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My main man in B.C. highly recommends World in Conflict… you can download the demo, then buy the game

At the beginning of October I finished working on World in Conflict. The past six months working on the game as the UK Community Manager was a lot of fun and I was able to meet a lot of cool people.

Also, V2 of The Book of Games is done. I haven’t got a lot on at the moment and until I’ve got my new remit I’m taking a break. Now, it’s time to find something to do!

Ed from Xleague.TV just sent me an email with details of the XLeague World in Conflict Tournament. Here is the press release in full:

XLEAGUE.TV GETS READY FOR CONFLICT
XFX SPONSOR WORLD IN CONFLICT TOURNAMENT

XLEAGUE.TV has today announced that it will be featuring the hotly anticipated Sierra masterpiece World In Conflict within it’s online competitions, sponsored by graphics giant XFX.

The XFX World In Conflict European Open is open for registration as a 5 v 5 Tournament on 28th September, with UK based PC clan Team Dignitas currently hot favourites for the title in this 32 team tournament. So if you think you can challenge for the title, get onto www.xleague.tv for more details of how to enter.

Prizes have also been announced with 1st place receiving £800 cash plus 5 x 8800GTS XFX Graphic Cards, 2nd place receiving 5 x 8600GT Fatal1ty Cards as well as 5 signed Fatal1ty Shirts and 5 x 8500GT cards for 3rd place.

“We’re very happy to be working with XFX for World in Conflict, they are one of the leading Graphic Card companies which we feel will push the graphic engine that World in Conflict has to offer” says Mike Bembenek, XLEAGUE.TV Presenter & Commentator.

XLEAGUE.TV is the UK’s first dedicated eSports channel and fully integrated website launched in May 2007. The revolutionary channel, which broadcasts on Sky channel 279, offers a comprehensive range of services to its members including leagues and tournaments, customisable user profiles, match scheduling and club and team creation. By competing on www.xleague.tv, gamers can win the opportunity to be invited to the studio for the chance to play on television.

Check out www.XLEAGUE.TV or tune into Sky Channel 279.

I’ve had a few things to sort out over the past week, hence the lack of blogging and twittering. However, I’m getting back into the swing of things and everything should be back to normal soon. Anyhoo, World in Conflict was released last Friday and the review scores are pretty good. I’ve listed a number of reviews below for your reading pleasure:

Computer & Video Games
IGN
GameSpot
GameSpy
Pro-G
Yahoo Games

Also, the WiC FaceBook is growing at a steady pace. If your a member of FaceBook feel free to join the group and of course, order the game if you haven’t done so already.

Eurogamer.net has posted up their review of World in Conflict. The review is a good read and they scored the game nine out of ten. Go have a read of the review then order the game… it’s due to be released in the UK on Friday!

World in Conflict is a very social game. WiC has it’s own FaceBook group, it now has its own skin on the UK’s first video game social networking site, Eurogamers. I was just browsing over EuroGamer website and noticed the World in Conflict skin.  You can add the skin to your Eurogamers profile. I’ve posted a screen-grab below:

I’ve got a mouse mat with the same image and it looks sweet!

It took me two years to purchase a HDTV. Gareth recommended the TV before I brought it, I’m glad he recommended it because I’m really pleased with every aspect of the TV. I’ve had a few weeks to play around with the HDTV.

I’ve connected up a Windows Vista PC, a Sky TV receiver, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 Elite and HD DVD Drive. Hand-held hardware like the iPod, N95, PSP are all connected to the USB ports on the consoles. I will eventually upgrade to Sky HD. The set up of the system was a breeze, it took roughly ten minutes to tune in and set up.

When I had the old 30inch TV in the living room, I often found it difficult to read text on the TV  alongside the text from some video games i.e. Dead Rising is a perfect example. Now, viewing everything in HD is pretty cool. I’m able to see everything clearly

Gaming
Playing games in HD has become a visually entertaining experience. I love the fact that I can boot up World in Conflict and play it on the 37inch TV. I’m looking forward to MassGate going live on the 18th September to take part in some epic multi-player battles and of course, watch replays of matches.

Xbox 360 games look stunning in HD. I picked up Dead rising when it was first released but due to the text problem on standard definition TV’s I couldn’t really get what I was doing in the game, apart from killing a bunch of zombies. Anyhoo, I recently got back into Dead Rising and I’ve played the game properly by unlocking the true ending. Gears of War looks great and at some stage I’ll finish it on insane difficulty. One thing that I’m doing is revisiting the games I’ve got in my collection, mainly to see what they look like in high definition.

Movies
HD Movies look amazingly clear. The first HD DVD I purchased was Batman Begins. I’m really impressed with the quality of HD DVD’s alongside regular DVD’s. The only thing I can’t get my head around at the moment, is the cost of HD DVD’s.

Robert Haxton, the team leader of Dignitas World in Conflict squad has started up a weekly column. The column provides an interesting insight into the teams preparations for the World in Conflict Cyber Professional League (CPL). You can read Robert’s weekly column via Intel’s Game On website.

If not, why not?

If you pre-order World in Conflict now, you’ll be able to gain access to a number of exclusive extras. You can find out more about the extras via the official site. I’ve just received the latest WiC newsletter from Sierra Entertainment which you can view below:

If you’d like to pre-order World in Conflict right now, then visit one of the following retailers GameStop and GAME.

I blogged about World in Conflict back in July and I twittered a reminder about XLeague.TV’s The Match last weekend. The good news is that the World in Conflict match is going to be aired tonight at 9pm on channel 279. Less than 40minutes to go. You can watch trailers of WiC via Xleague’s Web TV beta.

If your going to watch The WiC Match tonight, let me know what you think of the show. Also, if anyone from Xleague is reading this, please add a search button and update the TV listing.