When Rockstar Games unleashes the Max Payne 3 multiplayer on May 15th, it will be a very good idea to join a crew for a couple of reasons…

1. Your back will be thoroughly watched so you can maintain a healthy kill/death ratio.
2. You will receive a XP boost for helping teammates and battling rival crews.

Are you looking for a crew to run with? Join the GOS Crew and live a life of fast cars and easy money.

If you would rather be the kingpin of your own crew follow the link.

This feature is  linked to the Rockstar Games Social Club which means you can represent your Crew on the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. Crews that are created before the May 15th launch date will be rewarded by being a Founder Crew. Founder Crews will receive a special two-stripe designation on their created Crew tag,  plus more benefits in the future.

See you online when Max Payne 3 releases on May 15th.

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Blip here from GamesOnSmash and I’ve been consumed with DC Universe Online which I talk about in the show and the PSN store and others.

Music: James Molassus”Theme Soundtrack from Batman Begins” Morris Day and the Time “Jungle Love”

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There is always the usual argument of iPhone 4S vs Android and today we will offer the spec comparison. Samsung announced a few months ago that the Galaxy S II has reached 20 Million units shipped in under a year. The Galaxy S3 has supposedly broken records for pre orders compared to the Galaxy S II. The phone will be released on May 29th in Europe and as early as June for the United States.

Check out the new info for Galaxy S3′s 4.0 ICS features at the previous here. Spec comparison will be below and don’t forget to vote on the poll.

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Samsung just held a conference in London announcing the Samsung Galaxy S III. They announced  a number of exciting features such as S Voice, Smart Stay and other connectivity features. The phone also features a 4.8 inch HD Super Amoled display, 8MP 1080p camera and a 1.9MP front facing camera. On launch the phone will come with the 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwhich.

The Samsung Galaxy S III will launch on May 29th in Europe and as early as June for North America. Currently the rumor is for AT&T and Verizon to be the first carriers for the Galaxy S3. More details on the device in the press release below.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, announced today the third generation GALAXY S, the GALAXY S III. Designed for humans and inspired by nature, the GALAXY S III is a smartphone that recognizes your voice, understands your intention, and lets you share a moment instantly and easily.

This sleek and innovative smartphone has the enhanced intelligence to make everyday life easier. With Samsung GALAXY S III, you can view the content like never before on the device’s 4.8 inch HD Super AMOLED display. An 8MP camera and a 1.9MP front camera offer users a variety of intelligent camera features and face recognition related options that ensure all moments are captured easily and instantly. Samsung GALAXY S III is powered by Android™ 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, with greatly enhanced usability and practicality to make life easier. Packed with intuitive technology, the GALAXY S III delivers a uniquely personalized mobile experience that refuses to be compromised.

“With the GALAXY S III, Samsung has maximized the consumer benefits by integrating superior hardware with enhanced smartphone usability,” said JK Shin, President and Head of IT & Mobile Communications Division at Samsung. “Designed to be both effortlessly smart and intuitively simple, the GALAXY S III has been created with our human needs and capabilities in mind. What makes me most proud is that it enables one of the most seamless, natural and human-centric mobile experiences, opening up a new horizon that allows you to live a life extraordinary.”

Introducing Natural Interaction

The GALAXY S III enhances the interaction experience between the device and user. Smart enough to detect your face, voice and motions, the GALAXY S III adapts to the individual user to provide a more convenient and natural experience. With the innovative ‘Smart stay’ feature, the GALAXY S III recognizes how you are using your phone – reading an e-book or browsing the web for instance – by having the front camera identify your eyes; the phone maintains a bright display for continued viewing pleasure.

The GALAXY S III features ‘S Voice,’ the advanced natural language user interface, to listen and respond to your words. In addition to allowing information search and basic device-user communication, S Voice presents powerful functions in regards to device control and commands. When your phone alarm goes off but you need a little extra rest, just tell the GALAXY S III “snooze.” You can also use S Voice to play your favorite songs, turn the volume up or down, send text messages and emails, organize your schedules, or automatically launch the camera and capture a photo.

In addition to recognizing your face and voice, the GALAXY S III understands your motions to offer maximized usability. If you are messaging someone but decide to call them instead, simply lift your phone to your ear and ‘Direct call’ will dial their number. With ‘Smart alert,’ the GALAXY S III will also save you from trouble by catching any missed messages or calls; your phone will vibrate to notify missed statuses when picked up after being idle.

Easy and Instant Sharing 

The Samsung GALAXY S III is more than a personal device that can be enjoyed by one user – it wants you to share and experience smartphone benefits with family and friends, regardless of where you are. With the new ‘S Beam,’ the GALAXY S III expands upon Android™ Beam™, allowing a 1GB movie file to be shared within three minutes and a 10MB music file within two seconds by simply touching another GALAXY S III phone, even without a Wi-Fi or cellular signal. The ‘Buddy photo share’ function also allows photos to be easily and simultaneously shared with all your friends pictured in an image directly from the camera or the photo gallery.

With ‘AllShare Cast’, users can wirelessly connect their GALAXY S III to their television to immediately transfer smartphone content onto a larger display. ‘AllShare Play’ can be also used to instantly share any forms of files between GALAXY S III and your tablet, PC, and televisions regardless of the distance between the devices. Under AllShare Play is also the ‘Group Cast’ feature that allows you to share your screen among multiple friends on the same Wi-Fi network; you can make comments and draw changes at the same time with your co-workers, witnessing real-time sharing on your individual device.

Human-centric Design with Uncompromised Performance

The GALAXY S III not only presents features with enhanced usability, but also provides an ergonomic and comfortable experience through its human-centric design. Its comfortable grip, gentle curves, and organic form deliver a rich human-centric feel and design. Inspired by nature, its design concept is the flow and movement of nature. The elements of wind, water and light are all evoked in the physical construct of the GALAXY S III. In its essence, the minimal organic design identity is reflected in the smooth and non-linear lines of the device. Available in Pebble Blue and Marble White at launch, Samsung will introduce a variety of additional color options.

With a 4.8″ HD Super AMOLED display, the GALAXY S III offers a large and vivid viewing experience. Samsung Mobile’s heritage Super AMOLED display even enhances to HD and 16:9 wider viewing angles. To ensure faster content sharing and connectivity, the GALAXY S III offers Wi-Fi Channel Bonding which doubles the Wi-Fi bandwidth.

The GALAXY S III also sports a range of additional features that boost performance and the overall user experience in entirely new ways. It introduces ‘Pop up play,’ a feature that allows you to play a video anywhere on your screen while simultaneously running other tasks, eliminating the need to close and restart videos when checking new emails or surfing the Web. Its 8MP camera features a zero-lag shutter speed that lets you capture moving objects easily without delay – the image you see is the picture you take. With the ‘Burst shot’ function that instantly captures twenty continuous shots, and the ‘Best photo’ feature that selects the best of eight photographs for you, the GALAXY S III ensures users a more enhanced and memorable camera experience. HD video can be recorded even with the 1.9MP front-facing camera, which you can use to capture a video of yourself. Improved backside illumination further helps to eliminate blur in photos that result from shaking, even under low lights.

Mobile payment is also accessible with the device through advanced Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. The gaming experience is enhanced through ‘Game Hub,’ providing access to numerous social games, while Video Hub brings users high quality TV and movies. Furthermore, Samsung Music Hub will offer a personal music streaming service. Game Hub, Video Hub and Music Hub will be introduced in select countries initially and soon rolled out to global markets.

The Samsung GALAXY S III will be available from the end of May in Europe before rolling out to other markets globally.

What do you guys think of the new Samsung Galaxy S3 and its new features? Are there any specific ones you like?

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Hammacher Schlemmer has introduced the world’s first voice-activated USB drive. With 8GB storage capacity, the drive’s voice recognition software allows access simply by hearing the sound of your voice, and requires no software installation. If you so happen to have a cold, or can’t say your password out loud due to spies being in the next room, there is an option to type in your password manually.

The Hammacher Schlemmer Voice Activated USB drive goes for $49.99, so make sure you keep it somewhere safe.

I like the idea, but would you find this new device useful?

Check out the Mashable video about the voice-activated USB drive.

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Blip from GOS here, and there is really not much to talk about. House chores have me burnt out, but I did discover my new format through this process.

In the future when there isn’t much to talk about I will just let my iTunes play.

Some days I will have a playlist, and others will be random.

Contact me on twitter @blip74 or e-mail me at blip74@gamesonsmash.com for music requests.

Music: Just ask, I’m tired…Peace.

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Fans of Metal of Honor will get a kick out of this gameplay trailer for the new Metal of Honor Warfighter.

Action and explosions are everywhere in this trailer, which ends with pre-order incentives.

You know the drill..

Metal of Honor Warfighter releases on October 23 for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC.

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Rockstar Games has laid out their downloadable content plans for Max Payne 3 starting this summer through next fall.

The Local Justice Map Pack will kick things off in June, which includes the Police Precinct map (Gang Wars, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch and Payne Killer) and two more maps ( Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch and Payne Killer) with new avatar items, mutliplayer challenges, and more.

Players can get all the upcoming DLC at a discount if they order the Max Payne 3 Rockstar Pass for $29.99 (2400 Microsoft Points).

Here is the current release schedule for Max Payne 3 DLC:

June 2012

• Local Justice Map Pack

Summer 2012

• Disorganized Crime Map Pack
• Deathmatch Made In Heaven Mode Pack
• Hostage Negotiation Map Pack
• New York Minute Co-Op Pack

Fall 2012

• Painful Memories Map Pack
• Trickle Down Economics Map Pack

Source: Rockstar Newswire

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Nintendo Universe has announced plans to launch a new free, monthly digital magazine to all the Nintendo fans out there in cyberspace.

The Nintendo dedicated website will be attending the E3 2012, and the digital magazine will be released by the end of June and will “provide extensive coverage of the latest software, hardware and accessories that will be on the show floor, focusing upon Nintendo’s anticipated reveal of the Wii U.”

Check out the press release below which has a link to a preview issue of the digital magazine.

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Activision has revealed Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 to the masses, and places fans of the franchise into the near future where the technology used to protect us is used to spread terror around the world.

Here is what the pre-order page has to say about Call of Duty: Black Ops 2:

“Pushing the boundaries of what fans have come to expect from the record-setting entertainment franchise, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 propels players into a near future, 21st Century Cold War, where technology and weapons have converged to create a new generation of warfare.”

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 releases on November 13, 2012 for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.

Check out the trailer below!

Source: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 

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