Games released week of 11/02/2013

Over the past few days New York City and it’s surrounding areas such as New Jersey, Maine and even Canada have been affected by Snowstorm “Nemo“.   This blizzard has left a staggering 31.4 inches of snow in Gorham, Maine according to breakingnews.com,  caused 4,300 flights to be cancelled which including all those to and from New York City airports, created 200 traffic accidents in Ontario, Canada and tragically claimed the lives of four people in the United States and Canada.

To anyone who is affected by this please be careful and take precaution.  Here in England it’s another rainy Sunday and no matter where you are there aren’t that many things which beats spending the weekend gaming.  Even if you can’t do that currently then there is always next weekend 😉  To some people this may be just another week however cheering things up it’s time to look ahead at the games being released this week.

Tuesday 12th February, 2013

                    PC Games

• Curse of the Werewolves – Deluxe Edition – Viva Media
• Aliens Colonial Marines Season Pass [Download] – DVG SEGA

                   Xbox360

• Aliens: Colonial Marines – Sega of America
• Aliens Colonial Marines (Collector’s Edition) – Sega of America

PlayStation 3

• Aliens: Colonial Marines by Sega of America
• Aliens Colonial Marines Collector’s Edition by Sega of America

Friday 15th February 2013

                    PC Games

• SpellForce 2 Faith in Destiny Scenario 3: Last Stand [Download] by DVG Nordic Games – February 15, 2013.

 

This weeks best game – Aliens: Colonial Marines

Sources;

Breaking News (2013) 31.4 inches of snow reported in Gorham, Maine. [online] Available at: http://www.breakingnews.com/item/ahZzfmJyZWFraW5nbmV3cy13d3ctaHJkcg0LEgRTZWVkGODc6QwM/2013/02/09/314-inches-of-snow-reported-in-gorham-maine-twcbreaking [Accessed: 10 Feb 2013].

Huffington Post (2013) Four Killed After Canada And US Hit By Snowstorm ‘Nemo’. [online] Available at: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/02/09/snowstorm-nemo-claims-four-lives-in-us_n_2650934.html [Accessed: 10 Feb 2013].

NY Times (2013) Storm’s Heavy Snow and High Winds Lash at the Northeast. [online] Available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/09/nyregion/major-snowstorm-arriving-in-northeast.html?hp&_r=1& [Accessed: 10 Feb 2013].

VG Releases (2013) VGReleases.com : February 2013 Release Dates : Video Game. [online] Available at: http://vgreleases.com/ReleaseDates/All.aspx [Accessed: 10 Feb 2013].

Sony PS4 Update

At 3:06pm on the 31st January 2013 PlayStation simultaneously released a blog post, a tweet and a Facebook post.

Why? To tease to the world with an invitation to

“see the future”

All the links connect to one simple site, https://us.playstation.com/meeting2013/

Where you view for yourself this video, 

We recommend viewing this clip with the sound turned up pretty loud (although there are the exceptions if you can’t, such as in class) to get you excited.

At the end of the video we see these symbols, well known to all who have played on a PlayStation.  The reason for this is they feature on the DualShock controllers.  Rumours have previously surrounded that the new PS4 will drop the old controller for something different  possibly an LDC touchscreen.  Will these buttons still feature?

Sony have made an announcement to “See the Future” on 20 February…despite the CEO saying they were in no rush and going to let Microsoft announce first. So why the change? 

Research has discovered this event is due to take place in New York City and “is about the future of the PlayStation business”.  All sign point towards a PS4 announcement.  The clues being that PlayStation have currently nothing else to announce, that we are aware of.

If this proves true then not only would they beat Microsoft in announcing the new Xbox720 but the statement made by Kazuo Hirai CEO of Sony on the 21st January, which he stated  “…it [PlayStation] will let Microsoft make the first move.”  Would have been a lie.

No matter what happens, we already can’t wait.  To view our previous post featuring the PS4 announcements click this link; https://pwnersmanual.wordpress.com/2013/01/19/special-report-playstation-4-ps4-the-latest-surrounding-rumours/

The announcement made on facebook

The announcement made on Twitter

 

Rumors

• Play Station Plus will become next generation
• Social Media functions, such as sharing will be incorporated into the device
• No back up computer 
• Dual 720p camera
• The controller will feature an all new design which may be a touch screen or touch pad