Natalia brings you the latest news on Adele’s interview with Anderson Cooper, Kristen Bell’s interview on Ellen is auto tuned, Ladyhawke’s latest music video and much more!
Natalia discusses what’s new with Pharrell Williams and her thoughts on Karl Lagerfeld’s mean comments towards Adele’s weight. She also shows a roster of animals behaving like humans and, wait until you see the new size of coffee available at Starbucks!
Natalia dishes the latest news on the Juno Awards nominees, the upcoming Spiderman 3D film starring Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield and is Katy Perry hooking up with Tim Tebow? Watch today’s episode to find out.
When The Kooks are in the studio they’re focused and most importantly, sober. Watch Hugh and Luke explain their reasoning below.
The Kooks released a new album called “Junk of the Heart,” and you would think Hugh and Luke would be very excited about it. Well, they seemed rather indifferent to be honest. We spoke about that and why they don’t care about critics.
Natalia dishes the latest in entertainment news on Joan Rivers, Lana Del Rey and a brand new trailer for the movie Hunger Games.
Natalia talks about how Snooki might be pregnant, Nicolas Cage’s Cage Rage, Elisabetta Canalis is dating Steve-O and more for Feb 1, 2012.
Natalia dishes the news on Miley Cyrus breaking her tailbone, a 100 year old woman who plays the Nintendo DS to stay young and Houston, Texas contemplating a statute of Beyonce.
David Beckham debuts a new line of underwear, the worst dressed celebrity – Shy’m and Matthew Broderick is back as Ferris Bueller with a brand new commercial airing during the Super Bowl on Feb 5th 2012.
Daniel Radcliffe is back with his new movie The Woman In Black. It’s a bone chilling remake of a film from the ’80s. Ironically, Daniel actually scares very easily but he’s not afraid of ghosts. In this interview he tells us what really gives him the creeps.
Next time you’re struggling to make conversation, try asking this question: “If you could invite anyone (living or dead) to the perfect house party, who would it be?”
Graffiti6 is starting to make their North American invasion, and they are hitting up the Tonight Show. Does this sound familiar? Well the Beatles made the exact same journey over 40 years ago. Naturally, @jordans_life had to make some comparisons.
Nick plays World of Warcraft. Not only that, he’s the head of his guild, demonstrating that it IS possible to juggle being a hardcore gamer with being a top-selling recording artist.
During a LIVE interview on andPOP.com Nick Carter gave out a number and took phone calls from his fans. These were real phone calls from real fans who we gave exclusive access to one of the biggest recording artists of our generation.
There were great questions about music, fitness, the backstreet boys but the most popular question, however, was about his underwear. In this clip Nick talks about his his ‘Haynes’ and covering his fans with glow in the dark paint.
When releasing new music today, half the battle is online promotion. However, contests, signed merch and giveaways aren’t always the best solutions. When working on their latest album, Hedley came up with a brilliant idea, they decided to make trailers.
It’s hard to prepare for an interview with Hedley. So in this interview, we threw caution to the wind, got a 24 of beer and broadcast the interview live on our USTREAM (andPOP.tv). Eventually Jacob, Dave and @jordans_life ended up talking about hairy legs, their newest music video and more.
Diamandis from Marina and The Diamonds talks to us about her very serious disease. It’s called synaesthetic. And we lied, it’s not a disease. More like a cool condition. Diamandis explains further.
Would you be embarrassed if someone scrolled through your iPod? We sit down with Spee and Brendan to talk about the diverse music on their playlist.
Marina and The Diamonds are working on some new music, but Marina is being very secretive about it. Although the release has been delayed, she let’s us in on some secrets about the new album, and how alcohol changed her life.
Is a plot really required in today’s gaming age? What would happen if a company created a game that didn’t have a story, didn’t have a reason, didn’t even have a single player mode? Would our social hierarchy collapse from below are feet? Would anarchy rain down upon us like fiery death balls? Incognito entertainment decided to find out for themselves with the release of Warhawk for the Playstation 3.
Perhaps that was a little overdramatic but that’s exactly what Warhawk is- a multiplayer only wartime game with ground battles, tanks, jeeps, artillery and most importantly, those sweet, sweet Warhawk jets. As either the Eucadian or Chernovan army, you can gather a slew of weaponry for local or online battle in a fictitious war over a number of well planned out maps, you get to choose how you want to play, as a transporter in a tank or jeep, as a sneaky base catching soldier on foot, take up a defensive stance with a big anti-air machine gun or go all out in the jets that can convert from hover mode to jet mode (the only real similarity between this game and the earlier Warhawk game on PC and Playstation one). The selection of weapons is more than enough for any gun toting maniac and the options for online and LAN play give players plenty to warrant the price tag.
The game comes in two different packages, for the online player, which I would hope you are if you’re playing this game at all; you can download the game right off the Playstation store. Your other option is to buy the game which comes packaged with a Bluetooth headset for online play, which although is a great little gift, from my experiences, most players download the game and as such, don’t communicate via headset at all. If you choose to purchase the physical game, the Blu-ray disc comes with some extra video content, the head set and an instruction manual.
As an online warrior, you can play with up to 32 other Playstation 3 owners in a virtually lag free battle ground, one of the coolest moments in this game is seeing and hearing 31 other players flying Warhawks overhead, guns blazing, missiles launching, and beautiful explosions occurring every which way in amazingly detailed THX audio. The graphics seem a little unfinished in this game however as the player and vehicle models are basic at best while the jet explosions are stunning to watch above in the clouds. Presented in 720p and 1080i, the game is HD ready for all your stunning visual needs.
The controls are a great mix of borrowing from some of the best titles around, infantry controls are basic and precise, using the D-pad to change weapons, the vehicles work somewhat like Halo’s controls with the ability to give other players a lift or change your position with the touch of a button, you can also use the Sixaxis motion sensor to steer if you wish. Where the controls really shine is in the air with the Warhawks. Again, you may use the motion sensor controller to fly the ship, but otherwise the jets fly much like Star fox controls did back in the day, your left analog stick controls your movement while the right is used for loops, barrel rolls and U-turns, anything to dodge the upcoming missiles. For the more advanced player, you may enter Pro control mode, giving the right analog stick total movement control to fly how you want, when you want. Warhawks also have the ability to enter hover mode for take off, landing or just to cause a little chaos.
The game itself delivers what it said it would, a fun online experience that anyone with a PS3 and online connection can enjoy at any time. There are four types of game play, the standards like capture the flag, death match, and team death match are all included, but there’s also a new type of game play called node play. In this game type, you must capture team bases to expand your territory until you control the entire map, much like Battlefield. Each type of vehicle and weapon option has its pros and cons, so it ends up being much like a game of picking the right method for the right enemy on a battleground scale. If the opponent controls mostly jets and a plethora of weapons, your best bet may be to take up an anti-air artillery machine and defend your turf.
In terms of extras and bonuses, the game comes packed with a few videos to watch of upcoming games and a behind the scenes clip of Warhawk itself. The real fun comes in your online ranking system, here you can use the rank points to unlock such bonuses as new skins and costumes for online play to show others just how much you play this game.
Some other issues found in this game was the lack of any type of tutorial or Bluetooth options, simple little aspects to a game that would help any new player be able to jump right into the fray with a chance to at least get some rank points. The first time you play, some little tip boxes will come up explaining new weapons or vehicles, but otherwise, there’s no way of learning how to fight until your up to your elbows in grenades and Warhawk shells.
The game is easy to learn, fun to pickup and although it seems a little rushed and missing anything overly exciting, is still the best online playing game one can get for the Playstation 3 to date.
Graphics: 3.5 / 5.0
Gameplay 4.0 / 5.0
Sound 4.0 / 5.0
Replay value 4.5 / 5.0
Sony today announced that WarHawk 3 will make it’s North American debut today, exclusively for the Playstation 3 console. The game is available in stores on Blu-ray Disc and via download through the Playstation Network.
“Warhawk’s furious action-combat gameplay and brilliantly detailed landscapes demonstrate PS3’s many capabilities,” said Jeff Reese, director, software marketing, SCEA. “Players will move seamlessly from the fierce aerial dogfights to the heated armed assaults and vehicular attacks on the ground. Warhawk is an exhilarating addition to the PS3 line-up this fall.”
WarHawk 3 is a remake of the original Playstation game, developed by Incognito Entertainment Inc, creators of other hits such as Twisted Medal and War of the Monsters. WarHawk 3 is a multi-player only game, allowing up to 32 players to compete online and offline against eachother.
The game also features QuickSplit technology for 4 players to play simultaneously on a single console in either Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag and a new game mode only available on WarHawk called Zone Mode. Full stats and rankings are kept for online game play.
The game is available today for CAD$42.99 as a downloadable game and for CAD$69.99 on disc. The retail version ships with a Jabra bluetooth headset.
