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ARMAGEDDON 2012 | Auckland – gaming

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This year Armageddon 2012 in Auckland has been larger this year, the stall holders have taken mostly of occupying space, there was more than last years, due to hindrance of the Rugby world cup in New Zealand which resulted less stall holders, also the Monday didn’t fall in the labour weekend, which meant that they didn’t bank on a trading day Monday.

This year the Armageddon calendar sync back to the pre Rugby world cup, which is good in the way, that there were more stalls, some accommodating more retail floor space than of last years.  Mostly  of the stalls generally  occupy the Pavilion one, in which are dominating mostly gaming studios,  Sony is one of the largest stall holders, then to the Microsoft Xbox, in down came to Blizzard, Acitivsion EA games, then to a few new entrants this year Alienware and Razor, orthough I’m surprise that they were on the other Pavilion.  Among the other stalls are to off are comic stalls such as Gotham Comics, and behind the wall Hero for sale, with their guest  comic artist in which you could get an autograph sign works or a custom drawn works from the artist.  Just face to face of the Comic stall holders is the gaming Magic the gathering  tournaments which held  was held during the three day weekend, plus there was some spot prizes along the way, like booster game card packs.

Within the Pavilion one, there were a majority of game releases, such there was in the Xbox stall the release of Halo 4, which was jam pack like the interstate 405 during Carmeggeddon of people waiting to try out in turns with spot prizes in massive queues.  And could say least for the Dishonour though, in saying Xbox could have set up an individual stall booth for Halo 4, and do replays of Machinima prime and 343 industries’s Halo Forward unto Dawn to promote the series, and the game play.  With Xbox, there was also the Kinect gaming system also, with the Star wars game and sporting aspects, watching the Kinect stall, I wonder how Microsoft lost the opportunism of showing what the Kinect system can really do, and advertise in promoting the social, education, gaming also shopping nature of its ecosystem within those three days.

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Within the Acitivsion | Blizzard there was pretty much an emphasis on the MMORPG World of Warcraft, on the Mist of Pandaria also another MMO Diablo new release also Star Craft.  Orthough I’ll be nice if they did an inductionary live stream session to get people into the game with some specials and a game store shop with game mechanise, instead of having EB games retailing it for them.  Also the Call of Duty, I’m remarkably surprise also that giving its one of the most popular first person shooter games akin to Battlefield series. It had a smaller booth.

The Next stop with EA. EA’s booth is pretty interesting, the pretty much beefed up for this year. One thing their booth had almost the largest floor space yet, covering an internal gaming area, where you could do multiplayer gaming on medal of Honour, in a camouflage setting environment.  Also with some Nerffing gun firing range happening to see how far you could Nerf.  Alongside of the is the newly release of the Need for speed- most wanted. Also interesting that there wasn’t any promotion of Star Wars the old republic, due to the that there was other MMORPG’s promoted in the Acitivsion | Blizzard stand. Also in promotion Crysis three,

Apart from other stalls is the Sony, traditionally, demonstrating the newly PlayStation items, such as the newly Psvita, wonderbook, Also the promotionally it third person action adventure Gods of War game.  As right next to the Sony stall a new comer to these years is Alienware promoting its extreme Hard core gaming machines to the first time introductionally used in the Con the Alienware’s Pod, it’s a sit in cockpit console with tri-wide screens, with a combination of gaming peripherals.  The first time I’ve encountered the Alienware Pod is a many several months ago when they were launching Battlefield 3 globally in New Zealand, the Battlefield 3 New Zealand is amazing experience seeing how the game works, and seeing others awarded with spot prizes also lots cool swag.  Among within the Alienware’s booth is the mini basketball court.

In opposition of the of the Xbox is the Nintendo stand covering almost the same area of the Activision | Blizzard stand covering most of the Wii U game consoles, and it portable Nintendo 3DS products in a nice white contemporary environment, in right adjunction to the Nintendo’s stall is Ubisoft’s stall where they were show casing some upcoming games such as Assassin’s Creed three, Farcry three, Zombi U, Just Dance four, Sonic All stars. Also within the same booth is the preview demonstration release of Crystal Dynamics| Square Enix’s Lara Croft’s Tomb Raider, in a seductive timing dosage of prescriptive game play, interesting also that there was least promotionally for the series of Tomb Raider as to the more of the hype to Xbox Halo four.  Orthough Tomb raider is still one of my favourite single player games I still enjoy from taking restfully moments away from doing MMORPG on Star trek Online. I was hoping for more the same promotionally push they they’ve done for Comic Con San Diego 2012 with promotional footage from Zach Levi’s Nerd Machine.

Armageddon 2011- part one

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Today is the first day of Armageddon 2011,Auckland, so far there have been a few changes lately. Even though the even is a little late than one week, and shifted to the following week from the labour weekend. This is partially to make way for the Rugby World Cup that was held in New Zealand.  Other wise the events wise it’s been rather tidy when I walked, this may have been it’s a Friday, a working day,  also too  it just opened at eleven in the later morning and I arrived least a hour later.

I’ve notice that there are three main game studios occupying the main center off the convention center, Microsoft Xbox,  Playstation, and EA games. Last few years Playstation held there stall spotting over the years. And opposing it’s it Microsoft Xbox showing it’s open plan stand with it’s Kinect gamming stations and it’s abilities which successively over Sony’s Playstation’s motion controller. Also to add also is other Game studios which have been traditional there is Activision, also Blizzard.

One thing though I’m rather impressive of EA games also Microsoft Xbox, Kinect display, it’s refine also elegant, where Sony’s playstation is clubbing it down with a in house DJ.

There are few games to look out for which have been featured on the floor, this Friday, mostly are such as EA’s Battlefield 3, Mass effect 3, Dragon Age series, also other tittles such as Gears of war 3, Batman – Arkham City, Call of Duty-Modern warfare three. Uncharted three- Drake’s Deception. Forza- Motorsport four.

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Battlefield 3

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Battlefield 3 is coming soon, which will be launch on this coming Wednesday in New Zealand, on 26th October 2011, Just before Armogedden starts between 28th to 31st October, while in the northern hemisphere international launch, which  it’s on the 25th.

During the New Zealand launch Alienware and EA Games. Alienware will be hosting and opening several,  also micro events before the game is offically launch on midnight at the Westfield Albany Mall, North Shore, in  Auckland, New Zealand. where the game is purchase at JB Hifi.

The gameplay is set between the year 2014, where you finding and safely return a lost squad also during the tour of duty doing  recon on a chemical weapons location.  after finding the location you’ll become intrench in a massive fire fight for quite some time in a and earthquake bound zone in ther middle east.  also it comes in three modes of game play, campagian, co- opervative and  mutliplayer where you’ll get to have least 64 players on PC edition.  The Battlefield arena maps includes New York, Paris, Terhan, Oman, Sarajevo,  Wake Island also Sulaymaniyah.  you’ll be battling out from metro- urban city zones vast landscapes.

Battlefield 3 is produced by EA, Electronics Arts. It’s  played on most consoles, Xbox, Playstation, PC, and also on iOS.

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Unique moments in time.

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I was strolling down my subscriptions on You Tube  today just checking out events that was vlog on SDCC 2011 San Diego Comic Con 2011, just because I couldn’t make it there.  As I watching a few panels that  I miss,  I happen to come across to see a couple of awesome events of watching Girl meets Boy, or the other way around, they spent some time together and one’s pops the surprise cosplay question on Comic Con 2011 in San Diego. and the Girl say yes!

Captain America pops the question!

For Halo Shooter fans, this will definitely drop your sniper rifle, and give Master Chef a teary eye.

Armageddon 2010 AKL | part two

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Arriving in early in morning, to Armageddon to see what finally the place looks like before the place opens. it feels empty at first like a scene from Battlestar Galatica when they decide to settle on New Caprica, leaving an empty BSG 75 only a few to maintain the ship you can hear the corridors sunshine quiet. until the doors open up with a warm buzz of arriving patrons creating life into the emptiness of the sallow out halls.

There are a lot more items than from the years of last, the event has grown even larger than last year.  Think this year it tweaked itself out as I wondered  into deeply into the three large halls of the ASB Expo Pavillion center in Greenlane.  There’s  new variety of items. I notice this year as I was walking around the stalls, it seems it more delicate to the Cosplay, with cosplay clothing, accessories, weapons. it’s starting to feel like Comic Con in San Diego but only Benito smaller.  I’ve notice there was a lot of gore cosplay on sale too, this may have been that Halloween is comming up, and now a upcomming tradition in slowly interculturing into Auckland.

One thing that I’ve notice from the last, the gamimg section as gotten larger, last year the EA stall has occupied largely center peice in the gamming hall, now it’s being replace by Sony Playstation,  larger than the last time it was here.  Curious to know that the Xbox stall has gotten smaller, mostly it has been replace by other smaller gammer companies, but even more larger presents of NZGammer. with Sony it has a much larger present that it ever had before, it’s giant uber size stalls which was previously held by EAgames.  Noticing the Sony Playstation stall,  crowed by all,  there’s been much attention to the  move controller, and to Playstation 3 verus to Microsoft Kinect, which had a smaller presence. 

Other thing noticing along the way, Activision still remains a great presence having showing  games such as Bizzard,  Guaitar hero DJ Hero, mostly it’s musical instrumental interactive platforms.  Having more room for Playstation exhibit I’ve notice  there’s more R16 rated games this year than from the last.

 There were more  Rated sixteen games, such as Kill Zone 3, Special Forces and God of War. At most of the time when you want to trying out the games it’s pretty much lining up and waiting for you turn, but it’s worth the…. wait.

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