The annual looking back thread on the past year. Share the memories you've had, news stories you remember, significant events in your life and the like. 2011 was a year to remember.
2011 was a mammoth year in gaming. Sequels upon sequels stole the show and broke records across genres. Games like Skyrim, Assassin's Creed, Uncharted, Gears of War, Call of Duty, Battlefield, to name a few arrived with spectacular welcomes across GATT.
This is GATT's 2011 Game of the Year Awards where we nominate and vote on what our community deems the best of the year.
This is how it will work:
Every poster is allowed to nominate any 3 games of which they think should be awarded the GATT Game of the Year Title. As you guys post I'll update the first post, with the nominations.
The top 5 will then be selected and added as a poll to the voting thread. The voting will at that point begin!
Nominations end on December 13th.
Rules:
1.) Each GATT member is allowed to reply a total of 3 nominations to this thread.
2.) The game must have been released within the year 2011.. (January 1st to November 29th) If you don't know the date, still post and I'll verify the release, or you yourself can do the honors
3.) In all fairness, the nominees should have been played by the poster (to avoid biased votes for a particular title, Nominate what you played and loved). It is totally fine if you wish to nominate an unplayed game though. This is just a guideline.
The titles with the most nominations for a specific platform will be the platform specific GOTY. eg.) If Gears of War 3 receives the most nominations, it will be the Xbox 360 Game of the Year.
Happy nominating!
Nominations so far:
Assassin's Creed: Revelations - 2 Bastion - 1 Batman: Arkham City - 12 Battlefield 3 - 12 Bulletstorm - 1 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - 5 Crysis 2 - 1 Dead Space 2 - 4 Deus Ex: Human Revolution 1 Dirt 3 - 1 Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - 15 Fifa 12 - 1 Gears of War 3 - 3 Kirby's Return to Dreamland (Wii) - 1 Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii) - 4 Portal 2 - 4 Sonic Generations - 1 Super Street Fighter IV: The Arcade Edition - 1 The Witcher 2 - 2 Trenched (Xbox 360) - 1 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception - 5
I've compiled the list of press conference time and dates for you guys:
June 6th Microsoft E3 Press Conference - 12:30 - 2pm EA E3 Press Conference - 3:30 - 4:30pm Ubisoft E3 Press Conference - 5:30 - 6:45pm SONY E3 Press Conference - 8 - 10pm (And up to 1am w/Special Event)
June 7th Nintendo E3 Press Conference - 12:00 - 2pm
All of these conferences will be airing live on G4TV, Gamespot, IGN, GameTrailers.com. Each individual conference will be aired at their respective company websites. Sony will also be airing E3 in PlayStation Home.
And GTTV/Spike will be kicking off E3 TONIGHT with world premiere footage and trailers. Watch this video to get you warmed up. I seriously got goosebumps watching this.
Any other links you guys have, please post so I can add to the list.
"For the first time we are taking Agent 47 on a personal journey which allows us to explore other parts of the Hitman fantasy," said Tore Blystad, game director, IO Interactive. "This is both a familiar and yet significantly different experience from other Hitman games; something our silent assassins will relish, as will all those new to the Hitman world."
Built using IO Interactive's Glacier 2 proprietary game engine, players can expect a cinematic story, distinctive art direction, and an original game design that combines Hitman's classic game mechanics with entirely new ones.
Hitman: Absolution will make its grand debut at E3 2011 next month for the Xbox 360, PC, and PlayStation 3. Until then, keep your eyes peeled on the game's official website for fresh intel.
Sony announced today that it is prepared to ban PSN users that use Pirated Software and/or "hacks" to affect gameplay over PSN. To prevent being banned or anyone you know from being banned, please remove all pirated software/installed hacks from your system if any and update to the latest PS3 Firmware. If you do not, you risk your PS3 system and PSN account being permanently banned from the PlayStation Network.
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Notice: Unauthorized circumvention devices for the PlayStation 3 system have been recently released by hackers. These devices permit the use of unauthorized or pirated software. Use of such devices or software violates the terms of the “System Software License Agreement for the PlayStation 3 System” and the “Terms of Services and User Agreement” for the PlayStation Network/Qriocity and its Community Code of Conduct provisions. Violation of the System Software Licence Agreement for the PlayStation 3 System invalidates the consumer guarantee for that system. In addition, copying or playing pirated software is a violation of International Copyright Laws. Consumers using circumvention devices or running unauthorized or pirated software will have access to the PlayStation Network and access to Qriocity services through PlayStation 3 system terminated permanently.
To avoid this, consumers must immediately cease use and remove all circumvention devices and delete all unauthorized or pirated software from their PlayStation 3 systems.
This thread will be updated to reflect what the announcement brings.
Information gathered and sorted by me from multiple online sources in Japan, images credited to Engadget.com.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Update #1 - PlayStation Content coming to Android OS devices via PlayStation Suite. PlayStation Store is also going multi-platform. PSP and PS1 games will be releasing across platforms and emulated on hardware. They will be PlayStation Certified.
Update #2 - Next Generation Portable Revolutionary User Interface. Social Connectivity. Location-based Entertainment. Converging Real and Virtual (augmented reality). PlayStation Suite Compatibility.
Update #3 - PSP Dual analogs sticks, 960x540 - 5 inch TOUCH "OLED" display, 3G, Wifi and GPS, front and rear touchpads, front and rear cameras, electronic compass on 3 axes
Update #4 - New Media, Proprietary flash media for games.
Update #5 - First Party Games in development: Killzone Hot Shot Golf LittleBigPlanet Resistance Wipeout UNCHARTED
Adapted from a list posted by Kotaku. This is what 2011 looks like. Highlighted the games I personally think are major players for the year.
January 1/4 - Lost In Shadow (Wii) 1/11 - Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (DS) 1/18 - LittleBigPlanet 2 (PS3), Mass Effect 2 (PS3) 1/25 - Dead Space 2 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
February 2/8 - Test Drive Unlimited 2 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) 2/15 - Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (PS3, Xbox 360), Conduit 2 (Wii), LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (DS, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360) 2/22 - Killzone 3 (PS3), Bulletstorm (PC, PS3, Xbox 360), de Blob 2 (PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
March 3/1 - Fight Night Champion (PS3, Xbox 360), The Sims Medieval (PC) 3/8 - Dragon Age II (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) 3/15 - Shogun 2: Total War (PC), Yakuza 4 (PS3), Okamiden (DS) 3/22 - Crysis 2 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360), F.3.A.R. (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) 3/29 - Darkspore (PC) Deus Ex: Human Revolution (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) DC Universe Online (PC, PS3) MotorStorm Apocalypse (PS3) Child of Eden (PS3, Xbox 360)
April 4/12 - Brink (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) 4/19 - Portal 2 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) TBD - Mortal Kombat (PS3, Xbox 360)
May 5/10 - Hunted: The Demon's Forge (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) 5/17 - The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (PC) TBD - Red Faction Armageddon (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
June L.A. Noire (PS3, Xbox 360) ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection (PS3) Sorcery (PS3), Shift 2 Unleashed (PS3, Xbox 360) Pokemon Black & White (DS) Gears of War 3
September 9/6 - Resistance 3 (PS3) 9/13 - Rage (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Star Wars: The Old Republic (PC) Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
November 11/1 - Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (PS3) 11/11 - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Games without release date info: Modern Warfare 3 (Everything ) Guild Wars 2 (PC) Infamous 2 (PS3) Diablo 3 (PC) Dreamcast Greatest Hits Collection (PS3, Xbox 360) Metal Gear Solid (Xbox 360, PS3) Assassin's Creed 3 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) Mass Effect 3 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) Final Fantasy Versus 13 (PS3) SOCOM 4 (PS3) The Agency (PS3) Duke Nukem Forever (PC, Xbox 360, PS3) Mario Sports Mix (Wii) Ghost Recon: Future Soldier (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) The Lord of the Rings: War in the North (TBD) The Last Guardian (PS3) Max Payne 3 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One (PS3) Batman: Arkham City (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) Forza Motorsport 4 (Xbox 360)
Hardware: Nintendo 3DS PSP 2 Wii HD (?)
2011 is packed with multiple genres of awesome. Quite possible one of, if not the most overpacked year yet (in terms of quality). What are must haves for you guys? and what are you still on the bench about. Also feel free to mention any games that weren't included in the above list.
Personally I need a REL high paying job this year >.>
2010 was another great year in gaming. Franchises like Halo, God of War, Call of Duty, Final Fantasy, Super Mario, Need for Speed and Gran Turismo etc. brought some excellent entries this year that we all played and loved whilst innovations like Kinect, PS Move, Wii Motion Plus continue to push the boundaries of gaming.
This is GATT's 2010 Game of the Year Awards where we nominate and vote on what our community deems the best of the year.
This is how it will work:
Every poster is allowed to nominate any 3 games (that they played) of which they think should be awarded the GATT Game of the Year Title. As you guys post I'll update the first post, with the nominations.
The top 5 will then be selected and added as a poll to the voting thread. The voting will at that point begin!
Nominations End December 18th @ 12am (Next Saturday's Night) The voting poll will be up on the 18th-19th
Rules:
1.) Each GATT member is allowed to reply a total of 3 nominations to this thread.
2.) The game must have been released within the year 2010.. (January 1st to December 9th) If you don't know the date, still post and I'll verify the release, or you yourself can do the honors
3.) In all fairness, the nominees should have been played by the poster (to avoid biased votes for a particular title, Nominate what you played and loved).
The titles with the most nominations from GATT members for a specific platform will be the platform specific GOTY. eg.) If Halo: Reach receives the most nominations, it will be the Xbox 360 Game of the Year. A game like Call of Duty: Black Ops which is multiplatform will be eligible for the Xbox 360 Game of the Year if it receives more nominations than an exclusive title.
Current Nominees in alphabetical order and as of reply #38:
Amnesia: The Dark Descent - 1 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - 11 Bayonetta - 1 Call of Duty: Black Ops - 4 F1 2010 - 2 Fallout: New Vegas - 1 God of War 3 - 7 Gran Turismo 5 - 4 Halo: Reach - 3 Heavy Rain - 4 Limbo - 1 Mass Effect 2 - 7 Medal of Honor - 2 Red Dead Redemption - 5 Spider-man: Shattered Dimensions - 1 Split Second - 1 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 - 1 Super Street Fighter 4 - 1 Starcraft 2 - 11 UFC Undisputed 2010 - 1
2010 has been a tough one for the world. Lots of large-scale events that make you value your life and your family's lives that much more. This thread is where we reflect and discuss things that have occurred in our personal lives over the past year as well as events that have occurred locally and globally that are etched into memory for life.
A quick flashback for me brings forth one of the worst disasters on the planet. The Haiti quake. 2010 had barely started and on January 12th, near 1/4 Million lives were lost when God shook the earth.
Trinidad elected a new Government just this year that has been suject to heavy criticisms as the year progressed. 450+ murders in Trinidad so far.
The volcanic ash cloud that disrupted air traffic over Europe.
The Euro-zone economy in crisis with Greece, Ireland totally collapsing.
Most recently the Asian tension with North Korea, South Korea and China. The wikileaks "leak" doesn't help either with documents citing the words coming from high ranked individuals in the US and Asia alike.
Personally, I completed by Bsc. Business Computing @ SAM's. Relieved to get out of that school as many of you can imagine from me and many other's rants in threads that discussed SAM's this year. Additionally some family issues that plague most all family's on the planet with tension and past memories being brought to play when you simply could not take it.
The Good Stuff: GATT having a memorable epic appearance at "Flow's world". Lot's of fun for all that took part.
2010 Fifa World Cup ~ Spain winning for the first time.
NASA discovering a new lifeform comprising of "arsenic" that broadens the scale of the human search for extra-terrestrial life
Inception..nuff said
God of War 3, Heavy Rain, Call of Duty-Black Ops
This is all I can throw out there at this time. Looking forward to the discussion that follows.
I think it's safe to say that most gamers locally have at some point in their life played a Gran Turismo game. Pretty much anyone with a PS2 modified or legit has played the awesome that is Gran Turismo 3 and its sequel.
On Wednesday (24th), Gran Turismo 5 will be hitting storeshelves after being revealed 4 years ago. The game has over 1000 cars some with fully modeled interiors, nascar, a track editor, car damage (a first for the series), 16 player multiplayer support, splitscreen, custom soundtracks, psp and pspgo integration, gran turismo TV (streaming car shows etc.), full career mode, car customisation, 3D support, Move Support etc..etc..etc..
When you think about the best racing games of all time, you think Mario Kart, Need For Speed, Burnout and Forza. There remains one series that is the prestige of the genre, it is without a doubt the definitive Gran Turismo. Fellow GATTER's, race you soon in GT5!
Parents picked up this "pay as you go" gsm phone in Canada under "Roger's Wireless" to use while they were visiting and to bring back for my sister to use.
I tried this website: http://www.unlockallcellular.com/ They had the Nokia C3 listed as well as Roger's under phone networks. They charged $14USD to "generate" the unlock code. A day after my order they said they couldn't generate the code and refunded the $14.
Anyone have suggestions on where, or how to get this unlocked to work on bmobile or digicel?
Noticed some people have blink problems, and some having no problems, just like with Flow . Here is the official thread for anything Blink problems, praises and discussions. Those with great service could begin by posting some speedtests and pingtests.
Surprised there hasn't been a thread for this one . This game came out today and the universal acclaim in reviews has been astounding, with some reviewers comparing it to God of War 3 and saying that the experience is equivalent, if not better o_O.
A few months ago someone stole my PSP 3000 -.-. We found out who stole it, eventually got it back but apparently they dropped the damn thing. (I probably never dropped it, so that is a REL wtf.) Since then it won't start. When you try to power it on the green power light stays on for a few seconds, screen stays blank and the green light goes off.
I was planning to get a new psp eventually but I'm missing out on the new Ace Combat game and God of War game coming out. Are there any trustworthy, effective local PSP repair options that maybe able to repair this? See what part is damaged and replace for a fairly good price?
I did a search of Guild Wars and saw that many of you on here have played this game and loved it. I know Crixx was/is a big fan himself. Don't know if all of you guys have been following the trickles of information being released by Arenanet over the past few months, but they taking it to very exciting levels these weeks.
Some big news that happened was the removal of the "healing class", yea no monks and no more "GLF Monks!" spamming every town. They haven't been "too clear" meaning there still might be a class that could be only for team support, but to compensate for the "monk removal" every class has a dedicated healing skill.
Other big news is the increase to LEVEL 80 from LEVEL 20 in Guild Wars 1. But don't get pissed off yet. Arenanet is going really bold in wanting to change standard MMO design. This level 80 is not a grindfest like World Of Warcraft. The experience gap between each level is the SAME, meaning that you get to level 80 from level 79 in the same time you took to get from level 1 to level 2.
You can see some gameplay from each profession at the above pages.
Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon
Additionally Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon (Book) for all those that like reading. The book ties in the events of Eye of the North and "WAR IN KRYTA" (War in Kryta is an ingame event (mini campaign) that started a few months ago and can be done on any character that beat prophecies of eye of the north) and leads up to the events of Guild Wars 2. Arenanet plans to release 3 books, so part 1 (Ghosts of Ascalon) just came out and the second is planned for December 2010 I believe.
So all you guys pitch in what you think, and well with respect to Guild Wars 1, I highly recommend ya'll revisit PVE and take part in the "War In Kryta". Good Stuff. New end-game weapons to earn, new enemies, bosses, daily bounties etc.
O and if any of ya'll need a guild if returning to Guild Wars 1 PVE, I've got one up, 4 trini's in it so far along with some international peeps and the guild group intends to shift to Guild Wars 2. IGN: Aria Yevena Guild: The Guardians of Cantha [TGOC] Alliance Leader, Full Guild Hall, Kurzick Allegiance.
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