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Tonight at the Spike TV Video Game awards we had a look at a trailer for the new Medal of Honor game from EA. The new installment in the series was announced last week.

About Medal of Honor

Medal of Honor is a modern military first person shooter from Electronic Arts being developed by both EA DICE and EALA. Medal of Honor is a “reboot” of the best selling Medal of Honor franchise that has until now been exclusive to the World War II setting. With more than a dozen titles in the franchise, across all gaming platforms, Medal of Honor is the first game that is not set during World War II. Set in modern day, war-torn Afghanistan players will take on the role of a soldier in the Tier 1 Operator which is group of highly trained military soldiers under the direct command of National Command Authority.

The single player and multiplayer modes will have separate development teams, with EA Los Angeles tackling the single player game and Battlefield series developer EA Dice taking on the multiplayer portion. As of the initial press release on December 2, 2010, Electronic Arts has set a target release date of sometime in the Fall of 2010. More information, screenshots and links will be posted as they are made available.

About the Footage:

It’s no secret that this game is looking to compete with Activision’s Call of Duty series, and the imagery in the trailer was more than a little bit familiar. One segment showed a black and white view in a gunship, then a night vision segment where the laser sight glows in the dark. There was also a section where players drive an ATV through the desert and have the ability to perform close quarters kills with a knife. The trailer closes out with players checking on a hostage tied to a chair and realizing that he’s wired with explosives. The hostage is kicked out of a window just as he explodes.

Final Fantasy XIII is the much awaited game for 2009 and everyone is looking forward to it. According to a website, the latest trailer for it has been released. The site adds:

The Japanese site for Final Fantasy XIII has been updated with a brand new trailer from TGS 2009! Based on earlier reports this seems to be the same trailer shown at GamesCom this year, but the fact that it has been released to the public, and in the same year as it premiered no less, is surprising. Head over to the site to check out the trailer for yourselves!

Although not much news came out of TGS this year, the new trailer definitely makes up for it.

The new trailer can be found on the site Square Enix but the problem is that trailer is in Japanese and hence if anyone can get hold of an English version, please feel free to drop a comment so that we can update the post accordingly.

Till then, click here to Watch the Third Trailer for Final Fantasy Xiii.

According to PC Magazine:

The tearful romantic prelude against a Roger-Dean-inspired backdrop, the draconian sovereign barking orders with hands compulsively clasped behind back, the spasmodic battle clips teeming with stunts, spells, summons, and servo-mechanical enemies. Characters plead, conspire, sulk, reminisce, taunt, beg, and occasionally freak out. Patently illogical actions (see the protagonist’s sword-tantrum two-thirds in) occasionally yield improbable results. The laws of physics are subsumed by the maxims of stagecraft, allowing passengers to endure vehicles slung round like toy tops, then leap deftly from them onto soaring perches like circus hotshots with anti-gravity belts.

Be warned, there’s a supremely annoying Japanese pop song halfway along that soundtracks the visuals like something time-warped from a glittering disco-ball lounge (From Bach to Bacharach, the Circle of Fifths remains sentimentally indelible.) That aside, the opening bit with ol’ blonde and do-ragged romancing a disturbingly young-looking girl plays over a dissonant a cappella piece, presumably by composer Masashi Hamauzu. Promising stuff. For every cornball ballad in these games, there’s an avant garde piece (or three) lurking

Ferrari Gamepads for PlayStation 3 and PS has been unveiled by Thrustmaster and are expected to be released as limited edition. They come in four different editions i.e

- the Ferrari Wireless Gamepad 430 Scuderia Limited Edition,
- the F1 Wireless Gamepad Ferrari F60 Limited Edition,
- the Ferrari Motors Gamepad F430 Challenge Limited Edition
- the F1 Dual Analog Ferrari F60 Exclusive Edition

According to Thrustmaster press release:

To make these gamepads even more unique and worthy of collectors, an individual numbered plate is affixed to the front face of the three Limited Edition controllers. Their owners will be prouder than ever to consider them their own!

The packaging has been designed to offer these devices a box worthy of a gem. The gamepads are fully visible, placed in a highly “aggressive” racing position. The whole packaging is reminiscent of the world and values of Ferrari. Truly different gamepads boasting incredible packaging in the world of video games – further proof of the incomparable uniqueness of Ferrari-licensed controllers by Thrustmaster!

Guaranteeing an even more immersive experience in the Ferrari racing world, these controllers are a gamer’s dream come true.

Prices start at $49.99 for the wireless versions, and there is also a wired version which will retail for $39.99, they will go on sale in October, 2009

[via PR Thrustmaster]

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has launched $134 million marketing campaign for their new version of PlayStation 3 titled PS3 Slim. The new campaign is set for the upcoming Christmas season to rival Xbox360 and Nintendo Wii. Even Sony has decided to part ways with its previous style of ads and the new ads are more straight forward and bright that focus on the capabilities of the PS3 instead of games only.

According to GamaSutra:

The TV portion of the campaign is breaking away from the abstract nature of earlier PS3 ads in Europe, instead going for a more straightforward, bright approach that explains the game console’s home entertainment capabilities, according to a report in the Guaurdian. The TBWA agency handled the TV ads, which debut this evening.

It will be the first major PS3 ad campaign in Europe since Sony launched the original PS3 two years ago, the report said.

“Two years after launch, PlayStation 3 is realizing its full potential. The console is moving beyond gaming and gaming is moving beyond discs,” said Alan Duncan, UK marketing director for SCEE.

The new ad campaign comes a week after Sony announced a redesigned PlayStation 3 that is both cheaper for customers, and cheaper for Sony to build. The new console dropped to £250 ($408) from £299 ($488) in the UK, where SCEE is committing £6 million ($9.8 million) towards marketing.

According to Guardian story, the forecasts for gaming industry as as following:

SCEE is desperate to win the Christmas sales battles against Nintendo and Microsoft this year. The campaign comes on the heels of a price-cut announcement at the European games trade show Gamescom.

Screen Digest has forecast that Sony will sell 4.3m PS3 consoles in Europe this year and a total of 11.16m across the lifetime of the product to date.

Nintendo’s Wii will sell 7.5m consoles in Europe this year, bringing its total sales to date for the region to more than 21m, according to Screen Digest. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 will hit just below 3m this year, a total to date of just under 11m across Europe since the console went on sale.

First gameplay footage of Modern warfare 2 is revealed. IGN adds “One of the most likely candidates for best-selling game of 2009 is Modern Warfare 2. Until today, the only footage of the Call of Duty 4 sequel was an ambiguous teaser trailer. On Sunday, during an NBA playoff game featuring the Orlando Magic and Boston Celtics, TNT aired a brief trailer showcasing the first in-game footage of Modern Warfare 2.”

Here is what 1up writes about the first gameplay footage

If you’re an NBA fan and a gamer Sunday afternoon held two surprises. Not only did the Boston Celtics hit a shot at the buzzer to win a fantastic game against the Orlando Magic, but Infinity Ward and TNT decided to hype the upcoming “World Premiere” of Modern Warfare 2 on May 24th by airing a 17 second teaser which gives us our first look at actual gameplay.The footage features quick cuts of helicopters, submersible assaults, and even some snowmobile combat. Eagle-eyed viewers can also catch a glimpse at some wicked hand-to-hand moves.

Just to add, COD  Moderwarfare 1 was the highest selling game in 2008, so the anticipation levels are extremly high for this game. Stay tuned as we would be bringing you all the trailers, screenshot, details, wallpapers – as soon as they are available.