles. List can be found here.

HMV are having a sale on over 200 games. List can be found here.

Rollercoaster Tycoon  3 Deluxe is currently 30% off at gamesload.ie.

Direct 2 Drive are offering 75% off 2 different games every day until the end of the month.

Steams mid-week sale can be found here.

Youda Safari is currently 50% off at Boonty.

Impulse are having a sale of up to 50% off  select titles. List of available games can be found here.

GamersGate are having a sale of up to 60% off  select titles. List of games available can be found here.

Purchase an Intel Solid-State Drive and get a free Ubisoft PC game worth up to $49.99.

Activision appear to be doing just that, by ditching Playstation branding in the current UK print campaign for Call of Duty: Black Ops. The ad, spotted in Kerrang! Magazine, only features one console branding. No word exists on whether this is a beautiful relationship for the future or not, but it’s interesting to note. This stuff occurred at the start of the console generation – but a few years later the same mind games are going on.

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Mighty Ape are having a large sale on over 300 games. List of games can be found here. Loki for $19.99 is an absolute bargain. The New Zealand $ is worth roughly half that of the €, so you’ll get some good bargains there.

Mighty Ape Australia are also having a large sale on over 400 games. List can be found here.

CD WOW currently have a sale of up to 85% off select titles. List can be found here. They also have games for sale on clearance, list can be found here.

GAME.co.uk’s weekly sale can be found here. Some excellent deals to be found on all platforms.

Smyths.ie are having a weekly sale. Sale can be found here. A Nintendo DS Lite + Nintendogs for €99.99.

Argos.ie are having a clearance sale on some games and older models of current gen consoles. List available here.

Xtravision are offering a free copy of Scarface on dvd and the Vegas DLC when you purchase Mafia II (PS3 & 360 only). Also if you preorder Halo: Reach, you get 800 MS Points, downloadable Spartan Recon Helment, Variant and UA Multi-Threat Mjolnir Mark VI Armour. Deals only available instores and not online.

GamersGate are having a sale of up to 75% off of 22 select titles. List of games available can be found here.

Impulse are having a 50% off sale on select titles. List of available games can be found here.

Go-Go Gourmet is currently 50% off at Boonty.

Steams mid-week sale can be found here.

Preorder RUSE at Direct2Drive US Store and you get 2 free Challenge Maps and 10% off your next Ubisoft purchase (at D2D).

Preorder Civilization V at Direct2Drive UK Store and you get the 1st DLC for free and a free copy of Civilization III.

Preorder Red Faction Armageddon to get a free glow in the dark Red Faction Armageddon t-shirt. Preorder WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011 to get a free Smackdown vs RAW t-shirt. Applies only to the Xbox 360 versions of the game. Available through THQ’s online store. (North America only I believe)

Game.ie are offering free one month dvd rental with any purchase.

Play.com are offering up to 15% off of all preorders. Up to 50% off their Hot Picks of the week. List can be found here.

Napoleon Total War is currently 20% off at gamesload.ie.

DVD.co.uk are offering select titles on all platforms for 2 for £25 and 2 for £30. They are also offering  up to 70% off select titles on all platforms.

PS3 2 for £25 list can be found here. PS3 2 for £30 can be found here. PS3 deals can befound here.

XBox 2 for £25 can be found here. XBox 2 for £30 can be found here. XBox  deals can be found here.

Wii 2 for £25 can be found here. Wii 2 for £30 can be found here. Wii deals can be found here.

DS 2 for £18 can be found here. DS 2 for £30 can be found here. DS deals can be found here.

PSP 2 for £18 can be found here. PSP deals can be found here.

PC deals can be found here.

HMV are having a sale on over 200 games. List can be found here.

Gamesnash.ie are currently having a sale on select titles. List can be found here.

After spending a few hours with Remedy’s Alan Wake, the much delayed and much hyped title has won me over to the point where I can safely say it’s one of the most intriguing games I’ve played in a long time.

I’m about an hour and a half into the game (just after the first episode) so there are a few things I can judge straight off the bat. The visuals are crisp and detailed, Alan’s character model in game is a multi layered and beautifully crafted avatar, several pieces of clothing layered on top of each other pop from his body as he moves around the world; realistically and with just the right amount of weight. The dreary looking preview video’s made it very hard to get excited about the environments but having played the game I can’t see how I missed the great use of colour and light in the world Remedy have built. Foliage moves as Alan Walks past, light and shadow duck and dive around him as makes his way through the nightmare he’s landed in.

I am slightly disappointed with the facial animation during cut scenes, when Alan looks shocked his mouth opens like he’s getting ready to throat a horse, infact his cut scene model is no where as pretty as the in game Alan. Mass Effect 2 and God of War 3 set the facial animation bar for 2010 and in truth I feel sorry for any developer who has to deliver anything graphically after such a strong start to the year. The night scenes are actually surprisingly colourful when your in them and not as boring as the trailers would have had you believe, it doesn’t hurt that Remedy pressed the atmosphere button until they wore their fingers down to the knuckle. The sound and music are fantastic, especially when an attack is becoming imminent, the forest barks and screams at you if your lucky and whistles and whispers if your not.

Whatever about the visuals – Combat and presentation are really what this game is all about and Remedy are firing on all cylinder thus far. I don’t want to spoil any part of the story, if you have followed the game at all  then you know as much about the story as I’m willing to tell you. So far, its been delivered extremely well and pushes the medium in a direction that hasn’t really been explored this well as of yet. The episodic format hits all the right notes and thanks to some Nolan North quality voice acting it keeps you strapped tightly into the story. Very cool indeed, cant wait to see where it goes. If you like Lost, Twin Peaks or Stephen King novels then you’re in for a treat. So far the survival horror angle isn’t that heavy handed but for me this is a good thing, I’ve never been a huge fan of that genre anyway.

Combat is very tight and not at all as clunky and awkward as I expected. Left trigger focuses your flashlight and right controls Alan’s weapon fire. The controls are very well thought out and  minimal tutorial is needed before you start popping fool’s. Firing a flare gun at a group of Taken as the screen brakes into slow motion, the flare burping and hissing out into the darkness…is awesome and very satisfying with a yummy amount of feedback coming from the gun play.

So there is it, the game is good so far and I’ve gotten all the rudimentary admin out of the way for my review. Cant wait to dive back in, expect our review early next week!

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Grab Bag, Free For All, Headhunter, Stockpile and Generator Defense

The first three are all new versions of old game types, the last two are where it gets interesting.

I’ll let Bungie explain:

Stockpile is a little more complex. Two teams scrap over four neutral flags. Flags are scored by bringing them into your team’s designated territory and protecting them until the timer reaches zero. Flags are collected every sixty seconds.

If the flag is outside the zone, even if you have it in your hands, it won’t count. If you allow a player on the other team to infiltrate your territory and toss all your flags outside the clearly marked boundaries, those won’t count either.

There’s two ways to win.

Score a total of 10 Flags.
Score the most flags in the ten minutes allotted.

Sounds pretty simple, right? It’s actually really nuanced. There’s a lot of push/pull going on and a coordinated team can employ multiple strategies to keep things mixed up.

Generator Defense. Three Spartans defend three generators from an all out assault launched by three Elites.

Why only three per team? We’re testing out some pretty specific stuff on the networking side of things. In fact, the entire concept of Generator Defense was created simply to support what’s actually called Network Test 1. It’s just that Network Test 1 doesn’t sound like something anybody would really get pumped up to play, dig?

But Generator Defense? That sounds awesome! And actually, it really is. As the Elites begin to damage each generator, you’ll be notified with audio and visual cues in your HUD. If you want to prevent them from exploding, you need to get up close and activate the temporary blast shield. Each time you engage the lock down, you’ll earn thirty seconds of breathing room.

At the start of each round, you not only get to pick from a broad selection of Load Outs, you also get to choose your general spawning location. Choose wisely. As an Elite, you’ll need to destroy all three generators to win the round.

Pete gives away some slight spoilers in the video but he gives you due warning before hand so still watch if you want to see some of the new features that will be included in Fable 3.

Video courtesy of IGN.

Microsoft big boy Stephen McGill had this to say on the matter:

“We have no plans to adopt [a] Blu-Ray drive for the Xbox 360. In fact, the future of home entertainment started last autumn when Xbox 360 became the first and only console to offer instant-on 1080p streaming HD movies.”

Well that’s a step forward, but if Microsoft fully believe this, why are there still DVD boxes with Xbox 360 games in them? I honestly think it’s a ridiculous claim to make, but that’s just my opinion … which maybe shouldn’t feature in a news post … anyway, I wonder what Sony will have to say on this one?

Check out the video, which features jetpacks and assassinations below:

The game looks awesome, I’m really loving the universal charger needed for keeping your flashlight and night vision goggles working, also you have to love a pneumatic pump action sniper rifle.

Bags of imagination then, even if most of it is ripped from the source material. If only the English version of the novel would get released so we can find out just how much is ripped off.

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