2012 In Video Gaming: 10 Games to Wait For

Year 2011 has been very good for a gamer, possibly the best in a long time. We had Littlebigplanet 2, Killzone 3, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3 and the list goes on. The year 2012 will see many original video games, as well as the release of numerous sequels to already successful franchises. Here are ten titles to wait for in 2012.

1. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

This upcoming single-player RPG developed by 38 studios has all the potential to be a success. The game universe is created by fantasy author R.A. Salvatore and responsible for the artwork has been no other than Todd McFarlane (Creator of Spawn). Taking God of War and marrying it with Oblivion is a BIG promise (one made by Curt Schilling), but we will see does the game live up with the hype. Oh and btw Claudia Black (you know.. Morrigan) is doing some voice acting.

2. Torchlight II

Supposedly being bigger and better than the original game, Torchlight II features overland areas with multiple hub towns, and a longer campaign. New features are heard to be included as well such as time of day cycles, weather and renewed user interface. Players can now also customize their appearance with choice of gender, face, and hair style. We are eager ready for this new hack-and-slash rpg. PC, MAC

3. Final Fantasy XIII-2

Claiming to fix the problem fans hated in Final Fantasy XIII, read: linearity, the game continues five years after the events of FFXIII. The game claims to add freedom, new towns, and improvements to the (already excellent) battle-system. Glorious world design, excellent combat and strong storytelling: These are the things look for in Final Fantasy XIII-2. PS3, XBOX360

4. Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

We love eye candy and interesting stories. A game which combines both, is surely welcomed. If you already haven't heard: Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is a game developed by LEVEL-5 with Animation by Studio Ghibli. The title surely has the potential to be a keeper. PS3, 3DS

5. The Last Guardian

What can Team Ico can offer us this time? If you loved Ico or the Shadow of Colossus there is no need for explanation because it is something good. Unfortunately, The Last Guardian has been a title people have just been waiting... and waiting.. and waiting with most recent news being Yoshifusa Hayama, The Last Guardian's executive producer, leaving the studio to develop some Facebook games!!! The Last Guardian is a third-person perspective game that combines action-adventure and puzzle elements. PS3

6. Uncharted: Golden Abyss

Uncharted: Golden Abyss is the first Uncharted prequel and first Uncharted title on handheld devices, meaning Sony's upcoming PlayStation Vita. We will see how the Uncovering of the dark secret behind the 400-year-old massacre of a Spanish expedition goes on PS Vitas OLED screen. PlayStation Vita.

7. The Last of Us

We don't know much about this title yet, since it was just recently released. Resembling I am Legend, the game has astonishing graphics and developer team which no doubt can deliver a real adventure. If Uncharted meets Enslaved in this game, consider me sold. Even with so little detail, this game might already be the most hyped PS3 game for the following year. PS3

8. GTA V

GTA V, the latest installment in the Grand Theft Auto series and another GTA that is set in Los Santos, San Andreas! The game looks awesome so far and will most likely deliver what is to be expected.

9. Borderlands 2

Gearbox's shoot and loot game looks better than ever. The first Borderlands was purely an awesome game. Building upon the gameplay elements of its predecessor, Borderlands 2 features all-new characters, skills, environments, enemies, weapons and equipment, which come together in a crafted story. PC, PS3, XBOX360

10. Mass Effect 3

Earth has been taken, the galaxy is on the verge of total annihilation, and you are the only one who can stop them. This probably is the game everybody is waiting for. Mass Effect 2 was the best sci-fi RPG I've ever played. So get ready to follow YOUR story of Commander Shepard in Mass Effect 3, if you have the save-game files for Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2. If you don't.. I suggest you leave home now and don't come back without those earlier Mass Effects.

Trailers for games to wait for 10 Games to wait for can be found here.

I am editor-in-chief and a webmaster at Bag of Games. I have always been captivated with games, be it console, board, card or any types of games. It is only fair that I share my honest thoughts and reviews about them.

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PSP Brain Games - Play Games in PSP to Improve Your Brain Power

PSP brain games are the best handheld portable gaming platform that has ushered in a new era for playing brain games. The PSP (play station portable) has been in the market for quite some time now and has gained popularity as a great gaming device and is available at a much cheaper price than when it was released.

The play station community of today is vying to capture the market share with PSPs equipped with plenty of features. PSP actually run on specific firmware, so there will be specified brain games that will be PSP enabled. However, the older version of PSP firmware does not support PSP brain game downloads. But in case you are a newbie in the play station community and have purchased a latest PSP, then you don't have to worry at all because it surely supports PSP game downloads.

Where Can One Find The Online PSP Game Downloads?

There are plenty of websites developed by various groups of the PSP enthusiasts and gamers and some of these offer free download of the PSP games. However, these can neither be monitored nor maintained. The sites too lack facilities to keep abreast with the technological advances. Additionally, they don't have so much security as paid sites have. What does this imply? There comes the risk of downloading corrupt games, and other files with risk of spyware that could infect the PC. There are a few sites that offer clean games too.

With PSP you can play games anytime anywhere. One can download brain games in PSP and get going. Playing games help improve cognitive ability so if you are a PSP addict then download PSP brain games and enjoy them.

There exist lot many games that can be played in PSP and those games can help improve memory, processing speed, attention and even verbal fluency. PSP brain games are suited to all ages.

Word Bubbles is one such PSP brain games that help your brain to get stimulated and it trains itself to think out of the box. In this game, 3 letter sequences will be given and you will be needed to form a word. The length of the word will determine which bubble will move up. These kinds of PSP brain games enhance information processing ability. To raise the bubble out of water one needs to enter three words of the same length.

'Raindrops' is another game that can increase your mental alacrity and you can soon show increase aptitude with numbers. Students can play this PSP brain game to help them with mental calculation and to improve their grades in school. In this game an equation is written on a raindrop and you need to solve it before raindrop bursts. You can see your results in terms of speed and accuracy under pressure.

PSP brain games are great advantage to the generation next as they can keep their brains stimulating anywhere either on land or on clouds.

Thousands of people have already joined Lumosity to improve their brain health. Experts say that these brain games improved the memory power of the brain within 2-3 weeks.

Now you can Sign up for a Free Trial of Lumosity Brain Games at http://MemoryGames.biz (This is a special limited time offer for you).

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Rival Gaming - Online Gaming Software

Rival Gaming offers an online casino software that has something for everyone. They deliver a gaming package which includes the standard casino games as well as poker, sports booking and mobile gaming. Their trademark is certainly innovation and they have changed slots gaming forever by introducing the interactive iSlot to the market. Rival is also known to offer some of the largest casino bonuses in the industry. Rival's graphics and layout ensure easy navigation and both PC and MAC users can enjoy Rival Gaming portals.

The Casino Games

There should be no lack of good casino games at Rival Gaming casinos. Their casino suite includes a huge amount of slots, including the famous iSlots. They also offer the classical games like roulette, baccarat, video poker and blackjack. Some of the most famous progressive slots are by Rival so players can find very attractive jackpots to compete for. Other special games produced by Rival are scratch card games and keno which completes the rich casino gaming experience that they provide.

Other Games

Currently you will mostly find the standard Rival casino suite online but this is most likely going to look different as more Rival powered gaming portals open up. You can already now find Rival games in connection with sports book and poker which gives you all that online gaming can offer in one place.

Graphics and Animation

Graphics and animations are there to enhance the gaming experience and make it come alive. In slot machines the themes become much more fun through sound effects and little animations that announce successful combinations and bonus rounds. Rival Gaming casinos are well known to deliver high quality graphics and animations. The area where this is very important is the lobby. The Rival lobby is easy to navigate thanks to the clear and easy structured graphics. You will find your way fast and find that the backdrops only reinforces the atmosphere of good online gaming without interrupting the layout of the games.

iSlots

If you haven't tried the iSlots you certainly should have heard about them. This slot machine lets the player get into the theme for real. The animations in the iSlot are more than reinforcement to the general theme they are storylines to discover and enjoy. As you play on the slot the story unfolds and this makes the iSlot into a combination of video slot and movie. The machines are updated with new stories and movies on a regular basis so it never gets boring.

Rival for MAC

MAC users are not a majority of players online and many times they just have to stick to the instant flash casinos that are available in many places. The instant casinos are usually very good but they are often not the complete versions of the casino. The Rival Gaming software is available both to PC and MAC users which is a feature that gives them a lot of respect both by operators and players.

Safety and Support

Rival casinos can offer customer support through phone, email or live chat. The software is formed to create a safe place for players to enjoy high quality online gaming. Their own security client RivalPro ensures that every transaction of money and sensitive information is kept secure at all times.

Tony Sugamosto is a well known in online casino circles, going by the name of belgamo. He spends much of his time helping players at his online casino forum. To find out more about online casinos visit his forum.

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What Makes a Good Game, and Where Will it Lead Us From Here?

Considering the variety of different games available to us, let alone the type of games; flash, Internet, computer, video game, it's really hard to be able to say what makes a good game a good game. However, no matter how hard of a question this is, many people are still asking it. I'm sure I could list a few games I love in the console world such as Need For Speed and the ever popular Tom Clancy trilogies, but just because I may like these games, doesn't mean everyone else does! Examples of good games are out there but, they don't really answer the question at hand. All in all I think for everyone, the question; what is a good game? Comes down to a few major attributes. These attributes are included in the following paragraphs, these are of course generalizations and don't count towards or include game titles, there are merely categorical opinions.

The Game Design - In some instances you may hear people talking about the design of the game, and how it does or doesn't "work" with the game. Usually when people are talking about the design they are speaking in specifics of how the game was set up, and the rules of the game or the rules of engagement so to speak. The phrase is also expended to distinguish both the game design embodied in an actual game as well as software documentation that identifies such a design. Other attributes of the gaming design include; narrative, mechanics, visual arts, programming and audio.

Game Play - This includes all player experience during the interaction with gaming systems, particularly formal games. Appropriate utilization is coupled with acknowledgment to "what the player does". Arising alongside game evolution in the 1980s, game play was applied exclusively within the context of video or computer games, though now its popularity has begun to see use in the description of other more traditional game forms. Broadly Speaking, the phrase game play in video game language is used to identify the overall experience of playing the game omitting factors like artwork and sound!

Graphics - Back in the days of the original Nintendo and even flash based games like Asteroids, the graphics were very "blocky" of course most of didn't even realize it at the time until newer consoles like SNES and particularly XBOX and XBOX 360 came out. I think the important of graphics is more steadily sought after nowadays because people want to the best. It's been argued that the differences between XBOX and XBOX 360 are different or aren't different. Just the same, more people have bought XBOX 360 than XBOX, maybe for this reasoning alone.

Game Engine - This is a software system designed for the creation and development of computer and video games. There are many game engines that are contrived to work on video game consoles and desktop operating systems such as Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. The core functionality typically provided by a game engine includes a rendering engine ("renderer") for 2D or 3D graphics, a physical science engine or collision detection (and collision reaction), sound, scripting, animation, AI, networking, streaming, memory management, threading, and a scene graph. The procedure of game maturation is oftentimes economised by in large part reusing the same game engine to create different games.

Character Creation - Also known as Character generation is the procedure of defining a pretend character for a game. Usually, a character's individual strengths and weaknesses are presented by a set of stats. Games that have a mostly fictional circumstance may include traits such as race and class. Games with a more contemporary or narrower setting may limit customization to physical and personality traits.

Some people play games because of the attributes listed above, and they simply won't play or won't enjoy a game if the graphics are less than perfect or if the characters are annoying or if the game play is buggy, but others, play games simply because it's a way to take a break from the real world, it's a way to get away from the ordinary humdrum of our regular lives, and some of us though sometimes anal about the specifics of a console game, don't use those same criticism when playing something like an online flash based game because we know they aren't made the same way (not really anyway).

Since Asteroids in the 80s, there have been several million different flash based games released, some of these are by big whig companies and others are developed by individuals that simply enjoy making games. These games have come a long way from Asteroids and the like, and now you have all sorts of categories to choose from.

In reality, flash based games can only get better from here on in, but I think that's the same with any type of games or gaming simply because of the technological innovations that keep being created! In the end, it really depends on the user playing the game, as to what makes a good game. You be the judge!

This author is a HUGE fan of free online games

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