An Cosantóir

July/August 2014

An Cosantóir the official magazine of the Irish Defence Forces and Reserve Defence Forces.

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www.military.ie the defence forces magazine | 43 gaMe dvd Watch dogS ASSASSIN'S CREED MEETS Grand Theft Auto in explosive fashion. Set in Chicago, where a network of computers known as the Central Operating System (ctOS), connects everyone and everything. Watch_Dogs explores the impact of technology within our society. you play as Aiden Pearce, a brilliant hacker and former thug, whose criminal past led to a violent family tragedy. While seeking justice for those events, you'll monitor and hack those around you by manipulating the ctOS from the palm of your hand. using the city as your weapon, you will embark on a personal mission to inflict your own brand of justice. Trap your enemy in a 30-car pileup by manipulating the traffic lights - or take on your foes with more than 30 traditional weapons. ubisoft Montreal partnered with ubisoft Reflections, the team behind the award-winning Driver series, provide a suite of vehicles bursting with horsepower - you'll get behind the wheel of more than 65 cars with state-of-the-art physics and handling. http://watchdogs.ubi.com/ Genre: Action - Platform: xBox 360, xBox One, PS3, PS4, Wii U & PC DVD - PEGI: 18+ - Release Date: 27 May 2014 - Price: €54.99-€74.99. © Copyright Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. JacK ryan: ShadoW recruit director: Kenneth Branagh Writers: Adam Cozad and David Koepp (original characters created by Tom Clancy) featuring: Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Kenneth Branagh, Karen David, Colm Feore, Keira Knightley and Gemma Chan runtime: 1hr 45mins released: 30 May 2014 dvd price: €16.99 JACK RyAN A CIA analyst who becomes a field agent by chance is the American equivalent to the British James Bond character. uS award winning author Tom Clancy's character gets a new lease of life and is brought into the modern age, the film starts off with the 9/11 terrorist attack, and Jack enlists to serve his country. Lt Jack Ryan (Pine) is wounded in battle that results in him being treated in Veterans hospital; he is eventually recruited from there by William Harper (Costner) as an analyst for the CIA's Financial Intelligence unit. Jack stumbles upon a plot by Russian billionaire Viktor Cherevin (Branagh) to crash the uS economy, and unintentionally goes undercover to infiltrate Viktor's network to get to the bottom of these financial irregularities. Jacks suspicious fiancé Cathy (Knightley) travels to Russia to surprise her beau and ends up becoming a willing accomplice and is caught up a cat and mouse battle that spreads across the Russian city. Can Ryan save the day and live up to the Tom Clancy original? www.shadowrecruitmovie.com Seal teaM Six – BOOK 5 author: Chuck Dixon publisher: Dynamite Entertainment; 5th edition (August 8, 2013) Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc. iSBn: 978-1606904589 aSin: B00EFAT5O8 price: €7.30 P/B / €2.40 eBook pages: 191 THE TEAM KNOWN only as SEAL Team 6 are back in Chuck Dixon's ongoing action series. Book five sees the team back in Afghanistan – and back to basics fighting the war on terror. Manny, Heath, Chilli, Pig, Priest and new guy Woody are partnered up with Bear their CIA handler. After Heath gets the all clear from the Medical Examiner to return to active duty he follows the team to Fire Base Iron Man, Herat Province, Afghanistan. The team's mission is to seek out and destroy Charborz Ilas Muhammed, a professional Chechen soldier/terrorist with platoon strength militia who is attacking US Forces with ferocity. Using state of the art drones, satellite imagery and night vision equipment they locate the enemy in a cave system within the mountains. The team go in, battered, busied and dazed while fighting up front and personal in the cave that's now collapsed; finally they try retreat with their Chechen prisoner. WF New SEAL Team Six MEGA Edition (eBooks 1-5, €7.70): www.amazon. com/dp/B00EJS2D9K/ About the author: New york Times Best-Selling Author Chuck Dixon is considered one of the most prolific writers in the history of the comics medium, and is perhaps best known for his decade-long run on multiple Batman titles. His latest books Bad Times Book One: Cannibal Gold and Book Two: Blood Red Tide are available now on Kindle!

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