Showing posts with label games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label games. Show all posts

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Mortal Kombat Returns for Xbox 360 and PS3

Mortal Kombat Returns for Xbox 360 and PS3
New Mortal Kombat E3 2010 teaser trailer and chuckling like I do every time I watch Eli Roth's Thanksgiving. Whoever put that together--in particular those last buzz-blade-whirring seconds--knew all the right buttons to press.
Note the hybrid perspective, a mix of 2D and 3D, sort of like Capcom's Street Fighter IV. Midway seems to agree with recent fighter fans that there's already plenty to juggle in the way of throws, blocks, and special moves without having to further guesstimate spatial possibilities in three fully realized dimensions. I tend to agree.
Then thank goodness Joe Lieberman and The National Coalition on Television Violence didn't succeed when it tried to frighten the public into thinking violent games like Mortal Kombat were "training early killers," all those years ago.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

3-D video gaming will be spectacle



For show goers, watching a 3-D film is a relatively straightforward experience. Audiences didn't need to sort out whatever thing other than shell out a hardly any superfluous bucks and slip on a duo of special glasses to think it over 3-D versions of "Avatar" or "Alice in Wonderland." For gamers, however, enjoying a 3-D game requires a larger investment on their part.

For model, to mess about the standard online fantasy game "World of Warcraft" in 3-D, an inhabitant of Azeroth would need hundreds of dollars worth of gear: A robust notebook setup with a compatible graphics license, watch competent of displaying 3-D and a duo of 3-D goggles. At this ahead of schedule stage, it's an expense with the intention of many virtual adventurers be inflicted with yet to adopt.

The biggest hurdle pro 3-D gaming is perhaps the simplest: Those glasses are solely plain irritating. Michael Cai, a record game analyst by investigate steady Interpret, found in a contemporary survey of players who had veteran 3-D games with the intention of having to don shades was the overwhelming aversion to the standard. However, many had thumbs down doubts in this area 3-D gaming by all.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Wii Console Canada








Wii Console Canada - 10 most wanted games, February 17th 2010

1 New Super Mario Bros. Wii
2 Wii Fit Plus
3 Wii Sports Resort
4 Mario Kart Wii
5 Punch-Out!!
6 Super Smash Bros. Brawl
7 Super Mario Galaxy
8 Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
9 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
10 Mario Party 8

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Saturday, August 29, 2009

Which video game console should you buy?

Now with the intention of the seasonal fee cuts be inflicted with irrevocably indoors pro record game consoles, the console makers are positioned pro the fall promotion season. The question pro gamers is which console is the preeminent bargain. I still aid the Xbox 360 more than one other game logic, even though it has had the most terrible history with reliability. The answer comes down to your taste in games, how much you mess about, your financial statement and who moreover in your household will be using the console. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s PlayStation 3 be inflicted with both be converted into more reasonably priced with $100 fee cuts. It’s most likely to compare persons consoles spec pro spec, but the Nintendo Wii is in a rank by itself, thankfulness to the motion-sensing Wii game controller.
Sony still has the slight advantage ended Microsoft by $299 since you make a Blu-ray show player with the PS 3. But with the intention of hasn’t twisted made known to be benefit with the intention of Sony probable many years back. Sony can’t really charge superfluous pro it, since the consoles are still purchased primarily as game apparatus. Sony announced a extra advertising campaign now with the tagline, “It single does everything.” It touts the games, Blu-ray movies and the skill to download more than 2,000 movies. It’s a familiar “all-in-one” pitch with the intention of appeals to particular kinds of consumers. But it certainly hasn’t been the winning pitch of this generation of buyers.
Nintendo says it isn’t cold the fee of the Wii. I be inflicted with to question with the intention of decision in stipulations of consumer regard. Nintendo hasn’t altered its fee since introducing the Wii in 2006. Back at that time, Nintendo was responsibility aptly by the consumer, charging single $249 while the others were charging $299 and $499. Normally, console makers graze their prices or offer better facial appearance each time. The Wii was in such sweltering demand with the intention of Nintendo may possibly milk it pro all with the intention of it was worth. But pro the earlier period five months or so, Wii sales in the U.S. Haven’t been as stellar. Yet Nintendo still hasn’t graze its fee. Perhaps it is waiting to think it over how Wii sales energy all through the celebration season. There’s a expose currently with the intention of the Wii could lose approximately promote share. You may possibly argue this makes affair significance. Nintendo is solely maximizing profits. Still, it solely bothers me with the intention of Nintendo has probably been able to reduce the expenditure of making the Wii dramatically, but it has chosen not to pass on persons savings to customers. That’s solely a bad way to handle your fans. Nintendo can argue with the intention of it has a better long-term regard since its games cost single $50, very than $60 pro the PS 3 and Xbox 360 premiere games.
The games are the real differentiators. On the Xbox 360, the Halo and Gears of War games are outstanding hardcore games. Big games appearance this fall include Halo ODST, Left 4 Dead 2 and Forza Motorsport III. Microsoft has really distinguished itself through the Xbox Live online gaming service. If you shell out the $50 a time Xbox Live fee, here are approximately splendid download options, ranging from the exceptional $15 Battlefield 1943 game (in which I rank as a personnel sergeant bronze) to movies streamed via Netflix. Soon, you’ll be able to aid Facebook and Twitter on the Xbox 360.
Sony has distinguished itself with games like LittleBigPlanet and Killzone 2. I planning Killzone 2 was lone of the generally beautifully rendered games always, but it didn’t really move the needle pro Sony as it debuted this spring. On Sony’s catalog of games appearance this fall, the lofty ones are God of War III, Unchart 2: Among Thieves, and MAG. There are a bunch of download options via the PlayStation Network (including Battlefield 1943), but not as many as with the Xbox 360. Nintendo has Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Mario Kart, Wii Sports Resort and a bunch of other titles with familiar Nintendo font. Other of the same is appearance with a New Super Mario Bros. Game, Wii Fit Plus and bounty of other cutesy and cartoon-like games with the intention of appeal to females and casual gamers.
Inside approximately significance, you can’t lose. You’ll discover with the intention of approximately of the preeminent games appearance this fall are on all of the platforms. They include the Beatles: Swing Band, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (PC, PS 3, Xbox 360), Batman Arkham Asylum, exasperate NFL 10 Avatar, Assassin’s Creed II, Guitar Hero 5, Brutal Legend, Borderlands, Dragon Age: Origins and many others. The Batman game is surprisingly skilled. A bunch of other skilled titles be inflicted with slipped until 2010. All with the intention of earnings with the intention of it’s a pretty skilled calculate to approve of a console and here isn’t much need to pass the time. It’s doable if sales sort out not pick up from these fee cuts, at that time retailers might offer more bundles shortly in the time to pull towards you consumers. But with the intention of ordinarily solely earnings you make a emancipated grown-up game as part of the deal, which you may possibly probably approve of anyway pro a decent fee as a used game by the pile.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Really Own Entertainment With PS3

Sony Computer Entertainment America is launching a new ad campaign focused on repositioning the PlayStation 3 as a "total entertainment solution," the L.A Times reports.
Sony's marketing focus on the PS3's multimedia capabilities comes after a couple of years of Sony stressing that its console is first and foremost a gaming machine. While the new ads will have Sony pushing the fact that the PS3 is still a games player, the company will place a bigger emphasis on the machine's other features, such as Blu-ray. Sony cut the price of the PlayStation 3 to $299 from $399 last week and introduced the new PS3 Slim model. Rival Microsoft answered with its own major price cut for Xbox 360. Taking a hint from Nintendo's Wii marketing, Sony will be targeting its new PS3 ads towards "moms and families," Dille said, at the same time focusing on core products like Uncharted 2.
Dille told The Times that the new ad campaign is the biggest and most expensive since PS3's launch. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe recently said it was launching its own PS3 campaign in Europe, also the biggest since the console's launch, which occurred over two years ago.

Saturday, August 22, 2009

John Madden welcomes Favre, Vick to his video game

It's been a busy week in professional football, with a couple of big, controversial stars — Brett Favre and Michael Vick — joining NFL rosters. No worries, though, for John Madden, because both men are already set to take the field in "Madden NFL 10," his namesake video game.
Fans who bought "Madden" when it came out Aug. 14 can download both players thanks to roster updates posted by publisher EA Sports. For Favre, the process was easier: Taking him out of last season's New York Jets uniform and putting him in his new Minnesota Vikings gear. "We know what Brett can do," says Madden. "He'll be quarterback No. 1."
Vick, however, has been out of the league for a couple of years while serving jail time on felony dogfighting charges. What the new Philadelphia Eagle does "is going to be determined on the road," Madden says. "When's he gonna play? What'll they do with him? It's a big guessing thing."
Madden, who retired this year from broadcasting NFL games for NBC, is still keeping busy working with EA Sports. "I talk to a lot of people who play the video game," he says. "Sometimes we think it's just kids, but kids who started playing at 16 are now 40." And NFL rookies, "guys 22, 23, they're all video-game players," he says.
A survey performed for EA by the University of Oregon's Sports Marketing Center found that "Madden NFL" players were considerably more knowledgeable about the sport than other fans. For example, 67 percent of "Madden" players could correctly identify specific passing routes, compared with 48 percent of non-gamers.
"Fans aren't given enough credit," Madden says. "They know a lot more than fans 25 years ago." And "Madden NFL" will keep evolving, too. "The way the NFL is set up, change is inevitable," Madden says. "And we'll change with them."

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Nintendo doubles the fun in Wii Sports Resort

wii consoleHow work out you create a sequel to a invention to misrepresented the way colonize think roughly speaking videotape games?
Stylish November 2006, "Wii Sports" — the software that's packaged with Nintendo's Wii — introduced the U.S. Audience to a novel way to participate. It served as a picture perfect demonstration of the novel console, putting the Wii's motion-sensing controls next to the service of familiar pastimes like golf and tennis. And it was so undemanding to pick up and participate to colonize who were previously nervy by videotape games happening Wii bowling leagues.
With more than 45 million copies in transmission, "Wii Sports" has probably been played by more colonize than in the least game in history. A ensuing minigame collection, "Wii Play," sold 23 million copies. So Nintendo has area of high pressure expectations on behalf of "Wii Sports Resort" ($49.99), and there's refusal infer to think the company will be disappointed.
If you're a fan, you won't be disappointed either. "Resort" is better, boosting the numeral of dealings from five to 12. The three sports to suffer returned (golf and bowling from "Wii Sports," put on the back burner tennis from "Wii Play") are sharper, appreciation to the novel Wii MotionPlus partner. And the intact package is as lighthearted, fast-paced and affable as the inventive.
The package comes with solitary MotionPlus device, which attaches to solitary purpose of the Wii remote and gives it more precise control. (It's vacant individually on behalf of $24.99.) When bowling, you can flick your wrist to give away the orb certain spin. Table tennis feels more like the real object. The updated version of golf is more demanding: You really need to focus on keeping your swing straight or you'll be digging a portion of balls impossible of the rough.
Frisbee may perhaps be the a good number challenging door. It takes a while to master the wrist-snap mandatory to meet accurate throws, but previously you acquire the talent of it, you can squander hours taking on the Frisbee golf courses. Swordplay, basketball and "air sports" (flying and skydiving) are easier to pick up but not quite as satisfying.
The a good number absorbing of the novel dealings is archery. The Wii remote is your bow, and you yank back your virtual arrow with the nunchuck. Nailing a pitiful bull's-eye from the top distance is a frank accomplishment.
I'm a lesser amount of in love with with a trio of boring irrigate dealings, canoeing, wakeboarding and "power cruising" (jet skiing). And cycling feels nothing like the real object, since you're using your arms to pedal.
Each sport has a decent solo mode, and achieving a selection of goals opens up novel game variations. But "Wii Sports Resort" is designed on behalf of more than solitary player. Like the inventive, it's affable to players of in the least age or skill level, so any person next to your people gathering can compete. Not all the games are keepers, but present honestly

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Top 5 Rating Nintendo Wii Games

Rock Band 2Rock Band 2: Special Edition Nintendo Wii
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Puppy Luv Nintendo Wii
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Godzilla: Unleashed Nintendo Wii
Atari - PlayStation 2 - Action - Combat - Release Date: 2007-11-20 PlayStation 2 - Genre: Action - Style: Combat - Rated:...
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Smarty Pants Nintendo Wii
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Guitar Hero: Aerosmith [Bundle] Nintendo Wii
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Sunday, July 19, 2009

Dragon Quest Hits Japan, in Two Days Sells 2.3 Millions

Dragon Quest IX, single of the a large amount anticipated cassette games constantly to knock Japan, went on garage sale on Saturday morning and sold an impressive 2.3 million copies terminated the weekend, according to Enterbrain.
The game, the leading to unveiling on the Nintendo DS, has been delayed several time since it was leading made-up to launch in 2007. Its launch sales with care beat persons of Dragon Quest VIII, the prior incarnation of the progression, with the intention of launched on the PlayStation 2 in 2004, which sold 2.2 million copies.
Queues formed outside many game software retailers and a large amount major shops opened young by the side of 7 a.M. To accommodate persons eager to dig up their hands on the software.
Enterbrain bases its estimates on point-of-sale arrangement data gathered from 3,500 retailers across Japan, and its statistics are regarded as commonly accurate.
Based on its ¥5,980 (US$65) retail penalty two-day sales of the game were ¥14 billion (US$152 million). To blind date almost 27 million Nintendo DS consoles take part in been sold in Japan so the sales mean its in the hands of roughly single in ten DS owners. The real total is likely to be superior since particular natives own multiple DS handhelds and others take part in replaced elder units with newer models.
Overseas launch dates designed for Dragon Quest IX, made by Square Enix, take part in not been announced.

Ubisoft gets into the social-games on Facebook

French videogame star Ubisoft made its first appearance in the online social sight by introduction a gaming portal by world-leading social-networking website Facebook.
UbiFriends portal came to life not on time Friday with a "TickTock" game with the intention of teasingly challenges Facebook users to let somebody see how much they know in relation to their acquaintances.
Unisoft's social first appearance came as the popularity of games by Facebook soars and videogame industry titans grow increasingly interested in creating titles on behalf of the social-networking platform.
"We are departure to try to render the greatest game applications on behalf of Facebook in the past few minutes like we try to render the greatest applications on behalf of Xbox360 and Wii and PlayStation," whispered North American president of Ubisoft Laurent Detoc, referring to videogame consoles made by Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony correspondingly.
"TickTock" lets players arm virtual bombs by answering as many multiple-choice questions as promising in a jiffy in relation to acquaintances on Facebook.
Game software taps into Facebook status updates of players' acquaintances on behalf of material on behalf of questions.
Virtual explosives range from pink bombs to nukes and air strikes. "TickTock" bombs are sent to private animated "warehouses" by an UbiFriends portal linked to Facebook.
People receiving bombs move 60 seconds to smooth out them by quickly getting as many correct answers as the senders.
"We are very excited in relation to pardon? Ubisoft is responsibility at this time," Facebook platform supervisor Gareth Davis whispered while taking part in a demonstration of 'TickTock' by Ubisoft offices in downtown San Francisco.
"Ubisoft is using the social graph populace share each day of the week on Facebook to render a fun game uniquely tailored on behalf of Facebook users."
Facebook claims 250 million users and says games are the generally common software applications by the service.
Facebook aphorism a spike in awareness from major videogame industry studios considering Microsoft announced by a major Electronic Entertainment Expo this time with the intention of Xbox 360 consoles will be able to bond online to Facebook.
"The Xbox pronouncement was an variation position everywhere the traditional videogame industry shifted from thinking Facebook was cool to thinking pardon? Cool games they can render using Facebook," Davis whispered.
Facebook is an irresistible platform on behalf of Ubisoft particular its mammoth unabated popularity, according to Ubisoft producer Omar Abdelwahed, head of the 'TickTock' team.
"The prospect of games is visibly digital," Abdelwahed whispered. "Games are following everywhere software is departure, software as a service."
Ubisoft will be releasing this time brief films based on its blockbuster "Assassin's Creed" videogame, a sequel to which will be released in November.
Ubisoft is collaborating with famed director James Cameron on a title crafted as an annex of his highly-anticipated 3D show "Avatar."
Ubisoft policy to be "everywhere in the realm of entertainment experiences," according to Detoc.
Ubisoft is a believer in the union of films and videogames, and endure time bought Canadian special special effects organization Hybride, which worked on animated prosecution films "300" and "Sin City."
Online social networking is a "very vital, very big" platform on behalf of gaming and Ubisoft is staking comatose a place here, according to Detoc.
Ubisoft will launch more games by UbiFriends this time and is untie to linking to MySpace or other social-networking services, whispered Abdelwahed.
UbiFriends is being hosted online by Google App Engine, so the Internet giant has servers set to feel gameplay lots must 'TickTock' pass away "viral" as Ubisoft hopes.
'TickTock' is without charge and Ubisoft is working comatose how it will render money from social gaming.
When 'TickTock' is announced formally then week, it will encompass a Twitter channel so populace can move text alerts once Facebook acquaintances fire them virtual bombs.
"You may possibly encompass a not many thousand users or go out with your traffic pass away to a fasten of million users," whispered Google App Engine manufactured goods supervisor Mike Repass.

Friday, July 17, 2009

Gaming Laptop - Alienware M17x

By Cisco Cheng, pcmag
Most hardcore gamers couldn't care less about how a gaming laptop looks. Give them the fastest processor and most powerful 3D graphics card and let them get on with the show. While most gaming laptop manufacturers would agree (they would buy the bulkiest bare-bone chassis from a Taiwanese factory and customize it with their own parts), Alienware is the one company that goes against the grain. The Alienware M17x ($4,850 direct) is now the benchmark of gaming laptop designs, as its frame is completely covered in aluminum metals—a look reminiscent of an all-terrain vehicle. Even after focusing much of its attention on design, Alienware didn't forget about its processing roots: An Intel Extreme Quad core processor and the ability to switch between a low-powered and a ridiculously powerful Nvidia graphics card deliver a gaming punch like no other. Yeah, it'll cost you a bundle, but we're still giving it the Editors' Choice in the gaming category.
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Thursday, July 2, 2009

Game Battlefield 1943 Starting Next Week

The download-only first-person shooter Battlefield 1943 will release July 8th and 9th on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network respectively, Electronic Arts has announced.
Using the acclaimed Frostbite engine, Battlefield 1943 takes players back to WWII to re-experience some of the legendary battles that kicked off the Battlefield franchise. The game offers endless hours of 24 player multiplayer action over three classic and tropic locations; Wake Island, Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima. Delivering the award-winning through-the-gun and vehicle warfare online experience DICE is best recognized for, Battlefield 1943 will have players battling in ruthless aerial dog fights and intense trench combat.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

World Cup Ping Pong for IPhone

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World Cup Ping Pong, a $1 3-D table-tennis simulator from Skyworks with a free lite counterpart, is packed with features and looks great. Unfortunately, it's just not very fun."
(Image Caption: That's A Paddlin': World Cup Ping Pong offers plenty of modes and beautifully-rendered 3-D graphics. But those paddles are hard to control.) Let's start with the good stuff: World Cup Ping Pong comes loaded with modes. There's practice mode, head-to-head two player (which gets a little crowded as you play live on just one iPhone), Arcade Mode, and Tournament Mode. You can play as different nations, and you can choose paddles with different power/spin ratios. When you play, the game moves quickly, and technically, it plays well. The sound is perfect, and the 3-D table is beautifully rendered.
The big negative, sadly, rests with the controls. Keeping your finger on the screen to drag your paddle back and forth into position comes with two big "gotchas." First, dragging that consistently across the screen gets a bit unpleasant on the tactile front; somehow, the inability to lift that finger "for air" starts to cause friction problems. Even worse, though, when you couple your finger placement with the game's 3-D perspective, you'll immediately note that your finger is a fairly opaque appendage. Too often, you can't see the tiny white ball returning, since your big fat finger is in the way.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Final Fantasy VII PS3


Final Fantasy VII for the Playstation 3 is the No. 1 download subject for the calendar week, told Sony Corp.'s U.S. game division.
Final Fantasy VII has been downloaded more 100,000 times till middle of June in U.S.A..
The title published on June 2.



Additional big top downloaded games:
  • Wolfenstein 3D,
  • Bomberman ULTRA,
  • Gunstar Heroes, and
  • Trash Panic.
The Playstation Network currently applies 25 million recorded users and 500 a million parts of download articles.

Monday, June 22, 2009

EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis

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You can tell Wimbledon is here: not only has Andy Murray been splashed all over the back pages for the past two weeks, but we also have a sudden influx of tennis videogames after almost none for the best part of a year.
By far the most interesting of the new arrivals is EA Sports' first foray into the genre, with Grand Slam Tennis on Wii.
Not content with producing the finest football, boxing and skateboarding titles currently available, tennis is next on the agenda for the publishing giant - and if there's any justice it will have another smash on its hands.
Built around the Wii's motion controls (and utilising the new Motion Plus add-on, for more accurate tracking), Grand Slam Tennis is essentially a big brother to the hugely popular Wii Sports tennis game. But where Wii Sports offered a simplified game of racquet waving, Grand Slam Tennis incorporates control over player movement; a wider selection of shot types (forehands, backhands, top spins, slices and flat hits can all be recognised by the shape of your swing); a full career mode; and impressive online multiplayer.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Top 5 Xbox Games

Street Fighter IV
Release Date: Feb 17, 2009
Ryu, Ken, and a host of others get back to doing what they do best with Capcom's Street Fighter IV.
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Red Faction: Guerrilla
Release Date: Jun 2, 2009
THQ brings the Geo-Modding hook of its original shooter series to the latest generation of gaming systems.
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Genre: Sci-Fi Shooter | Check Prices


Resident Evil 5
Release Date: Mar 13, 2009
Chris Redfield returns and heads to Africa where the latest bioterrorism threat is transforming the people into mindless creatures.
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Genre: Horror Action Adventure | Check Prices


UFC 2009 Undisputed
Release Date: May 19, 2009
UFC 2009 Undisputed is a game based on the Ultimate Fighting Championship and features the best mixed martial-arts fighters in the world.
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Battlestations: Pacific
Release Date: May 12, 2009
Battlestations: Pacific gives players the chance to control both American and Japanese forces in the Pacific theater of WWII.
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Genre: Historic Real-Time Strategy | Check Prices

Top 5 PC Games

Sims 3
Release Date: Jun 2, 2009
The Sims return with the next incarnation of the popular life simulation game featuring a seamless open neighborhood world, new create a sim, and unlimited customization.
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Genre: Virtual Life | Check Prices

Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
Release Date: Feb 5, 2009
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box includes Burnout Paradise plus previously released content updates.
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Genre: Racing | Check Prices


Grand Theft Auto IV
Release Date: Dec 2, 2008
Grand Theft Auto IV builds on the series' rock solid foundation with an awe inspiring recreation of Liberty City.
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Genre: Modern Action Adventure | Check Prices


Plants vs. Zombies
Release Date: May 5, 2009
Plants vs. Zombies is a tower defense style game available for download on Steam.
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Empire: Total War
Release Date: Mar 3, 2009
The Total War series takes to the seas with 3D naval combat in this 18th century strategy game.
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Monday, June 8, 2009

The Best Game Stories From E3

The annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, known as E3, attracts tens of thousands of hardcore gamers and industry figures to Los Angeles each June.
The best game stories form e3:
Tales of Monkey Island - has been announced as a five-part episodic release in a similar vein to the last couple of Sam & Max titles.
Crysis 2 announced – the original is still one of the most demanding titles that a PC can face, with the majority of machines in the PC Pro Labs unable to run the game on its highest settings.
Mass Effect 2 – the first Mass Effect was a revelation: fantastic sci-fi storytelling mixed with action-packed combat and production levels that put plenty of movies to shame.
Aliens vs Predator – Once again, spring 2010 is listed as the release date, so you’ve got some time to stock up on fresh underwear before taking to those dark corridors once again.
Left 4 Dead 2 – making its unexpected debut at E3 was Left 4 Dead 2, the sequel to Valve’s tense, action-packed and zombie-fuelled shooter.
Just Cause 2 - promises bigger guns, better bad guys and more action movie madness.
DIRT 2 - will include a better world tour mode and new stadium events.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - is the sequel to Call of Duty 4 and details are scarce at the moment: we know that at least some of the game is set in Russia, Afghanistan and Brazil.
Supreme Commander 2
Final Fantasy XIV

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Tetris 25 Years Russia Best Game Forever

By Scott Olstad, time
While studying at the Soviet Union's Academy of Science in 1984, the 29-year-old Pajitnov designed a bare-bones version of the game in his free time for the Elektronika 60, a Soviet terminal computer. The original version, launched on June 6, 1984, was only 10 levels long because that was all the Elektronika's memory could handle. Inspired by the classic riddles and puzzles Pajitnov loved as a child, the game was so addictive he couldn't even stop playing long enough to finish programming it. "The program wasn't complicated," he told the Guardian. "There was no scoring, no levels. But I started playing and I couldn't stop." The game became known as Tetris, a combination of the Greek prefix tetra and Pajitnov's favorite sport, tennis.
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Friday, June 5, 2009

The $20,050 Video Game

20.000 dollars gamesby Darren Gladstone, PC World
I don't know about you, but I've always wanted to play the part of a James Bond villian. Or, at least have the cool swag that comes with being megalomaniacal. All I'd need right now is $20,000 to buy this IntuiFace table by IntuiLab. But you'll need to cough up another $50 or so next year to take advantage of it with Ubisoft's R.U.S.E.--an intriguing upcoming real-time strategy game.
The fast-paced title takes you through World War II. To me, it looks like you're playing a high-speed, high-intensity version of Risk or Axis and Allies. (I like its twist of letting you earn special abilities like Radio Silence or Decoys for catching your opponent off-guard.) The big draw to this demo, though, is how you navigate and command units in the world. You're able to change the camera view to pull back to a large war-room overview or zoom down to a bale of hay on the battlefield. This is all done with multitouch sweeps and on-screen gestures drawing rings around units and sending them into battle. What was amazing is that there wasn't a single slowdown, not one break in the action while the test went on. Already, the game is looking gorgeous. Then again, if you're projecting it onto this super-expensive table, it had better look good.
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