Playstation 4 Analysis Part 1 – Hardware February 22, 2013

The Playstation 4 has officially been announced, and Sony has promised a ton of new features will be coming with this console in order to entice gamers to upgrade.  In this video, Maniac will go over every single detail that Sony has released about their next console’s hardware ranging from the very advanced internal hardware to brand new social features and breaks down the good and bad about everything.

This Analysis is being broken up into two parts.  for the first part, we’re going to talk exclusively about the console itself.  Hardware, features, and the controller.

Stay tuned later this weekend for Part 2, where we will be talking about the games.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Limited Edition Unboxing February 19, 2013

Maniac unboxes Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, a game he’s been looking forward to playing since Kojima announced it at E3 2009. This is the PS3 version and it includes a soundtrack CD, and replica of part of Raiden’s HF Blade inside of a Plasma Lamp. He also shows off what he got for preordering the game, and for preordering something unrelated that was recently announced.

Note: GameStop and other sources have informed us that the preorder codes for the game’s downloadable content was not active as of this afternoon, for either the Xbox 360 0r Playstation 3. If you preordered Metal Gear Rising: Revengance at any retailer which may have offered a special download code for unlockable content, it may not be active yet, but the retailers have assured us that the codes are indeed valid and will activate as soon as the content comes online on your platform of choice.

So, don’t lose those codes, they will work soon. We’ll keep you posted when the content becomes available on either platform.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is out now on the PS3 and Xbox 360.

Dead Space 3 Official Dog Tags Unboxing February 14, 2013

Maniac is a huge fan of collecting Dog Tags, and this week he has a new set to show off.  These are the official Dead Space 3 Dog Tags, given out free through GameStop Power Up Rewards and hints to what may be coming next for review on the channel.

You must be a member of GameStop’s Power Up Rewards program, which you can sign up for at your local GameStop.  The Tags are currently 6,440 Points in the Power Up Rewards Catalog.

Aliens: Colonial Marines Collector’s Edition Unboxing February 12, 2013

Today, Aliens: Colonial Marines was released to the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC.

This the second week of an incredible two month span of major game releases.  A year and a half after first demoing it at E3 2011, Maniac unboxes Aliens: Colonial Marines Collector’s Edition for the Xbox 360.  This is going to be more than just an unboxing, we’re going to be looking at everything that’s in this box and giving it a full review.  Lets see what’s included for $100 US, and if it is worth the money.

Note:  The two index cards which included the download codes for the Collector’s Edition’s downloadable content were not properly marked.  The download code on each card worked, but redeemed the special content that was written on the OTHER card.  I have no idea if this is an issue across all of the CEs or all of the platforms, or if it was just a problem with my edition of the game, but I just wanted to make a mention of that on the site so people who redeem these codes know there may be an issue with them.

Aliens: Colonial Marines is out now for Xbox 360, PC and PS3.  A Wii U version is coming but has no set release date.

Dead Space 3 Limited Edition Unboxing February 5, 2013

It’s February 5th, and it is now the start of the craziest release window for new high profile games that we have seen in years.  Over the next two months we’re getting no less than seven major game releases.  Seriously, we’re talking about a major release once a week, and almost all of them are getting Collector’s Editions.

So, lets kick off this gaming season with today’s release, Dead Space 3 for the Xbox 360, which boasts Kinect support.  This is the Limited Edition version of the game, which means it includes some exclusive downloadable content the player can use through the game for no premium charge over a regular edition of the game.  Lets see what is included.

Oh and by the way, you can check out our unboxing of the Dead Space 3 Dev Team Edition here.

Dead Space 3 is out now for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC.

Dead Space 3 Dev Team Edition Unboxing February 2, 2013

Maniac unboxes the Dead Space 3 Dev Team Edition five days before the release of Dead Space 3.  The Dev-Team Edition was only sold through EA’s Gear Store.  Only 5000 of them were made and they completely sold out.  What we unbox could be one of the best Collector’s Editions released for a game since the Halo Reach Legendary Edition.

But where’s the game box fit?

Dead Space 3 is coming February 5th, 2013 to the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.

God of War: Ascension Multiplayer Beta Gameplay January 21, 2013

If you wanted to see just how fast paced and true to the God of War franchise a multiplayer match looks, take a look at this gameplay footage the first multiplayer mode ever released for a God of War game.  Maniac plays his first round of God of War: Ascension multiplayer during the beta test and wins.

God of War: Ascension is coming March 13th, 2013 exclusive to the Playstation 3.

God of War: Ascension Multiplayer Beta Unlockables Menu January 21, 2013

As a player progresses in level through the God of War: Ascension multiplayer game, they will be able to unlock new armor, weapons, magic, and items.  The multiplayer beta client showed some of what can be unlocked by players and Maniac went through the menus for the God of War: Ascension Multiplayer Beta to show some of what is offered, and how it can be unlocked.

God of War: Ascension is coming March 13th, 2013 exclusive to the Playstation 3.

God of War: Ascension Multiplayer Beta Training Video January 21, 2013

For those of you who didn’t get a chance to check out the God of War: Ascension multiplayer beta but are looking forward to finally playing multiplayer in a God of War game when it is released in March, we have you covered.  Today, gamexcess.net will be releasing some footage from the God of War: Ascension beta.

First off, we’re going to show you the first thing a player sees when they fire up the multiplayer beta for the first time, and probably what will be the first thing a multiplayer player will see in the final version of the game, the training level.  If you just simply look at the title of the video you may confuse it for a simple multiplayer training level, but, as you’ll be able to see in this footage, Sony Santa Monica did something special with its presentation.

God of War: Ascension is coming March 13th, 2013 exclusive to the Playstation 3.