In anticipation of the April release of MH3,I picked up my demo for
Monster Hunter: Tri from my local gamestop a few days ago. The Demo
comes with two missions-one Single Star Mission and the second being a
triple star mission. After giving the demo a shot I gotta say I'm
really impressed, visually MH3 looks AMAZING this being my first time
experiencing MH on a home console (Ive played FRONTIER on my PC and all
the Monster Hunters on PSP except the first).
When you boot up
the game you are shown a screen where you select your controller
scheme(one of three) the first option was to use the wii-mote and the
second and third were different variations of the classic controller
set up. I chose the option to use the classic controller as my means of
playing.
After Choosing your controls you are taken to a "weapon
select" screen, several hunters with different weapons and armors are
shown-If your familiar with Monster Hunter games you will undoubtedly
be familiar with all the weapons save one. "The Switch Axe" is a new
addition to the MH weapon types and is quite a versatile one allowing
me to switch between two different weapon types.
When I selected
my hunter and weapon(a Great Sword) I went out on my first mission. I
Immediately noticed the visuals of MH I'm not one to be picky about
graphics but I was thoroughly impressed right off the bat. I quickly
grabbed my items from a nearby item box and made my way towards my
first monster.
As soon as I found the bastard I quickly went on
the attack and found no problem with the combat at all.The transition
from playing MH on my PSP for all these years didn't effect me taking
down monsters on my Wii. The second mission had me taking on a more
serious threat this one monster could summon other monsters by
mimicking their calls.
The monsters that were called upon were
nothing more than a few raptor-type creatures but as the battle drew on
the creature summoned an even LARGER boss-class monster (one that was
more fitted to be slayed by a expert monster hunter than myself). Least
to say the battle soon turned towards my opponents favor as I faced
down the dragon from dragon heart and his chortling friend in the
background. My tour with monster hunter:Tri was promptly ended with a
game over and a "thank you for playing" Screen.
Monster
Hunter:Tri will be released this coming April and those who pre-order
can get Monster Hunter:Tri and a classic controller(don't forget to ask
for it!)
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
