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Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga – Website Launch and Trailer

October 9, 2010

The official website for Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga, from Focus Home Interactive is now up, and in collaboration with the website launch, a new trailer has been released too. It’s now only a few weeks prior to the release of the game for Xbox 360 and PC, so what better way to celebrate that fact than with this reveal.

The website provides all you need to know about the game, from the story and main protagonist, to media sections to look at all the videos and screens your heart desires. The official site for Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga is available now so check it out if you want to learn more about the game: http://www.divinity2-saga.com/index.php?rub=home

In short, Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga picks up from it’s predecessor as you play through the eyes of a Dragon Knight. However, don’t let this lead you on to think you’ll be hindered by a linear set path, as your character will be fully customizable and you will be able to choose from a selection of classes. These classes are: Wizard, Warrior, Ranger, Priest and finally, Dragon Slayer. While most of these are your stereotypical classes RPG-wise, the dragon element of the game should offer a refreshing twist to the genre. Also, as you can see from the screens, the fantasy world of Rivellon looks stunning,

Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga includes the original adventure Ego Draconis in a fully remastered version, as well as Flames of Vengeance, which continues the original adventure with dozens of hours of gameplay, with numerous new quests to complete, new monsters to fight, and new weapons and armour to collect.

But, it’s not only the website that was released today. In addition, a new trailer has been revealed, which gives a good look at the gameplay elements featured in the full-title. Just in case you weren’t excited, there’s dragon flying involved as you will see from the video, not only fulfilling your dreams of being able to fly, but allowing you to be one of the coolest (albeit fictional) creatures around. You can watch the trailer and leave comments if you wish, below.

Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga is due for release on PC and Xbox 360, November 2010.

Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus – iPhone/iPod Touch Review

Yitz

October 9, 2010

Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus
Company: Gameloft
Release Date: October 7, 2010
Price: $6.99 USD
BUY NOW!

Video Review also included in this review at the bottom : Review completed by Philip Federico

Story:

Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus is the long-awaited sequel to Modern Combat: Sandstorm. Modern Combat is known to be a Call of Duty-style game, featuring the best FPS for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Destroy enemies with an awesome collection of weapons and your stealth abilities. Your goal: Don’t die, and make sure everyone else does.

Graphics and Audio:

Who dares even question the graphics of Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus – sequel to an already amazing Modern Combat: Sandstorm?! This game has great graphics quality, it can even be considered AWESOME! No FPS game in the App Store comes close to the graphic qualities of Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus. The audio is great and each gun has it’s own sound scheme similar to the sound effects of the actual weapon! The entire environment and every object in it, along with the allies and enemies are greatly detailed and also look very good on older-gen iDevices as well! It has great audio and amazing graphics, compared to any other FPS available in the App Store. The graphics and sound make you want to keep playing to the end, providing hours of great entertainment. Other apps may have better graphics and/or audio, but no FPS comes close in the App Store.

Gameplay and Controls:

Living up to Modern Combat’s name, this sequel is the best ever when it comes to FPS for mobile devices. This is a major upgrade from the original Modern Combat: Sandstorm. It includes more and better weapons, better environment, a better control scheme, more features, better sound and much more! That’s right: It’s the Super-Awesome-Fully-Loaded FPS for iPhone and iPod Touch! Whether it’s shooting, knifing – yes, knifing – or exploding the enemy, this game implements it perfectly. Play as 1 of 3 different characters in 12 different battlefields set in the Middle-East, Eastern Europe and South America. Use your choice of 15 different weapons that are actually used in the military! Make use of an AK-47 or maybe an RPG. Like sniper refiles? It has those, too. Upgrade your weapon with accessories and take out your enemies with ease. The controls are simple, with an explanation of them in the beginning. Movement controls on the left, firing controls on the right, knifing and special tactics controls in the center all make this game great. A sequel to this would be crazy! Gameloft did a great job redesigning this game and don’t forget about the amazing multiplayer! Play online in amazing environment and have more fun than any other online multiplayer FPS out there, and of course online multiplayer is better than the original Modern Combat: Sandstorm – by far! Play Multiplayer either online, on your local Wi-Fi or via your local Bluetooth with up to 10 players! 4 different multiplayer modes are available: Battle, Team Battle, Defuse The Bomb and Capture The Flag. Earn experience through 72 ranks, reward messages, unlockable weapons and leaderboards, all part of Gameloft LIVE! Looking for hours of awesome gameplay? Like shooting games? Consider this one first. It lives up to what every FPS should have, and then some!

Summary:

If you didn’t read the review and you skipped to this section, there’s one word to describe this game: Awesome! If you did take the time to read what great features this game has and how it’s much better than the already-amazing Modern Combat: Sandstorm, then you already know you should consider buying this game. There is no other FPS available in the App Store at this time that even compares to the great gameplay and quality of Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus. This game deserves an EXCELLENT rating of 9.5 capsules! Gameloft has done it once again! I can’t wait to see what they have in store for the next Modern Combat, if they have one!

WiiWare/DSiWare Releases For This Week Ending 8th October

Jack Joly

October 8, 2010

Fenimore Fillmore “The Westerner” (WiiWare: Revistronic, 1000 Wii points)
Rival Turf! (Virtual Console: Jaleco, 800 Wii points)
Match Up! (DSiWare: Digital Leisure, 200 DSi points)
Thorium Wars (DSiWare: Big John Games, 800 DSi points)
Datamine (DSiWare: Enjoy Gaming, 500 DSi points)

So that’s all for this week. Anyone interested? It’s not the best week of Nintendo downloads, it has to be said. Among this week’s 5 releases are Fenimore Fillmore “The Westerner”, the revival of a ten-year-old PC game, and Rival Turf! for the Virtual Console, a side scrolling beat ’em up originally seen on the SNES.

Capsule Computers is Hitting the New York Comic Con!

Chris Reyes

October 8, 2010

Capsule Computers is Hitting the New York Comic Con!

Are you guys ready for this?! All weekend I’m gonna be comin’ atcha LIVE from the New York Comic Con! That’s right, I’ll be reporting all the latest news and previews and interviews and WOOS I can straight from the Big Apple!

Oh, and did I mention SWAG?!? That’s right, I’ll be collecting as much swag as I can to give out to the loyal Capsule Computer fans in a series of competitions we’ll be holding after the convention.

If you’re not going to be attending NYCC this weekend, then keep yourself glued to Capsule Computers all weekend long because I’ll be posting sporadically, and if you are at NYCC, don’t forget to say hi to me and ask for an autograph, like the fella in the picture did last year. No, I will not be wearing that hat this year. I’m sorry.

STAY TUNED!!!!

PES 2011 to Have Free Roster Update at Launch

Dustin Spencer

October 8, 2010

PES 2011 to Have Free Roster Update at Launch

Konami’s latest Pro Evolution Soccer game releases on October 12th and new DLC has already been announced. The free (yes, you heard that right, FREE) update will be available free to PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC users. The download will bring the player roster files completely up to date, while clubs that qualified for the UEFA Champions League Group Round, will be added to the game’s dedicated mode. A number of team kits have also been updated in line with their current use, and four more licensed boots have been incorporated.

That is not all of the free content to be included though, as there will also be three new wallpapers featuring cover star Lionel Messi in the ‘Extra Content’ folder of the title. All of the DLC will be available day one when PES 2011 drops on October 12th.

New Trailer for Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes of the Ring Surfaces…

Dustin Spencer

October 8, 2010

It is now officially that time of the year where wrestling fans everywhere are getting ready for the newest Smackdown title to emerge. But I can say this year another option to go to, even if you already have that copy of SvR pre-ordered for the 26th of October. Konami’s Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes of the Ring is coming out next Tuesday in the states and is aiming to capture success with the built ground-up gameplay system and fan favorite filled roster. A trailer was recently released for the title showing off the multiplayer mode and quite honestly looks great from what I have seen.

The movements do look a bit robotic compared to the Smackdown series but Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes of the Ring seems to be going for a more “meat and bones” approach with the actual sport of wrestling being the high point of the title.

A sad announcement was made recently though for all U.S. residents though. Due to saftey issues the pre-order masks will sadly not be a Gamestop bonus. For those who just let out a collective sigh, be happy to know that the good out of this is the $10 discount that all pre-order customers will receive instead.

Check out the new trailer below and judge the game for yourself. In the comments, let us know what you think as well, and which wrestling title are you most interested in?

Gearbox doing its best to honor over a decades worth of Duke Nukem Forever pre-orders

Travis Bruno

October 8, 2010

See that picture up there? That poor fellow pre-ordered Duke Nukem Forever back in 1998. Also see the list of stores on there? The only one that is still very well recognized is GameStop, with the rest of those stores being either re-named to the aforementioned used game giant or have shut their doors entirely. But gamers may see something back for the money they spent many years ago.

Gearbox’s boss Randy Pitchford spoke with VG247 in London and told them that they would like to not let down people who happened to pre-order DNF all those years ago. They have even started to inquire to game retailers on whether or not they can still make these people happy. His full response is below.

“There are a lot of people who pre-ordered the game. We’ve been starting to talk with retailers because we didn’t take them directly, and 3D Realms didn’t take them, it was all retailers going ‘I’m going to take this guy’s money.’
“We’ve started to engage them, saying ‘Hey, you’ve got customers who you made a promise to, and any bad feeling they have will reflect on us, so can we work together to do something for those people?’
“I don’t know what we can do yet, but something should be done for the people who pre-ordered.”

Question is however, what if the company you pre-ordered your game from happened to go out of business. Or what if you lost your receipt, or simply had it disintegrate, or fade into unintelligible letters. Twelve years is a very long time for a receipt to last. It is nice to see that Gearbox is extending their hands to the gaming community, but the question is: How will they be able to handle the above circumstances with consumers?

Image Courtesy of Robbie Schumacher

Duke Nukem Forever may have trouble with ESRB and PEGI rating system

Travis Bruno

October 8, 2010

Randy Pitchford of Gearbox revealed an exclusive trailer in London earlier today and even he thinks that it may end up causing a good amount of trouble with the ratings boards across the world. Also so that they can avoid having 2K Games suffer any backlash from the ratings boards. Because of this the actual trailer is unavailable for viewing.

We can however explain what took place in said trailer, showing what Pitchford says contains “bare breasts, strippers, gratuitous swearing, the word ‘F***’ in massive letters and a giant alien getting pummeled in the genitals by Duke himself, along with Duke being taken care of by two girls.”

From that description it is quite obvious that both the ESRB and PEGI are going to have a tough game to give a rating for, and depending on how strict they will be, it may receive an AO, but lets hope that there isn’t anything cut from the game simply to make it stay in an M frame. Anyone who played Duke Nukem before knows how much he loves the ladies and if they are forced to cut content because of that, it just won’t be the same Duke.

Twisted Lands: Shadow Town Review

Katie Bennett

October 8, 2010

Game Review: Twisted Lands: Shadow Town
Release: September 20, 2010
Genre: Adventure, Puzzle
Developer: Alawar Entertainment
Available Platforms: PC

Price: $19.95

Twisted Lands: Shadow Town is a new Hidden object thriller Adventure Puzzler from Developers Alawar Entrainment. The aim of the game isn’t to solve a mystery of what sorts but to find your girlfriend and get the hell out of the town before it’s too late!

The story

The game starts out as an innocent treasure hunting trip for you and your companion/girlfriend Angel. As the game begins you wake up on a deserted beach shipwreck not knowing how you got there with no possession on your person, this is where the mystery really starts.

Twisted Lands: Shadow Town features a typical point-and-click interface to in which you search locations such as abandoned ships, Haunted houses, spooky Churches, Chilling woods and many other spine chilling locations. As you embark on this adventure you will find clues left by previous occupants of the island, from newspaper clippings to seeing ghostly apparitions of events that have happened here in the past. As the clues build up you quickly start to shed some light on what has happened to this town and realise why it’s been deserted.

As the story unravels the payer is subject to some truly haunting and occasionally disturbing moments with plenty of twists and turns to keep you gripped. Once you have completed the main story you unlock a bonus chapter, only included in the collector’s edition of the game this additional chapter expands the ever so intriguing story with a interesting and clever spin which makes you see things in a new light.

Gameplay

The game is composed of both puzzles and hidden objects which makes Twisted lands: Shadow Town most enjoyable. As a bonus the game never once got repetitive, a common issue with many hidden object titles. Most of the puzzles involve 15 objects that need to be found. As each puzzle is solved you are awarded one of the items which help you on your search. In addition during the adventure you will also find key objects, usually personal possessions that trigger memories of your lost love.

The collector’s Edition of the game also includes a built-in walkthrough. This will come in handy should you get stuck although to be honest this in unlikely as the game is relatively easy. However, it’s a welcome addition to those who maybe new to this genre. As an example, One part of the game sees you hunting for snake statues. These are fairly easily found by solving various puzzles and seeking out different locations. All though you will stumble across these statues with seemingly little effort they are important and integral to you overall success.

Graphics and Sound

Graphics were pretty good and highly detailed and I found myself a few times admiring the different locations you get to explore. The music also has a certain ambiance which really fits the title. At times I found myself on the edge of my seat with my hairs standing on end although I was playing alone and in the dark. Occasionally there is an increase in tempo which gives you the certain urgency and gets you heart racing.

The controls are very straight forward for this style of game with plenty of on screen indicators to let you know where you are going and what you can interactive with. If you find this too easy the indications can be turned off at any time in the option menu.

Overview

Twisted lands: Shadow Town takes around four hours to fully complete although a great deal of that time us spent backtracking over previous locations. It would have been nice to have the option to instantly travel to past locations easing the frustration. The relatively short runtime and backtracking whist something of a let down do not spoil what is otherwise a fun and often spooky hidden puzzle adventure.

If you are looking for a little spook fest this Halloween and you find you have no parties to go to then I recommend Twisted lands: Shadow Town to help pass those lonely twilight hours. You never know, you might just get the fright you are looking for.

EA Sports and the Cure for Cancer

J. Bradshaw

October 8, 2010

Electronic Arts announced that select Best Buy stores will be selling EA Sports titles sporting the Komen Running Ribbon logo. This logo pays due to the fact that EA donated $100,000 for the cure for breast cancer. On PS3 the logo will be displayed on FIFA 11, NHL 11 and NCAA 11. Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii versions of Madden 11 and PGA Tour 11 will also display the symbol.

“This year marks the third year of commitment on behalf of EA SPORTS in continuing to create awareness in the fight against breast cancer,” said Christopher Erb, EA SPORTS Senior Director of Partnership Marketing. “EA is honored to work with Susan G. Komen for the Cure to spread awareness and to give EA SPORTS consumers an opportunity to participate in finding the cures.”

“Over the past 30 years, significant advancements have been made in the fight against breast cancer,” said Katrina McGhee, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Komen for the Cure. “Without partners like EA SPORTS, Komen wouldn’t have been able to pay for half a million breast screenings for women last year. Together, we are literally saving lives.”

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