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Instant Action just gets better. Barely out of nappies this awesome First Person Shooter launches its latest update in the Legions arena. The guys at Garage Games have certainly pulled out all of the stops on this version. The choice of player still remains the same however the one big difference is the pick and mix of weaponry. Weather you are flying the Sentinel class, Outrider or Raider the weapons chosen can be matched to your particular style of game play. The Chaser has as it’s main weapons a 20 shot rocket launcher and chain gun, the Stinger, a chain gun and grenade launcher. Fly as a sniper and grab your Mark II laser rifle with chain gun as your secondary weapon, where as the bomber boasts a rocket launcher and grenade launcher, a must for reckless explosive abandonment.

Other great features include a player cam, where spectators can click in and watch the match in play. The game play is certainly hotting up with so many skillful players, the video below is by Zhouyo showing a couple of capping routes.

Instant Action is definitely one of the best gaming platforms on the net to date and the big players in this arena should take note on how the future of gaming is to be. (Feeling a little prophetic)

3D Poker a fresh new gaming experience

LONDON, England — (PRESS RELEASE) — Next-generation online poker room PKR.com announced the re-launch of its long awaited new website at www.pkr.com. 3D poker brings a fresh new look and feel enhancing the gaming experience.

The new look site has taken a year in development and with over 2.75 million registered customers PKR is focusing more strongly on community and content with a range of new social networking and community features designed to increase engagement levels and enhance customer experience.

MyPKR

My PKR has always been the most advanced community in online poker as PKR brought social networking to poker when it launched MyPKR in September 2006. PKR have taken it to an amazing new level with a revamped interface and some great new features that make it easier to make friends and share more with them. MyPKR offers players a range of social networking features including personal profiles, friends management system, PKR related newsfeeds and player-to-player messaging.

• A full player profile including tournament rankings and a new ‘about me’ section

• Facebook style status update feature

• Personalised news feeds that show when a player’s friends win tournaments, make status updates, comment on articles, post in the forum, add other friends etc.

• The ability to send and receive messages to any player within the PKR community

• Easy access to account management tools and cashier

• Full privacy settings so players can control exactly who sees what

• Add and remove friends feature (including tagged players)

‘Raise Your Game’ – PKR’s new poker strategy resource

The new ‘Raise Your Game’ section provides all PKR players with free and unrestricted access to what will be one of the web’s largest online repositories of poker strategy content.

• Over 10 new strategy articles are published each week

• The strategy content covers all aspects of poker, including ring games, sit and go’s and tournaments. It also has a section for meta game strategy and opinion pieces

• The content is of the highest quality, with contributors including Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond, Team PKR Pros, and writers from Inside Poker magazine

• Strategy content is developed to be accessible for players of all levels from beginner to advanced

• The strategy content has deliberately been written in an easy to read, discursive and thought provoking way with all readers being given the chance to comment and rate each article and then keep the discussion going on the PKR forums

The most in-depth online poker community ever seen

The new PKR.com website also features a new community section that takes the concept of an online community to a whole new level.

• The community section that will become the focal point for all PKR players who want to find out the latest PKR news and who’s making it

• A frequently updated news and events section (featuring 4-5 new articles per day) will immerse players into the PKR community like never before with unique content such as tournament reviews and previews, promotions, events, player profiles, interviews, updates and blogs from Team PKR pros, round ups from PKR events and meet ups and a whole lot more

• A revamped PKR forum with better admin tools and search to take one of the web’s busiest poker forums to the next level

• Easy access to other great PKR community features such as PKR.tv and Stacked magazine

But that’s not all. In a landmark week for the next-generation poker room, the 1.9 release also includes a host of new game and client developments including;

• The launch of a new gaming portal that allows players to manage their account, avatar and friends from within the PKR game client

• The addition of dynamic chip animations for added realism – push chips in, chop out raises, splash the pot – the choice is yours!

• Climb the Club PKR loyalty ladder to unlock cool new avatar dressing rooms

• A range of avatar development improvements including the opportunity to build ‘outfits’, clothing filters, changes to body sizes and extra detail options.

A cracking golfing game currently in beta pulls out all of the stops to give even the Xboxes and PS2’s a run for their money. A free to play online golfing game played direct in your browser window. With a great social networking platform keeping in touch with your golfing buddies is a sinch. World Golf Tour at www.wgt.com is one of the best golfing games we’ve played with 3D realism, customisation of your character, golf clubs and accessories, definately worth playing.

World Golf Tour “EPlay” ratings:  5/5