Gaming News Fallout 4

Patrick Lacey

There was already speculation of a new Fallout game with the creation of this site: http://www.thesurvivor2299.com/It is believed that this is a teaser website to the reveal or release of a new Fallout game. However this site domain was not bought by the same account that the other Fallout sites are purchased by. So whether or not it is a teaser website or just a troll trying to annoy people who knows. It also has a pretty annoying beeping noise.
But why has the speculation suddenly peaked? Today Bethesda has purchased a trademark for the name "Fallout 4". Evidence here: http://esearch.oami.europa.eu/copla/trademark/data/012311734This was actually purchased by Bethesda, so either they are winding us up, stopping trolls from using their names or are actually in the development process of Fallout 4 we don't know. As of yet Bethesda themselves have not revealed anything so keep your heads up for a press statement. However, Erik Todd Dellums (the voice actor behind Three Dog, the radio host from Fallout 3) has been tweeting out some songs which sounds a lot like the style that Fallout uses on their radio stations under the hashtag #sharethelove #threedog and what looks like it could be in game introductions to the songs @ETDeelums. This has got Fallout fans across the globe hyped as earlier in the year he was believed to have been called in by Bethesda.Are you looking forward to this title? Believe the rumours or thin
Are you looking forward to this title? Believe the rumours or think it's just hype? Lave your opinions below.

Call of Duty: Ghosts Review

Activision had three developer teams on this, was it worth it?

Call of Duty: Ghosts is the latest game in the Call of Duty series. It was developed by Infinity Ward, Raven and Neversoft and published by Activision. The game is based around a group of legendary soldiers known as Ghosts (Ghost from MW2 anyone?) in a post nuclear war America (both North and South is involved). If you want to play this on PC, players will need 60GB of Hard Drive free for memory.

I'll start with the campaign. As a long term CoD player, I've played all campaigns from 2-Ghosts. In Ghosts, the main playable character is Logan, with aid from his brother Hesh and his father who has a deeper past than his sons initially realise. 15 years after a nuclear attack from the federation, a military force controlling all of South America, the USA government have built a wall to separate themselves from the south. However, the federation plans more attacks and they must be stopped, at all costs. I won't include any spoilers but there is plot twists all the way through (some predictable some not), even in the final moments. My after thoughts of the campaign itself was holy mother of Jesus. This is in my opinion, the best Call of Duty campaign I have ever played. It was not only an amazing story, but the mechanics have been so much more improved since previous titles. No more infinite spawn zones, you clear the area and push forward, as a game should be. There is many different routes to take, different techniques to use, it's everything I'd been hoping for. As for graphics, there is nothing exceptional about them, they are just good.

Next we move on to the multiplayer. Ghosts has brought in an array of new game modes for PvP games, including my two favourites Search and Rescue and Hunted. Search and Rescue is a combination of Search and Destroy and Kill Confirmed, meaning that when the player or enemy gets killed, they drop dog tags that can be collected by the opposing team to eliminate you from that round, or be collected by allies to recue you and bring you back in. Hunted starts you off with a pistol with 1 magazine of ammo, 2 throwing knives and a flash bang. Crates are dropped containing random weapons with 6 weapons per crate. The more kills you get the more points and perks you get. winning team is the first to 65 kills. The multiplayer has been vastly improved since MW3 or BO2, weapons are more balanced, there is more game modes and the class customisation is better. The only problem I faced was that it is harder to level up. In addition to PvP, Ghosts has an additional Squads mode. This is where you create a team of 5 AIs, customising their loadouts and your own soldier, then play against other AI or friend's squads. You can have your friends on your team or you can play up to 4 players vs waves of AI. These modes give you experience for your online games as well.

Next is the extinction game mode. This is Infinity Ward's attempt at countering zombies. Players play as a team of up to 4 people, each with their own specialisation (medic, tank etc.), verse alien creatures caused by the nuclear attacks. he aim is to destroy their hives and progress into the heart of their invasion and nuke them. Players gain money for killing aliens and destroying hives that can buy weapons/traps/the equivalent of killstreaks to help them in the fight. They also gain skill points by destroying hives and completing hive specific challenges to level up your pistol/specialisation/help that game. You level up based on enemies killed and progress through the game to unlock new specialisations and aids. This is an interesting concept that I think is better than zombies as it actually has an end goal. It is also very fun to play and well worth a try out.
  All in all I think that this is deffinately the best Call of Duty game in a long time, possibly ever. It does have some bugs/minor issues but nothing that is game ruining. Well worth the cost. 9/10.

Herathstone Heroes of Warcraft Beta Review

You all know Blizzard, the developers of the famous World of Warcraft, but do you know they are brining out a digital card game?

Hearthstone Heroes of Warcraft is not an unheard of concept, but it implements easier to use features and well known characters from the World of Warcraft universe. Leroy Jenkins, Mad Bomber and even Deathwing make an appearance in all their glory. The story behind this as far as I can tell is that it is essentially a table top bar game in Azeroth (Judging by what is told by what little narrating there is). Then again, this type of game rarely has much of a back story, it's about the gameplay, the balancing and the experience. You play as one of nine characters, each with their own deck and special "hero ability", this is a 2 mana cost ability, often with a small amount of power but very useful. What separates this from other digital card games I've played is the use of mana crystals, gaining one per turn, rather than having to play (and have in your deck) cards that allow you to summon minions. The advantage of this is that it is not only simpler, but less luck of the draw style play. It also gives the game a fluency that I sorely missed when playing the most recent Magic game.

  As for the graphics, they are high quality, very pleasing on the eye and, most importantly, leagues above what would be it's main competitor, Magic. Take a look above, see how nice the design looks? Each little design in the corner of the board does different animations when clicked, one is even a catapult! The golden card on my side is animated which means not only does it look badass, it is badass. The game plays essentially the same as other games in the genre, but it just feels like that little bit extra has been put into it. It really feels like a game that should be played for hours. It has 4 game modes, vs AI, normal, ranked and arena. The only one which needs explaining is Arena - you pay £1.50 or 150 gold (earned by winning or doing daily quests) to get in. You assign a deck from 30 lots of 3 cards, choosing 1 card from each lot of 3. You then play PvP games until you either win 9 games or lose 3. You are assigned a set of 5 rewards depending on how many games you won. An interesting concept.
 

  Now for the bad things. This is a beta so there is a truck load of glitches (as pictured above, this is the smallest I've seen). However this will most likely be fixed before release. Another problem is hat packs and arena is quite expensive, especially since packs are the only way to gain none deck specific cards. The only other bad thing I can think of is the incredibly tiny amount of beta keys given out. You find yourself playing against either a pro or someone who has bought every card in the game. This will also be fixed when the game is released. 

 Overall I do like this game and it shows good promise for release. 8/10