Everybody loves playing Halo right? Well, here is chance for us halo players to compete to win $5000, or just compete for fun. The people at fraggednation.com are hosting a worldwide Halo 3 tournament online. The rules are as follows:

For the Frag Cup itself:

• There will be a total of 64 teams playing in the “Frag Cup” Tournament held by Machinima Respawn from 2 seperate ladders here on the site.
• 1 x North American Qualifier Ladder
• 1 X International Qualifier Ladder

Note: Please ensure you select the proper ladder above using one of the two ladder links above to sign up.

• The game mode is 4V4 Capture the Flag Ladder(s)
• Max team size is 7 total. 4 x players and 3 x substitutes for the qualifier.
• Ladder sign-ups are open today, April 30, 2010.
• Rules will be updated by Friday, May 7th, 2010.
• The Qualifying ladder seasons will begin at 5:00pm EST or 5:00pm GMT on Monday, May 10, 2010.
• The Qualifying ladder seasons will end on Tuesday, June 1st 2010
• Top 64 teams on the FraggedNation “Frag Cup” Qualifier ladders will receive Swag from Machinima and move on to the “Frag Cup” Tournaments.

• Top 64 teams will be placed into 4 separate brackets (16 teams per bracket) to compete and move towards the “Frag Cup” final four. Like the qualifying round, Tournament brackets will be 4v4, single elimination and will consist of 3 x North American Brackets and 1 x International Bracket.
• The top team within each bracket will receive $500 and will play against the other brackets top teams. Often refereed to as the Final Four.
• The Final “Frag Cup” team will receive the GRAND PRIZE of $5000 cash prize at the end of the Tournament.

Click here to view the forum post with all the rules.

or http://www.fraggednation.com/forum.php?action=showPosts&topicID=12477&startPos=0

By Pat McKinney

Ever since the release of the next-gen consoles, Microsoft has been among the top pimps in the gaming industry.  When you have beauties like Halo 3, Gears of War, Fallout 3, and Mass Effect roaming the streets, its easy to see why this analogy makes sense.  These whores, errr… games, are what keep gamers, all around the world, coming back for more.  But it seems now that XBox is getting desperate.  While the Wii is still the best selling console, Microsoft is raising its cane and pimp slapping Nintendo’s hottest street walker, as if to say “You’re ours now b***h!”  According to GameSpot.com, Microsoft is coming out with their own rendition of the “Wiimote”.  And to say it’s “their own” is a little far fetched… take a look.

Developed by Performance Designed Products (PDP), the “Gametrak Freedom” seems just a LITTLE bit like the Wiimote.  Here’s what GameSpot had to say about it:

“The Gametrak uses a 3D ultrasonic transducer and a three axis accelerometer to detect motion. You’ll also find a trigger on the under side, as well as the 360′s familiar four button configuration and a D-Pad.”

“Unlike Nintendo’s solution, which uses one point of detection, the Gametrak uses two sensor bars that sit on opposite sides of the TV. Up to four wireless Gametrak’s will work with the sensors. PDP claims that the added sensor in conjunction with the Gametrak’s motion sensing technologies give the Gametrak accuracy to within 2mm of movement.”‘

Now why can’t Microsoft just be original for once, is that too much to ask?  First, their HD DVD idea flops and rumors about a Blu-Ray player start to surface, and now they’re jumping into the pool of wireless motion sensing technology.  It’s already bad enough that they make us pay for wireless adapters and XBox LIVE (although XBox LIVE is far superior to any other console’s online gaming experience).  Every other console has their trademark.  Nintendo’s Wii has the Wiimote, Sony’s Playstation 3 has the Blu-Ray player (and a pretty damn good one for that matter), what does XBox have, XBox LIVE?

So here’s a message for Microsoft, just because your hookers, I mean… games, look, and play nice, that doesn’t mean you should sell out and start copying ideas.  Nobody wants your sloppy seconds.

Source:

http://www.gamespot.com/hardware/blogs/hardware-insider/909185655/26825798/pdp-unveils-the-motion-sensing-gametrak-freedom-controller-for-the-xbox-360.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=picks&tag=picks;title;3

Not all gamers like RPG’s (Role Playing Game). I used to think that I was one of them. I considered myself a hardcore online warrior. That all changed one fateful vacation. I was trapped in a desolate state called Vermont, and I had no internet to play xbox live. I was going through withdrawal, and I needed my gaming fix. Luckily there was a place to rent xbox games (I think it was a log cabin or something). I decided to rent Fable, since I had heard such good things about it.

This was my first time really getting into an RPG. I loved how my character developed before my eyes, and the gameplay was good enough to hold my attention all the way through the storyline. Because Fable was such a good game (in my opinion), I believe that they can’t screw up Fable 2…..or can they?

Many people were dismayed when Fable was initially released. Not necessarily because the game was bad, but because there were some features that many people expected to be in the game, but were not implemented. This time around, Peter Molyneux and the people at Lionhead Studios are going balls out (so to speak) to include as many new features as possible.

One feature in this game is a dog (mans best friend) that you CANNOT control directly. You can however, control the dogs actions through the way you interact with it. The reasoning behind not letting the player directly control the dog was to try to create a feeling of love or companionship between it and you. I think that this was a good idea, because I have heard of people becoming emotionally attached to their pikman to the point of restarting the game if they lose too many in a mission. This feature will definitely add depth to the game.

Fable 2 will also have ONLINE multiplayer. Players can play through the story together, and the main hero (I’m assuming player one) will determine how much gold/exp that player 2 will get. You can play coop, then immediately take the same character you were playing online coop with, and play single player.

One major issue I have with the game is the one button combat system. Most of your attack will be delivered by pressing one button. I fear this can lead to repetitive game play, even if there is an abundance of animations. For example: you press X standing behind an enemy, and you do a sweet attack that destroys the back of his head! Cool animation! But honestly, I believe that the novelty of a variety of animations cannot make up for a one button combat system, but I will reserve my judgment until I play the finished game. Also the spells have changed a bit since the first Fable. There will be spells (fire based and lightning based for example) that you can use in two different ways. You can do a direct target attack, or and area of effect (AOE) spell. The AOE will do damage to enemies all around you, while the direct attack only hits one target. They have also done away with the spell menu from the first Fable.

Overall I would still say I’m pretty psyched for the games release. It comes out in the US on October 21, 2008. I hope this entry helps you decide if you would like to try this game out.

Bungie, the creators of the “Halo” series, have just released more information regarding their latest project. They have released a new teaser video (Link is below) that gives us some small insight about the game. The title of the game is “Halo 3: Recon.”

In the trailer, it shows a pod crashing into a metropolitan area. After the pod crashes, and a marine fitted in ODST armor steps out. The soldier remains inside of the building, hiding from a covenant patrol that strolls by.

What could this mean about the plot? The trailer seems to take place in New Mombasa, which you might remember is the city that gets obliterated at the end of the Halo 2 level “Metropolis.” The story seems to be about a lone ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Trooper) left in the city to fend for himself.

What could this mean about the game play? Because the ODST chose to hide from the group of covenant, this game seems to be distancing itself from the conventional run and gun style of gameplay that the previous installments of the series had. Also, the gun he was wielding was equipt with a silencer. This leads me to believe that this game will be more of a COD4 (in a sense that one or two shots will kill the player) or maybe even a Metal Gear Solid type of game. It will be very interesting to watch this develop.

Halo 3: Recon Trailer

Hello everyone! I think its about time that I take this website live. I plan to bring you the latest news in the gaming and technology industries, as well as providing videos of gameplay of the newest games. Hopefully I will be able to get a press pass to go to events such as E3, MLG, QuakeCon, BlizzCon, and many more. I hope that you keep coming back to check for whats new. Thanks!