Gaming: Planetary Annihilation, Command & Conquer Online, HEX TCG

Another great game that is destined to come out this month before the year ends, I have been waiting for a sequel to Total Annihilation but I guess this is as good as it gets.  Started out as a Kickstarter project last year, it got at least $900k donations the last time I checked.  I've revisited their website for details and I'm guessing it's bound to come out soon.

Straight from their FAQ section:

What is the game’s release date?
Alpha Period: June 7th through end of August
Beta Period: September 26th through November
World Wide Launch: December 2013


Now with that seen, I'm excited to add this game to my buy and play list.  Look at its trailer here:

Command & Conquer Online.  I had great expectations with the F2P online version but since seeing their announcement recently, I guess they scrapped the project and is going to make another version.  I was hoping to play more of the franchise with other people but I guess the expectations of players didn't meet the C&C standards.  I played Tiberium Alliance before but it wasn't as action-packed like the original ones from before.  Good luck and hope to see a better one soon!

And lastly, two great games I'm anticipating soon is Hex TCG. Hex TCG may look like Magic the Gathering Online but I'm sure they did something to spice it up a bit further.  What worries me is that they've partnered up with Level-Up Games to distribute the game in Asia.  I do not like LU that much as a publisher but I'm hoping they'll be doing a better job than just letting hackers and grievers do damage to a good looking game.  True that they own the majority of PH gamng, I hope they have a great group of dedicated Game Master to monitor and control its gamers for Hex.

Blade & Soul: Not Gonna Play Unless There's a SEA Version

Blade & Soul beta has opened its doors and most of my friends have started playing it.  The funny part, it is not in English so tough luck to those expecting a great game to play however there are a few who have translated it for English players.  Kudos to them and good luck to those playing there!  I won't play because eventually the SEA version would appear and I don't want to restart and lose my account on the one that is currently available.  However, I have started raking up guides and other videos regarding the game and I stumbled upon a cute and non-gameplay related video of the game.  Enjoy!

XCOM: Enemy Within: Best Mission Result Evar!

Recently I have stumbled upon one particular mission that is given to you by the Council.  Some said you need to make sacrifices in order to complete the mission.  Others said it was very hard but not impossible to save all of them but the chances were pretty slim.  Thankfully, I managed to finish the mission with flying colors.  Maybe lady luck was with my side that it appeared very late in the game whereas on my first try, it was given to me when I was still building the MEC and Genetic facilities.

I used my Assault to head the mission, one with mimetic skin and close combat specialist, thinking that I could run and gun my way out of there.  So I proceeded with my heavies covering the rear and my MEC and support following the Assault.  My Sniper got into a position where she could cover my front members but is covered by the heavies.

I killed off three of those zergs first before climbing up the ship with only my assault.  Rushed to the control room.  Next turn initiated the zergs coming out of the whale.  Assault could reach the switch and head back to full cover to conceal herself.  Everyone on overwatch and my assault soon reached my MEC and support.  All three rushed towards the evac area while my heavies and sniper gunned down anything that moved.  Almost had a misclick where it prompted if I want to end the mission and evac my only assault in the area or continue with the mission.  Then the cutscene of pure awesomeness.

Well there you have it.  A mission that I thought wasn't possible to finish in one piece.  I'll try to bring more analysis on the next mission so that I could help out others who are having difficulty with the game.  I haven't tried Impossible level yet so maybe I'll do that after I finish this round.  Til then, cheerio!

Warframe: Mag Prime is Mine!!!!

Today will be a milestone in my Warframe career.  I have finally collected the necessary parts to make Mag Prime.  I've been trying to get her since U10 but I guess I got it with my patience and all the luck in the world.  

Another milestone for me is reaching the 35th minute of survival.  Although it was just in Apollo, Mercury, it was still a jam packed action with my World on Fire just poking a little at those heavies!  Glad to have reached the extraction point before they all swarmed in all directions!

Now the last frame I can obtain is Ember Prime.  Capture Void keys are tough to get nowadays.  I don't even know where to start hunting for these keys.  Some said that it was giving in Corpus Def/Survival missions as rewards but I'm not sure if that's the real case.  Time to do some research on the internet and hope to get her soon.  Til then, cheerio!

Minecraft: 1.7.2 servers

I recently checked the servers I used to play in, found that they've upgraded their servers to 1.7.2.  However, when I tried to play, it was very laggy and had a few disconnection bugs.  I hope they would just revert back to the 1.6.4 servers which were more stable rather than just upgrade it to 1.7.2 and get as much people into the game as possible due to trends.  I mean, you won't lose that much players since most reverts back to the 1.6.4 clients on their launcher because of the mods not able to be updated at the moment.  I guess I'll just wait and enjoy 1.6.4 for a bit til that time comes, the new mod API comes out officially from Mojang.  Til then, cheerio!