International Pro-Modding has released a new video trailer of their Formula One 2009 mod project for rFactor, revealing the release date of the much-anticipated mod. Formula One fans should mark June 20th in their calendar as the mod will be available for download in exactly seven days time. To shorten the last bit of waiting time, [...]

Dear readers, I just want to congratulate you with the start of the greatest football tournament between national teams - World Cup 2010! It's a real holiday for all football fans. And I am truly excited about World Cup 2010 and hope it will be great and unforgettable championship.

Previous World Cups in my life

"What did they mean to me?" – I ask myself.

I remember I became an active World Cup watcher since 1994. Since that wonderful time when I was only 12 years old. The best national teams with the best players compete for one of the greatest football prizes having less than month till the tournament's end. It's always cool to see clashes of different football styles.

I'll try to recollect the most impressive (for me) moments of World Cups I watches earlier:

1994

Brazilian national team and its attacking pair Romario and Bebeto.

1998

Unbelievable performance by Chilavert (legend goalkeeper of Paraguay), red card by Beckham, final between France and Brazil (I was supporting France).

2002

Strange playoff games by South Korea, early match time when I had to turn on TV in the morning for live watching of the matches, amazing Ronaldo, beautiful goals of Dennis Bergcamp and Ronaldinho.

2006

First of all, Ukraine's debut at World Cup championships and getting to the quarterfinal! Excellent performance by Fabio Canavarro, last Zidane's match in the final with his head kick and red card.

 

What I am planning to do during World Cup 2010

Well, it will take much time to watch all World Cup matches.Though in my case it's absolutely impossible to watch them all. But anyway I have intentions to follow this plan:

- watch all matches starting at 21:30.

- watch all matches on Saturdays, Sundays.

- watch second-halfs of games starting at 17:00 every working day.

- visit the most popular Kiev sport/beer bars together with my friends.

The last point is really interesting for me because normally I prefer to stay at home, sit in comfortable armchair and drink favourite beer watch a game. But now it's time to experiment. There are many interesting places in Kiev where I could watch World Cup matches on a big TV screen with a good company. At least I hope so.

My favourite for this year tournament – Spain. Just because I like and support attacking football.

 

And what do you think of World Cup 2010? What are you hopes?

 

PS. I would like to congratulate the best forward (as for me) in Football Manager 2010 – Andre-Pierre Gignac – with nice yesterday's debut match in World Cup final stage. It would be great if he score so often as he does for my Leeds in FM 2010!

As announced on Friday, Sony has a major presence at this weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hour race, not just sponsoring the Peugeot Sport squad but also bringing a new demo build of Gran Turismo 5 to the track. Below are the first photos of the new build that includes both the Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP and the [...]

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Xbox 360 avatar items do seem to be a bit of a waste of money. Sure, they’re fun, but you are essentially paying for something that doesn’t really exist. As soon as the next generation of consoles come out, your purchases are likely to be lost forever. With some avatar items also costing nearly as much as Xbox Live Arcade games, they are really only for those with a lot of disposable income.

So, we gladly welcome freebies! Xbox avatar items should all be free unlockables really, and it is great to see more games offering the chance to do this. I’ve compiled a list of all the current games that offer avatar unlockables, which are as follows:

• ‘Splosion Man
• Alan Wake
• Blur
• Darwinia+
• Dead to Rights: Retribution
• Doom II (2)
• Earthworm Jim HD
• Halo 3: ODST
• Halo Waypoint
• Lazy Raiders
• Left 4 Dead 2
• Lips
• Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers
• Major League Baseball 2K10
• Perfect Dark
• Red Dead Redemption
• Scrap Metal
• Snoopy Flying Ace
• South Park: Let’s Go Tower Defence Play!
• Toy Soldiers

This list was last updated on the 12th June 2010.

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CTDP has released first previews of the helmet model for their Formula One 1994 mod for rFactor. You can check out two previews of the model made by David Alby Medina below. This is the helmet model Ayrton Senna wore during his final Formula One seasons, two other versions of the helmet will be included for [...]

After showing us lots of preview footage with the temporary 2009 season cars, Codemasters has now released the first six previews of  their F1 2010 title, featuring this year’s F1 cars. The screenshots show us lots of racing action and lots of rain at Montreal, the previews also showcase some very sharp textures and the complete [...]

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