Expanding through the holidays

Hello everybody!

Just thought I would let you all know that thoughout the Christmas holiday (and beyond!) I will be working on expanding rawgameblog.blogspot.com.
As you can see it has already been given a facelift in time for 2009 - and this goes hand in hand with my newly created channel on YouTube, which will be primarily game content focused.
Check it out HERE.

Other than that, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy Newyear, and I hope you come back to my blog again.

EDIT: Through the process of giving my blog a facelift I managed to screw up my web-counter which was 2996 or somerthing... so I'm calling it 3000 + whatever it shows from now on :-)

-H

VGA results and teasers

Here are the winners of VGA 2008(scroll down for trailers):
Game of the Year


Best PS3 Game: LittleBigPlanet (PS3)
Best 360 Game: Gears of War 2 (360)
Best Wii Game: Boom Blox (Wii)
Best PC Game: Left 4 Dead (PC/360)
Best Multiplayer Game: Left 4 Dead (PC/360)
Best Game based on a movie or TV show: LEGO Indiana Jones (Multi))
Best Handheld Game: Professor Layton and the Curious Village (NDS)
Best Shooter: Gears of War 2 (360)
Best Action/Adventure Game: Grand Theft Auto IV (Multi)
Best Fighting Game: Soul Calibur IV (Multi)
Best Racing Game: Burnout Paradise (Multi)
Best RPG: Fallout 3 (Multi)
Best Music Game: Rock Band 2 (Multi)
Best Individual Sports: Shaun White Snowboarding (Multi)
Best Independent Game: World of Goo (Wii)
Big Name in the Game (Male): Kiefer Sutherland as "Sgt. Roebuck" (CoD: World at War) (Multi)
Big Name in the Game (Female): Jenny McCarthy as "Tanya" (Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3)
Best Performance By A Human Male: Michael Hollick as "Niko Bellic" (Grand Theft Auto IV) (Multi)
Best Performance By A Human Female: Debi Mae West as "Meryl Silverburgh" (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots) (PS3)
Best Soundtrack: Rock Band 2 (Multi)
Studio of the Year: Media Molecule (LittleBigPlanet)
Best Graphics: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)
Best Original Score: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3)

GAME OF THE YEAR: Grand Theft Auto IV (Multi)

Gamer God award given to Will Wright

Uncharted: Among Thieves


God of War 3


-H

Response@"Sony Needs to Advertise Killzone 2"

This is a Response to Sony Needs to Advertise Killzone 2
I have to agree with you that Sony has been less aggressive than Microsoft when it comes to advertising games - so far.

However, it is a bit early to complain about the fact that Sony needs to advertise Killzone 2 more. The release date is set to February 27th(?) 2009, which is almost 3 months from now.
Did Microsoft advertise Halo 3 several months before release? Or did they, as you say, advertise the hell out of it the days before and around the games release?

All I'm saying is that I'm sure (well, I HOPE...) that Sony is learning that in this generation more advertising is needed - especially when it comes to platform exclusives. Who knows, maybe you'll be able to buy yourself a new pair of boxershorts with a Helghast soldier on it in february? ;-)

-H

Riddick is coming...

And here is the debut trailer for Riddick: Dark Athena



Sweet!

-H

Many great news!

First off, Pioneer has showcased a 400GB Bluray disc - which is readable on todays Blu-ray players! I'm assuming that includes the Playstation 3. This means even better picture and sound quality when it comes to movies, and even bigger games with more content and a lot of HD-video in the game for the PS3.

Secondly, Funcom reports that Age of Conan is still coming to the Xbox 360! Their plans for this and other games shall not be affected by recent reduced staffs.

Thirdly, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves has surfaced through a trailer, watch it below! Check in at Spike TV's VGA 2008 December 14th for more details about this game, as well as maybe a God of War 3 trailer..??



-H