inFAMOUS Releases It's Second Son

If you can get a PlayStation 4, now's the time.

Games be coming. Games be out now.

Tomb Raider was just released a little while ago. A port of last year's fantastic PS3 return of Lara Croft, the next-gen edition looks and plays incredible. A great title to show off the abilities of the new PS4 controller.

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is a bridge gap title between two different hardware generations. Simultaneously in development between previous and next-gen, Hideo Kojima's latest masterpiece is a beefy prologue to next year's The Phantom Pain. It is a ton of fun to play. Clocking in at only 4GB as a PSN download, it's the perfect game to leave on your PS4's hard drive without fear of it eating space.

Finally, it's out. The next big first party experience ignites with inFAMOUS: Second Son. A big sprawling, open world superhero extravaganza. Gorgeous visuals. Plays sweet. Damn, I love the story and the characters involved. As lead character Delsin Rowe you explosively use your powers around the city of Seattle, Washington. Deslin and his interaction with his older brother Reggie are gold. Well written, funny and emotional stuff. I love playing this game. It's big, really big.

Go out now, find a PS4. Get these game's and a Vita while you're at it. Remote Play works pretty darn good with them.

METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES INCOMING

T-Minus 2 days for the North American launch for MGSV:GZ. Simply stated, I am jacked up for its release!

Kojima' epic series includes some of the finest game play, storytelling and production value gaming has ever seen. His deep mythology of narrative, spanning multiple generations of characters, decades and alternate world history rivals even the most beloved Hollywood franchises.

So time to celebrate Ground Zeroes release with a replay of the classics, from Metal Gear Solid to the masterpiece that is Peace Walker.

Sweet!

Boss, is that you? Boss? Boossss!?!?

Metal Gear News - Quick Round Up

I have to drop a big fat, "Thanks!" to The Snake Soup for the following 411. The Soup is a Metal Gear fan site that has been on the internets for years and years and some more years. So, yo! Check it out!

KFC Introduces THE BIG BOSS!

Well holy shit! Just in time for Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes comes the Colonel's answer to freedom. BIG BOSS! A double chicken burger, looking much like the Big Mac but f'that! We're talking about THE BIG BOSS here! Looks like I'm getting one of these alongside my purchase of the game on Tuesday.

Boss? Are you there? Boss? Boss? BOOOSSSSSS?!?!?!?!?

Kojima's Twitch Interview Online

The latest from the man who built Snake/Big Boss. Over 50 minutes long, get the scoop from the legendary Hideo Kojima himself.

Check it out, YO!

So, yes. Big Boss returns this upcoming Tuesday in stores across North America. Then there's the  mysterious release date for MGSV: The Phantom Pain, which may not be out until 2015. Crap... However, for now, I'll enjoy Ground Zeroes and that new Big Boss chicken burger.

Tomb Raider 2014: PS4 Style

Lara Croft is one of the video game’s most iconic characters. Since her 1996 debut on the Sony PlayStation, Sega Saturn and PC, it has been a love or hate relationship. Core Design’s adventure series had a strong start with Tomb Raider 1 to 3. The original trilogy featured fun, high adventure galore from battling dinosaurs to entering the depths of Area 51. Then things started to go downhill after that. Their final 3 Lara Croft adventures just plain sucked. Oh, we’ve had our ups and downs with Croft, but the ups have been very positive recently thanks to Crystal Dynamics.

They rebooted the franchise once already, way back in 2006 with the delightful Tomb Raider Legend. I loved that game. I played the crap out of it on my Nintendo Gamecube, Sony PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. The story, characters, gameplay, music, everything came together with an explosive satisfying experience. The team would make two other entries, an anniversary remake of the original adventure and a direct sequel to Legend entitled Tomb Raider Underworld. A solid adventure but felt a tad bit underwhelming (Ha! See what I did there!) compared to the new kid in town, Naughty Dog’s Uncharted series (dun-dun-duuunnnnn!!!!).

So, Crystal Dynamics rebooted the series once again in 2013 with a game simply titled Tomb Raider and what a spectacular adventure it is. They took everything awesome about Tomb Raider and ramped it up. They also didn’t piggy back on Naughty Dog and simply rip off their great ideas of action-adventure-Indiana Jones things and stuff. Featuring action and adventure galore of course, but this new Tomb Raider emphasised on a fairly addictive and enjoyable “survival game” experience.

Now in 2014, the next-gen Tomb Raider experience happened on the PlayStation 4 and X-Box One. I recently finished the game on my PS4 with an 80% completion file (Must… work... towards 100%). Damn, what a great game to have at this point in the early, early days of the next-gen consoles. It looks phenomenal and plays sweet.

I especially love the way the game utilizes all of the PS4 control inputs. You use the touch pad on the controller to navigate the game’s in map and look at collected treasured relics with relative easy. If you purchased a camera, one can use voice commands as well. This game is probably the best way to show off all of the new extra bells and whistles of the PS4’s controller experience. Very nice indeed.

This game is simply incredible. A fantastic reboot made better on the PS4 with full 1080p and 60fps. The old love is back again and better than ever.