Nick Fury is director of S.H.I.E.L.D, an international peace keeping agency. The agency is a who's who of Marvel Super Heroes, with Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When global security is threatened by Loki and his cohorts, Nick Fury and his team will need all their powers to save the world from disaster.

Well damn, THIS, This is the Superhero movie of the year…  Yes, we still have Dark Knight Rises to come (and hopefully that will be just as awesome), but damn, Avengers is just concentrated Awesome on the big screen…

There is a very good reason this film is the movie ambrosia we've needed on the big screen for a couple of years now and his name is Joss Whedon.  Thor was perfectly made by Kenneth Branagh, Iron Man was brilliantly crafted by Jon Favreau.  But this…  This is the superhero mash up we've needed since the first XMen movie way back in 2001 and since the kickstart of the Superhero movie, Blade in 1997

Hulk, played this time by Mark Ruffalo, is one of the stars of this film and absolutely hillarious!  Yes the film is serious, but its Marvel and its a comic book film, it NEEDS some fun and Hulk is just amazingly funny, but in a believeably scripted and directed way

Tom Hiddleston is amazing as Loki, the main bad guy for this film and carrying on his cry baby, pissed opff at adopted daddy and brother, vengence!  But, as a British actor, he looks badass and wears that suit near the beggining brilliantly, he looks badass!

Chris Hemsworth is back as Thor and is fantastic, Chris Evans is back as Cap. America and comes across as the time lost soldier from a different age that brings a moral centre to the team.  But as usual, the stand out performance comes from Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/IronMan… 

We also have to remember, this is the end of Phase 1 of the story arch and the start of Phase 2 leading into IronMan 3, Thor 2 and Captain America 2, leading upto Avengers 2 with the big boss reveal at the end of this on…

"SPOILER ALERT!!!"

Thanos!

Yup, the typical comic/tv/cartoon storyarch of Cosmic Cube to Infinity Gauntlet story, here we come!

The other major plt point that brings the characters together, the demise of Agent Phil Coulson!  Clark Gregg has been a lynchpin character in this story arch and I'm sorry to see him go, I honestly loved his character (glad he has now been bought into various cartoons and comics, thank you Marvel!)

… and as a comic book fan that was raised on these characters…  I can't fucking wait!

10 out of 10 guys!  Watch It!

The Arena.Net blog has been updated with new information for participants in this weekend's first beta event. Information includes both the EU and NA server lists and requirements for transfer to servers outside of a player's purchase zone.

When you log in to the game for the first time, you will have the opportunity to pick any available server, or home world. If you choose to select a home world that is in a different region from where you purchased your game, you will be logged out for a short period of time while your account is moved to your new region. Once you have selected a home world, all the characters you create will play on this world and will represent it in our world-versus-world (WvW) format.

Read the full blog post on the Guild Wars 2 site.

EA Releases Official Gameplay/Announce Trailer for Crysis 3

EA has released today a new trailer for Crysis 3, showing off the amazing graphics, story, and gameplay we can expect from this title.

Take on the role of 'Prophet' as he returns to New York, only to discover that the city has been encased in a Nanodome created by the corrupt Cell Corporation. Within the Liberty Dome, seven distinct and treacherous environments become known as the Seven Wonders. This dangerous new world demands advanced weapons and tactics. Prophet will utilise a lethal composite bow, an enhanced Nanosuit and devastating alien tech to become the deadliest hunter on the planet.

Crysis 3 is coming in 2013 for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.

Update – Tuesday, April 24, 2012

• Made preparations for the Guild Wars 7th anniversary celebration.
• Elite Xunlai Bakery Agents, flush with pride after their careful placement of sprinkles, have assumed control of Birthday Cupcake distribution and are en route to their party destinations.
• Ceira, Sworn to Fire, has returned from another expedition bearing gifts from the gods: Hounds of Balthazar Ranger pets for all who visit her in Embark Beach during the celebration.

ok, guys, the GW2 BWE starts in 3 days (well, Friday 27th @  8pm GMT/3pm EST) and TGH2 is doing a mass meet up and play for all Guild-Hall2.net fans and staff!

EVERYONE is welcome (even Arenanet staff if they want to join us for some fun!) and Lonesamurai will also be covering the start of the event on his Friday night show on The Sanitarium.FM

To join in, no need to sign up to anything, just join us in the TGH voice chat on Dolby axon (if you aren't an axon user, join us on the TGH Steam user group and ask one of the admins in chat to an invite)

We will all be chatting while we play and questing, mission running and event smashing together! 

See you all on Friday for the start of the event and remember Lonesamurai will be DJ'ing during the start of the event, taking requests and even having people live on air discussing the Beta