World of Tanks

One of the new plaque’s this year is going to be the new World of Tanks game that is released at april 12th, 2011.

From their website:
World of Tanks is a team-based massively multiplayer online game dedicated to armored warfare in the mid-20th century. Throw yourself into epic tank battles shoulder to shoulder with other steel cowboys to dominate the world with tank supremacy!

This seems like a really cool game to play. You can play alone or with your friends, and you get paired with players with equal experience online, so there is no problem with overpowered players just waiting for that newbie kill.

I have not yet had the opportunity to play this game. I have a beta account, but I got a big warning message from AVG (antivirus prog), when I tried to run the downloaded installer, about a trojaner in the install files. I dont know if this is my machine that is malfunctioning or the package. Have checked with some of my gaming-friends, and they have had no problem with it. So I guess I’ll be on the safe side, and get it again when it goes public in two days time. I’ll update with a new self-experienced ingame review, so stay tuned.

While you wait for that one, check out an ingame video from youtube below, and you can find tonnage of other trailers and ingame videos on that site.

The official website with download links, can be found here
(Did i mention that the game is free 2 play? ).

New video on the Battlefield 3 page

Just added a new video to the Battlefield 3 page on this blog.
Enjoy!

Music videos – WoW Style

There are a lot of creative people out there gaming, and some of them uses what they have to make something unusual. A whole genre has risen from the game World of Warcraft when it comes to music videos, and some of them are really good.

I am, in addition to being a gamer, also a metalhead, and have added some of the best metal wow videos for you to enjoy.

I am Murloc

Storm, Earth and Fire

Lets Rock, Stormwind

Rogues do it from behind

Alien Arena 2011 – Free FPS

A game I tested some time ago (earlier version) is Alien Arena. It had then a resemblance to games like Half-Life and Quake, but it is free of charge. If you need a free shooter to play with friends on LAN or through the internet, this is a good choice.

I recently found out that there is a new version of this game available for download, and while I have not yet tested it myself, the video information found on youtube.com shows a game that have evolved a bit since i played it. In those days (2-3 years ago) it looked like ‘yep-its-a-free-game-alright’ type of graphic, but now it seems to have evolved quite a large part on that area.

I have a plan to test this as soon as possible, and you can find the game and download it from gamershell.com.

Gameplay from the new version:

Postal 2 – Secrets

Found this little youtube video here the other day that contains 5 secret locations in the game.
Check it out (have not testet these myself)

Battlefield 3 Page

Just a quicknote to notify you that there is a new page on this blog, called ‘Battlefield 3′.

The reason for a whole page and not just a post, is that I have been waiting for this game for the last 5 years and cant wait to get my hands on a copy

When it comes to that game, I will update that page and not through blogposts in this list.

Banzai

Okeeey, time flies past…

Hi all!

Sorry for not updating this blog in a long time, but I blame the previous post for that. Have not done anything except work and playing Lotro for the last couple of months or so. I am sorry for that.

I will start writing again this weekend, and first out is the information I can find about EA’s Battlefield 3 (I think).

So stay tuned!

Banzai

Lotro Free 2 Play – revisited

I have been playing this game for the last month as a pay-to-play member, and thought I should write a little note about the game now that I have some first-hand experience with it and have a little different view than when i wrote the previous one.

You can get a lot of fun playing by the F2P version of the game. I know now a lot of people that are playing it that way, and are happy with it. When it comes to me and why I chose the P2P version of the game, the reason is that this is an excellent game, with really good graphics, a never-ending supplies of quests (no grinding!) and just an atmosphere thats killer. I know I sounded a little ‘this-cant-be-good’ in my previous post about Lotro, but I have changed my mind a bit since then If you are looking for a fun, addictive and free to play game to kill those booring evenings, check out Lotro F2P. It’s only a 10Gb download… Banzai.

Lord of the Rings – Goes free to play

Lord of the Rings Online have anounced that they turn their basic version of the game into a ‘free-to-play’ version, starting in the fall 2010. Well, ‘free’ can be discussed.

As a ‘free player’ you can download and play the basic part of the game. You have access to the LOTRO store, where you can buy special items and perks for money if you want to. This is not that bad, and I have played (and are still playing) a game with that feature (Requiem Memento Mori) and it can be nice to have when you need it. The thing about this announcement that caught my eye, is the part where it says: The best part is – as existing subscribers you’re automatically enrolled in our VIP program! As a VIP you’ll continue to get unlimited access to the game and all of the content you already enjoy, in addition to some extra perks! This makes my brain go ‘opps, there is a catch…’ (and of course it is, nobody gives away anything for free with no chance of getting some coins out of it). As I can read this, this means that the players that plays this game with a paid account have a huge advantage of the ‘free riders’, and if this is a PvP game, that sucks. Yes, games like Requiem also features this, but they have just made it a little boost on ‘grinding’, and stuff that speeds up the lvling. There is no better weapons or armour for the paying players vs the free ones, their equal, it only takes a bit longer to get to the same ‘spot’ in advancement. I have not played LOTRO before, and I was thinking about giving it a shot when it became free, but if the world is divided into those who have ‘special items (weapons, spells, armour etc etc) and those who have not, that would create a to0 big gap for the game to be enjoyable. I’m sure I’m wrong in some of this, so please leave your comment below and give us your info about the happening and your opinion.) The free part of the game is also restricted to the first ‘world’ in the game. (no expansions). If you want to go to the other parts that have been added through the expansions that have been released, you’ll need a paying account (or so I understand it). This is written late at night, on a crappy computer (i’m on holiday) so I’ll check up on the facts when I’m back at my ordinary desk and write an update. As a sidenote: Feedback on the blog would be very mutch appriciated, and please tell me what you would like to see on this blog. I’m open minded to most things that are gaming related Comment on a blog entry or send me an email (look under “about me”) and I’ll be happy to write back and add stuff to this blog if it fits with the theme.

A question about graphic on this site..

Hi all.

I have recently been notified by others that they have problem seeing the graphic (pics) on this site.
Is this a common problem? For me, everything seems fine, so if you could leave a message as a reply to this post just to let me know if it works fine for you.

Thanks in advance.

Banzai.