Merry Christmas, Its give away time!

Merry Christmas everyone, here's hoping that Santa brought you a stack full of gaming goodies in that big old sack of his this morning. Personally, the old man in red treated me to Arkham City, Ultimate Tenkaichi, some new Turtle Beach headphones and Sonic generations! As well as some vodka to get me through the rest of the week of course!

In lieu of this festive season I thought I'd do something special for all you readers who are actually paying attention to this little blog posts of mine, after all it's you people that keep me going and keep me writing :)

So today I'm bringing you... THE FIRST EVER TCXS GIVE AWAY. That's right, like a real big gaming company I will be giving away a prize to the reader who gives me the best answer / response to this seasons theme, 'Festive gaming story!' Send in your favourite gaming story of the festive season and you'll be sent the shiny Arkham City related prizes!

Either email your response to tcxs@hotmail.co.uk or leave them in the comment box along with your contact details. Entries close January 1st, good luck everyone - and Merry Christmas!

Revengeance..?

Hi there true believ..Wait Stan Lee Might sue me. Hi there!
This is just a little post to keep you snappy Christmasy types at bay for a week or so 'til i can call in my guest reviews and actually get round to writing that Deus Ex review! (After I've stopped enjoying it so much)

In the mean time, you might remember a while back I mentioned Metal gear Solid 5: Rising. If that's the case, you may also remember that I was absolutely hyped for it - well what a shame that the game DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE.
That's right, 'Metal Gear Solid 5: Rising' has been completely scrapped as a project and has now been replaced with, 'Metal gear Rising: Revengeance'

This is a completely different project being spearheaded by the famous Platinum games company, the great Hack'n'Slash minds behind the brilliant Vanquish and acclaimed Bayonetta. I had mixed feelings about this. Metal Gear Solid is, without a doubt, my favourite gaming series of all time. Famous for it's protagonist, Solid Snake, the character who has single handedly touched the hearts of gamers everywhere - Metal Gear Solid has always based itself around Stealth but this is taking the game in a whole new direction..
At least that's what I thought until I found out that this game is actually a spin-off which simply keeps the title Metal Gear, not Solid. A small condolence but a condolence nonetheless.  There's no reason why this game can't be absolutely brilliant and I've no doubt it will be fun to play but the fan boy inside me is already screaming for me to boycott it. Take a look at the trailer for yourself here:
http://uk.gamespot.com/metal-gear-solid-rising-revengeance/videos/birth-and-evolution-metal-gear-rising-revengeance-video-6347606

Edit: The blow has been softened yet again by series creator Hideo Kojima who confirmed on his twitter that impatient fans should simply try and sit tight and wait for Metal Gear Solid 5 which will return to the stealth elements..

Kojima, I love you.