tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62238942773349335602010-10-25T20:35:48.407-07:00Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-38904459399368426542010-10-25T19:31:00.000-07:002010-10-25T19:31:59.416-07:002010-10-25T19:31:59.416-07:00<h4 class="dottedUndeline">Fans will be able to download the rest of the famous album.</h4><div class="dottedUndeline"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMY9S-Axv1I/AAAAAAAAAFA/I7hVbrVsa_w/s1600/John-Lennon--Image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="249" nx="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMY9S-Axv1I/AAAAAAAAAFA/I7hVbrVsa_w/s320/John-Lennon--Image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="dottedUndeline" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Harmonix has announced that John Lennon's classic album "Imagine" will be available for download in <a href="http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3172509" title="Rock Band 3">Rock Band 3</a>. </div>The 1971 album includes ten songs including Imagine, which is available on the disc. The release date and pricing has not been announced yet. <br /> Imagine joins songs by Billy Joel and The Doors as music that will be available as post-launch DLC. Complete track list can be found below. <br /> <br /> <ol><li>Imagine (On Disc) </li> <li>Crippled Inside </li> <li>Jealous Guy </li> <li>It's So Hard </li> <li>I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama </li> <li>Gimme Some Truth </li> <li>Oh My Love </li> <li>How Do You Sleep? </li> <li>How? </li> <li>Oh Yoko!</li> </ol><a href="http://www.1up.com/news/john-lennon-imagine-album-announced">Source</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-3890445939936842654?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-33073847481602693612010-10-25T16:41:00.000-07:002010-10-25T16:41:46.257-07:002010-10-25T16:41:46.257-07:00<h2 align="center" class="subheadline">&nbsp;<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0" height="270" id="flashObj" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=648392365001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fgamevideos.1up.com%2Fvideo%2Fid%2F31939&playerID=635383662001&playerKey=AQ%2E%2E,AAAABUoMVlk%2E,Q5X7TGpy-_mNT9cYHA3KsQGGRANgbASB&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=648392365001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fgamevideos.1up.com%2Fvideo%2Fid%2F31939&playerID=635383662001&playerKey=AQ%2E%2E,AAAABUoMVlk%2E,Q5X7TGpy-_mNT9cYHA3KsQGGRANgbASB&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="480" height="270" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object></h2><div align="center" class="subheadline"><br /> </div><div align="left" class="subheadline"><a href="http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/31939">Source</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-3307384748160269361?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-33476315012352781392010-10-25T16:32:00.000-07:002010-10-25T16:32:20.281-07:002010-10-25T16:32:20.281-07:00<h4 class="dottedUndeline">Two more XBLA titles have vanished from Microsoft's service.</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMYTSmhm1eI/AAAAAAAAAE8/4hfjlJOaFoc/s1600/129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" nx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMYTSmhm1eI/AAAAAAAAAE8/4hfjlJOaFoc/s400/129.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="dottedUndeline" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="dottedUndeline" style="text-align: justify;">Another pair of Xbox Live Arcade games have unceremoniously disappeared from the Live Marketplace. GamerBytes <a href="http://www.gamerbytes.com/2010/10/doom_no_longer_available_on_xb.php" target="_blank">noticed</a> that both <a href="http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3167897" title="Double D Dodgeball">Double D Dodgeball</a> and <a href="http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3154066" title="Doom">Doom</a> have vanished from Microsoft's downloadable games service. </div><div class="dottedUndeline" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The circumstances surrounding Doom's sudden removal seem fairly evident; after Zenimax purchased the game's original developers at id Software last year, the Activision-published XBLA title was practically living on borrowed time already. It's not quite as clear why Double D Dodgeball was pulled, however. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Those of us who already spent our hard-earned Microsoft points on Doom or Double D Dodgeball should have no trouble re-downloading either game from Xbox Live. With that said, no new purchases can be made from here on out. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp; </div><div style="text-align: justify;">On the plus side, they'll never be able to take away that copy of <a href="http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3130558" title="Doom 64">Doom 64</a> you've had squirreled away since middle school. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.1up.com/news/doom-and-dodgeball-pulled-from-live-arcade">Source</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-3347631501235278139?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-77980052425818411772010-10-25T16:28:00.000-07:002010-10-25T16:29:33.730-07:002010-10-25T16:29:33.730-07:00<h4 class="dottedUndeline">Over 1,000 employees helped bring the device to market.</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMYSh0kUqvI/AAAAAAAAAE4/Az4Q9ZKVTz8/s1600/161.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" nx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMYSh0kUqvI/AAAAAAAAAE4/Az4Q9ZKVTz8/s400/161.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="dottedUndeline"></div><div class="dottedUndeline"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">We already know that Microsoft is preparing to <a href="http://www.1up.com/news/microsoft-five-hundred-million-marketing-kinect">invest big</a> in marketing and promotion for Kinect, but now we're learning more about just how much investment went into the device's creation as well. The New York Times <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/business/24kinect.html?_r=2&amp;pagewanted=1">reports</a> that the first prototype for Kinect cost Microsoft a whopping $30,000 to build. The iterative process of bringing it to market involved 1,000 workers handling different aspects. So when you're plunking down $150 for Kinect, a price at which Microsoft states it will turn a profit, you could remind yourself that those hard-working people gave you a $29,850 discount. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Microsoft is bullish on Kinect, stressing its differences from other devices on the market. Joel Johnson of Gizmodo remarked that it's "the first thing out of the consumer side of Microsoft in a long, long time where they are in front of everyone else." The article also clarifies that if the device can't tell the difference between two players (like identical twins wearing the same clothes), it simply asks players to identify themselves. We'll be trying it out in the office soon, so stick around for our impressions. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.1up.com/news/kinect-prototype-cost-30000">Source</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-7798005242581841177?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-89308519554902503532010-10-25T16:25:00.001-07:002010-10-25T16:25:58.583-07:002010-10-25T16:25:58.583-07:00<div align="center"><object class="ign-videoplayer" data="http://media.ign.com/ev/prod/embed.swf" height="270" id="vid_4cc5dc25dad0bd14a8000fd8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://media.ign.com/ev/prod/embed.swf" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="flashvars" value="url=http://www.ign.com/videos/2010/10/25/starcraft-ii-heart-of-the-swarm-concept-video"/></object></div><div align="center"><br /> </div><div align="left"><a href="http://www.ign.com/videos/2010/10/25/starcraft-ii-heart-of-the-swarm-concept-video">Source</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-8930851955490250353?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-82579955736029628542010-10-25T16:22:00.000-07:002010-10-25T16:33:37.992-07:002010-10-25T16:33:37.992-07:00<div class="article-sub-headline"><strong>Developer expresses disappointment with Valve.</strong></div><div class="article-sub-headline"></div><div class="article-sub-headline" style="text-align: justify;">Does Defense of the Ancients belong to the Blizzard community? After <a class="autolink" href="http://www.gamespy.com/company/026/026417.html"><strong><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Valve</span></strong></a> trademarked "DOTA" and announced its upcoming game based on the uber popular Defense of the Ancients Allstars mod,<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> </span><a class="autolink" href="http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/dota/index.html"><strong><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">DOTA 2</span></strong></a>, Blizzard wants to know what gives.</div><div class="article-sub-headline" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMYQw1gIvLI/AAAAAAAAAE0/I1oLHOgzBrY/s1600/Loadscreen_Edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" nx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMYQw1gIvLI/AAAAAAAAAE0/I1oLHOgzBrY/s400/Loadscreen_Edit.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /> </div>Over the weekend at Blizzcon in Anaheim, California, Blizzard confirmed what many gamers hoped: there will be a StarCraft II DOTA map. Following the announcement, Blizzard Entertainment's Rob Prado was asked what he thought of Valve's surprise DOTA strategy.<br /> <div class="article-sub-headline" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="article-sub-headline" style="text-align: justify;">"To us, that means that you're really taking it away from the Blizzard and Warcraft III community and that just doesn't seem the right thing to do," Pardo told <a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-10-23-valve-shouldnt-trademark-dota-blizzard" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Eurogamer</span></strong></a>. "It just seems a really strange move to us that Valve would go off and try to exclusively trademark the term considering it's something that's been freely available to us and everyone in the Warcraft III community up to this point."<br /> <br /> <a name='more'></a>One of the most popular free game mods in the world, DOTA is a custom scenario developed using the World Editor in Blizzard's 2003 RTS, WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos. Unlike traditional RTS games, DOTA players focus on leveling up powerful heroes with unique abilities rather than resource management and base building.<br /> <br /> Two weeks ago, Valve officially unveiled DOTA 2, promising to "take the unique blend of online RTS and RPG action that has made DOTA popular with tens of millions of gamers and expand upon it in every way."<br /> <br /> The folks at Blizzard aren't the only ones surprised that Valve, a developer famous for its commitment to its own community, would try to corner the market on DOTA. Riot Games, the developer behind action RTS League of Legends, also argues that DOTA should belong to the community. The company went so far as to file a trademark for "Defense of the Ancients" to prevent Valve from taking complete control over the brand.<br /> </div><div class="article-sub-headline" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/dota-2010/1130294p1.html">Source</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-8257995573602962854?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-23756029788678572010-10-25T16:17:00.000-07:002010-10-25T20:08:16.614-07:002010-10-25T20:08:16.614-07:00<h4 class="dottedUndeline">The team behind the PSP God of War games is working on a new action game based on an original IP.</h4><div align="center" class="dottedUndeline"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMYP9FHjp3I/AAAAAAAAAEw/mc7tGbZqoZ0/s1600/986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" nx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMYP9FHjp3I/AAAAAAAAAEw/mc7tGbZqoZ0/s400/986.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="dottedUndeline" style="text-align: justify;">A new action-adventure game in the mold of <a href="http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3168740" title="Uncharted 2: Among Thieves">Uncharted 2</a> is currently in the works at Ready at Dawn, the developer best known for the two <a href="http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3157271" title="God of War: Chains of Olympus">God of War</a> games on PlayStation Portable. According to <a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-10-25-gow-psp-dev-making-new-game-from-own-ip" target="_blank">Eurogamer</a>, the new game is to be revealed "soon" and is a story-driven action-adventure title. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">To shoot down the obvious predictions, it will not be another God of War and it won't be for PSP, either -- Ready at Dawn co-founder and creative director Ru Weerasuriya claims that <a href="http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3173549" title="God of War: Ghost of Sparta">Ghost of Sparta</a> (pictured above; look for our review later today) is "our last PSP game." </div><div style="text-align: justify;">As for the new project, he explained, "I love playing story-driven games. I love movies. I love things that involve me from start to end and give me a complete experience. That's where our heads are. It's definitely that kind of game we're going to make. We're not going to go off and make an open world, or an MMO, like everybody expects ex-Blizzard people to do. We know what we'd like and we know what we're good at." </div><div style="text-align: justify;">When Eurogamer mentioned that it sounded as if it was a game like Uncharted 2 being worked on, Weerasuriya responded, "It's the kind of game we're going to make. I'm just glad they did it first. It should prove to everybody it's doable and it's worth doing that kind of stuff." </div><div style="text-align: justify;">He wasn't specific about mentioning what platform it would be on, other than ruling out PSP, but did leave open the possibility for any system: "I can tell you it's going to be whatever platform our engine runs on. Right now our engine runs on pretty much anything that's available out there." Then again, we probably should wait and see about its stance on PSP, given that Ready at Dawn <a href="http://www.1up.com/news/ready-dawn-psp">claimed</a> way back in 2008 that it was done with Sony's handheld system. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">With the promise of an official reveal "soon," it hopefully won't be long before we learn more about what might be Ready at Dawn's first game on consoles. Considering what it has managed to do with the PSP from a technical standpoint, it should be exciting to see what else it can come up with. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.1up.com/news/ready-dawn-work-new-non-psp-action-game">Source</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-2375602978867857?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-68394450569735825422010-10-25T16:12:00.000-07:002010-10-25T16:12:58.483-07:002010-10-25T16:12:58.483-07:00<div align="center"><object class="ign-videoplayer" data="http://media.ign.com/ev/prod/embed.swf" height="270" id="vid_4cc224b12db5b927540059be" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://media.ign.com/ev/prod/embed.swf" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="flashvars" value="url=http://www.ign.com/videos/2010/10/25/need-for-speed-hot-pursuit-video-preview"/></object></div><div align="center"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ign.com/videos/2010/10/25/need-for-speed-hot-pursuit-video-preview">Source</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-6839445056973582542?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-47321390019109293352010-10-25T16:07:00.000-07:002010-10-25T20:07:34.917-07:002010-10-25T20:07:34.917-07:00<h4 class="dottedUndeline">Nintendo games and other old favorites are top picks for a 3D upgrade. </h4><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMYNpxWlycI/AAAAAAAAAEs/jUt4YKyIkrg/s1600/426.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" nx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMYNpxWlycI/AAAAAAAAAEs/jUt4YKyIkrg/s400/426.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;">A recent online survey by the Goo Research firm (translated by <a href="http://whatjapanthinks.com/2010/10/25/game-series-worth-a-full-3d-remake/" target?_blank?="">What Japan Thinks</a>) asked 1,072 Japanese internet users which video games they would like to play on a big-screen 3D television. The sample was mostly female (68% vs. 32%) and included respondents from all age groups and every region of Japan.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The big winner was the Super Mario series, not a huge surprise given the character's iconic status. The Mario Kart series was the second most popular answer, the first of several high profile racing games to make the list. The Final Fantasy series in third place was the sole RPG franchise on the list.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In an <a href="http://whatjapanthinks.com/2010/10/25/autumn-2010s-top-3d-movies-in-japan/" target="_blank">unrelated yet similar survey</a>, 483 people were asked what 3D movie they wanted to see in theaters this fall. Nearly half (49.1%) said "none." The most popular movie (at 15.1%) was Resident Evil: Afterlife.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The complete rundown of game series follows:</div><a name='more'></a><ol><li>Super Mario </li> <li>Mario Kart </li> <li>Final Fantasy </li> <li>Resident Evil </li> <li>The Legend of Zelda </li> <li>Super Smash Bros. </li> <li>"Musou" (i.e. Dynasty Warriors) </li> <li>Monster Hunter </li> <li>Street Fighter </li> <li>Dragon Ball </li> <li>Gran Turismo </li> <li>Winning Eleven </li> <li>Tekken </li> <li>Metal Gear Solid </li> <li>Tomb Raider </li> <li>Ace Combat </li> <li>Silent Hill </li> <li>(tie) Virtua Fighter </li> <li>(tie) Love Plus </li> <li>Ridge Racer </li> <li>F-Zero </li> <li>The House of the Dead </li> <li>StarFox </li> <li>Siren </li> <li>Medal of Honor </li> <li>Call of Duty </li> <li>Virtual-On </li> <li>(tie) Need for Speed </li> <li>(tie) Panzer Dragoon </li> <li>Space Harrier</li> </ol><a href="http://www.1up.com/news/survey-japan-wants-super-mario-3d">Source</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-4732139001910929335?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-12921092130291741782010-10-25T15:57:00.000-07:002010-10-25T15:57:41.581-07:002010-10-25T15:57:41.581-07:00<strong>Nintendo brags about how well the Wii remote has sold ahead of the Wii Remote Plus' release on November 7.</strong><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMYLPF5rz0I/AAAAAAAAAEo/1PazeH6b_pE/s1600/908.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" nx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMYLPF5rz0I/AAAAAAAAAEo/1PazeH6b_pE/s200/908.jpg" width="200" /></a>Sure, the Wii is successful, but just how many Wii remotes are actually out there? Nintendo has decided to fill us in today, issuing a press release that claims that more than 65.3 million Wii remotes have been sold in the United States alone, according to figures from the NPD Group. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">Those numbers take into account more than just those sold on their own; it also takes into account 30.41 million that were included with Wii hardware and 12.92 million included with Wii Play. As for specific colors, 18.56 million of the white version have been sold separately, with 2.44 million black remotes, 467,500 pink remotes, and 465,200 blue remotes also contributing to the total. <p. 65.3="" <p="" ?that?s="" and="" angeles,="" antonio,="" chicago,="" child="" dakota.?="" dallas,="" detroit="" diego,="" enough="" every="" explain="" florida,="" for="" francisco,="" houston,="" how="" in="" is:="" jose,="" just="" living="" los="" man,="" many="" million="" new="" nintendo="" north="" of="" ohio,="" philadelphia,="" phoenix,="" remains="" resident="" san="" still="" to="" tries="" virginia="" wiimotes="" woman="" york,="">The press release also claims, "This demonstrates that Wii owners like to play and they like to play together. They're not the stereotypical gamers playing alone in their parents' basement." If you happen to fit that stereotype... well, Nintendo apparently isn't worried about offending you. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The bragging comes ahead of the <a href="http://www.1up.com/news/remote-plus-red-wii-us">release</a> of the new iteration of the Wii Remote, the Wii Remote Plus, in North America on November 7, the same day we'll be getting both the red Wii and DSi XL bundles.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.1up.com/news/nintendo-sold-65-million-wii-remotes-us">Source</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-1292109213029174178?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-50104919917046570382010-10-24T14:31:00.000-07:002010-10-24T14:31:42.073-07:002010-10-24T14:31:42.073-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;">Every console has heroes who are synonymous to them and the PS3′s got some of the most badass, awesome and outright amazing heroes to have ever graced any console. The PS3′s heroes have got them all, amazing agility, heroic superpowers, Godly abilities, outstanding good looks or a steadfast&nbsp;determination. These heroes have got all the required&nbsp;ingredients which makes for some&nbsp;unforgeable&nbsp;gaming experiences and each one of them can boast of a huge fanbase.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Today, <strong>Gamersmint</strong> looks back at 6 such heroic dudes who only made their presence felt on the PS3 this gen and who have played a major role in helping the console gain a much wider userbase. Some these superstars have already graced previous Playstation consoles, however they are now exclusive to the PS3.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSkllWUpAI/AAAAAAAAAEk/-l1hSLpXSmI/s1600/resistance210.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" nx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSkllWUpAI/AAAAAAAAAEk/-l1hSLpXSmI/s400/resistance210.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Nathan Hale</span></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em>Favorite Hero Hobby – Fighting against Chimera and kicking serious ass</em></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em>Appeared in Resistance 1 and Resistance 2</em></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nathan Hale plays the lead role in both Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2. A soldier in the US miltary, Nathan was infected with the Chimeran virus, however he survived and gained terrfic powers which saw him lead the British resistance against the Chimeran invasion of British. He eventually succeeded in saving Britain. Nathan continued his valiant efforts and moved to fight against Chimeras in America and played a key role in subduing the Chimeran invasion even there, become one of the Sentinels. However, Nathan Hale finally succumbed to the virus but he didn’t become a vicitim. Nathan ordering Josepg Capelli to shoot himself , thus becoming a hero rather than something he fought all his life.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">A guy with such heroic qualities deserves only respect and is truly one of the ambassadors of the Playstation 3 brand. We wish Nathan would have made his presence felt in Resistance 3 aswell but ALAS!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSkFBmyDKI/AAAAAAAAAEM/jyfLFw7UakQ/s1600/1_pic-2167.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" nx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSkFBmyDKI/AAAAAAAAAEM/jyfLFw7UakQ/s400/1_pic-2167.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Cole Mcgrath</span></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em>Favorite Hero Hobby: Wrecking Havok in style</em></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em>Appeared in inFamous, InFamous 2 ( yet to release)</em></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Cole Mcgrath is the perfect examply of how a normal boy can turn into a superhero overnight. Being at the wrong end of a electrical explosion, Cole found that he had been blessed with amazing electrical abilities once he wakes up but also that everyone near him were killed in the explosion. His powers prove to be both a blessing and a curse and Cole goes on fight one of the nastiest villains in videogame history and proves how a normal delivery boy can turn into someone who’s responsible and knows how to move around with new found super powers. We can all relate to Cole and this makes him all the more special.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Truly a shining example of how to create a superhero, inFamous is one of the finest superhero videogames ever made only because it’s got Cole Mcgrath, the PS3 owners are all smiles too.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Cole MacGrath</strong> is the protagonist of&nbsp;<em><a href="http://infamous.wikia.com/wiki/InFamous" jquery1287954721718="2" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/infamous.wikia.com');" title="InFamous">inFamous</a></em> and<em><a href="http://infamous.wikia.com/wiki/InFamous_2" jquery1287954721718="3" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/infamous.wikia.com');" title="InFamous 2">inFamous 2</a></em>, an ordinary man given an extraordinary ability to control electricity. He is voiced by Jason Cottle in&nbsp;<a href="http://infamous.wikia.com/wiki/InFamous" jquery1287954721718="4" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/infamous.wikia.com');" title="InFamous">inFamous</a> and by Eric Ladin in&nbsp;<a href="http://infamous.wikia.com/wiki/InFamous_2" jquery1287954721718="5" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/infamous.wikia.com');" title="InFamous 2">inFamous 2</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSkJ78pdzI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/YX8NynI6BVk/s1600/800px-Nate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" nx="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSkJ78pdzI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/YX8NynI6BVk/s400/800px-Nate.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Nathan Drake</span></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em><strong>Favorite Hero Hobby – Finding unknown treasures and saving the world.</strong></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em><strong>Appeared in – Uncharted 1 and Uncharted 2</strong></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nathan Drake ( Nate to his friends) is a treasure hunter who’s the lead protagonist of PS3′s Uncharted series, one of the most&nbsp;successful&nbsp;PS3 exclusive series ever.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nathan’s&nbsp;rumored&nbsp;to &nbsp;be a descendant of the famous British explorer, Sir Franchis Drake and loves going after unknown treasures. His most recent outing saw him chase after the Cintamani Stone which led to him getting into a mess bigger than anything he expected to fall in. However, being the slick adventurer that he is, Nathan ended up saving the world and finding and placing the Cintamani Stone where it should be. Nathan’s also got the company of some of the hottest and most beautiful ladies to have appeared in any videogame and he handles them with as much ease as he handles obstacles and enemies.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Truly one of the most amazing heroes to have graced any console, leave alone the PS3. We can’t wait to see Nathan be back to his adventuring ways in the third edition of the Uncharted series.<br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a name='more'></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSkh57WjTI/AAAAAAAAAEg/pe724cbiWco/s1600/metal_gear_solid_4_image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" nx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSkh57WjTI/AAAAAAAAAEg/pe724cbiWco/s400/metal_gear_solid_4_image.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Solid Snake</span></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em>Favorite Hero Hobby: Doing unusual things and fighting surreal enemies.</em></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em>Appeared in: Metal Gear Franchise </em></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We don’t need to say much about Solid Snake. It will suffice to say that he is someone who’s been with the Playstation brand right from the start and his final outing which was in the PS3, Metal Gear Solid: Guns of the Patriots, is an experience that any self-respecting gamer can’t miss.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">When it comes to being a hero, noone does it better than this man. <em><strong>“I am no Hero”</strong></em>, is just an example of how modest he is.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSkL5CGFDI/AAAAAAAAAEU/K_OFtdsfeYw/s1600/12334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" nx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSkL5CGFDI/AAAAAAAAAEU/K_OFtdsfeYw/s400/12334.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Kratos</span></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em>Favorite Hero Hobby: Killing Greek Gods </em></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em>Appeared in: God of War series</em></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A guy who kills Gods like mortals, prides himself in ripping apart living beings and has a RAGE that’s bigger than all of Olympus. Need we say more?</div><div style="text-align: justify;">If there’s one hero who’s all CHAOS, it’s gotta be the God of War!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSkOJ8xlTI/AAAAAAAAAEY/VZTwzEEbssM/s1600/3346988135_9fb9da4c92.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" nx="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSkOJ8xlTI/AAAAAAAAAEY/VZTwzEEbssM/s400/3346988135_9fb9da4c92.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Sackboy</span></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em>Favorite Hero Hobby: Winning Hearts!</em></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><em>Appeared in: LittleBigPlanet and LittleBigPlanet 2 ( Yet to release)</em></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">He s so cute and lovable, the hero of many a gamers hearts! Sackboy is a character whom we all want to shine and not without reasons. One of the most lovable videogame characters in recent times.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">This makes him as big a hero as everyone else on this list! Don’t you agree?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">That’s it for now, if you have anyone whom we missed but is a hero that the PS3 has been fortunate enough to experience exclusively this gen, do let us know below – </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.gamersmint.com/playstation-3s-6-most-popular-heroes">Source</a></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-5010491991704657038?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-62308913531155957412010-10-24T14:07:00.000-07:002010-10-24T14:17:09.489-07:002010-10-24T14:17:09.489-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMShU58Ab2I/AAAAAAAAAEI/aPbgThLmtco/s1600/VADER_1024x768.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" nx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMShU58Ab2I/AAAAAAAAAEI/aPbgThLmtco/s400/VADER_1024x768.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">While it's not unusual for developers to trumpet the story they've created for their latest game, it is an eyebrow-raiser to hear a producer of the sequel to the fastest-selling Star Wars game ever emphasise that story is the tip-top, most important thing about the latest addition to the Lucasverse. Most would say gameplay.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br clear="all" /></div>"Story comes first," says Brett Rector, the producer in question. ("I'm one of the producers," he says, "but we have about twelve. It's a pretty huge job as some of us work with design, some with environment art, animators, technical artists, engineers... it's a hefty job and a pretty sizeable team.")<br /> <br /> <div class="wrap_inline_image_big" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSflcxsL3I/AAAAAAAAAD4/lbmQ0zA6HpU/s1600/screenshot_240171_thumb300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" nx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSflcxsL3I/AAAAAAAAAD4/lbmQ0zA6HpU/s200/screenshot_240171_thumb300.jpg" width="200" /></a>And he's perhaps right to emphasise the narrative, as the game mechanics speak for themselves.</div><br /> <div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Don't go expecting a wholesale reinvention of the first Force Unleashed - this is more of a continuation, but that's no bad thing, given the original's solid execution of wreaking havoc with the Force.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /> </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">There are new additions, sure - Mind Trick lets you turn Stormtroopers on each other, or make them hurl themselves off mile-high ledges, and the slowly built-up 'Force Fury' meter lets you overclock your powers to a startling degree.</div><br /> <div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">We saw a power-drunk Starkiller use Force Grip to pick up an AT-MP (rocket-equipped scout walker) and hurl it around with abandon, or snatch TIE-Fighters out of the sky to throw into a gleaming spire, or juggle bad guys by tossing them repeatedly against pinball bumper-style security devices.</div><br /> <div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">It's intoxicating stuff, and looks glorious. But it's the story Rector wants us to appreciate.</div><br /> <div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Talking to us in London about Force Unleashed 2, Brett is good-humoured, funny and endlessly enthusiastic about his baby, which sees the main character Starkiller - Darth Vader's dead-at-the-end-of-the-first-game 'secret apprentice' - resurrected as a clone on the planet of Kamino (as seen in, er, Attack of the Clones).</div><br /> <div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The trouble is, this new Starkiller is troubled by surfacing memories of his 'old' life, and busts loose in a quest to find who he really is, which means tracking down Juno Eclipse, his old pilot and love interest.</div><br /> Vader promptly lets loose Boba Fett while Starkiller scours the universe, stopping off at Dagobah for a chat with Yoda and a visit to a certain cave seen in The Empire Strikes Back.<br /> <a name='more'></a><span class="text_article_crosshead"><strong>BOBA JOB</strong></span><br /> <div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">"Story comes first," re-affirms Rector. "But the story and gameplay are there to service each other - the story services gameplay, and the gameplay services story.</div></div><div class="wrap_inline_image_big" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSgKiW8DXI/AAAAAAAAAD8/KEzTH7aLKcg/s1600/screenshot_240170_thumb300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" nx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSgKiW8DXI/AAAAAAAAAD8/KEzTH7aLKcg/s200/screenshot_240170_thumb300.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">But at the top of it all we just want to tell a compelling story and that's how it's always been. It's one of our tenets at LucasArts, and it's stemmed from the old days.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /> </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">It's always been about a good story and good gameplay to support it! And that's especially true of this franchise." It's not exaggeration - for all the variable Star Wars games we've had to endure over the years, LucasArts have arguably always had a focus on narrative.</div><br /> And given Unleashed's canonical nature, surely it must have been tempting to throw in everyone from Bossk to Bothan Spy #27 to keep the hardcore happy.<br /> <br /> <div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">"Breaking the story is a collaborative effort," says Rector. "It started with Haden Black (soon to be the former executive producer of next gen Star Wars titles at LucasArts), who was integral to this project and the executive producer.</div><br /> What we do is focus on story first, and the characters - the game should support the story, not the other way around. It's not like we take what characters we want from the Star Wars universe and say 'let's punch them in here and see where the story goes.'<br /> <br /> <div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Obviously, though, we have wishlists and wants, and you can make those lists all day, but then the story starts to take shape and you put these little bits and pieces in, and eventually you have your own tiny part of the Star Wars mythos!"</div><br /> And although you might think that getting your own official Star Wars story approved would riddled with draconian do's and don'ts, you'd actually be completely wrong.<br /> <br /> "Part of my job is that I work with licensing as well," continues Rector, "so I liaise with them. I was right in there, and they have to approve everything so we have to run everything by them.<br /> <br /> And you know what? They encourage the creativity of the team. We did have the Ultimate Sith Edition of the first game and when we touted that as an Infinities (a non-canonical comic book mini-series from Dark Horse) type of storyline they were more apt to let us go that route - they were like, 'Look, this isn't canon,' and we were saying 'Yes, we know,' because we had those two endings* in the first game. So licensing keeps us in check."</div><div class="wrap_inline_image_big"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 300px;"><tbody> <tr><td></td></tr> </tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSgL7cHjTI/AAAAAAAAAEA/JPKHqteaKpc/s1600/screenshot_240169_thumb300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" nx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSgL7cHjTI/AAAAAAAAAEA/JPKHqteaKpc/s200/screenshot_240169_thumb300.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span class="text_article_crosshead">THE SITH AMENDMENT</span><br /> "And they really have a great respect for us as well," continues Rector. "Plus, working with Haden, who's worked for the company for twelve, 15 years... he's been there a while, and so they have a great respect for him.<br /> <br /> They know we're going to do justice to the license and to Star Wars, and not wreak havoc on convention... not that they would allow us to anyway! It's a nice little trust there - they know we're not going to try to slip anything by them."<br /> <br /> Star Wars in game form looks like it's remaining in safe hands for the moment, then. And in terms of being an actual playable experience, while The Force Unleashed 2 may not reinvent the Corellian wheel or drop the jaw with massive surprises, it's still inventive, action-packed and provides exactly what the seven million buyers of the first game want more of.<br /> <br /> That we're as excited to see what happens to this Starkiller clone as we are to throw Stormtroopers around via the power of our mind speaks volumes about Brett Rector and co's dedication to telling a ripping yarn.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=270816">Source</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-6230891353115595741?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-17177941876312830672010-10-24T13:59:00.000-07:002010-10-24T13:59:30.896-07:002010-10-24T13:59:30.896-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSeCjWqyQI/AAAAAAAAAD0/IKniX8uBPkU/s1600/Gran-Theft-TQ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" nx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSeCjWqyQI/AAAAAAAAAD0/IKniX8uBPkU/s400/Gran-Theft-TQ.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">What is you favorite Grand Theft Auto game? If you answered Grand Theft Auto San Andreas, then you will be happy to know that the game is selling for an incredible price right now. Not only is San Andreas the arguably best Gran Theft Auto game to date, but it’s the best selling Grand Theft Auto game as well.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Relive the Best selling and arguably the greatest Gran Theft Auto game — “Gran Theft Auto: San Andreas” PC version for only $3.75 thanks to the Microsoft <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-us/GAMES/Pages/grandtheftautosa.aspx" jquery1287953418421="4"><span style="color: #55b71b;">store</span></a>. The deal expires October 28 2010. </div><br /> <strong>System Requirements:</strong><br /> OS: Windows® XP, Vista, or 7<br /> Processor: 1 GHz Pentium 3 or Athlon processor or higher<br /> RAM: 256MB (2GB recommended for Vista and 7)<br /> Sound Card: DirectX 9-compatible stereo sound card<br /> Hard Drive: 3.6GB or more<br /> Video Card: 64 MB GeForce 3-series or higher<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.tqcast.com/2010/10/24/relive-the-best-selling-grand-theft-auto-game-for-almost-free/">Source</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-1717794187631283067?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-1443298789232199852010-10-24T13:54:00.000-07:002010-10-24T14:00:05.762-07:002010-10-24T14:00:05.762-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;">Last we week we did an exceptional list of some <a href="http://gamingbolt.com/amazing-xbox-720-designs-which-one-would-you-want-to-be-real"><strong><span style="color: #ffea01;">amazing Xbox 720 designs</span></strong></a> which was really appreciated by the community. So in order to keep the adrenaline going we have decided to bring to you some amazing PlayStation 4 designs made by some of the most amazing people around the world.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Even though it’s a bit too early to start talking about the PlayStation 4 since Sony are currently doing an awesome job with the PlayStation 3 and their 10 year old vision, but I believe that they are indeed working “gradually” towards a PlayStation 4. So how will the PlayStation 4 look like? For that we have collected some awesome designs. Check them out and let us know if you have any additional ones in the comments below.</div><div align="center" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div align="center" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div align="center" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSbe6hxywI/AAAAAAAAADM/kfAW3cEEoZI/s1600/playstation_4_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" nx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSbe6hxywI/AAAAAAAAADM/kfAW3cEEoZI/s320/playstation_4_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSbzxeI-SI/AAAAAAAAADQ/pPsSAzgEDh8/s1600/playstation_4_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" nx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSbzxeI-SI/AAAAAAAAADQ/pPsSAzgEDh8/s320/playstation_4_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSb44nLx9I/AAAAAAAAADU/mpHCNhBScKo/s1600/playstation_4_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" nx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSb44nLx9I/AAAAAAAAADU/mpHCNhBScKo/s320/playstation_4_3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSb-SABFCI/AAAAAAAAADY/VOaT9EmyShc/s1600/playstation_4_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSb-SABFCI/AAAAAAAAADY/VOaT9EmyShc/s320/playstation_4_4.jpg" width="163" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMScICRN2YI/AAAAAAAAADc/56hhnT93HGM/s1600/playstation_4_5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMScICRN2YI/AAAAAAAAADc/56hhnT93HGM/s320/playstation_4_5.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><a name='more'></a><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMScQMMXxhI/AAAAAAAAADg/zQVoMlR7wkQ/s1600/playstation_4_6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMScQMMXxhI/AAAAAAAAADg/zQVoMlR7wkQ/s320/playstation_4_6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMScY092iWI/AAAAAAAAADk/jmSCtU5SoDc/s1600/playstation_4_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" nx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMScY092iWI/AAAAAAAAADk/jmSCtU5SoDc/s320/playstation_4_7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMScbMNCpYI/AAAAAAAAADo/CYqvSqVj058/s1600/playstation_4_8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="244" nx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMScbMNCpYI/AAAAAAAAADo/CYqvSqVj058/s320/playstation_4_8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMScdsasV0I/AAAAAAAAADs/6aJ8bOf6M08/s1600/playstation_4_9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="275" nx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMScdsasV0I/AAAAAAAAADs/6aJ8bOf6M08/s320/playstation_4_9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSci6eldzI/AAAAAAAAADw/0Fp2iYOiuww/s1600/playstation_4_10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="314" nx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSci6eldzI/AAAAAAAAADw/0Fp2iYOiuww/s320/playstation_4_10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://gamingbolt.com/amazing-playstation-4-designs-which-one-would-you-want-to-be-real">Source</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-144329878923219985?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-277899814364472352010-10-24T13:42:00.000-07:002010-10-24T13:42:25.019-07:002010-10-24T13:42:25.019-07:00<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSZRTmtsTI/AAAAAAAAADA/vF7AdICWEYE/s1600/bac_logoplate_bws_f1_white_copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="110" nx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSZRTmtsTI/AAAAAAAAADA/vF7AdICWEYE/s200/bac_logoplate_bws_f1_white_copy.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>Batman: Asylum</em> was a rarity in gaming, it was a brilliant game based around a popular comic hero. For years the Batman had suffered from piss-poor games that had rarely gotten close to doing the comic justice.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Arkham Asylum changed all that with its excellent graphics, great gameplay, superb voice-acting and all of those Bat toys!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Now Rocksteady Studios and Warner interactive will be taking us back to the asylum in <em>Batman: Arkham City</em>. Arkham City is an entire district of Gotham City that has been walled off to ensure that the criminally insane, of which we know there are many, are kept under lock and key. No longer was Arkham Asylum capable of holding these nut-jobs.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">This change of locale means that this sequel will be played out in a larger more open-world environment. It will also give the player a much greater feeling of being in Gotham City itself.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>Arkham City</em> promises to bring together an even larger ‘all-star’ cast of characters and super-villains from the Batman universe. It also features new and enhanced gameplay features that will add to your Bat-repertoire.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>Batman: Arkham Asylum</em> earned second place in our 2009 <a href="http://game4anything.net/2010/01/08/game-of-the-year-2009/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Game of The Year Awards</span></a> and we are certain that <em>Arkham City</em> will feature heavily in 2011′s run-down also.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">We will bring you more information on this future blockbuster as we get it, but for now feast your eyes on the screen-shots in our gallery!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSZqrkRFrI/AAAAAAAAADI/MRqUCPrGFPo/s1600/bac7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" nx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSZqrkRFrI/AAAAAAAAADI/MRqUCPrGFPo/s320/bac7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSZZNbosEI/AAAAAAAAADE/MSUqmiJjqbE/s1600/bac3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" nx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMSZZNbosEI/AAAAAAAAADE/MSUqmiJjqbE/s320/bac3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /> </div><a href="http://game4anything.net/2010/10/18/preview-batman-arkham-city-ps3360pc/">Source</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-27789981436447235?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-59072583691594565402010-10-24T09:34:00.000-07:002010-10-24T09:34:23.175-07:002010-10-24T09:34:23.175-07:00<div class="article-sub-headline"><strong>Fans ask (and ask... and ask... and rant and argue and hog the mic), and Blizzard answers.</strong></div><div class="article-sub-headline"><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div><div class="article-sub-headline">I managed to catch two back-to-back <a class="autolink" href="http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/world-of-warcraft-expansion-3/index.html">World of Warcraft: Cataclysm</a> Q&amp;A panels here at BlizzCon 2010, wherein Blizzard invited fans to take the microphone and ask about whatever WoW-related issues were on their minds. Here are a few of the highlights from the class-specific panel and the general open Q&amp;A that followed.</div><div class="article-sub-headline"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TL8dZYsxw2I/AAAAAAAAAAg/YH-hGpXv-Z0/s1600/logo_cataclysm_wow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" nx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TL8dZYsxw2I/AAAAAAAAAAg/YH-hGpXv-Z0/s400/logo_cataclysm_wow.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="article-sub-headline" style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="article-sub-headline"><a class="autolink" href="http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/world-of-warcraft/index.html"><strong>World of Warcraft</strong></a><strong> Class Q&amp;A Panel<br /> </strong><div class="article-sub-headline"><ul><li>Hunters are awesome all day with their new Focus resource mechanic. A lot of Hunter players are still what WoW players derisively refer to as "huntards." </li> <li>Shadow Priests are currently really heavy on burst damage, which creates a bit of an imbalance between player-versus-environment (PvE) and player-versus-player (PvP) content. Blizzard plans to address this once they've collected more data after Cataclysm launches. </li> <li>With Rogue weapon specializations removed, daggers are supreme to other weapons groups, due to superior weapon speed. Blizzard's OK with this -- because <i>Rogues use daggers</i>, fantasy nerds -- but they may play with the mechanics down the line. </li> <li>Blizzard is fine with the Warrior's Inner Rage ability staying as a passive, rather than an active, skill. </li> <li>The Warlock's level 85 Demon Soul ability is designed as a nichey skill to provide a bit of burst damage capability. </li> <li>The Rogue's Combat talent tree is relatively weak now, and it's getting buffed soon. The Rogue's Mastery skill will soon see a quadruple increase in effectiveness to compensate. </li> <li>Hunter weapon scopes will be re-evaluated at some point; Blizzard feels they're currently pretty boring. </li> <li>The Hunter's minimum attack range creates issues when groups employ strategies that involve stacking up on certain raid bosses. Blizzard acknowledges that the situation is not ideal -- but at the same time, Hunters can also do things like shoot while moving. </li> <li>Where did the Paladin's holy power bar come from? Answer: It's a meaningful resource decision that doesn't gimp you once the bar's dry (AKA mana). It's similar to the thought process behind the Hunter's new Focus mechanic. </li> <li>Blizzard has never considered implementing a class change feature -- leveling is pretty easy at this point, and heirloom items help to address the facilitation of alt characters. </li> <li>Will racial abilities ever be a bit more normalized? Blizzard says they're fine; some races are better at PvE, some races are better at PvP. And Blizzard likes it that way. </li> <li>No comment on whether murlocs will ever be added as a playable race. We can dream! </li> <li>On the subject of Death Knight raid viability, Blizzard feels they're fine, and very flexible, and can act as a main tank for any raid. Bottom line: Learn to play your class well! </li> </ul></div><a name='more'></a><br /> <a class="autolink" href="http://pc.gamespy.com/mac/world-of-warcraft/index.html"><strong>World of Warcraft</strong></a><strong> Open Q&amp;A Panel</strong><br /> <ul><li>An automated raid party-finder would be pretty tricky to implement, since so much care goes into class composition for endgame content. </li> <li>Blizzard is looking into ways to better customize endgame characters and make their appearance more distinct. </li> <li>No plans for a guild-merging mechanic. Cataclysm's guild perks and achievements should make players want to stick with their guild long-term. </li> <li>Female-specific Druid forms may be a possibility in the future. </li> <li>Blizzard feels Cataclysm will bring avbout a lot more interest in battlegrounds, possibly at the expense of arenas. </li> <li>Talent trees will receive more tweaks as Blizzard collects data from Cataclysm players. </li> <li>Blizzard wants crowd control to be a bigger deal in Cataclysm's instanced content. As PvP goes, they're trying to slow down the encounter speed overall -- which should reduce the impact of crowd control as well. </li> <li>The lack of a legendary (orange) dagger is due to how few classes could benefit from using it (as Blizzard wants each individual legendary weapon to be desirable to several classes). </li> <li>Blizzard's still committed to balancing classes in arena PvP combat. </li> <li>No additional plans for the Mage's water elemental, but it might be up for consideration in future expansions. </li> <li>The Rogue's Subtlety tree is "supremely difficult" to balance -- hence Shadow Dance's current use to allow safe energy replenishment, rather than employing it as a big damage-enhancer. </li> <li>Further use of the Emerald Dream and its associated fiction is a "when" -- not an "if." </li> <li>Achievement points still won't allow you to buy power, people. They're just fake points -- or, as Blizzard puts it, something of a "high score" counter. </li> <li>Legendary weapons will be available to both 10- and 25-man raids. Balancing their scaling is a tricky prospect, but Blizzard wants them to stick around far longer than normal items. </li> <li>More account-bound items are coming, including a guild mount. </li> <li>A storage solution is incoming at some point for festival items and other collectible stuff. </li> <li>Some achievements will be removed in Cataclysm, due to geography and faction changes. </li> <li>Pandarens may make an appearance in the game at some point -- no clear answer yet. </li> <li>Additional character slots are <i>not</i> on the horizon. </li> <li>Sidekicking systems have been discussed, in order to address friends playing together despite large level disparities. This might be added down the line. </li> <li>A tabard tab is in the works. </li> <li>New customizable dance animations, via a "dance studio" mechanic, are being worked on. </li> </ul><a href="http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/world-of-warcraft-expansion-3/1130193p1.html">Source</a><br /> <!-- END: editor info --></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-5907258369159456540?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-28534400346331024362010-10-23T10:55:00.000-07:002010-10-23T10:55:59.770-07:002010-10-23T10:55:59.770-07:00<strong>From Wailing Caverns to Sunken Temple, instances across Azeroth are getting an overhaul.</strong><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMMhjoojb9I/AAAAAAAAACw/BUByrrC_NSk/s1600/500-worgen-art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" nx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMMhjoojb9I/AAAAAAAAACw/BUByrrC_NSk/s200/500-worgen-art.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Raiding is kind of a big deal in <a class="autolink" href="http://mac.ign.com/objects/574/574017.html"><strong><span style="color: #003399;">World of Warcraft</span></strong></a>. If you're one of the millions of players who have hit WoW's level cap, you know that after you've filled that last bar, your means of moving up is through one of WoW's many dungeons and raids. Each new set of dungeons in the game represents new challenges as well as a new, stronger tier of loot. <br /> <br /> At BlizzCon 2010, a panel was held that discussed the future of raids and dungeons in World of Warcraft. While it was known that the classic dungeons Shadowfang Keep and Deadmines would be redone for max level players, details of changes made to other dungeons were revealed. If you have a favorite dungeon from World of Warcraft, you might want to get as much time in there as you can right now, as changes will be wide-sweeping and in some cases drastic. <br /> <br /> Most of the alterations are hitting the excessively long dungeons. Dungeons like Mauradon and Uldaman are being split into wings like the newer dungeons, while others like Wailing Caverns and Sunken Temple are simply having some of the larger (and frankly most frustrating) sections removed entirely. Only some of these changes will be available with the launch of Cataclysm, with the rest being rolled out in future patches. <br /> <br /> <a name='more'></a>One of the other changes, currently live on the beta servers, is likely to be far less contentious. Dungeon quests, regardless of whether they are part of a quest chain or not, will be available from characters in the entrance of the dungeon. Remember how many times you had to run Zul Farrak because the quests were in like eight different zones? Now they're not! <br /> <br /> Also changing is the location of graveyards for players who are unlucky enough to die in a dungeon. According to the developers, no graveyard will be more than a half minute's run from the dungeon entrance, if it isn't right outside. By IGN's calculations, that will reduce the length of the average corpse-run to Blackrock Spire by eight and a half hours. We kid! We kid because we love. <br /> <a href="http://pc.ign.com/articles/113/1130178p1.html">Source</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-2853440034633102436?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-74978354729095186382010-10-23T10:52:00.000-07:002010-10-23T10:52:02.019-07:002010-10-23T10:52:02.019-07:00<strong>Activision also confirms there won't be a demo before it's released.</strong><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMMgmHhpqsI/AAAAAAAAACs/8stHqZkqnk0/s1600/456.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" nx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMMgmHhpqsI/AAAAAAAAACs/8stHqZkqnk0/s400/456.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><br /> Activision has confirmed to <a href="http://www.vg247.com/2010/10/22/activision-confirms-november-5-release-date-for-007-blood-stone/" target="_blank">VG247</a> that <a href="http://www.blogger.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3174301" title="James Bond 007: Blood Stone">James Bond 007: Blood Stone</a>, the new Bond game in development at Bizarre Creations, will be released in the U.K. on November 5 -- the same day that Activision's <a href="http://www.blogger.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3173992" title="GoldenEye">GoldenEye</a> remake hits the Wii and Nintendo DS. <br /> It seems a North American date wasn't confirmed, but considering the trend is usually for North American releases to come the Tuesday before the U.K. release, then we can probably expect it on November 2. <br /> Bizarre Creations revealed one other bit of news, although this one is on the more disappointing end of the spectrum: If you <em>are</em> considering purchasing Blood Stone, you won't get a chance to try it first. When asked by <a href="http://www.vg247.com/2010/10/22/no-demo-planned-for-007-blood-stone-confirms-bizarre/" target="_blank">VG247</a> whether there will be a pre-release demo, game director Jeff Lewis said "unfortunately not." <br /> Blood Stone follows an original James Bond story that mixes action, shooter, and driving elements. For more on the game, you can check out our <a href="http://www.blogger.com/do/previewPage?cId=3180417">interview</a> with producer Nick Davies from earlier this year.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.1up.com/news/blood-stone-releasing-nov-5">Source</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-7497835472909518638?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-22073415135955548342010-10-22T13:48:00.000-07:002010-10-22T13:48:04.377-07:002010-10-22T13:48:04.377-07:00<strong>First week Epic Yarn sales outclassed by five week old Black &amp; White.</strong><br /> <br /> <div sizcache="5" sizset="302" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMH4T6e0xrI/AAAAAAAAACo/SN9WLMPxm5w/s1600/epicyarn_blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" nx="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMH4T6e0xrI/AAAAAAAAACo/SN9WLMPxm5w/s320/epicyarn_blog.jpg" width="320" /></a><a class="autolink" href="http://wii.ign.com/objects/853/853826.html"><strong><span style="color: #003399;">Kirby's Epic Yarn</span></strong></a> is off to somewhat of a slow start in Japan. In its first week, the Wii title sold 92,000 units, well short of the previous Kirby game, Ultra Super Deluxe, which debuted with 266,000 units back in November 2008. <br /> <br /> All may not be lost, though. Media Create's analysis of the week's sales suggests that the game could end up seeing long Mario-like sales if <a class="autolink" href="http://games.ign.com/objects/025/025047.html"><strong><span style="color: #003399;">Nintendo</span></strong></a> actively pushes it through television commercials. <br /> <br /> The big game for the week in terms of sales was, once again, Pokemon Black &amp; White. With nearly 170,000 units, this is the fifth week in a row the DS title has been at number one. It has already crossed the 4 million mark and shows no sign of stopping. </div><div sizcache="5" sizset="302" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><a name='more'></a><div sizcache="5" sizset="302" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: justify;">Also new last week was Lord of Arcana, widely viewed as Square Enix's attempt at getting in on the popular Monster Hunter market. The PSP title debuted at 70,000 units, selling through less than 50% of stock. With God Eater Burst arriving next week and Monster Hunter Freedom 3 hitting in early December, we could be seeing our first victim of a crowded market. <br /> <br /> Here's the full top 20 for the week covering October 11 through October 17: </div><ul sizcache="5" sizset="304"><li>Pokemon Black &amp; White (Pokemon, DS): 168,541 (4,161,397) </li> <li sizcache="5" sizset="304">Kirby's Epic Yarn (<a class="autolink" href="http://games.ign.com/objects/025/025047.html"><strong><span style="color: #003399;">Nintendo</span></strong></a>, Wii): 92,280 </li> <li>Lord of Arcana (Square Enix, PSP): 69,932 </li> <li>Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded (Square Enix, DS): 31,247 (126,753) </li> <li>Red Dead Redemption (Take-Two, PS3): 26,293 (96,892) </li> <li sizcache="5" sizset="305"><a class="autolink" href="http://wii.ign.com/objects/073/073533.html"><strong><span style="color: #003399;">Wii Party</span></strong></a> (Nintendo, Wii): 23,304 (1,122,732) </li> <li>Macross F (Namco Bandai, PS3): 18,071 (170,769) </li> <li>Yakuza Black Panther (Sega, PSP): 11,263 (247,748) </li> <li>Class of Heroes 3 (Acquire, PSP): 9,848 (40,420) </li> <li>Dead Rising 2 (Capcom, PS3): 9,761 (113,872) </li> <li>K-On! Ater School Live (Sega, PSP): 9,745 (202,048) </li> <li>F1 2010 (Code Masters, PS3): 8,680 (33,953) </li> <li>Legend of Heroes: Zero no Kiseki (Nihon Falcom, PSP): 8,293 (103,799) </li> <li>One Piece Gigant Battle (Namco Bandai, DS): 8,150 (194,869) </li> <li>Monster Hunter Portable 3nd G PSP the Best Reprint (Capcom, PSP): 6,529 (449,895) </li> <li sizcache="5" sizset="306"><a class="autolink" href="http://wii.ign.com/objects/143/14354736.html"><strong><span style="color: #003399;">Super Mario Galaxy 2</span></strong></a> (Nintendo, Wii): 6,270 (855,836) </li> <li>Red Dead Redemption (Take-Two, X360): 6,203 (31,877) </li> <li>Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo, Wii): 5,990 (2,092,697) </li> <li>NBA 2K11 (Take-Two, PS3): 5,167 </li> <li sizcache="5" sizset="307"><a class="autolink" href="http://wii.ign.com/objects/949/949580.html"><strong><span style="color: #003399;">Mario Kart Wii</span></strong></a> (Nintendo, Wii): 5,023 (2,952,634)</li> </ul><br /> Here the hardware sales chart, with last week's sales in parentheses: <br /> <ul sizcache="2" sizset="305"><li>1. PSP: 37,127 (33,683) </li> <li>2. PS3: 22,201 (19,948) </li> <li>3. DSi LL: 21,084 (21,777) </li> <li>4. DSi: 20,749 (22,301) </li> <li>5. Wii: 12,810 (12,158) </li> <li>6. DS Lite: 5,268 (5,960) </li> <li>7. X360: 2,342 (2,746) </li> <li>8. PS2: 1,715 (1,373) </li> <li>9. PSP go: 1,590 (1,191)</li> </ul><a href="http://wii.ign.com/articles/112/1129935p1.html">Source</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-2207341513595554834?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-37775240309274128302010-10-22T13:32:00.000-07:002010-10-22T13:32:41.876-07:002010-10-22T13:32:41.876-07:00<h2>Fans can download the upcoming expansion directly from Blizzard and play the moment the servers </h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMH0uKfGF3I/AAAAAAAAACk/VdtqrvgB0MU/s1600/WOW-Cataclysm-1957.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" nx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMH0uKfGF3I/AAAAAAAAACk/VdtqrvgB0MU/s400/WOW-Cataclysm-1957.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At Blizzcon 2010's opening ceremonies this morning, Blizzard president and co-founder Mike Morhaime announced that, for the first time in the MMO's history, fans can preorder the upcoming <a href="http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3171943" title="World of Warcraft: Cataclysm">Cataclysm</a> expansion for <a href="http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=2015259" title="World of Warcraft">World of Warcraft</a> directly from Blizzard. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The developer will soon begin accepting preorders for the expansion on its official store. From there you'll be able to download all of the necessary files in advance of Cataclysm's December 7 release. Then, come launch day, anyone who preordered from Blizzard shouldn't have to endure the usual installation and patching process. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Not only will subscribers get to play the moment the servers switch over, but they'll also be able to skip out on the whole midnight launch experience at retail. Whether that's a plus or a minus likely depends on your stance on physical media vs. downloadable games -- or how cold it is in your neck of the woods come December 7. </div><a href="http://www.1up.com/news/cataclysm-preorders-bypass-retail">Source</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-3777524030927412830?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-75856765346674968612010-10-22T13:25:00.000-07:002010-10-22T13:25:28.120-07:002010-10-22T13:25:28.120-07:00<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0" height="270" id="flashObj" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=645297065001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fgamevideos.1up.com%2Fvideo%2Fid%2F31924&playerID=635383662001&playerKey=AQ%2E%2E,AAAABUoMVlk%2E,Q5X7TGpy-_mNT9cYHA3KsQGGRANgbASB&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=645297065001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fgamevideos.1up.com%2Fvideo%2Fid%2F31924&playerID=635383662001&playerKey=AQ%2E%2E,AAAABUoMVlk%2E,Q5X7TGpy-_mNT9cYHA3KsQGGRANgbASB&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="480" height="270" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" swLiveConnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object><br /> <br /> <a href="http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/31924">Rource</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-7585676534667496861?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-65243955354751296052010-10-22T11:00:00.000-07:002010-10-22T11:00:48.938-07:002010-10-22T11:00:48.938-07:00<div class="article-sub-headline"><strong>No one injured, motive unclear, suspect in custody.</strong></div><div class="article-sub-headline"><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div><div class="article-sub-headline" style="text-align: justify;">An unidentified man has been taken into custody by police after setting fire to merchandise inside a Sacramento-area GameStop this morning and barricading himself inside the store.<br /> <br /> Details are still sparse, but according to the <strong><span style="color: black;">Associated Press</span></strong>, the suspect walked into the GameStop inside the Westfield Galleria Mall in Roseville, California this morning with a can of kerosene, claiming to have a gun.</div><div class="article-sub-headline" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMHRMcOAsOI/AAAAAAAAACg/kjxgV_EMfVM/s1600/gamestop_store_1287697016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="167" nx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMHRMcOAsOI/AAAAAAAAACg/kjxgV_EMfVM/s400/gamestop_store_1287697016.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="article-sub-headline" style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div class="article-sub-headline" style="text-align: justify;">Police responded to a 9-1-1 call after the man ordered everyone out of the store and began lighting its merchandise on fire. The entire mall was evacuated as the fire began to spread to other shops.<br /> <br /> The suspect then barricaded himself inside a storage room at the GameStop, beginning a standoff with police that lasted nearly two hours. No injuries were reported, but the suspect was treated on-scene for smoke inhalation.<br /> <br /> The motive for the arson has not been reported. The fire was relatively contained thanks to the mall's emergency sprinkler system, and the suspect has been transported to Roseville city jail.</div><div class="article-sub-headline"><a href="http://www.gamespy.com/articles/112/1129653p1.html">Source</a></div><!-- END: editor info --><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-6524395535475129605?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-35819710343375749562010-10-22T10:56:00.000-07:002010-10-22T10:56:20.358-07:002010-10-22T10:56:20.358-07:00<div class="article-sub-headline" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>SCEA president says company having trouble keeping up with demand.</strong></div><div class="article-sub-headline" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMHQIp4ohXI/AAAAAAAAACc/S41GPkKzb-w/s1600/move_1287758435.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" nx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMHQIp4ohXI/AAAAAAAAACc/S41GPkKzb-w/s400/move_1287758435.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="article-sub-headline" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong></strong>&nbsp;</div><div class="article-sub-headline" style="text-align: justify;">Sony increased production twice, and it still can't keep up with demand for its motion-controller, PlayStation Move. That's according to SCEA President and CEO Jack Tretton, who says Move has moved more than 1 million units during its first month on sale in the Americas.<br /> <br /> After announcing last week it has sold more than 1.5 million Move controllers in Europe, Tretton reported sales in the Americas, telling <strong><span style="color: black;">Reuters</span></strong> that Sony is "absolutley maxed out right now" as it tries to keep the device on store shelves.</div><div class="article-sub-headline" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><a name='more'></a><div class="article-sub-headline" style="text-align: justify;">"Retail demand is incredibly strong and we're working hard to keep the product in stock," Tretton said in a statement. "We believe consumers have already shown their preference for a precise, interactive game experience. We are on target to meet our end of year goals and expect sales to increase as our publishers and developers continue to update popular titles and introduce new games."<br /> <br /> Move recently launched in Japan, so expect more sales updates from Sony in the near future. Microsoft is set to launch its own controller-free motion capture device, Kinect, on November 4. Microsoft has stated it expects to sell 3 million Kinect units in 2010, which would put it on par with Move's more than 2.5 million in its first month.</div><div class="article-sub-headline"><br /> </div><div class="article-sub-headline"><a href="http://ps3.gamespy.com/articles/112/1129880p1.html">Source</a></div><!-- END: editor info --><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-3581971034337574956?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-69862293576510692322010-10-22T10:04:00.000-07:002010-10-22T10:04:13.443-07:002010-10-22T10:04:13.443-07:00<div class="deck"><strong>New PC game store will feature redesigned interface, offer browser-based shopping, and accept Microsoft points from Xbox Live as payment.</strong></div><div class="deck"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMHDv8oVILI/AAAAAAAAACY/pV54dY9ebGg/s1600/gfwm_black_54935_screen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" nx="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mheP_t2CJg0/TMHDv8oVILI/AAAAAAAAACY/pV54dY9ebGg/s200/gfwm_black_54935_screen.jpg" width="173" /></a></div><div class="story_body" style="text-align: justify;">Currently, the <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-us/games/pages/gamesondemand.aspx" target="new"><strong><span style="color: yellow;">Games for Windows</span></strong></a> site offers a variety of games for digital download…provided you download and install the Games for Windows client. That will change on November 15, though, when Microsoft will launch a revamped version of its PC Games on Demand store called Games for Windows Marketplace. </div><div class="embscreen" style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</div><div class="story_body" style="text-align: justify;"><strong></strong></div><div class="story_body" style="text-align: justify;">The new store (pictured) will offer games for sale directly via the Web, without the need for a client. Customers won't even have to create store-specific accounts, but can sign in with a Windows Live ID. Games for Windows Marketplace will also accept payment in both real-world dollars and Microsoft points, the demi-currency used on Xbox Live and in the Zune Marketplace. Also, games will be redownloadable on any computer once purchased. </div><div class="story_body" style="text-align: justify;">Games for Windows Marketplace will have 100 titles available when it launches, including such recent games as Capcom's Dead Rising 2 and Lost Planet 2. It will also have a deep catalog of classic titles, such as Grand Theft Auto III, Fable: The Lost Chapters, Max Payne, and Deus Ex. Third-party publishers such as Take-Two Interactive, Square Enix, and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment are also partnering with Microsoft. The latter's massively multiplayer game Lego Universe, will go on sale on the GFW Marketplace on its launch day, as will Microsoft's upcoming role-playing game, Fable III. </div><div class="deck"><br /> </div><div class="deck"><a href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/6282798.html?om_act=convert&amp;om_clk=newstop&amp;tag=newstop%3Btitle%3B1">Source</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-6986229357651069232?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6223894277334933560.post-44548478238200356172010-10-22T09:56:00.000-07:002010-10-22T09:56:50.260-07:002010-10-22T09:56:50.260-07:00<b>This WebDoc talks about the experience of The Force Unleashed II on different platforms.</b><br /> <div style="text-align: center;">[video=6282618]<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="391" id="videoPlayer" width="640"><param NAME=movie VALUE="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/cne_flash/production/eidothea/release/eidothea.swf?w_005_k"><param NAME=scale VALUE="noScale"><param NAME=salign VALUE="lt"><param NAME=quality VALUE=high><param NAME=allowscriptaccess VALUE="always"><param NAME=allowFullScreen VALUE="true"><param NAME=flashvars VALUE="bwr=0&playerMode=embedded&movieAspect=16.9&mapp=embedded_640&gen=1&viewMode=sd&autoPlay=false&paramsXML=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamespot.com%2Fpages%2Fvideo_player%2Fxml.php%3Fid%3D6282618%26mode%3Dembedded%26width%3D640%26height%3D391%26newplayer%3D1%26skin%3DeidotheaEmbedded640_169.xml"><embed id="mymovie" width="640" height="391" flashvars="bwr=0&playerMode=embedded&movieAspect=16.9&mapp=embedded_640&gen=1&viewMode=sd&autoPlay=false&paramsXML=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamespot.com%2Fpages%2Fvideo_player%2Fxml.php%3Fid%3D6282618%26mode%3Dembedded%26width%3D640%26height%3D391%26newplayer%3D1%26skin%3DeidotheaEmbedded640_169.xml" wmode="opaque" allowscriptaccess="always" scale="noScale" salign="lt" allowFullScreen="true" quality="high" name="mymovie" style="" src="http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/cne_flash/production/eidothea/release/eidothea.swf?w_005_k" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"/></embed></OBJECT></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/starwarstheforceunleashed2/video/6282618?tag=gumballs%3Btitle%3B1">Source</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6223894277334933560-4454847823820035617?l=newsxone.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Abraham Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18078506021946325585noreply@blogger.com0