METAL GEAR SOLID HD Collection for the PlayStation Vita allows fans to experience the series like never before with optimized controls that take full advantage of the Vita’s unique touch-screen and rear touchpad. Using just their fingers, gamers can zoom in on captivating cut-scenes, peek around corners, interrogate enemies, cycle through weapons, and perform rapid attacks with their knife.

Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City is going to be released in steam on 5-18-12 act fast to get a 10% discount!

Raccoon City is being consumed by Umbrella’s deadly T-virus outbreak. Umbrella orders an elite squad into Raccoon City to destroy all evidence of the outbreak and eliminate any survivors. The US Government has quarantined the city and dispatched its own team of elite Spec-Ops soldiers to track down the source of the outbreak. There are twelve playable characters in the game, with six characters for each side.

here’s the details:

Where: San Diego Microsoft Store at Fashion Valley Mall

When: Saturday 5/18/2012

Tournament rules and details will be announced day of event.

Also we will be taking registrations for our $1000 Gears of War 3 Team Tournament this Saturday so if your planning on signing up please have your entire team present along with a team name.

Gears of War 3 Rules.

Weapon Bans

Hammerburst
Retro Lancer
Sawed-off shotgun

General Rules/Settings

Team Deathmatch Settings:
Respawns Allocated – 6
Rounds to Win – 1
Number of Bots – 0
Bleed-Out Time – 15
Friendly Fire – Off
Weapon Respawn – After Pickup

Execution Settings
Rounds to Win – 2
Round Time Limit – 4
Number of Bots – 0
Bleed-Out Time – 15
Friendly Fire – On
Weapon Respawn – After Pickup
Classical Stalemate: Off

King of the Hill Settings
Round Score Limit – 100
Rounds to Win – 1
Number of Bots – 0
Bleed-Out Time – 15
Friendly Fire – On
Weapon Respawn – After Pickup

Located at:

3960 W. Point Loma Blvd. Ste. G, San Diego, CA 92110
Phone: (619) 222-6700

When:

May 19th, 2012

Sign ups: 1:00pm

Tournament Starts: 2:00pm

Our first event is going to be SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV (AE)

If you have any questions you can email me at Info@fanboygaming.com

OK here we go,  EA Sports releases a Madden Title every year and for Sports fans they’re always fun and enjoyable but lets be honest, for the past 3 madden titles it feels like EA has gotten a little redundant. Well this year I am very excited to say that EA has realized this and decided that this Madden title is going to come with A LOT of changes. I am gonna explain some of the big changes Madden 13 has to offer starting from their all new commentary to their new kick ass looking uniforms and everything in between they announced so far.

All New Commentary- As Madden fans all know, the commentary was sooo repetitive and actually a little annoying. Well for this Madden, EA decided to get rid of all the old commentary and start fresh. We can all say goodbye to Gus Johnson and Chris Collinsworth because they are getting replaced with Jim Nantz and Phil Simms, which is awesome! So far the team has recorded more than 80 hours and 9,000 lines of dialogue from Nantz and Simms, so it is safe to say that these two will have a lot of things to say and there will be no repetition.

On-Field Sounds- On-field sounds might not seem like much but its one of those small things that gives you that feeling like it’s a real game. For Madden NFL 13, all the on-field sounds are AUTHENTIC! Yup, every sound you hear from the game you’re playing are from actual NFL games and if that doesn’t make you feel like you’re watching an actual game, then I don’t know what will. It’s even so deep to where even the quarterback cadences are from the ACTUAL quarterbacks themselves!

Total Control Passing- Madden 13 has added a new mechanic that allows quarterback to guide receivers to open spots using the left stick for direction and button pressure for speed. It will allow a lot more strategy plans for both offense and defense.

Play-Action Gets a Touch Up- Anybody who has played any recent Madden title knows that the play-action plays are big no-no’s because the end result would be a sack, fumble, or worse….injury. Now with Madden 13 that will change, EA knows this and made it so that casual and hardcore fans can use play-action once again. The new change makes the quarterback faster for two reasons, One: So that the QB turns quicker and makes the fake hand off look legit and Two: So that the QB can step away from the center faster to get away from second row linebackers and rushers. With this addition it will make offense a lot more fun to play and interesting to see how the defense will be affected by this.

Passing Trajectories Improvements- In Madden 12 for some reason linebackers had super jumping abilities that allowed them to jump up and swat the ball down or just pluck it in mid-air for an interception. At first I was kinda OK with it but after playing more and more these linebackers looked more super human. All Madden fans should know that there are three types of passing: Lob Pass, Medium Pass, and Bullet Pass. Well for Madden 13 there will be 20 new passing types and speeds.

COM Play More Realistic- Another weird thing I noticed about the previous Maddens is that sometimes Computers don’t even have to look at the ball to know where it’s at. If it’s a defender or receiver they would both be looking the opposite direction of where the ball is and still be able to catch it or intercept it. The change to that is the detail EA put into the Computers so where they look is where they have their attention. All this adds to the realistic factor and contributes to us paying more attention on where we put the ball on offense.

Redesign is the Key- EA Designers made it very clear that they want this Madden game to innovate and blowout all there previous NFL titles. So with Madden NFL 13 they redesigned the menu screens and contributed countless hours into the detail of the NFL players. Not only that, but designers worked on the stadiums, the crowds, the referees, even the dirt and scratches the players get throughout the game. Now that is dedication. Not only that but Designers will release the new uniform jerseys that NIKE released for their partnership with the NFL. These new Jerseys are so fresh and sleek looking, it will definitely make you feel like you are playing the real deal.

Like I said before, EA is serious when they say they want to innovate this game and make us fans feel like we are playing a real life game so that we can feel that excitement and frustration we would feel in a real football game. I found a Youtube video that sums up all the changes in Madden NFL 13. Be sure to check that out at the end of this article.  Madden is set to release on 8/28/2012, so be sure to pre-order it and grab it the first day it comes out, who knows what else EA could be working? August is still some time away.

Persona 4 Arena is an upcoming fighting game based on one of Atlus’ most popular series, and an English version of their website is now open. On the site, you can read about the story of the new game, learn more about the included characters, see how the fighting system works, download wallpapers (this is one of them), and even pre-order the game.

The game is a joint project between Atlus and Arc System Works, who are famous for their 2D fighting games such as Guilty Gear and BlazBlue, so one can expect this game to play similarly to those titles. The game’s plot and script are handled by the Persona 4 team, so story-wise the fighting game will pick up where the RPG left off. More news has been surfacing for this game recently, so the site is definitely not complete yet. Be sure to look out for the game, set to release August 7th in North America for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

Recently a survey has been going around asking people what they’re most anticipated desired console coming out pretty soon.  As i mentioned before there were  62,000 gamers were tackled a bunch of questions concerning attitudes to next-gen consoles including Xbox 720 ,PlayStation 4 and Wi U, even the new Apple console. Statistics have showed that gamers are most anticipated for Sony and Microsoft consoles. Here are the overall results of the survey.

Ubisoft announced details for the Far Cry 3 Multiplayer Beta, which will run for two weeks this summer on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

In the multiplayer beta, up to sixteen simultaneous players per match will have the opportunity to choose from six playable classes and will able to experience online action within multiple maps and modes – including the innovative Firestorm mode. Dozens of weapons with hundreds of upgrades and customizations will also be available. Gameplay includes teamplay-focused experiences with support points and weapons, as well as the ability for all classes to revive fallen teammates.  Zip-lining, combat sliding, psyche gas and barrel bombs are just some of the gameplay elements that can be experienced when playing.

The closed beta will be accessible by invitation only.  With the purchase of Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier from GameStop retail outlets on May 22, 2012, GameStop PowerUp Rewards members will receive an invitation code to be redeemed at: http://www.gamestop.com/code.  The site will be live on May 22 and validate the invitation code provided exclusively at GameStop. Players can choose to play on either the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3.  Once the beta is live, players will be e-mailed their actual code which they will enter through their console of choice.

Consumers may also choose to enter via Facebook for a chance to win one of five hundred beta keys at: http://www.farcrygame.com/sweeps.   Consumers that have entered on Facebook and won a beta code will receive an e-mail notification when the beta launches this summer.

Beta keys will also be distributed through Ubisoft social channels such as Ubi.com, farcrygame.com, along with partner social channels and community and media websites.

Developed by Ubisoft Montreal, Far Cry 3 is slated to be released in North America on September 4, 2012.

We’re teaming up with the awesome students from UCSD who are hosting a huge video game event on May 27th, we will featuring several tournaments with proceeds going towards a great cause Child’s Play Charity.

Along with a huge League of Legends team tournament, Fanboygaming.com will exclusively be running every console tournament at this amazing event below is our schedule.

The 4v4 Ghost Recon:FS team tournament will only be held if we have enough time, which we’ll announce during the charity event. The first wave of tournaments will begin at 10am as listed above. You can enter into as many as you like as long as you can play in them during the event, so please don’t sign up for two that are at the same time.

Entry fees.

All fighters including Smash Bros. will be $10 per person and shooters will be $15 per person. Part of the fee will go towards the prizes and part will go towards the charity, additional prizes will be provided by sponsors

Any questions please send them to info(at)fanboygaming(dot)com

Please note this event is for charity, so you’re welcome to donate if you like.

Join us in our next midnight launch Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, we’re still working on the details but i can say we’re having a team tournament leading up to the launch.

Where: San Diego Microsoft Store at Fashion Valley Mall

When: May 21st.

More details coming soon.