Assassins Creed II Deluxe Edition PSN Deal – $9.99 James Schumacher, June 10, 2011June 10, 2011 Assassins Creed II Deluxe PSN Deal Assassins Creed II Deluxe Edition with DLC (Bonfire of the Vanities and Battle of Forli) is right now $9.99 on the Playstation Store. This may be a permanent price drop as it is not listed under PLUS or special deals. This is a great… Continue Reading
Hitman Absolution Debut Trailer – 47 is Back James Schumacher, June 8, 2011 The best thing about E3 isn’t about console wars pr which developer is better, it’s about finally getting a good look at new I.P.s and the continuation franchises that you had hoped or heard were making a return. I have always thoroughly enjoyed the Hitman series. Though the last few… Continue Reading
Nintendo E3 2011 Breakdown – Wii U James Schumacher, June 7, 2011June 8, 2011 Wii U Console Announced We’ll get to the software and such later. What everyone wants to talk about and possibly at least part of what they were expecting came to pass during Nintendo’s morning press conference. Nintendo announced their new controller… I mean new system. The Wii U. I joke… Continue Reading
Xbox 360 E3 2011 Press Conference Thoughts James Schumacher, June 7, 2011 Microsoft E3 2011 I guess MS doesn’t hold press conferences, they hold “Global Media Briefings” 😛 Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Demo Opens straight with Modern Warfare 3 footage, which is actually pretty cool. Underwater incursion into a sub-marine. After surfacing it looks like we are in the U.S.,… Continue Reading
Action Sony E3 2011 Press Conference Breakdown James Schumacher, June 6, 2011June 7, 2011 I want to start off first by discussing some system specific topics. I cover PS3 and PC almost exclusively. I admit some ill-will towards Microsoft as a company. I think their customer support and most obviously with the Xbox 360, their quality control is awful. I also find their flagship… Continue Reading
Ubisoft E3 2011 Press Conference Breakdown James Schumacher, June 6, 2011June 7, 2011 Ubisoft Games – E3 2011 Ubi celebrating their 25th anniversary at this E3, founding in 1986. Feed Trouble Looks like there was some feed trouble on both IGN and Gamespot. Gamespot now states that due to a limited Internet connection only archives will be available. Nice! I ended switching over… Continue Reading
EA E3 2011 Press Conference Breakdown James Schumacher, June 6, 2011September 24, 2011 E3 2011 – EA Origin For those that don’t know or don’t remember. Origin Systems was the creator of the Wing Commander, Crusader and Ultima brands. EA bought them out in the late 90s and shut the doors in about 2005. It appears that they are going to put to… Continue Reading
Bloglovin’ James Schumacher, June 3, 2011June 3, 2011 Follow my blog with Bloglovin Testing out the bloglovin’ service. It allows you to get a feed of a bunch of different blogs that you choose. Large category system should make it easy to find blogs in various areas and genres that everyone can like. Blog Services I’ve tested out… Continue Reading
Playstation Store Welcome Back Gifts are Live James Schumacher, June 3, 2011June 3, 2011 Update – Playstation Store Welcome Back is Overwhelmed Just like when the Network went up, and the store first came back, it’s overwhelmed. You’ll be seeing a lot of time-out errors and slow downloads. I suggest waiting to redeem your freebies for a day or two, or at least later… Continue Reading
Action Uncharted 3 Pre-orders Rolling Out with Collector’s Edition James Schumacher, June 2, 2011October 6, 2016 Just Finished my Platinum run-through of L.A.Noire and I’m waiting for all of the DLC to download. Either my connection is bad tonight, which is quite possible, or the Playstation Store is again getting slammed after re-opening late last night. While perusing the usual news, information, gaming and media sites,… Continue Reading
Playstation Store Back Online James Schumacher, June 1, 2011June 2, 2011 Playstation Network Store – 10:12 PM PM 6/1/2011 So… Playstation Store officially went back online a little bit back. I was tying up some loose ends in my L.A. Noire 100% quest and was auto-signed out of the network. Sure enough after logging back in I tried the store just… Continue Reading
Killzone Takes a Step Back – Killzone 3 Review James Schumacher, June 1, 2011June 1, 2011 Killzone History I came to the series late. In fact, I never played the first entry. I remember it receiving much hype. I was almost 100% a PC gamer at the time and didn’t by a PS2 until very late in the cycle. As some of you may have read… Continue Reading