My gamers, sons and daughters of Helghan. Troopers of the ISA. Welcome! Today's game review is none other than the original Killzone, released on the PS2 on November 2, 2004 and eight years later on October 23, 2012 on the PS3. Killzone is a first person shooter game developed by Guerrilla Games and published by SCEE. Killzone is they very first game in the franchise, and I am a big fan of this franchise since I have played all four games (Killzone, Killzone: Liberation, Killzone 2 and 3). And I am looking forward to the next installment in the series which is Killzone: Shadow Fall, and it looks really good.

The game takes place in an era of space colonization. Planet Earth, after a serious nuclear war between it's nations, formed a major government of the richest surviving governments and industries to explore space colonization, eventually settling a solar system outside of Sol. Alpha Centauri is a system with two planets, the lush and blossoming Vekta, the other rich in energy supply but inhospitable; Helghan. These two planets were purchased by the Helghan Corporation after the UCN (United Colonial Nations) decided to auction them. However, after Helghast's economic policies threatened to undermine the UCN's financial system the UCN invaded Vekta and removed the Helghast after failing to impose financial sanctions. This forced the Helghast to colonize Helghan, a harsh and brutal planet, and deeply resenting the loss of Vekta. The planet's harsh environment forced the Helghast to adapt and mutate so much that they can no longer be considered human. They are stronger, faster and more resilient than their human cousins, and possess a burning hatred for humanity. Except for a small number of half-breed Helghast and trained troopers, they require a gas mask and air processing tank.

Plot. The Helghast are a faction of human descendants that were banished from the planet of Vekta to the brutal and harsh planet of Helghan many generations ago. The Helghan Empire recovered from it's defeat in the First Extrasolar War and were united under the leadership of their nation's Emperor, Scolar Visari. Under the guidance of Visari, the Helghast launched a blitzkrieg campaign against the neighboring planet of Vekta. An ISA soldier named Captain Jan Templar fights against the Helghast invasion, but the ISA suffers heavy losses with the imminent invasion. As Templar and the rest of the ISA retreats, he meets up with other allies such as Shadow Marshal Luger (a female special ops assassin), Hakha (a half Helgast half Human spy) and Ricardo "Rico" Velasquez (a trigger happy ISA soldier), and together they set out to repel the invasion. However, there is a traitor in the ISA who actually let the Helghast into Vekta.

What's happening gamers? Today's game news is about yesterday's PS4 event here in New York City. Though I was not present at the conference, I overheard many great things about the PS4 such as not ripping us off by not allowing to play used games, which is great news by the way and a close call.

This holiday season, the PS4 will be launched in stores everywhere such as GameStop, Best Buy, etc. Now, the thing I like about the PS4 is that  new controller which has a screen that looks like the PSVita. And it does not require to be on the internet 24 hours a day just to play with games.

Also we got a lot of new games from various game developers such as Guerrilla, Square-Enix, Ubisoft, and so on. From Square-Enix we got yet another Final Fantasy game titled Agni's Philosophy: Final Fantasy. And also, we discover that Killzone is coming back for the PS4. Killzone: Shadow Fall will introduce a new hero, and the battle between the Helghast and the ISA rages on.

Although a lot of online multiplayer aficionados are pissed that you don't have to be online 24 hours a day to play games, my thoughts about it is that it's a good thing. It's better playing offline than online most of the time. As much as the WiiU was very godlike in 2012, I can say the same about the PS4 this year.

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What's happening gamers? Today's video game news is about the reported outing of the PlayStation 4 price and release date. A new rumor is suggesting that the PlayStation 4 will come out this November and will be available at two price points. Kotaku has stated that anonymous sources say that the PS4 is currently planned for two SKUs at $429 and $529 respectively, though "that could change".

Sources also suggest that “you'll also be able to control the PS4 remotely from your tablet or smartphone. You'll be able to use a mobile device to chat with your PS4 friends or buy games which are then automatically downloaded to your machine.” And that same source finally suggests that “that every PS4 will come with a PlayStation Eye; that a new spectating feature will let you watch other friends play games from your console's dashboard, even when you don't own the game they're playing; and that the console will support local network play via Vita.” And yesterday other rumors had suggested that this next PS console will be heavily integrated with social networks and also there is going to be a new domain  registration earlier today pointed to a service called PlayStation Cloud.

More details tomorrow on the PlayStation 4 Event at IGN.com.

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What's happening gamers and Marvel fans? Now we all know the lego toys when we were kids. Now, we've had our share of video games of the Lego toys based on movies and comic books such as: LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Indiana Jones, LEGO Batman, LEGO Harry Potter, LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean and recently LEGO Lord of the Rings. Now, Marvel has hopped into the Legomania.

ComicsAlliance has now revealed the concept for LEGO Marvel Super Heroes online. LEGO Marvel Super Heroes is an upcoming video game developed by Traveller's Tales, the very same that brought you the episodic game of The Walking Dead. You can view the rest of the concept art pictures on the website of ComicsAlliance.

Let's see how this game turns out to be? More details on the game, coming soon.

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What's happening gamers? Today's video game news is about the leaking of the PS4 controller. Now, we all know that in six days all will be revealed in terms of the PS4 info. So today IGN has leaked information about the new PS4 controller. There is a screen in the center, the directional buttons look bulkier, the joysticks are more separate, and still the same buttons; triangle, square, circle, and the x. For a moment I thought they were gonna take out the Six-Axis controller, which I pray it does not happen, because the last thing we need is Sony becoming another Microsoft and follow the same controller concept as Nintendo.

As for Black Ops II. It's new DLC called Revolution has been very promoted lately. It is set to be released on both the Xbox 360, PS3, and also in the PC on February 28, 2013. Last Black Ops game had MORE DLC, mainly for the Zombie Mode. Black Ops II is still very much played by the Call of Duty Community.

The Last of Us unfortunately has been delayed, and it is set to come out this June 14, 2013. That's just great! Four days after my birthday. I think I just got my b-day present in my list already. Now I am anxiously waiting for this game, since this game looks so original for a post-apocalypse type of game. Finally it's not just fighting infected creatures but humans too. Naughty Dog is surely working on more details for the game. I'll be waiting for this game with open arms.

And finally we got a Mario Bros WiiU DLC. That's right! Mario's younger brother Luigi gets his own DLC game, and he'll be playing the lead role once again. I sincerely hope that in the future Luigi gets his own game again like he had one in Mario Is Missing for the NES and also on the Gamecube in Luigi's Mansion.

So this year in gaming I hope will be a good one. Because last year gaming was pretty slow and what made up for it was the WiiU, PlayStation All-Stars, Halo 4, Borderlands II and many cool games as well. Capcom pretty much blew last year with Resident Evil 6 and Street Fighter X Tekken due to many glitches according to some comments on my top 10 games of 2012. Let's see what 2013 turns out to be in gaming.

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What's happening gamers? Today's news is something really good gamers! Another Batman Arkham game is coming this year and I couldn't be even more excited to hear about this. Looks like we will be bashing more bad guys and super villains with this new game. We all know that Arkham City was a very great game, as well as Arkham Asylum. Now this game was briefly mentioned in a conference call by Time Warner for the next Dark Knight game. Time Warner has stated the following...

Rocksteady has worked with the previous two games, but they have said in IGN that their next project will be something "a little bit different". Who knows if Rocksteady is leaving? Well, I hope it does not, because they have done an excellent job with the last two games. We shall hear more details coming soon. More details of the game at Comicvine.

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What's happening gamers? Today I'm talking about why the media and politicians hate video games and use them as a scapegoat whenever a mass murder occurs whether in school, college, movie theaters, churches, and so on. It never ceases to amaze me how many politicians, attorneys, some religious groups and even news reporters blaming such mass murders on video games, movies, or rap music. Everytime people like Jack Thompson, Ralph Nader, Jay Rockefeller and many more use video games as a scapegoat to blame for all the real world violence in the nation or the world, many gamers like myself are outraged for all that crap that they say.

I remember how I debated with my father about it, and I remember him saying how first person shooter games like Call of Duty and Halo taught how to shoot and reload guns to players. Well, I agreed that FPS games like Duke Nukem, COD and Halo taught how to reload and shoot, but still that wouldn't still teach a child how to submit to violence. Besides, children don't buy violent games, it's the parents that buy it for them without researching for it first before they even consider buying it. Another thing is that whenever there are nudity and sex in video games, the media and politicians think that it's pornographic, which is another fallacy. When I see that there is sex and nudity in video games such as God of War, Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, and Heavy Rain, is like if you're watching an R-rated movie, not like if you're watching porn. I am an enemy of pornography, and I don't think that sex in video games are pornographic.

Video game controversy started around the time when Wolfenstein 3D came out due to multiple depictions of the Nazi Swastika, and the game itself was banned in Germany because the symbol was banned at the end of World War II. But then it grew with the release of the first Mortal Kombat game by Midway, due to blood violence and techniques of finishing opponents when they are very weak to fight. I remember also how religious groups were bashing the video game Doom mainly because of extreme violence and loads of satanic imagery, and even the media itself was attacking that game.

What's happening gamers? Today's game news will speak about the next Assassin's Creed game. Now everyone knows that a lot of people were not too fond of Assassin's Creed III, as much as they were fond of the Ezio Auditore trilogy. Now, a reason why some people did not like AC3 was because of the multiple glitches in multiplayer and at times in the main game. AC3 took place during the American Revolution, but this game will have a new hero and timeline.

As reported on Joystiq, the Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot noted on the recent earnings of the company call that the multiplatform Assassin's Creed III has shipped 12 million units while the PlayStation Vita's recent earnings on Assassin's Creed III: Liberation has shipped close to 600,000 units.

No specifics have been revealed as of yet, but still it won't be very surprising to see the game coming at E3 in five months. More details coming soon.

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What's happening gamers? Today is the day that I talk about the best movies based on video games. But take note, that some of them are not like the very best, as some of them were only considered decent. But now, these movies I will mention will have their place from decent to the best. Though some of you may not agree with some movies in this list, I will mention them anyways.

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. Though not as good as the first movie, this in my list is a decent one.

Lara Croft Tomb Raider. The first one was ok, better than the first one. And to think this one is another movie that is decent

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. I would have said that this movie was the best if it was not titled Final Fantasy. I say decent, because it is not like Final Fantasy at all. Most worlds of Final Fantasy were mostly medieval in a Tolkien style world from FF1 to FF5, to futuristic from FF7 to FF10. Final Fantasy XI took place in the medieval world of Vana'diel, while XII was in Ivalice, the very same world from Final Fantasy Tactics. Final Fantasy XIII went to futuristic again.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. At first I was like "Oh crap, Jake Gyllenhaal as the Prince, it's Brokeback Prince of Persia here." But he did in fact looked like the Prince in some ways, though it had the Dagger of Time and Gemma Arteton's character partially based on Farah, this movie was very inaccurate to Sands of Time. I think that they mixed Sands of Time with Warrior Within and Two Thrones. I happen to be a very big fan of all three games, but this one was ok.

Resident Evil. The last three movies sucked, but the first one was pretty good actually. Though 20% like the game, having the creatures and zombies, still what I did not like about it is that they took away the scares and added all that Matrix style Kung Fu bullcrap!

Resident Evil: Apocalypse. This movie was more like the games since they had Jill, Carlos, Nicholai, and Nemesis. This movie is like a mixture of Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3, which are my favorites. The character of Angela Ashford was quite based on Sherry Birkin, and an inaccurate thing about this movie is that Nicholai was a good guy, but in the game he was a bad guy.

Dead Space: Downfall. Dead Space is my favorite game franchise and fed my survival horror needs after the downfall of the Resident Evil franchise. This movie was a great prequel to the game, and it would have sucked if Uwe Boll was behind it and made it live action. The second animated Dead Space movie titled "Dead Space: Aftermath" was a good interquel between Dead Space and Dead Space 2.

Silent Hill. Now THIS is a movie I would consider one of the best. I really liked how Christophe Gans stayed faithful to the game's storyline, but this movie is like he mixed Silent Hill and Silent Hill 2. I liked the inclusion of the cool creatures, and especially the Pyramid Head. Wise choice that Alessa Gillespie and her mother Dahlia were both included in the movie.

Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie. This actually made JUSTICE to Street Fighter after the movie with Van Damme was a complete and utter disaster. The Street Fighter Alpha movies were ok, and so was The Ties That Bind, the short movie of the hit game Street Fighter IV.

Mortal Kombat. It was very faithful to the games, and they included the majority of the characters from the first and second games. Funny moments with Johnny Cage were gold, Bridgette Wilson as Sonya was smoking hot, and Robin Shou was Liu Kang. Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa was perfect as Shang Tsung, and he will return in the second season of Mortal Kombat Legacy.

Even though the majority of movies based on video games suck, only a select few are known as decent or the best. I forgot to mention other movies based on video games that truly sucked were Hitman and Max Payne. And the honourable mentions on this list are: Assassin's Creed: Lineage, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete, Sonic The Hedgehog The Movie, and fan made movies such as: Metal Gear Solid Philanthropy, The Hero of Time, Mega Man and many more.

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