During the latest GameTrailer’s Pop-Block episode, the guys from GameTrailers tried to point out all the new graphical, style and gaming new features found on the latest game trailer for Halo: Reach.

Besides the jetpack, in fact, there’s a series of new features that are worth knowing, but we won’t be saying much as the video says it all. Halo: Reach will be launched next Autumn, and the first multiplayer beta starts at May 3rd.

Enjoy the video!

Portal 2 was featured this month on Game Informer, and we’re bringing the scans and more detailed information about the game:

• The first Portal was an experiment. Portal 2 is the “real” game
• The game will take place centuries after the first chapter
• GlaDOS will be again the main enemy, and Chell the main character
• The Portal Gun will not be changed
• The Co-Op campaign will not be connected to the main story
• Players will be able to personify two robots on the co-op mode
• Portal physics will be a game changer - a demo showed a portal that when placed in the middle of a test chamber littered with objects, the portal creates a swirling vortex of debris.

Portal 2 will be launched by the end of next Autumn for PC, XBox 360 and Mac OS as well. Here are the scans, enjoy!

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While we wait for EA and Crytek to give the green light for us to post the first official images for Crysis 2, we’ll talk about the press-conference that Crytek has released on their own website, and that reveals some interesting news for PC users. Cevat Yerli and the team have indeed announced that a CryEngine 3 version featuring Stereoscopic 3D will be brought to the Game Developers Conference (GDC) which will take place from March 11th to March 13th in San Francisco.

For the occasion, they’ll also give more information about the LiveCreate function on the developing tool, that allows designers to work with a single editor, but see and play the results in real-time on the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

While we wait to be able to post the first images of Crysis 2 and more information and videos about the S-3D feature on the CryEngine 3, we’ll leave you to a CryEngine 3 demo video. Enjoy!

Yesterday, Bungie declared, through the Creative Director’s blog, that there would be a “multiplayer bomb” announced “in about a day”. Would this “leaked” footage be the bomb mentioned? We’re not sure yet, but the video does look interesting. We’ll wait and see for an official confirmation from Bungie.

Halo Reach will be launched next Autumn for the XBox 360, and it’ll have a multiplayer beta period that will start on May 3rd.

Marcus Letho, Creative Director of Halo Reach, has announced on his personal blog that tomorrow a “multiplayer bomb” news will be revealed tomorrow. Here are the exact words:

On another note, I hope you all like the MP bomb we’re about to drop on the world in about a day. Enjoy!

We wonder what this “bomb” will be, but we’ll have to wait until tomorrow, of course. Halo Reach will be launched next Autumn for the XBox 360, and it’ll be preceeded by a multiplayer beta that will start on May 3rd.

We’ll propose a new video for Metro 2033, directly from GameTrailers, called Kill or be Killed.

Metro 2033 is a shooter being produced by THQ and developed by 4A Games, with some RPG and Survival Horror elements, based on the book by Dmitry Glukhovsky. It seems to be one of those games that come out from nowhere but that could have the possibility of surprising the gaming world. We’ll have to see.

Metro 2033 will be launched for PC and XBox 360 next March 16th. Enjoy the video!

2K Games has announced the first DLCs for BioShock 2, scheduled to be launched in March. It’s a pack called Sinclair Solutions Test Pack, dedicated to the Muliplayer (400 microsoft points and €4.99) and a second pack dedicated to the single player mode that doesn’t have a launch date or official name announced yet.

The Sinclair Solutions Test Pack includes:

• A higher multiplayer level cap (50) with new level rewards
• Two additional characters: Louie McGraff and Oscar Calraca
• 20 new trials
• Five new masks for character
• A third weapon “enhancement” for each weapon.

We don’t know much about the Single player pack, except the fact that it will bring “more narrative, more tools and challenges that will extend the story”. We’ll have to wait and see.

The scans from the Crysis 2 special featured in the latest Official PlayStation Magazine UK number have reached our hands, and together with a series of new game screenshots, we can also read the interesting analysis from the magazine’s direction, Gary Steinman.

“Yes, it’s a PC franchise. But when it’s widely regarded as one of the greatest shooters to ever grace the big gray box, it matters.But that’s not the only reason I put Crysis 2 on the cover. A few months back, an old friend at EA snuck in to PTOM towers and showed me top-secret footage of the game in action. It was stunning – better looking than almost anything I’ve ever seen on PS3. and here’s the best part: All the glorious wreckage, the metropolitan carnage, the dynamic lighting and the realtime destruction, was generated not on a PC, nor an Xbox, but PS3.

Yep this baby is being built to take advantage of the massive power the PS3 offers – which is nothing to scoff at, considering Crytek’s original Crysis was almost unplayable on anything but the highest-end PCs when it was released.

Five minutes after my pal left, I began the push to be the first magazine to reveal Crysis 2’s true glory. And here we are.”

Interesting info, we say. Definitely worth keeping an eye on. But we’ll leave you to the scans now. Enjoy!

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Fallout: New Vegas start to catch the attention of gaming magazines, who obviously seem to be fighting to get exclusive rights about Bethesda’s new title. The informations we’ll give you today come from PC Gamer’s next issue’s special. Here’s what we found out:

• There is an optional hardcore mode, the character needs to drink water, ammo has weight, healing isn’t instant etc. Normal mode is more similar to Fallout 3 gameplay.
• The storyline is focused on the New California Republic vs. Caesar’s Legion vs. New Vegas residents.
• You are not a vault dweller but are given a Pip-Boy by someone who is one.
• There is a screenshot of a vault suit as well.
• There is an assault rifle looking like the M4, as well as a new big gun with a backpack, held like a minigun.
• There are special moves for melee weapons in VATS – specifically a move for a golf club called “Fore” which seems to be a groin shot.
• The Hoover Dam is in the game and is supplying electricity to the city.
• There is a quest to rescue a ghoul from some super mutants. The ghoul can then become your companion.
• The Geckos are back.
• There are both dumb and intelligent super mutants, including the elite Nightkin.
• Some super mutants look similar to the ones in Fallout 3, while others are new. There is e.g. a female super mutant with a 1950s hairstyle who apparently is one of their leaders.
• Screenshots include a guy with a beard and straw hat, a ghoul an NCR Ranger
• The only picture of New Vegas itself is concept art and not a screenshot
• Some location screenshots include a huge model dinosaur advertising a hotel, some satellite dishes, an array of solar panels
• A character generation shot showing a “vigor machine” instead of the skill book
• NCR base is the McCarran Airport, Caesar’s Legion is based in the Vegas Strip, while super mutants are based in a place called Black Mountain. There is also a town called Fremont and another called Primm. A topless revue is mentioned as being in the latter.
• NCR Ranger armor is similar to a brown combat armor with sleeves, there are concept arts of a Ranger
• Skils have a bigger effect on conversation choices. E.g. someone with a high Explosives skill may be able to have a conversation about explosives where appropriate.
• There is a Reputation system in addition to Karma.

While we wait for Fallout: New Vegas’ first images and trailers, we’ll remind you that the launch date is scheduled for next Autumn, for PC, PlayStation 3 and XBox 360.

After revealing the first impressive images for Crysis 2, Crytek and PC Games continue to deliver more interesting information, directly from the German version of the magazine. Here’s what we could find out:

• Crysis 2 will be placed three years after the first chapter, and users will play as a Delta Force soldier, sent by the US Army in order to stop the alien invasion in New York. Aliens in game have already devastated Rio de Janeiro, Londra and Tokyo.
• The “Speed” and “Power” modes on the Nanosuit will be combined in order to create a new “Tactical” mode, which will allow players to scan the surroundings in order to discover the aliens’ exact position
• Thanks to the skyscrapers, the playability will also be done vertically, allowing players to attack enemies from above, for example.
• All the images in the magazine are from the XBox 360 version.

At this point, we are still waiting for an official launch date for Crysis 2, which is however going to happen this year. The game will be launched for PC, PlayStation 3 and XBox 360.

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