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The VGA’s ( Video Game Awards) have ended and the results are in

2009 Video Game Awards (VGA) Winners and Results

GAME OF THE YEAR
Assassin’s Creed 2
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Left for Dead 2
Unchartered 2: Among Thieves

STUDIO OF THE YEAR
Infinity Ward
Naughty Dog
Rocksteady Studios
Valve

BEST INDEPENDENT GAME FUELED BY DEW
‘Splosion Man
Flower
Osmos
Trials HD

BEST XBOX 360GAME
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Halo 3: ODST
Forza Motorsport 3
Left for Dead 2

BEST PS3 GAME
Infamous
Killzone 2
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
Unchartered 2: Among Thieves

BEST Wii GAME
Madworld
New Supermario Bros. Wii
Punch-out !!
Wii Sports Resort

BEST PC GAME
Dragon Age: Origins
Left for Dead 2
Plants vs. Zombies
The Sims 3

BEST HANDHELD GAME
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Mario&Luigi: Bowsers’ Inside Story
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
Scribblenauts

BEST SHOOTER
Halo 3: ODST
Killzone 2
Left for Dead 2
Modern Warfare 2

BEST FIGHTING GAME
Blazblue: Calamity Trigger
Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny
Street Fighter IV
Tekken 6

BEST ACTION ADVENTURE GAME
Assassin’s Creed 2
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Brutal Legend
Unchartered 2: Among Thieves

BEST RPG
Borderlands
Demon’s Souls
Dragon Age: Origins
Mario&Luigi: Bowsers’ Inside Story

BEST MULTI-PLAYER GAME
Borderlands
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Halo 3: ODST
Left for Dead 2

BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME
EA Sports Fight Night Round 4
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10
UFC 2009 Undisputed
Wii Sports Resort

BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME
FIFA Soccer 10
Madden NFL 10
NBA 2K10
NHL 10

BEST DRIVING GAME
Dirt 2
Forza Motorsport 3
Gran Turismo (PSP)
Need For Speed Shift

BEST MUSIC GAME
Dj Hero
Guitar Hero 5
Lego Rock Band
The Beatles: Rock Band

BEST SOUNDTRACK
Brutal Legend
Dj Hero
Guitar Hero 5
The Beatles: Rock Band

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Assassin’s Creed 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Halo 3: ODST
Unchartered 2: Among Thieves

BEST GRAPHICS
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Killzone 2
Unchartered 2: Among Thieves

BEST GAME BASED ON A MOVIE/TV SHOW
Ghostbusters: The Video Game
South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play!
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN FEMALE
Eliza Dushku as Rubi Malone
Kristen Bell as Lucy Stillman
Megan Fox as Mikaela Banes
Tricia Helfer as Dare

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN MALE
Bill Murray as Dr. Peter Venkman
Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
Samuel L. Jackson as Afro Samurai/Ninja Ninja
Shia Labeouf as Sam Witwicky
Vin Diesel as Richard B. Riddick

BEST CAST
Brutal Legend
Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard
Ghostbusters: The Video Game
South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play!
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition

BEST VOICE
Arleen Sorkin as Harley Quinn
Claudia Black as Chloe Frazer
Jack Black as Eddie Riggs
Mark Hamill as The Joker
Nolan North as Nathan Drake

BEST DOWNLOADABLE GAME
Battlefield 1943
Fat Princess
Plants vs. Zombies
Shadow Complex

BEST DLC
Fallout 3 – Broken Steel
Fallout 3 – Point Lookout
Grand THeft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony

MOST ANTICIPATED GAME
Bioshock 2
God of War III
Mass Effect 2
Starcraft II

Here are some trailers for new games

A new Rock Band has Debut it’s New Trailer Green Day: Rock Band

The Return of the Prince. Prince of Persia: The Forgotton Sands

Trailer for the Revived Series Medal of Honor

New Halo Reach Trailer Doesn’t show any gameplay but more satisfying then what was shown at E3

A Trailer for the Sequel to Batman Arkham Asylum

Star Wars Force Unleashed gets a sequel

True Crime goes to China

Trons own Game

2010 UFC Undisputed Debut Railer

Spec Ops: The Line trailer

Popularity: 16% [?]

written by LikelyCrazy \\ tags: Awards, Game of the Year, New Games, update, VGA

This Month a new Firmware update is confirmed. Sony Europe have confirmed that the Firmware 3.15 will be released on the 10th of december

For Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Update 1.06 has been released. It will be 15 MB

More Details on the difference between the 360 version and the PS3 version of Final Fantasy XIII. THe PS3 version will have a dual layer Blu Ray disc containg 25GB of memory for the PS3 while teh 360 will have compressed video and Audio compared to the PS3. The game will be released on the 17th December for Japan and March 9th 2010 for the rest of the world

For the Well aclaimed game Uncharted 2 a DLC has been released on PSN. It will have up to 100 MB to download and some extra Maps

Valve has released another Update for Team Fortress 2

EA is celebrating for this New Year with some free downloadable content for Sim 3.

Just make a note School has nearly finish so there will be post

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written by LikelyCrazy \\ tags: DLC, Final Fantasy XIII, PSN, Updates

So I hope you guys enjoyed Thanks Giving or Black Friday great time for people to come together or buy stuff. Alright December has just started so Christmas is coming soon. In this article I’m gonna give  some recomendations on what to get for this christmas.

Alright First up I’m gonna talk about the DS or DSi. This year there was some amazing games that had come out. Here are some titles that are gonna be worth your money.

Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks: A Zelda game is always gonna be memorable and awesome.

Pokemon Platinum:  Platinum is like Pokemon Diamond and Pearl but with Extras Pokemon. Enjoy your adventure as a pokemon Trainer

Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars: Just becasue a GTA is on DS doesn’t mean it’s going to be bad. You’ll love it for great use for the stylus.
If you are choosing between a DS or DSi there isn’t too much of a difference.

The PSP is always gonna compete with DS.

Little Big Planet PSP: Remember those characters that were jsut sacks and that was a really awesome game. It’s on the PSP now

Final Fantasy Dissidia: You want to play all of the mian heros from each Final Fantasy and versus the main villians from each Final Fantasy game, giving you a gameplay like Super Smash Bros Brawl with a dynamic story. Thats the description for the game.

Assassin’s Creed Bloodlines: The story about Altair after Assassin’s Creed filling in the plot of what happened between the Assassin’s Creed and the sequel

God of War Chains of Olympus: It’s a God of War game meaning it’s badass with a huge amount of action packed on the PSP

Final Fantasy Crisis Core: The game that made most Final Fantasy VII Fanboys cry over in the end

IPhone: It may not be the best gaming console but it sure is got some unquie games for people to play

The Oregon Trail: A classic game that has come back with all the great things packed into the IPhone

Knight Onrush: Definetly a game you gotta get on the Iphone capturing that fantastic gameplay mode of tower defence
PC gaming is always a classic plateform for gaming

COD Modern Warfare 2: Just Badass

Assassin’s Creed 2: The game that puts History as a major factor in gameplay and style

Batman Arkham Asylum: The Best Comic Book Games in history

Left 4 Dead 2 : The Sequel to the Zombie Shooter

Borderlands: A great Way to have fun killing people with comical graphics

Dawn of War 2: Completely changes the way you play in the original game

Sims 3: Want to take control of a virtual life, Sims is the closest you gonna get

Dragon Age Origins: It’s a Bioware game meaning that this is gonna be a total epic adventure

Nintendo Wii leading as No. 1 selling console

New Super Marios Bros: Totally awesome, it’s a mario game. You gotta love it

Wii Sport Resort: If that Wii Sports is getting old or justboring now get Wii Sports Resort. With more games to play you are gonna enjoy it.

The Conduit: is one of the Best FPS on the Wii but prepare for cramps in your arms

Mad World: want to add something a bit more mature onto your Wii Collection then grab this fun loving Killing game

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess: An enjoyable Asventure as you play Link in one of his epic quest as he switch form into a wolf

Play Station 3 making a comeback this year

COD Mordern Warfare 2: Just Badass

Assassin’s Creed 2: The game that puts History as a major factor in gameplay and style

Batman Arkham Asylum: The Best Comic Book Games in history

Infamous: The PS3 exclusive controlling a Cole charged with eletrical powers making him badass

Killzone 2: Want your own FPS exclusive to PS3 then this is your best bet

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves: A cinematics experience in gaming with brilliant voice acting

Little Big Planet: playing Sack people in intriguing side scrolling puzzle adventure

Xbox 360 Microsoft Revoloution from the original Xbox

COD Modern Warfare 2: Just badass

Assassin’s Creed 2: The game that puts History as a major factor in gameplay and style

Batman Arkham Asylum: The Best Comic Book Games in history

Forza 3 Motorsport: The Rival to Gran Turismo for 360

Halo 3 ODST: The different approach to the Halo series witha  statifying multiplayer

Gears of War 2: Big Guns, Lots of Blood and emotional story

Fable 2: The grand adventure were the fate of your player is changed by your actions

Left 4 Dead 2: The Sequel to the Zombie Shooter

If you have any more ideas for games to be added comment below

Popularity: 9% [?]

written by LikelyCrazy \\ tags: 2009, Christmas, DS, iphone, Nintendo Wii, PS3, PSP, Recommended games for Christmas, Xbox 360

Hey Guys so I’m back and Holidays are coming up. Meaning that there will be more post from me and more of me in Podcasts. As you may know from an earlier Post from Glen made before that my internet was hacked. Here in Australia we have a cap for our internet and when we go over it is extremely slow. So a guy hacked my internet and used up my whole 10GB left for me in one day. But that was the past and now holidays are coming up giving me time to relax from exams and start posting up more news for gaming. I have recentley bought a copy of Halo 3 ODST so I will be making a review about that later on the month.  So I’m back and that means more gaming news for you.

If you love energy drinks and gaming i bet you would love to try this out. Monster Energy drinks are releasing Mordern Warfare 2 theme drinks. It you collect all 6 you will be in the draw for winning copies of Mordern Warfare 2 and also obtaining the codes for the first Map Pack.

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written by LikelyCrazy \\ tags: Halo 3 ODST, Holidays, Mordern Warfare 2, Phill, update

Hey guys, so I’ve been using the Twitter application Tweetie for a while now and thought it was time for an in-depth review. The application is very simple and very graphically impressive, for a Twitter client. When you open the application you will notice that the first thing you see is your timeline. This is where the latest tweets from the people you follow appear. Now a really nice feature of Tweetie is the ability to follow people through the application, rather than through Twitter. You can upload pictures to your Twitter image hosting site of your choice through the application, though you have 4 different services to choose from.

Another great feature is the ability to direct message through the application. Here’s my video review:

Here are some pictures (click to enlarge):

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written by Glen [Admin] \\ tags: FlashPointGaming, Review, Tweetie, YouTube

Woot, I got NBA Street Homecourt for my birthday for my 360. I have to say it’s one of the best NBA streets game I ever play. Like if you want the serious rule or similar style to the real NBA it’s best to get 2K10 or NBA Live 10. If you feel like messing around or doing awesome Dunks then you want to grab a NBA street game. Everything if hilarious in how you can dunk and play. There are no rules you can push players to get the ball. Perform awesome tricks when you dribble the ball and jump high like dwight howard.  Shoots 3 pointers like kobe. Do a two man team like Shaq and Kobe. There a dunks where they do mad tricks in Mid-Air at the end you have your mouth wide open and saying that was freaken awesome. Trick your opponents or fake a shot attempt it’s all up to you. It’s a versatile game and if you get bored of dunks you can do a double dunks or triple. Gameplay is very simple and anyone that has hands can play like a pro. There is a story mode where you make a character and build up his reputation in the streets. If you just want to play a normal match like NBA Live there is a mode for that. Do Dunks contest where your man can show off there skill jumping over objects or Mid-Air Tricks. EA Big did a great job with the game. The graphic are amazing to 2009 they are up to standards to games like NBA Live 09. Amazing coming from a 2007 game. You can play multiplayer online and local. A great game to play by yourself and friends. Perform a Gamebreaker where your player performs impressive tricks and could help you get the lead if you were losing. A problem is that even it’s a NBA game it’s not NBA. This game breaks boundries of realism and some people like the standard rules for NBA Live. You can jump higher than Yao-Ming or Dwight Howard. Sadly the courts are relatively small and not large like NBA Live or 2K.  Teams are 3 vs 3 not 5vs 5 like 2K or NBA Live. Another problem is that in NBA Live or 2K as the matches split into quarters and are longer but NBA Homecourt has small matches.

What you’ll like:

• Incredible Tricks and dunks
• Is a versetile game
• Story Mode
• What you don’t like:
• Small courts
• no realism
• short Matches
• Verdict 9/10

It’s streets not stadium there is no need for refs. Just play for found like you play with friends basketball on streets or in your backyard.
If you have a 360 or PS3 and want to have some fun then play NBA streets Homecourt and laugh at the stupid stunts that your NBA player does.

Popularity: 6% [?]

written by LikelyCrazy \\ tags: FlashPointGaming, Games, gaming, NBA Streets Homecourt, Review