last nite i was playing some warhawk for a real long time & when i checked my watch later it was 5.30 in the morning :P . i was all tired up so i slept , & around 8 am , sid ( my gr8 buddy) called me up & wished me valentines day & said that he aint celebrating it today as he was sick & said to me dude , my girlfriend s free as i am not dating her from the past week, you are my real good buddy & if yoo wish you can take her for a date :shock: , & i was like :oops: .well what are you guys thinking ,ofcourse i was real excited & i said , alright dude , since i dont have a girlfriend these days & the fact that you are not dating her or celebrating Valentines Day, i ll celebrate a double valentines day today . her name is Benzy , she was a good friend of mine in the past , infact it was me who started dating benzy in the first place when i was in college :P, but due to my bodybuilding carreer , Counter Strike addiction & some stupid mistakes in my college days, i didnt had that much time to date her & talk to her regularly ,so she said Ba Bye to me long time back :lol: . & now after almost 4 freakin years i got the chance to go on a date with my one of my best friends girlfriend that used to be my girlfriend :lol:.

The day was just awesome , first i called her up around 11 , & she was shocked :shock: to hear my voice :P, & i had a line in mind & i said everything in 1 gowithout breaking the rythm & chain :lol: , i said " hi benzy , how are you doing baby , do you mind if we go in 4 a date today , i know that i ve been a looser in the past , i ve avoided you then , but if you please forgive me 4 my stupid mistakes, leave all the differences aside & 4 just 1 day be with me , dont worry , i aint darth vader , i aint gonna hurt you , i am more of a person like Jim Carrey who does not give a dam about living life seriously coz i believe in living life in the fast lane , living life kingsize coz who knows if there is no tomorrow in our lives, so if you please give me some hours of your precious beautifull life , i ll be thankfull to you ".

& she was shocked again big time:shock: :lol: ,luckily she got impressed by me & said , enough , now stop flirting with me & pick me up in an hour :D. that moment i was in 7 heaven :oops: , i had an hour so i went to buy some new clothes 4 me , coz i realised that i ve been wearing a couple of levis :P for almost 5 months now & the rest of my jeans are almost useless coz i ve gained a little weight :lol: ( all thanx to video games , coz that is were i spend the most of it ) , since i ve been more into work , i have more formals then casuals . so i went straight to the mall , there were some new video games available like pursuit force extreme justice & wipeout pulse , & i said , dude forget about it , its time to buy some clothes , not games :P . i was taking my time at the mall & suddenly my phone ranged and benzy said , dude where the f you are :P , & i said at the mall , no in the bathroom , sorry , i am on my way & will pick you in just 10 minutes , so i blindly purchased some stuff 4 me & went straight to pick up benzy , on the way i suddenly realsied , dude have you even bought a rose 4 the lady , & i was like, dude no :cry:, how could i be so stupid . so i went back to the mall & picked a red top & little earings & box of ferrero rocher ( my fav chocolte ):lol:.

Finally i picked her up , the moment i saw her , i was like ,dam , she s become so hot , she never used to look this sexy :lol: what happend next guys was just unbelievable , for the first 5 minutes she was just silent , starring at me like the god of war , & i was scared to death & thought that its gonna be a real bad date , so i started praying in my mind that this better be good or else lionhart4xtreme s gonna be now know as rathart4xtreme :lol: . so after driving for almost 20 minutes , she finally said a word , she said stop , she gaved me an evil & passionate look on her face, so i stoped the car & i was scared big time :P, she said close you eyes , after that what happened was history Or i can say Achievement Unlocked :lol: , well i wanna make this blog real clean , so no adult stuff here since i ve got some very young friends on my friends list & i dont wanna spoil them :P. after that we went for lunch , i gaved her my presnt & in return , she gaved me a rose ( that i lost while driving back home :lol: ) . she was real sweet to me , well i wanna be a good friend of her , i am that kinda guy that falls in love real soon , so i hope that i dont end being in love with this chick someday . so for now i ve got a brand new girlfriend after a very long time :oops: .

I never even expected all of this & now i am just that dam happy to have celebrated valentines day today with a new girl friend :) which i hope s gonna stay long with me & not run away from me coz of my video games :(.

The blogs not over yet :P . in the evening i was feeling bad for my buddy sid that i got to celebrate while sid was home watching The Simpsons Movie , so i called up my other friends , picked up some pizzas , cake and two crates of beer , we went straight to sid s place to cheer him up & sid was really happy , we did a liitle celebration there & guess what , sid said , we re gonna party even harder , so lets roll , so we went to a coffee shop , had some fun there , after that we went to a pub , after that me and sid were drunked real bad & as usual sid was on the wheel . we were driving real fast & later we went out of fuel on the highway :lol: , we waited there like 30 minutes for help , & after waiting like 40 minutes we called up benzy , & she was like , are you guys out of your mind or what :lol: & dont tell me that you all are drunked :P .

Finally benzy called up her friend that lives nearby , benzy couldnt come as her parents didnt allow her to leave the house at late nite & finally her friend came to pick us all & dropped us all home :P. i thanked benzy & her friend a million times , since i was drunked , i called up benz 5 times in less than 4 minutes just to say THANK YOU :lol:. it was a real crazy day in my life ever , so manny dam things happened in less than 24 hours , first i missed my sleep as i was having a ball with my friends in warhawk on psn ,then i wake up early , went for a date with a new girl friend , some unexpecting things on the date . some shopping that almost emptied my pocket , An awesome party later in the evening with friends,& finally the drop at home by my girlfriends friend :lol: . it was a crazy day that i wont be forgetting ever in my life. right now sid s at my place & is drunked real bad & in no condition to go home , & i am here in a very good mood blogging and playing some warhawk on psn . man what a 24 hour its been :) .

I would like to wish all of my buddies at gamespot here a Happy Valentines , i hope you all enjoyed your day , & a special thanks to my sweet friend BB for wishing me a valentines day in my previous blog :wink: , you are awesome BB :oops:, i hope you too had a wonderfull time today :wink:. C ya all , take care , later :wink:.

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i was having a real good time last nite in warhawk on psn , played that thing 4 a little more than 11 hours straight :P untill my xbl friends phoned me & said , dude where the hell are you :P. so i turned on my 360 , played some cod 4 & halo 3 ,& my 360 started to freeze up in every 15 minutes , so i tried some Burnout Paradise , played it for some 30 minutes ,i was having a ball in paradise city , & suddenly my console frozed up again & this happened . [spoiler] [/spoiler] .

I ve been very lucky till now , a lot of my friends have been through this , but for me , its not that sad , coz i had a real good run with my 360 :D, never had much problems with my console , i know how people hype up this entire rrod thing , i always wondered ,what its like to get the rrod :P, guess what ,now i know exactly how you feel when your console dies up on you. well i am just fine with it coz i have a 3 year warranty on it , plus i have almost every console & a good PC to play some video games :wink: . i have already called up Microsoft today , they were very supportive & said my replacement will be done 10-15 business days, so now i ll be getting a new console very soon without having to pay 4 it:). the only sad thing is that , i just got my broadband connection back after months , started to enjoy on xbl , was having a ball with Halo 3 , Gears & COD 4 , & here i am without a 360 4 a while :(. but hey its a good thing in my opinion :P,coz there are tons of games on other platforms that i own & wanna beat like Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Oblivion , Pursuit Force , Daxter , Resistance , Zelda Phantom Hourglass , Stalker , C & C 3 , Timeshift , Pokemon Pearl, Skate & the fact that i am having a real good time in Warhawk at the moment , & still not tried that much of UT III :P, i ll be fine without my beloved 360 4 a while :wink:.

A New Burnout & Need For Speed

Man , already i am having an awesome time with Burnout Paradise , & a new ones announced :P . glad to hear that Need For Speed is getting back to its roots with a number of features, including open-world racing and a new highway battle mode . pro street was a total let down for need for speed fans , & i hope that hardcore nfs fans like me get a true need for speed this year :).

Turok

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now this is my kinda game ,a solid fps set in a jungle where you can just rip off a trex s head with a knife :P. I was waiting 4 the final word on turok & now that the review is out, i have made my decission . i am getting it 4 sure when my 360 is back :wink:.

God of War sporting gold Chains.

Finally Kratos is making his freaking debut on the PSP & i just cant wait to get my my hands on 1 of my favourite games ever :oops:. beware ninty , coz the best dam handheld game ever is on its way :wink:.

Sergeant Lionhart

Warhawks been amazing ever since i got it , & it was the only game i was able to play when i had a low speed internet ,since warhawk has dedicated servers , a low speed connection is just fine to join :) . so i jumped back into Warhawk again last nite & man , its was just crazy , this time it was even better , i progressed a lot in it ,got tons of ribbons 7 badges last nite & now i am a Sergeant in warhawk . the fact that i had my best buddies along side with me to play, i enjoyed warhawk more than ever . last week i had a huge comeback on xbl , i won some matches in gears , halo3 & cod 4 . & now

Now Whos Next ? :wink: :P . i just didnt believed myself that i raised hell even on psn :P, i won most of the matches last nite , thanx to my team mates & my little skills that sometimes works really well :lol: . i dont see the lionhart stoping at all , he s on a roll , whether it be xbl , psn or steam , speaking about steam , i am coming back there as well for some Team Fortress 2 next week as i have pre ordered some cool new stuff for my PC :), hopefully i ll be getting it over the weekend 4 sure :wink:. looking forward to kick or get my @$$ kicked at steam :lol: :P .

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We are introduced to Manny Escuela, pillar of Liberty City's community.

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Welcome to the Steinway Beer Garden. & last but not the least

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Roman Bellic, entrepreneur at large, takes the stage :P :lol:.

Dam you rockstar 4 teasing us with these freakin videos :) . more on GTA IV in next the blog :wink:

well you can clearly guess by the screenshot. it means that the Lionhart is back & has gone xtreme, kickin some serious @$$ online :) . hell yeah :twisted:. i ve finally got a fast internet connection after a horrifying 4 months . dam, it feels really good to be back in online gaming after 4 freakin months , its been the biggest gap ever that i didnt got to play any sort of online games , all thanx to my isp that screwed me time & time again , making my online gaming life almost a living hell :(. i still cant believe that i missed my favourite online games when they were out like Halo 3 , well i took a week off from my work , got halo 3 on day 1 , beat the campaign the very first day by myself & then directly jumped into online , had a freakin nonstop 10 day run with halo 3 online along with my buddies , fragged a ton of people , i was just starting to get into halo 3 online & was having a wonderfull time with my buddies, untill my isp just screwed up on me , first they told my connection will be restored in some 2 weeks , then later became 2 months & now its been almost 4 amonths of wait to get back into online gaming . the only game i got to play was Warhawk & some halo 3 & cod 4 in a while at friends place :(, i just cant express how frustating it was 4 me to watch all my buddies play gears , halo 3 online everytime i logged into live, & all i could do was just sit back , rot in hell & wait to get back . but now that i ve got high speed internet back . its time 4 the lionhart to rise from the ashes in unleash hell :twisted:.

What a start it was 4 me man . the very first game that came into my mind was gears of war , my favourite online game ever :). the very first round , the very first kill , well it was brutal to say the least :P ( i even took a screenshot while chainsawing an enemy online , well its the very first pic i posted :P & believe me , i had to do some 14 kills just to get that freakin screenshot :lol:,coz everytime i time i tried , either i ended up dying or camera taking the screen after the kill :lol: ). i wasnt sure that i was gonna get even a single frag , but i proved myself wrong . i seriously made my mark on xbl last week , it was like the great come back . i was a man possesed with only 1 thing on my mind , to kick some serious @$$ online .

later i tried some call of duty 4 online , well i got to try cod 4 a long time back at my friends place and my very first impression after playing it online was wow , cod 4 online is just that dam good . i was quiet new to it , so the first couple of rounds i got fragged a lot , everywhere i moved i ended up getting bombed by an enemy or fragged from behind :lol:, i was hardly able to frag any 1 thats coz i was at a very low level & didnt have any acces to some of the powerefull weapons ,later when i leveled up to some level 9 , i was aware of the maps & i unleashed hell in cod 4 too :twisted: . I killed 1 of the high level guys , picked up his powerfull asualt riffle got some freakin 11 kills without dying , it was just crazy :P . & i was like , seriously was that me on a killing spree :P & after playing a ton of COD 4 & Gears for a couple of days .

i finally jumped into Halo 3 online to dance with my buddies :). & man what an amazing start it was after a full 4 months of absence :), i started up with some rocket race in halo 3 which was alot of fun , & guess what , the lionhart was leading again right from the start, all thanx to my teammate 4 driving really well :P . we won some rocket races , captured some flags in ctf ,won some team deathmatch , sandtrap , infection & other modes as well :P. i am not a professional online gamer that takes things seriously ,i love online gaming coz its a lot of fun especially if you are playing with your friends , there is nothing like inviting your friends online , starting an online session & playing with them 4 countless no of hours , its a crazy world out there online . so dont think that i am too good or impossible to frag :P, coz i am not that good . i am just a harcdore gamer that loves to enjoy his games with his friends & is the reason i am sharing my gaming moments with you all :oops:.

We even dominated a 2 on 4 teamdeathmatch . half way through the game my teammate realised that its no longer 4 on 4 :shock: :lol: as other cowards had already left the building :P, leaving us to be hunted by our enemies , we were clearly the underdogs .but we had some other plans 4 our enemies ,i knew this map very well . we decided a strategy ,we sticked together :lol:. i picked up an energy sword ,& a needler full of ammo ,my teammate had my back with a freakin minigun & rocket launcher that blows up anything that moves . we had a solid team co-ordination & strategy . we were on a rampage & then it was our enemies who were the underdogs :lol: we just dominated that match , in other words , we owned them :P . i ve been into situations like this before in games like Gears of war ,Counter Strike. not long back i killed the entire opposite team in gear of war. it was also my favourite online gaming moment of all times :oops:. 1 thing really gr8 about halo 3 is the saved films feature , what it means is that you can save your full last played 25 matches online on your system . & you can watch the entire match from a first person , third person or even free roam perspective . these screenshots are from that feature only . well i ve got more on my pc right now , i ll be uploading them later in my other blogs .

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I also purchased the Heroic Map Pack for Halo 3 & all i can say about that its just mindblowing , bungie has done an excellent job in making these 3 awesome maps . rats nest , foundry & standoff . out of these standoff is my favourite , rats nest is quiet decent , there is a huge variety of stuff that you can do in these 3 maps . these maps cost 800 ms points , & its worth every single penny :wink:. if you love halo mulitiplayer , get these maps at any cost , they are super awesome :wink:.

I also got my Burnout License in Burnout Paradise last week :). played some online races , made some online rivals, got taken out by some people , settled some scores with them by taking them down with this dominator van :)

I am still a long way to get the elite license . i ve already unlocked 40 out of 75 cars in game . still need to do a lot of stuff in paradise city . burnout paradise has been an amazing racing game in years . the last time i ever had this much fun in a free roam racing world was Need For Speed Most Wanted .

Right now my eyes are all swelled up, my hands are all tired up . i have lost tons of sleep , i feel like i am gonna drop any moment while writing this blog :lol: . since last monday the only thing i ve been doing is just hooked onto my Xbox 360 & PS3 online , i was there amost 24/7 . i had a real good time with my buddies at xbl & psn . it was sometimes really confussing what to play first . already i was enjoying my stay in paradise city , flying & jumping those super crazy cars . & i jumped into online gaming with Gears of War , Call of Duty 4 ,& Halo 3. i played some Warhawk too with gr8 friend Reetesh tonite , we had some crazy moments there as well :P . i dont even remember what day , what time , what century it is :lol:. the only thing i remember is that the Lionhart Rised up from the Ashes , went Xtrme , & unleashed Hell online :P.

I also crossed the 15k mark on my gamertag :) , well i didnt realised that untill today morning :P. all thanx to burnout , gears , cod 4 & halo 3 :wink:.

My Best Wishes

My Best wishes to my great friend JP , he just became a proud father of a baby boy today :oops:. he s a reall good friend of mine & another gears of war freak like me :P. & now that he s a father of a baby boy , we all ve got a next gen gamer . his name is Juan Carlos . welcome MY Friend to this amazing world . this beautiful world awaits you & its my honour to welcome you to gamespot buddy:wink:. have a rocking time with your family JP :) & dont forget about us :wink: proud to have a wonderfull friend like you in life . cheers 4 our friendship Bro :) :wink: & welcome Juan :wink:.

Its My Day

Today its Feb 11 , well its kinda my birthday :). my birthday is in August , but i like celebrating this day as my indepedence day :P, the day where i party real hard ,the day where i rollin with my buddies on the streets on our motorcycles , i celebrate this day every year :D. i know that we cant decide our own birthday :P , but when we can all have friends of our choice right when we were a kid , then why in the hell cant we have our own special freakin day :D, a day where we feel real proud of ourselves. well 4 me february 11 is that day . & its my 10 freakin anniversary today :P . too bad i never got the time to celebrate my day that i celebrate every year :( , all thanx to loads of work in my office . first i felt real bad that i cant enjoy & party today . but then i realised i have a place , its called gamespot where i can have my little celebration . so limp , will you do some Roll IN Roll IN 4 me now :oops:.

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i have already played Burnout Paradise for some 22 hours in less than 24 out of that 14 were nonstop :P .

not even touched UT III yet :P .

Got 100 Takedowns in 1 Single Race :oops: :shock: ( something that i still dont believe i did in 1 single race :P ).

for those 100 takedowns thanx to this Godzillian Crocodile Freakin Monster :P that smashes up anything that moves in front of him :twisted: :lol:.

Got 230/1000 Gamerpoints on my very first day :) ,Bought Burnout Paradise Theme & Gamerpics :D

Sorry 4 not posting my farewell 2007 blog :P .

If you are a huge fan of racing games & own either a Xbox 360 or PS Tripple 3 , stop reading , jump out of your window, front or back door :lol: , Hit the gas or pedal on your bicycle or run or do whatever the hell to reach your nearest gamestore & pick Burnout Paradise on the double :) :D :wink:.

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I ve been waiting for this game from a very long long time , ever since i saw the footage of Uncharted : Drake`s Fortune at E3 2006 ,i was very excited about it & was looking forward to it & last nite i finally got the time to play Uncharted . man ................ Uncharted s been 1 hell of a rock solid adventure in sometime . i love fps, action ,adventure and racing games a ton , they are my favourite genres , i never miss them no matter on what platform it is , its the reason that i bought all consoles except a Wii , to which i am looking forward to & dieing to get my hands on Zelda Twilight Princess , Metroid Prime Hunters & Super Mario Galaxy .

where should i start about uncharted ,coz this game has satisfied me big time :) & its no surprise to me at all coz uncharted was made my Naughty Dog , 1 of my favourite game developers , i became a serious fan of them after playing thier Jak & Daxter Franchise on the PS2 . well i never got the time to beat some of thier awesome games like daxter on psp , and jak 3 on ps2 . but i am quiet sure that when a next gen jak & daxter will be on its way , i ll be finishing them 4 sure :wink:

Uncharted is an excellent adventure game that shines really well on the PS3, its simply the best ps3 game to date in my opinion . i ve enjoyed Heavenly Sword , Motorstorm , Warhawk , Ninja Gaiden Sigma & Assassins Creed a lot , but uncharted is something that tops everything that i ve played till now on the ps3 . Naughty Dog is 1 perfect example that games can look and perform really well on the ps3 hardware if given proper amount of time, unlike EA , Thq & Ubi that ve failed to satisfy ps3 owners with bad ports ,& a tons of frame rate problems . i picked some multiplatform games like wwe svr 2008 , Skate & Assassins Creed on the ps3 & i even picked up a 360 version of wwe svr 2008 & i can clearly say that wwe svr 2008 looks really gr8 on the 360 , but on ps3 its completely washed out visuals , it feels that the final product was unfinished & rushed out , thus frame rate drops & bad textures . i had some frame rate drops in skate , the review says that 360 also has some frame rate problems , but ps3 version has more frame rate drops than 360 . i finished assassins creed on ps3 and never got any serious frame rate drops , but i did noticed that the lighting effects on 360 is a little better after playing the 360 version at a friends place .

Heavenly Sword was the first ps3 game that took my breath away when i first played it , the cutscenes were the best that i had ever seen in my life :) , heavenly sword was nearly perfect on the ps3 , if it was around some 10 - 12 hour adventure , i am sure it would have been appreciated more by god of war fans like me , it was really sad that a masterpiece like heavenly sword ended in a very short amount of 4 and a half hours . Thankfully Uncharted doesnt have any kind of problem that was with previous ps3 games like Motorstorm.

well i loved motorstorm to death , the only thing that was annoying about that was it had a very limited amount of tracks to race on , but the solid gameplay , online & graphics was something that made motorstorm 1 hell of a racing game . Resistance didnt satisfied me at all , the first couple of mission was really cool , full of action , but i really got bored of resistance after playing it a couple of hours & is the reason i never got back into it , online was fun , but thanks to the mighty Gears of War , that i never got into resistance online like my other gr8 friends .

Warhawk is one great example that online gaming on ps3 could really be awesome, the graphics were not that impressive & not acceptable at all considering that it was running on the ps3 hardwarde , not ps2 hardware. as all of you know i am a 360 Die Hard :), PC Lover :D, GBA , DS Fan :), PS1 ,PS2, PSP Fanboy :P ( well there was a time when i was a big time sony fanboy in the ps2 days untill The Master Chief , Marcus Fenix, Link & Pokemon decided to crash the party :P ) . its crazy man . i do a very little handheld & pc gaming nowadays , thats coz my 360 never gives me a chance to play any other platforms that i own , well i still take my time and play sometimes on my ps3 especially when i am in the mood to play some Motorstorm & Warhawk , after getting the 360 in august of 2006 , i ve been into online gaming like never before :wink:.

I used to be only a Counter Strike player , well not a counter strike player , but a serious counter strike player that even won some tournaments whether it was, competetion in college , online or at cyber cafe via lan:wink:.i ve spend close to a thousand hours in Counter Srike . it was my only online game that i used to play & enjoy . i used to play it a lot daily for 6-7 hours , i was addicted to it way back & i had an awesome time with counter strike . online gaming is really fun if you ve got some great friends that know exactly how to play the game :wink:.

But things really began to change when i got my ps2 , gba & xbox back in 2004 , there were some games that i wanted to play and were xclusive to consoles like god of war , burnout 3 , halo , gta san andreas , ninja gaiden , fable , chronicles of riddick , 007 james bond everything or nothing , devil may cry , mercenaries ,wwf smackdown ,& some platformers like jak & daxter , ratchet & clank , & the fact that i loved racing games , third person shooters & platformers with a controller i decided to pick up some gaming consoles like ps2 , xbox & even handhelds like the gba & nokia ngage qd , i had a solid 3 years with ps2 , xbox , gba . in those years i really felt that i made an awesome decission in buying consoles too , upgrading a pc time & time used to be a real pain & the fact that i was not working that well in life , i decided to go the console route and was satisfied for more than 3 years , & in those 3 years half-life 2 was released & i luckily managed to get myslef a new pc too during that time .

I really feel happy now that i got to enjoy all the worlds in gaming whether it was on the pc where i enjoyed games like Half-life , Max Payne, Battlefield 2 ,Unreal Tournament , Counter Strike or Command & Conquer , or on the ps2 where i enjoyed games like wwf smackdown 5 , God of War , God of War 2, Burnout 3 , 007 James Bond everything or nothing , Prince of Persia , nfs hot purusuit 2 , jak & daxter , devil may cry , black , van helsing , crush hour , twisted metal , or on the xbox where i enjoyed games like Halo , Halo 2 , Ninja Gaiden , Riddick , Armed & Dangerous , Conquer , Star Wars Republic Commando , Mercenaries , Far Cry Instincts , PGR 2 , Nfs Most Wanted , Undergound 2 , or on the gba where i enjoyed games like pokemon ruby , zelda , super mario , advance wars , castlevania .

when next gen consoles were announced i knew that i ll be buying all 3 of them , i ve already got 2 , looking forward to the third one . The 360 this gen is what like ps2 was for me in the last gen , and ps3 to me this gen is what the xbox was for me . last gen i used to play more games on ps2 coz there was more variety & availability of ps2 games , & on the xbox i used to enjoy exclusives like halo , halo 2 , riddick , conquer , ninja gaiden , fable , far cry instincts , so the xbox used to be less played in last gen by me . this gen the 360 really won my heart by entering this gen first , & with xbox live & some solid killer apps right at the start like dead rising , graw , perfect dark zero , lost planet , oblivion , saints row , gears of war , the 360 stolled my heart big time & with announcements in 2006 such as Halo 3 , GTA IV , Mass Effect , Bioshock , Crackdown , Forza 2 , PGR 4 , some really addicting online play in Gears of War , Saints Row , G.R.A.W ,the 360 became my favourite console ever in my life . i still remeber how much i played on my 360 when i first got it in 2006. well i can compare 1 full year of 360 games that i played online & offline with my entire 3 years of console gaming , & 360 hit on me like no other console did .

I was surprised that how 360 kept on me playing on live for hours & gears became my favourite online game of all time . well gears was the first game that really standed for me head to head with counter strike & was way better in a lot of ways & i enjoyed gears even more than i enjoyed counter strike . another reason is xbox live , the easy invites that u can send to your friends , talk strategy with friends while playing , sending ur buddy a message during an online match , these were some of the things that made online gaming double the fun , the 360 is my favourite currnet gen console, it got me into online gaming more than ever , it has satisfied me more than i expected out of it , Gears of War , Halo 3 , PGR 4 , Forza 2 , Saints Row , Dead Rising , GRAW , Lost Planet , Mass Effect , Bioshock , Crackdown , & a hell lot other games that ve made me loved the 360 more than any other platform ever :), i am currently very satisfied & happy with the 360 & the line up of games that are out now & manny on thier way in 2008 & in future . but compared to PS 3 s line up in 2008 , right now ps3 has the advantage in 2008, well a gears of war 2 can definately help the 360 this year along with others that are on thier way like the awesome Ninja Gaiden II , Alan Wake , Fable 2 , Halo Wars , Too Human , Splinter Cell Conviction .

well do i really care what platform is getting what in 2008 , well certainly not :P. i aint a fanboy that sticks to 1 platform , i want games ,which platforms wins or is ruling doesnt really get my attention , but i really do get sick when people fight at forums , like the power of this , that , there is nothing that can beat a platform or is even closer to blah , blah , stuff & stupid things like that , it really annoys me .when will people start appreciating the games & stop bashing the other platforms they dont like or own , its really sick . well i hope all of you get what i mean to say . all i want to say is appreciate the games , bashing a game or any platform will certainly not help u being a good gamer . well this is what should not be in a gamers book of recepie :wink:.

The True Killer App for The PS3

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Thankfully Uncharted is the first ps3 game that has done everything right & really impressed me in each and every single way :wink:, it took me somewhere between 9 to 10 hours to beat the campaign on normal & it was really impressive , its a solid adventure & first PS3 game that has captured my heart in a very big way :)

Well Motorstorm is & always will be my first game on the ps3 that i loved , but Uncharted Certainly is the best PS3 game that i enjoyed more than any ps3 game , naughty dog has nailed it big time with UnchArted Drake`s Fortune. the campaign s just freakin awesome , voice acting is perfect , graphics are simply the best , may be the best graphical game done yet on a console . its looks super awesome in HD, the presenation s excellent , the charachters , the storyline is just superb . Uncharted s feels like an adventure movie . it has an excellent feel when you are playing it , its a video game , but definately has that action adventure movie kind of feel . the charachter models are very detailed , the way they ll react , the facial animation in cutscenes are just amazing . gameplay is solid , the cover system is much like gears of war & platforming s quiet like tomb raider legend . apart from the graphics & environments . Uncharted really shines on its presentation , the storyline is just superb , it ll keep you engage throught out the game & you ll be excited to really know whats gonna happen next :), there were so manny times in the game where i actually paused the game & said wow , this looks really cool . its a bit like Indian Jones Movie & other gr8 adventure movies from the past , the storyline is just amazing , Naughty Dog s really done 1 amazing job at uncharted :wink:.

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This is simply the best ps3 game to date , i finished the campaign & after beating it , you get that satisfaction ,oh yeah , this game was freakin amazing :) . it had so manny awesome moments . a great storyline , solid gameplay , breathtaking environments , some really cool platforming . The game also has a solid sense of humor , if you guys have played the jak & daxter games in the past , you ll know what i mean exactly , you ll feel that solid humor here as well :P . this game does so manny things right , an amazing storyline & charachters , superb graphics , a solid voice acting that has that movie feel , a solid gameplay that works good , a decent campaign length,9-10 hours . well even Crysis was around 9 hours , & these days campaign lengths around 9 hours is considered really good :P . Uncharted is a sign from naughty dog that good things are making thier way on the ps3 soon , i just cant wait to hear a next gen jak & daxter announcement , uncharted was awesome , i am sure they are working on a sequel . right now i am enjoying games on my 360 a lot , & its really nice that ps3 has started to come up with killer apps like uncharted .

I hope that Killzone 2 does live up to the hype & deliver us a solid first person shooter :), i hope that ubisoft releases Haze soon , no more delays , i hope that God Of War 3 makes its way to the ps3 soon :wink:. i hope 2008s a really good year for all platforms . i hope the ps3 delivers what they promised , i hope that far cry 2 & GTA IV makes it in time & i hope that a Gears of War 2 is out this year :). & on top i hope all my friends pick up new gaming platforms this year and get to play thier favourites games in 2008 :wink:.

In other News :P

I tried The DMC 4 demo on my ps3, & man ................ it was just freakin superb :), if the demo is something like this , i just cant imagine what the full game is gonna be like :oops:, definately getting it :D.

John Cena`S goin to Wrestle Mania

Last nite was WWE Royal Rumble . its 1 of my favourite wrestling events of the year , & to my surprise . John Cena returned to wwe & actually won the Rumble match :), i had predicted HHH or HBK to win the thing :P as they are my favourites ,John Cena s 1 of my favourites & i am glad that he s back & goin to wrestle manis main event this year . i hope he walks out of wretle mania as the champ :wink:.

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getting Burnout Paradise & Unreal Tournament III in 2 days :oops:

its an all new beginning for me . i am officialy the CEO of my company :), it took me some 6 years to get here , when i first started working with my dad , i thought it will take atleast a decade to get here , but as usual i wanted to achieve some goals in life , & i wanted it fast :P, So what did i do , took time off from my friends, my hobbies , leisure . started working real hard , busted my @$$ 24/7 365 to get the job done :P .

When i was a kid , my goal was to own a video game console , hell i even achieved that when i was some 7 year old kid :P , later i wanted a bicycle , well i bought 3 of them in less than 4 years :P . then i wanted a Motorcycle , well my dad gifted me 1 , & i bought another from my very own money . than i wanted a Girllfriend when i was in my teenage :oops: ,luckily the almighty gave me not 1 , not 2 , but a whooping 5 of them in less than 4 years :oops: . & later it was to be own my own, be myself , live life the way i wanted to . & here i am six years later . rockin rollin with my homies , living life in the fast lane , kickin @$$, chainsawin enemies online . well i $uck in making quotes :lol:, but i ll try to impove upon :P . i would like to steal a line from famous wrestler ric flair here :P, soon i am goona be a limousine ridin', jet flyin', kiss stealin', wheelin' dealin' son of a gun. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!" :)

I would like to say just 1 thing here to all my great friends on gamespot , always believe in yourself no matter what people think of you , believe in what you are doing , choose the right path , start believing yourself ,take a huge deep breath ,leave your fears aside , face reality ,say hello to all your troubles & fear in life ,& just say 1 thing to all of them , Just Bring It :wink:. & see how life pulls you up into a entirely different ball game where you make your own rules and call the shots :wink: . it aint a easy task , but if you have the will , you will succeed 4 sure :wink:. so start Beleiving yourself . i am proud to say that i ve done something in life , its just the beggining & i am really got proud to have wonderfull friends here at gamespot :oops:. i ll never forget who the hell i was , & who the hell i ve become . its just coz of wonderfull & amazing people like you that my life is rocking more than ever, even if i am in a real bad mood , this place always puts a smile on my face . its simply the best community i ve ever been to. i ll stay on this ship as long as all of you stay :wink: .

Thanx a lot my friends for sharing your thoughts about gaming . who says gaming puts a bad influence on people . i am a living walking proof , that gaming can change peoples lifes , my just did , when life was tough , i could never find any better form of entertainment than gaming . hell , gaming taught me a lot of things , patience, sacrifice , selfrespect , respecting others . ( well, it also taught me some violent & crazy things too on how to get the job done when its no chance in hell kinda situation :lol: ) . these are some of the things i learnt . well there are several other things too , but i want to make this blog short , not that long as usual:P well enough of the boring , blah , blah , from my nonstop chatbox :P. sorry if you got bored , but its reality my friends :wink: . alright enough of it , now onto things that i love to do , which BTW is gaming :P.

I am Burning Too Much Rubber :P

I ve been playing a ton of PGR 4 from last week . it s been an amazing experience with pgr 4 , i didnt like pgr 3 that much . but this games a hell lot better than previous project gotham games . 1 of the main reasons i enjoyed it more was coz it had bikes , some of the fastest bikes ever . from ,BMW F 800 S, to Honda NR750 , CBR600RR , Kawasaki Ninja ZX -14 ,to the mighty GSX R 1300 Suzuki Hayabusa ( my favourite ) & others like Harley - Davidson , Triumph & MV Agusta . i prefer bikes over cars any day . i love bikes a lot , & in pgr 4 i just rode some of the best bikes that i always dreamed off . there is also a very nice& huge variety of cars like Ariel Atom 300 Supercharged , Aston Martin V8 Vantage ,Austin Mini Cooper S , Chevrolet Camaro Z28 ,Ferrari F430 , Caparo T1, Lamborghini Gallardo , Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 2005 ,Tesla Roadster 2008 & a some more from Audi , BMW & other brands that i dont even remember now :lol: . Cars have got a great sense of speed , but bikes in PGR 4 are ultrafast and real good when it comes to drifting and other stuff . there is an amount of balance when you are racing against cars , but overall i do feel that bikes are a lot faster than cars in pgr 4 .

PGR 4 has the best weather effects ever done in a racing game . you ll race in different weathers , rain , fog , snow , night & day . with the addition of bikes , some solid weather effects ,& a great A.I . pgr 4 has improved a lot from previous games in the series . after playing some real hardcore racing games in the past like GT4, Forza 2 , all the Need For Speeds , Burnouts . PGR stands quiet different from the pack , its more of an arcade , less of a simulator racing game , it maintains that balance between an arcade and a simulator .PGR 4 is definately 1 of the best racing games that i ve ver played & its a game that any racing fan should give a try :wink:

The Suzuki Hayabusa is 1 freakin monster to deal with , i had a ball riding this mighty busa , its my favourite bike in real life too . i will be geting it 4 sure 1 day with my real life earned kudos :P . My Gamerscore also got a huge boost during the week . last week it was some 12400 , now its 14,331 . all thanx to pgr4 & wwew svr 2008 , yeah i got svr 2008 for my 360 too :P .i also unlocked 1 cool achievement in pgr 4

The K1,000,000 gamer picture .

Buy the K1,000,000 gamer picture to earn this Achievement

The achievement is not that hard to get , its just that you ve to spend a lot of time & money to unlock it , where the same could be saved for unlocking cars , bikes & other stuff . but i always love unlocking famous achievements like this . my previous cool achievements were the Halo 3 Legendary & Gears on Insane Achievements . i love achievement points . well i am no longer an achievement whore like i used to be :lol:, but it always feels gr8 when you unlock 1 , who ever made this achievement thing for the 360 is a genius . though these points dont do anything 4 you ot your 360, but still you are after it :P trying to unlock achievements & getting your gamnerscore up & tease your buddies like , hey i got this achievement before you did :P. i ll always update my gamerscore status in blogs . in the past i forgot to mention things like my gamerscore , gamespot emblems , gamespot level , coz i had plenty of them and i am quiet content with it .looking forward to level 40 & 20 k Achievements now :twisted:

Now that i am almost done playing PGR 4 , i am looking Forward to burn some rubber in Paradise :)

i enjoyed the demo a lot & pre ordered Burnout Paradise for my 360 along with Unreal Tournament for my ps3 . gonna get them soon & i picked up

The Revloution is comin my friends

The Biggest Day in Entertainment History was when Master Chief returned in Halo 3 to Finish The Fight , now its gonna get even bigger & to a whole new level :P coz Grand Theft Auto IV s rolling out April 29 baby . man i just can imagine what a crazy day its gonna be in gaming history , i am gonna be camping around the gamestore with my homies all week or may be all month long just to make sure that i get GTA IV on day 1 :) i dont even care if i have to sleep outside the store just to get Grand Theft Auto IV on Release day :P .

Fire All The Way

Not only GTA IV s gonna revoutionise the gaming industry , Far Cry 2 looks as impressive as the current king Crysis is. there is absolutely no doubt , that far cry 2 will leave a huge impact on our gaming industry , it surely will revolutionise the fps genre and do things like what Half -life did in the past :wink: .

First , 2008 didnt started for me that well :(, but as always the Lionhart finds a way to keep things running wild :P,& makes sure that the show must go on, no matter how bad things are in life , coz this is life , things never stop , so just keep chasing your dreams coz " Only Those Who Chase Thier Dreams , Are The Ones Who Catch Them " :wink:. i hope all of you enjoyed my blog . i havent visited all your blogs , i gotta check them out now :wink: . i hope 2008 rocks for me and all my friends , i just cant wait for Grand Theft Auto IV & Far Cry 2 , i know that some 1 called Marcus Fenix will rev up his chainsaw again sometime in november :wink: .Gears of War .................................yeah :), cliffy b , you better do it man :oops: . Coz My Time Is Now :)

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whats up everyone :), its been a while i made a blog . so here it is . last week i beat Assassins Creed . well i started it in december , but never got the time to beat it . so last week i started playing it and i had an awesome time with Assassins Creed .the games length is quiet good . it took me around 25 plus hours to beat the game including some of the side quests like saving citizens, collecting flags. the game is very repetitive at times , but the atmosphere , extremely satisfying combat and stunning visuals is what makes Assassins Creed an awesome experience . all 3 cities in the game feel life like , the A.I is not that gr8 at start , but later in the game , the guards will start to recognize you. the rooftops are really fun to climb , i loved the platforming in assassins creed .

The storyline is quiet unique , the settings of the game are just that dam good ,the architechture is just wonderfull . the second half of the game is very interesting & towards the end things get real crazy. you ll fight with dozens of guards at times , they ll run after you , try to get you every single way they can , once you are done killing 1 of your targets , all hell breaks loose . the crowd becomes an obstacle while you try to run away , getting chased by guards is absolute fun . most of the time i tried running was from the rooftops . but later in the game , it gets real tough to run away from gurads even if you prefer rooftops . almost every building is climable .Assassins Creed reminded me of prince of persia warrior within ,where you get chased by the Dahaka everytime :P .

Assassins Creed is just amazing . the grapchics , textures , the lighting,everything looks just gr8 . the crowd is amazing . it will react to things you do . the city is very life like .i played it on my PS3 and had zero issues with it , no frame rate drops or any kind of freeze at all . i highly recommend Assassins Creed to my friends , its a very different game . the assassinations are spectacular . you have 9 targets to take out in the game .its a lot like Hitman blood money ,you can take out your targets with stealth too . i took out 3 of the targets with stealth & it was real fun . the main 9 assassinations is the highlight of the game . the fights towards the end was absolute blast. the guards were more suspicious and tough , & they were in numbers . it was extremely satisfying at the end . however ,the story at the end is quiet confussing . definately deserves a sequel . but before we get a sequel , there is a prequel to assassins creed on the way for The DS :P. :) it better be good :wink:.

Asssassins Creed is a wonderfull experience that i wont be forgetting anytime soon, it s 1 of my favourites & my first game that i completed in 2008 , ubisoft did 1 hell of a job by making this fresh new game that has got a lot of potential in it. gotta thank the lovely Jade Raymond :oops: , * hats off to to jade * . cant wait for a prequel and sequel to Assassins Creed :wink:. looks like i got my moneys worth by picking up Assassins Creed along with the awesome Altair :)

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Break it Down

every year there is a new wrestling game out .and every year i spend atleast a full month playing it with my friends and this year s no different as i am playing Smackdown Vs Raw 2008 24/7 :) its the reason i never got to blog. this assassins creed blog was supposed to be posted last sunday :P .

SVR 2008 is good , but certainly not the best wrestling game ever . these kind of games never have too much room for improvement . so every year the roster gets updated , new match types are added , graphics are updated , and gameplays gets improved a little bit . this year the roster is updated but its very limited . new brand like E.C.W also appear in the game , but there are a very few wrestlers from the ecw brand . plus some wrestlers that should have been included are missing . THQ have tried a new direction with the Career Mode this time as the Career Mode andG.M mode are combined & now its called 24/7 mode . at first i was like what the hell is this , career mode & gm mode put together will be quiet boring . but the more i played the more i liked it . some of my friends didnt liked this new direction , but i certainly did . in the past wrestling games ,i loved playing G.M mode a lot especially on the psp . the ability to draft rosters , make match types , create rivalries , create ppv was just unlimited fun. G.M mode was fun to play in the past & now with svr 2008 s 24/7 mode ,this game got a lot better :wink:. here its more like a gm mode than career mode . career mode in 2007 was gr8 to play . here its a lot different but still fun to play .

The new match types this yearare ECW extremes rule match , its very fun to play especially if you are playing as Tommy Dreamer or the sand man , things are just crazy in wrestling games , you get so manny toys to play with :P. this time they have even added a 2 x 4 with Barbwire that you can lit up with fire and burn the hell out of your oponents :lol:, trash cans , lead pipes , chairs , ladders , tables , steel steps , crutches , guitars , you name it :P . all sorts of toys underneath that ring that you can play with & lay the smack down on your opponents . but still my favourite is the famous Money in The Bank Ladder Match . the object of this match is to climb the ladder and get the briefcase . who ever gets the breifcase first wins .its simply the best match type you can select for playing , these kind a matches sometimes last for like 30 minutes . its too much fun to play these type of matches , other match types remain the same in 2008 like cage match, hell in a cell match, elimination chamber match, parking lot brawl match ,tabbles chairs ladders match , burried alive match . yeah burried alive is fun , you need to burry your opponent alive in this match :twisted: :P. wrestlings just crazy . i love to watch it every week on TV , & to play it as a video game is almost double the fun than watching it on TV :) & here is a crazy wrestling move i performed in the match today , the pic is kind a blurry since it was in motion . i am on top of the ladder and i am about to get the breifcase but some 1 decides to crash my party . so i pay him back with a little gift :P

its called the suplex , i suplexed 1 of my opponents of the top ladder & he went straight outside the ring :P. his & my back may have been broken :lol: :P . i am having too much fun with SVR 2008 . hell i may even get a psp version now since i always have a psp in my pocket :) .

& in wrestling there aint any better guys than D Generation X :)

Picked up a New Cell Phone

I bought a Nokia N95 8 GB last week , i like cell phones a lot . well a mans second best friends is a cell phone after all :P . i spend too much time on my cellphone like every 1 does . i am a Nokia fanboy when it comes to cell phones :P .my previous cell phone was a Nokia N93 ,& it lasted almost 14 months . the longest i ever useda cell phone . it was just awesome when i first bought the N93 . the history with my N93 is a very long story . in 2006 of november i was very much satisfied with my Nokia 7710 & for a change i bought the nokia N91 and it had some serious software problems & i got it replaced three times & still it had software problems , it costed me 610 U.S $ that time ,at that time the PS3 was launched , so i felt dissapointed with the N91 that i paid 600$ for something that i cant even enjoy :(. after that i send a lot of e mails to nokia & they too admitted that thier product was faulty & then exchanged the phone for a nokia N80, now this phone was gr8 to look at . but it had the worst battery ever in a phone .the battery used to run out like every 5 hours and i had to recharge it like 5 times a day . i was really pissed at nokia then . i was like why did i do that :(. i was happy with the 7710 , but for no good reason i spent a ton of money , never enjoyed a single day with the new phone,i regretted upgarding to a new phone . so what i did was sold that phone at ebay at a loss of 60 $ & finally picked up a Nokia N93 a month later .this time i had to spent a extra 150 $ to get it as the N93 was 780 $ here . i already lost a 60$ on the n80 . but after gettting the N93 , i never regretted as i was very satisfied , the camera quality was just superb & it recorded videos at 30 fps . so after spending close to 800 U.S $ i got the n93 that time, used it a lot . it was my favourite and longest cell phone that i ever had .

Now i ve got the Nokia N95,another 700 $ :P, ouch! my pockets almost empty now :P . i was considering buying the I phone or a Nokia E 90 & a 10 megapixel camera from olympus . but since my pockets are always full with a psp and ds , i decided to go in for a N95 , it has got everything in it , a 8 gig space for storing music ,photos, videos & other stuff, GPS , web browsers that supports youtube ,Wi- fi , a solid Carl Zeiss optics , 5 megapixel cam . and a a high res screen . battery is good & overall it looks & feels gr8 :) .the cam quailty is a lot better than the previous n93 , you can compare the picture quality of my cell phone by the screens i just posted in this blog with my previous blogs . the full screens are at a high res of 2592 x 1944 , so i have to down the res to 432 x 324 to fit into this blog , but still it looks good compared to the full screens here . with this new n 95 , expect even better screenshots of games in future by me :wink: . i hope my N95 stays wih me as long as the N93 did :wink:.

& as usual i got some games :P

Trust me , i never planned on getting pro street at a full price, but ended up buying it .& to be frank with you all , Nfs pro street is my worst purchase ever :(. its a perfect showpiece in your gaming library :P :lol:. more on pro street later . Condemned was really cheap 8 $ , so i picked that as well . got a psp game too, i like playing on my psp a lot and after a very long time i got a new psp game,Star Wars renegade squadron is surprisingly very good , its a mini warhawk to say the least :P . i havent tried it online , but will soon try it when i get a Wi-Fi router . i have tried it offline and its just amazing , it has a story mode & offline multiplayer too , it has 8 maps , it has got Capture the flag , team deathmatch .its perfect for killing time while you are waiting for your girlfriend :P . PGR 4 , i got it as a gift from my sister :). pgr 4 was not available at all . and i was glad when i finally got it in my hands . so far its been amazing , i ve played it for a couple of hours and absolutely loved that thing :) .

I have also decided that i wont be buying any new games for a while . i bought some 30 plus games last year ,out of that i still need some 15 or may be 20 to finish :P, last year i was all busy playing Halo 3 , Crysis, Gears of War, COD4 , Warhawk & others ,so never got the time to finish other gr8 games like Mass Effect ,Bioshock , Zelda Phantom Hourglass , Resistance , Motorstorm , Saints Row , Forza 2 , Crackdown , Ninja Gaiden Sigma , C&C 3 , Stalker & others that i bought . so first i ll be finishing them :P & if still i buy a new game , i ll make sure that i complete it first and then move on to others :P

plus ,i ll hopefully do my 2007 farewell blog this month , i hope so :P . i hope all my friends are having a gr8 time out there , have fun guys , take care , i ll c ya all soon , gotta win some matches now & lay the smack down in SVR 2008 :P

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A quick look at the floorplans of the 2008 Game Developer Conference reveals that Microsoft and Epic have secured the two biggest floor spaces.

With the largest exhibit at the event, taking up 4,800 square ft of space, Microsoft will certainly have a bigger presence than in previous years, when Sony and Nintendo got the biggest areas to utilize this professionals-only game industry conference as a pre-E3 event.

Only second in size to Microsoft's space, Epic Games' presence at the event isn't surprising at all, since the developer always uses GDC to show the latest Unreal Engine technology.

Furthermore, both companies' spaces are in front of each other in the first level of the Moscone West Hall. This last detail wouldn't matter if wasn't for the fact that the two companies worked closely on Gears of War.

After the listing of Gears of War 2 on Amazon.com and today's unveiling of "Gears of War: The Pendulum Wars",ibelieve that the size and location of Microsoft and Epic Games' areas at GDC are not just a mere coincidence.

teamxbox contacted Epic Games to ask about the recent Gears of War fuss, as well as its area size and proximity to Microsoft in the Moscone Center. Mark Rein limited his response to the company's presence at the event to support Epic's engine business.

Microsoft and Epic Games have the largest boothscompared to Nintendo and Sony' booths .

I have a strong feeling that Cliffy B is gonna unveil Gears of War 2 at GDC this year :oops: :). Gears of War is my most played single player & online game ever . i ve beaten its single player campaign alone , in co -op over live ,in splitscreen some 25 times :P , played its multiplayer nonstop for 8 freaking months every day and nite . its my favourite game on the 360 along with Halo 3. The Halo trilogy is done & Gears of War is following the footsteps of Halo in manny ways . Gears of war did things for the Xbox 360 that what Halo & Halo 2 did for the xbox . Gears of war has an amazing rock solid campaign, it has co-op play in splitscreen & co-op play over xbl , a superb intense online experience, a Sci Fi storyline & anawesome new Hero . these are some of the things that make gears of war a lot like what Halo was for the Xbox . I hope that at GDC this year Cliffy B unveils Gears of War 2 :wink: .

2008 has just begin & there are some quiet gr8 news around the gaming industry . first one is that the Gears of War novel is on the way :oops:.

Listings on Web sites including Amazon UK and Wal-Mart have revealed that a Gears of War book is in the works. Titled Gears of War: The Pendulum Wars--The Battle of Aspho Fields, the novel is being written by Steve L. Kent. Kent has written several sci-fi novels and strategy guides.

Gears of War: The Dead Tree Version.According to Amazon UK, Gears of War: The Pendulum Wars--The Battle of Aspho Fields is due out in the region on February 26, 2008, weighing in with 352 pages and published by Del Rey Books. In the US, according to Wal-Mart, the book will be due in August and will cost $8.94. The Battle of Aspho Fields took place before the game's storyline, during the Locust-Human War. Gears of War main character Marcus Fenix fought and performed many heroic actions during the war. According to booksamillion.com, "The first official prequel to the blockbuster new Xbox 360 game Gears of War builds upon the characters' back stories and gives eager fans their first in-depth look at some of the past events that shaped the game's world."

I ll definately be getting it once its out . cant wait to read this awesome novel to the prequel of gears of war . its gonna be 1 awesome read 4 sure :) :wink: .

Second gr8 news is that Far Cry 2 is in development for Consoles too :oops: .

Ubisoft attributed its windfall in operating income to less-than-expected research and development costs due to the delayed release of Tom Clancy's EndWar and Brothers in Arms Hell's Highway for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, as well as Far Cry 2 for the PC. All three games are now slated to arrive sometime in fiscal year 2009, which runs from April 1, 2008, to March 31, 2009. Reporting on its half-yearly financial results in October, Ubisoft delayed four other unannounced titles out of fiscal 2008, one of which is part of a franchise and three that are new properties.

I expect the PC version of far cry 2 some time around October this year and console version to be followed later in 2009 .In My Opinion its 1 awesome move by ubisoft . Crysis was phenomenal on PC ,its my current favourite . but since everyone didnt had cutting edge PCs to run it , Crysis didnt sell that much as expected . Ubisoft is aware of it that not everyone will upgrade thier PCs just to run Far Cry 2 . its a good thing that Far Cry 2 is in development for consoles too . i hope Crytek takes note of this & port Crysis to consoles soon. I am a very big fan of Far Cry , it was phenomenal on PC , its 1 of my favourite games of all times .The AI , the graphics , the level dseign , gunplay was just superb in far cry , towards the end it was just superb , i still remember the Volcanno level from far cry , it was something that was just superb to look and play.

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I also enjoyed the console version of Far Cry a lot ,it was called Far Cry Instincts .it was a bit different from the PC version except storyline ,but sometimes it felt a whole lot better than the original far cry as gameplay was very different since Far Cry Instincts had amazing feral powers and dual wielded guns , though graphically it wasnt identical to the pc version ,but still the xbox version of far cry was breathtaking & was made by ubisoft from srcatch , it wasnt done by Crytek , but ubisoft delivered the goods , pushed the xbox hardware to its limits & made sure that far cry was still that much fun to play on the xbox like it was on pc :wink:.

I have got tons of gr8 memories from Far Cry & here are some videos from both versions of far cry :wink: .

Far Cry Instincts on the Xbox .

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Far Cry on PC .

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Good old days from Far Cry :oops:.I can talk all day on games that i loved to play in the past :P. i am sure that Far Cry 2 will be as good as the original Far Cry was & i ll be getting Far Cry 2 for both PC & 360 for sure :wink: :)

Happy New Year to all my gamespot buddies :). its 2008 :oops:. too bad 2007 ended so soon :P .2007 was the best gaming year of my life . and with 2007 it marks 3 rocking gaming years in a row for me , 2007 just got a little short being a better year than 2006 , the fact that towards the end my internet connection kept messing up with me , not allowing me to play any online games with my friends at all for 3 dam frustating months . dam i missed Halo 3 , COD 4 online this year . but i am happy with the fact that in 2007, i got to Finish The Fight in Halo 3 on Day 1,start a new fight in Crysis. live the very best gaming moments of my life , play other gr8 games like God of War 2, Assassins Creed , Orange Box , Heavenly Sword , Motorstorm , Mass Effect , Bioshock , Forza 2 , PGR 4 , COD 4 , got to play Gears of War online for 8 nonstop 8 freaking months , every single day and nite :P , maybe its the reason that my internet died on me , making me pay for playing too much gears online :lol: .

I missed gamespot last week :(,thats coz my house was filled with my cousins all over the place and i had no place to even sleep in my very own house :P :lol:, i still cant believe it , i slept at the couch in my living room all week :P. after a very long time i had fun with my cousins ,I played a ton of Motorstorm & WWE Smackdown with my little niece , nephews and brother in law . it was quiet fun . but i felt really bad that i never got the time to finish my unfinished games like Assassins Creed and Zelda Phantom Hourglass . i also missed my fareweel 2007 blog , i ll definately do that over the weekend . my new year celebration was good , but today it was just horrible , i had a very bad start in 2008 :(, update on the later in other blogs . i walk in to this year not that Happy , i am in a very bad mood ,sometimes in life things dont work that way you want it to ,but its ok with me ,coz in 2008, i havent made any resolutions at all . The only thing on my mind is to make a new set of rules in life , live the life that i wanna live now, so its my way or the highway :P. all i have planned for 2008 are just a couple of things . first one is to get

GRAND THEFT AUTO IV on Day 1 at any cost :) , second one is to get back in shape again. as all of you know , i had a very serious shoulder injury while working out in the gym a couple of years back. making me weaker than ever ,it almost ended my passions in life which were bodybuliding and riding motorcycles apart from Gaming & last year i got my injury all healed up 100 % , but never got back to the gym and started training . it was very hard for me to get back to the gym even after recovering from the injury.but now i am feeling a whole lot better and dieing to get back to the GYM this week :). hopefully i will be ready by next week to kick some @ss in the gym and ofcourse on XBL and PSN :P :wink:.

HAPPY NEW YEAR once again :) :D . may this be the best year for all of you and may this be the year where all your dreams come true :wink:

in 2008 .

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Things Will Be Different .

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Coz I am Looking 4 That Special Some 1

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& Thats How I Roll :wink:

its christmas time :) :oops: :D and i would like to wish everyone here a rocking christmas :wink:,i hope you all have a gr8 time with your loved ones:) :wink: . enjoy your day whether it be with your family , friends , or the girl next door :P :lol:.

Merry Christmas :D

Even kratos, Nomad & Master Chief are celebrating Christmas this year :P and would like to wish every one here a rocking gaming christmas :D :wink:.

i gotta go celebrate my christmas with Stacy :twisted: & friends :) :D

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