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Test Drive Unlimited 2 released on February 8th; pre-orders revealed

Travis Bruno
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So Gran Turismo 5 is out and all the fans have finally received the game they have been waiting so many years for. But what if you don’t like Gran Turismo or find the latest release not to your liking? Then that isn’t a problem because Eden Games and Atari will be bringing Test Drive Unlimited 2 to consoles on February 8th. The game had suffered a mild game delay from September of this year to an unknown point in the beginning of 2011. But thankfully we now do have a release date.

We also have a plethora of pre-order bonuses from different stores considering the game was meant to be released two months ago. The most interesting of the pre-order bonuses appears to be the Gamestop pre-order that gives players DLC called Casino which gives players the ability to play various casino games and unlock two special cars. This one definitely seems to be the prevailing pre-order while the other bonuses are only a basic car package. But don’t take my word for it you can check out each pre-order bonus in detail below.

  • Atari.com

Customers who pre-order on Atari.com will unlock the impressive Ford Shelby GT 500. The rebirth of a legend, this reinvented Shelby delivers classically inspired styling and a supercharged engine. The rear-wheel-drive Ford Shelby GT500 is one of the all-time greatest muscle cars ever to hit the pavement. Draped in prestige, and history, tame this masterpiece of modern American muscle and tear up the roads of TDU2.

  • Best Buy

Best Buy pre-order consumers will be rewarded with the Aston Martin DBS Carbon Black special edition – Aston Martin’s ultimate sports car, and a Carbon Black themed apparel item for their avatar. Featuring bespoke Carbon Black metallic paint complimented with gloss black 10 spoke diamond turned alloy wheels and the iconic Aston Martin side strake fashioned from carbon fibre. Customers will also receive a piece of exclusive Avatar apparel to compliment their new ride. Best Buy Reward Zone members also receive a significant bonus in reward zone points with their TDU2 pre-order.

  • Direct 2 Drive

Atari fans that pre-order from Direct 2 Drive will receive the Jaguar XKR with Speed Pack and Black Pack. The XKR speed pack increases maximum speed from 155 mph to an awe-inspiring 174 mph. In addition, the Black Pack is a sleek, black custom package that includes a unique, aerodynamic body kit with front splitter and larger rear spoiler, body colored rear signature blade and diffuser, side sill extensions, gloss black front grilles, air intakes and 20″ Kalimnos gloss black alloy wheels. An “XKR” side graphic has also been added. Pre-order customers will receive an exclusive shirt for their avatars that compliments the jet black cloth seats, steering wheel, shift knob and center console.

  • GameStop

The TDU2 Casino Online is a fully functional add-on product for Test Drive Unlimited 2, this valuable game mode is available as a pre-order bonus exclusively to GameStop customers. Unlock this fully interactive in-game environment to play popular casino games, meet up with friends, and more. Players who master the table games in the casino can unlock TWO unique vehicles, the Audi R8 Spyder and the Spyker C8 Aileron Spyder. Casino owners can even win additional money to spend on your cars, properties, and avatar in the world of Test Drive Unlimited 2.

  • K-mart

Pre-orders at K-mart will unlock the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti. The design, especially the large side scallops and the headlights, pay homage to the custom 1954 Ferrari 375 MM that director Roberto Rossellini had commissioned for his wife, Ingrid Bergman. The car is capable of speeds up to 196 mph and can reach 60 mph in just 4.2 seconds. This grand tourer is unique as a true 4 seater with adequate space in the rear seats for two adults. Only sixty of these rare masterpieces were built (60 units) to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the company.

  • Steam

Steam pre-order customers receive the special edition Pagani Zonda Tricolore. The Pagani Zonda Tricolore is a high end performance coupe produced in extremely limited numbers by revered Italian manufacturer, Pagani. The ultra-exclusive Zonda Tricolore is both a savory treat and a spectacular sports car, built to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Italy’s Frecce Tricolori, the nine-plus-one aerobatic training squadron based at Rivolto Air Force Base in northern Italy. Steam customers will also receive a stylish pullover to wear when driving this exclusive masterpiece, highlighting the unique design features and striking coloring of the Zonda Tricolore.

  • Walmart

Walmart.com pre-order customers will receive the Bugati Veyron Supersport 2010. This beloved supercar has been clocked as one of the fastest production vehicles in the world, setting a previous street record at 267.86mph. The Supersport packs an impressive 1200 HP that can launch this fireball from 0 to 60 in 2.2 seconds

Live Stream – Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom

Justin Mienkiewicz
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Live Stream – Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom

Alright, the game literally just got dropped off by UPS.  For those of you who don’t know what this is, it’s an adventure/RPG that tells the tale of a young man who discovers this creature, the Majin, with incredible power on a quest to rid the land of an evil presence.  Instead of filling this with a bunch of words, I’m just going to get down to it as I’ve been itching to play this for a while now.  Enjoy!  I’ll have the stream chat up and will attempt to chat as I play if the need arises.

Evangelion 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance movie storms into theaters in America

Travis Bruno
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Evangelion 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance movie storms into theaters in America

Fans of the original Evangelion series may have heard that there was a total overhaul of the series that remade the entire storyline and has been praised by fans all around the world as making an amazing entry into the Anime world even better, being a series of movies called Evangelion 2.0. What you may not know is that there was also a movie made for Evangelion 2.0 and it is called Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. While the film had been out in Japan for quite some time now, it is making its way overseas finally to North America January of 2011.

Eleven Arts, in collaboration with FUNimation Entertainment and Cinema Asia Releasing, will be bringing the movie overseas in more than just DVD format, but all the way to the silver screen. This means you can see the second movie of the four part series in the critically acclaimed Evangelion 2.0 in full format. I can’t wait to see how many theaters will be getting the release, and hope that it does well enough to warrant the rest of the films being brought over to American shores in the same fashion.

Serious Sam: The Second Encounter Gets a Serious Discount!

Dustin Spencer
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Want a SERIOUS deal on the Xbox Live Arcade? Majesco have now announced that they are cutting the price for Serious Sam: The Second Encounter this week only from 1500 Microsoft points down to just 600! This Turkey Stuffing with Whoop Ass deal is sure to be a perfect replacement for any wimpy thanksgiving dinner. If you have never tried Second Encounter, you can check out our review HERE.

Too lazy to click? Here is a description of what to expect in this jam-packed arcade title:


Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter continues the glorious high-definition chaos with a slick new graphic presentation, intense multiplayer action, and an onslaught of all-new levels, enemies and bosses. This expertly re-vamped iteration of the original cranks the Serious Engine 3 to maximum carnage to deliver the trademark over-the-top-action that is synonymous with the golden age of first-person shooters.

Traveling through the crumbling Mayan ruins of South America, towering ziggurats of ancient Mesopotamia and the savage realm of medieval Europe, Second Encounter players will fend off never-ending waves of Lord Mental’s Army. These warriors include old friends like the Beheaded Kamikaze, Syrian Werebull and Kleer Skeleton, along with five new types of baddies and three new bosses for Sam to “play with.” Luckily, our hero has a HUGE arsenal of 14 ‘bring-the-pain’ weapons at his disposal, including three new toys: the Sniper Rifle, Flamethrower and Chainsaw.

You can go ahead and get to the official page on Xbox.com by clicking here or just access the game straight from the dashboard.

Forget about black Friday being for soccer moms after tickle me Elmo, with all these hot deals lately this will go down as the week of the gamer. Keep checking back as well for even more deals this week as there are sure to be even more cuts going into Friday!

More App Store Sale for Black Friday!

Joey Liew
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Disclaimer: Read at your own risk. We are not responsible for any spending incurred upon reading this article *evil grins*

Remember our previous post about the sale by Gamevil and Capcom? Apart from them, many other great developers and publishers for Apple portable devices have joined the party and put many of their great titles on sale for as low as $0.99!  Great games at great low prices, you wouldn’t want to miss it. Look at the list below and you will know that I am not lying. I am not sure when these developers/publishers will make their games this low the next time, so make sure you check them out! Also, don’t forget to check out some of the sales from Gamevil and Capcom HERE too! (My hand is clicking the “buy” button on iTunes as we speak).

Electronic Arts

  • Littlest Pet Shop $2.99 -> $0.99
  • Monopoly $2.99 -> $0.99
  • Monopoly Here & Now: The World Edition $2.99 -> $0.99
  • NCAA Football $4.99 -> $0.99
  • Need for Speed Shift $4.99 -> $0.99
  • Need for Speed Undercover $4.99 -> $0.99
  • Reckless Racing HD $4.99 -> $0.99
  • Risk: The Official game $4.99 -> $0.99
  • Scrabble $2.99 -> $0.99
  • SimCity Deluxe $2.99 -> $0.99
  • Tetris $2.99 -> $0.99
  • The Game of Life Classic Edition $2.99 -> $0.99
  • The Simpsons Arcade $2.99 -> $0.99
  • The Sims 3 World Adventures $2.99 -> $0.99
  • The Sims 3 Ambitions $4.99 -> $0.99
  • Yahtzee HD $4.99 -> $0.99
  • Scrabble (for iPad) $9.99 -> $4.99
  • Rock Band $6.99 -> $4.99
  • CLUE: Secrets & Spies – A Hidden Object Game (for iPad) $4.99 -> $2.99
  • Tetris (for iPad) $7.99 -> $2.99
  • Madden NFL 11 (for iPad) $12.99 -> $4.99
  • Mirror’s Edge (for iPad) $9.99 -> $4.99

PlayFirst

  • Diner Dash $2.99 -> $0.99
  • Hotel Dash $2.99 -> $0.99

Namco (from Nov 25th to Dec 1st)

Priced down to $0.99

  • Avatwee
  • BIT.TRIP BEAT
  • BIT.TRIP BEAT HD
  • Dug Dug Remix
  • Galaga Remix
  • Garters & Ghouls
  • Gator Panic
  • Inspector Gadget
  • Isaac Newton’s Gravity
  • Lt. Fly Rise of the Arachnids
  • Mr. Driller
  • Ms. PAC-MAN
  • Noby Noby Boy
  • PAC-Attack
  • PAC-Chain
  • PAC-Chain Compact
  • PAC-MAN
  • PAC-MAN for iPad
  • PAC-MAN Championship Edition
  • PAC-Match Party
  • PAC-Match Party HD
  • PAC-MAN Remix
  • Pole Position: Remix
  • Pool Pro Online 3
  • Pool Pro Online 3 for iPad
  • Star Trigon
  • Tamagotchi: Round the World
  • Time Crisis Strike
  • Tinseltown Dreams: The 50s

Priced down to $2.99

  • Ace Combat Xi
  • i Love Katamari
  • Ridge Racer Accelerated

Priced down to $4.99

  • Time Crisis 2nd Strike

Microsoft: Kinecting people

Philip Federico
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With Microsoft’s Kinect out for less than week here in Australia, the amount of people getting off the couch and starting to having some fun by moving, punching, kicking and scoring goals has been phenominal.  Gone are the days of lounging around eating potatoe chips and drinking beer.  Now you’re standing in front of the Kinect fighting for your life, trying to kick the living crap out of your opponent in Fighters Uncaged or trying to score that winning goal in Motion Sports.

Getting in on the fun, the cool dudes over at UBISOFT Australia have created two funny Kinect Videos aimed at breaking the family friendly mould.  Hopefully this sort of stuff is happening in your house 😉 Check them both out below.

Fighters Uncaged 

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]https://www.capsulecomputers.com.au/videos/UBISOFT_FIGHTERSUNCAGED_FINAL_WEB.mov[/pro-player]

Motion Sports

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]https://www.capsulecomputers.com.au/videos/UBISOFT_MOTIONSPORTS_FINAL_WEB.mov[/pro-player]

Fighters Uncaged and Motion Sports are currently available right now from all major retailers.

Huge PopCap Sale Underway; All Downloadable Titles Now 50% Off!

Dustin Spencer
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As if Popcap didn’t need another reason to get us to buy their addictive games, they are now having a sale on all downloadable titles cutting the prices if half! Bejeweled, Plants vs Zombies, Insaniquarium, Zuma, I could go on and on about how many great titles are listed, but you can check it out for yourself by clicking HERE to be taken to PopCap’s official website.

This sale is like many holiday sales, is for a limited time only and excludes game bundles, but either way, if you have been holding off on grabbing any of these titles, now is the time to cash in and get a great deal!

The Elder Scrolls V: Officially Unofficially confirmed!!

Ian Crane
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The Elder Scrolls V: Officially Unofficially confirmed!!

So sometimes Google translations pay off. Please treat the following as “unconfirmed” rumour that more or less appears to be correct, as EUROGAMER.dk is reporting a bizzare incident where one of their journalists sat behind one of the guys from Bethesda working on the game. It appears that a direct sequal to Oblivion is indeed, in the works:

“On a trip by plane today was one of our editorial staff at an incredible event behind a person involved in the game project.

He not only confirmed the role of the game’s current production, but also spoke briefly about the content – that is part fantasy scintillating words of like Dragon Lord, anything with Blades, and voice acting for the characters in the game is on in these weeks.

The same source confirmed with official game documents in hand, this will be a direct sequel to The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, which is the latest game in the now 16 years old Elder Scrolls saga and of itself one of the last years of better RPG for PC and consoles.”

I could copy and paste broken English all day, especially the word ‘scintillating’ but the gist of it is, that the game will be out for PC PS3 and 360 and features possible returning voice actors? Also note the word Dragons…

For all intents and purpose it makes sense, as the handover of Fallout went smoothly enough and this rumour has been around for a while, here’s hoping for something more concrete soon (like pics!)

The full interpretation can be found HERE

Bungie still wants you! – Beta testers needed

Ian Crane
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Bungie still wants you! – Beta testers needed

So as the bombs fly over in Korea, another kinds of world domination is afoot with Bungie Activision wanting you! to help them come ever closer to their goal of  ‘taking over the world’. Yes, their next big thing in under way and Beta testers are required as soon as possible.

All that’s required is that you dust off those Bungie.net accounts we all know you secretly keep under your hats (it’s the Playstation players dirty little secret) and check in with a valid email address. There is an option to be notified of any potential beta positions under ‘edit profile’

“Making great games is no small endeavour,” reads the post over on Bungie.net. “Today we ask you, our community, to officially put your name on the list of those willing to lend a helping hand. Service requires only a Bungie.net account and a valid email address.”

“Not all who enlist will be selected,” the post continues. “But hundreds of thousands of gamers will likely be needed before all is said and done. March with us, and together, we will bask in the glory of World Domination.”

Bungie also has a slew of jobs apparently up for grabs as well, that is if you have the credentials (and sheer talent ) to back it up so it might be time to stop pretending you never played Halo and go check it out.

– Enlist today. Spartans, roll out –

Shaun White Skateboarding in RL, don’t try this at home

Jared Hilliers
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Shaun White Skateboarding in RL, don’t try this at home

Recently I reviewed Shaun White Skateboarding and noted some of the interesting ideas the game uses in skateboarding, such as magical powers, air-skating (awesome) and creating your own rails/ramps.  

Obviously the realism factor goes way out the window performing these moves in game, but this is an extreme sport, so a total lack of realism is expected and even enjoyable. 

Well apparently I was wrong, these sorts of tricks can be performed in RL, but only if you’re professional ofcourse. If you’d like to see the wacky mechanics of the game without even playing it for yourself, you should check out some of the clowns in the videos below. They’re attempting to re-create some game mechanics in RL for the sake of your amusement.

The review can be found here 

Terrain Transformation

 [pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s30TqEPidIM[/pro-player]

Rail Extension

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGDKrli2ips[/pro-player]

Building Transformation

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz6egRXKtKo[/pro-player]

Wall Transformation

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQGiu9I8mfg[/pro-player]

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