Games Of January 2013

Here we go, starting off the year semi strong with some solid titles in these cold January days.

Catching Up

So obviously I have not been around much lately no big surprise really for anyone. However over this next month I will be trying to play catch up and also keep on top of music and game reviews. Anime is going to have to take a backseat for the time being while I continue to play catch up.

10 Games In 2012 To Be Excited About!!!

That is right yet another list from us to excite you about the year to come. Some titles were not added due to the inconsistency of the release dates, mainly any game made by Blizzard or Gearbox.

10 Games That Deserve Reboots

Since we are not handing out awards until the end of the week I decided to spend a couple days counting down things. For today we will discuss some games that deserve to be rebooted and given another chance to succeed. We have had some disappointing remakes and some games that deserve to be remade, but will anyone ever listen. In the hopes that someone might this tiny list is to give them some inspiration.

MDB's Outlook On E3 2011

Here is a list of things that I want to see happen when E3 comes around next week. The list will range from highest to lowest probability that it will be announced at E3. I am going to list games that I think will be announced.

Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3?

After browsing the interweb today I realized that nobody is really hyping this game for its upcoming release date. Now I know what you’re saying "Well that's because the last 2 sucked majorly" and yes they were awful. However in Japan people loved those games and this one is even more highly anticipated. The art style has changed to cell-shading, something I strongly support for any anime/manga adaptation game. While I am upset that I can't play as Sandrock from Gundam Wing, the cast of characters is very good and it will be fun to slash through my enemies.

So About The News...

There is not really much going on in any spectrum of the universe today, or at least not enough that warrants more than a sentence. That being the case I will slam a bunch of little things into a nice little bullet-point display.

Mass Effect 3: Same Sex

Though it has been a rumor for the longest time probably since Mass Effect 2 came out, it was finally confirmed today. There will definitely be same sex relationships, so the game now includes lesbians and aliens. While it is unconfirmed what the impact on the game will be especially since you have not been able to form relationships with any of the same sex characters in either Mass Effect games. Keep you eyes and ears open for more information because you never know what Bioware will do next.

Diablo III Beta Coming This Fall

This was announced late yesterday and has been confirmed to be 100% true. Blizzard will begin external beta testing in the fall, which means we are finally getting closer to a release date. While it has been confirmed whether the testing will be open or closed, my assumption is they will bundle it with something. So just be prepared to have to buy something from Blizzard to get a beta invite... possibly Blizzcon '11.

Persona 4 The Animation Annouced

On April 9th a persona 4 anime was announced. Nothing else at the moment has not been detailed about the anime though but previews so keep a lookout for any more news about it in the upcoming months. When I saw this news I couldn't help but get excited about what they could do with persona 4 in an anime perspective so here is to high hopes it will be pretty good. On related personal thoughts about why this anime was announced was that there's a possibility that they are doing this as a move to announce persona 5 in the future possibly via e3 or Tokyo game show so they could possibly get more fans to buy the games or get more widespread appeal to everybody who doesn't know about the persona series. If you have played any of the persona games and loved them like I did then you can only hope the anime will live up to how good the game was.

Mythos Europe MMO!

The Mythos Europe version launched today, but that does not mean we can't play it here in the USA. I played this in beta when it was released through its original studio Flagship, but they then sold the rights to go work on some game called Diablo 3 or something...Regardless Hanbitsoft, the company that is also responsible for restarting the Hellgate series has taken over and the MMO is still free to play. I have just started playing so if you would like to join me send me a message and I will provide the link below with this trailer:

LucasArts Acquires Unreal Engine 3

In case you have been living under a rock or a country that hates video game..."Yes I am looking at you China!", let me tell you about a little thing called Unreal Engine 3. This thing is going to revolutionize the way we enjoy games and overall 3D animation, with some of the greatest lighting textures I have ever seen. Since it is tough to put into words let this tech demo show you what my words cannot portray.