Shippin' Out May 2-8: Iron Man 2, Halo: Reach MP beta

Nothing for me this week... whaaat? I don't have a 360!

@-John_Connor-: I get what your saying man and no harm done ;) as I said I don't have a 360 thus Splinter Cell and Perfect Dark are out of my reach anyway. International releases differ from one place to another and although as a PS3 owner I have the advantage of no regional lock down the North American releases we get are still a lot less than the European ones and even those don't always come out on time. Still no complaining here I like drought months, gives me a chance to catch up on the games I missed during the crowded November to March season! There are a lot of games coming out May and June which I am interested in so its always good to save up :D

I can pass on this week's releases, but the rest of the month is going to be full of some tough choices between Lost Planet 2, Alan Wake, Mario Galaxy 2, Trauma Team, Prince of Persia, Red Dead Redemption, but I probably don't have to think too hard about Rocket Night on XBLA since it'll be cheap enough and since Rocket Night Adventures was one of my favorite Genesis games.

I played the beta for 10 minutes and almost threw my controller because of the dumb weapons. The BR is replaced by a slow shooting sack of garbage that is no fun at all.

Going to be playing the beta all week

Waiting for Alan Wake...only 11 more days! :D

@CrimsonMaher- You forgot about Splinter Cell: Conviction, lol. I wasn't offended by your post. I was just showing that there have been many high profile releases in the last two months. As far as playing RE5 when it came out: The DLC episodes are excellent additions and add several hours as they warrant multiple playthroughs. As far as tastes in sports games: No problem there. Hardly anyone living outside of North America can be bothered to follow MLB and NFL, lol. The real game drought starts here in the US next month. After Alan Wake and Blur we literally are only getting one title a month worth purchasing across all three platforms for June through August. I don't follow the international release dates so your original comment makes more sense now!

@diesil The Campaign Disc

can someone tell me if its on the campaign disc or the multiplayer disc????

The Beta is NOW available via Halo 3 ODST Disc.

I am ready for Battle! :D

it(the beta) IS STILL NOT UP!!!

It wont matter how bad Iron Man 2 game will be, people will still buy it. Fact is more people bought Iron Man 1 then MAG and Heavy Rain put together.

I am going to speak positive now and say it: Halo Reach will be one of the best games of 2010. And there's nothing you can do to change my opinion. :P

when can you get in the beta

How wonderful. Five semi-new maps for $15, despite the fact that any owner of said game has at least 20 maps already. Want to know why it's called the stimulus package? It's stimulus for Activision. :x

*sigh* just waiting for the Beta to go live... Any bets on how bad the Iron Man game will be? (Not that I don't want it to be good, but c'mon, my movie-game delusions of grandeur died with terminator salvation.)

Halo Reach Beta, I'm thinking a lot of people went out and bought Halo ODST last week to get into the beta.Halo Reach is going to be the BIGGEST game of the year and I cant wait.

@-John_Connor-: Dude I don't have a 360, GOWIII, Yakuza 3 and Heavy Rain came out in March (at least where I am), I played RE5 when it came out. Which leaves us with SSFIV which won't come out till next month where I am and MLB and Tecmo Bowl are sports I don't care for. After Burner Climax is the only game left and I don't think we can consider it THE hit of the decade. On another note, why were you offended by what I said exactly?

Excellent titles this month

@CrimsonMaher- Drought, huh? I suppose that Splinter Cell: Conviction, Super Street Fighter IV, Yakuza 3, God Of War III and MLB 10: The Show were all figments of my imagination along with awesome DLC for Left 4 Dead 2, Resident Evil 5 and Heavy Rain. Perfect Dark, After Burner Climax and Tecmo Bowl Throwback were nothing special either, just a few fantastic remakes of timeless classics. Nothing special there... Oh yeah, that drought in March and April was so tough, lol.

good games are going to be released this month:)

Next week's headline will undoubtedly be the stateside black Wii release on May 9.

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WOW talk about a total drought! Since March I only bought FIFA World Cup 2010! Oh well gives me time to catch up on some of the older releases. Isn't it curious how not a single game website has released a review for Iron Man 2? Are they being paid to hold out on it till the release??? Even IGN who usually post reviews 2 weeks before a game launch haven't reviewed it yet! @xSlugox: Thank you! I wish more gamers were like you than game companies would stop making crap and marketing it as "the greatest entertainment event in history"

I actually have high hopes for the Iron Man 2 game. I know most movie-to-game adaptions suck, but there is the Rare Exception every now and then. Just look at Spider-Man 2. That was the most Awesome Spider-Man game ever made. Iron-Man 2 looks like it improved gameplay across the board in every way since the first one. I'm at least gonna rent it and try it out before I pass judgement.

@Taylor9124 You are very misinformed. Yes Activision sucks, but IW ere the ones making the game. IW are the ones that "beeped" the game up. They are the ones that decided on no dedicated servers, and lots of OP and UP weapons/killstreaks/perks in MP. IW is just as terrible as Activision.

Ok as a xbox 360 owner and one of the few people who didnt buy the Map Pack and unfornunately experienced it at a friends house, let me give a warning to PS3 and PC owners dont buy the map pack for $15. It is not worth it.

lol...I bought the original modern warfare for the same price as the map pack.

lol No PC game this week

Iron Man 2 eh? Ok the first one sucked so why even make another? Who knows though, it could be btter than the last one.

@xSlugox The only reason MW2 sucked is because of Activision. They had control over when the game needed to be released, which caused IW, a great team of people, to rush a game that wasn't finished. Blame Activision, not IW.

No good releases this week, I see.

need patches not map packs activision get it right sniper rifles dont stick out of walls HALO REACH wonder if this will be the last.....

Off to bed, going to enjoy some Halo Reach Beta tomorrow! :D :D :D :D

well, like some of you have said, i hope halo: reach isnt just the same game again. need something new...AND longer than odst LOL

glad i bought 2 copies halo 3 odst at a pawn shop for 12 bucks each late last year. now would be a good time to sell it on ebay. prolly get at least 30 for it. thats 6 bucks profit plus free beta fun:)

halo reach doesnt ship

how does a halo reach beta ship this week?

@xSlugox I totally agree about MW2 being garbage. Possibly the worst game of the decade. I definitely did not see anything new or special about it. It was just "hype".

wow i hope that picture of ironman isnt ironman 2 the game. thats terrible

IW's hard work? rush release a busted up game and hasn't done any patching to fix anything? consumers wondering why then we find out oh hey whats this... activision already has another grunt company working on "Black Ops" you are all a victim of being hustled. they could careless about long term support just the profit they take from their latest meal ticket. mw2 is crap, everything about it is crap, if you actually compared it to other shooters it offers nothing new or original, you like it cuz you're told to like it. robots.

lmao fat princess: fistful of cake

@OmegaGear, not sure why you or others knock ppl wanting this map pack. mw2 is my most played ps3 game. i dont care about all that in house trouble they had. they made a game i like. so im gonna buy the extras for it.

@darth nater307. nothing this gen can hold up to halo reach. just the beta pretty much beats the games out so far this year.

Compared to the "Halo: Reach" beta, nothing else just doesn't hold up, especially the MW2 map pack. Darn you to heck, Activision.

"ill buy the mw2 map pack for ps3 after the reach beta is over." After everything that's happened, People still support Activision and its butchering of IW's hard work.

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ill buy the mw2 map pack for ps3 after the reach beta is over.