Female bad asses

Okay considering it was International Women's Day yesterday, I've decided to compile a list of 5 awesome female video game characters. These are not a top 5. Just some awesome people. I know the day is over, but still I had assignments to do. Uni work > Blog right now

Samantha Byrne (Gears of War 3)

Samantha Byrne is here because of the fact she literally came out of nowhere between Gears 2 and 3 and literally made it hell for the Lambent and the Locust. Her father fought at Anvil Gate and has the same name as her. Not to forget she saved Marcus' life by running over a stranded with a bike in the Karen Traviss novel Anvil Gate. If you wonder why it's not Anya here. She changed her face and hair too many times.












Jenny (The Darkness II)

Okay this one comes with a massive spoiler warning. If you don't want to know the end of The Darkness II then do not read on.

Jenny may die in the first game, but since then she has been chilling in The Darkness' imprisonment. Not cool enough yet? How about this.. This chick is host to The Angelus. The complete opposite to The Darkness, she can only have human hosts, represents light and has been waging a war with The Darkness since before Moses. She uses Jenny's body to trap both Jackie and The Darkness in hell. If you think it should be Angelus and not Jenny, then simmer. It's Jenny's body.









Cortana (Halo)

Okay so pretty much the only reason I added her was because of Halo hype. She is still awesome in her own right though. How many women do you know what have the co-ordinates of earth inside her? or have to be destroyed if the covenant capture her? None.. maybe one...
She has seen the fall of Reach, The destruction of all the Halo rings and has even been in both Master Chief and Noble Six (not in a rule 34 way.)
She even spoke to Gravemind the Flood (kind of) leader. Who knows what he really is. Stupid Flood.









Ashe (League of Legends)

Okay, I'm going to be honest. I needed one more idea before I could unveil my ultimate! I play Ashe a lot in League of Legends. With the ability to attack quick and get crits over 500 with the right build she is awesome. She's also a Frost Archer, I don't know many of them..















Commander Shepard - Fem Shep (Mass Effect)

So with my copy of Mass Effect 3 expected to arrive in more respectable hours of the day. My ultimate female bad ass over here is Fem Shep. She's been a Spectre, she brought back her entire team from a suicide mission (or if you're Loz lost most of them.) Fought the Reapers, punched reports in the face AND invented the Shepard Shuffle. She keeps it real








I know it's the male Shepard but still!

(video taken from BlakeMah. Not owned by me or this blog)

- Jonathon Aalders

Assassins Creed 3

Today saw the release of the "Reveal trailer" for Assassins Creed 3 and if you have been living under a rock and haven't seen the trailer. It's here:

It basically shows our hooded hero killing British guys before looking at the American Revolutionary War from a tree. From the trailer we are basically shown the setting, character, and some of skills (like shooting a guy in the face with his own gun... but in a cool way.)

Some of the features we have been told already include:  

• The main characters name is Connor / Ratohnhake:ton a mixed race fellow with an English dad and a Native American mum.
• Connor can climb trees. 
• hunting is now a key way to recover resources.
•  Winter fighting puts soldiers at a disadvantage due to ice. So I think there may be a form of season cycle or maybe just changes as the game progresses.
• Gear is upgradable 
• The story will be deeper than 'Good guys, bad guys' with morality involved.
• Connor is smarter than his ancestors and can therefore can dual wield weapons!
• The use of the new Anvil system will allow a couple of thousand people on screen at once.
• For those worrying, Connor does have some form of access to a hidden blade

Finally and the most important part of the game. THERE IS NO TOWER DEFENCE!


Has this game been rushed out with AC: Revelations still doing ok? Or is it time to close the 'Trilogy' (even though this is the fifth game)


- Jonathon Aalders 

Sense of humour

With many games now a days focusing on war and terror, it's refreshing to know that developers of the free to play game League of Legends show they have a sense of humour with a blooper reel of the trailer for season 1. This video is nearly a year old, but hey.. It's worth a watch the 'lulz'

In a time when gaming seems to be churning out game after game (I'm looking at you Call of Duty) we all enjoy seeing the annoying Master Yi, being kicked in the nuts

-Jonathon Aalders

Halo 4

It has arrived the first glimpses into the new game from 343 studios.......HALO 4...... the Halo series needs little introduction seen as how this huge juggernaught started many different projects such as many YouTube Machinimas and also brought a huge audience to Major League Gaming and gave them the momentum and power to become a huge company. Halo 4 is set to build upon Halo 3's ideas and buff them to almost perfetion but as you can see from the video 343 Studios has put their own stamp on the game by altering the Mark IV armour and altering the weapons and vehicles to look upgraded and futuristic. You've got to see the video to know what im talking about but all in all so far the game looks immense and i cannot wait

- Loz Jones

Forces of Nature DLC screens

As the new DLC looms there have been screen shots released on the upcoming Gears of War 3 DLC: Forces of Nature. with these new screen shots we see some of the new maps but also some of the new character skins.

First of all i've got to address the last post concerning the Gears DLC, in it i said that the new locust hunter skin looked exactly the same as the savage marauder but as we can see the savage hunter looks ridiculously good i cant wait but the other three skins are a bit of a let down seen as how they are already in the game. As well as the release of the character skins we also see different map pictures and battles have a look for yourself, they look pretty awesome.