Battlefield 4 to be announced in 10 days?

So, IGN has recently been sent an invitation by EA.

It's happening. It's finally happening..

 DICE generally like to show footage of the PC version, because of the player count, the size of the maps, and the breathtaking graphics, but since it's likely that it will be released on the next generation consoles, I'd like to see some gameplay footage from those. Regardless, I'm unbelievably keen for this.

Borderlands 2; New Vault Hunter to be revealed at PAX East.

So the trailer shown at SXSW has now been released online, and we can have a clearer view of the Vault Hunter. Well, his silhouette anyways.

Just from what I can see, he looks to be using some kind of mask. Breathing apparatus or gas mask perhaps?
If you look at his left arm, he seems to have a tube connecting to something attached to him. Since he's probably a melee focused character, I would think that's how he can add elemental damage to his melee attacks.
It seems to be shaped much like a mutated bruiser, or lab rat.
In one of the quick scenes, he seemed to attack a bit stylishly, but then in the next, he seems reckless.
It looks like he's wearing pants, so that's good too..

The trailer says he will be revealed at PAX East, which is in just over a week. Needless to say, I'm very interested in this character, and I'll be looking forward to next week!

The full, good quality trailer can be viewed below.

Can we look forward to a new Road Rash?

Remember those games that were awesome, went extinct, and you thought they'd never surface again? Well, it's happening. The creator of Road Rash is keen to reboot the franchise.

On a post asking why there's hasn't been a word about Road Rash lately, Dan Geisler replied saying he needed a break from Road Rash, but after all this time, he wants to bring it back.

"Road Rash hasn't resurfaced because I was burned out after Road Rash 3, but I'm ready to do another one now. I just needed 20 years off. I'm ready to make a better one now. I miss playing it too."

"If there is enough interest, Ill do a Kickstarter on it."

Road Rash with modern systems, engines and graphics would be absolutely amazing. I mean, probably rated R, but still amazing.

He didn't mention anything about the legal battles that would come about, should he choose to try to start it again. The franchise is owned by EA, so he'd need to co-ordinate with them if we could ever see this again.

"I will need to talk with EA to get the rights. But I don't think they have a lock on motorcycle combat any more."

That said, I'm keen to get back into hitting bikers with chains, baseball bats, tasing them and giving them a face full of asphalt. Does that make me a bad person?

The satisfaction I got when these things happened was just incredible.

Borderlands 2; New Vault Hunter Incoming?

Recently at SXSW, Gearbox decided to make us joypuke our faces off, once more.

They've decided, to give us a sixth vault hunter.

The preview showed us that he will more than likely be a melee focused character, much like Brick in the first Borderlands. Looks to be some kind of creature. It also featured this quote;

"Deep beneath Pandora, an experiment has escaped. Bandits beware, a new Vault Hunter is coming. More mayhem awaits."

 Matt Armstrong, Franchise Director for Gearbox, told Joystiq this;

“DLC is announced on a very tight schedule, and I don’t think you’ll have to wait long until you see that character.”

I'm extremely keen to get my hands on this, and I'm sure you are too. Just know, this DLC character won't be part of your season pass, you'll have to fork out for this one.

Pokemon X & Y - Everything so far..

Wow, so it's totally been a while since i've posted on this. To mark my comeback, let's talk about something of equal importance.

Pokemon X & Y

So, a few days ago, Nintendo came out with a bit of news. No biggie, but Pokemon X & Y are in production. I know, right? So what..

Well, to be fair, my reaction was a little more like this.

 You can probably tell, i'm a little excited. Unfortunately for me, and the rest of mankind, we have to wait until October. Not many details are out at the moment, but here's what we know so far.

 So it's called Pokemon X & Y, obviously. The starter Pokemon have been revealed;

Froakie, Fennekin and Chespin.

Fennekin reminds me of a cross between Vulpix and Eevee, but regardless it looks like i have myself a new starter favorite. Step aside Charmander!
Now, Froakie and Fennekin remind me of something i would expect from first & second gen Pokemon, which happen to be my favorite generations. Maybe a sign of good things coming?

Two legendary Pokemon have also been revealed.

Xerneas

And in one word. Wow. Normally i don't look forward to capturing or even seeing legendary Pokemon, but this one has instantly become one i look forward to. Maybe i'm just a sucker for pretty colors. 

Yveltal

This one doesn't seem new to me at all. I mean, it just reminds me of Gen Three legendaries. Sorry Yveltal, you're not for me. Try being a bit more like Xerneas and maybe i'll love you just that little bit more.

Now if you compare the shapes of these legendaries with the shapes of the X & Y logos, you'll notice they're very similar. I would assume that these will be the unique legendaries only available in each game.
The trailer also indicated that you will be able to capture Pokemon from other Generations as well.

That's all for the creatures, let's move onto the game.

It will only be available on the 3DS, due to it's amazing 3D modelling and whatnot. There will also be a dynamic battle camera, which means the Pokemon will actually react differently, depending on the attack, in it's own small cutscene. When you see the trailer, you'll understand why it's exclusive to the 3DS.


As far as i'm aware, this is all the information that's been released so far. I'll embed the youtube video for the trailer below, so that you may have your mind blown just as much as i have. Mark your calendar and start crossing off days, it's going to be a slow year..