Starting out in Los Santos

When you get off the plane at Los Santos International Airport in four weeks time, things will seem a bit overwhelming. A huge city to explore, plus the surrounding towns and countryside and just the clothes on your back to your name.

Thankfully your contact in Los Santos is ready and waiting to show you the ropes.

Lamar Davis, drug dealer and gang-banger extraordinaire. A member of the Los Santos Families he'll pick you up from the airport and give you the rundown to life in the city (as well as your first pistol) Lamar gives you a lift to uptown LS and Vinewood, here he challenges you to your first race, a couple of laps around the block to see how well you drive (to be fair he doesn't drive too well so should be an easy way for $2,000). Once the race is done Lamar takes you to meet Gerald, a more established drug dealer. Whilst they have a chat Lamar expects you to go and get some new clothes, so pick up and head to a clothes store (self explantory really!)

Once you've changed into a fresh set of clothes you'll finally get an opportunity to select your first car and fit it with a tracker. Choose wisely here, this car will be with you for a while so take your time, drive around a bit and have a look what's available before you commit.

Living the American Dream

Once you've got your car and given it a nice new coat of paint you'll probably want to find somewhere out the street to park it. Time to start shopping for a safehouse then! These exist in 6 forms 2,6 or 10 car garages - with or without attached apartments. The 2 car garages start from $30,000 whilst the 10 car apartments (which you need plan heists) costs $300,000 to $500,000. You can currently own up to three different safehouses, which equates to up to 30 stored personal cars!

Climbing the Ranks

As you climb the ranks in GTA Online from a lowly rank 1 with a pop gun, you unlock more and more useful equipment that is then available for purchase, from your first automatic weapon at rank 5 to an RPG at rank 100. You also unlock new activities and new contacts who will give you access to more missions to complete. So what's the fastest way to rank up then I hear you ask? Just play the game! Contact Missions are by far the best way to rank up and are infinitely repeatable as you unlock them. What's more if you're sociable and complete missions with others and not on your own you get more reward for doing so. For every extra person taking part you earn an extra 10% Cash and RP (Reputation points - GTA's version of XP) up to 30% for 4 people taking part. As well as ranking up completing missions is the fastest way to get the cash rolling in, and as I've said before cash is king in the city of Los Santos.

In future blog posts I'll be exploring

• Vehicles and Upgrades
• Weapons and Mods
• Missions and what to expect
• Messing around in Freeroam

Grand Theft Auto V

In a little over a month the game we've all been waiting for will finally (hopefully) be released on PC

Grand Theft Auto V

Since it was originally announced over three years ago for console, I was hyped, as the release date got closer I was sniffing out every bit of information available regarding the gameplay and the story line.

However even back then delays were part of the waiting process. The original release date of May 2013 was pushed back to September, much to many peoples annoyance. But then, with less than a month to go Rockstar released the trailer below and it was decided, not only was I getting this game at launch, I was going to the midnight release. The only game I have ever done this for!

 

It was worth the wait, In less than a month I had finished my first playthrough of the Story, and what a Story! It's got everything you'd expect of a modern blockbuster and what's more, you're part of the action! The character development is so good you find yourself starting to play as how you think the characters should behave. As Micheal you tend to be a bit more cautious and rational in your behaviour, always leaning towards the slow and steady approach, checking every corner, covering every angle. As Franklin, a bit more fast and furious, adapting quickly to situations as they develop. And then there's Trevor, shoot first and don't bother with questions later, instead you shoot them again for good measure!

A month after GTA:V was released on consoles, GTA Online went live, as always these days with new online titles there were some initial teething issues (it took me three days to get past the tutorial and then my character was seemingly deleted!) But once they settled down it was a whole new game.

For starters trying to figure out whether or not you could trust other players in Freemode (you can't, end of discussion). Getting enough cash together to get yourself a safehouse and a good car, and then getting even more cash together so that you can get the apartment and car you actually want!

The best way to get cash in Los Santos (and cash is king) is through missions. These vary greatly in scope. From ambushing a drug deal at the scrap yard to taking down mercenary soldiers at the airport and stealing a military cargo plane. By yourself they're fun enough, but playing through missions with friends is another level. You start off just running around like headless chickens, not really communicating what the other is doing and then laughing when you get blown up. this quickly changes once you start to learn the others play style and how best to complete the mission. It really does feel like a team effort and when you walk away from the prize you feel a sense of achievement, especially if the mission is one that has been beating you for a while.

And this is only going to get better when Heists are released. Heists will be a series of 4 player co-op missions where you really do have to work together to come away with the big prize!

If you are looking to get GTA:V or have already preordered, and would like some more info or to join in with the Clan Wolfpack follow the links below, or find me on the Clan Teamspeak channel on a Monday or Wednesday. Until then have one more video to build the hype.

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http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/crew/clan_wolfpack_mafia

http://clanwolfpack.userboard.net/t379-grand-theft-auto-v

Magicka Wizard Wars !!! Free on Steam and great fun !

Must recommend this for a great bit of fun !!

If you love League of legends imagine that with spells you have to cast manually... Yes YOU !!

Its so spellbindingly awesome and addictive in equal measures.

Join us now !!

War Thunder Ground Forces

Well been playing it for the week and my first thoughts are simply AWESOME... Oh yeah and I got my Tiger !!

So with that in mind heres my review for what its worth and I promise not to bash World of Tanks too much

GFX : Firstly the graphics are really good with the terrain being lush with vegetation and plenty of areas to hide in. HD tanks are a sight to see and appear larger in your screen than in WoT which for me gives it a more huge machinery feel while not detracting from your vision as most firing is best done using the sights.

Shadows really add to the atmosphere and can help you hide in a dark spot as you can see in the picture above this silly T34 came trundling down the road while I was firing from cover in proper Tiger tactics. There is no silly disappearing invisibility of tanks so if you see it you can shoot it.

So I would say graphically it is far superior to WoT in its textures and look and frame rate was as good as in WoT with the extra details.

GAMEPLAY : The game premise is about the same as WoT as you would expect and it works as well. it does have a great system of historical battles that I have seen WoT trying to bring in. Also there are NO mythical tanks ( paper tanks ) which is such a better thing. All tanks in WW2 only are in this and the balance is really good for example you find out fast to play each tank to its strength as they were designed. Tigers excel at range in fixed position whereas a T34 on he move and coming up close can soon outmaneuver the Tiger.

Saying that any tank can damage any tank........ Awesome. I have disabled a KV1 with a Panzer 2 and then took it apart with aimed shots into cupolas, driver slots etc. So even heavy tanks need to fear all vehicles.

An aimed shot from a prepared position can one shot any tank if it hits the right point so beware. If you look at the scoreboard below I was playing a flank position firing at a choke point to rack up the kills with aimed shots. Also the different tanks show scores not dependent on their type unlike WoT.

Above all i will say that money is not something you ever run out of like the planes in War Thunder as Gaijin have stated they don't want a pay to play scenario like in WoT which for me is the biggest benefit to this game.

DayZ Survival Episode 2

A week of Hell had hit you since arriving in the Chernarus region and with it despair and death followed.

After finding other survivors some friendly and some not your group had grown and then been split asunder yet one thing remained.... The hope of rescue. During a skirmish in the town of Kamyshovo a radio had been found with some life left in its batteries and with it a signal.

"Bzzzttt......If you are alive and can hear this we are waiting at Balota ....tsssssssss..........."

Objective 2

Whether alone or in the group you must make your way to the Southern airfield known as Balota and reach the airfields control tower to succeed. Once at least one of you reach this towers top you will recieve your next objective....... Good luck !!

Once your group makes contact using the Tower radio you receive further instructions stating to head North. All survivors must meet at the town of Lopatino for extraction.......

DayZ Survival game starts this Thursday !!

Beginning this Thursday is our DayZ Survival nights with an official kick of time of 8pm till 10pm

Rules of Survival

Starting from day one we will all spawn as fresh characters on a designated Hardcore server

Each character can only be played on the official night so no loot farming can occur

If your character dies all his gear becomes the groups and the dead player must spawn fresh and make his way to us as a new character to the group

You must not be hit by a zombie and bleed as this counts as your characters death. It is up to the group whether to leave you or kill you before you turn. You can not remain with the group due to infection
The only exception to this is if you have antibiotics to be administered instantly.

If you or shot or injured in any other way you can heal this as the game permits.

If you are a fresh spawn trying to rejoin the group you may only use in game voice until you are accepted by the group and recognized. You can listen to us on team speak but not talk to us with it until accepted its game voice only.

If you get seperated from the group due to absence or having to leave early then team speak rules apply unless your character has a walkie talkie then you can use TS as normal

If you are unsure of any rules ask away and I will explain

Objectives

The game initially starts with a simple objective which is to find the group. This counts for anytime you fresh spawn as the group will not risk itself for a single person.

Each Thursday night of game play is classed as an Episode in our RPG story line so Episode one is titled "The meeting" and as per rules no information as to your location or details about your character can be given over team speak until you are in the group

At the end of each night ( Episode ) there will be objectives posted on the Blog and forum which will lead to an eventual final objective of a seasons survival.

Each episode lasts for 2 hours between 8 and 10pm if you have to leave or cant make that nights play you are classed as lost and therefore new spawn rules apply when you next play

The longest surviving character becomes the group leader and makes the decisions during game play time


This leads us to Episode One The Meeting and your first objectives

As you awaken upon the shore your vision clears....Where the hell am I ? is the first thought that hits you followed by And What the hell happened to my plane ? the last memory you have is one turbulence in the darkened cabin of a C130 transport out of Kabul. Your flight had just reached the Black Sea region when the storm hit..... The last point you were heading towards on your nav maps was the coastal town of Kamyshovo and then on to a military airfield nearby........ Where am I and did any of my unit survive ???...............

Objective 1

Driven by the need for food and drink you must first find items with which to survive and then locate the town of Kamyshovo.

Secondly you must attempt to locate any other surviving members of your unit and group up from there you must decide on your next course of action....Good Luck !!

Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls is here !!

Its here , we are playing it and its great fun !!

I finished it this morning on Inferno 1 and boy was it tough towards the end. No spoilers but lats boss is a tough son of a bitch !!

The game ( Expansion ) is excellent, atmospheric although I feel a little small for the price but now there is adventure mode so hopefully more play time to come !!