Weekend, what are you playing?

It's PAX weekend! But for those of you who are at home, what are you playing?

Migoy: Rainy weekend and I got no money so I'm stuck here at home. Played some Rockband Unplugged and K-On! on my PSP. Also played some Gundam SEED: Rengou vs. Z.A.F.T. II Plus just to test it out as I'm lending my copy to a friend.

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Arlie: I finally finished my first play through of Mass Effect 2 with the default male Shepard. I survived the suicide mission with all my teammates alive, though all of the Normandy crew perished. I'm gonna start my female Shepard in Insanity difficulty on my next play through to prepare my import save for Mass Effect 3, and to get the Platinum trophy. I haven't touched my copy of Demon's Souls yet, so I might give it a go next. Is this game really that difficult?

Quash: Been busy lately so was able to play just a bit this weekend. Played Starcraft 2 and worked on my 1v1 ladder(i suck now). Also played some League of Legends with some friends for fun. Playing a Dota-like game brings back memories, also reminds me why I stopped playing games like this. I'm just waiting for Dead Island really, which is coming out on Sept 6. Hopefully it comes out on time. Want some zombie rpg madness!

Weekend, what are you playing?

Midway through August already? Time sure flies when you're playing video games. So, what are YOU playing this weekend?

Migoy: Me and Arlie will be out with a few college friends for the weekend and won't be back until Monday but I got Phat's (my fat PSP) with me to kill idle time with Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road on it as it's one of my 'kill time' games. Arlie went to one of our friend's house who just bought a copy of the new Mortal Kombat game so maybe they played a bit of that.

Quash:Had a huge Saturday. Joined Indestructible 2011,  pretty much our biggest fighting game tournament in the Philippines for Super Street Fighter 4 : Arcade Edition, Marvel vs Capcom 3, and Mortal Kombat with over 150+ players registered for all games. This event had players from different provinces to join Indestrucible 2011, so a big turnout indeed. While I was eliminated right away in Mortal Kombat(I suck), i was able to reach top 16 for both Street Fighter 4 and Marvel vs Capcom 3. Though i fell short, I'm pleased with making it that far. Had so much fun and met a lot of awesome players.

Congratulations to the winners of the event and also to Pinoy2DFighters for another successful event. More power to you guys! If you want to see the results, head over to this link.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword gets a release date

Woohoo! Nintendo has just added another game to rape our wallets with this upcoming holiday season by giving The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword a release date.

November 20 is the date to be for right-handed Link to appear on store shelves. But it going to be up against a lot of competition. I mean with the likes of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3, Saints Row: The Third and Assassin's Creed: Revelations all coming out on the same month.

November is gonna be hell, in a good way. Lotsa '3' games coming out this year huh.

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The Nintendo Wii gets a new look

No, I'm not talking about the WiiU.

Nintendo is giving the Wii a make-over and will be released in the UK this Christmas. The console will be bundled with a copy of Wii Party and Wii Sports. The console will be a white Wii with a slight redesign to sit horizontally rather than vertically. It has also been revealed that this new Wii will not have any GameCube support.

The removal of GameCube support may not be a big deal for most of you but I personally love the GameCube backwards compatibility of my Wii. I always appreciate it when games include support for the GameCube controller and I love me some GameCube action from time to time which is easier since I don't have to bust out my old GameCube everytime I wanna play some Melee or sail in Wind Waker.

As for the console lying down horizontally... didn't the original design already have rubber feet on the one side? Nintendo, sometimes I fail to understand you.

Via [NintendoLife]

Weekend, what are you playing?

"Shining Broly Finger!"

Boom! Video games! Quick! What are you playing?

Migoy: Just finished Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai, the story mode is really short so I'm only doing a few challenge modes here and there.

Arlie: Playing Red Dead Redemption Multiplayer again because of the Triple EXP Weekend. I also bought the Undead Nightmare Collection DLC Bundle from PSN because it is on sale this week for $9.99, from $19.99. My friend Jesus(not Christ) told me to share it with other people like he did (pun not intended). So I had it shared with other Red Dead Redemption players from the PinoyPS Community to split the cost of the $10 PSN card. I'd like to thank some people from PinoyPS.com; Kamikaze, carmancilla, frigid_aire and Kuroba.

Quash: This weekend I'm tripping out with some friends. Trying out the free to play MMO Age of Conan: Unchained. Why? well, why not, i said to myself "it's free anyways". But in just a few hours I'm felling regret already, the game frustrates the hell out of me. Not a good MMO at all, we'll see if it picks up as we progress, but i don't see myself playing this in the next few weeks. Regardless of people saying that one game is just bad, I like to try it out myself, but in this case i should have listened.