Project Fiona - The Dream Come True

The gamers can feel the excitement regarding this breakthrough. Razer, the well-recognized and leading brand in gaming hardware will release The Project Fiona on final quarter in 2012. What is The Project Fiona? It is gaming tablet PC which will surpass the limitation of playing games in tablet PC. This hardware will answer the expectation from all gamers around the globe.

As they have announced their project in CES (Consumer Electronic Association) 2012 in Las Vegas, U.S.A. Project Fiona got The People’s Choice Awards. However, Razer coupled Microsoft as their partner in developing this hardware. For processor, it will use high end processor, Intel Core 7. For processor, it will use high end processor third generation, Ivybridge, Intel Core 7.

With excellent interface, it will be built in 10.1 inch touch screen with resolution of 1280 x 800 pixel like common tablet PC. It will be operated using Windows 8 as the OS. To enhance the gaming function, it will be supported by integrated dual controller including ultra precision thumbstick analogue, top buttons, 3-axis gyro, magnetometer, accelerometer, triggers and forcer feedback. For sounds, it will use THX-certified Dolby 7.0 Home Theater which will “rock on” the user and feel the real gaming experience! To enabling online and network games, it also attached with WiFi 802.11 b/g/n and bluetooth 3.0 for data transfer.

Project Fiona

This product will target only on niche segment. This segment is simply still unexploited and can be the cash cow for Razer to expand their business more. Project Fiona is specialized for gamers and become the first mover in its type. As many of limitation and dissatisfied of game lover, this stuff might be their pain reliever. It have certain purpose and market segment, Project Fione is predicted to penetrate easily into the market. Moreover this market can be categorized as blue ocean which the competitors like Samsung and Apple havg not entered yet!

Like ancient words “no pain no gain”. Razer took years in developing Project Fiona. Its R&D budget also had been estimated reached millions dollar. Yet, this “pain” will get the “gain” for sure! Some expert predicted that Project Fiona will get great response from its user which mostly are gamers. Razer also has big opportunity to invite a lot of game developers to participate in their project. Finally their investment will reach on break even point in just 3 years.

As the inventor and also developer, Razer believes that The Project Fiona will break the boundaries between Tablet PC and gaming purpose. This project is designed with considering human factors like user ergonomic research. This hardware in its development also been tested by top gamers who knows well how the perfect game console is look like.

Razer planned to release The Project Fiona on the fourth quarter of 2012 with around US$ 1000 for its price. The price is fair enough as consider from the feature and technology offered. This game console is specially designed for gamers whom want to get real gaming experience using Tablet PC. Razer‘s Project Fiona such like treasure which desired by all gamers around the world and finally their dream come true.

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City - Survive the Triple Threat!

The long awaited spin-off game of the successful Resident Evil franchise, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is dated to release in the next two months. Different from other Resident Evil games, Operation Raccoon City adopts the third-person shooter genre with run-and-gun feature and also a 4 players co-op mode. Actually, it is inspired from Lost Planet 2 that I think is a perfect co-op game that lacks the story and competitive multiplayer. Let’s hope that the Developer of the SOCOM series, Slant Six Games, can creatively develop the game to its best quality.

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is definitely not a survival horror game that pumps our adrenaline with scares. Capcom trusts Slant Six Games to create a never-before-seen Resident Evil, getting out of the safe zone to try something new. The game focuses on teamwork and co-op mode with six characters to choose from and each having their unique signature specialities. The game itself has been announced since nearly one and a half years ago when Slant Six Games wrote that they are working on an amazing large-scale project of a legendary franchise. For now, we have already got glimpses on how the game is going to be from demos and trailers.

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

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It is 1998, the year when it all began. T-Virus are spreading in Raccoon City from the infamous Spencer’s Mansion. Dead people are turning zombies and law-abiding citizens become evil residents. It happens in the same timeframe as Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil: Outbreak. We don’t play as the hero that saves the day nor survivor that is struggling to survive, instead, we play the baddies. Players take the role of Umbrella Security Service team’s officer. In this situation, the outbreak is what Umbrella fear the least. The team is paid to clean the mess that Umbrella left along with dirty works. Umbrella is afraid of the government finding the evidences and proofs that direct to Umbrella regarding the Raccoon City outbreak issue. Variety of objectives are issued, such as destroying evidences, collecting resources, and slaughtering living people including civilians and RPD officers to cover the evidences up. Since this is a spin-off game, there will be impossible storyline that can happen. You can even choose to kill Leon S. Kennedy. The what-if-I-do-this option draw my curiosity out.

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City - Triple Threat

The latest trailer of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is called “Triple Threat”. Just like the name, three different groups are fighting each other for their own objectives in the trailer video. The Umbrella Security Service, Spec Ops, and zombie hordes. “Triple Threat” trailer shows six Spec Ops personnel entering Raccoon City after the outbreak to recover some data from the zombies and rescuing any living citizen. On the other side of the road, the USS is chasing two guys with the RPD uniform. After killing the poor police officers in front of the Spec Ops, gunfight happens between the two opposing groups. One of the USS officer throws a grenade that attracts zombie horde into the scene. The regular uncle zombie don’t stand a chance against them, but when Mister Tyrant comes, everything ends. The screen changes to the title after Tyrant threw a car to someone in the chaotic three-way gunfight.

What interests me the most is the co-op mode. I hope that the story and gameplay is as good as it looks now. There is also a mode called “Hero Mode” that enables “hero” characters to be played like Leon, Claire, Jill, and Carlos. Villains like Ada Wong and HUNK are available too. Don’t set your expectations over the average for Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City since Slant Six Games often made and developed mediocre games. Since I am a fan of the franchise, I will buy it anyway!

Wreak Novelty Havoc and Chaos with Wabbajack Skyrim

Wabbajack Skyrim is simply awesome and beyond godlike. It is one of Daedric artifacts available in the game. It is strong, relentless, and supports novelty. In the game, you can find a book titled “Wabbajack”, containing the lore and legends of Wabbajack. It is a long, dark-colored staff with face expressions as its head. Actually, the face on the head of the staff is based on the face of the Daedric Prince of Madness, Sheogerath, the one that gives the Wabbajack Skyrim to the Dragonborn in a quest called “The Mind of Madness”. Even though it is a Daedric artifact weapon, uses can absorb Wabbajack Skyrim’s effect and it is rechargeable just like enchanted weapons. You can shoot the charges 200 times before needing to recharge it.

For your info, you can find “The Mind of Madness” quest on Solitude. Talk to the mad beggar named Dervenin found at the streets around Bards College. He will ask you to return his master to his duties and he will give you the hipbone of Pelagius. His master is located in Pelagius wing of Blue Palace. Enter the palace by either forcing the steward after completing the quest “The Man Who Cried Wolf” or pickpocketing one of the cleaning staffs. If you have high speech skill, you can rather intimidate her to get the key. Just proceed through the Pelagius wing until you are force-travelled to a strange place. In the strange place, you automatically wear fine clothes. The place is a wood and a big dinner is held on the center of it with two men sitting at the table. The depressed man is Pelagius III and the other one is Mr. Sheogorath, the Mad Daedric Prince. He is the beggar’s master. Before returning, he will require you to escape from Pelagius’ Mind, the place where you are now. Sheogorath will give you the Wabbajack to easen your quest. You will enter three scenarios and you have to solve it with the Wabbajack Skyrim only. After completing all scenarios, talk to Sheogorath and he will ask you to keep the Wabbajack Skyrim.

Wabbajack Skyrim’s effect is exactly like the lore. It is strong and powerful, very well-suited for battles against strong opponents like Dragon Priests and Dragons. It is true that the Wabbajack can tackle and slay a dragon in not more than 7 hits. On the other hand, Wabbajack Skyrim is well-known for its random effects. When you shoot the magical projectile from the Wabbajack and it hits the opponent, there will be a flash of light and after that the random effect happens. The effects range from overpoweringly strong elemental attacks, Daedra summonings, and ridiculously novelty transformations. The use of the Wabbajack Skyrim, Sheogorath’s boomstick, is clearly forbidden in towns and holds. Just note that Wabbajack does not only give you advantages over your enemy, sometimes, the legendary Daedric weapon can turn the tables on you and pits you in disadvantages. You can see the list of the random-occurring effects below:

Wabbajack Skyrim

Elemental Spells

• Fireball
• Thunderbolt
• Explosive Frost Rune
• Ice Spike

Transformations

• Bunny
• Dremora Lord
• Chicken
• Spectral
• Mudcrab
• Sweetroll
• Coin shower
• Gender change

Status, Spells

• Drain stamina
• Absorb health
• Invisibility
• Cloning
• Trips target
• Steal Armor
• Confusion
• Flee
• Instant Kill
• Heal
• Disintegrate

Summonings

• Dremora (fighting for target)
• Mudcrab
• Daedra Kyndroth

Those effects are only applicable to enemies other than dragons, story NPCs, and kids. Dragons and VIP NPCs only get the elemental spell effects. Just so you know, transforming enemies does not kill them. It only works as a temporary spell and the targets will retransform back in time or by hit. There are exceptions though, targets that transform into sweetrolls or coins don’t come back. There are several bugs that you have to know. Sometimes, instead of transforming guards to what they are destined to be, it will summon it next to the them. What important is, don’t use Wabbajack Skyrim on a Dremora Lord, the game will crash into nothingness.

Remember that Wabbajack Skyrim is not enough to protect you from taking an arrow in your knees.

Modern Warfare 3 Gameplay + Upcoming First DLC on Jan 24th

Modern Warfare 3 gameplay offers one of the best existing first-person shooter experience. The Modern Warfare 3 was released about two months ago in the same month with the release of the latest EA and DICE’s epic first-person shooter franchise, Battlefield 3. And the first downloadable content that includes two maps is available this January. Like what it predecessors always deliver, Modern Warfare 3 gameplay involves Hollywood-class singleplayer story plus fun and frantic multiplayer mode. Modern Warfare 3, the latest installment of the Modern Warfare series in the Call of Duty franchise, is now developed by three developers for the Xbox 360, PC, and PS3 version. Infinity Ward is helped by Sledgehammer Games and assisted by Raven Software to carefully craft this beautiful, state-of-the-art shooter. This game is released by Activision worldwide and Square Enix in Japan.

Modern Warfare 3 Gameplay

Just what to expect from MW 3 gameplay, it receives high review scores all over the internet in average of 9 out of 10, at least for the PC and console versions. Despite the great score that the console version had received from trustworthy reviewers, the 3DS version simply suck and it deserved the score of 6 out of 10 as a mediocre game. Nevertheless, other than describing the gameplay of this game, I will add news regarding Modern Warfare 3 upcoming first DLC, be sure to read to the end!

I am going to focus on the multiplayer gameplay instead of the singleplayer since the singleplayer is not really different from the previous ones aside from the new story and characters. There is a new co-op mode in the game that is called Survival mode. The mode’s system is similar to the zombies mode in both World at War and Black Ops, except the zombies. You can play with your friend for survival from unending waves of soldiers. You can earn cash to buy equipments and ammos, just like the zombie mode. The Special Ops mode is also back to emphasize the trademark or exclusive features in the Modern Warfare series.

Even though the competitive multiplayer is similar to its predecessors and has no huge improvement, it is still fun and exciting to play. Infinity Ward has removed things in the multiplayer mode to “balance” the game more. Infinity run perk and One-Man Army perk is deleted for the sake of righteousness. The instant prone position from the standing position is removed to reduce the lag and instability of the multiplayer game. One of the most notable update is the killstreak system. Instead of being called killstreak, it is called pointstreak now. You can earn streak not only from kills, but also from points earned by completing objectives like capturing flag, planting bomb, et cetera.

There are also two new game modes in the multiplayer Modern Warfare 3 gameplay called Kill Confirmed and Team Defender. Kill Confirmed is similar to Team Deathmatch with new feature. Your kills don’t count before you take the enemy’s dogtag on the dead body. Enemy team can take the dog tag to deny your kill. Team Defender pits two teams fighting over a flag dropped by the First Blood victim. Score points by killing. The team that holds the flag gets double points.

Now it is time for the downloadable content news! Instead of being called downloadable contents, they are called “content drops”. Activision will drop the contents first for Elite members in Xbox LIVE and continuing to other platforms’ Elite subscribers. The contents include 2 maps called “Piazza” and ”Liberation”. “Piazza” involves tight spaces and narrow corridors, the map is made for close-quarter, frantic combat. It also features downhill-uphill battle since it takes place in an Italic mountainside. The “Liberation” is very different compared to “Piazza” and features a slightly different MW 3 gameplay. “Liberation” is a wide map with mounted machine guns on both sides, well-suited for objective-based game. The map takes place in the Central Park, just after the New York’s battle. This Modern Warfare 3 content drops will be available for Xbox LIVE’s Elite subscribers on the 24th of January 2012. The DLC will land publicly sometimes in March. Well, isn’t the Modern Warfare 3 gameplay and DLC promising?

Scene It? Box Office Smash Bundles Available for Less Than $25!

Scene It? is a movie and pop culture trivia game. It is supposed to be a party game where a lot of people are in and competing for the best score. Scene It? itself is not a fresh game, the original series was released years ago with continuously updating content to follow the most up-to-date information of recent pop culture and movies.

Scene It? Box Office Smash was released on the 28th of October 2008 solely for Xbox 360. It is one of the first games to support the Xbox 360 avatar. The game itself is similar in genre with the original Scene It?, which is trivia concerning pop culture and movies. It supports up to 4 players.

Scene It?

 

The original Scene It? involves rolling dices in the gameplay. Scene It? Box Office Smash simply prompts player to answer questions over specific-themed rounds, 5 questions each. It is very fun and a good party game. The downside is Scene It? Box Office Smash gets boring real fast. Like after several playthroughs, the game will feel dull and sleep-inducing. The most annoying element of this game is the announcer, if you can survive the waves of annoying announcing, you are either really a strong man or a masochist. This game also got a downloadable content called Award Winners that includes 800 new questions and new achievements. It is available in the marketplace for 560 Microsoft Points.

Even though the game is dusty, recently, it got popular recently. It is due to a massive discount at several e-stores. The price is overwhelmingly cheap. By the time I am writing this article, Scene It? Box Office Smash Bundles is priced at around 20 bucks each. A few days ago, it was around 15 bucks. It is incredibly cheap because the bundle includes the old game plus 4 big button controllers. Big button controllers are controllers specially designed for trivia and party game, rendering choosing options easier. The fact is, a lot of people buy this. The item was even sold out a few days ago. Gamers mostly buying it only for the controllers, not the game. Big button controllers are hard to find these days, for your info. The game is outdated and beaten by You Don’t Know Jack, a newer and up-to-date trivia games released last year. The controllers are good peripherals to support rounds of  You Don’t Know Jack. Pop culture and movie knowledge night with your friends will be more fun and exciting with the big button controllers.

Every day, the demand is increasing and it means the price is also elevating. If you want to secure it, whetjer you will play the game or simply buy it for the sake of the controllers, do it now. You can check Amazon or Best Buy or Gamestop or other e-stores that suit you the best for the Scene It? Box Office Smash Bundles sales. I don’t know why the average price is dropping and there are deals on nearly all e-stores that sell this game recently, but nevertheless, good luck getting your hands on them, guys!

The Modern Age 2D Platforming Genius, Rayman Origins

Rayman Origins is an excellent 2D platforming game that is missing from the recent gaming industry. Ubisoft stayed away from the mainstream and created a unique game instead of following the market. And Ubisoft was right, we are missing the classic joy of 2D platformer that is solely made for fun and enjoyable for anyone since we have been force-fed with adult and mature material games where the space for kids is close to nothing.

On the 15th of November 2011, Rayman Origins was released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii. There is also future release for 3DS, which is dated on the 16th of March 2012. Sony’s next generation handheld console, PS Vita, also gets its version of Rayman Origins that is going to be released on the 22th of next month. First, the game is only going to be released as episodes in the Xbox LIVE Marketplace and PlayStation Networks, but in the middle of last year, it was announced that this latest installment of Rayman will be released as a full retail game, making Rayman Origins a major game after years of absence. And that is not wrong, the developer and publisher is totally right for making Rayman Origins a full retail game.

The game begins after the events of the first three Rayman series, despite the title including the word “Origins”. Rayman and friends are taking a snooze, relaxing and peaceful. One day, their snorts and snoozing sounds disturb a grandma in The Land of The Livid Dead and she responds by sending mighty armies of nightmare creatures, wreaking havoc in the Glade of Dreams. The Darktoons sent by the granny kidnapped Electoons, disturbing the stability of the world. This happening made the escape of Rayman’s arch enemy possible, which is Mister Dark.

Rayman Origins feature classic side-scrolling platformer like the old days. The artwork is simply awesome and dreamy. It is unique and very beautiful. The cartoonish artwork in the beautiful high definition does not affect the game’s performance at all, framerate is steady and comfy. In a level, your objective is to collect points, Lums, defeat vile creatures, and free the Electoons to restore the stability of the Glade of Dreams. Through progression, you will unlock upgrades and new abilities to overcome obstacles. You can visit completed stages to get hidden treasures and bonuses that requires you to use skills obtained in later levels. To continue to the next levels, freeing certain kidnapped Electoons is required. Sometimes the cages are clearly visible and sometimes they are hidden somewhere in the stage.

Rayman Origins

Playing the singleplayer mode of Rayman Origins is not a bad experience, Ubisoft presents it well. The local multiplayer highly increases the replayability value of this game. Even though it lacks the online multiplayer that is popular these days, the local multiplayer is enough to entertain you and your friends. Rayman Origins support up to 4 players in the local multiplayer. The usable characters are Rayman, Globox, Grand Minimus, and Goth Caster. You will feel the fun and excitement with your friends while exploring the Glade of Dreams and repelling the vile creatures of The Land of The Livid Dead.

Old gamers miss this genre. The recent magnificent release of side-scrolling platformer includes Little Big Planet and several other games. Rayman Origins is currently the best available next generation 2D side-scrolling platforming game since the classic Mario series are still missing. You absolutely won’t regret the bucks you paid for it and if you are looking for discounts, now is the time because there are many Rayman Origins discounts all over the internet. You can even grab the game for as low as 30 bucks! Slaptastic!

Modders Heaven: Skyrim Creation Kit Arrives This January

Finally, the month has come. Modders game-of-the-century kit, Skyrim Creation Kit will be released sometime this month exclusively for PC. Bethesda has announced the release of the kit since the earl of December. Since it is the second week of the month, we can expect it to be released to the wild not longer than 2 weeks from now. This tool is absolutely going to steal your sweetroll!

Bethesda is genius, you know why? Releasing the tool for modders will surely expand the community. It makes modding easier and more detailed. Actually, the predecessor of Skyrim, Oblivion, also has a creation kit. The difference is, Oblivion creation kit was included in the game. Before the Skyrim Creation Tools arrived, we already have a massive community of Skyrim modders and mod users. I think Bethesda really understands well what their customers want and also understands well the law of mutual exchange. Well, I mean they understand that creation kit means larger community, and larger community means more bigger and sweeter sweetrolls. Catch what I’m saying?

Skyrim Creation Kit

The Skyrim Creation Kit is the developing kit originally made and used by Bethesda. It will render possible for modders to extract, see, and edit the game files more accurately and detailed. Modding before the release of the kit is possible though. Modders use third party modding kits to see, add, and edit game files of the game. The kits are the ones that are usually used on the Elder Scrolls series games and it came out that the kits are also compatible for Skyrim. The mods are also gonna be compatible to Steam Workshop, meaning, you can download mods, upload yours, and rate others on Steam with the “cloud” storage system. It is now simpler to install the mods using Steam Workshop. It will automatically install the mod to the right directory. You won’t be troubled and confused on where and how to install mods.

So, what does Skyrim Creation Kit capable of doing? Well, the Skyrim Creation Kit allows modders to extract more game data. More game data mean more information available for the game. Not only information, but modders can also make more advanced mods based on the game data. Other than editing, the creation kit can also add new things. Modders can make their own game contents and add it to the vanilla for better experiences. Bugs and glitches can also be fixed using the game’s creation kit. So, we could fix the bugs and glitches without waiting for the official patch release from Bethesda.

This Skyrim Creation Kit is like a dream catcher. You can make your dreams come true if you understand programming and designs. If you don’t, you can ask and request every time to the nearest modders, sometimes for a price. You like the LMFAO? You can make RedFoo the Jarl of Whiterun and SkyBlu the Jarl of Winterhold. You hate Justin Bieber? Make the thugs’ face like Bieber and smack them up.  Or maybe you want to spice up the game by adding new armors, weapons, skills, or maybe cities and game modes! But of course, it is not easy to make one, time is the essence. The possibility of modding with Skyrim Creation Kit is beyond unlimited!

My cousin’s still off fighting dragons though. And I’m stuck here modding Skyrim.

NFL Blitz 2012 - Back in Action

It has been nine years since the last NFL Blitz was released, the long-awaited remake of NFL Blitz 2012 is now available on store! NFL Blitz 2012 was released a few days ago on the 4th of January 2012. Currently, there is no retail version of the game. You can only buy it via the XBOX Live Marketplace for 1200 Microsoft Points or 14.99 dollars in PlayStation Networks. The remake was made possible thanks to Electronic Arts.

Actually, the latest installment of the series was released about four years ago. Instead of NFL Blitz, it was titled as simply Blitz. The NFL Blitz name was carried only until 2003. In 2005, Midway released another American football game called Blitz: The League. It is filled with fiction rosters, players, tournaments, but it uses the similar rule. The game did not use the title NFL Blitz because Midway has lost the license.

NFL Blitz 2012

NFL Blitz 2012 remake release brings joy to the fans. After Midway filed for bankruptcy back in 2009, Electronic Arts got the NFL Blitz intellectual property’s rights. Electronic Arts is currently the one and only holder of NFL’s license and video game rights. Electronic Arts also differs the gameplay of Madden NFL and this NFL Blitz 2012. While EA’s Madden NFL is more real and more like a simulation game, NFL Blitz 2012 is designed to be an arcade, fast-paced American football game like the first arcade release of the game by Midway.

It is absolutely going to be crazily fun and wild. Hence, the genre, it is enjoyable to both experts of American football and first-timers. You can throw the ball like 50 yards away, doing impossible tricks, and even crazy-sprinting can get your player on fire, literally. There are no rule against violence. You can tackle the enemy however you like. No wonder that zombies can play football in this game. Different from real American football, the match consists of 14 players, seven men per team.

EA has included several modes. There is singleplayer mode and offline / online multiplayer mode. Even though the singleplayer mode can get boring in a short time, the multiplayer mode is a whole lotta fun. You can team up with your friends in your friends list or even with a friend locally to battle real players from across the world. Since it was originally developed by Midway, there is a mode called Blitz Gauntlet where you fight other teams in a similar-to-Mortal-Kombat ladder that involves bosses. EA has brilliantly implanted a classic system that won’t bore gamers when waiting for the match to start. That’s right, gorgeous cheerleader girls on the loading screen. Well, the girls are indeed hot, if you think an enormous headed girl with mini-sized body is hot.

Overall, the game is highly-recommended. NFL Blitz 2012 contains a combination of sports, novelties, insane actions that transform into an arcade game that is very enjoyable. You will be playing it for quite a while.

UFC Personal Trainer: Free Workout Pack!

On June 28th 2011, this revolutionary fitness game, UFC Personal Trainer was released. It is not only a usual fitness or workout game, but it gives you the real workout sessions of UFC champions. You can choose various champion’s workout sessions and also learn actual moves like kickboxing uppercut, flying knee, isometric lunge, wrestling sprawl, et cetera. It is published by THQ and developed by Heavy Iron Studio. To play this game, you will need Kinect for Xbox 360 and PS Move for PS3. No additional peripheral is needed for Wii.

UFC Personal Trainer was released full of bugs, crashes, and freezes. Since the August 2011’s patch, the game has been better with less errors. The Xbox 360 Kinect version has voice command feature, allowing you to command the game without getting your hands on the controller. But, the Wii version did not get any fixes since it is impossible.

In this game, there are 4 coaches. Greg Jackson, Mark Dellagrotte, Rachelle Leah, and Javier Mendez. You will be told what to do by the coaches plus motivational words to keep you on fire. The workout itself is not a common fitness workout, there are times that you imitate the moves of UFC champions. You will feel like a real bad ass mixed martial artist when working out with this game.

UFC Personal Trainer

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UFC Personal Trainer is not just words. There are testimonials and results from real customers. It will surely make you lose weights and make you healthier by any means. Despite all the advantages, UFC is still a niche. The sales is not that surprisingly high, it is so-so. And to promote UFC Personal Trainer, on January 6th 2012, THQ released a free workout pack by Urijah Faber in Xbox Marketplace. Urijah Faber is a Bantamweight UFC fighter. The free workout pack will include 5 new workout routines and also 15 Hit the Mitts practices with the Bantamweight. It also includes an Undisputee Trainee achievement that will allow you to unlock Create-a-Fighter boost exclusively for the upcoming UFC Indisputed 3. The boost will save you like 10 hours of gameplay for your character. THQ does not stop there.

Two workout packs are currently planned to release on the end of this month and also on the mid of next month. The workout packs cost 800 Microsoft points each. The Cain Velasques workout pack will release on the 31st of January 2012. It includes five brand new workout routines and Hit the Mitts drills with the virtual Mr. Velasques. The other one is Jon Jones workout pack. It is planned to release on the 21st of January 2012 featuring five workout routines and 15 Hit the Mitts session with the current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Jon Jones.

This fitness-fighting game is considered underrated. THQ prefers and supports mostly the Xbox 360 version since that version is the one that sells the most. There is no official statement and announcement yet regarding the Wii version and PS3 version DLCs. If you want to buy it, it is priced at around 50 bucks. In spite of its average review scores, UFC Personal Trainer is still a good and worthy fitness game. I haven’t got my hands on this game yet, but I want to. UFC Personal Trainer: The Ultimate Workout for the Ultimate UFC Body!

Modern Warfare 4 Perks – What’s Different?

Straight to the point, What is different in Modern Warfare 4 perks? The recent release of the latest installment of the groundbreaking action first-person shooter game of all time, which is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 has bring up that question afloat. Lots of player reported abuse and annoyance of players that abused the perks in the previous installment. The balance of the perks is questionable. The update in the latest installment is also questionable. Once again, what’s different in the Modern Warfare 4 perks? Let us see below.

Modern Warfare 4 Perks

Battlefield 3 Weapons List and Review

Today, we are going to take a look at Battlefield 3 weapons. There are types of Battlefield 3 weapons, which are: assault rifles, carbines, light machine guns, sniper rifles, handguns, personal defense weapons, shotguns, and gadgets. I will list the Battlefield 3 weapons with the specification, quick review, and tips for some Battlefield 3 weapons. I will also include the pros and cons. Let’s start the Battlefield 3 weapons list from Assault Rifles.

Battlefield 3 Weapons

Battlefield 3 weapons - Assault Rifle

Assault Rifle is the primary weapon of the medic class. It is versatile and an all-around weapon. Some have high fire rate to be deadly in close quarter combats and some trade fire rates for better accuracy at long range. There are 11 Battlefield 3 weapons - assault rifles, including 2 assault rifles from the Back to Karkand DLC.

M16A3
This M16 assault rifle variant is the default assault rifle for USMC. It can later be unlocked for Russian Ground Force. It is considered a balanced assault rifle. Moderate power, high accuracy, fast reload and fire rate, also manageable recoil. It has 2 fire modes, full-auto and semi-automatic. Good for shooting mid-long range target. This weapon is very reliable and recommended.

M16A4
M16A4 is the cousin of M16A3. Has the same specification and feel. The difference is just the fire mode. M16A4 can only be 3-round burst fired. Highly recommended for mid-long range shootouts, but it is not suitable for close quarter battles and will be easily beaten by F2000 and FAMAS. Attach suppressor and foregrip to boost the accuracy.

AK-74M
Russian Ground Force’s default assault rifle. It has slower fire rate compared to M16A3 and harder recoil handling when burst also lower accuracy. But, the firepower is monster. AK-74M recommended to equip with the underslung rail and heavy barrel. This weapon is deadly if you can master the recoil handling. It has 2 fire modes just like its counterpart, M16A3.

M416
M416 is the first unlockable assault rifle in the medic class. It has high accuracy and low recoil. Bursting with M416 is recommended because it reduces the bullet spread greatly. You can choose from 3 fire modes. This weapon is ideal to use in Operation Metro, Seine Crossing, and Grand Bazaar.

AN-94
AN-94 Abakan was my favorite weapon in Battlefield: Bad Company 2. It returns again among Battlefield 3 weapons with the same characteristics. 2-round burst fire mode, very powerful, slow fire rate, extremely high accuracy, and troublesome recoil. This weapon is hard to use due to its recoil and muzzle flash. This weapon is the best long-range assault rifle, even possible to counter snipers. At close range, this weapon is outclassed by others except if the target is wounded. Don’t use heavy barrel attachment because it is useless. Attach foregrip and laser sight instead.

F2000
F2000 was my killing machine before FAMAS came. Even though it is not as powerful as other Battlefield 3 weapons, the high accuracy, low recoil, and rapid fire rate make this weapon deadly at any range. I used to equip this weapon with silencer, foregrip, and IRNV scope. It has 2 fire mode, automatic and semi-automatic. Spray the bullets at close range to mid range, burst or use the semi-automatic fire mode at long range. The only downside is that F2000 cannot be attached with underslung rail.

AEK-971
This Russian-made assault rifle has higher fire rate than F2000, making it the most deadly assault rifle of Battlefield 3 weapons in close range. Due to its recoil caused by high fire rate, long range targets are hard to hit. To compensate that, AEK-971 has 3 fire modes. Attach the underslung rail with this weapon.

KH-2002
KH-2002 is moderately strong assault rifle. To unlock this weapon, you have to reach a certain amount of points in the co-op mode. It cannot be shot in automatic mode, only burst and semi-automatic mode are available. Great for mid and long range targets, but loses to other assault rifles at close range. Equipping the foregrip and heavy barrel greatly increase the accuracy, it is optional if you want to equip the suppressor. Underslung rail is unattachable.

G3A3
G3A3 is unlocked via co-op mode. Its ability is similar to the one in Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Only 20 rounds per magazine, slow fire rate, and extremely powerful for an assault rifle. G3A3 is very poor at close range battle because of its low rate of fire. But, G3A3 is proven to excel at longer range because it can maintain the accuracy and the damage output. You can attach the underslung rail although only the M26 MASS shotgun is attachable to the underslung rail. The underslung shotgun is useful for close quarter combats. This weapon is best used in larger maps like Sharqi Peninsula, Tehran Highway, or Damavand Peak.

FAMAS
My favorite weapon that is included in Back to Karkand DLC. FAMAS has 3 fire modes and considered a decent assault rifle. The good things are the power, fire rate, and accuracy. The downsides are bulky iron sight and crazy muzzle flash that blinds the user. Make sure to attach a scope and suppressor or muzzle suppressor. FAMAS kills at all ranges but sniper range.

L85A2
This one is famous because of its versatility and reliability. Very low recoil, decent fire rate, great accuracy, and moderate power. Attaching foregrip to this weapon makes it recoilless. Formidable at any ranges, but slightly outpowered by other assault rifles at close range. Equip this in small maps and you will pawn for sure. It is the second Battlefield 3 weapons in the Back to Karkand DLC pack.

Battlefield 3 weapons - Carbines

Carbines can only be used with engineer class. Carbines exchange range and power for high fire rate to combat enemies at close to mid range. Most of them have 3 fire modes. There are 8 of this Battlefield 3 weapons.

M4A1
M4A1 is USMC’s default engineer Battlefield 3 weapons. Small recoil and high fire rate to support close range battles. For longer range, you can switch it to semi-automatic mode. It is later unlockable to the Russian Ground Forces. Preferably attach foregrip and heavy barrel.

M4
It is the same variant as M4A1. Just like M16A3 and M16A4, the difference is slight. M4 can be burst-fired for better accuracy. They both have the same specification and attachments.

AKS-74u
This weapon is the Russian Ground Forces’ counterpart to M4A1. It is also unlockable to USMC later. Comparison of AKS-74u and M4A1 is generally the same comparison of AK-74M and M16A3. This one has greater recoil and more effective at close range. AKS-74u is very comfortable to use and I prefer the suppressor and foregrip as the attachments.

SCAR-H
SCAR-H is American-made carbine. It has high power and fire rate compared to other carbines. It takes time to adjust to the recoil and bullet spread. This weapon is preferred by pros. I suggest that you bring it with foregrip and laser sight. Can be fired automatically or semi-automatically.

A-91
My preferred carbine after SG553. A-91 has low recoil and decent power. It has longer fire range compared to other carbines. An all-around carbine, I suppose. Supports automatic and semi-automatic mode. Equip the foregrip and silencer to make this weapon greater than ever.

G36C
A powerful carbine that matches the assault rifles strength. The recoil is manageable. G36C is popular now because of its reliability. The bullet spread is not that wide, a decent hipfire weapon. It even has the unique 2-round burst mode. Like always, attach the foregrip and silencer or heavy barrel for better performance.

SG553
This is my favorite carbine. Unlock this weapon by reaching 120,000 points in co-op mode. Has a low recoil and moderate power, easy to use. This weapon can perform better at mid range compared to other carbines. I usually use this with holographic scope, foregrip, and laser sight.

HK53
A decent carbine among the nine Battlefield 3 weapons from the Back to Karkand DLC pack. Moderate recoil and fire rate, good performance at mid range. The initial 12x scope is very disturbing since it is poor at long range. Using the iron sight is better. My usual attachment for this weapon is PK-A scope with foregrip and tactical light.

QBZ-95B
This chinese carbine is an unlockable weapon and the second carbine among the other 7 Battlefield 3 weapons from Back to Karkand DLC pack. It has 3 fire modes that make it versatile. Equip ACOG or other 3-4x zoom scope with this weapon since it is quite deadly at mid range and loses to other carbines at close range. Attaching foregrip and laser sight is recommended.

Battlefield 3 weapons - Light Machine Gun

Support class uses LMG as the main Battlefield 3 weapons. High ammo count and magazine are the characteristic of LMGs. LMGs also have high recoil and poor moving accuracy. They are best to equip with the bipod or foregrip to reduce the recoil and thus increase the accuracy. Nine LMGs are available in the game.

M27 IAR
M27 IAR is the initial Battlefield 3 weapons for USMC’s support class. This LMG is more like an assault rifle with higher ammo count, but lower compared to other LMGs. The recoil, accuracy, and handling is similar to assault rifles. Reload time is faster than other LMGs, at par with RPK-74M. High fire rate and lower power than RPK. Suitable for frontline supports. Has 2 fire modes, which are automatic and semi-automatic.

RPK-74M
Russian Ground Forces’ counterpart to USMC’s M27 IAR. Better power in exchange for lower fire rate. Serve the sole purpose of offensive support and aggresive defender. RPK and M27 are the only LMG without the extended magazine attachment. Very reliable, can be unlocked for USMC.

M249
M249 is back again in Battlefield 3 weapons. It has high fire rate, big magazine size, and decent recoil. Just like M249 of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 with worse recoil. Can only be fired automatically. If you know how to control the long burst, this weapon is formidable. Be careful not to wildly spray the bullets because the bullet spread is just nasty.

PKP Pecheneg
This LMG is crazily powerful and also a massive recoil weapon. If you equip this with ACOG, you can feel the upward recoil. Don’t pull the trigger for long because the wild recoil can render your aim upward. Because of its relatively low fire rate, you can control the burst for better accuracy. Even better if you can deploy the bipod.

M240B
M240B makes an unbelievably effective LMG for defending and backline support. When you deploy the bipod with this weapon, it becomes insanely decimating. But don’t think use this weapon for run-and-gun assaults. It suffers greatly when shot while standing, very poor accuracy and performance. Remember to go prone when you are going to shoot with M240B.

M60E4
Considerably weak power but manageable recoil. M60 is better for supportive and defensive play. Equipping M60 with an extended mag proven to be quite useful so that you seldom reload. Don’t full-automatically shoot this weapon at mid range and beyond, you won’t hit your target. M60 is good for bursting from the backline and poor for offensive frontline playstyle.

Type 88 LMG
This LMG was actually an exclusive LMG only available through the Physical Warfare Pack pre-order. Now, you can freely download it from the PSN store. I think, T88 LMG is your average LMG. Nothing really catch my eye. Just equip the bipod and heavy barrel.

MG36
One of Battlefield 3 weapons from Back to Karkand DLC pack. Offers reliability at mid range and beyond. Well-balanced LMG, good for both defensive and offensive means. I recommend this weapon to be equipped with foregrip and surpressor.

QBB-95
The second LMG of Battlefield 3 weapons that comes from the Back to Karkand DLC. It has all fire modes, a noticable feature. The extended mag attachment don’t do well on this LMG, use laser sight or muzzle suppressor instead. Bipod deployment greatly increases performance.

Battlefield 3 weapons - Sniper Rifle

Primary Battlefield 3 weapons for recons. A long-range rifle that is capable of taking down a human target in 2 shots or even a shot. The scope varies, choose the one that matches your style of play. There are 9 sniper rifles available.

Mk11 Mod 0
Default sniper rifle for USMC’s recon. It is a semi-automatic sniper with 10-round magazine. Has high damage and capable of killing enemy with 2 shots to the head or 3 direct shots to the body. Recommended to shoot moving targets and suitable to be attached with ACOG for mid-range combat.

SVD
SVD is at the same level as Mk11. Has similar specification. The difference is only the initial scope. SVD uses 7x zoom scope as the first available scope. I personally prefer Mk11 than SVD because I think the scope’s crosshairs is more comfortable (at least for me). Use foregrip and laser sight to improve the overall performance.

SV-98
This bolt-action sniper rifle is capable of dropping enemies just by 2 shots. Headshot is of course instant kill. It has a 10-round magazine and slightly faster than other bolt-action sniper rifles. The downside is that SV-98 has high recoil, making quick snipes hard.

SKS
This semi-automatic sniper rifle has a big magazine size that can fit 20 rounds. However, in trade of the big magazine size and high rate of fire, SKS sacrifices its power. This sniper is suitable for mid range sniping. Equip the 7x or 8x zoom scope along with foregrip and laser sight for close combat.

M40A5
Similar to SV-98, with a slightly faster fire rate and higher bullet velocity. This one is better than SV-98 because it has lower and more controllable recoil, making it a good weapon for quick snipe sessions. Laser sight is essential for a backup and self-defense plan.

M98B
I oftenly use this rifle. This one is a true beast of extreme range sniping. It has a very high bullet velocity that causes lower bullet drop. The power is also extreme, instant kill when shot at close range. But, the downside is that M98B only has 5-round magazine and slow rate of fire, rendering it next to useless in close-mid range battles.

M39 EMR
It is an accurate semi-automatic rifle compared to SVD and Mk11. Even though they are at equal in strength, and has the same magazine size, M39 EMR has a slightly higher recoil. M93 EMR is unlocked through co-op mode.

L96A1
Included among the nine Battlefield 3 weapons of Back to Karkand DLC. Has the same power as SV-98 with faster reload and slower fire rate. But, this rifle has higher bullet velocity. Attached with Ballistic zoom scope, L96A1 is an ideal choice for advanced extreme range snipers.

QBU-88
This rifle is similar with T88 sniper rifle in BF:BC2. It has similar specification with other semi-automatic sniper rifles. It has more ammo count though.

Battlefield 3 weapons - Handgun

Handguns are the main sidearms in Battlefield 3 weapons. It is used when the main Battlefield 3 weapons are out of ammo, meeting enemy while reloading, or charging the frontlines as recon. Eight handguns are available and some has tactical and suppressed version. The tactical version has a tactical light mounted underneath it. Suppressed version adds a suppressor.

M9 (Tactical, Suppressed)
The first available handgun. Very useful for any class, intended for backup. The tactical version includes tactical light, while the suppressed version has a suppressor attached to its muzzle.

MP443 (Tactical, Suppressed)
Just like its appearances in previous Bad Company titles, it has high fire rate, moderate damage, and 17-round magazine. Two bullet to the head is enough to bring the enemy down in close range.

G17C (Suppressed)
The specification is similar to MP443. G17C is the one and only among Battlefield 3 weapons that can equip suppressor and laser sight at the same time. The regular version gets laser sight while the suppressed version gets both suppressor and laser sight.

M1911 (Tactical, Suppressed)
M1911 is exclusive sidearm only for EA Gun Club members or Battlefield Veterans. It has 8-round magazine and slower fire rate. But, it has the stopping power capable of killing by 3 shots at its effective range.

.44 Magnum (Scoped)
This magnum is extremely powerful. It only takes 2 shot to the body and 1 shot to the head to kill. However, it is only capable of firing a round per 1.5 seconds, making it not that useful if you are not a headshot maestro. The scoped version attaches a 3x zoom scope on top of the magnum.

MP412 REX
Only unlockable via co-op mode. It is slightly weaker than .44 and has similar performance with .44 at close range. Long range shootout and zooming the REX is not recommended because it seems to harden the user.

G18 (Suppressed)
This handgun has an extreme fire rates of 18 rounds per second when fully sprayed. G18 is very poor to use at distance, only use this sidearm at very close range, switch to burst fire mode for mid-range encounters.

93R
The overly underleveled gun of BF:BC2 strikes back, this time with better performance. It has 2 fire modes, 3-round burst and semi-automatic. Only use the burst at close range and use the semi-automatic mode at mid range

Battlefield 3 weapons - Personal Defense Weapon

Personal Defense Weapons are mainly SMGs utilized for close quarter combat and equippable Battlefield 3 weapons in any kit. They all have high fire rate in average. There are seven PDWs you can choose to use.

PP2000
PP2000 in Battlefield 3 weapons has lower fire rates than its predecessor in previous Battlefield titles. However, the power is increased to match the nerfed fire rates. Deadly at close range and it gets worse the further the target is.

UMP-45
This PDW is unstoppable and powerful. It has 25-round magazine and has the same fire rate as PP2000. This PDW is capable of dropping enemies in less than 9 direct shots. But, it is not compatible with extended magazine. It also has 3 fire modes.

PDW-R
PDW-R is indeeed deadly at close range because of its power and fire rate. Due to its recoil and accuracy, PDW-R is useless for long range shootouts. Equip the foregrip to stabilize it.

P90
P90 has 50-round magazine with very high rate of fire. This PDW is weaker compared to others, but it is quite menacing at close quarter battles because of its low hipfire bullet spread combined with other features of the gun.

MP7
MP7 is the most rapid PDW of all. Very high hipfire accuracy combined with extended mag and laser sight will make this weapon the ultimate run-and-gun weapon. But, because of its feeble power, a few missed bullets can leave the targets alive and kill you instead.

AS Val
The best all-around PDW. Has flat bullet trajectory and the most effective PDW for long range encounter. Equipping this weapon with a zoom scope and tactical light is very recommended.

PP-19
PDW that comes from Back to Karkand DLC pack. PP-19 is very effective at close range and good-for-nothing at long range. The reload animation is stylish too.

Battlefield 3 weapons - Shotgun

Shotguns are barrelled guns with big rounds and devastating spread for close quarter battles. It is equippable in any kit. You can choose from 7 shotguns available in the Battlefield 3 weapons.

870MCS
The longest range and strongest shotgun in the game. One shot kill upclose and 2-3 hits kill at mid range. It has 4-round magazine and considered the fastest pump-action shotgun. Attaching the tactical light along with foregrip is recommended.

M1014
Similar to 870MCS without the pump-action thing. It is semi-automatic shotgun with 4-round magazine and high recoil. Don’t use this weapon on longer encounter because of the small magazine size and heavy recoil.

Saiga 12K
This shotgun is often abused by players using the FRAG rounds. Similar to USAS with slower fire rate, higher recoil, and stronger.

DAO-12
Known as Striker Riot shotgun. It is a semi-automatic shotgun with 8-round revolver-like barrel. I personally don’t really like this weapon, the M1014 is simply better.

USAS-12
Close relative of SAIGA. It has faster fire rate and can be fired automatically and semi-automatically. Abusing the FRAG rounds with this shotgun is popular. Making it very dangerous for enemies at mid-long range and harmful for both enemy and user at close range.

MK3A1 Jackhammer
A shotgun included in the Back to Karkand DLC pack. The only shotgun that can be attached with suppressor. This automatic shotgun has problems with FRAG rounds and it eats ammo like crazy.

Battlefield 3 weapons - Gadget

There are various Battlefield 3 weapons gadget in the game such as launchers, underslung shotgun, and mortar. Maybe it is not important to explain the gadgets other than the launchers. For now, I will only explain the launchers. There are 7 launchers including rocket launchers, mortar, and grenade launchers. The rocket launchers consist of RPG-7V2 and SMAW for the default rocket launchers for each factions. The SA-18 IGLA and FIM-92 Stinger are vehicle-only lock-on rocket launchers. While the FGM-148 Javelin can be locked to ground vehicles and aerial vehicles (requires laser designating). The grenade launcher is usually the M203 that can be equipped with standard grenades, smoke grenades, or even buckshots. The underslung shotgun especially for medic kit is called the M26 MASS. Has various round types you can choose.
Phew, what a long list of Battlefield 3 weapons. See you in the next article!

Battlefield 3 Maps List

Battlefield 3 maps mainly take place in the Middle East and Europe. There are currently thirteen Battlefield 3 maps including the Back to Karkand DLC maps. There is one infantry-only map, which is Operation Metro; two light vehicle Battlefield 3 maps, which are Grand Bazaar and Seine Crossing; five moderate vehicle Battlefield 3 maps: Damavand Peak, Tehran Highway, Noshahr Canals, Sharqi Peninsula, and Strike at Karkand; and 5 heavy vehicle Battlefield 3 maps: Operation Firestorm, Caspian Border, Kharg Island, Gulf of Oman, and Wake Island 2014. All Battlefield 3 maps are playable in all modes.

Battlefield 3 Maps List

Operation Metro
Operation Metro is one of two Battlefield 3 maps that is located in Europe. Since it is an infantry-only map, engineer class is rarely used in this map. You can use any class you like, preferably medic and support. If you like sniper, you can quick-snipe here and don’t forget to place the T-UGS for security and the radio beacon for your squadmates. I love the battle in the subway, it is intense. It is recommended to equip the Tactical Light to blind the enemies.

Grand Bazaar
It is a map located in Tehran. The rush version has IFV for attacker while the conquest version has IFVs and Transpor Vehicles for both teams. The brutal shootout often happens in the tunnels and narrow corridors of the Grand Bazaar. It is fun to fight for the B Flag in Conquest mode. Use any class you want, preferably engineer.

Seine Crossing
It is the second map among the Battlefield 3 maps that is located in Paris, France. Seine is the name of the river that divides the 2 area. The rush mode features an IFV for the attacker. The conquest mode also has an MBT. Use any class you like, preferably engineer and medic with grenade launcher.

Damavand Peak
The rush version features a scout helicopter for defenders and a transport vehicle for attackers. Later, there will be tanks too. It also provides sniping points in the hill. Conquest mode features scout helicopters, transport vehicles, and MBTs. The crazy base jump after clearing the 2nd M-COM pair in rush mode is notable. Recommended to use engineer and sniper.

Tehran Highway
The one and only map that takes place in the night.This map is full with IFVs and MBTs. But, no jets. Use mortar when applicable, preferred to use engineer and support.

Noshahr Canals
Noshahr Canals attackers in rush mode have scout helicopter, transport helicopter, boats, and amphibious IFV. There is also a mobile AA for defenders. The key to defend is the mobile AA. The conquest mode has them all. It is better to use engineer and medic. If you cannot manually fire rockets to helicopters, equip the STINGER/IGLA. For attackers or the one that controls the Venom helicopter, make sure that you drive it right and have your teammate in the passenger seat to repair it because it is a valuable asset.

Sharqi Peninsula
Sharqi Peninsula has a classic look. TV station, hotels, roads, it is urban warfare. There are IFVs and transport vehicles in this map. Support and engineer are the recommended classes.

Strike at Karkand
Strike at Karkand features IFVs and transport vehicles, just like Sharqi Peninsula. There will be rooftops you can climb to via ladders. Use engineer and medic with grenade launcher here.

Operation Firestorm
Operation Firestorm is full with vehicles. From jeeps to jets. It is highly recommended to use engineer. There are sniper spots here up the hill and the pipe structures. Make sure that you can drive vehicles or let your friend do the driving. Without the taking advantage of the vehicles, you will absolutely lose. All sides will get jets and MBTs.

Caspian Border
This map is just plain crazy. Popular for dogfights. Use engineer all the time. Beware of the huge antenna tower, it can collapse.

Kharg Island
This is also crammed with vehicles like jets, IFVs, boats, jeeps, helicopters and MBTs. Engineers play a big role in the team’s standing. There is a sniper spot on top of the sand hill, place the laser designator to help your teammate and snipe all the way.

Gulf of Oman
I love this map. It reminds me of my childhood playing Battlefield 2. The F-35 is here. Use engineer and sniper to snipe from the tower.

Wake Island 2014
This map is just plain epic. A u-shaped island in the pacific. Has a hangar with attack helicopters, jets, MBTs, IFVs, jeeps, skid loaders, and mobile AA. I advise you to always be an engineer. Prepare for the worst since air-to-ground bullying is often to happen. The hunting place for pros.

I personally love Seine Crossing, Operation Metro, Gulf of Oman, and Grand Bazaar. Which Battlefield 3 maps that you like and which one do you loathe?

Multiplayer Battlefield 3 Vehicles List

Battlefield 3 vehicles are the main feature and trademark of this game. Battlefield 3 vehicles are the things that make Battlefield 3 stands out in the FPS genre. There are varieties of Battlefield 3 vehicles categorized according to their class, which are: Main Battle Tanks, Infantry Fighting Vehicles, Mobile Anti-Aircraft, Transport Vehicles, Scout Helicopters, Battle Helicopters, Jets, and Naval Crafts. I will list all available Battlefield 3 vehicles in the multiplayer mode and the short description about weapons and seats.

Battlefield 3 Vehicles

Main Battle Tanks

M1 Abrams
This MBT is really popular in the series. And M1 Abrams comes back in the Battlefield 3 vehicles list. This tank is US force’s main battle tank. It has 2 seats for driver and co-driver. The driver can shoot from the main cannon and can optionally equip coaxial LMG or HMG. Co-driver shoots with HMG.

T-90A
T-90A is Russian force’s tank, counterpart to M1 ABRAMS. Has the same ability with M1 ABRAMS, I just think that T-90’s camouflage is way cooler than ABRAMS’.

Infantry Fighting Vehicles

LAV-25
US force’s main IFV, has high top speed and capable of carrying 6 soldiers. The driver drives and shoots chain gun, co-driver shoots HMG, and the rest are passengers that can shoot from the sides via the Port Firing Weapons. It can be equipped with guided missile and anti-air missile for extra firepower.

BMP-2M
Counterpart ro LAV-25, this one is Russian Forces’. The same capability with LAV-25. Instead of using M2 Browning as its co-driver’s HMG, BMP-2M uses KORD HMG. Appears in medium to heavy vehicle battle maps. Can be “sprinted” by pressing the sprint button. Amphibious like LAV-25 and AMTRAC.

BTR-90
An IFV exclusive to Back to Karkand DLC maps. Appears in Russian Forces’ main bases. Looks like LAV-25.

Mobile Anti-Aircraft

LAV-AD
Anti-aircraft variant of LAV-25. It has only 1 seat for driver. LAV-AD uses 6-barreled machine gun to take down enemy aircrafts. The vehicle is not available in the main maps of console version, it only appears in Wake Island. While the PC version has it in Operation Firestorm and Noshahr Canals.

9K22 Tunguska-M
Before the update, Tunguska is a deadly vehicle in Noshahr Canals. It has the capability to destroy Transport Vehicles aside from its anti-aircraft purpose. Now, Tunguska holds the main key to defend the bases in Noshahr Canals rush since it has crazy fire rates. Other than taking down aircrafts, it is also useful to shoot at infantries and provide suppressive fire.

Transport Vehicles

AAV-7A1 AMTRAC
Transport Battlefield 3 vehicles are tactical vehicles to carry personnels. This one is an amphibious IFV that can “swim” across water. The driver just drives and the 2nd passenger can shoot grenades via the grenade launcher. The weapon for the second passenger can also be changed to HMG by pressing the change weapon button. Used by USMC in the Attacker side. It is categorized as transport vehicle due to its lack of firepower.

Growler ITV
ITV stands for Internally Transported Vehicle. It has three seats for players. One driver, one .50 cal machine gun operator, one passenger that can use his personal firearms. It is fast, but has minimal protection. The passengers can easily killed by small arms fire, two rocket or MBT’s main cannon hit will blow this vehicle to oblivion. Actually, one cannon shell direct hit to the Growler ITV is enough to decimate the passengers. USMC’s vehicle.

M1114 HMMWV
HMMWV has the same speed as Growler ITV and has 4 passenger seats. The machine gunner controls a remote-control-operated HMG. It is more armored that Growler ITV. Immune to any small arms fire, but explosions damage it.

VDV Buggy
VDV Buggy is Russian Forces’ counterpart to Growler ITV. The same specification.

GAZ-3937 Vodnik
Sworn enemy ofthe Humvee. Similar ability to M1114 HMMWV.

DPV Jeep
Exclusive Transport Vehicle that only appears in Back to Karkand maps. Very fast and reliable. Susceptible to small arms fire and explosions.

Skid Loader
This vehicle does not have any function for combat. No mounted guns, no protection from small arms fire, and slow. But, roadkilling an enemy with this will earn you a trophy/achievement.

Scout Helicopters

AH-6J Little Bird
Scout helicopters swift, fast, and lightly-armored. Little Bird is a 4-seater USMC Scout Helicopter. Equipped with machine guns to attack infantries and transport vehicles. Susceptible to small arms fire and explosions. Since it only has regular glass, you can simply kill the pilot with your guns and the helicopter will fall with no pilot.

Z-11W
Russian Forces’ counterpart to Little Bird. The same capabilities.

UH-1Y Venom
It is a 5-seater transport helicopter equipped with two mounted machine guns on the sides for two passengers to operate. It can become a “Flying Fortress” if there are two passengers that repair it from the fourth and fifth seat. You can headshot the driver or passengers to end the “Flying Fortress”

Attack Helicopters

AH-1Z Viper
The attack helicopters in Battlefield 3 vehicles are equipped with missiles for the pilot and gatling cannon for the co-pilot. A deadly anti-ground vehicle. This one is USMC’s.

Mi-28 Havoc
Counterpart to Viper. Swift and high maneuverability.

Ka-60 Kasatka
Russian Forces’ attack helicopter that can only be found in Operation Firestorm. Kasatka means Orca, it is in Russian.

Jets

F/A-18E Super Hornet
The jets play a huge role in Battlefield 3 vehicles maps. This jet is USMC’s. A fast jet. Equipped with machine gun for the default weapon that is effective to destroy other aircraft or ground vehicles. This kind of jet is effective for dog fights and decimating enemy aircrafts.

Su-35BM Flanker-E
Counterpart to Super Hornet.

A-10 Thunderbolt
This jet has slower top speed and no afterburner because it specialize in air-to-ground battles. It has stronger machine gun to penetrate MBTs’ armor.

Su-25
Russian counterpart of Thunderbolt.

F-35
Back to Karkand exclusive jet. This jet has a poor performance in dog fights. But, it has hover mode that is effective for air-to-ground attack, capturing flags in conquest, protecting M-COMs in rush. Just hold down the brake button to activate the hover mode.

Naval Crafts

RHIB
The one and only drivable naval vehicle among Battlefield 3 vehicles. Has 4 seats and a mounted machine gun.

That was the complete list of Battlefield 3 vehicles. There are sure a lot of Battlefield 3 vehicles, right?

Then I Took Skyrim 1.03 Patch in the Knee...

Skyrim is the fifth installment of the Elder Scrolls series. A few days ago, Skyrim 1.03 patch was released and successfully took an arrow in the knee. No game is perfect (except Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of Patriots :p), Skyrim was born and sent to the wild lacking sugar. Of course, to sweeten it and protect the dignity of her fifth son, Miss Bethesda has released a couple of patches to fix things here and there and add some low-calorie sugar so that the massive sweetness won’t kill anyone with diabetes. The newest Skyrim 1.03 patch was released to all platforms. But not on the same day since Microsoft and Sony need to “certify” it first before deciding to fetch Skyrim 1.03 “certified” patch to their hungry customers. The first Skyrim 1.03 patch release was for PC, on the 7th of December 2011. It was released in the Steam. Then, the Xbox 360 patch came on the 16th of December 2011, about more than a week after the initial PC release. Don’t want to lose to Microsoft, Sony decided to quickly “certify” the Skyrim 1.03 patch and released the PS3 version in the PSN just the next day. Thank God and Mr. Butler that it only took Sony about a week to get the patch certified. I can still clearly recall the infamous “Mass Effect 2 patch-certifying” nightmare I went through. It was too horrible and painful that I don’t want to talk about it. Even Mr. Butler will wet his pants if he remembers this.

Skyrim 1.03 patch is a divine gift and salvation from God for us, gamers. Skyrim 1.03 patch has repaired disturbing bugs in the game. So what has been fixed for good?

Skyrim 1.03 Patch

Ahoy #1 stability has been enstabled!
A more stable game means more hours per sitting!

Ahoy #2 Radiant Story incorrect roles-filling fixed!
Well, I honestly don’t understand which role is fixed. But what I know is, put a bucket at someone’s head, and Mr. Bucketman and Mrs. Bucketman won’t give a damn about what you are doing.

Ahoy #3 Book-placing to the bookshelves in purchased house issues fixed! What issues exactly? I haven’t tried placing books yet.

Ahoy #4 Y-input fixed to correctly scale the framerate!
Umm, Okay.

Ahoy #5 Magic resistance miscalculation fixed, yo!
Now this is crucial. Before Skyrim 1.03 patch was released, “homo-genocide” is possible. Spawn your Flames Atronach and punish her flaming body with flames and she will die. Summon the Frost Atronach and put her back to her sleep with Frost and she will surely sleep in no time. See? Flames burn flames, ices freeze ices, how is that even possible? But then, this awesome Skyrim 1.03 patch came and everyone wins. No more iced ices and burned flames. Win-win situation.

Ahoy #6 Core 2 Duo users, you are blessed!
Don’t really care, mine’s not a Core 2 Duo (troll mode)

Ahoy #7: The Last Ahoy, No more idiotic, backward-flying fire-breathing lump of meat!
The last patch, 1.02, sent dragons flying backward with one wing with the speed of light like some two-headed, one legged onion man, taking a sh*t inside a toilet in a burning space rocket made of bouncy giant green dried snot going in a suicide mission to the sun.

Aye aye, Miss Bethesda has fixed that with the Almighty Skyrim 1.03 patch. Now you can slay the dragon in the Battle at Bonestrewn Crest without the need to puke!

But speaking of which, the Skyrim 1.03 patch did not remove the “I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee..” just so you know.

I used to give a damn, then someone covered my head with a bucket...

Old-School Wrestlers Return in WWE ’12

The time has finally come! The next pro-wrestling game is out! WWE ’12! THQ has been releasing a lot of wrestling game titles like WWE SmackDown Vs. Raw series and WWE All Stars, and this year, THQ decided to release another pro-wrestling game based on PPV program, dubbed WWE ’12. WWE ’12 has been out for about a month since it was released on the 22th of November 2011 in North America. This game is released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii, making it an exclusive release to current generation game consoles. WWE ’12 gives die-hard wrestling fans a good time. WWE ‘12 will give you wide variety of roster, starting from 80s and 90s wrestling superstars to the newest superstars. The Rock, Kane, The Undertaker, Vader, Shawn Michaels, and much more superstars are playable in this game.

WWE ’12

There will be also new grapple system. The previous installments allow you to choose whether to use a strong or weak grapple on the opponent. The developer, Yuke’s, has removed that feature in WWE ’12. Instead of that, WWE ’12 will grapples will vary depending on the opponent’s physical states. A wrestler in downed state is not completely a sleeping beauty. We have the chance to attack when in the downed state. It is harder to knock-out or be knocked-out because wrestlers take more damage. Wake-up taunts can make downed opponents stand for a finishing move. The pinning meter and submission meter has also been improved to make it harder. More importantly, Yuke’s has also improved the crappy artificial intelligence so that we cannot abuse the AI so easily with the same move over and over.

Now what about the modes? Ahoy, the old modes are back along with new, brilliant modes, kids! In the “WWE Universe” mode, you can play various type of event with random superstars. Imagine Mark Henry, Kharma, and Kane in the same ring. A 2 vs. 1 event, Mark Henry and Kane versus Kharma alone. What will happen guys? Fantasize that yourself. In WWE ’12, there is also a mode with storylines called “Road to WrestleMania”. You can choose one of the three storylines. Each storyline last for about 12 hours. The first storyline is about Triple-H being a hero that saves the day, a villain superstar called Sheamus, and I personally love the final storyline, which is the story of your custom wrestler named Jacob Cass. And the last mode that I like the most is the creation mode. You can create your own superstar along with the moves set, entrances, and storylines. You can also make your own arena. I can spend hours of my free time just messing with the creation mode! I used to make bald girls with oversized muscles and a body full of gay tattoos.

WWE ’12 now has a grand total of 77 rosters, 14 of them are DLC and 4 of them (Batista, Macho Man, Brodus Clay, Mick Foley) have not been released yet.

I believe that some of you will fall in love with this game at the first sight, but others may loathe this game at the first minute of gameplay. But WWE ’12

MGS + Bayonetta = Metal Gear Rising Revengeance

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is a spinoff of the well-known, legendary, tactical espionage action games, Metal Gear series. Instead of the being a tactical espionage action game, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance will be a game of frantic crazy-ass packs of action. The genre is hack-and-slash featuring ninjas! Sweet! Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance will be available sometime next year.

The title was supposed to be simply Metal Gear Solid: Rising. Kojima designed the game as a part of the main game Metal Gear series, Metal Gear Solid. Events in the original Metal Gear Rising was supposed to happen in the time interval between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of Patriot, story-telling Raiden’s personal story. But the project was dropped last year because it was difficult. Then, Kojima decided that to create a badass action game with ninjas and robots, an experienced game company from Japan is essentially needed. So, Kojima contacted Platinum Games, responsible for their famous Bayonetta. Platinum Games quickly agreed and they started to collaborate. Kojima Productions hold the responsibility for cutscenes and story, while Platinum Games handles the gameplay using their own engine. Kojima changed the setting to post-MGS4 just to make sure Platinum Games can do their best in developing Metal Gear Rising without disturbing the main storyline and causing time paradoxes. Then, a few days ago, Kojima announced it along with the title change from Metal Gear Solid: Rising to Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. It is also stated that it will be available in PS3 version and Xbox 360 version, no PC release though.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance follows the story of Jack a.k.a. Raiden, the main protagonist of Metal Gear Solid 2. In the meantime, Raiden is a badass cyborg ninja that can deflect bullets with his sword. Raiden eventually got himself jobs by joining private military companies, which are slashing people and smacking giant robots in rescue missions, VIP protection missions, et cetera. He seems to be satisfied with his full-of-action job.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance let us take control of Raiden. In the trailer, it is seen that Raiden is highly capable for almost anything. He can do high-speed runs, crazy-fast katana-swing action, and even the Matrix’s bullet time! Gameplay-wise, this game is revolutionary. Unlike other Metal Gear series that uses “waiting stealth” system, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is only made for pure swordfighting and a new cutting system. Raiden can slash through anything with his high-frequency futuristic katana. You can cut through tanks armor, slice pillars to collapse buildings, and also severe robots’ limbs that bleed the same white blood as Raiden. It was also revealed that Raiden can throw giant robots around smack-down style. Another key feature is “zan-datsu”. Literally means “cut-and-take”. Raiden can get items and heal himself by cutting through robots and taking parts of their body. But there is still a similarity between Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and other Metal Gear series. You are better to leave human targets unharmed. Killing people won’t get you anything good. Instead of killing, you can “neutralize” the enemies.

A great reboot title! I will surely buy Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance on day one!

What are the Skyrim Classes?

Hey, you want to know the Skyrim Classes? Then, your decision to visit this website and reading this awesome article is right. But before I start revealing the Skyrim classes, are you sure that Skyrim has classes? Think twice man. This 5th installment of Elder Scrolls series removed the class system. Instead of Skyrim classes, it is more like Skyrim races because the skill is now based by which race you choose.

From the first Elder Scroll game until the fourth, Oblivion, has the classes system. It is a system that will shape your character’s status. Like Assasin that has sneaking specialities, Barbarian that has extreme brute force, or the custom job that you can create by choosing your favored skills that are available in Oblivion. Skyrim classes are exceptional. Skyrim classes is more like a system of classes without classes. The Skyrim classes depend on the race you choose whether you will be good on Pickpocket or sheer power. And there is no speed attribute in Skyrim classes. So there will be 18 attributes instead of 21 like in Oblivion. The base attribute that is at 25 means primary skill of the particular race and attributes at 20 mean the skills that they favor. How fast you run, how high you jump, and how strong are your fists are now stated hiddenly in the hidden stats of Skyrim classes. A taller character has higher base stat that means the character can inflict more damage, run faster, and jump higher. Skyrim classes are also about Guardian Stones that will give you extra attributes and bonuses that can be activated only one per time. This is the complete list of races/Skyrim classes along with descriptions is stated below :

Skyrim Classes

Argonian
Argonian is an amphibious reptilian humanoid race. They are one of two beast humanoids of Skyrim classes. Argonians live in Black Marsh. They have natural immunities against poisons and diseases. Breathing underwater is their specialty. Healing and Flames spells will be available from start.

In the attributes list, Argonian has primary skill of Lockpicking. The favored skills are Light Armor, Sneak, Pickpocket, Restoration, and Alteration. Males has the base stat at 1.01 and females at 1.00

Breton
Breton is the best conjurer among the Skyrim classes. Human and Elves are this race’s ancestors. Though this race is more like human than elves. However, they have high magicka resistance. And Bretons also have the skill to absorb magicka from the enemy’s spells for 60 seconds. Their base spells are Healing, Flames, and Conjure Familiar.

Breton is very good at Conjuration. Speech, Alchemy, Illusion, Restoration, and Alteration are its favorable skill. Male’s base stat is 1.00 while female’s is at 0.95

Dark Elf
The Dark Elves are dark-skinned elves that populate the province of Morrowind. They are highly intelligent, swift, and strong. Dark Elves have 50 percent resistance of fire and has the skill to burn anyone that approaches you for 60 seconds. But the skill is only activated once a day. They have early access to Healing, Flames, and Sparks.

They are extremely handy with Destruction and fair in Alchemy, Restoration, Light Armor, Sneak, and Illusion. The base stat for males is 1.00 and females’ is the same.

High Elf
High Elves are the best with arcane arts among Skyrim classes. They live in Summerset Isle. They have the ability to regenerate Magicka faster for 60 seconds once per day and they have a bonus of 50 magicka points. High Elves got Helaing, Flames, and Fury spell from the start of the game.

They are the best with Illusion and good in Conjuration, Destruction, Restoration, Alteration, and Enchanting. They have the highest base stat among Skyrim classes at 1.08.

Imperial
They are the well-spoken and well-educated citizen of Cyrodiil. They conquer most of Tamriel. They are alike with Bretons but the Imperials have darker skin complexion. They got the skill to calm nearby people for 60 seconds and seem to find more gold compared to other races.

Imperials are well-known for their skill in Restoration. They favor Heavy Armor, Block, One-Handed, Destruction, and Enchanting. The base stat is the same for males and females, 1.00.

Khajiit
Khaijiits are a humanoid race with a cat-like face. Their eyes allow them to see in the dark for 60 seconds and because of their claws, they can inflict 15 damage unarmed.

Their primary skill is Sneak. And their favored skills are One-handed, Archery, Lockpicking, Pickpocket, and Alchemy. Their males have the base stats at 1.00 while females’ are slightly lower at 0.95.

Nord
Nord is a kind of normal human race of Skyrim classes. They have 50 percent resistance to Frost and have the ability to make enemies flee for 30 seconds.

Two-Handed is what they are good at. Although they can perform some good Smithing, Block, One-Handed, Light Armor, and Speech. Their base stat for both genders are 1.03.

Orc
This ogre-faced humanoids live in Wrothgarian and Dragontail Mountains. They are known for their craftmanship. Orcs in heavy armor are the best frontline soldiers that ever exist. They can activate the skill “Berserker Rage” and it will double their damage and defense for 60 seconds.

Orcs are very well-known for their great Heavy Armor skill. They are rather good in Smithing, Block, Two-Handed, One-Handed, and Enchanting. Orcs have higher base stat at 1.04 for all genders. I like this race more than other Skyrim classes.

Redguard
Redguards are the inhabitant of Hammerfell. They breed the best sword-and-shield warriors. They have 50 percent resistance to poison and the skill to regenerate Stamina ten times faster for 60 seconds.

Redguards’ primary skill is one-handed. Their favored skills are Smithing, Block, Archery, Destruction, and Alteration. They have standard base stat at 1.00.

Wood Elf
This race is the third elves race in Skyrim classes. Wood Elves are elves that come from Valenwood. They can command animals around them for 60 seconds and they have 50 percent resistance to disease and poison. They have Healing, Flames, and Command Animal spell from the beginning.

They are best at Archery and fairly good at Light Armor, Sneak, Lockpicking, Pickpocket, and Alchemy. They have the lowest base stat for males at 0.98 and standard base stat for females at 1.00.

That was the last of Skyrim classes. My personal choice of Skyrim classes is Orc. Which one will you choose?