New Counter-Strike is a reality, coming to consoles and PC in early 2012

There was a rumor that started roaming around the net yesterday about a new Counter-Strike but Valve decided to confirm the rumors. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is coming to PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive features new maps, characters, weapons and provides updated versions of classic Counter-Strike content(maps like de_dust). CS: GO will also include new game modes, matchmaking, leaderboards, and more.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) will expand upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched 12 years ago.

CS: GO features new maps, characters, and weapons and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust, etc.). In addition, CS: GO will introduce new gameplay modes, matchmaking, leader boards, and more.

"Counter-Strike took the gaming industry by surprise when the unlikely MOD became the most played online PC action game in the world almost immediately after its release in August 1999," said Doug Lombardi at Valve. "For the past 12 years, it has continued to be one of the most-played games in the world, headline competitive gaming tournaments and selling over 25 million units worldwide across the franchise. CS: GO promises to expand on CS' award-winning gameplay and deliver it to gamers on the PC as well as the next gen consoles and the Mac."

CS: GO is being developed by Valve in cooperation with Seattle-based Hidden Path Entertainment. The title is targeted for release in early 2012 and will be playable at this year's PAX Prime and Eurogamer Expo.

Everybody knows Counter-Strike, but this is quite a shocker. People knew Valve has been cooking something and has an announcement to make, a lot was hoping for Half-Life 3, sadly not today. An updated Counter-Strike game that's also heading for consoles....not what I expected at all, but Counter-Strike is not even close to dead so I'm sure you CS fans are all excited with this announcement. It's coming next year so we'll see how it turns out when they reveal more info.

Metro: Last Light E3 gameplay demo part III

Metro Last Light's last part of their E3 demo has been released. In this video, we have the protagonist Artyom and Khan in a deep tunnel chasing a train full of baddies. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OuNmOEcoaw

Post apocalyptic Moscow is looking better than ever. The whole setting of the game is in Moscow's metro system underground. With the nuclear fallout in the surface, mostly everybody is now living in the metro, trying to survive with mutants and other factions in the metro. It's dark and scary, and most of the time you only see your flashlight as you go around the Metro. Another FPS that I just can't wait to get my hands on. Here's part 1 and part 2 of the E3 demo if you missed it.

Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prDlIvhlFp4

Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGFMJz5Moj0

If you want a good old classic FPS title that focuses only on the single player, you should try out the first game, Metro 2033. It will give you a better understanding about what Last Light is all about, plus It's just a great shooter that gave me that old Doom feel.

Metro: Last Light will be out next year 2012, no release date yet.

Risen 2 trailer shows us a fantasy RPG with pirates!

Remember Risen? that Fantasy RPG developed by the makers of the Gothic series?? maybe not but I do, since I actually bought and finished the game back in 2009. It wasn't the best RPG out there at the time, that's why I'm a bit shocked over the news with Risen 2: Dark Waters. They just released a gameplay teaser trailer and it shows a fantasy RPG with a pirate theme? well that's new.

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Interesting setting, at the same time the graphics is a huge improvement from the first game. The trailer is made entirely of in-game footage. If you know the Gothic series and actually played the first game, you'll have an idea on how this game will play out. This trailer is in preparation for Risen 2's appearance in Gamescom, so we'll get more info about this RPG when Gamescom concludes.

If you want to grab more info about Risen 2: Dark Waters now, head over their official website.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Spec Ops Survival Trailer

Lately, Call of Duty has been quiet with no new footage of the game. Now, they finally show the new Spec Ops for Modern Warfare 3 with this Survival Trailer.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxDQ2Ow-VfI]

Excited? Survival mode looks like a good addition to Spec Ops. Two players go against Waves after waves of enemies and using the money earned to buy equipment in between waves to keep going. Not sure if its going to be as fun as Black Ops' zombie co-op though.

At the end, we get a glimpse of Modern Warfare's multiplayer, teasing one of the new equipment(not sure what its called) and a new killstreak, the Juggernaut killstreak.

Wait, Seriously?? Juggernaut as a 14 killstreak?? I don't know Sledgehammer, hopefully hitting 14 kills in a row won't be as easy in Modern Warfare 2. Another thing to keep note, the first ever Call of Duty expo will show a world premiere trailer of Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer mode. Call of Duty XP will be on Sept 2 to Sept 3 in L.A. Why does Call of Duty have an expo?? ask Activision.

Call of Duty: Modern Warefare 3 will be out on Nov 8, 2011 for Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.

Mortal Kombat Freddy Krueger Story Trailer

Here we are shown how Freddy Krueger is brought into the Mortal Kombat world by Shao Khan. It's nice seeing a decent story for a guest character in any game, especially one that can actually blend with the insanity that is Mortal Kombat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ4NVAmkaCY&w=560&h=349