Sitting around with nothing to do and want to win a nice gift for yourself? Well, your in luck as PopCap have launched a new game on their Facebook page by the name of Prize Plunger. This little romp lets players take control of the Yeti Zombie and use their powerful plunger to pull up a prize. prizes include the likes of an iPad 2, a zombie figurine, or a free PopCap game.
The whole game takes under a minute to complete and is definitely worth a try for those devoured in holiday boredom. Check out the game for yourself at PopCap’s Facebook page here and best of luck to all that take the plunge!
Like with most MMORPGs that fail to have an official Oceanic server list, players of The Old Republic have chosen to congregate on a select few servers based on which had the largest proportion of guilds deployed to them. So far there are four unofficial Australian servers in the game, one for Role-Playing, One for PVP and Two for PvE.
As you can see from this list, there is already a large Australian playerbase for the game, spread across these servers on the list. Already over 1,000 confirmed Australians play this game, there could be more unaccounted players for you to hang out with while on these servers.
Can you believe we’re only 9 days away from Christmas? It’s the happiest time of the year for many, and PopCap are celebrating with a nice seasonal update for Plants vs Zombies. As you can see in the photo above, this update lets the many characters of the game don some holiday attire and hats, but there is a bit more that has been packed in this download.
A new mode by the name of I, Zombie has been added and allows players to play on the zombie side of the garden. Boasting one free level (with 8 additional levels and Endless mode available for in-app purchase through Crazy Dave’s shop), I, Zombie offers the same kind of features that the PC and Console versions have seen as well as four new achievements (Better Off Dead, I,Win, Where the Sun don’t Shine, and Undead Space) as well as the introduction of Bronze, Silver and Gold Mystery Sprouts. Leader board support has also been added, so you now have no excuse to purchase or simply download Plants vs Zombies for your on-the go fix.
So take a break from shopping and get to the backyard, as Santa’s undead friends are plotting an attack on all iOS devices.
The 3DS may have had a worringly slow start after launching in March this year, but Nintendo have again proven their might in the gaming industry as the 3DS became the fastest-selling games console ever in Australia.
Reported proudly by Nintendo, and confirmed by the NPD Group Australia, the 3DS sold 200,000 units in Australia in under 37 weeks, surpassing the mark faster than any other handheld or home console in the past.
The strong sales have no doubt been the result of several factors, including the price drop of recent months, the Christmas shopping craze, and the recent release of two fantastic first-party Mario games, Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7.
It’s a little surprising, really, considering both the slow initial uptake of the 3DS and Nintendo’s previous high-selling consoles – there was a worldwide shortage of Wii consoles after launch, as orders came in faster than the machines could be produced. And the original Game Boy broke sales records in the early 90s, some of which still haven’t been topped after more than 20 years. It makes you wonder what might have been, had the 3DS had a stronger software lineup at launch.
Regardless, it goes to show that Nintendo are certainly not struggling, as it has been suggested, and it brings hope for next year’s release of the Wii U.
Are you 3DS Ambassadors ready to get your Game Boy Advance fix? Good. All 10 of the promised GBA titles are now available for download in both Australia and the United States.
As a reminder, the full list of games includes:
F-Zero: Maximum Velocity
Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi’s Island
Zelda: The Minish Cap
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Kirby & the Amazing Mirror
Mario Kart Advance
Mario vs Donkey Kong
Metroid Fusion
Wario Land 4
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames
To download these titles, you must make sure you are connected to a Wi-Fi point, and then access the eShop. From there, just go to the Settings/Other tab and then “Your Downloads”. After that step, just hit Re-Download on each game and you are good to go! Simple as that. Now go enjoy your Game Boy Greatness!
The upcoming shooter remake of the Bullfrog classic Syndicate, developed by Starbreeze Studios, delves into the futuristic world of 2069 where super Mega-Corporations rule over the world. The normal civilians in this world have chips installed in their heads, while covert agents have modified chips for combat purposes.
These weaponised chips are called the DART6 chips and they allow for agents to mess with regular civilian chips, as well as perceive environmental details with the use of an array of applications and programs. The trailer and screenshots go through the various technologies at the disposal of agents in this universe and are pretty interesting to learn about.
So for those interested, be sure to check out the trailer, embedded below. Be sure to check out the Official Website.
… by Bioware and EA games. This is good news for all players of the MMORPG set in the Star Wars universe because it essentially means that for those of us who have ordered the game online and have to wait for shipping, we are able to use our early access keys to continue playing the game up until the 22nd before our accounts become locked.
Star Wars: The Old Republic launches on the 20th of December and is currently in it’s early access phase of the games launch. So this grace period allows players an additional two days of access before requiring a retail code of the game to be input on a players account.
This means that everyone who pre-ordered and is in the Early Game Access program has forty-eight hours from launch in which to enter their product registration code, which will be found inside the physical Standard and Collector’s Editions of the game; for digital editions of the game from Origin.com, the registration code will have been emailed to you after December 16th and will arrive before December 19th at 11:59PM EST. After December 22nd 12:01AM EST, you will be required to have a valid payment method and a product registration code registered to your account to continue to play. We strongly recommend that you register your product code as soon as you are able to do so (rather than waiting until the last minute) to ensure a seamless entry into the game, a smooth experience on the account website and to collect any special gifts and items you may be entitled to based on the version of the game you purchased.
Hopefully everyone will be having fun with this game when it comes out, I know I will be. For people wanting to purchase this game here in Australia, I recommend obtaining it from Amazon.
We’ve all seen plenty of zombies in the virtual world, so many in fact that a zombie outbreak has occurred in so many cities around the world that you would think by now, someone would have thought up a cure. Besides y’know… killing them in a whole variety of different ways. While the rule of thumb for a zombie apocalypse is to always aim for the head, where is the fun in that?
The Yakuza know a thing or two about beating people up and killing their enemies so it should only be an average Sunday afternoon when it comes to beating down a mob of zombies with a bicycle or even a Gatling gun attached to your arm. Don’t believe me? Check out the video that Sega has released for Yakuza Dead Souls below and keep an eye out for this PlayStation 3 exclusive March 2012.
Even though Ninja Gaiden 3 is coming out on March 20th next year, some of us can’t wait to get another taste of Ryu Hayabusa. Nor can we wait to get our hands on a Ninja Gaiden title that makes use of the touch screen controls of the PlayStation Vita. If either of those past two statements apply to you then you will be happy to know that Tecmo Koei is planning to release Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus in North America on February 22nd, the same day the Vita is released.
This effectively sets Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus as a launch title. Those interested in seeing a bit of what the titles touch screen controls can do can see the above image where the player must use the touch screen to use Ryu’s ninpo abilities.
Now before you say anything about that title being misleading, just think for one second… 10 million copies of Skyrim are now in the wild and each contains the ability to create an infinite amount of dragons. Just try and stop 10 million infinite dragons… Now in all seriousness, Zenimax, parent company of Bethesda, has revealed that they have shipped out 10 million copies of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to retailers since the title was released a little more than a month ago.
These 10 million units can equal $650 million in sales, and though this number doesn’t mean that they have sold that money, it does show the high demand for the title. To make it even better, Zenimax has also stated that the title has outsold all other PC titles by a factor of3 to 1 in the month since it was released and is also the fastest selling game in Steam’s history. Bravo Bethesda, bravo.
