Xbox One

This evening Microsoft announced the new Xbox. It's called 'Xbox One', so no Durango, Infinity or 720, just One. I think it's a weird name because it's the third Xbox. The Xbox One will come in 2013, but when is not told by Microsoft. The interface from the Xbox One looks like Windows 8, which means even coloured squares. The console can show two menus at the same time, so you can watch a movie and Skype with a friend at the same time for example. You can who these menus and hide them with voice control and by movements, which are detected by Kinect 2.0. Every new Xbox will have Kinect 2.0 standard included. Kinect 2.0 can detect movements much better. As you can see on the second image, Kinect can make a very realistic 3D model with it's camera's. The Xbox One will get 8 GB RAM, just like the PS4.

You can't play Xbox 360 games on the Xbox One. The reason is that the Xbox 360 games are DVD games and the Xbox One has a Blue-Ray driver. Maybe the Xbox 360 games you own are available for download on your Xbox One, but this isn't confirmed by Microsoft. Forza Motorsport 5 will be one of the release games of the Xbox One. EA and Microsoft made a big deal, so if you have an Xbox One and an EA game, you will get several extra's. I'm not going to buy the Xbox One, because I love PlayStation, are you going to buy the Xbox One or the PlayStation 4?

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Assassin's Creed Movie

The Assassin's Creed movie has a release date. The movie will be in cinema's at 22 May 2015. The release date of the movie is two weeks after the release of The Avengers 2, so it's a bit risky. There isn't much known about the movie because the script is still written. I wonder what the script writer Michael Lesslie will make. I think the movie will have a new assassin. In the beginning the assassin will lose somebody or something important and then he will assassinate several to take revenge. Another option is that the main character will fight for liberty, just like Connor did in Assassin's Creed 3. If the main character is going to be an existing character, the movie will probably a sequel to the game.

Michael Fassbender is the actor who is going to play the main character. He doesn't look like Ezio or Connor, and he looks a bit like Altaïr. Michael Fassbender is known from Prometheus and X-Men: First Class. Ubisoft has two other movies under development: a Splinter Cell movie and a Ghost Recon movie. Are you going to the Assassin's Creed movie? I'm going for sure!

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Gran Turismo 6

Yesterday was Gran Turismo 6 announced. Gran Turismo is going to be bigger and better than every Gran Turismo before. This game will have 1200 cars, from which 200 are new. The rest of the vehicles are from Gran Turismo 5. Gran Turismo 6 will have 33 locations which have a total of 71 layouts. 19 of the layouts are brand-new to GT6. Gran Turismo 6 will have a new course maker which will be more user-friendly because the course maker from GT5 wasn't very user-friendly.

Gran Turismo 6 will be focused on communities. You can create and organize your own championships and race against your friends. In the championship you can also put your own tracks created in the course maker. For GT6 they created a new engine, which has better performance and more opportunities to expand in the future. To improve the realism they updated the suspension and the aerodynamics modelling. The tyres are redesigned with two tyre manufactures to improve their realism. I think you won't notice much of the new features which improve the realism, because GT5 was already super realistic.

Customising your car is expanded for GT6, you can add many types of spoilers, bumper, side skirts and rims to your car to make your car as personal as you want. They told that the game will have connectivity with other devices, such as your smartphone or tablet. I could imagine that you have an app on your smartphone in which you can customize your car, watch replays, check lap records and see what friends are doing. Gran Turismo 6 will get several DLCs a month which include new tracks and new cars.

Gran Turismo 6 will come in the holiday of 2013 for PlayStation 3. It's unknown whether there will be a PlayStation 4 version or not. Personally I think they will bring it around summer 2014 for PlayStation 4 as a Complete edition with upgraded graphics.

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Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon Review

A month ago I wrote about Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon. Last week this game was released for $15 or €15. I bought the game last weekend for €12 because of a PlayStation Plus discount. The loading screens feature great quotes such as 'You need ammunition to shoot' or 'The hints on the loading screen give hints'. Finally there is a developer who doesn't want to help you with tips in the loading screen. The humor of the game is fantastic. While doing the tutorial Rex wants to get away. You get totally useless explanations such as 'To look around, look around'. After you 'learned' all basics you get dozens of pop-up messages who are extreme annoying, and you get also a message which says it's annoying that you get messages. Great humor!

The game is sadly just a skinned version of Far Cry 3. The enemies don't move different or shoot different. It's not a big deal, because the enemy AI is good. The cars only have different colours and neon strips. The skins are very cool, they are all dark, but have bright lights in them which looks very cool in the dark world of Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon. The world of this game is too dark, when there is something in the shadow it is sometimes very hard to see what it is.

Rex Colt is totally overpowered. You can run and with a speed of 22 mph or 36 km/h and crouch with a speed of 6 mph or 10 km/h. Rex can jump approximately 10 feet or 3 meters high. Because you can jump so high you can make a kill from above on an enemy by jumping in front of him, which is very useful. Basicly you can kill everyone by jumping on him and sprinting to the next enemy, without losing much health. Your health is also extremely much. At the beginning you have 4 bars of health and then it's still not easy to die, but at the end you have 16 lives, and I dying is even more difficult with 16 lives. Rex can breathe forever under water, which is ideal for sneaking up on enemies on a boat. The overpower of Rex is awesome in combination with the Blood Dragons.

The Blood Dragons are the coolest thing of this game. They are huge, have extreme amounts of lives and are extremely powerful. When they are green, they don't see anybody and they are 'friendly'. When they turn yellow, they are suspecting something and when they are red, you've got a problem. Blood Dragons fire a huge laser beam which burns and blasts everything away, except Rex, he can survive the bursts very long. When they come close they will hit you with their giant claws. Killing them is difficult, but with the KillStar it's quite easy.

The KillStar is an awesome weapon which you get in the last mission. With the KillStar you can fire a laser beam which is the same as the one from the Blood Dragon, which means total destruction! The only thing you need to do to clear a group of enemies is hold the trigger and turn slowly around, you kill everything and everybody with this over the top, overpowered laser beam.

Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon is a very good game which has great humor, awesome overpowers, great Blood Dragons and the KillStar is the coolest weapon ever. Sadly the only big thing that changed are the skins and the world is too dark.

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DLC

DLCs, nowadays every game has several of them. The price is varying from free to $20, but are they worth it? It depends on the content. Some DLCs offer a gun or a suit, others offer land expansions or an extra storyline. In this feature I will try to solve the question whether DLCs are worth their price.

Free DLCs
Free DLCs are often released as an extra for the loyal players. A free DLC isn't much more than a gun and a suit, or a new vehicle. Most of the time you won't miss anything if you don't download a free DLC. I always download the free DLCs of a game, because I love free things.

Cheap DLCs (less than $2)
Cheap DLCs offer most of the time the same sort of content as free DLCs. I think they aren't worth their price, because you don't get anything useful.

Medium priced DLCs (less than $10)
The medium priced DLCs offer most of the time much new content. The Zodiac Tournament Pack of Sleeping Dogs offers for example a new island, new enemies, new outfits, new collectibles and new arena's. The price of this DLC is $5. It's an okay DLC according to the reviews, not very good, not bad. If you don't download that DLC you won't miss any cool or great things. Medium priced DLC are often a good addition to your gameplay, they offer enough content to keep yourself busy for maximum five hours.

Expensive DLCs (more than $10)
Expensive DLCs are not very much released because they don't sell as good as medium priced DLCs. Expensive DLCs contain very much content and are most of the time from a high quality. The Skyrim DLC Dragonborn for example has a price of $20. You get a new location, 7 new story-missions, 28 new side-missions, 30 new weapons, the possibility to fly dragons and much more. The Dragonborn DLC is from a high quality and is great to play. The DLC offers tens of hours gameplay and you can see the Dragonborn DLC nearly as a new game because of it's size.

Is a DLC worth its price?
It depends on it's content. If you get a gun for $1, a DLC isn't worth it's price, but if you pay $20 for tens of hours great fun and many new things to do, you should consider buying the DLC. The most important thing is what you think by yourself about a DLC. If you like a gun from $1, buy it and if you hate to play Skyrim even more, don't buy the DLC.

What do you think about DLCs?

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Carmageddon Mobile Review

In 1997 Carmageddon was released. Carmageddon is a race game, but different. You can win a race on three ways: drive through all checkpoints, wreck all opponents or kill all people. Carmageddon was a very controversial game, because running over people was rewarded. The release version in several countries was censored: people were replaced by zombies and robots, because killing non-human objects wasn't as bad as killing humans. Over the whole world politics asked for new laws for violent video games. Eventually the game was banned in several countries. In 2012 Carmageddon was released on iOS. The release on iOS is very remarkable because Apple banned the game from Mac. Yesterday Carmageddon was released for Android.

The first thing you see is the very friendly devil. I love the devil, he is so evil, the perfect devil in my opinion. When you start you have two cars, you can unlock the rest by wrecking your opponents and sometimes you get their car if you wreck it. The controls of the app are not user friendly. The buttons are too small for my fingers, and I don't have very big fingers. After several races I got more used to the controls. Of course you can use the accelerometer for steering, which works much better for steering.

The environments and vehicles are not very nice, but I didn't expect good graphics, because it's a game from 1997. At the top left corner you see your character, Max Damage or Die Anna. The funny thing is the face from your character, it changes while playing. If you crash, you see the head hitting you screen for example. While racing (or crashing) you can repair your car at all times. Repairing your costs money so you need to try to damage your vehicle not too much if you want to buy upgrades. The game is great fun to play. I was laughing often because of the weird crashes, crazy faces and awesome stunts.

Carmageddon Mobile is a very enjoyable game, sadly the controls aren't very user friendly. The great things about this game are the fun while playing, the face of the driver and you can repair your car at any time, which is ideal in a Demolition Derby like game.

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Real Racing 3 Review

Several months ago Real Racing 3 was released for iOS and Android. Real Racing is known as one of the most realistic racing game for the mobile platforms. Real Racing 2 was one of my favorite mobile race games so I downloaded Real Racing 3 as soon as it was available. Real Racing 3 is a freemium game. In the game you have two currencies: R$ and Gold. After winning a race you get R$. Most of the time it's between the 3000 and 8000 R$ a race. You can win gold by leveling and by finishing tournaments for 25, 50 or 100 percent. With R$ you can buy new cars, upgrade your car and repair your car. With gold you can speed up the repair time of a car and the delivery time. The most important thing you can do with gold is buying the best cars, such as the Koenigsegg Agera R or the Porsche 918 RSR. You can buy R$ and gold with real money. The Koenigsegg Agera R has a price of 800 gold. With leveling you gain 3 gold and every five levels 5 gold. If you want the Koenigsegg Agera R you need to become level 235 to gain enough gold. The level cap is level 1000, so you can buy all cars in theory, but level 1000 costs so much time, . You can also buy a gold pack from 99.99 dollar so you have 1000 gold, enough for the Koenigsegg Agera R. $99.99! I can't understand that they dare to ask so much money for a digital car.

The game has very good graphics and quite realistic damage models. If you damage your car you can repair your car with R$. After each race there is taken a percentage of several vehicle conditions such a the engine, the tires and the brakes. Once in a while you need to service your car, and servicing takes time. Sometimes you need to wait 15 minutes before servicing is finished, so if you like to race much, you need many cars or another game.

The opponents are real opponents, they say. By using time shifted multiplayer, which means that your time is recorded and send to the Real Racing servers, you can race with friends without being online at the same time. You need to link the game with Facebook to race against your friends' time. The AI which control your friends car is terrible. The AI wants to drive always on the ideal line. If you are in it's way, you will be pushed away until the AI is back on it's track. If you brake too early and there is an opponent behind you, it will crash into your back.

Real Racing 3 is a very good racing game, with realistic cars and tracks. Sadly the AI is terrible and getting the best cars is nearly impossible. If you like to race on a mobile platform, download this game!

Thanks to: Pocketgamer

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Hitman Blood Money Review

Hitman Blood Money is the last game from the Hitman Trilogy. Again the biggest difference with the previous Hitman games is the graphics. They look pretty good for a PlayStation 2 game. The possibilities in this Hitman are great. You can do every mission on many ways, because there are many routes to get to a place and to kill an enemy. Hitman can freerun on a simple way, there are several points in every map where you can climb a fence or walk over a ledge. If you are freerunning and you are spotted, you have a big problem. But if you aren't spotted you can avoid many guards and dangerous points on the map. The maps are designed on a great way, I love the freedom you got to do a contract. While doing a mission it sometimes felt like a free-roam game.

The AI is too agressive I think. When you are discovered, you will be immediately shot by multiple enemies. The upgrading of weapons is a great addition to the tactics of the game. You start with a single Silverballer, but at the end I had a semiautomatic, magnum bullet shooting, silenced, scoped, laser equipped and extended magazine dual Silverballer. At the end one shot was enough to kill, but thanks to the semiautomatic upgrade I could handle groups of enemies with much more ease.

Hitman Blood Money is the best Hitman I played until now, thanks to it's great level designs, many possibilities and weapon upgrades. A big disadvantage is the aggressive AI.

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Disc or download?

If you are going to buy a new game, you can choose to buy it on disc or download it. Both types of buying games have their own advantages. Buying a game on disc gives you a little book, although they are most of the time not interesting. Another big advantage is the possibility to borrow games from friends or to friends. Borrowing games is a good way to play many games without buying them all. The disadvantage is the space. Ten discs is ok, it doesn't cost much space. But if you have thirty, and you have thirty games quite quick, it will cost you nearly half a meter or 1.6 foot in the width. You can also damage the disc. If you do that your game is broken, and that is the last you want.

Downloading a game has the opposite advantages and disadvantages of a disc, the advantages are the space a digital game uses: nearly nothing, only your computer or your console to store them and the disadvantages are no possibility to borrow a game and no little book. Downloading also has some more disadvantages: the installment can fail, and then you need to install it again. Your store could also be a problem, my PS3 for example has 320 GB space, and I used 220 GB in a half year. My most games are downloads because of PlayStation Plus.

I prefer to buy games on disc, because I like to have a game in my hands, and you can play your new game much faster because you don't need to download a game and install it. Which one do you prefer, disc or download?

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Hitman Contracts Review

Hitman Contracts is the second game from the Hitman Trilogy HD that I finished. Hitman Contracts is a bit shorter than Silent Assassin. I chose to play this game on Professional difficulty. The other thing I did different was the missions. This time I tried to get the Silent Assassin rating for every mission. This game offers more possibilities to complete a mission. Thanks to the many possibilities to a mission you can really do it on your own way. If you want to blow up your targets, you can place a bomb on their car. If explosions aren't your style, you can poison the food of your target. But if you prefer to see your target, you can snipe him or strangle it.

The graphics of this game are highly improved if you compare it to the other games. The only thing that isn't converted to HD for some reason are several cutscenes. I can't understand why they didn't convert them. Getting the Silent Assassin rating wasn't very difficult to get on most mission. I think the main reason for this is the improvements on the moving and killing system, you can do much more, but the AI isn't is much changed. From the twelve missions I got seven times the Silent Assassin rating so they are a bit too easy, although I played on Professional.

One of the new tools I like from this game is the syringe. With the syringe you can sedate enemies, so they don't die. The sedated enemy won't wake up anymore in your mission. The big advantage is that the sedated enemy doesn't count for your rating, because he didn't die and he isn't harmed.

I could recommend this game to everybody who likes to play a stealth game and for those who like a challenge: play this game on Professional and don't give up too soon. If you need to do a mission ten times to finish it, it's only an advantage because you train yourself really good.

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Happy Crowning Day!

Today it's the day that The Netherlands gets a new king. It's a special day for The Netherlands because the last king we had quitted in 1890.

The Dutch Gamer wishes you a happy crowning day!

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Dualshock 4

At the end of the year the PlayStation 4 will be expected in stores. With a new console PlayStation also developed a new controller: Dualshock 4. Dualshock 4 is totally different than Dualshock 3. In this article I will tell about the new features from this controller.

Touchpad
The Dualshock 4 will have a touchpad to add a more dynamic gameplay. The touchpad is multi touch. You can use the touchpad for moves like swiping. I can imagine that the next Little Big Planet will use the touchpad for swiping objects away.

The blue light
The blue light on the back of the controller is used for tracking a player. If you are playing with three friends for example, and you switch places, the camera of the PlayStation 4 can track the light and sees that you switched. If it detects a switch it will change the layout of the screen so you can see easily who you are in the game. It can also change to a different color to indicate that you have low health for example.

Movement tracking
Your movements are tracked by a gyroscope and an accelerometer. I think this replaces PlayStation Move partly. It would be cool if you can use it to roll and duck. In Mass Effect 3 you can roll, it would be awesome to move your controller to the right, and then you roll to the right. It would also be cool to use for jumping. Imagine running over the rooftops in Assassin's Creed and then you move up, and you jump.

Sound
The Dualshock 4 has a port where you can plug your headset in. The big advantage is that you don't need to have a long cable if your television is far away. The controller also has a built-in speaker. The built-in speaker is used for close sounds. If you crash your car, the sound is close so you will here it from your controller, but a car driving by is further away so you will here it through your regular speakers.

Buttons
The start and select button aren't there. They are replaced by a single option button. I wonder how they will replace two buttons by one. Maybe the only thing that changes is the menu which opens. There is a new button on the controller: the share button. With the share button you can capture your gameplay, share your gameplay live, make screenshots and share your activities on social media.

What do you think about Dualshock 4? Post it in the comments below.

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Facebook

After Twitter, Google Plus and YouTube, it's time for Facebook. On our Facebook page you will find posts about games, the blog and trailers from the YouTube Channel. The only thing you need to do is click the Like button!

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Rome Total War 2 Factions

Total War: Rome 2 contains a wide range of factions, each with their own specialty, background and political system. All of these cultures are different from each other: we've got barbarians, the men from the east, Romans, Punics, Egyptians, Greeks… All factions have their strengths and weaknesses and that's not all! Some factions have different playable families so players can decide how they play the game, for example: you could have a Roman family that's very strong on the economic field, but it lacks military power. This can provide some interesting situations!
Well, that was enough speculation! The Creative Assembly announced eight playable factions, I'll show you all of them and I will give some information about them!

1. Rome "Power, honor and duty."

Well, this is the dominating faction in Italy. They are famous for their organization, discipline and tactics. They are all-around: they've got superb infantry, weak/moderate cavalry and some support (archers and catapults). This is a faction where you can choose a family: the Julia, Cornelia and the Junia. All with their strengths and weaknesses!

2. Carthage "Democracy, trade and religion."

The Punics were originally Phoenicians (they come from Lebanon/Syria), they are known for their power on the sea. That's the reason why they are such good merchants. Most of the people know this faction for it's elephants and their Sacred Band of Carthage, the elite forces! This faction also contains three families, just like the Romans.

3. Macedon "Glory, order and power."

We all know the Macedons, a cool faction that lies above the three (major) Greek cities. Nobody trusts them because of all their attempts to rule Illyria, Thracia and the Greek cities. They excel in the military field, but they are very weak on sea. The Macedons have some cool advantages: they are superb when fighting Hellenistic factions and Barbarians! That's why I think Macedon will rule Greece and eastern Europe.

4. Iceni "Iron, conquer and pride."

A Celtic tribe which ruled a province near Norwich, they are the same as the British faction from RTW. But hey, they've got chariots, brave swordsmen and some special units. Are the druids going to make their comeback? We'll see!

5.  Averni "Religion, dignity and power." 

Another (Celtic) tribe, which lies in Gaul. They rule the centre of Gaul, they are famous for their (strict) social system and their light spearmen. They have plenty of opportunities: they can expand to Rome, Spain, Britain and to the Germans. It'll be pretty cool when you can reunite all the tribes from Gaul to conquer Italy!

6. Suebi "Blood, nobility and courage."

A German faction which contains a lot of smaller tribes. They are feared for their warfare: they don't surrender! They will use, just like the Averni, spears (not all of them ofcourse). They resemble the Germans from Rome Total war and I don't think that they are changed that much.

7. Ptolemaic kingdom of Egypt "Legacy, independence, ability."

Indeed, the Greek kingdom formed after the death of Alexander the Great. His empire was divided between his generals and Egypt was given to Ptolemy, the Greek and Egyptian culture was mixed after that and…  Everybody knows it, so I won't go on. The "Egyptians" have a balanced army: spearmen, swords and elephants. Their marine is also one of their strengths. The perfect faction? No, they have some internal problems between the Greeks and Egyptians. So expect rebellions! An interesting faction!

8. Parthians "Tolerance, justice and profit." 

They were once mighty, but they are weak now. Are you the leader who's going to build a strong army to lead the Parthians to glory? The Parthians have some amazing capabilities: their cavalry and their archers. They are a mixed culture and you can see that in their armies: they can recruit groups from different cultures.
So, thats all for now. We will keep you up to date!

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A new author

The great announcement from today is that this blog has a new author! This means that there will be more posts. The new author wrote a little article to introduce himself:

"I am Youri and I like to write, game and play sports. WZ asked me to be his co-writer, so here I am. I play all sorts of games: from shooters (Battlefield 3) to adventures (TES and Uncharted) and sport-games (NBA and FIFA). You can ask me everything about my set ups for BF3, my favorite players on FIFA and my favorite gaming characters. Please comment or mail your questions, so we can answer them!"

From now on you will see under the post who wrote it. If I post something you will see: 'Written by WZ'. If Youri posts something you will see under the post: 'Written by YP' or 'Written by WZ & YP'.

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Assassin's Creed 3: The Tyranny of King Washington review

Introduction
Assassin's Creed 3: The Tyranny of King Washington is an alternative history based on the American Revolution. In this alternative history George Washington doesn't become president, but he makes himself king. Mister Washington uses the Apple of Eden to gain power over people. The Tyranny of King Washington contains three DLC's. Each DLC has a price of $9.99 or €9.99 or 800 Microsoft points. For seasonpass holders is the DLC free. I bought the seasonpass so I can play all the DLC's of my favorite series!


The Infamy

The Infamy is the first episode of The Tyranny of King Washington. Every DLC contains a animal power, in this DLC it is the power of the wolf. With the power of the wolf you have the possibility to become invisible. While you are invisible you lose health. In wolf mode you can very easy escape enemies. If you use your hands or your hidden blade you can kill enemies without leaving wolf mode. If you use any other weapon to make a kill you will be visible again. There are several new people in this DLC, such as Teiowí:sonte. Teiowí:sonte is the guy you see on the picture right. I prefer to call him 'Chocolate man' because of the chocolate hand on his face. Maybe is Teiowí:sonte the discoverer of chocolate spread and did he enjoyed eating the chocolate spread so much that his hands were full of it, and then he touched his face. Chocolate man is an indian and the brother of Kahionhaténion.

The Betrayal

The second episode is The Betrayal. In the Betrayal you are in Boston. The animal power of this DLC is the Power of the Eagle. With the Power of the Eagle you can fly across small gaps. The Power of the Eagle controls work very easy so you learn fast to use it. A big disadvantage of the Power of the Eagle is that you don't freerun very much anymore, because using the Power of the Eagle makes it possible to move much faster through the city and you can evade enemies very quick so it's the best option to move across Boston. The mission is this game are a bit tougher. I think the quality of the missions is higher. They have a better story than the missions from The Infamy.

The Redemption

The final episode of The Tyranny of King Washington is The Redemption. In the final episode you are in New York to hunt for King Washington. Your special animal power is the Power of the Bear. With the Power of the Bear you create a shockwave which blasts enemies away. The nearby enemies will die instant and the enemies who are further away will only have damage. New York is different than in the normal story, because King Washington made a pyramid in the middle of the city. The pyramid is the new home of Washington and his base of opperations. The DLC starts with a sea mission, one of my favorite parts of the game. You need to shoot many ships in this mission, I loved it! When you're on shore you have mission who look much like the missions of the other DLC's: help the people to gain their trust and help and then hunt down the bad guy from the DLC. The missions aren't very fun to play and very good. In every DLC the mission are focust around the animal power, and in this one the animal power is perfect for mass destruction of enemies, so you need to kill often tens of enemies at a time.

Conclusion
The Tyranny of King Washington is a very good range of DLC's which are all great fun to play. The big advantage of all three DLC's is the variation on the Assassin's Creed concept. The animal powers are brilliantly made and work good. The disadvantages are the price of the DLC's. For each DLC a price of $9.99 or €9.99 or 800 Microsoft points is too much. For sure if you know that every DLC is maximum three hours short.

8

+Great fun +Good variation +Animal powers -Price -Too short

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The new Xbox

Today there are some new Xbox specs leaked. The rumors say that the new Xbox will come in November. That's probably earlier than the release of the PS4, because rumours say that the PS4 will come in December. The new Xbox will have a price of $499. If you don't want to pay too much for the console, you can buy a $299 version, but then you have to pay $10 a month to use it. How long you need to pay $10 isn't told.

The Xbox will probably needs to be always connected to the internet. Many people don't like that because you internet connection could fall away, and then you can't game. I don't think I'm going to buy the new Xbox, because I love my PlayStation too much :). At May 21 the new Xbox will be revealed. For the latest next-gen rumours, check my blog!

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Youtube

The Dutch Gamer is still expanding. Today it's time for Youtube! I will post trailers from new games on the Youtube Channel. I have also some other plans for the Youtube channel but they are still very unsure. You can find the most awesome channel of all here: Youtube

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Ratchet and Clank movie

Sony announced today that there will be a Ratchet and Clank movie. The movie will come in 2015. Of course it will be filled with good jokes which don't make any sense. I love the humor of the Ratchet and Clank series. All the game that I played from the Ratchet and Clank series have great humor. Sony says on their blog that this game is requested by the fans.

The script is written by the writer who wrote the scripts for all the games. I'm sure that it will be a good script, because of the other games. In the movie you will see all the characters you know from the games, Captain Quark, Ratchet, Clank and probably Doctor Nefarious. Sadly they didn't tell much more than the information that I gave, but if there is more news, you will read it here!

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Let's Play Hitman Trilogy HD

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin is the first Hitman game I've ever played. Today I finished, much quicker than I thought. I played the game on Normal, so that must be the reason that I finished the game in three days. This game is so good, I love it! In the beginning my gameplay was terrible, I couldn't succeed in killing nobody and stay hidden. In Hitman it isn't necessary to play stealth. If you want to use your Machine Gun and kill every moving thing, you can do it, but it isn't very enjoyable.
All the contracts are different and great fun to play. Every mission has several ways to complete it and you need to find the best way by yourself. The only thing provided by the makers of the game are the objectives. The best kill is made without using a gun, because a gun spreads blood and that's detected guards, so you need to kill somebody different. That's why you have Fiber Wire. With Fiber Wire you can strangle enemies. They won't make sound and the environment stays clean. The only problem is that you need that body. Most of the time you can drag a body behind some crate or a wall. And then you need to hope that there is nobody who detects the body.

Today I started Hitman: Contracts after finishing Silent Assassin. The first thing I noticed when I started Contracts was the improved graphics, it's a huge difference. The controls are different and that's quite difficult. The L2 button is in Silent Assassin sprinting, but in Contracts it's sneaking. I didn't play Contracts very long so I can't tell much. Luckily for you I have still fifty Hitman contracts to do in three games, so you will hear much about the series!

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