Miracle of Sound: Level 3 Album Review

Miracle of Sound is back once again with an album full of songs written about games, TV programmes and films. 

Composed and written entirely by Gavin Dunne who releases under his band name, Miracle of Sound, Level 3 features gaming tracks based on games such as Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider, Borderlands 2 and Assassins Creed III.

As with the previous two albums, Gav embraces and experiments with plenty of different genres to fit with the tone of the game, programme or film he is singing about. For instance, 'His Father's Son' resembles a sea shanty blended with Native American influences-exactly like the game itself. 

Stand out tracks on the album include the newest release, Dream of the Sky, which is based on Bioshock Infinite, Breaking Down The Borders (Borderlands 2), The Savage Side of Me (Tomb Raider), The Best I Can (Telltale Games' The Walking Dead), and His Fathers Son (Assassins Creed III).

The non-gaming songs are just as great, with 'Halfman's Song', about Tyrion Lannister from Game of Thrones, is one of the best tracks on the album. 

For me though, no Miracle of Sound album is complete without a tongue in cheek ditty, and thankfully, Level 3 delivers on this too. 'Wigglesticks' is a brief track mocking Resident Evil 6's over-reliance on Quick Time Events (I enjoyed that game, but come on, it was a little too much at times!), 'The Call of Duty Circus' explains the typical type of Call of Duty gamers you'll encounter whilst playing online, whilst 'Doorfighter' is based on the plethora of door opening sequences in Medal of Honour. 

The Miracle of Sound: Level 3 album is available to buy as a digital downloaded copy via his Bandcamp page now. 

Black Ops II Multiplayer Trailer Lands

Activision and Treyarch have released the first look at the mulitplayer gameplay of Call of Duty: Black Ops II. 

Hitting stores this November, the trailer shows off plenty of gadgets, tomahawk hits, drone strikes and knife fights...plenty for COD fans to get excited about. Check out the trailer below.

Black Ops II will be out on the 13th November 2012. 

CoD 'Overwatch' Map Coming on the 21st Feb

The latest DLC for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be released on the 21st February. The DLC, called 'Overwatch', is a solitary multiplayer map. The map allows those who download it to battle it out in a construction site on top of a New York skyscraper. 


The map includes plenty of platforms and bridges to access the full area, but careful treading is needed, as it's a 70 storey drop if you walk off the edge. 


The Overwatch map will be available for premium Call of Duty Elite members, with further elite drops expected in March. 

Art Feature: Juan Carlos

While Juan Carlos has not created much in terms of game fan art, I thought his art deserved a feature.

Written by Lewis Terry

MW3 Breaks All Sales Records

This weeks release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 took in almost half a billion dollars in one day, breaking all previous sales records. A whopping 6.5 million copies of the game were sold in North America and the UK in the first 24 hours of release, pulling in over $400 million, according to Activision.


This beat the first-day sales of Call of Duty: Black Ops by 0.9 million copies and beat its prequel, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 by 1.8 million copies.


Such sales make this the biggest gaming launch in history, almost in league with the Largest movie blockbuster opening weekend. Currently that title is held by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at $483 million. However, this is taking into account two days not just the one, which means MW3 could have beaten this milestone, making it one of the largest releases across the whole of the entertainment industry. Impressive, huh? 


What do you make of Modern Warfare 3 so far? Leave your opinions in the comment section below!

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Ad

On Friday, fans were treated to a sneak-peak look at a live action trailer for Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The trailer was not due to be released until Sunday, but several websites started displaying the brief clip on their websites.


Those who have seen that clip will probably agree that it seems to be left open for a longer advert spot. Well, we were right. Sunday brought us the full length version of this great advert. 

In the advert, we see Jonah Hill of Superbad fame and Sam Worthington from Avatar as two soldiers from this upcoming Activision release. It's a great advert which shows the difference between new COD players, and the veterans. Enjoy!