Modern Warfare 2 is being plagued by an unlimited ammo glitch on all game modes. Many users are obviously very upset by this and we all hope that Infinity Ward sort this out as soon as possible as it has completely ruined the online experience for everyone.

Video of the glitch in action

Earlier on this month EA and DICE announced a new Medal of Honor game set in Afghanistan. Well, at the Video Game Awards 2009 the first trailer was shown revealing actual gameplay. Modern Warfare 2 better watch out, because this game looks impressive. See for yourself: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/medal-of-spike-tv/59826

The 2009 VGAs stuck to their word to deliver the first in-game footage of Halo Reach. In the trailer look out for a Spartan with a striking resemblance to Ghost from Modern Warfare 2. Clicky clicky: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/halo-reach-spike-tv/59812

The most badass jedi (who coincidently wields a pink lightsaber), Samuel L. Jackson, took to the stage at this year’s VGAs to reveal Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2. In the announcement trailer the star of the last game, codenamed “Starkiller”, steps into a dark arena only to be faced with a creature who doesn’t seem to like Starkiller that much. Armed with two lightsabers, Starkiller pounces to attack the gargantuan foe. Check out the CG trailer: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/star-wars-spike-tv/59816

 The first surprise announcement of this year’s Video Game Awards was the revelation that the critically acclaimed Batman: Arkham Asylum was getting a sequel. An official title has not been revealed yet, but it presumably continues from the first game. Check out the debut trailer: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/batman-arkham-spike-tv/59828

This weeks show is a little different. Webby and Peebs run down all the games we have played this year and discuss the good and bad points, What we loved and what we hated. 

Hope you enjoy the show and as always please don’t forget the all important itunes reviews.

So, next Tuesday the Spike VGA’s will be broadcast in the UK at 9pm on Fiver (Sky 176). The actual awards show will be broadcast in the US on Saturday but our first chance to see the show on TV will come next week.

 
I know my sky+ is already set to record!

The Nominations are as follows:

 
GAME OF THE YEAR
Assassin’s Creed 2 (Ubisoft / Ubisoft Montreal)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos Interactive – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / Rocksteady Studios)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Publishing / Infinity Ward)
Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve)
UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves (Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog)

 
STUDIO OF THE YEAR
Infinity Ward
Naughty Dog
Rocksteady Studios
Valve

 
BEST SHOOTER
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Publishing / Infinity Ward)
Halo 3: ODST (Microsoft Game Studios / Bungie)
Killzone 2 (Sony Computer Entertainment / Guerrilla Games)
Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve)

 
BEST RPG
Borderlands (2K Games / Gearbox Software)
Demon’s Souls (Atlus / FromSoftware)
Dragon Age: Origins (Electronic Arts / BioWare)
Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (Nintendo / AlphaDream)

 
BEST FIGHTING GAME
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (Aksys Games / Arc System Works)
Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny (NAMCO BANDAI Games / Project Soul)
Street Fighter IV (Capcom / Capcom/Dimps)
Tekken 6 (NAMCO BANDAI Games)

 
BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME
EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 4 (Electronic Arts / EA Canada)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Electronic Arts / EA Tiburon)
UFC 2009 Undisputed (THQ / Yuke’s Media Creations)
Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

 
BEST HANDHELD GAME
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Rockstar Games / Rockstar Leeds)
Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (Nintendo / AlphaDream)
Professor Layton and The Diabolical Box (Nintendo / Level-5)
Scribblenauts (Warner Bros. Interactive / 5th Cell)

 
BEST GRAPHICS
Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos Interactive – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / Rocksteady Studios)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Publishing / Infinity Ward)
Killzone 2 (Sony Computer Entertainment / Guerrilla Games)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog)

 
BEST GAME BASED ON A MOVIE OR TV SHOW
Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Atari / Terminal Reality)
South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play! (Microsoft / DoubleSix)
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (Atari / Starbreeze AB)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition (Activision Publishing / Raven Software)

 
BEST MUSIC GAME
DJ Hero (Activision Publishing / FreeStyleGames)
Guitar Hero 5 (Activision Publishing / Neversoft Entertainment)
LEGO Rock Band (MTV Games – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / Traveler’s Tales Games – Harmonix)
The Beatles: Rock Band (MTV Games / Harmonix)

 
BEST DRIVING GAME
Dirt 2 (Codemasters)
Forza Motorsport 3 (Microsoft Game Studios / Turn 10)
Gran Turismo (PSP) (Sony Computer Entertainment / Polyphony Digital)
Need for Speed SHIFT (Electronic Arts / Slightly Mad Studios)

 
BEST ACTION ADVENTURE GAME
Assassin’s Creed 2 (Ubisoft / Ubisoft Montreal)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos Interactive – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / Rocksteady Studios)
Brütal Legend (Electronic Arts / Double Fine Productions)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog)

 
BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME
FIFA Soccer 10 (Electronic Arts / EA Canada)
Madden NFL 10 (Electronic Arts / EA Tiburon)
NBA 2K10 (2K Sports / Visual Concepts)
NHL 10 (Electronic Arts / EA Canada)

 
BEST SOUNDTRACK
Brütal Legend (Electronic Arts / Double Fine Productions)
DJ Hero (Activision Publishing / FreeStyleGames)
Guitar Hero 5 (Activision Publishing / Neversoft Entertainment)
The Beatles: Rock Band (MTV Games / Harmonix)

 
BEST XBOX 360 GAME
Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos Interactive – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / Rocksteady Studios)
Forza Motorsport 3 (Microsoft Game Studios / Turn 10)
Halo 3: ODST (Microsoft Game Studios / Bungie)
Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve)

 
BEST Wii GAME
MadWorld (SEGA / Platinum Games)
New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
Punch-Out!! (Nintendo / Next Level Games)
Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)

 
BEST PS3 GAME
inFAMOUS (Sony Computer Entertainment / Sucker Punch)
Killzone 2 (Sony Computer Entertainment / Guerrilla Games)
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (Sony Computer Entertainment / Insomniac Games)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog)

 
BEST PC GAME
Dragon Age: Origins (Electronic Arts / BioWare)
Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve)
Plants vs. Zombies (PopCap Games)
The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts / The Sims Studio)

 
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Assassin’s Creed 2 (Ubisoft / Ubisoft Montreal)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Publishing / Infinity Ward)
Halo 3: ODST (Microsoft Game Studios / Bungie)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony Computer Entertainment / Naughty Dog)

 
BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME
Borderlands (2K Games / Gearbox Software)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision Publishing / Infinity Ward)
Halo 3: ODST (Microsoft Game Studios / Bungie)
Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve)

 
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN MALE
Bill Murray as Dr. Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Atari)
Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition (Activision Publishing)
Samuel L. Jackson as Afro Samurai / Ninja Ninja in Afro Samurai (Surge)
Shia LaBeouf as Sam Witwicky in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Activision Publishing)
Vin Diesel as Richard B. Riddick in The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (Atari)

 
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN FEMALE
Eliza Dushku as Rubi Malone in WET (Bethesda Softworks)
Kristen Bell as Lucy Stillman in Assassin’s Creed 2 (Ubisoft)
Megan Fox as Mikaela Banes (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen / Activision Publishing)
Tricia Helfer as Dare (Halo 3: ODST / Microsoft Game Studios)

 
BEST CAST
Brütal Legend (Electronic Arts / Double Fine Productions)
Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard (D3 Publisher / Vicious Cycle)
Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Atari / Terminal Reality)
South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play! (Microsoft / DoubleSix)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition (Activision Publishing / Raven Software)

 
BEST VOICE
Arleen Sorkin as Harley Quinn in Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos Interactive – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
Claudia Black as Chloe Frazer in UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves (Sony Computer Entertainment)
Jack Black as Eddie Riggs (Brütal Legend / Electronic Arts)
Mark Hamill as The Joker in Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos Interactive – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
Nolan North as Nathan Drake in UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves (Sony Computer Entertainment)

 
BEST DOWNLOADABLE GAME
Battlefield 1943 (Electronic Arts / DICE)
Fat Princess (Sony Computer Entertainment / Titan Studios)
Plants vs. Zombies (PopCap Games)
Shadow Complex (Microsoft Game Studios / Chair Entertainment)

 
BEST DLC
Fallout 3 – Broken Steel (Bethesda Softworks / Bethesda Game Studios)
Fallout 3 – Point Lookout (Bethesda Softworks / Bethesda Game Studios)
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony (Rockstar Games / Rockstar North)
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost & Damned (Rockstar Games / Rockstar North)

 
BEST INDEPENDENT GAME FUELED BY DEW
‘Splosion Man (Twisted Pixel)
Flower (ThatGameCompany)
Osmos (Hemisphere Games)
Trials HD (RedLynx)

 
MOST ANTICIPATED GAME
Bioshock 2 (2K Games / 2K Marin)
God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment / SCE Studios Santa Monica)
Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts / BioWare)
Starcraft II (Blizzard Entertainment)

The Community Coordinator for BioWare on Mass Effect 2, C. Priestly has announced that Mass Effect 2 will be shipping on two discs [plus an extra disc for the collectors edition]. Priestly had this to say:

Yes, there are 2 game discs for both the PC and Xbox 360 versions, both the Collector’s and standard editions.

There is a 3rd disc with the Collector’s Edition. This is a movie DvD containing making of and other bonus information.

The PC version is a standard install. You install the information from both discs and then play with 1 disc in the drive. No swapping.

You can install the game to your Xbox 360 Hard Drive as long as you have enough memory to do so and have the correct disc in the drive when you play.

Even though there is a disc swap, it occurs at a carefully planned place in the game (that does not interfere with gameplay) and is done once. You do not swap back and forth. 1 swap and then done.

Why 2 discs? Answer: Because you cannot fit this much awesomeness on one disc. Hope
this helps.

BioWare have also revealed their A-list cast of voice actors taking part in the project. The names revealed are:

Martin Sheen

 
Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor. “The West Wing”, “Apocalypse Now”

 
Shohreh Aghdashloo

2009 Emmy Award-winner. “House of Saddam”

 
Seth Green
“Austin Powers”

 
Yvonne Strahovski

“Chuck”

 
Adam Baldwin
“Chuck”

 
Keith David
“Crash”

 
Michael Dorn

“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”

 
Tricia Helfer
“Battlestar Galactica”

 
Michael Hogan

“Battlestar Galactica”

Carrie-Anne Moss

“The Matrix”

Can you say *gasp*?

Players will be able to pick up Mass Effect 2 on January 26 2010 in North America and January 29 2010 in Europe.

Following the release of the Facebook, Twitter and Last.FM instalment, the Xbox LIVE team have now released an update which allows all those with a child account [except in the US], to be able to use these programs, assuming they get parental approval. All those with a child account are advised to check the ‘automatic log in’ or ‘remember me’ boxes in order to prevent promoting for permission every time you attempt to log in.

 
“Thanks for your patience as we worked to develop the best solution to ensure that we are able to offer an age-appropriate environment for everyone on Xbox LIVE.” – Xbox LIVE Team.

This update will also be coming to the U.S. on the 15th December.

Cold off the press, Polar Panic, the new arcade puzzle game is soon to be released on Xbox LIVE Arcade. Spanning 50 icy story levels join Polar in his fight against Mr Big, with 50 puzzle levels to set your brain into a spin and both single and multiplayer survival modes, this is a game perfect to play during the long, cold winter nights.

50 Ice-Shattering Story levels with 4 levels of difficulty (Easy, Normal, Hard and Insane)

50 Brain-Freezing Puzzle levels

Explosive Boss battles

Single-Player Survivor mode

Battle 2-4 Players in local multiplayer mode

Polar Panic, the fast-based arcade puzzle game coming soon on Xbox LIVE Arcade

Can you guide Polar to victory against the Trappers, across the frozen wastes, through the night forests, rolling on the high seas, on the back of ice-trucks to the final oil rig showdown? Learn to build ice-bridges, destroy the enemy generators, find hidden pickups and free captured bears. With clubs, guns, fire, ice and dynamite, each Trapper has his own strengths – together they make a fearsome foe. Scoring an ‘A’ rating on the hardest setting will be a challenge for even the best of players.