Weekly Video Games Round-Up

Here is our weekly video games round-up for the week of 6th December 2010. Enjoy!

Christmas is coming up again, streets will be covered with snow and families coming together to celebrate the holidays. This Christmas there will also be some great new games released that will keep you warm during this cold time like: World of Warcraft: Catalysm, Battlefield Bad Company 2: Vietnam and NewU Fitness Mind Body Yoga & Pilates Workout. In this week's edition we'll give you all the ins and outs on these games and take a look back at the recently released game COD Black Ops.

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World of Warcraft: Catalysm

On the seventh of December the moment will be finally there. The moment on which millions of World of Warcraft players are able to start playing the third of the WOW extensions called "Catalysm". Where the battle of the Lich King has just been finished, now a new evil is rising up and seeks to destroy the world of Azeroth. By setting the whole world up against you, how will you fight to destroy this? Deathwing the Destroyer has returned to Azeroth and welcomes you into the new World of Warcraft: Catalysm.

With new areas that are to be explored, being able to fly dragons and having countless of new dungeons and raids, Blizzard is able to bring back the WoW-factor into the game. The numerous of new challenges and quests is a guarantee for many days and sleepless nights for the big World of Warcraft fans among us.

Battlefield Bad Company 2: Vietnam

Although it's still early and the game has yet to be released at the end of December, it is worth looking at and letting you guys know what you can expect.

The new Battlefield is a digital expansion to the series and introduces four new distinct multiplayer maps, based on the Vietnam War. Each map brings a different experience with itself by using its different elements as foxholes, tunnels and dense jungles, where enemies can launch surprise attacks at any given moment. All and all, the Battlefield Bad Company 2: Vietnam is a great expansion and gives gamers a whole new first person shooting experience which is worth waiting for. The game will be released on December 21st 2010 and will be available on Xbox 360, PC and the PS3.

NewU Fitness Mind Body Yoga & Pilates Workout.

Playing games using your body isn't that new anymore and people have gotten used to looking through windows seeing people make crazy movements in front of a TV. This was the new way of playing games when the Nintendo Wii was first introduced. Now there is a new way of turning your living room into a yoga classroom! The NewU game (released December 7th) allows you to exercise yoga and addresses to all your needs of mind and body. Whether you would like a slim waist or strong upper body, the "NewU Mind Body" has 117 standard and 4 core skills exercises and on top of that, also features breathing relaxation and meditation techniques to match your every need.

Review

And last but not least, a review of Call of Duty: Black Ops, a game released on November 9th and being played by millions of players in the world every day.

Call of Duty has come a long way from its World War 2 days, what was once a single player focused PC only game, is now one of the biggest and most popular online games ever. This year Treyarch has yet managed to give the gamers an exciting sequel to the Call Of Duty series. As expected from a CoD game the presentation is amazing, the game looks good, plays smoothly and has great sound effects. You start the story as Alex Mason, a soldier being interrogated for information he can't remember. Through the game you play numerous of flashbacks originated from the Vietnam War trying to figure out what happened.

When it comes to gameplay you can expect pretty much the same as what you've seen with the previous COD games but now with a new jacket, enemies and allies are still pretty dumb and don't really react to situations... Of course many of us don't really care for the single player mode and go straight to the online multiplayer mode to get the experience they have been waiting for. While playing online you will enter a new world with 1 big change that people will love or hate; COD points. These points are used as "money" to upgrade your character and unlock various guns, modes, perks and equipment used in the online mode, which makes it a necessity to win any battles. Another new addition to the game is instant replay, (much like in Halo 3) where you are able to review matches afterwards and share them with your friends.

Also for the zombie killing lovers among us, one of the new game modes is "zombie mode" that can be played online or split-screen. The objective is to defend a location from hordes of zombies or project a famous historical person like JFK.

Call of Duty Black Ops is a great addition to the previous COD games. Even though the gameplay doesn't feel very new, the game has a number of great additions (for online play) that makes you want to play non-stop again and definitely a game worth buying.