Waking Up

As the release of Alan Wake quickly approaches, Many people may have missed what is happening over at brightfalls.com. A 6 part live-action prequel has been made for the game and is slowly being revealed. All episodes are now available so you can watch it all before the game releases for us Aussies on Thursday. For anyone looking forward to this game i recommend you head over there to waste a bit of time and remember to come back here on Friday the 21st for my review.

[UPDATE 16/05] The final episodes became available today so now you can take your final trip to Bright Falls before stepping into the shoes of Mr. Wake himself.

Brothers In Arms

Who was looking forward to playing as a new assassin in Assasins Creed 3? Who thought it would be Desmond? For everyone who answered yes, SURPRISE, you're wrong. A placeholder slick (one of those covers they throw up in a store to advertise a game) was leaked to Kotaku and Ubisoft have since confirmed it is legitimate. The box reveals that the game, Titled Assassins Creed: Brotherhood, Will throw you back into the mind of Ezio as he returns to Rome. Ubisoft have promised more details next week so until then feel free to look at the pic and speculate away. Is it a side game to fill in a gap till AC3? Is this the end of the series? Will we meet Ezio's other uncle, Luigi?

The text on the back reads...

"Live and breathe as Ezio, Now a legendary master assassin, In his struggle against the Templar order. Lead your own brotherhood of Assassins and strike at the heart of the enemy. Rome.

And for the first time, Take part in an innovative multiplayer layer allowing you to embody an assassin of your choosing and define their killing style.

A never-before-seen online multiplayer experience.

Lead your own brotherhood of assassins, As Ezio, And conquer Rome."

Kicking Off The Weekend

I've just been to see Vampire Weekend live at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre.

That Time Of The Week

I'm currently in Adelaide without a LIVE capable internet connection, However i should be back home by monday and plan to start a public multiplayer session once a week. Still unsure on day or time but first session will probably be on the Halo: Reach beta. So i guess what i'm saying is if you're interested in jumping in on this then add me on Xbox LIVE and leave a comment here if you'd like to recommend a day/time. I'll post again on monday with more details.

Foresight

Things to look out for in the future, Yesterday (being Star Wars day and all)Lucasarts kindly gave us a North American release date for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 (October 26th, So expect it around the same time here). As for Xbox LIVE, Check out the Deal Of The Week starting May 17th, The Secret Of Monkey Island at just 400 Points, Definitely pick it up now before the sequel hits the arcade. Finally, New Dragon Age DLC... Titled "Darkspawn Chronicles" there isn't much info about this yet other than the price tag of 400 points. As for upcoming Arkhive posts, Keep an eye out for an album review or two within the next week and my thoughts on tomorrow nights Vampire Weekend concert... Wanna know what the other Arkhive authors are up to? Add them on Xbox Live or just drop a comment on one of their posts and ask them :D

Infernal

The next lot of DLC has been announced for Mass Effect 2, However some players will be highly disappointed with this. The 'Equalizer Pack' will contain three new pieces of armour... The Capacitor Helmet will allow sheperd to recharge his shields faster while the Archon visor will reduce the cooldown time on abilities... The third item, you ask? The Inferno Armour is none other than the set of armour provided as a pre-order bonus at select stores (such as JB Hifi) and honestly, I find this rather disappointing. Now anyone who got their game from EB Games has the option to purchase the bonus they missed out on, While people who already have the Inferno Armour will likely have to pay the same price to get just the two items they don't already have. For anyone who wants to pick this up it will cost you 160 MS Points for the pack... Check back here later for the release date and any other info released.

Gamers. Breaking High Scores Is What We Do.

Just found this article over at new.com.au. It gives an update on the R18+ rating petition that's been floating around and explains that with 89,000 people signing up, It is now the largest petition in Australian history... Gamers of Australia, You have been heard.

Epic (AKA Legendary)

I wasn't really going to worry about this but seeing as how I've been called on it *cough* MIKE *cough*, Here are the details on the many editions of Halo: Reach that will be available. (click 'read more' for full details)

Hello Halo.

Hey there,
Have you guys noticed that there hasn't been a single (detailed or elaborated) post about the extremely close release of the Halo Reach beta and of course the Legendary/special and normal editions contents announcement. And from me the big Halo lover of the group.
Well to answer that question in three words:

I am lazy.

Thank you for having me, I've had a wonderful time.

Beta Get In Quick

If you've been onto your gaming forum of choice lately, Specifically the Halo: Reach board, You might have noticed the immense amount of people begging and pleading for early access codes. For those who don't know, The Reach beta is now open to people with special access codes, But the codes are mostly only issued by Microsoft and Bungie personnel as prizes, etc. For everyone else the beta should be available from the CAMPAIGN disc of ODST some time monday. According to Major Nelson, The beta should open late monday morning pacific time, So don't expect it to be available here till probably 3-6am Tuesday. The interest the beta is already seeing though makes me wonder if the servers are gonna be able to handle the traffic, So if you're really desperate, I suggest to keep your eyes open and get in ASAP.