E3 trailer roundup - Watch now!
As expected, a huge load of trailers hit today from the floor of E3. Click the links below to watch them in a popup window or you can follow through to GameTrailers for the HD versions. Enjoy!
$2,000 Call of Duty: World at War weekly roundup
If you’ve been following the Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 1 tournament here on GGL, you’ll know that we saw a big shakeup last week.
Unfortunately one of the server chimps in our server room slipped on a banana peel and reset the competition.
Oddly enough, many of the top teams from before the reset have risen close to the top of the heap again. That’s good news, data loss notwithstanding. We’ll make sure it never happens again, so here are your standings for this week:
| box 360 | : | PlayStation 3 | ||||||||
| Rank | Team | Points | Win/Loss | Streak | : | Rank | Team | Points | Win/Loss | Streak |
| 1 | Tactics | 2320 | 13/1 | 9W | : | 1 | Rapesauce | 2170 | 11/4 | 2L |
| 2 | Bolt Action Killers | 2320 | 13/1 | 11W | : | 2 | COD Godz | 2100 | 11/0 | 11W |
| 3 | Alcoholics | 2200 | 11/9 | 2W | : | 3 | Plumberz | 2090 | 11/5 | 2L |
| 4 | LagStars | 2100 | 11/0 | 18W | : | 4 | RAID | 2040 | 9/8 | 3L |
| 5 | Universal Soldier Queue | 2010 | 9/11 | 1L | : | 5 | Gods O War | 1950 | 10/2 | 2W |
Tactics and Bolt Action Killers are tied for the lead on the Xbox 360 ladder. These guys have been going at it for a couple of weeks now but are playing lower ranked teams to maintain their standings. Man up and play. This isn’t a “feast on lower ranked teams for prizes” ladder.
On the PS3 side of things, Rapesauce continue to hold first place but face a strong challenge from newcomers COD Godz.
We’ll keep an eye on the tournament as it progresses and these hardened competitors battle it out for supremacy and prizes.
Release Roundup: April 12
While there are no new Xbox 360 or PS3 games this week, there is Demigod on the PC.
Some of you might be asking, “What’s Demigod?” For those of you who don’t know, Demigod takes the basic structure of the breakout Warcraft III mod Defense of the Ancients and attempts to distill it to perfection. Players can choose one of 8 demigods, each with their own unique play style and abilities, and throw them into an epic battle where they must turn the tides.
While there are currently eight demigods to choose from, Gas Powered Games has stated that it plans on releasing additional demigods as downloadable content.
I have always been a fan of DotA, but felt that because it is built in Warcraft III it can be optimized. Demigod takes DotA to the next level with great graphics and optimized gameplay. I can’t wait to give Demigod a try when it comes out.
The games coming out this week are:
PC
- City of Heroes: Architect Edition
- Cryostasis: The Sleep of Reason
- Demigod
The top 5 ways to game through the recession
After a few bank meltdowns, bailouts and seething anger from the Average Joe, we’re all ready to admit it: The economy is in rough shape. Jobs are hard to come by and many people are having trouble covering basic necessities. This leaves many gamers, myself included, struggling to scrape together enough cash to pick up new games.
With that in mind, GGL decided to list the Top 5 ways to game your way through the recession.
Follow these guidelines to soothe your aching wallet, support developers and patronize local businesses as the economy goes down the toilet!
5. Search for deep discounts online
It’s pretty rare to find box copies of games on sale in retail stores; however, the Interwebs are ripe with sites that offer discounted games. When short on cash, look to CheapAssGamer.com. The folks over at CAG compile all the current deals and promotions into an easy to navigate list.
If PC gaming is your thing, Steam is a no-brainer. There’s always some sort of discount or promotion happening and this past winter, Valve ran a 10%-75% off promotion sitewide. It’s hard to beat $5 for Bioshock, and Steam Weekend Deals are always around.
This sort of advice normally should go without saying, but it’s uninformed consumers that keep overpriced big box stores in business. If you can educate a fellow gamer to buy online, you’ll be “teaching him to fish.” And if you encourage people to buy from Steam, you’ll support a platform that gives independent developers a place to shine–and a cut of the proceeds.
$2,000 World at War: Map pack 1 tournament launched
Prizes
$2,000 in Call of Duty prize packs will be available to winners!
Dates and format
Team sizes are flexible for this ladder, with opponents mutually agreeing between 2v2 and 4v4. This allows you to compete even if you don’t have a full 4v4 team.
Registration and practice ladders launch March 19. On March 31, the practice ladder will reset.
On April 1, the tournament ladder begins, running until May 3. At the end of the ladder, the winners will be crowned!
Visit our Call of Duty: World at War game page to join the tournament! New battlefields await!
$25,000 Resistance: Retribution tournament launched!
GGL and Sony are proud to announce the Resistance: Retribution - Road to Retribution Tournament with $25,000 in Sony prizes starting Wednesday, March 18!Compete in 2v2 and 4v4 battles on your PSP over the PlayStation Network to win Sonystyle gift cards, Sony XBR TVs, Resistance leather bomber jackets and more!
2v2 Competition Prizes
• First Place (2 players): Leather Bomber Jacket (ARV $180), $500 in Sonystyle® Gift Cards, and PSP® TV Prize Pack (32″ XBR TV, PSP®-3000, 16GB PRO Duo and Component AV Cables. ARV $1420) for each player
• Second Place (2 players): Leather Bomber Jacket (ARV $180), $500 in Sonystyle® Gift Cards, and PSP® Pack (PSP®-3000, 16GB PRO Duo. ARV $370) for each player
• Third Place (2 players): Leather Bomber Jacket (ARV $180), $500 in Sonystyle® Gift Cards for each player
• Fourth Place (2 players): Leather Bomber Jacket (ARV $180), $500 in Sonystyle® Gift Cards for each player
iPhone OS 3.0 includes in-game DLC, P2P multiplayer
Two interesting gaming tidbits from the iPhone OS preview event: In-game DLC and peer to peer multiplayer support over BlueTooth will arrive with the update due this summer.
The DLC feature allows iPhone developers to access iPhone OS prompts, letting you buy items or clothing. In the example given below from Engadget, the iPhone game Livefire shows off its ability to sell you a rocket launcher for $.99.
Whether or not the in-game DLC will sell is up to the market, but don’t discount it just yet. While many hardcore gamers balk at the concept of DLC, the micropayment model of the iTunes App Store already makes some developers hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Solid Snake opens a movie studio
Okay, so it’s not Solid Snake, but it is David Hayter, the voice and real life doppelganger of Solid Snake. Close enough.
Variety reports that Hayter (who co-wrote the X-Men and Watchmen movies, by the way) just founded Dark Hero Studios along with producer Benedict Carver. The studio focuses on action, horror, and sci-fi entertainment across several different mediums: Games, movies, and TV.
According to Carver, “David will create, write and direct movies and TV series for the company, but he’ll also be a magnet for other writers and directors to work with us.”
Currently, Snake–I mean Hayter–is working on werewolf thriller Slaughter’s Road.
Source: David Hayter Starts New Movie Studio
Release roundup: March 15
Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners won’t be seeing any major releases this week, but never fear: the DS, PSP and PC platforms are doing well, with some major handheld titles coming your way.
For example, both Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars and Resistance: Retribution hit this week, as well as Trackmania DS. Read below for the full list!
PC
- Grand Ages: Rome
- Men of War
- Merchants of Brooklyn
- OMG! High School Triple Play Pack
- Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X
PlayStation 2
- Pimp My Ride Street Racing
- SingStar Queen
Wii
- Marble Saga: Kororinpa Read more »
WoW Armory integration comes to GGL
Want to show your GGL friends how much you own at your favorite games or how great your World of Warcraft character is?
You’re in luck. We’ve just updated our stat and score tracking system to better showcase your skills, and added everyone’s favorite MMO (World of Warcraft) into the mix.
Stat and score integration is currently enabled for Warhawk, Guitar Hero World Tour, MLB 08: The Show, and World of Warcraft.
Once you’re done, just go play. Your scores, stats and WoW character progress will automatically filter back into your profile.
Release Roundup: March 8
This week’s Release Roundup brings us one of the most anticipated games of the year, Resident Evil 5.
RE5 is the seventh game in the Resident Evil series and picks up after Leon’s adventures in RE4. Players will take control of Chris Redfield (or Sheva Alomar in co-op) as he travels to the made-up country of Kijuju in Africa to investigate/combat the spread of the parasites from RE4.
RE5 marks the first game in the RE series to be on current generation consoles. It is also the first RE game to feature co-op. Needless to say, expectations are high.
The games coming out this week are:
Xbox 360
- Resident Evil 5
- Trivial Pursuit Read more »
GGL opens MLB 2k9 ladders
To keep up with the brisk pace of releases in March, we’ve opened MLB 2k9 1v1 ladders for you to to outsmart, out-pitch and out-hit baseball wannabees on three platforms.
Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC gamers alike are invited to join our ladders. All of the ladders can be accessed on the MLB 2k9 game page, but
Click here to join our Xbox 360 MLB 2k9 ladder.
Click here to join our PlayStation 3 MLB 2k9 ladder.
Click here to join our PC MLB 2k9 ladder.