Video Game Trailer of the Year 2013!

Stop what you are doing and watch this amazing trailer for Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, the new standalone expansion for Far Cry 3.



The trailer is so chock full of awesome that it actually makes me want to shout "DUUUUUUDE, Sweet!". Why doesnt every game have Mecha-Dragons with laser firing eyes!

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is released today on PSN, XBLA and PC Digital Download.

Castle of Illusion featuring Mickey Mouse - The classics returns!

Sega have announced today the return of one the greatest platform games from the Sega Megadrive era. Castle of Illusion featuring Mickey Mouse is getting the HD reboot and is due for release in Summer 2013, on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC. Take a look at the announcement trailer.

Calling The Church of Hawk!

Years ago, in the good old days of my mid- twenties life was so much different to now. I had a my own flat and a new found freedom. I bought a GameCube and the rest was history. Many nights were spent crashed round mine after a night out playing various games, but then something happened that brought a small group of people together in worship.

That was Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3!

We became known as the Church of Hawk, spending hours and hours dedicating our lives to.....how long can you grind round the luggage carousel in the airport? Who can grind the the lava bucket? The biggest score, the biggest combo, the longest manual. All of these challenges were tackled by the brave few who entered into the CoH.

Then Jackass happened and Bam Margera turned a great franchise into some ridiculous sham and that was even before the whole plastic skateboard controller.

I miss those days of having 5 or 6 people trying to beat each others tricks and runs and often wish that those days could come back.

Well good news then becuase Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD is out today on Xbox Live Arcade and PSN.



Featuring, classic levels from the first two games and a promise of  THPS 3 levels coming as DLC. Time to get down to some old school skating action. Maybe even get the Church back together!

Minecraft - An Introduction by Fresh It Productions

So the world of Minecraft is unleashed to the Xbox masses today. So what is Minecraft what is it all about?

How do you you play it? What the hell is a creeper?

All these questions and more can be answered now, thanks to the guys over at Fresh It Productions. Fresh It are Alpster and Skillful_Kai, two young dudes who enjoy playing a ridiculous amount of video games and then talking about for all of you to enjoy.

Warning to any gaming parents: These chaps are what we would call YOUNG PEOPLE, so expect lots of language that we don't understand. Just nod your head and pretend you do, it will help look more relevant than you actually are.

Also, to the Little Gamers, these tutorials contain grown up words. Best go and watch CBeebies now.

Episode 1: Getting Started



Episode 2: Fundamentals



Episode 3: How to drown yourself



Episode 4: How to build a Knob Noob Tower



Episode 5: Spelunking Crafting Finding Diamond part 1 + 2





More episodes coming soon and you can check more gameplay videos from the guys over at Fresh It on their Youtube channel, here!

The Prototype 2 Walkthrough is really good viewing.

Minecraft - Out today on Xbox 360

Minecraft releases today on Xbox 360 for 1600 MSP (£13.71) and promises to bring the joy of the worlds greatest ever indie game to the console loving population. With 4 player split screen action and 8 player Xbox live multi-player. Here is a little trailer to show off the multi-player possibilities.



As someone who has only dabbled in Minecraft very early on and only single player. I am looking forward to experiencing the whole social mining and building thing. What should I build first though? Undoubtedly it will a big underground cavern, which I will naturally call the Bat-Cave. Even though I probably made it by mistake.

Finally, I can't mention Minecraft with linking to this....

Xbox Live Arcade Sale now on!

Looks like there is a sale started on XBLA. All of the titles below are 50% off until the end of next week.

• Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter – 400 points down from 1200 points
• Outland – 400 points down from 800 points
• Yar’s Revenge – 400 points down from 800 points
• Islands of Wakfu – 400 points down from 800 points
• Trouble Witches Neo – 400 points down from 800 points
• Bionic Commando: Rearmed – 400 points down from 800 points
• Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 – 600 points down from 1200 points
• Trials HD – 600 points down from 1200 points
• Shank – 600 points down from 1200 points
• Monday Night Combat – 600 points down from 1200 points
• Moon Diver - 600 points down from 1200 points
• Section 8 Prejudice – 800 points down from 1200 points
• Might & Magic Clash of Heroes – 800 points down from 1200 points
• Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime – 400 points down from 800 points
• Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale – 800 points down from 1200 points
• Blade Kitten – 400 points down from 800 points
• The Maw – 400 points down from 800 points
• Star Raiders – 400 points down from 800 points
• ilomilo – 400 points down from 800 points

Out of that lot ilomilo is worth 400 points if you haven't got it already. I have been waiting for Outland to drop in price and is a steal at 400 points. Shank and Trials HD are great bargains too.