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This is expected to be revealed at E3 in a couple of months time. A recent map leak has also apparently been confirmed as legit artwork for the game too

I strung the game out as long as possible and ended up completing the final mission after 38 hours - I probably could've wrapped it up after 30 but I decided to do every side mission and encounter possible. I'm not really interested in the Incursions as that just seems a really weak and desperate inclusion. The upcoming DLC doesn't look like it's going to add anything worthwhile either.

I had fun in the closed beta but wont be participating in the open beta or even buying the game I don't think. I did have fun in the small time I played but there were probably just too many fundamental flaws in the game for an arena shooter. Create a class and perks is a stupid implementation and limiting the player to two guns per class in a loadout is just plain bad game design from a team that want to capture the classic hallmarks of the genre. Every match, players should start barebones and then learn the maps and weapon spawns so they can use a variety of weapons and each character is essentially the same. Making it class-based is just typical modern day FPS styling which isn't suited to this type of game and no weapon spawns is just unforgivable. Perks which include x-ray vision is just the ultimate killer. The Rune is so OP too that it can decide matches right from the start too. I bet most of the people in the team that made this weren't even old enough to remember the proper arena shooter days and instead; they are going off of games like Call of Duty and Halo. Big mistake. I'll only buy this in the Steam Sale for £15 or so for the campaign and that's it.

It was either that or the project being canned as Respawn blew their entire development budget in 2012 and EA weren't even willing to fund the rest of the project despite being the developers sole publisher. EA drafted in Microsoft as the only interested party, to bankroll the rest of the development and get the game finished but it was conditional that the game would be an 'exclusive' to get it released two years after that. Sony apparently weren't convinced in Respawn originally prior to their close bankrupcy call due to their small team size and the fact the two studio bosses were in and out of court with legal proceedings filed against them by Activision at the time which also impacted development massively.

Hopefully this game will last longer than a week before dying a death this time around. Not even fluid mechanics, solid maps and great gunplay could save this game and I'm quite surprised they're having a sequel. There's much convincing to be done and a campaign is bottom line essential for Titanfall 2.

If people remember the original MGS game; this advert is brilliant!

I use Fuze - the one that can breach cluster grenades on the other side of the wall. I once got a triple kill but other times I've lost the round right off the bat by killing the hostages

Anyone getting it? Reviews have been very positive indeed but I have yet to play the second installment. I will definitely pick this up in the coming weeks though and hopefully get the second one out the way when I can squeeze it in.

Some people are calling this the worst TV program ever made. Is it really that bad? It comes on UK TV soon and having seen the trailer; it does look pretty shite to be fair. I quite enjoyed the first two films but I knew this reboot in TV form would struggle.

Looks like the original story has been modified from two jets taking off from Brize Norton (35 miles north or so from Oxford) going to Scotland in a hurry (for some reason) to two Typhoons acting in an emergency departing from Lincolnshire for an unresponsive aircraft heading towards Cardiff according to the MoD. That kinda makes more sense as there's no way the sonic boom would be so prominent or be heard in Oxfordshire when a plane is departing so far away and then taking into account the miles reached going north to generate the boom. Lincolnshire across to Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire heading south west means that the 'epicenter' for the boom would be in this vicinity and makes sense. Hope the pilot gets a speeding ticket regardless of the circumstances Edit-

I've put a different article up so that one should work. Hope my insurance covers underpants too

About half hour ago I heard what could only be described as a massive explosion which made my house shake and nearly all my windows shatter. My neighbor in her garden was almost knocked off her feet! I had the TV on quite loud, was indoors with all the windows shut and I don't think I've heard something so deafening or powerful! I honestly thought it was a gas explosion next door or a bomb. I've only just stop shaking myself due to sheer shock and my fucking lasagna is ruined. Now i have a bloody migraine and have to survey the garden to see if all the tiles are still on my roof! It was heard just before 4pm in quite a sizable radius stretching towards Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes. Anyone else hear it? Jesus christ that was an unbelievable experience and whoever the pilot was to the plane can go screw himself. http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/14415605._Massive_bang__heard_across_Oxfordshire/

Hopefully it'll retain the same quality as The Office did back in the day.

Starts next month and if anyone hasn't seen it already; here's the trailer released last week Look at the dislikes I think it'll get a very poor reception even if it turns out reasonable but unless it is swarmed in praise; I don't think we'll get another series of Top Gear again. I actually felt it was going downhill in recent times even with the trio - the format was getting rather stale for me and there were no grand or exciting episodes like we'd seen over the years. I think the new one will have far too many presenters and try to retain all the scripted and predictable stuff which was making the last few series quite tiresome. Chris Evans has apparently fallen foul of the production team on numerous occasions and there's rumoured disharmony in the team with the weight of pressure on them. The producers even wasted £500,000 on a trip they aren't even going to show which has already aggravated the taxpayers and we've already seen a massive segment cut where they were joyriding around a war memorial. It's not got off to a promising start and it hasn't even started yet!

Played a handful of matches so far and the game seems pretty good fun albeit getting slaughtered by the developers in a couple of the TDM games! Certainly has the hallmarks of the classic games such as UT and Quake 3. It's fast paced and the few guns are great to use. Not sure how it will fare in the long run but seems great as a casual title that you could probably hop in and out of. In terms of the alternatives; you have the new Unreal Tournament which is free to play right now in development and looking very good plus Overwatch is coming out late May also and although this doesn't have a campaign; the multiplayer has considerable variety and depth. If I had to choose one going forward; it would probably be Overwatch although Doom seems a good FPS alternative and more laid-back despite the brutality and pace.

I'm intrigued by this but it's a indie game with an AAA price and I haven't been convinced by the developers that this game has a basis for longevity and variety. Could be a nice a relaxing title but it looks more like No Mans Land right now but hopefully we'll get more info as the game drifts towards release.

Activision games are moving towards pay to win and gambling. Now you have the base game (full price) season passes (about 90% price of the main game) microtransactions (specific cosmetic and in-game items) and now there is this other revenue stream that is popping up in their games and other AAA tiles which is a RNG gamble on in-game items (guns, stats, cosmetics etc..) No doubt Activision were inspired by the likes of EA Sports's success with FIFA UT packs where players would spend double figures a month on these gambles despite not having any chance-based data disclosed or how the algorithms work. It's a grey area but companies are milking it before the laws get tightened in regards to age restrictions and win% disclosure. It's great business for them and people are willing to ply hundreds of bucks on this chance-based gamble of a system. It has proven a massive success on Call of Duty whereby the publishers have been able to mitigate their losses on the 10m+ users who don't buy their games anymore because they've gone to shit. I think Advanced Warfare grossed massively due to Supply Drops despite selling like crap and when you have the likes of Ali-A and Tmartn grooming their users into buying them; Activision's vision of greed continues to thrive and this aspect will be present in all their games until the legality issues clamp down and restrict them. Microtransactions are not too bad as you get what you pay for but these cryptokeys/supply drops/packs and all that shit is a completely different thing and you are gambling against change and an algorithm that doesn't give you any idea of your win chances.

Just seen this pop up in my Steam library and I'm pre-loading the beta right now. I think it starts tomorrow on PC

Apparently he asked a member of the cockpit whilst there were still people on the plane if he could translate to the suspect that he wanted to take a picture with him and then got a stewardess to take it. The suspect appeared very unstable but that didn't stop him possibly inflaming the situation by intimidating him for a memorable photo with the attitude 'if I blow up; I go out in style'. I think it could be interpreted a humorous as the incident wasn't as severe as first thought despite lasting another 6 hours in a standoff situation but the guy assumed it was real and didn't really consider his actions could inflame the situation especially when dealing with someone clearly that isn't the full ticket and was dressed to cause the utmost distress.

Egyptian flight gets hijacked in mid air en route to Cyrpus by a man wearing an apparent suicide bomb belt and some fat British fucktard hostage decides it would be a good idea despite all the delicate terrorism problems circulating Europe right now; to approach the bomber for a 'selfie' whilst smiling and acting as if it's one big joke whilst others are left terrified and very distressed. What the hell is wrong people these days especially when they have a camera pointed at them and social media at hand?...

Just seen this http://uk.ign.com/articles/2016/03/29/call-of-duty-2016-will-be-set-in-the-far-future-say-rumourswhich suggests it wont be Ghosts 2 or related to that brand which is probably the only sensible decision this game will ever have. After how bad Ghosts was as a game and how poorly it sold even counting the extra copies that people got from upgrading console versions; there was no way they could revisit Ghosts as it was a failure of an IP and still to this day leaves a bitter taste for many. Either way; IW were damned if they did and damned if they didn't as by creating yet another brand new IP; it just shows how much Ghosts was loathed by all parties. However; I don't think some space shit is the answer to their problems and could just make it a hell of a lot worse. This ain't Call of Duty no more and with Titanfall 2, Destiny, Halo and all the other space games; it's just going to fall into a saturated and tiresome batch that isn't anything new as a videogame.

Strong rumours from credible sources suggest this one is going to be set in the distant future from even Black Ops 3 with a full sci-fi backdrop and space battles and other shit. I think I'll give this one a miss by the sounds of it - fighting robots on a train was even a step too far let alone battling aliens on mars or crap along those lines. Also rumours surrounding Battlefield 5 suggest it will be going back to a classic war game which sounds right up my street. Screw Call of Duty now.

Germany 2-3 England Nearly couldn't be arsed to watch this but I am glad I did and even persisted when we were 2-0 down. Amazing goals especially Vardy's and very encouraging indeed.

This is the problem with Ubisoft as a whole - they design these incredible open worlds of scale and beauty and then add overlay gameplay elements that are a huge disparity from the quality of the environment. Credit to the aesthetic team but as with the likes of many of their highly ambitious titles; the gameplay is typically lacking with missed opportunities and questionable implementations. I saw a few days ago that the game director for The Division quit to go join IO and Square Enix so he's pretty much taken the glory and ran before the pressure kicks in. I don't see the point of this game being always online if they don't support it on a basis that includes daily/weekly challenges and new instances. It's not an MMO but they want it to be a social game with MMO traits so perhaps they should start treating it like one instead of leaving it to rot as a barebones RPG. It's too late to be developing the narrative but at least give us more varied material to keep people engaged for hours exceeding 30. My next mission is to fix an uplink tower in Flatiron - I've done this mission 5 times already in The Division and in about every other fucking Ubisoft title. There isn't enough in the base game let alone the season pass to last..

Can't believe this is £40 at retail. I think I paid £2.99 for it in the Steam Sale. Bloody remasters!