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What we are playing: July 1

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Ryan Reynolds
– July 1, 2012Posted in: What we are playing

What we are playing is a weekly column published every Sunday. Various members of the team let the world know which games have had them hooked over the past week and which they’re looking forward to.

Ryan Reynolds- I spent my day off this week replaying Episode One of The Walking Dead right before I sunk my teeth into Episode Two. I’m really enjoying the games and I’m looking forward to Episode Three. I also played quite a bit of Mass Effect 3 multiplayer. What did you guys think of the Extended Cut content? Finally, while I did start a Monk in Diablo 3 this week, I only played it for about 20 minutes. I think Diablo may take the cake for disappointment of the year.

Scott Waldyn- In my free time, I started playing the Dawnguard DLC for Skyrim. I haven’t gotten too horribly far in it, but from what I’ve played, I am definitely enjoying it. I love hunting me some vampires. Other than that, I played through Episode Two of The Walking Dead. While I loved Episode One, I thought this next installment was even better. It’s so drenched with tension and some tough choices.

Sean Prideaux- I also played The Walking Dead Episode 2 and it is easily making this series a strong contender for game of the year. On the other end of the spectrum I was “playing” Steel Battalion: Heavy Armour, the less said about it the better. Its also a good few weeks for 4x strategy games, I previewed Endless Space which is very good and out next Wednesday. Also I played the demo of the Gods and Kings Expansion for Civilization V; now I can’t play Civ until i buy it as the new stuff is amazing. I also picked up Shoot Many Robots on sale and its pretty fun.

Andy Tran- I finally sat down and sunk a few short hours into the Battlefield 3 campaign. It’s surprisingly good and on-par with Modern Warfare 3 and slightly better plot than Ghost Recon Future Soldier. If you own the game and like many others – just play it for the multiplayer I suggest making a pass at the campaign. It’s worth your time and quite challenging on hard difficulty – and also I needed to get the most out of it after spending an extra $50 on the “Premium Pack”.

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Skyrim Dawnguard confirmed for June 26

By
Marykate Clark
– June 24, 2012Posted in: News

Following a successful beta run this past week, Bethesda has announced (via Twitter) that the first DLC for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will launch on schedule June 26 (1600 MSP), an Xbox exclusive launch ahead of PC and PS3. Dawnguard brings approximately 10-20 hours of additional gameplay, roughly the same length as other faction quest lines, such as completing the Thieves’ Guild  (revealed at E3). Along with the new story and quests, the DLC adds new features including vampire lord and werewolf skill trees; there’s even a spectral mount.

The main story of the DLC surrounds the struggle between the Dawnguard, a brotherhood of vampire hunters and the pure vampires, lead by Lord Harkon (featured in the Dawnguard trailer). Additional content includes: side quests, the Soul Cairn realm (a plane of Oblivion), a host of new skills, new weaponry, new shouts, and an assortment of  creatures and characters; including one woman in Riften who allows players to change their character’s appearance (another E3 reveal). Are there  any of the rumored Snow Elves? It’s possible, but, when asked at E3, Todd Howard stopped short of directly confirming it. The DLC is integrated such that it comes seamlessly incorporated as part of the existing Skyrim world, accessible within the regular game. Characters need to be level 10 to begin the main Dawnguard quests, which begin at the far North of Skryim.

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The debut trailer and release date for Skyrim’s Dawnguard DLC are here

By
Ryan Reynolds
– June 7, 2012Posted in: Media, News, Videos

Bethesda Softworks has revealed that the highly anticipated Dawnguard add-on for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is currently scheduled to release on June 26th. While the release date is described as “tentative”, select owners of the game on Xbox 360 may not have to wait that long to play the DLC. Bethesda has also announced that they are running a beta for Dawnguard, which you can sign up for, by following this link. In case you needed some motivation to do so, check out the debut trailer for Dawnguard above.

Originally released last holiday season, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim quickly became one of the year’s biggest critical successes and one of the best selling role-playing games on the Xbox 360. Opening an enormous world containing a seemingly endless amount of content, players still find themselves questing and hunting down dragons, seven months after release. Back in May, Kinect support was added to the game, in the form of voice commands, which allow players to spice up their experience by adding their own voice to the mix, breathing new life into their character.

Source: Joystiq

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Bethesda announces first Skyrim DLC “Dawnguard” coming this summer

By
Ryan Reynolds
– May 1, 2012Posted in: News

As promised, Bethesda has officially announced the first downloadable content for their critically successful role-playing game, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Scheduled to release on Xbox 360 this summer, literally no other details were made available outside of the title Dawnguard, and the teaser image above. Bethesda has promised that we will get more details on the add-on next month at E3. Thanks to the investigative minds over at Joystiq however, you can feast on this rumor; We’re hearing rumblings of crossbows, snow elves, and an almighty snow elf prince. We have no idea what all that means, but those things were discovered within Skyrim‘s game files in a folder titled “DLC01″, so do the math.

Speaking of Skyrim, a title update went live just this morning that has added Kinect support to the game. You can now shout voice commands at your television that will aid you in your quest to slay all of the world’s dragons thanks to the magic of Kinect. You can check out the full list of recognizable voice commands that Skyrim will recognize by checking out our story from earlier today. Now go test out Skyrim‘s fancy new voice commands and start psyching yourself up for Dawnguard! We’ll bring you more news on the DLC as soon as it breaks.

Source: Bethesda Blog and Joystiq

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