Aion online just went free to play… Yet another to join the growing list of free mmorpg’s. Make sure you either give it a try, or get back into the game you left behind… coz it’s damn fun and a beautiful game.

http://www.aionfreetoplay.com/

Hi all,

Got home and unpacked my fresh version of GT5. Oh lordy lord.

The smell of the instruction booklet’s fresh print. *shiver runs down spine*. This is it. It’s here. It’s finally FUCKING here.

Installation:
It takes ages to install GT5. 43 minutes on my PS3 classic 40GB. The game needs a fair bit of space. If I remember correctly, it was 8GB and some… which is fine!

Introduction video:
*drools*. So much machinery, I don’t know what to do with myself. The video was very cool. It demonstrates the process of car creation including all the metal making parts which was absolutely fantastic. All in 1080p… yum yum.

The User Interface:
My date and time were wrong so after the initial panic of the fact I could not select any of the menu options because it could not sync, it all seemed pretty good. Slow, but good. It looks beautiful and makes sense. Very nice intuitive layout. I like the idea of the home page, very cool.

The simulator / Game:
*drools*. GT5 has the physics absolutely spot on! I cannot believe how real this game feels. It’s actually scary. Graphics are a bit shit, but the simulator is addictive. The events are plentiful. The game just feels so right. I love it with a passion.

The Multiplayer:
The server list is extremely slow, and my joystick seemed unresponsive whilst the server list loaded. It reminded me of Battlefield Bad Company 2 when it first came out on PC. My connection cut out half way through it updating and GT5 would not respond after it had done so. I had to restart in the end.

Apart from that, the multiplayer itself was very cool. I assume that there will be a lot of work to be done in updating the whole multiplayer feature… It’s all a bit lacking. But don’t worry, you’ll love it nonetheless.

Music
The music is gorgeous, and plentiful. A lot of it is very loungy so it really fits well with the whole driving theme.

Verdict – 4/5
Haha, ver-”dick”-t. Anyway. I love this game. If you like driving, you must get this game. Trust me, it’ll be everything you were looking for and more. It’s my favourite racing game so far.

Oh by the way, it has our car in it: Mazda 6 MPS, first race you participate in:

Here’s some other reviews:

• IGN – 8.5
• Gamespot – 7.5
• Joystiq – 4/5 Stars

Please take them with salt, they are very focused on it being a game rather than a simulator, thing is. If you love driving, you’ll love this game. I don’t understand why they are attacking it so much. It’s a very big success, its a 3 thumbs up (“Incest in the morning… 97.1″)

I just drove back from the garage with my beautiful new Mazda 6 MPS. Oh boy oh boy was it fast!!! not only that, due to the turbo lag, you get a pretty smooth drive around town if needs be, and on the motorway you can gun it like a boy racer.

Amazingly fun, what a great piece of machinery!

Here is a picture of my new baby:

Do you realise how many times I have raced the GT5 Prologue tracks?

Enough to be ridiculously excited about the release of Gran Turismo 5.

Gran Turismo UK Release date is confirmed: 2nd November 2010.

Here’s the official E3 2010 trailer to get you as excited as I am:

Compliments to IGNentertainment

Hi all,

I just found out there will be a Tekken vs Street Fighter game. W00t!

As If I wasn’t already excited enough about The old Republic for PC,  Street Fighter and Tekken 6 for the PS3. This is going to be amazing…

I thought the best way to hype you all for this pretty gnarly news was to post a few links to some forums and vids that share the same enthusiasm as me for this revolution!

Compliments to Machinimarespawn’s

Compliments to RajmanGamingHD

And a few forums that got me excited:

• WR Forums – Tekken vs Street Fighter
• Gamespot – Playstation Forum
• PS3 attitude – Tekken Vs Street Fighter
• Vortez – Street Fighter Vs Tekken

It’s ridiculously exciting and it’s getting closer and closer every day. Bioware have put together a new Multiplayer Gameplay video of Star Wars: The Old Republic. Here is that very video.

Compliments to Bibihest for the video submission.

After viewing the E3 2010 – 3 part demo of Star Wars: The Old Republic, I am entirely excited.

First thing to point out is that up until now, World of Warcraft seemed to be the only MMO worth playing. Don’t get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed Aion Online, Age of Conan, WAR, LOTRO and EVE but they didn’t have the same, dare I say it, WOW factor. So I think I speak for most MMO fans when I say that Star Wars TOR is next on the wish list.

It seems like Bioware has been developing it for ages and I am hoping that it is obvious in the final product. After all, KOTOR was an undeniably great game and the storyline was as gripping as some of the best Star Wars tales out there.

So here’s to a promising new era of great MMO games.

Watch: E3 3 part demo of Star Wars: The Old Republic