Now that the cat is out of the bag regarding Uncharted 3, Naughty Dog isn’t pulling any punches with the information they are letting out about the game. They have announced that Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception will be able to be played in stereoscopic 3D. Great news if you have one of those expensive 3D televisions already. But that isn’t all.
In the spirit of giving to the fans, Jimmy Fallon who is host of the show Late Night has released information on his Twitter page that on Monday December 13th he will be having the game’s developer on his show. While the developer is on the show he will also show off the first live gameplay demo, but that will be in 2D only of course.
However if you happen to care more about the actual details about the game and what will set this one apart from the previous two Uncharted games. Catch what has been detailed so far by Naughty Dog below:
Bigger set pieces and more explosive adventure, driven by Naughty Dog’s signature storytelling and cinematic presentation.
Competitive and co-op multiplayer return with brand new experiences and massively expanded feature sets. The UNCHARTED universe provides online players with a unique Action Adventure multiplayer experience, bringing the cinematic elements of the single-player campaign into multiplayer.
Nathan Drake can now take on opponents in more ways than before: hand-to-hand combat with multiple opponents, contextual melee attacks, and new stealth options. UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception also features expanded and diverse traversal moves with deep gunplay.
Naughty Dog introduces new physics, visuals, and environmental effects. UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception features new innovations in sand, fire, smoke, and water dynamics and effects. UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception will be playable in Stereoscopic 3D.
We’ve heard before that a number of game announcements will be made at the VGA this weekend, but that doesn’t mean companies can’t spill the beans before hand. Entertainment Weekly, which one wouldn’t expect to find such a large game reveal, has released information regarding Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. The third iteration of the series will be released at some point in 2011 though that is as vague as you can get.
Drake’s Deception will place Drake and his partner Sully on the Arabian Peninsula and the Rub’ al Khali Desert. Drake appears to be searching for a lost city and also will find out mysteries about his past and his father Francis Drake. There has been a teaser released for the game at the same time, but then again it only teases the fact that we will see more about the game Saturday at the Video Game Awards on Spike. Talk about a vague way to release information on such a large game.
There’s a reason why I love Com2uS. This particular game company will always release seasonal update for its older game in prepare for the holiday season, despite their many new releases on the App Store (like Queen’s Crown). Last week, they gave us a Christmas update for Slice It!. Today, another Christmas update has just arrived for Homerun Battle 3D. This chart-topping homerun derby game has been the favorite of many baseball fans around the world, myself included.
So, what do we get in this update? A Santa Claus from the North Pole will be pitching for the homerun derby matchups during this holiday season, and gift boxes will be attached to several of his balls. You will need to send the ball flying over the fence in order to receive the gifts, which includes extra goldballs and different pieces of baseball equipments for all your homerun pleasure. Apart from that, you are also given the chance to equip yourself with some very pretty Christmas-themed uniform, simply by playing the game or by collecting goldballs to spend at the in-game store. Of course, Christmas sale is waiting for you at the store!
Thursday has been the day of game releases on the Apple App Store, and today is no different. In fact, today is one of the day that has the largest amount of great games released onto the App Store, so massive that it might be listed on The Guinness Book of Records (okay, I admit that’s a bit exaggerating). These games came from the makers of many chart-topping games, like Capcom, Gameloft, Epic Games/chAIR Entertainment, Electronic Arts, Gamevil, so on and so forth. Even a $25 gift card wouldn’t be enough to purchase them all. Not to worry though, these games will surely worth all your time and money that will last you until next year. Get them while it’s still hot! Here are some of the highly recommended buy for today…
Click on the game title will brings you directly to the iTunes Store. If you like them, buy it, enjoy it, and remember to check back at Capsule Computers for detailed reviews for the some of the games listed above!
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My first choice would be ILLUSIA because I love simple 2D rpgs. Also because it looks fairly easy to play and wouldn’t take too much of my precious drive space.
For 3D game choice it would have to be Eternal Legacy because it seems to be considered the best overall 3D game in the iPhone market.
Capcom has been very busy getting out new images for upcoming titles today, and with that comes new screenshots for Resident Evil: Revelations. These screens show off the brand new entry in the series and they look just as the other Resident Evil title hitting the 3DS, Resident Evil: The Mercenaries. Of course what is different about Revelations is that is a fully storied game that is looking to answer many questions about what went on in-between RE4 & 5.
Along with the standard screenshots is also some new character models for Jill and Chris and some awesome concept art showing off the eerie setting for the game. I loved Resident Evil 5, but one thing many felt the game was lacking was the horror element from the classic titles and judging by these shots, it looks like that element is going to be fully alive in this portable entry. Check out the images below and let us know how you feel about Revelations and the series in general in the comments section.
We are still a ways off from the Nintendo 3DS’ release, but that doesn’t mean Capcom doesn’t want to tease us with some brand new screenshots for Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D which will be hitting the new handheld next year.
The screens honestly are kind of a preview in a way for the kind of graphics gamers should be expecting on the 3DS, and by the looks of it this may be the strongest handheld to date as these images are beautiful. Now graphics aside, the game itself is looking pretty awesome as well, and as you can see we now have clarification that Claire Redfield, Chris, Wesker, and Hunk will all be playable. The idea of having a game based on the popular mode to me is great anyway, so I am ready to see even more features that this game has to offer as I am sure it is jam packed with some fan service to longtime Resident Evil Fans. For now, you can feast your eyes on these new images below and we will keep you updated when Capcom releases even more info on this new 3DS title.
Yes, you heard it right. A web store for the browser, by one of Apple’s largest competitor. It looks like this is going to be Google’s attempt to take on Apple’s Mac App Store, which is scheduled to open before Christmas this year. The Chrome Web Store is just opened 2 days ago, on the 7th of December. It mainly builds on its previously available extensions, themes and utilities for their popular browser. Basically, they made everything downloadable for the Chrome under one store, and rebrand it as the ‘Chrome Web Store’. At the moment, paid apps on the store are only available for the US, but they promised to expand it internationally in the near future (early next year).
I see several interesting games on it, like Plants vs Zombies which has already infiltrated every device possible. Other than that, Electronic Arts also brought a lot of games to the Web Store to reach out to the gamers on Google’s popular browser. To name a few, FIFA Superstars, Poppit and Mirror’s Edge 2D. Apart from games, the store also has apps for Communication, Education, Entertainment, Family, Lifestyle, News, Productivity and Utilities. Check them out if you happen to have Google Chrome installed on your computer. If you happen to be like me, who never turns off her laptop and left her Chrome running for weeks, restart it. You should be prompt to install the Chrome Web Store. Have fun!
What happens when you take what used to be an iPhone game and upgrade it so that it looks amazing on the PS3? You get Dungeon Hunter: Alliance. Gameloft has announced that they will be bringing Dungeon Hunter: Alliance to the PSN and will allow players to team up with three other heroes to travel through dungeons and defeat monsters to accomplish the quests set for them.
There is even a twist to the game, the whole reason that the world has fallen into such chaos and evil abominations roam the world is because of the Queen. Though the Queen herself was once your main character’s love! Interesting to see how the story will take place, but one thing we can tell from the trailer below is that DH: A has a Diabloesque feeling to it. But don’t take my word for it, take a peek at the trailer and be ready for Dungeon Hunter: Alliance to be available on the PSN January of next year.
The game itself will have these unique features that are set to take audiences by storm:
A unique multiplayer experience on PlayStation®Network: play locally or with your Friends, or team up online with players across the globe! The game difficulty will adapt to the number of players. Do your training and climb the ranks in the online global leaderboards.
A real quest to complete solo or with others, spanning over 30 levels with an immense world of dungeons, villages and forests to explore, including areas that are randomly generated. Gothicus will never cease to amaze you!
A level of production rarely achieved on PSN: graphics and special effects rivaling retail games, smooth animation even during multiplayer sessions, and a dark gothic ambiance that immerses you in the heart of the action.
All the ingredients for a great role-playing game: choose your class, optimize your hero’s development by assigning experience points to the attributes of your choice, and equip your hero with the best armor thanks to the items you collect throughout your adventure.
A fun “hack & slash” gameplay adapted to your preferences: choose between classic controls (with a wireless controller) or innovative controls thanks to compatibility with the PlayStation®Move motion controller to recreate a “point & click” experience similar to PC games.
Let me say that Gameloft has found an absolute winner with Eternal Legacy !! My hands on preview of the game yesterday actually blew me away to how similar it was Square-Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII. For anyone who’s a fan of turn-based Japanese RPGs, Eternal Legacy for the Apple iPhone is looking like one of the most polished J-RPGs ever to reach the iPhone.
Personally I never knew it would have been possible to walk around with a JRPG that contains well over 40 majestic regions all rendered in full 3D with well over 60 hours worth of gameplay. Oh and did I mention it plays, looks and feels EXACTLY like FINAL FANTASY XIII all in the palm of your hand – yes I believe I did, but I wanted to make sure you were all aware of this because Gameloft should be commended on creating an amazing title that might look like Final Fantasy on the surface but the deeper you delve into it the more you will discover that a great amount of time and effort has gone into creating a massive unique world with a gripping and absorbing story and amazing unforgettable characters and enemies.
Eternal Legacy takes place in the sci-fi fantasy world of Algoad where robots and magic and guns and swords are all real. You take on the role of a young man by the name of Astrian who ultimately must save Algoad from total destruction and restore peace to the living bond between humankind and nature.
The first section of the game is a well designed tutorial that will introduce you to your hero and the games simple to use control system. Straight away I could see a huge improvement graphically over other Gameloft titles, character models actually have moving mouths when they spoke (also the voice acting in the game is superb – everyone I encountered in the first section of the game replied verbally, no more reading and that is a huge plus).
The first few battles will explain how to use your basic weapons, skills, magic, items, assigning battle commands and tactics to your two AI controlled team members which join your party within the first 10 mins of the game. At any point in time up to three characters can take to the battlefield, and as you progress through the game you’ll pick up teammates along the way and have the option to select and swap over your AI team that best suits your current situation. You can also queue up three different attacks one after the other in quick succession and then watch them execute as soon as your action gauge is filled. Best piece of information I could recommend to anyone already familiar with turn based RPG’s or new to the genre is to take your time and fully understand and read all the tutorial notes so you can enjoy what the game has to offer so you can play it to its full potential.
Battles take advantage of the full 3D artwork with character models nicely animated when performing regular, special and magic attacks. As with all JRPGs there will be an abundance of random battles, this is something that you can’t hide from. It what makes a JRPG what is it, so expect to run into many enemies along the way. One thing I discovered pretty quickly which I wasn’t very happy about was that all enemies you encounter and battle don’t have a health bar. Not sure if this was missing due to the preview build, but anyway this could make the game a little harder for some players, but then again it will keep you on your toes and make you strategize and think what kind of attack you should use next as you’ll never know how much HP the enemy has left. (On a side note ** usually JRPGs don’t often put health bars for enemies, this sort of information is usually either found out through a skill of some sort or left in the dark and to be estimated by the player if they have encountered them before)
Having the ability to choose your own path, do sub quests to gain extra items and much needed experience and interact with the environment, items, people and enemies plus solve puzzles to advance further the game, Eternal Legacy is certainly jam packed with so much content that you will find it hard to believe this sort of game can run on an iPhone. Fans of JRPGs or newcomers eager to get into this style of game should seriously consider picking this Eternal Legacy once it’s released in the iTunes store in the next few days as you won’t find anything else quite like it. Will you have what it takes to save the beautiful world of Algoad? I believe you can because I surely will surely going to be giving it my shot at it!!
The long delayed RPG Two Worlds 2 will finally be released to store shelves in both the United States and the UK after many months of waiting. Although the game has been released in Europe for a few months now many people have been sitting in the dark still waiting to see how different Two Worlds II is from its low rated prequel. That wait will soon be over because SouthPeak announced that the game will be released on January 25th for both the US and UK.
Before I mentioned that the game has seen a release in Europe for a few months and has done quite well for itself. Being released on the Xbox 360 and PC the game has sold over a million copies which is very good considering the history behind Two Worlds releases. It also received general praise but it will interesting to see how well the game will sell next year when it is released for the US and UK.
