Sadly, looks like Microsoft has settled in 1200 MS Points ($15) as the standard price. Do you think that is too much to pay for these games?

Here is the full Summer of Arcade 2 release list:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-shelled
Release Date: July 22
Cost: 1200 Microsoft Points
Cowabunga dude! Marking the franchise’s 25 anniversary, everyone’s favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game is back with a brand new look in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled.” The arcade classic has been revamped with all new 3D graphics, but the same classic beat ‘em up gameplay.

Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Release Date: July 29
Cost: 1200 Microsoft Points
One of the most popular fighting games of all time, “Marvel vs. Capcom 2,” arrives worldwide on Xbox LIVE Arcade. Choose from 56 legendary characters from Marvel Comics and Capcom history, including Ryu and Wolverine. With online multiplayer over Xbox LIVE and enhanced HD graphics, decide your own dream team in the ultimate tag-team fighting experience.

Splosion Man
Cost: 800 Microsoft Points
Release Date: August 5
Fools they were, to tread where knowledge should stay forbidden. For what emerged was not a man - it was a Splosion Man. “And all who saw him were sploded, for he was the fire and they were but meat.” Able to splode himself at will, the Splosion Man launches his way through levels as an uncontainable force. From Twisted Pixel Games, developer of the award winning The Maw, Splosion Man will keep you on your toes as you play through more than 50 single-player levels and 50 multiplayer levels. Nominated by GameSpy, Gamespot, IGN, and 411mania, this meat-riddled splosion-fest took several Best of E3 awards including Best Platformer and Best Downloadable Game.

Trials HD
Cost: 1200 Microsoft Points
Release Date: August 12
Nominated for GameSpy’s Best Downloadable Game of E3 award, “Trials HD” is guaranteed to get our heart racing.” Put on your helmet, and rev your way through “Trials HD,” a full-featured, physics-based motorcycle racing platformer in stunning HD graphics. Tear up more than 50 tracks and test your metal in two unique game modes: Race and Skill. Create, share and download an unlimited number of free tracks with the level editor, and customize your rider to fit your personality.

Shadow Complex
Cost: 1200 Microsoft Points
Release Date: August 19
Winner of numerous Best of E3 awards including Best Downloadable Game from 1UP, IGN, GameTrailers and G4TV, “Shadow Complex” is the next evolution in downloadable games. “Shadow Complex” marries the quality and depth of a full retail title with the stunning visuals of Epic Games’ industry-leading Unreal Engine 3, and a classic side-scroller. Set in the world of Orson Scott Card’s best-selling novel, “Empire,” Shadow Complex provides more than 10 hours of in-depth gameplay and introduces a compelling universe.

Entitled Alien Breed Evolution, the new game is an isometric shooter that is created using Unreal Engine 3. The game will be distributed via digital download although how exactly or what platforms has yet to be announced.

The game was originally a PC series so I’d say that Steam is a given, but hopefully the game will also arrive on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network or WiiWare.

Previously the series, which is heavily inspired by the Alien movies, almost got a new installment with a PS2 version called Alien Breed 2K4. That game was eventually cancelled however and never released after Team 17 failed to secure a publisher. But thanks to the wide world of digital download, things are a lot easier than they once were.

Good for us indeed.

Via 1UP

Blueside also confirmed that the game will be coming to the Xbox 360. Apparently PS3 gamers won’t be getting the title though which was previously known to be coming to “consoles” but which systems weren’t specified.

Details on the sequel are hard to come by, but in addition to having a single player campaign it will also include a multiplayer RTS MMO-style mode which should definitely have fans excited, as the developers promise it is a one-of-a-kind mode on a gargantuan scale.

Storyline
Kingdom Under Fire 2 is set approximately 150 years after the events depicted in Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders. The game marks the return of The Human Alliance and Dark Legion with an added faction called the Encablossians - whose aim is to reassert the cycle of light and dark ages by destroying the current Age of Light, which has already run far beyond its natural course.

This faction is led by Regnier (from previous Kingdom Under Fire titles) who allied himself with Encablossa during the time he was stranded in the Dark Dimension (as depicted in Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom). Whilst other heroes from previous titles may return, including Kendal who in the Dark Dimension underwent a mutation, but is able to control himself still. He is now out to stop Regneir being the only person powerful enough to stop him due to his mutation. The game will also feature a brand new cast of playable characters.

Via Kotaku

Shipping in 2010, Command & Conquer 4 will add to the to the classic fast and fluid Command & Conquer gameplay while retaining the core compulsions that fans have come to love over the series’ history. Introducing new class-based gameplay, mobile bases and persistent player progression throughout all game modes for more strategic depth.

“Command & Conquer is a powerful franchise with an amazing 15-year legacy. We are thrilled to bring the dramatic Tiberium saga to a conclusion in Command & Conquer 4. This game is designed to give fans all the answers they’ve been looking for,” said Mike Glosecki, Lead Producer of Command & Conquer 4 at EA Los Angeles. “With its objective-based multiplayer mode, persistent player progression and all-in-one mobile base, players will experience Command & Conquer like never before.”

The story of Command & Conquer 4 takes place after the events of the critically acclaimed Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. The year is 2062 and humanity is at the brink of extinction. With only six years left until the mysterious crystalline structure Tiberium renders the earth entirely uninhabitable, the two opposing factions – Global Defense Initiative (GDI) and the Brotherhood of Nod – inevitably find themselves in desperation for the same cause: to stop Tiberium from extinguishing mankind. The unthinkable becomes reality and Nod’s enigmatic leader Kane takes off for GDI headquarters. What is Kane planning in the heart of his enemies’ base? Command & Conquer 4 draws the epic conclusion to the beloved Tiberium universe, where fans will learn the fate of Earth, Nod, Tiberium, GDI and most importantly, Kane’s motivations behind his decade-long plan.

In addition to the two campaigns on the epic battles of GDI and Nod, which players will get to conquer alone or in a cooperative mode, Command & Conquer 4 will also feature a new 5v5 objective-based multiplayer mode, promoting teamwork and cooperation and delivering a social real-time-strategy experience never seen before in a Command & Conquer game.

Want more info? Check out a 2-page interview with C&C4’s sesigner, storywriter, and campaign lead Samuel Bass over at GameSpot.

Want see more? The July 24th episode of BattleCast PrimeTime will give fans the latest news and exclusive information on Command & Conquer 4. Additionally, Gametrailers TV will exclusively reveal the fist cinematic trailer for Command & Conquer 4 in its July 23rd episode on SPIKE TV. I can hardly wait!

But the biggest news for LittleBigPlanet fans will be the upcoming new features that are coming to the game.

To quote the interview from GamesIndustry.biz:

Question: You’ve already got 2 million levels that people have created, so maybe that’s the answer to this question - but would you like to see even more accessible tools for people in the game?

Alex Evans: Yeah, I would have liked to have made it better. We originally started with a shotgun and a hair dryer, and it mutated a lot… One of the things we’re focusing on next is looking at stuff that insane - generally French and Japanese - people have built, and then making that more accessible, just making some of the ideas that are possible, easier.

The second side of it is that at the moment you can exchange objects via PSN messages. One of the original ideas that was axed from the original game was that you could publish objects from the game online, not just levels, and you’d be credited with the use of those objects.

I think something like that will really boost it - if you’re just a beginner user, you can go and browse not just for levels, but for cars, let’s say. Take that, sticker it up, and you’re done - and that will change the barriers to entry.

So both of those things - changing the tools themselves, and changing how you share - are coming.

Via GamesIndustry.biz

First shown at E3 2009 where it was said to launch in late summer, but the latest episode of BattleCast Prime gives a demo of the game in action and states an expected Fall 2009 release window.

Here’s a list of notable facts:
* There will be both Allied and Soviet campaigns.
* The game features Construction Yard gameplay mechanics.
* It has 3D graphics, similar to Red Alert 3 and reminiscent of C&C N64. Everything is detailed and well animated.
* It’s not a straight port of any single Red Alert game. It appears to be a cross between Red Alert 2 and Red Alert 3.
* The Unit grouping, Zooming in & out, Mini-map, and Sidebar combinations are working well.
* The Soviet architecture resembles RA2, with Tesla Reactors and RA2 Barracks shown, yet War Bears from RA3 appear as well.

A new exclusive look at Red Alert for iPhone, 3:27 minutes into BattleCast Prime Episode 20:

All I have to say is “Finally!” I’ve been waiting since the 2004 release of the Nintendo DS for EA to release a touch screen-enabled C&C game. It’s even better on iPhone with a bigger screen and multi-touch interface.

The game will include “over 85 songs” from “83 artists” but the partial list reveals only 24 of the aforementioned songs. As always, these will be the original Master versions.

Here’s the list including videos for each song:

1. Band Of Horses - “Cigarettes, Wedding Bands”
2. Beastie Boys - “Gratitude”
3. Beck - “Gamma Ray”
4. Billy Squier - “Lonely Is The Night”
5. Blur - “Song 2″
6. Bob Dylan - “All Along The Watchtower”
7. Children Of Bodom - “Done With Everything, Die For Nothing”
8. Coldplay - “In My Place”
9. Darkest Hour - “Demon(s)”
10. David Bowie - “Fame”
11. Deep Purple - “Woman From Tokyo (’99 Remix)”
12. Elliott Smith - “L.A.”
13. Iggy Pop - “Lust For Life (Live)”
14. Jeff Beck - “Scatterbrain (Live)”
15. John Mellencamp - “Hurts So Good”
16. Kings Of Leon - “Sex On Fire”
17. Queens Of The Stone Age - “Make It Wit Chu”
18. Rose Hill Drive - “Sneak Out”
19. Santana - “No One To Depend On (Live)”
20. The Bronx - “Six Days A Week”
21. Thrice - “Deadbolt”
22. Tom Petty - “Runnin’ Down A Dream”
23. Vampire Weekend - “A-Punk”
24. Wolfmother - “Back Round”

Final Fantasy VII is highly regarded as one of the greatest RPGs of all time, and one of the top best PS1 games of all time. And now the game is available for download from the PlayStation Network for play on the PS3 or PSP, giving a legion of new gamers the chance to experience this 32-bit masterpiece.

If you’ve never played Final Fantasy VII, you owe it to yourself to do so. But if you are one of those people who just can’t get into RPGs but would like still like to experience the game, then this walkthrough is for you. Likewise, if you are a beginner or are stuck at an area, this walkthrough will help. And finally, even if you are a seasoned veteran, you can experience the epic tale again by simply kicking back and watching someone else play through the game, beginning to end. And don’t forget to check out our Final Fantasy VII cheats page.

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Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 1: From the opening FMV, to where Cloud, Barret & company make their way into the Mako Reactor & set the charges, defeat the Guard Scorpion, they make it out before the reactor explodes & decide where they should all meet, Cloud meets Aeris & buys a flower from her, Cloud fights his way to the train that Barret & co. are on, Jesse gives Cloud a brief explanation of Midgar & the trains to where their train makes it to the slums.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 2: From where Cloud & co’s train makes it to the slums, they all go to Tifa’s Final Heaven where Marlene is introduced & Cloud & Tifa talk, Cloud & Barret butt heads about money & the whatnot, Tifa & Cloud talk about the promise, Materia Junctioning is explained, other basic things of the game is explained, they board a train to the next Mako Reactor due for bombing, only for the alarms on the train to be sounded so they have to jump off to where they are making their way to the reactor through the tunnels.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 3: From where they make their way to the Mako Reactor through the tunnels, they get to the reactor & place the explosive on it, then get caught by President Shinra on their way out, they defeat the Air Buster, the reactor explodes & makes Cloud fall into Aeris church in the slums where they reunite, Aeris gets Cloud to help her get away from Reno of the Turks to where they make their way through the slums to Aeris house.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 4: From where Cloud & Aeris make it to Aeris house only for Cloud to try & sneak off back through the slums without her, but she makes it there before him, after seeing Tifa get carriaged away they decide to go to Wall Market to hunt her down, Cloud & Aeris get the dressmaker to agree to make a dress for Cloud, they get the Blonde Wig, the Digestive for the Sexy Cologne, a Protein Drink Set for the Diamond Tiara to where Cloud spies on people in the Honeybee Inn.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 5: From where Cloud freaks out in his room at the Honeybee Inn, he gets the Lingerie, he gets the Honeybee Inn girls to put makeup on him, Cloud & Aeris get all made up pretty & the such, they make it into the mansion where they are reunited with Tifa, Don Corneo chooses Cloud as his companion, they are about to kiss when Tifa & Aeris interupt, they all threaten some info out of the Corneo only for him to dump them in the sewers, a scene of a meeting at the Shinra HQ is shown, they defeat Aps, & make their way out of the sewer to where they are navigating through the Train Graveyard.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 6: From where Cloud, Tifa & Aeris make their way out of the Train Graveyard, Cloud & Tifa make their way up a plate support to try & aide Barret’s fight against Shinra troops, the defeat Reno after he sets the support to collapse, Aeris is shown being taken away by Tseng of the Turks, the plate collapses, killing many members of Avalanche amoung some innocent people of the slums, Cloud leaves Tifa & Barret to their talking only for them to catch up with him, they make their way to Aeris house so Barret can be reunited with Marlene, they hear of the story of how Aeris came to live with Elmyra to where Barret gets lectured about leaving Marlene in danger.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 7: From where Barret says a goodbye to Marlene, the party decides to go against Shinra to go help Aeris, they make it up the wreckage to Shinra HQ, they make it up all the stairs into the HQ to where they make it the the 62nd floor to try & solve the Mayor’s little puzzle.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 8: From where they solve the Mayor’s little puzzle, they make it through to floor 66 & overhear a meeting being held by Shinra’s bigwigs, they follow Professor Hojo & see the beheaded Jenova, they make it to Aeris & save her, meeting & teaming up with RedXIII (Nanaki) is the process to defeat HO512 to where they start making their way to floor 68.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 9: From where they make it to floor 68 only to be ambushed & captured by the Rude of the Turks, after talking to President Shinra they all get thrown in jail, Cloud talks to everyone to see how their doing, falls asleep & wakes up only to find things aren’t quite right, he wakes everyone up so they can escape & they follow the blood trail up to the Presidents office only to find him skewered with what appears to be Sephiroths sword, Aeris, Barret & RedXIII are made to fight & defeat the Hundred Gunner & Heli Gunner, Cloud is forced to fight & feat Rufus & Dark Nation to where they make a motor escape from the Shinra HQ.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 10: From where the party make it to the boarder of Midgar via the highway, defeat the Motor Ball, split into 2 groups & head for the town of Kalm to where Cloud starts telling of the story of when he was in Soldier alongside Sephiroth for the horrible Nibelheim incident.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 11: From where Cloud finishes the telling of his story when he was in Soldier alongside Sephiroth during the horrible Nibelheim incident (but with some obvious holes) to where they make it the Chocobo Ranch & get the Choco/Mog summon.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 12: From where the party talk to the Chocobo Farm people & are told how to get a Chocobo to cross the marshes so they don’t have to fight the Midgar Zolom, they do so & see what Sephiroth left begind, they collect items & talk briefly with the Turks in the Mythril Mines, they meet the people of Fort Condor & decide to help them in their fight against Shinra to protect the Condors on top of the reactor to where I go back into the Mythril Mines for some things.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 13: From where I go back into the Mythril Mines to get some missed things, go through the pita of getting Yuffie into my party, the party makes it to Junon Harbor just in time to save Priscilla from Bottomswell, after proving they are not with Shinra, Priscilla helps Cloud get into Junon with help from Mr.Dolphin to where Cloud gets suckered into joining the Shinra march after being mistaken for one of them.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 14: From where Cloud takes part in the celebration for the new President Rufus Shinra’s march (not by choice), Cloud is told where to meet up with the troops after, so he explores Junon some until he helps send off President Rufus, Cloud is forced onto the ship to help where he is reunited with his friends to where the alarm to be sounded as Sephiroth attacks.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 15: From where they make it to Sephiroth, only for him to throw Jenova-Birth at them to defeat, they make it to Costa Del Sol where they confront Hojo & then relax some before heading to where they are making their way through Mt.Corel.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 16: From where they make it through Mt.Corel to North Corel only for Barret to receive a less than hospitable welcome, Barret tells them of the towns betrayal at the hands of Shinra, they make it to the Gold Saucer where Barret freaks out & runs off, Cloud & Aeris run around having fun until they go to the Battle Arena where they are accused & sentenced of murder to where they try & find Barret in the Corel Prison.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 17: From where they find Barret in the Corel Prison where he tells them of his bestfriend Dyne, so they decide to help Barret find Dyne only for them to fight & Dyne to kill himself, Cloud is chosen to help get the party out of the Corel Prison via the Chocobo Races to where Cloud wins & they are given a buggy in apology for their false sentence from Dio.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 18: From where the party are using the buggy to get back to the Junon area to get some items & Enemy Skills to where they start heading towards Gongaga Village. A completely boring & useless vid unless you need it for walkthrough purposes.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 19: From where the party makes it to Gongaga Village only to fight & defeat Reno & Rude, overhear Scarlet talking to Tseng in the ruined reactor, they head into town to collect a few thing where they hear of Zack & Aeris acts all wierd about it, they try to make their way to Nibelheim but their buggy breaks down so they go to Cosmo Canyon to see about having it fixed, they expolore RedXIII’s hometown a bit before they meet up with Bugenhagen to where they assemble some party memebers per Bugenhagen’s request so he can show them something.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 20: From where Bugenhagen shows the party the basics of the life of the planet, the party talk about things around the bonfire, Bugenhagen asks for accompanyment so he can show RedXIII something in the Gi Cave to where they make it to & are fighting against the Gi Nattak & Soul Fires.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 21: From where the party defeat the Gi Nattak & Soul Fires, RedXIII is told of the story of his father Seto & reunited with him, RedXIII decides to go with Cloud & co. to help them in their fight for the planet, they make it to Nibelheim but something seems strange, they talk some with Sephiroth to where I am going through the steps to acquire Vincent.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 22: From where the party defeats Lost Number, meets Vincent Valentine formerly of the Turks, get him to join their party, they make their way through Mt.Nibel collecting items to where they are about to fight a boss.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 23: From where the party defeat the Materia Keeper, make their way to Rocket Town, meet Shera who tells them that if they want to borrow the Tiny Bronco to ask Cid, they meet Cid who is not too responsive to the idea, they hear about the failed rocket launch years ago to where President Rufus comes to try & take the Tiny Bronco from Cid for himself.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 24: From where the party fight Palmer for the Tiny Bronco, they snag it only for Shinra to knock it out of the sky, they use it as a boat to go to Wutai Village to where they are trying to hunt down Yuffie to get their materia back.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 25: From where they are trying to hunt down Yuffie in Wutai Village to get their materia back, they temporarily are on good terms with the Turks just enough so that they save Elena & Yuffie from Corneo’s greedy little hands, they get all their materia back to where they are heading for the Pagoda of the Five Mighty Gods so Yuffie can challenge it.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 26: From where Yuffie successfully challenges the Pagoda of the Five Mighty Gods to where the party go to the Weapon Seller’s house to gain some info on the Keystone.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 27: From where the party trade their Mythril to the Weapon Seller for Aeris’ Great Gospel Limit Break, they go & entertain Dio in the Battle Arena & get the right to get the Keystone from him, after hearing that they are stuck in the Gold Saucer they go to the Haunted Mansion to rest up, Aeris drags Cloud on a date, Cait Sith steals the Keystone & is busted giving it to Tseng to where they are heading to the Temple of the Ancients.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 28: From where the party makes it to the Temple of the Ancients, an injured Tseng lets them in, they make their way through the puzzles, spying on Sephiroth’s progress through with the help of the consciousness of the Ancients to where Sephiroth begins to explain to Cloud & co. what the “Black Materia”, Meteor is.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 29: From where Sephiroth finishes explaining to Cloud & co. what the “Black Materia” Meteor is, Cloud mildly goes nuts before they fight the Red Dragon, the party figures out how to get the Black Materia for themselves, Cait Sith offers to sacrifice himself for the greater good, the party fights the Demon’s Gate, they say goodbye to Cait Sith, Cloud goes nuts & gives Sephiroth the Black Materia, Cait Sith No.2 gets introduced as Cloud beats on Aeris, Aeris runs off after saying goodbye to Cloud in his dreams to where the party decide to go & look for Aeris before Sephiroth can get to her.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 30: From where the party get the Lunar Harp from Bone Village to wake up the Sleeping Forest, the cross through the Sleeping Forest, obtaining the Kjata summoning materia, collect items in the City of the Ancients, Cloud awakens & senses Aeris & Sephiroth near so he goes to search for them, they make it to Aeris a little too late, Sephiroth makes them fight Jenova-LIFE to where the party continue onward through the City of the Ancients after Sephiroth.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 31: From where the party make it through the City of the Ancients, to the Icicle Inn where they collect items to help them go further, they watch videos of Professor Gast, his wife Ifalna & their daughter Aeris as the Ancients, Jenova & Weapon are explained briefly, Elena from the Turks comes along to try & get “revenge” on Cloud but fails miserably, I do a sad snowboarding run to get to the Great Glacier to where I am running through the Great Glacier obtaining objects.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 32: From where I am running through Great Glacier obtaining items, defeating the Snow woman to obtain the Alexander summoning materia, they pass out & are rescued by Mr.Holzoff who explains about climbing the Gaea Cliffs to where they are in the process of climbing the cliffs & going through the caves collecting items to get to the summit.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 33: From where the party finish climbing the cliffs & going through the caves collecting items to get to the summit, defeating Schizo along the way, making it there at the same time Rufus & co. do, they start to make their way down to Sephiroth, obtaining items & the Neo Bahamut materia in the process, Sephiroth sicks Jenova-DEATH on them to where Cloud entrusts the Black Materia to Red XIII in an attempt to keep it away from Sephiroth.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 34: From where the party are on their way to Sephiroth when he starts trying to confuse Cloud by showing them his version of what happened in Nibelheim, Rufus & co. make it to where Sephiroth & the Weapons sleep, Sephiroth tricks RedXIII into going onward to help Cloud where he gives Cloud the Black Materia & Cloud goes nuts again & gives it to Sephiroth, the Weapons awake & everyone barely makes it out of the Northern Cave as it explodes, Tifa remembers about her remeeting Cloud in Midgar & when she wakes up Metoer has been summoned, Rufus sets up Barret & Tifa’s execution to where Cait Sith & Barret are trying to free Tifa as the Sapphire Weapons attack Junon.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 35: From where Cait Sith & Barret are trying to free Tifa as the Sapphire Weapons attack Junon, along the way they reunite with Yuffie as they become cornered as the Mako Cannon fails to kill Sapphire Weapon, Tifa ends up saving herself just after the Mako Cannon blows the Sapphire Weapons’ head off, Tifa & Scarlet have a lil *itch slapping duel, the Highwind in the partys’ possession saves Tifa, the party decides to try & look for Cloud, meeting the Chocobo Sage along the way to where they head to Mideel to do some shopping along with the Chocobo Chick.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 36: From where Tifa goes home to get some materia to where I am catching chocobos to begin breeding.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 37: From where I finish what I can do for now with the Chocobo Breeding thing, to where the party goes back to Mideel & Tifa decides to stay with Cloud when they reunite with him in his vegetative state, Reeve lets the party eavesdrop in on Shinra bigwig going-ons, the party gets the Huge Materia from North Corel & manage to save the town from being plowed through with the train so they can get the Ultima Materia for free to where the party are on their way to Fort Condor.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 38: From where the party gets the Huge Materia from Fort Condor as well as the Pheonix summon materia after protecting it long enough for the baby condor to hatch & fly away, they go to check back on Cloud & Tifa just in time to fight Ultimate Weapon, Mideel falls in on itself, allowing Cloud & Tifa to get swallowed into the Lifestream where Tifa starts helping Cloud piece together his real memories so he can be himself again.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 39: From where Tifa finishes helping Cloud piece together his real memories so he can be himself again, Cloud reunites & takes over leadership of the party again, they run around collecting some odd items, they return to Nibelheim & Cloud has a flashback of what really happened after the Sephiroth incident & how he arrived in Midgar with Zack’s sword in hand to where the party goes back to obtaining miscellanious items.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 40: From where I go around collecting various odd items as well as items for Choobo Breeding & Raising & then I continue on my quest to breed a Gold Chocobo.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 41: From where I mate Sanna & Tidus to get the blue chocob Christina, using her to get the Quadra Magic materia to where I train Crstna through the ranks & return to the Chocobo Sage to get more info on raising a Gold Chocobo.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 42: From where I mate Tidus & Sanna again to get the green chocobo Zamora, I use Zamora to help bring Vincent to reunite with a less than hospitable Lucrecia to where I go & train Zamora through the ranks.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 43: From where I get mate Zamora & Crstna to get the Black Chocobo Patrick, I catch the chocobp MagIvy & I raise them both through the ranks.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 44: From where I get the Key to Sector 5 for an item or 2 to where I play the the Midgar Zolom to pass time before I can mate my Chocobo’s again

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 45: From where I mate Patrck & MagIvy to get the Gold Chocobo Lee, I raise to get the Knights of the Round summoning materia, I race Lee a little to where the party goes to try & retrieve the Huge Materia from the underwater reactor of Junon.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 46: From where the party is in the Junon underwater reactor to try & retrieve the Huge Materia, Reno throws them the Carry Armor boss so that he can escape with the Huge materia, the party commandeers a sub & goes after Reno’s to sink it, they retrieve the Huge Materia, they also get the Key to the Ancients, the party get up to Junon airport just in time to see the Gelinka take off, I buy Cloud’s Villa in Costa del Sol to where the party are trying to get to the rocket before it launches.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 47: From where the party get to the rocket before it launches, fighting ShinRa soldiers & Rude to get in, the rocket launches, the team snags the Huge Materia & with Shera’s help get in the escape pod & eject before the rocket crashes into Meteor, which ends up having very little effect on it to where the party picks up Begenhagen & takes him to the City of the Ancients.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 48: From where Bugenhagen helps to show the party a secret in the City of the Ancents about Aeris, they learn that the Junon Cannon has been moved to Midgar, Diamond Weapon shows up so they go & whoop it, the Sister Ray fires at the Northern Cave, going right through & killing the Diamond Weapon in the process, but not before it got shots off at Midgar, the Barrier comes down, Midgar gets hit good & Rufus’ office gets a direct hit from the Weapons’ fire to where Hojo goes nuts so they have to go to Midgar to stop him from firing the cannon again.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 49: From where the party goes to Midgar to stop the crazy Hojo from firing the Sister Ray again to where they fight through the sewers & the train tracks to the ShinRa HQ.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 50: From where they fight the Turks one last time in the train tunnels leading to the ShinRa HQ, get some items from ShinRa HQ, they make their way to Hojo, fighting & defeating the Proud Clod along the way, they find out what Hojo’s connection is to Sephiroth to where they’re fighting Hojo.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 51: From where the party fight & defeat Hojo, the team disperse to find out what they’re fighting for, they all come back together, they go to Cosmo Canyon to talk to Bugenhagen to where they start fighting against Ultima Weapon.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 52: From where the party finally kills Ultima Weapon, they explore the Ancient Forest to where the party go to enjoy the wiles of the Battle Arena.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 53: From where Cloud has fun in the Battle Arena & cashes in his points, the party trades in the Guidebook for Underwater Materia, they go & get items from the crashed Gelinka, they get items from Wutai to where I get bored of recording & do a “Suicide Run” at the Emerald Weapon.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 54: From where I am getting random E.Skills to where the party is heading down to the final confrontation with Sephiroth.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 55: From where the party gets to the place before Sephiroth, they run around getting more items to just before they go down to confront him.

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 56: From where the party fight through monsters, they fight & defeat Jenova-SYNTHESIS, Bizarro-Sephiroth, Safer Sephiroth, Cloud kills Sephiroth so that Holy try & stop Meteor, unsuccessfully, & the LifeStream ends up doing it. THE END. Now on to my credits

Final Fantasy VII Walkthrough Video Part 56: FINAL FANTASY VII TRIBUTE VIDEO/CREDITS. “The credits for my walkthrough, has ingame footage, consider this the FF VII tribute many have been asking for lol :P”

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In a recent interview, Tom Chilton of Blizzard stated that the “free-to-play” model is a definite possibility for the worlds biggest MMORPG. Currently the game is pay-to-play and has millions of subscribers.

To quote from the interview:

VideoGamer.com: Will WoW always be subscription based? Could it ever have a micro-transaction/free-to-play model?

Tom Chilton: I certainly think it’s possible that we could do some kind of micro-transaction stuff. Whether or not World of Warcraft ever goes the direction of, I guess like Anarchy Online has gone the direction of going free-to-play with micro-transactions. Whether we ever shift to a free-to-play model is really too hard to say at this point. Anything I say now could easily five years from now end up seeming like, oh my gosh, that was an incredibly dumb thing to say, how naive!

. . . Take it with a grain of salt and a bowl of cereal (salt in cereal, yes). Cause it certainly sounds like it isn’t happening any time soon.

Via Videogamer

The web-site claims that the reel is 100% legitimate, although the video has since been taken down.

In the 14 seconds of animation by Bungie employee Will Christiansen, you can see an interesting animation that shows a soldier sneaking up on a Jackal, then smashing him with the end of his battle rifle. He then shoots him before following up with a punch. The next clip showed a dying scene of a soldier who has been injured in the midst of combat.

Sadly you can no longer see the video of the demo real. But you can check out some Halo Reach demo reel screenshots.

UPDATE
Here is the demo reel thanks to youtube!

Via Skoar

Above you can see a very nice render of Quan Chi in MK vs DC:U. He is looking quite good. Sadly even though the characters were finished and originally were planned for release as downloadable content, Midway’s complicated legal life has pretty much scrapped those plans. Unless new Midway owner Warner Bros. Interactive chooses to release them.

That isn’t likely though as the MK team is currently focused on the next big title in the series, Mortal Kombat 9.

Too bad. The character looks good. Hopefully he’ll also release images of Harley Quinn.

Via Ed Boon Twitter

The trademark is by Sony Computer Entertainment America. Although we don’t know exactly what it is, it could possibly be Echochrome 2 given the prefix assigned to the name.

Although it hasn’t been officially announced and absolutely no details were revealed. Still it wouldn’t be surprising as the game was kind of a PlayStation Network cult-hit.

Echochrome, if you haven’t heard of it, is an interesting puzzle game whose gameplay involves a mannequin figure that must traverse a rotatable world where physics and reality depend on perspective. For example, by shifting the landscape left or right, lines may align that create a platform, or a hole, that wasn’t there originally. This is used to solve the puzzles in the game and to reach the exit of the stage. The game was developed by Sony’s Japan Studio and is inspired by M. C. Escher’s artwork.

Aside from PC, it will also be released for Xbox 360 at a later date.

Minimum System Requirements

* OS: Windows XP/Vista
* CPU: 2.5GHz Single Core or 1.8GHz Dual Core
* Memory: 1GB RAM
* Video: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 / ATI Radeon X700 or HD / Intel Graphics with Dual Core
* Sound: DirectX Compatible Soundcard
* HDD: 5GB Free Disk Space
* Network: ADSL / Cable Modem
* Disc: DVD-ROM
* Driver: DirectX 9.0c

Recommended System Configuration

* OS: Windows XP/Vista
* CPU: 2GHz Dual Core or Better
* Memory: 2GB RAM or Better
* Video: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 or Better / ATI Radeon HD3850 or Better
* Sound: DirectX Compatible Soundcard
* HDD: 5GB Free Disk Space
* Network: ADSL / Cable Modem or Better
* Disc: DVD-ROM
* Driver: DirectX 9.0c

Via 1UP

On the pitch, critical gameplay fundamentals have been enhanced, providing more sophisticated ball control, and physical interaction between players. In addition, players now move, behave and position themselves more realistically.

On attack, players analyze space more effectively, curve their runs in an attempt to stay onside, create passing lanes naturally, and drive for more variety in attacking options. On defense, new concepts like position priority enable defenders to multitask so dangerous spaces left open by teammates out of position are covered.

Here is a list of the new features in FIFA 10:

* Manager Mode has had many issues addressed. Building a team to 5 stars will be much harder. The experience points system has been improved, pre-season friendlies are now organised by your assistant manager, a HUB screen has replaced the message system, you can now edit kit numbers, and the staff upgrades have been tweaked, you can get updates from other teams around the world (Total Football Experience), the player growth is revamped, the atmosphere is different with rival teams.

* Ball physics have again been refined and improved from FIFA 09.

* To extend the realism of the gameplay, the defensive line in matches will generally be positioned deeper, to prevent attacks having an unfair edge.

* General gameplay has been improved as it has been every year. This year, A.I., goalkeeping, positioning, defending, physical play, and set pieces have been improved from last year’s game.

* “360° Dribbling System”: The first-ever true 360° dribbling system in a football game gives you precise control to skillfully play spaces between defenders that previously were not possible.

* “Improved Urgency AI Logic”: With over 50 new movement cycles, improved urgency AI logic delivers more responsive positioning so the players stay focused on the ball and move at a speed appropriate to the action.

* “Improved Trapping Intelligence”: Players now have a better awareness of where the easiest, most natural trapping position is so they can get the ball on the ground and under control easier and earlier.

Among lots of other new features like cold days (including snow), new crowd effects, a new training mode, 23 new celebrations, and a new four-player arena mode called “Anything Goes”. There will also be additional downloadable content for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions.

Konami promises that “every element” of the game is being improved in this new version as they strive to create “the most realistic football simulation available.”

PES 2010’s new visual realism brings the beautiful game to vivid life, with unique skin textures for individual players, and a level of detail that allows users to see the different weaves used in the various kits, their animated faces, and even the hairs on their arms! The game also boasts an all-new dynamic lighting system, wherein shadows are cast in real-time, creating a photo-realistic look to the new game.

At the center of PES 2010, however, is an amazingly close representation of the pace and skill of top-level football. The PES Productions team has worked to recreate the pace and tactical approach of a top-flight game, with mature skill and vision needed to create space and scoring opportunities. No longer can users score soft goals via overly-familiar means, instead PES 2010 counters such play and constantly forces the user to spread the ball around as they would in a real match.

To this end, an all-new tactical system has been implemented. A new ‘Power Gauge’ system features an easy-to-use sliding bar system with several categories; half for defence, and the others for attacking play. These allow users to change their overall style of play with ease, and adopt strategies related to support for the player in possession, the space players leave each other, how often players change position, and the pressure put on the opposition when they have the ball.

It’s also interesting to note that this will be the first Konami game that supports online play without using the Konami ID system. So just connect and play. The servers this time around will also be maintained by Microsoft and Sony respectively (and I assume Nintendo for the Wii version if that version includes online play) instead of by Konami themselves.

Here is the debut trailer for the new footy game.

The low-budget (judging by the video below) fighting game is based entirely on the martial arts style of Capoeira and features motion capture by Capoeira champions Soluna, Rome’s foremost Capoeira group.

“This is the first time the inertial gyroscopic system has been used to capture data from capoeira,” said Ali Kord, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Animazoo. “It is notoriously difficult to capture capoeira due to the fast-paced twisting, turning and regular movement off the ground. Yet we managed to achieve this accurately, without occlusion.”

Much of the animation in the day was taken via a two-day motion-capture shoot took place in Rome. Over 200 shots were captured, which will generate over 1,500 in-game shots. The scenes included challenging jumps from standing - showing no effort from the legs – as well as leaps and high kicks. The three actors were of varying body sizes from light to heavy weight and included two men and one woman. The latest Animazoo IGS-190 H, a 32 sensor hybrid system, was used to capture the data.

“It has been very intensive but what this session will contribute to the game in terms of range of movement and realism is invaluable,” comments Giuseppe Crugliano, Managing Director of Twelve Interactive. “Martial Arts: Capoeira is a unique game drawing on a very original fighting form, with the help of Animazoo’s award winning technology and the expertise of Soluna it is totally living up to our expectations.”

Here is a video of the game in action. Impressed?

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is an action adventure game that allows you to take control of Harry Potter (as well as Ron Weasley and Ginny Weasley at certain points) and fully explore the open-world of Hogwarts for the first time in the series. Harry will attend classes, partake in Wizard Duels, learn new spells, solve puzzles and interact with objects, create potions and play Quidditch among other activities. The game also includes a multiplayer mode and differing times of day.

Here is a list of characters that will appear in the game as well as their voice actors and likeness licensor’s:

1. Albus Dumbledore - voiced by Christopher Birch (likeness provided by Michael Gambon)
2. Argus Filch - voiced by Allan Corduner (likeness provided by David Bradley)
3. Bellatrix Lestrange - voiced by Beth Chalmers (likeness provided by Helena Bonham Carter)
4. Cho Chang - voiced by Katie Leung
5. Cormac McLaggen - voiced by Freddie Stroma
6. Dean Thomas - voiced by Alfred Enoch
7. Draco Malfoy - voiced by Tom Felton
8. Fenrir Greyback - voiced by Dave Legeno
9. Filius Flitwick - voiced by Warwick Davis
10. Ginny Weasley - voiced by Bonnie Wright
11. Gregory Goyle - voiced by Josh Herdman
12. Harry Potter - voiced by Adam Sopp (likeness provided by Daniel Radcliffe)
13. Hermione Granger - voiced by Rachel Sternberg (likeness provided by Emma Watson)
14. Horace Slughorn - voiced by Michael Percival (likeness provided by Jim Broadbent)
15. Katie Bell - voiced by Georgina Leonidas
16. Lavender Brown - voiced by Jessie Cave
17. Luna Lovegood - voiced by Evanna Lynch
18. Male Death Eater - voiced by Jonathon Hansler
19. Minerva McGonagall - voiced by Eve Karpf (likeness provided by Maggie Smith)
20. Nearly Headless Nick - voiced by David Coker (likeness provided by John Cleese)
21. Ron Weasley - voiced by Rupert Grint
22. Rubeus Hagrid - voiced by Jonathan Kydd (likeness provided by Robbie Coltrane)
23. Severus Snape - voiced by James Faulkner (likeness provided by Alan Rickman)
24. Vincent Crabbe - voiced by Jamie Waylett

Here is a launch trailer for the game.