Ghost Recon Future Soldier is the upcoming game in the Ghost Recon franchise by Ubisoft. This is the third video in the Inside Recon video which talks about the upcoming Guerrilla mode.
Guerilla mode is a multiplayer addition to Ghost Recon Future Soldier where players compete with each other to achieve victory. This means that players team up against the computer to defend strategic points against waves of foes until the players win.
Be sure to check out the official website and the trailer embedded below for more information.
PlayStation aficionados take note – your console of choice has just got itself another on demand service – SBS On Demand. Like most other on demands, SBS on Demand will provide free access to a TV catch up service for Australian PS3 users. SBS is well known for having a massively multicultural spread of content, with plenty of sport programmes, documentaries and films from a huge spread of countries. Michael Ephraim, Managing Director of Sony Computer Entertainment Australia, had this to say about the new partnership:
“Announcing our SBS partnership, Australia’s premier broadcaster of original multicultural programming is exciting and signals our continued commitment to the expansion of the PlayStation 3 entertainment on demand offer. Our entertainment armory is broad, deep, immersive and compelling – with quality content across TV, games, music and movies.”
He continued, “We are dedicated to providing our PlayStation customers more content and choice in the way they choose to access and consume it. We know from other TV on demand roll-outs on PS3 in Australia there is great appetite for the trial, uptake and customer appreciation of the convenience of new online entertainment delivery methods. Further, the opportunity for content providers to access a footprint of 1.5 million PS3 consoles in Australia, on the highest selling console of 2011, is also an incredibly compelling one.”
You can find out more about SBS On Demand here, and make sure and check out that shiny new icon on your PS3 home screen.
To say that Skylanders has created a phenomena would be an understatement, with stores wiped clean of stock as it hits the shelves and customers waiting in line for their favourite characters, as well as a thriving ebay trade with people willing to pay grossly overinflated prices in order to secure particular items. I had the pleasure of reviewing Skylanders a while ago and its not hard to see the attraction especially for the targeted audience which is primarily younger gamers. While being criticised by many Spyro fanboys for not releasing the original more adult orientated concept with more violence and gore, the title is immersive with an awesome storyline. Additionally it is multi-platform allowing gamers to take their characters to friends or events and use them regardless of the console they own. To compliment its incredible success, Bluemouth Interactive are proud to annouce a new range of licensed Skylanders merchandise including carry cases and some really cool Bobble head DS stylus pens.
Skylanders Spyros Adventures was the Number 1 IP of the 2011/2012 Summer in Australia. It introduced multi-platform play in a way never seen before, with each character having memory of its past travels and allowing gamers to utilise weapon upgrades and new items found in previous adventures. The managing director of Bluemouth Interactive, David Provan said,
“Being the local distributor for Skylanders gaming accessories in Australia / New Zealand, we’ve already seen that Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure is quite simply an ‘event-level’ gaming-franchise. With the extra action figures, an engaging story and an unparalleled interactive entertainment experience, consumers are already building their collections of Skylanders figurines and love for the game. With the amount of early sales we’ve observed, we can tell gamers are immersing themselves into the Skylanders World and are actively looking for ways to enhance their gaming experience with accessories and figurine storage options.”
Highlights from the new range include:
Skylanders Spyros Adventures Case by PowerA
– Zip open case that also folds out to trophy case the Portal of Power and Characters.
– Soft carrying case with internal pockets to carry Portal and Characters
– Detachable shoulder strap and priced at $39.95
Skylanders Spyros Adventures Carrying Case by PowerA
– Soft sided carrying case that house 8 Skylanders
– Priced at $24.95
Skylanders Spyros Adventures DS Bobble Stylus by PowerA
– Available in Spyro, Gill Grunt and Chop Chop
– Works on all DS systems and priced at $12.95
Keep an eye out in stores as these will be popular especially with Bluemouths preferred partners in Big-W, K;Mart, Target, JB Hifi EB games and GAME stores.
Majesco Entertainment has for quite sometime been releasing video games based on the global fitness phenomenon known as Zumba. The Zumba Fitness video games have sold over six million units worldwide and now the latest edition, Zumba Fitness Rush has launched and to celebrate the release, the developers decided to throw the biggest Zumba party.
More than 2000 people gathered in downtown Los Angeles to participated in what was a massive flash mob. Everyone danced in unision with footage of the game that was playing.
Zumba Fitness Rush is exclusive for the Xbox 360 console and is designed solely for the Kinect device. You can view the flash mob below.
Just when you thought Otterbox could not add anymore colour combinations to their wildly popular built like a tank Defender case for the iPhone 4/4s! Otterbox now has the Military Style Camo series available for pre-order through their website. There are six different camouflage patterns to choose from, analog jungle and digital desert, blizzard, urban, forest, and ocean camo. There are a total of eleven possible case colour and camo combinations to suit your style. The cases are available for pre-order for $59.99 each and come with a hip holster that doubles as a hands free stand to watch your favourite videos on your iPhone.
iSkin has updated their popular solo Smart Case to be compatible with the new iPad. The solo Smart case is a slim, flexible, anti-microbial back cover for the iPad that is compatible with the official Apple Smart Cover for the iPad. It features a special CoverLock system that locks the Smart Cover into place, ensuring your Smart Cover won’t accidentally disconnect from your iPad. The solo Smart Case is available in four colours, black, blue, pink, and purple. Unfortunately the clear case is only available for the iPad 2 at this time. The solo Smart Case is normally $49.99 but is eligible for a $10 dollar instant rebate for the next three days.
Carrying several pens and and a stylus is so yesterday with Incipio’s new Inscribe DUAL Stylus and Pen. The Inscribe packs a black balled tip stylus compatible with your capacitive touch smartphone and tablet plus a black and red 0.7mm ball point pen all in one professional looking body you can carry in your chest pocket with pride. Switching from your iPad to a pad of paper, simply flip the Inscribe over and give it a twist to choose your ink colour and keep on writing without missing a beat. The Inscribe DUAL Stylus and Pen is priced at $24.99 and available in black, silver, or red.
Forget what it used to be, Sleeping Dogs is making a new name for itself and is shaping up to be a summer blockbuster. Today, Square Enix revealed a brand new trailer for the game formally known as True Crime: Hong Kong that shows this colorful cast of characters taking it to the streets. Of course along with the clip comes an explanation of how driving will work within the game, and everything sounds pretty exciting so far.
Take high performance driving to the limit as over 65 vehicles become your tools to take-on the streets and waterways of Hong Kong. Participate in illegal street races where money, girls and status are the high-stakes rewards, taking on your challengers with expert driving and precision-placed ramming, sending any and all rivals into a well-timed spin. Let no criminal escape your relentless pursuit with high-speed action hijacks, leaping from vehicle to vehicle, or intense high-speed gun battles direct from the driver’s seat. In Sleeping Dogs, the streets are yours to take… how you get there is up to you.
In the trailer, all of this action is shown with brief clips of gameplay, and honestly, I’m getting a bit of a Just Cause 2 vibe from it all, which is certainly a good thing. You can check out the trailer for Sleeping Dogs below to view those wheels shred, and mark your calenders and lock in a pre-order as Sleeping Dogs is set to wake in Q2 of 2012 for the Xbox 360, PS3, and Windows PC.
Kingdom Hearts is one of those series that garnered a split fanbase over the years. On one side, you have the group that loves every release Square Enix have treated us to, and put together the broad and branching storyline without much problem. On the other side, you have fans who are only loyal to the main games of the franchise, and completely disregard all of the many handheld spin-offs. Yes, this feud of sorts has always been petty, but Kingdom Hearts 3D looks to completely end all tension between both parties.
Today, Square Enix released six new screenshots for the heavily anticipated 3DS title, which show off how the mainstay characters (Sora, Mickey, Kairi, and the rest) look in Dream Drop Distance. At just one glance, you can quickly see why sea salt ice cream has never looked better. For the first time in years, I also no longer feel the need for a console Kingdom Hearts game as Kingdom Hearts 3D seems to be substantial enough on it’s own to put both of it’s fanbases in awe with it’s brand new tale which is of course loaded with even more Disney lore. You can check out the screenshots below and once we learn a western release date, we will be sure to bring you an update.
If you live in Europe and were patiently awaiting your day to get those coveted Game Gear classics, you can celebrate as Nintendo have delivered all three on the eShop. Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble, Shinobi and Dragon Crystal are all three the first Game Gear titles to see the Virtual Console thus far, and mark the forgotten handheld’s arrival on the Virtual Console.
I know most of you at least know of these titles, but for those who need a refresher, you can check out descriptions for the three gems down below.
Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble was originally released in November 1994, as a sequel to Sonic Chaos. The platform-oriented game gives players the choice of playing as Sonic or Tails. Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble introduces players to Nack the Weasel for the first time.
Sonic and Tails are tasked with retrieving the Chaos Emeralds which have been scattered across planet Mobius during an experiment, by Dr. Robotnik and his team testing the ‘Atomic Destroyer’ which goes wrong. In the meantime Dr. Robotnik runs into Knuckles and convinces him Sonic and Tails are out to steal the emeralds. Nack the Weasel takes advantage of the confusion to collect the emeralds for himself.
Shinobi, known in Japan as The G.G. Shinobi, was developed and published by SEGA exclusively for the SEGA Game Gear. It was released in 1991 as part of the Shinobi series of games. The music in the game was composed by Yūzō Koshiro.
As Joe Musashi, student of the ‘The Master of Oboro’, you are sent to Ninja Valley which has been submerged by an air of terror and destruction as a dark force has established a base within Neo City. You must use the art of Ninjutsu to free your fellow shinobi, and continue your adventure by mastering their skills.
Dragon Crystal is an RPG which was originally released on the SEGA Master System and ported to the Game Gear in 1991 making it one the Game Gear’s earliest Role Playing Games.
In Dragon Crystal, you must navigate your way through 30 randomly generated, dangerous labyrinths, collecting weapons, armour, magic books along the way. Gameplay combat is turn-based, players positioning during battles is paramount to their success.
And there you have it! You can now pick up all of these classics in the 3DS’ Virtual Console, no matter what part of the world you happen to be from.
