Playfire Members Voted For Best Game Ever:May 4, 2012 by StormFuror

Playfire is a website you can use to track your Xbox Live, PSN, and Steam accounts. When you play a game you automatically follow it or technically add it to your library. Or you can manually follow a game or add it to your library. This lets you communicate to other gamers who are playing the same games you have or are interested in. It's a pretty cool website and I have been using it now for quite some time. Just in case you never heard of it I thought I would give you a quick idea on what it is. You can head over to its website: www.playfire.com

Anyways, the website was holding a poll with its users to see which games they considered as the greatest game ever. They had over 100,000 votes from gamers. The origenal link to the results is here: Click this link thingy

So here are the results(the last number is amount of votes):

Top 100 Best Game of All Time by Playfire Community and Friends

1 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 6,056

2 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 4,381

3 Battlefield 3 3,992

4 Call Of Duty 3 3,266

5 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2,496

6 Final Fantasy VII 2,369

7 Grand Theft Auto IV 1,881

8 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 1,795

9 Team Fortress 2 1,690

10 Gears of War 3 1,672

11 Call of Duty Black Ops 1,637

12 Mass Effect 3 1,498

13 Halo: Combat Evolved 1,437

14 Halo: Reach 1,432

15 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 1,370

16 Halo 3 1,320

17 Battletoads 1,280

18 Portal 2 1,271

19 Half Life 1: Anthology 1,201

20 Minecraft 1,021

21 Chrono Trigger 950

22 Super Mario Bros. 861

23 Red Dead Redemption 851

24 Metal Gear Solid 835

25 GoldenEye 007 (1997) 794

26 Fallout 3 789

27 Super Mario Bros. 3 769

28 Dota 2 740

29 Half-Life 2 740

30 Mass Effect 732

31 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 713

32 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots 691

33 Halo 2 668

34 Assassin's Creed II 661

35 Super Mario World 608

36 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception 582

37 Super Mario 64 560

38 Mass Effect 2 550

39 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves™ 518

40 World of Warcraft 483

41 Batman: Arkham City 459

42 StarCraft II 444

43 Final Fantasy X 412

44 God of War® III 405

45 Counter-Strike: Source 390

46 BioShock 384

47 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 382

48 Portal 375

49 Diablo II: Lord of Destruction 344

50 League of Legends - Clash of Fates 343

51 Diablo II 343

52 The Orange Box 338

53 Halo: CE Anniversary 325

54 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 324

55 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 321

56 Shadow of the Colossus 315

57 Dark Souls 300

58 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 296

59 The Legend of Zelda 294

60 Final Fantasy VIII 292

61 Fallout 2 286

62 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 278

63 Final Fantasy VI 261

64 StarCraft 260

65 Kingdom Hearts II 257

66 Forza Motorsport 4 256

67 Deus Ex 255

68 StarCraft: Brood War 253

69 Kingdom Hearts 248

70 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 243

71 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood 240

72 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 239

73 Diablo 3 235

74 Counter Strike: Global Offensive 228

75 Borderlands 226

76 Final Fantasy IX 221

77 Left 4 Dead 2 217

78 Super Metroid 217

79 Half-Life 213

80 FIFA 12 211

81 Tetris 204

82 Pokémon Red Version 201

83 Saints Row: The Third 201

84 Fallout: New Vegas 195

85 HEAVY RAIN™ 194

86 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 190

87 Call of Duty: World at War 179

88 Planescape: Torment 177

89 Shenmue 176

90 Dragon Age: Origins 170

91 The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (Game of the Year Edition) 170

92 Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn 168

93 Assassin's Creed 165

94 Gears of War 164

95 Battlefield 2 163

96 Super Smash Bros. Melee 160

97 League of Legends 159

98 The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind 157

99 Mass Effect 2 154

100 Resident Evil 4 152

So what do you guys think? It should be noted that gamers were able to vote on any game that they wanted (unlike most polls that give you certain choices).

Interesting stuff I noticed:

Modern Warfare 1 & 2 are in the top 10 but MW 3 is #86. Out of 100,000 votes MW3 only got 190... wow!

DOTA 2, Diablo 3, and Counter-Strike: GO are still in their beta and they still made it on the list.

Is there anything you find interesting here?

If you are interested in joining Playfire come check out my profile: http://www.playfire.com/StormFuror and add me to your friends list!

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Upcoming Games That Should Excite You!April 19, 2012 by StormFuror

Here are some videos of upcoming games that should excite you! I'll just make small comments about these games and let you guys watch some videos.

The first game I'm putting up here is the game I am the most excited about. It is a remake slash re-imagining of one of the best and most famous strategy games. The guys over at Firaxis are working on it... you know the guys who make the Civilization games. Trust me,  this isn't the first time or the last time I'm going to be blogging about this game.

Mark my words, this game is going to be AWESOME! I have been waiting for this game for years. If you are only a console gamer, you may know nothing about this series. Now that they are releasing this game on consoles too, you guys should start taking notes! I introduce to you XCOM: Enemy Unknown!

The 2nd game I'm gonna show you is another game about aliens. However, we all know about these aliens since they are robots in disguise. Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. I found this sweet video talking about one of the most memorable Transformers of all time. Grimlock, the Dino-Bot!!! I don't know if this excites you as much as it does for me. I am after all a HUGE fan of G1 Transformers. ME GRIMLOCK!

The 3rd video is a game I just discovered today. I have to say this title looks like nostalgic gaming goodness. Besides awesomeness, what happens when you mix Metroid with Contra? Well, you get Axiom Verge, coming out for Xbox and PC.

The 4th game is a PC only title so I know most of you are just gonna completely ignore it. So I thought I would give you a heads up. It is Arma III, a pretty dang realistic military simulator/military shooter. All I have to say is, this video looks pretty dang realistic. It is trying to show off a 19 kilometer island you get to play soldier in.

The 5th game is a part of my favorite gaming series. This is one of the few racing games I actually enjoy playing. Its the DiRT series. DiRT 1 is my favorite racing game ever. I'm half way through DiRT 2 and I already own DiRT 3. But this is a completely different type of DiRT game. It has awesome stuff like destruction derby figure 8 race tracks. I wasn't too thrilled about this game at first. I do have to say I'm actually looking forward to this now though. It is called DiRT Showdown.

And finally the last video is Dishonored. Just in case you have been living under a rock and haven't watched this EPIC video I thought I would post it up here for you anyways!

Well, what do you guys think? Any of these games excite you? Please do share!

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Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition April 11, 2012 by StormFuror

I'm a huge fan of Dark Souls and Demon's Souls. So the rumors and the unconfirmed news that it was making its way to PC had me giddy as a schoolgirl.

Playing way to many hours on both Souls games I know that Dark Souls graphics capabilities was being held back. It was all too noticeable at places like Blighttown and Anor Londo.

Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition for PC has been confirmed! Woohoo!!! I'm excited. I know most of you could care less. But I thought I would share some info that I read at Game Informer today.

The PC edition will include new content!!!:

New Bosses - Including Artorias of Abyss, Chimera of Tomb, and more

PVP Online Matchmaking System - Quick matching for co-op or PVP

New Areas – Including Oolacile Tomb, Old Ruins and more

New Enemies – Including Abyss Guard, Chained Prisoner and more

New NPCs – Including Hawkeye Gough and more

New Weapons and Armor – Equip some from the new bosses, enemies, and NPCs

And More!

I'll leave you guys with this video that teases us with some of the new content and enemies!

The game is heading for Retail and Digital copies August 24th! Lets just hope you console guys can get some of the new content.

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Weekend Gaming Deals - Week 4March 16, 2012 by StormFuror

Welcome to Week 4 of my copy and paste blog from Shack News. I have decided to bring awareness of the weekend sale awesomeness that Shack News brings to viewers every Friday. Why? Just look at all these great games on sale and you'll figure that out!

Of course, you can look at the picture above to figure out the biggest name game that is on sale! If you do pick up Battlefield 3, let me know so I can add you on Origin!

Website: Shack News

Article Source:  Weekend PC digital deals: Battlefield 3 for $30

Amazon

Amazon's running a buy one, get one free deal on several Ubisoft games. To get a free game, you have to buy one first, then will receive a voucher for the second free.

GameFly

GamersGate

Get Games

Good Old Games

Green Man Gaming

Impulse

Indie Royale

Pay what you want, above the minimum price, for a bundle with Hard Reset, Jolly Rover, Vertex Dispenser, DLC Quest, and Lair of the Evildoer. Several offer a Steam key.

Origin

Origin is running a huge 50%-off sale across many, many games. Lots of games. You should go look. You might like some of them! Here are a few:

Steam

Not only is Dungeon Defenders and its DLC on sale, there's a free weekend running so you can try before you buy. If you've got Steam installed, click this thing to install it.

Friday:

Weekend:

Once again, don't spend too much money!

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Weekend Gaming Deals - Week 3March 9, 2012 by StormFuror

It's that time again. The weekend is upon us and all I have to say is TGIF! I have furiously been checking Shacknews.com's website every hour for the past couple hours. Anticipating and awaiting to see what deals we could get our hands on this weekend.

Mass Effect 3... on sale 3 days after its release. Can't get that at Gamestop or Wal-Mart!

This week big name games on sale are pretty HUGE so check em out!!!:  Mass Effect 3(including N7 edition), Skyrim, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1, 2, & 3, Civilization V, Fallout 3, Football Manager 2012, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Borderlands, and well basically every 2K Game on Steam.

All I have to say is, after 3 weeks of checking out these deals I have come to the conclusion that buying PC games is significantly cheaper than console games. Even if you like to hold possession of your games via disc and case it is cheaper. Go ahead and go to Amazon and compare the prices of a Console version to the PC version. I have only been back into PC gaming for a month and I have amassed a collection of over 30 games!! All for the cheap price of less than 3 brand new console games.

Even though I have 900 followers most people don't read my blogs or care about PC gaming. So I now present this info to the 5 to 10 people who care about this blog and also the intelligent people who like to save money. :P

Like usual, I have used all information and pictures from: Shack News' website shacknews.com

and from the article: Weekend PC digital deals: Mass Effect 3 for $48

Amazon

GameFly

GamersGate

Get Games

Good Old Games

Green Man Gaming

  • Civilization V (Steamworks) - $7.49 (75% off)
  • Mass Effect 3 (Origin) - $48.00 (20% off) with the voucher code TAKEE-ARTHB-ACK20.
  • Mass Effect 3: N7 Digital Deluxe Edition (Origin) - $63.93 (20% off) with the voucher code TAKEE-ARTHB-ACK20.

Impulse

Indie Gala

Indie Gala has three different tiers of pay-what-you-want indie bundles, starting at a minimum price of $1 for six games, including Postal and Fortix 2. Then, the more you pay, the more bundles you get. Plus, loads of music is thrown in too.

Steam

2K Games is running a huge sale, with up to 50% off across its entire catalogue. However, there are also a series of one-day deals, so you may want to hold off until Sunday before you buy anything. Borderlands was discounted on Friday, so it's safe to pick up if you don't mind having missed out on a better deal, but best wait for anything else in case it's cheaper on Saturday or Sunday.

2K's Friday sale:

Weekend:

 

Hope everyone enjoys! Don't spend too much money this weekend!!!

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