It’s been a long time coming for Sony and finally the people of the Philippines will be finally considered an official area for Playstation products. Sony Playstation PH will be having it’s launching event this coming March 27 & 28 at the Glorietta Activity Center.

There’s a lot of things happening on this 2-day event. There will be psps and ps3 giveaways for various winners of the competitions that will be held on-site such as the Cosplay competition, Ridge Racer and Tekken 6 dark ressurection torunaments to name a few. For further details you can drop by the Sony Playstation Microsite on this link. You can also visit the Sony Playstation Fan page on this link.

World 3 people, G, Martin and Mayor talk about their impressions on Square Enix’ latest add-on to the Final Fantasy Series, FFXIII.

It’s the Fainaru Fantaji XIII episode where World 3 talks about, well, Final Fantasy XIII! We give our impressions and discuss the ups & downs of the latest entry of Square Enix’s flagship RPG.

Was the Paradigm Shift a brilliant idea? Does the game truly have a 20-plus hour tutorial? The story at least; blockbuster and captivating or nothing more than your typical Anime fantasy plot? Overall was it worth all the hype, or did it left us bitching for “towns”? Tune in!

Warning: light spoilers ahead… if you have at least played the game for 3 hours, or have seen the trailers etc., then you should be fine.

Starring: G, Mayor and Martin

Here’s the link.

Enjoy!

Here’s fellow plurker and gamer Aissa Jo Quizon and she’s our current Pinay Gamer! You can see her page here.

Here’s my friend, Tim’s take on the much awaited God of War III game.

Disclaimer: Post was taken with permission from tim’s blog, The Crusader’s Realm. You can see the original post on this link.

There were plenty of games out this month that were hard to resist – Final Fantasy XIII, Yakuza 3, and Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition to name a few. But one game that definitely gives gamers a run for their money is the long awaited release of God Of War III – the game that represents action-adventure and hack and slash gaming at its finest!

The wait was agonizing and the teases were infuriating, but come March 17, on St. Patrick’s Day itself, I finally landed myself a copy of God Of War III! That’s right, the epic journey of Kratos was released this week to all the hungry fans and PS3 owners around the world, and I can definitely say for the most part of my playing experience that THE WAIT WAS DEFINITELY WORTH IT (See how I placed that in all caps). The gameplay we’ve come to know and love through the series is intact, along with a few new additions and innovations to turn the most sadistic person upside down with glee.Not only that, the graphics are sweet… TOO SWEET to behold, and anyone with High Definition TVs will surely enjoy the carnage on display and fine detail and lengths Sony and Santa Monica Studio have gone through to make this sequel feel EPIC.

God Of War III
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Developer: Santa Monica Studio

Since it’s God Of War, expect a lot of that bloodthirsty action, puzzle solving, and insanely superb storytelling as you play the adventure. Those unfamiliar with the earlier games, fear not, for the makers have gone the extra mile to tell Kratos’ backstory through a well made intro that looks like an animated Tapestry infused with something from the recent James Bond movies. Afterwards, you begin the game proper, and it starts just as all hell breaks loose (Slight SPOILERS here, so look back now, purists!). Taking place directly after the cliffhanger ending of GoW II, Kratos charges head on to Mount Olympus alongside the Titans, as they seek to gain their vengeance upon the Greek Gods and ultimately defeat their almighty leader, Zeus. At this point, you take control of the rage-filled Ghost Of Sparta, cutting down enemies through a mini-tutorial until you come face to face with the first God blocking your way – Poseidon, king of the seas. Anyone who’s new to these types of games will surely feel this like this is the final confrontation of a bad-ass game. However, this is GOD OF WAR, and any boss battle of this magnitude is considered normal and fair play… and it’s only a taste of things to come. From this point, something happens to Kratos (again) that makes his journey for revenge harder than he expected, and after acquiring a new mission that will help him achieve his one desired goal, it falls to his own persistence and determination once more to complete the labors and tasks set forth before him… with an uncertain future waiting beyond the gate.

A couple of hours into the game and still stretching my skills into it, I can definitely say that I have my A-Game with this baby, especially when it comes to unleashing Kratos’ fury and abilities on various monstrosities of Greek mythology. What I found pleasant was the fact that many useful abilities from GoW II return, such as Icarus’ wings which allow Kratos to glide and fly at certain points in the game. However, the new abilities are where it’s at, and early on, Kratos gets many new upgrades that do more than help traverse obstacles, they leave enemies agonizing in pain. Without offering too much of a spoiler since it was in the E3 Demo, one of these abilities is the Head Of Helios, ripped from the head of the God himself, which illuminates paths and stuns enemies with a blinding flash. Kratos can later gain new eapons and power-ups with makes him stronger and faster, but to what those are, I’ll leave it for you to find out. Also, don’t forget the Button Pressing mini games that prompt up usually when you’re about to finish off an enemy. These are legend among GoW titles, and leaves a satisfying smirk on your face everytime a brutal kill is being shown. It’s these moments that prove God Of War’s worth to the PS3 crowd… and why it’s simply a beautiful exclusive to own. If you still need convincing, here’s a trailer to see and make your eyes pop open with excitement:

Hands down, God Of War III os a masterpiece, and the wait was absolutely worth it. I’ve enjoyed the past games too much to ignore this one, and seeing Kratos’ adventure come full circle is a blessed sight to my gaming eyes. I’m still on the running and enjoying my playthrough, but hopefully my words are enough to convince you that this is definitely worth the pick up, especially to those justifying a PS3 purchase at this point. Fans of the series will also get a taste of deja vu here and there, and there are easter eggs to pick up as you go along with the adventure and narrative. Bottomline, get GoW III… or face Kratos’ wrath in your dreams.XD

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So let’s start with the first one:

Yep Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. Sa ngayon I’m in the process of sprucing up my guild card, which means I’m finishing all the training quests, accomplishing all the treasure hunting quests and also claiming the remaining guild card awards that have yet to be attached to my “hunter license” (i just like calling it a hunter license due to my HxH addiction lol).

Sa ngayon ang priority ko e yung treasure hunting quests and getting all those rare items that need to be found sa lahat ng areas sa game. Nasimulan ko na yung sa Snowy Mountains and isa nalang ang kulang ko– which is the Dragon Tears (ata) I actually keep on forgetting the name of that egg but that’s the one you get from the egg grounds sa Snowy Mountain area.

Seeing that I’ve just started with the Treasure Hunt. Malayo layo pako– actually the reason why I started with the Guild Card clearing is that I don’t want loose ends when Monster Hunter Freedom 3comes out (actually that’s the proposed title for the American version of Monster Hunter Portable 3rd). Alam niyo na yung feeling na wala ka nang babalikan sa MHFU kasi tapos ka na.

Na kahit di man maimport yung saved file, at least you know that you’ve accomplished everything the game has to offer. Now isn’t that a feeling we gamers want in our game accomplishments?

The next backlog is:

The game basically is a “kumakain ng tanga” type of game. I mean seriously, it took me how many tries before I finish the story based missions in the game. The characters were just too weak to begin with and I’m having a hard time trying to get used to the Wild Arms XF battle system.

With the game consistently reminding me of Final Fantasy Tactics, I keep on acting like I was actually playing FFT. Hence the consistent mistakes that I’m starting to slowly stop committing.

Pero seriously nahihirapan ako sa missions dito and ang awkward ng camera angle. The game actually forces me to become a boy scout na dapat laging handa sa lahat ng situations. Biro mo may isang mission na hindi ko matapos kasi wala akong enough items to heal the npcs that I need to escort outside of the map. The painful part is ang lalakas humataw ng kalaban na I can’t really do anything about it save to become tanks for the npcs.

To top it all off I can’t afford to let my characters die.

I actually had a good run with this mission– already about 20 minutes into it and I only needed to get the old man out. The thing was, naubusan ako ng healing pots, we can’t stop the enemy’s movements anymore and well guess what? They enemy killed the old man. So you can just imagine, 20 minutes down the drain just because of a single old man who can’t seem to move his butt out of dodge fast enough.

I tell ya I was so tempted on throwing the psp at the wall– then I regained my sense and put down the psp and started killing people in KOS– yep that’s my new stress reliever XD shooting people head’s off in LU!’s latest mmofps.

Speaking of FFT.

My next backlog is:

Yep, di ko pa tapos yung Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions. I was supposed to finish the game once I got it but due to the influx of games that I had… well I never got to finishing the game.

Well, kung tutuusin myaroon nakong save file for the game, kaya lang I decided to start from the beginning again because I wasn’t satisfied with the group setup I had. Yeah ganun ako kalandi sa games ko lalo na sa FFT (kaya nga wala akong natatapos e no?).

FFT is actually a lot less stressful than Wild Arms XF, but FFT’s gameplay’s more polished than XF (considering the fact that FFT came out years before Wild Arms XF). Though my only problem with the game is that obvious talaga yung lag sa umd dito sa laro kasi hindi synced ang graphics and sound whenever I do spells lalo na pag summon.

Pero being a big FFT fan hindi ko nalang siya pinapansin kasi ganun ko ka mahal tong laro na to.

Yeah im a FFT fanboy so go shoot me now?

Anyway, now that I think about it– among the nine games I have I haven’t finished all of them save for one– Tekken 6 and yeah that’s like saying a lot e no? Though I am saying that I’ve finished Tekken 6 kasi I’ve acquired all the movies for the characters… but then that’s just me baka kasi hindi yun yung tingin niyo sa “game accomplished”.

I decided to cut this post because if I put everything down now– it’s going to be too darn long and I know you guys won’t be reading something THAT long.

So anyway here’s the other game backlog I have to let you have an idea on the things I haven’ t finished:

1. Castlevania Symphony of the Night
2. Metal Gear Solid
3. Prinny: Can I truly be the hero?
4. Persona
5. Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce
6. Invizimals

Malay niyo when I post the part 2 of this blog post tapos nako dun di ba? hehe.

The highly awaited clan system in KOS was already released yesterday after the game’s server maintenance. Players who are level 28 and above can finally organize their friends and setup a clan of their own. One of the main features of the clan system is you can have your own clan emblem placed beside your character name.

Here are some FAQs and guides to the KOS clan system:

KOS Clan Management FAQs

1. How to create a clan?
See KOS clan guide. Go to KOS Clan Page. Create and Manage your own Clan.

2. How to join a clan?
Log in your account in-game. Locate Clan Icon. Refresh Page and Select a Clan then click Join.
Your application will be sent to KOS Website. Wait for the Clan Master to accept your application.

3. What is the Level Requirement when Creating a Clan?
You must be at least Level 28 or the Rank of a Master Sergeant.

4. What is the Level Requirement when joining a Clan?
No Level or Rank requirement when joining a clan. A Level 0 with Rank Skull symbol (Recruit) will be able to join a clan.

5. What is the Maximum Clan Members in one Clan?
200 Clan Members including the clan master.

6. What are the Maximum Pending applications of a clan in the Clan Website?
Maximum of 90 applications.

7. What are the Maximum and Minimum characters / bytes of a Clan Name?
Minimum Characters / Bytes: 1
Maximum Character / Bytes: 20

8. What is the Clan Logo Requirement?
32 x 32 pixels / bytes in .jpg format

9. Can I create another clan for my other character?
Currently only 1 clan is allowed per account.

10. Is it possible for my alternate character[s] to join a clan even though my Main character is already in a clan?
No, once you already have a clan for you character, your alternate character[s] can no longer join other clans including your own.

11. I always return to the login page of the KOS Clan Management page whenever I try to login, what should I do?
You can try using a different browser. Try using Mozilla Firefox ver 3.5 or Internet Explorer 8.

12. I can’t disband my clan even though I have no members yet.
Regardless if you have no members yet in your clan, once you have pending applications you will not be able to disband your clan. It is recommended that you deny all pending applications first then try to disband.

13. I already created/disbanded my clan, why is it that it is still not visible in the Clan in-game?
Clan registration/disband takes approximately 24 hours before it is recorded in the system. Kindly wait for 24 hours after clan creation/disband.

14. I get a System Error (15361) when I tried to join a clan. See screenshot below:

This error message appears when the clan you are applying for does not exist. Note that the system refresh time is at least 24 hours.

15. How do I leave a clan?
For clan masters you should expel all clan members as well as all application first to disband your clan, please see FAQ #12. For Clan Members the only way to leave a clan is via in-game. Please see screenshots below:

Word disband is leave. Currently this is still being fixed. We’ll have this guide updated once it has already been fixed by our developers.

For the KOS clan management guide here’s the link.

The biggest buzz today in the gaming scene is that it’s now official, Capcom is going to release the latest Monster Hunter game, which is titled Monster Hunter Portable 3. Amidst the rumors and speculations about the game, Capcomalready had a press con in Japan today. They already released an in-game video which shows new monsters, new felyne combat skills and clothes and of course new weapons.

However that’s not the only bombshell that the people of Capcom released. Oh yeah there’s more!

According to Siliconera.com the west will be having a taste of the game as early as this year. Yep that’s right, the game is slated to be released late this 2010. The official english title of Monster Hunter Portable 3 is Monster Hunter Freedom 3. So guys we may be getting a taste of the game earlier than we expect.

Stay tuned on the blog because I will be keeping an eye out for details regarding with what’s new in this latest MH game.

The e-games Domination IV mini-site is now up and running. Players who are interested in pre-registering for the convention can now do it on the site. Here’s the site link.

K.O.S.: Secret Operations will be having it’s fourth leg tournament this coming March 19-20, 2010. No announcement has been made regarding the places where the tournaments will be held. However, the tournament’s mechanics have been released.

Schedule
Registration: 3pm-5pm
Tournament Proper: 5pm onwards

Cash Prizes
Champion: P4500
1st-runner up: P1500

I’ll be watching out for the venue announcements so please do stick around.

Update:

Cafes for the tournament