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Well it looks like the Resurgence Pack is only a day away, well it certainly feels like its Infinity Ward release eve.

There are often certain tell tale signs of a release, the inevitable early release of patches to a few consoles. The growing cries of those patched unable to connect to those who are unpatched. And then there’s the change on the playlist, so now we have options to play the Resurgence maps…. if only… one could… get ones hands on it.

Thats ok.. cause we can wait.. we can play the older maps with our.. oh wait.. they have not got the patch yet… riiight.. So its a case of pre-release eve.. go find a beer and watch your box poll for the updates.

The whole update system just seems to be pants, to be fair. And as the popularity of MW2 wanes for other titles, its becoming harder and harder to connect to games of any quality… even games without cheaters and boosters. (fyi YouTube is filling fact with fun to watch hacks)

So.. Is Resurgence flogging a dead horse? we’re starting to wonder. At the end of the day MW2 has not lasted as long as the joy of COD4:MW.. We are frustrated at the focus on overpriced DLC’s.. The shambolic roll outs before these DLC’s are made available.. and quite frankly the whole MW universe is torn between bad game connections, being forced into game chat with mouthy 11 year old noobs and the latest invincible jump tall buildings super hack.

But.. i suspect im preaching to two types of readers here.. The choir, who all know what im talking about.. And those lucky enough to actually get there hands on Red Dead Redemption, and have left the MW2 platform for a very very long time.

Ok.. Thanks to Penny Arcade for this little clip (and for this one too)

Video games in Australia cannot be rated R18+ as the rating only exists for film. This has led many games to be edited (to obtain an MA15+ rating) or refused classification. There is currently a debate over the need for the introduction of an R18+ rating in video games fuelled by research that indicates the average age of the Australian video gamer to be 30 years old.

Here’s a current list of games that have been banned or have been edited for release in Australia:  Read the rest of this entry »

After the refreshing change that was the superlative COD 4: Modern Warfare, the Call of Duty series returns to its well-trodden roots of WW2. But is there enough new material in there to fill a landing craft, or has it all been thoroughly riddled with bullets even before it hits the beach?

Things looked promising with the initial focus on the Pacific campaign, fighting the Japanese on small islands, facing jungle ambushes, and winkling enemies out of tunnel networks is all very different. The jungle terrain is a welcome change to the usual “French Fields and ruined cities” WW2 fare. Unfortunately, it wasn’t far into the game before we were back in Stalingrad…. Didn’t we do this in COD2? The game follows COD4’s lead in having two central characters, whose stories are alternated as the game progresses. Initially you play as Pvt Miller of the American forces in the Pacific. Then you jump to Pvt Dimitri Petrenko, of the soviet army initially in the loss of Stalingrad to the Nazis, and then jumping 3 years later to follow the Russian march on Germany. The player alternates chapters from these two stories as they play through the game.   Read the rest of this entry »