What Are You Playing This Weekend?

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March 18, 2011 at 11:00 am

Guys, you’ll be pleased/insanely jealous to hear that I finally managed to crack 175k in Tiny Birds – getting up to 191k. Now that the evil curse Tiny Birds cast on my bitter heart has been shattered, I can move on to more serious pursuits – like giving Homefront a bash, and finally finishing Dead Space 2…

But what are you guys playing this weekend?

Sunday afternoon is a bit out for me – I’ve started to become a pretty big fan of UFC, believe it or not, and it’s Shogun vs Bones for the Light Heavyweight title on Sunday. I’m a huge Shogun fan, so I’m hoping he manages to ride things out against Jon ‘Bones’ Jones – who is an absolute beast.

Games wise – I’m thinking about playing through Homefront’s single player. I’ve heard bad reports, but I’m keen to see if they really deliver with the game’s universe. Dead Space 2 I just need to finish. I’ve been slacking majorly on that one.

What about you guys? What are you all up to this weekend?

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Taylor

March 18, 2011 at 11:06 am

I’ve started the Homefront singleplayer, but I keep going back to the multiplayer. The Multiplayer is awesome.

It’s also getting patched tonight, so hopefully that’ll fix a few issues.

So Homefront MP is what I’ll be jamming.

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1. Richard
  
  March 18, 2011 at 1:03 pm
  
  Is it radically different than the twitches-and-perks style of other modern FPSs?
  
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  1. AgentEarlGray
    
    March 18, 2011 at 1:29 pm
    
    In a word, no.
    Very laggy last night on XBOX
    Unable to join games as a party
    Dated graphics
    seriously lacking polish
    nothing new in terms of gameplay, the battlepoints are a great idea, just poorly implemented
    Save yourself $80’s and go and wash the car, it’ll be more fun.
    
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    1. Le_Gambit
      
      March 18, 2011 at 7:12 pm
      
      I am finding the multiplayer much better than anything out there. It is a radical change from the existing range of shooters. It has the room for customising stuff but skill is more important without the straight twitch gunplay. There is no lag on the PC version. The performance is absolutely fantastic given servers of more than 30 players.
      The graphics is exactly what it needs to be for this type of online service.
      
      The single player tutorial shouldn’t be why you play this game. Its all for the multiplayer.
      
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Andrew Burdusel

March 18, 2011 at 11:07 am

I don’t know. Jones has demolished everyone who gets in the octagon with him. I really do’t think Shogun can last 5 rounds with that guy.

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1. Mark Serrels
  
  March 18, 2011 at 11:23 am
  
  I think if Jones tries to stand up with Shogun he’ll just tong po the utter shit out of him. If it goes to ground, Shogun could struggle.
  
  Remember that Shogun, at his peak, utterly ran through every top class fighter Pride could throw at him.
  
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  1. Andrew Burdusel
    
    March 18, 2011 at 11:40 am
    
    If shogun goes to the ground then Jones will just break him a la Brandon Vera and Matt Hammill’s respective faces.
    
    If Shogun can grind out the fight into the 3rd of 4th, then who knows, Jones has never gone the distance his cardio may not hold up (although I doubt it)
    
    One thing is for certain, I’m much more excited for this fight than if Rashad Evans or Rampage Jackson were fighting. Those guys are boring.
    
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  2. Wanderlei silva is my biznitch
    
    March 18, 2011 at 11:40 am
    
    Shogun hasn’t been the same since pride due to all the injuries but he’s been in some serious wars and his experience will be too much for bones. However bones will be the lhw champ or the hw champ in the future… Gonna b an awesome weekend mma n bulletstorm
    
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    1. Choc
      
      March 18, 2011 at 12:50 pm
      
      As i am sick i am considering getting this fight at home to watch. If i perk up though i might get out to a bar.
      
      Mark are you going to a bar to see it? Whats a good bar in Sydney to watch it? (the only one i know that shows it is in Cremorne)
      
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Batguy

March 18, 2011 at 11:08 am

Want to play:
– Pokémon White: Starting out
– Trials HD: Beat Q’s time on Inferno II
– Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit: Finish some more races, beat some people’s times
– Perfect Dark: 4 player mayhem
– Tomb Raider: Anniversary: SHUT UP!

Will probably do instead:
– Various chores and trips
– Go to the football
– Stuff around setting up new laptop

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1. Batguy
  
  March 18, 2011 at 11:57 am
  
  Also Minecraft.
  
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  1. Batguy
    
    March 18, 2011 at 11:57 am
    
    Also Wolfman
    
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Glenn

March 18, 2011 at 11:15 am

Dragon Age most likely. Going to re-play the missions leading up to the Landsmeet so I can actually win it instead of having to fight!

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1. Glenn
  
  March 18, 2011 at 11:16 am
  
  Dragon Age Origins I should say.
  
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  1. Jon
    
    March 18, 2011 at 2:16 pm
    
    it’ll be a difficult toss-up between DA:O (just bought it last week), or AC:B (FINALLY got the PC edition)….
    
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Stevorooni

March 18, 2011 at 11:18 am

I bought and downloaded the Dead Space 2: Severed DLC but haven’t even started it yet. I might give that a go.

Plus I still haven’t finished Demon’s Souls. I need to beat the False King who is the last boss I need to kill before I can move onto the final boss, but he’s too damn hard.

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1. Stevorooni
  
  March 18, 2011 at 11:40 am
  
  I’m also deciding if I’ll drive for an hour to check out the 3DS at a shopping centre. I haven’t decided if I’ll get one yet but playing one might help me.
  
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Klutar

March 18, 2011 at 11:18 am

Last week I purchased Rift, Dragon Age 2 and Shogun 2.
So I pretty much won’t be sleeping.

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Trjn

March 18, 2011 at 11:19 am

I’m sure it will come as a great shock to all that I’ll be playing Demon’s Souls. Silly Buttercup, I don’t love you, I just pull your strings so that you do interesting things for me to write about. Also, uninteresting things.

Then there’s Pokemon White. It didn’t take long for me to get back into grinding, I think I’m at 2.5hrs of gameplay and I’m underleveled for the second gym.

I probably won’t be playing more Trauma Center, I haven’t finished it but this weekend shall be devoted to relaxing and I did mention that the game can be pretty exhausting.

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NotoriousR

March 18, 2011 at 11:20 am

Oh man, I still need to get to island 4 without a perfect slide. I’m stuck on 116000. Gorram it. I’ve started to slowly play Mirror’s Edge and some TF2, but the majority of the weekend will just be finishing 2 assignments.

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1. Trjn
  
  March 18, 2011 at 11:24 am
  
  That perfect slide one is a doozy. I’ve lost count of the times I got to literally the last jump on island 3 and got one by accident. Still, it turns out it is possible. I found the trick is bring the bird down a little too early, so that it bounces slightly before down for the slide. No perfect slides but you keep enough speed that you can actually make it to the fourth island before sunset.
  
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Ponton

March 18, 2011 at 11:21 am

Waiting on my copy of Shogun 2 to arrive from the UK, so fingers crossed it arrives today.
If it doesn’t ill most likely be playing Minecraft and Lost Odyssey.

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Raven

March 18, 2011 at 11:22 am

Huge weekend for me; just got my Grand Master edition of Shogun 2, my Codex Edition of AC:Brotherhood. Gotta get around to finishing Dead Space 1 so I can get started on the sequel and fit in some time to play more Rift. Oh and I just purchased Homefront and Test Drive Unlimited 2.

Need…more…time…

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MrBS

March 18, 2011 at 11:28 am

I’m currently going through the Dragon Age Origins DLC to get the items before eventually starting a new super evil game. Just killing time really until Crysis next week so I’m not planning to start any new games between now and then.

Still going through 999 on the DS. Very impressed with this title.

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Ross Moir

March 18, 2011 at 11:32 am

Travel and work for me this weekend, but depending on the mode of transport, I might have time to play Pokemon Black.
I be hooked. Again.

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Fistbeard McTavish

March 18, 2011 at 11:32 am

Dissidia: Duodecim (… Naughty me)
Shogun 2 if it downloads from steam fairly quickly.
Dragon Age: Origins.

I think the Noble Dwarf Origin story is the epitome of badass. Heading back to Orzamar to confront… well, you’ll know when you play through it.

Homefront sounds like a massive disappointment.

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Dutch

March 18, 2011 at 11:35 am

*Pokemon White Version
*Second playthrough of AC: Brotherhood (this time on PS3)
*Killzone 3 multiplayer

If there is any time left:
* Pile of shame

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Aidan Dullard

March 18, 2011 at 11:39 am

DA2, if it arrives.

Otherwise probably some ME2. And this incredibly crazy uni assignment.

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Rocketman

March 18, 2011 at 11:45 am

Well I would be playing pokemons but i lost my freaking ds charger. Now i don’t know if i should buy another one or wait for my 3ds. Stupid bad habit for losing things.

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Endu

March 18, 2011 at 11:46 am

I love that for the most part, all the release of DA2 has done is made more people play DA:O.

Not sure this weekend. More World of Tanks (release date announced! 19th April! I’m the only one who cares!) is a definite, might finish NFS:U2 and I’ve been thinking about playing Oblivion again.

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Qumulys

March 18, 2011 at 11:47 am

Twister, or maybe Jenga.

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1. Mark Serrels
  
  March 18, 2011 at 11:56 am
  
  Jenga is BOSS.
  
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Chuck

March 18, 2011 at 11:50 am

I’ll be playin’… HEAPS OF CHIX AT DA CLUB.

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Andrew Hobbs

March 18, 2011 at 11:54 am

Mass Effect 2 and Dead Space 2. Just ordered Shogun 2 and Halo Reach off OzGameShop. Woo!

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1. Jon
  
  March 18, 2011 at 2:18 pm
  
  ME2’s DLCs are pretty damn fun, enjoy!
  
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benni

March 18, 2011 at 11:54 am

I can’t believe you got 191K on Tiny Wings! My wife is trying for the 175K achievement, she probably played for 2 hours last night, swearing all the way! My highest score is about 110K, but I have too many other games to play to spend too much time on it! I really like Mad Skills MX on iphone, will probably be playing it a bit this weekend.

I also picked up Motorstorm Apocalypse yesterday, played a few tracks last night, pretty fun so far, so I’ll be putting a few more hours into that one!

And Minecraft, will probably sink a few more hours into that one too!

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Chris Rickard

March 18, 2011 at 11:58 am

After reading this I new I had to finish tiny wings just spent the last 30 min getting 175k

all done

For the rest of the weekend I’ll be playing some Sly Cooper/ME2/Back to the future

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oggob

March 18, 2011 at 11:59 am

Looking at completing the story of deBlob 2… such an amazing time sucking game, the levels just go on and on… and all the characters are so cute.

I’ll look at finishing Homefront and see whether or not I want to keep it, otherwise I’ll be playing the SOCOM Beta abit more.

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Sleak

March 18, 2011 at 12:02 pm

Shogun 2: Total War. Every free second I’ll have.

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Denaz

March 18, 2011 at 12:02 pm

DA2 and Homefront are the two I’m focusing on, but I’ll probably be playing a fair bit of Poker too 🙂

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Johnny Sweetbread

March 18, 2011 at 12:16 pm

I’ll try to finish DA2. Some BFBC2 with my phalanx of international friends and maybe Heavy Rain if I have time. I’ve heard Heavy Rain is good.

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Xegek

March 18, 2011 at 12:18 pm

Pretty busy this weekend, but I’ll be playing some more Dragon Age 2, and probs play through the new Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood single player missions. Maybe some more of the new multiplayer too, it seems pretty fun!

Btw, did anyone else get all the limited edition stuff unlocked when they bought the DaVinci thing? I now have the Harlequin and Officer in mp, the special Ezio armour, and the special memories in sp…

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HotDamn!

March 18, 2011 at 12:29 pm

I’m playing through The Saboteur…but kinda getting a touch bored with it. I’ve got Darksiders to tee up, which looks a lot of fun. Also got to get around to play Undead Nightmare.

Mark – finish Dead Space 2 already! This faffing has gone on long enough!;-)

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1. Mark Serrels
  
  March 18, 2011 at 12:35 pm
  
  I faffed for an entire two years with the original!
  
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  1. HotDamn!
    
    March 18, 2011 at 12:39 pm
    
    That’s some good faffing, indeed!
    
    I love a good faff too. I’m still doing so with GTA: San Andreas on my PS2. 7 years of it. Ha!
    
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  2. oggob
    
    March 18, 2011 at 1:09 pm
    
    I’ve purchased all Dead Space games on Day 1 and have never played any of them, not even 5 mins worth.
    
    Check… Mate!
    
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    1. HotDamn!
      
      March 18, 2011 at 2:03 pm
      
      But whyyyyy…y?
      
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Hummingbird

March 18, 2011 at 12:36 pm

Playing Witcher for the first time, only found the Enhanced Edition the other day and decided to give it a whirl, and really enjoying it so far.

Got through Homefront singleplayer in about 3 hrs last night, but multiplayer isn’t always something I enjoy because of my lack of skill so I’ll give it a whack but might end up swapping for Mass Effect 2.

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Sinara

March 18, 2011 at 12:52 pm

League of Legends
Dragon Age 2
Pokemon White – Just know my girlfriend will be miles ahead of me since I didn’t get a chance to play all week.
Homefront – Tried about 30 minutes of single player and was very dissappointed, here’s hoping multiplayer is better.

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MDZ

March 18, 2011 at 1:06 pm

No games to play this weekend =( , finished Dragon age 2, dead space 2 on pc this week already.

Just waiting for crysis 2 next week. I think Homefront isnt worth my time, seeing that its just another boring Cod look a like ( which is boring rehashed unoriginal “boringness” ) also it has a 4hr campaign… for full retail price -_-

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Sorex

March 18, 2011 at 1:11 pm

Recently finished Dead Space 1 & 2 (back to back), finished the Champion Mode of the latest Fight Night, so I might revisit some of my older games. Maybe give Rainbow Six Vegas 2 a bit of a lan or maybe I’ll push myself to delve a little deeper into Amnesia: The Dark Descent (freaky as hell, btw).

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Tomas

March 18, 2011 at 1:13 pm

But Mark – 191k? Still not 200k… trollolololol 😛

As for my weekend play, Rift. Finished DA2 last weekend, might try a different class and go for a second romp. 2h warrior was insanely fun though.

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Luke Allen

March 18, 2011 at 1:30 pm

Homefront MP, DA2, LBP2 and DCUO all on PS3. As two of my 360 Died a terrible death during the week and they have gone off to the 360 Hospital to be patched up. My Elite has the dreaded 3 Red rings and my 360S power supply died!
OH! and some BF2 and L4D2 on PC!!!

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BoomStickBarbie

March 18, 2011 at 1:34 pm

Homefront MP, DA2, LBP2 and DCUO all on PS3. As two of my 360 Died a terrible death during the week and they have gone off to the 360 Hospital to be patched up. My Elite has the dreaded 3 Red rings and my 360S power supply died!
OH! and some BF2 and L4D2 on PC!!!

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1. enemy
  
  March 18, 2011 at 4:46 pm
  
  stick to Luke Allen 🙂
  
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Jon

March 18, 2011 at 2:19 pm

no one is playing AC:B (or am i the only PC gamer commenting?)?

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1. Adrian Milano
  
  March 18, 2011 at 6:40 pm
  
  No it’s just that all us pc gamers are playing things like shogun 2, we all played AC:B ages ago on our PS3’s and 360’s. 😛
  
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Crazyguy1990

March 18, 2011 at 2:31 pm

Tearing through the entire Sam and Max: The Devil’s Playhouse. Finished episode 1 on Wednesday night, now playing episode 2: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak.

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James Mac

March 18, 2011 at 2:33 pm

Got confirmation that Homefront has shipped from the UK… so I’m waiting for that.

This weekend is DA2, perfect dark, Fable 3, ME2, IloMilo and maybe some meatboy

Game sent me a voucher for $27, so what ever that’ll get me too.

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f4cti0n

March 18, 2011 at 4:38 pm

Picking up a Sega Mega Drive today, so probably play Sonic 2 all weekend while I wait for Toejam & Earl and various other games to ship.

And Black Ops with friends (local MP, what?!).

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enemy

March 18, 2011 at 4:44 pm

Dead Space 2 in short undie changing doses and NFS:Hot Pursuit please! Both are awesome at what they provide. Have AC:Brotherhood next up and awaiting Crysis 2. Homefront just seems like a rental now (unless I purchase from EBs then return/swap for Crysis 2).

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Adrian Milano

March 18, 2011 at 6:36 pm

I’m playing Shogun 2 (it’s fantastic) got the collectors ed with the statue.
Finish Killzone 3 (nearly there)
Demon’s Souls (no where near the end)
Resident Evil 0 GCN version (nearly finished with a mate taking turns)

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Jason Oliver

March 19, 2011 at 1:48 am

My pile of shame productivity has nosedived because I’ve spent the week mucking around with TF2 (xbox) to the extent that I finally tonight stumped up for it on Steam and sometime next week when my slow internet fits all 10GB through its hardened arteries I be playing it, going from 6 maps and the original weapons to the massive game it is on PC now over the space of a weekend!

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