The Guildmasters

Pre-order price of $49.82 at amazon

Release date:January 12th

* Experience the thrill in first person – Feel the speed and adrenaline of the athletes at the Olympic Winter Games at each Olympic venue; hurtle down mountains, ice runs, over jumps and around ice rinks
* 14 premium events in which to claim gold – Including giant slalom, snowboard cross, downhill and bobsleigh, every event focused on speed or danger, and most on both
* Fine tune your skills in a range of challenge modes – Such as Smashing the Snowmen’ and Speed Bands’ in a first for this kind of mode in an official Olympic title.
* Take your snow boots online – Set a new world record and see if anybody can knock you off the top of the leaderboard
* Defeat your friends online or in the front room – Earn the ultimate bragging rights in up to 4-player split-screen action, or in online head-to-head competition

Game Description:Tackle the giant slalom, bobsled, downhill, snowboard cross, and more as you make an adrenaline-charged race to glory. Gear up for the games in lighthearted challenge modes, the first for an Olympics title. Then check world records online or try not to be the athlete left off the medal stand in four-player split-screen races.

Tony

Another highly anticipated game of the new year is Bioshock 2, for those who remember the first Bioshock it was an amazing game, great story excellent gameplay and graphics, it was a delight to play, engrossing and addictive, so can the second Bioshock match up to it’s predecessor?

Ok if you really enjoyed the first Bioshock let me tell you this, don’t bother reading reviews of people that have played the demo, don’t play the demo, just buy the game, you won’t be let down I promise you that.

Because of researching new games of 2010 I have actually seen the trailer, demo’s being played and reviews by people who have had sneek previews and demo’s and it’s almost impossible for someone to write something about this new instalment without giving plenty of spoilers.

It’s going to be a great game, yes better than the first, here is the game description and yes you can pre-order it from amazon as usual, Bioshock 2 is on xbox360 and PS3

Game Description:

Ten years after the original descent to Rapture, BioShock 2 takes you back to the underwater city as a Big Daddy. Rapture has a terrifying new ruler who’s grown from a forgotten Little Sister into the city’s most powerful being. Fight through dark city hallways as a Big Daddy, an armor-suited protector of the Little Sisters. You’ll have the option to harvest their genetic modifications or keep them safe. Experience a haunting new storyline with flashback missions, new weapons and plasmids, new multiplayer modes, and more. This time, you’ll be able to use weapons and plasmids simultaneously, and even create plasmid combinations.

That’s as much info as i’m willing to post on this game, there is tons more but it’s not for those who are going to get this game anyway.

The Bioshock 2 Special Edition is priced at a high $90 but you get an art book, posters, audio recording and more, or you can go for the regular price of $54.98

Tony
Actual contents for the special edition Bioshock 2 for the PC includes:
* BioShock 2 for PC
* Vinyl 180g LP with BioShock orchestral score
* Audio CD with BioShock 2 orchestral score
* Three vintage Rapture advertisement posters (rolled)
* BioShock 2 Art Book, 164 pages and hardcover

Well i’ve just finished playing the demo for this game and although this is not usually my type of game I thought this one was unusually addictive.

The graphics were fairly stunning, the gameplay was very realistic which is not always the case with these type of games. Considering it is a shooter I found myself wanting more of this and will at the very least rent this one.

You definitely need a partner who knows what they are doing and you both pretty much need to be on the same wavelength or your not going to get the full enjoyment or potential from the game.

There is a ton of weapons and also the option of customization for a price, and getting into the role of mercenary will see you wanting to experiment with these. From decent shotguns to diamond studded grenades it’s all in there to add to your arsenal.

Here is the game description, and if your a fan of shooter games you won’t be disappointed, and as usual you can pre-order from amazon:

Co-op is once again king as the Army of Two returns to take on a whole new enemy. When Shanghai is hit by an epic disaster, some might call it a case of “wrong place, wrong time.” For Salem and Rios, the Army of Two, it’s a case of “right place, wrong time” for whoever is responsible. Fight your way through a city under siege with a constant AI or co-op partner as you pursue the truth behind the disaster. New moves have been added to your co-op repertoire, giving you more ways to collaborate as you battle enemies and work to keep each other alive.

On both PS3 and xbox360 release date is January 12th 2010. You can download the demo on the PS3 at the playstation store, it’s well worth the look even if your not a shooter fan, I enjoyed it.

Tony

With Assassins Creed 2 out now I will be playing it hopefully tomorrow or the next day, just waiting for it to be delivered and it sounds like an awesome game, top reviews so far so i’m very much looking forward to this game.

I will probably write a play by play post here each night as i’ll play the game at least once all the way through and update each evening.

From what i’ve read so far, apart from awesome graphics, scenery and storyline there seems to be a lot of upgrading weapons and so forth. I’ll let you know more when the game arrives and I start playing it, I eagerly await my mailman for a change, let’s just hope there are no bills, lol.

Tony

Saboteur looks like another great RPG and just in time for christmas,

the good thing is you can pre-order it now at amazon with the pre-order price guarantee, which means if the price comes down by the day it's shipped you get it at the cheaper price.

So what's Saboteur all about? Here is the storyline, and if that isn't enough, i've seen the graphics, this game is on my save queue for renting now.

Description:Welcome to Nazi-occupied Paris, a unique open world where you are The Saboteur. Play as Sean Devlin, a street-tough Irish racing mechanic seeking personal redemption on a Nazi officer that has taken everything away from him. Now, it's time for payback with the help of the French Resistance, British intelligence, an arsenal of weaponry, and your own street smarts and brawn, you must exact revenge on those who aimed to destroy your life. Motivated by retribution and armed with tactics of sabotage, blow up zeppelins, derail trains, implode bridges, destroy armored tanks, and level enemy facilities in the name of vengeance, in the first open-world action game set in Nazi-occupied Europe.

Available on xbox 360 and PS3 sounds and looks like another great RPG for the wish list, game releases December 8th so get in early.