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As you can tell there hasn’t been anything new on here for a little while and this is down to two things firstly i have been ill over the last week and a bit and secondly the site was supposed to of gotten an update so it would go back to its original state however this has not been done because the person who promised to do it hasn’t so the site still looks a mess.

Just to add more problems on top of things it seems that reviews seem to be going missing and i haven’t a clue what the hell is going on and even if i did i wouldn’t know how to fix them so i’m trying my best to get things sorted out and as soon as i have some more news i will let you know.

Just to add one more thing the review for tomb raider will go up this weekend i promise and monday next week i will have my top games of this year for you to have a look at.

It’s the Tokyo GameShow this week and i will try and have as much stuff from there over the next few days including big updates on Saturday and Sunday.

To kick things off i have some trailers for you to cast your eyes over so enjoy them and don’t forget to keep checking back.

First off is Dead Rising Chop Till you Drop on the Wii

Halo 3 Recon trailer

No More Heroes 2 Trailer

New Resident Evil 5 Trailer

I will have much more stuff for you so come back soon and check everything out

I know i have been posting a lot of trailers but it’s down to the fact that i haven’t had as much time as i would like however i do promise that this weekend i will have a few things to have a good look at.

So just to pass the time i have 2 trailers for you that couldn’t be any different.

First off is a trailer for some upcoming wii games

And i also have a new co-op trailer for you from Call of Duty World at War.

So enjoy the trailers and don’t forget to check back this weekend for a new post and also the forum is still there for you to chat about anything.

Now a piece of news that i have came across that will make a few people happy including myself is that the fantastic Hogs of War is to get a sequel early next year on the PS2, PC, Wii and DS.

Nothing is known as what to expect in the game but even if it’s just a quater of what the original was like then i will not be putting my Wii down for a long while.

As soon as i find out more news on this i will post it up straight away

As TU2 on Halo 3 was released on tuesday, i myself asked “When is the Mythic pack coming out…” Webwide there have been rumors storming that it may be released on 25/9/08 as a free download . The pack wilI contain 7 brand new maps to the table and enable the player to get the full 1750G on the game. Each of the new maps has a hidden skull stashed somewhere within the level. we will have to see what tomorrow brings, but if the rumors are true, then tomorow will go down in history. =]

Oh yes the Vagusnet forum is back and looking better than it has so all we need now is more members so we can make it a great community to post in.

We had a forum before but it failed because there wasn’t that many members and very little was getting posted in it but i am hoping that this time it will take off and i don’t have to hammer the last nail in the coffin of the idea for a forum for this site.

So if you are not registered with the forum get over there and register and if you are an old member get over there and post something.

Just in case here is the link to the forum so you don’t have an excuse.

If you remember a little while back i did a review for Ferrari Challenge on the PS3 and i thought it would be a great game for racing fans, well i have even more good news for you then as i have a competition to give away a copy of the game for the PS3 and to enter cannot be easier.

Just follow the easy steps below and you will never know you might win a copy of the game.

1 - Just send me an Email with the heading Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli competition

2 - Answer the following question What is the make of the Ferrari car you only control in the main mode of the game? (Clue : It starts with an F and it has 3 numbers in it)

3 - Send your details as well with the answer to the question (name and full address)

4 - Do all of the following and sent it to Vagusnet@GMX.com.

The competition closes at 12:00 midday on the 1st September and i will pick a winner straight after and send you an email telling you that you have won.

One more thing this competition is open to people in the UK only and you only have to enter once.

So good luck

Well it seems that people will go to extreme lengths just to get things take for example a man in the UK saying he went missing for two years only for him to be lying and now he is in prison but I’ve never heard anybody staging his own kidnapping for a Wii well guess what one really sad person has done this.

The Chinese man staged his own kidnapping by asking two friends to help him out just because his parents were not going to buy him a Wii however things went wrong for him when he decided to take the ransom money out of his own account just to then be stopped by the police.

So what is the moral of this story well if you want something so badly don’t stage your own kidnapping instead just save up for it and that way you will not be doing something this stupid.

Everybody who owns a copy of Burnout Paradise on the Xbox 360 have been really pissed off lately as the Playstation 3 got the Cagney update before them and when Criterion delayed the update not once but twice things started to get a bit out of hand on there forums with gamers wanting there blood in return.
Well now it’s time for 360 owners to breath a sigh of relief as the update is now finally coming out tomorrow and just in case you forgot what is in the update check out the list below and get ready to return to paradise

3 New Freeburn Game Modes:

• Road Rage
Up to 8-player team event. One team must race through a series of Paradise City checkpoints. The other team must stop them.
Cue incredible chases and battling through the city, tons of voice communication as players co-ordinate their efforts.

• Stunt Run (vs)

Pull stunts to score points - hit barriers, billboards and ramps; ace barrel rolls, flat spins and massive airtime to score big. Everybody competes to simultaneously reach the biggest total. Hit your rivals to kill their scores and gain multipliers.

• Marked Man

A player is selected at random and everyone gangs up to take them down. The Marked Man scores for reaching the end point intact and taking anyone down along the way.

70 New Freeburn Challenges
• 70 new timed multi-part Freeburn Challenges
• Leaderboards for these challenges that log your best time (as well as those people who did it with you)

Vehicles
• Hunter Olympus
• A secret Criterion Car!

New liveries
• Rossolini Tempesta Dream
• Two fan-created liveries – the Oval Steel Racer and Inferno Hippie Van
• Two secret Criterion liveries!

Ranked Race Changes
• Too much to report in this blog entry but click here for the full breakdown!

Custom Soundtracks
• Custom Soundtrack support on PS3

Other high-priority fixes and updates

• If you’re in a 3 or more player challenge and a player drops out, the remaining players can still complete it (subject to it being a challenge that can handle this!)
• “Previously” section on the search games list now displays Challenges, Today’s Best and Freeburn game modes, making it loads easier to decide which game you want to join
• You can now view Leaderboards and Options in an online game
• You can now mute other online players in the show players screen
• You can now mute yourself if you have a PS3 Eye/Eye toy
• We’ve increased time-out for online races, and if all players complete the races within the timer, then you go straight to results
• The Airfield has been changed to help with the drivability of the area and make it a little easier to complete the hoop challenges
• Online cars now show damage - roll up to the start in a half-destroyed Hunter Cavalry and everyone else will see it!
• Added a stronger display message if you rule all of Todays Best
• The Easy Drive menu & Challenges page now loops from top to bottom
• Fixed the navigation system so that it takes into account the next check point in a race
• Fixed traffic not reappearing in Freeburn after a no-traffic race
• Fixed online races using Lawrence Road - it’s been reporting finish distances with a little inaccuracy
• Revised 30+ car resets following crashes
• All new sound effects added for Easy Drive
• Driving backwards in Road Rage now ends the event as it does in Marked Man
• Option to invert camera axis for the look around camera on right stick
• Online player information made accurate on the instance a player goes through a checkpoint in races
• If you set VOIP mix to zero it is now saved correctly
• 1080i support for “almost HD” sets - PS3 only
• Improved the Standard Definition rendering on PS3
• New highlight to show the player in Today’s Best
• Easy Drive fades out if it’s unused for 20 seconds
• Boost chaining no longer possible by drifting in open areas

Well it’s time to update you on what you can expect to see on Vagusnet over the coming month well there will be a few new features with one going up on Sunday about updates on videogames and how they affect us.

I will also try and have at least one review plus i will try and get one more other review up done in the new way that i’m thinking.

We will also post up some new trailers and when an important news story hits we will cover it to the best of our knowledge.

Finally if i watch a film that needs to be told about i will get a review up of it and other bits and bobs on it.

Well thats some of the stuff you can expect over the next month and you never know there might even be a competition thrown in just for luck, so keep checking back with us because you never know something might catch your eye that you would want to discuss.

On a quick side note don’t forget to keep checking out the Lolocaust as well for a different take on videogames and stuff (and i mean some random stuff)