Bungie, Not going to E3

Bungie, the game development studio behind the awesome Halo series (Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo: ODST, Halo:Reach), has announced that they will not be attending E3 2011. They just wanted to make sure that their fans didn't work themselves into a big hype, only to realize Bungie wasn't there.

Activision signed Bungie on for a ten-year development contract; this contract allows Bungie to have a lot of creative freedom and release the game when they want to release it. They plan to make an MMOFPS (Massively Multiplayer Online - First Person Shooter) - from what I've read, elsewhere.

Their game is going to be a humongous universe that there will always be things to do in - which basically defines an MMO. If someone runs out of things to do in an MMO, then they simply give up and go to another MMO. I can't really get into and stay into WoW - it's just too old and it needs a lot of improvements to the battle system... Fighting is really repetitive and boring.

As for Bungie's MMO - I really don't know how they'll make an FPS that is also an MMO and still have room to make it a huge world without much repetition. I am definitely going to try out the game when it's released, if it looks fun.

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6312525/bungie-not-attending-e3-2011?om_act=convert

Portal 2, DLC will be free

Portal 2 came out not too long ago, but Valve has already announced that they're releasing DLC (downloadable content) for the game. Now, it has been revealed that the DLC will be free - and they didn't specify a console, so I'm guessing that means it's free on PC, PS3 and 360.

I'm surprised, because Valve usually only gives it away for free on PC and has to charge on the 360 to cover costs of releasing on the platform; however, this time they have released a game on all three platforms, two of which have Steam - allowing for instant updates through their own systems and cross-platform play between PS3 and PC.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6310911.html 

Portal 2, Coop Campaign Review 5.0/5.0

PORTAL 2: The single player campaign was very awesome, and the single player campaign is the first in the order of the story; I suggest you finish it before playing the Coop storyline, to understand it better. Now, Coop was an awesome experience - I haven't had this much fun in multiplayer... ever!

STORY AND CHARACTERS: There is a wonderful story going on - showing the emotions of the character GlaDos and the strange robots, P-body and Atlas. These two robots are the ones you play as during the Coop campaign, and GlaDos will occasionally whisper to one character individually and tell them that they are doing better or worse than the other player, tell them that the other player is plotting against them, etc.

QUALITY: It's a lot of fun and it's hilarious, just like the normal mode; however, I think the dialogue in the normal mode is much better - but this Coop campaign still stands as one of the best campaigns I've ever played - multiplayer OR single player.

COOPERATIVE: This campaign requires you to work together on everything; it was made fully for multiplayer, separately from the single player, which is clearly made for one player only. Having another player there doesn't make it easier; both players still have to spend a lot of time trying to figure things out, before they can get anywhere. They have to collaborate on everything or fail at everything.

THOUGHTS: I don't think there is a way to make the game better than they have; it is simply above and beyond my expectations for the Coop mode. The ending was awesome, and you'll love it when you play. The story doesn't seem very big, but the end changes everything for Aperture Science, humanity and... you might even save the thing that GlaDos loves the most...

OVERALL: This Coop campaign was awesome and you really should get Portal 2 as soon as you can! Or if you can't afford it, now, then it really doesn't matter. Valve always has sales every couple of months on their games on Steam, making them sometimes about 20% of their original price. As for 360, you can just buy a used copy from someone else - but for the PS3, you activate your game through Steam, so I don't believe you can return the game - but you get the PC and MAC versions of Portal 2 for FREE if you buy the PS3 version, so it might be worth it if you want it on more than just PS3.

SCREENSHOTS FROM SINGLE PLAYER - PART 1
SCREENSHOTS FROM SINGLE PLAYER - PART 2

SCREENSHOTS FROM MULTI PLAYER - PART 1
SCREENSHOTS FROM MULTI PLAYER - PART 2

REVIEW OF SINGLE PLAYER CAMPAIGN