What more could you ask for when it comes to The 3rd Birthday than a very large amount of screenshots showing everything from cutscenes to the Over Energy chip system. All of the screenshots have also been completely translated into English which means that you will be able to finally understand the menu screens and the conversations that the characters are having via the subtitles.
These screenshots also show how Aya Brea isn’t the last hope against the Twisted, but it is the only one that will avoid a tactical nuclear strike to avoid complete annihilation of the Human race. Players will make use of the over dive system and take their fight to the Twisted on March 29th when The 3rd Birthday comes out on the PSP in the United States. Check out all of the screenshots below.
The latest installment to the Mobile Suit Gundam UC (Unicorn) series is now available on the PSN and Xbox Live in the form of Zune. The third episode to the series is called The Ghost of Laplace and is an hour long, featuring the Federation as it attacks the Palau stronghold. Also as Banagher encounters the Cyber-Newtype Marida the Unicorn Gundamn reveals a power hidden deep within itself.
The Blu-ray of the episode will be available on April 7th and for those who do not know what the Mobile Suit Gundam UC series is, then you need to go back and learn about your giant robot series. Mobile Suit Gundam UC is a series of high-quality hour long episodes that continues the pedigree of the Mobile Suit Gundam series with its action packed giant robot battles and intricate storyline.
It sounds like at least some developers are willing to stand up for the rights of consumers, even if these consumers buy their games used. EA has confirmed today that Crysis 2 will not be coming with an Online Pass to access online multiplayer. The Online Pass system has become quite a nuisance to the gaming community due to the fact that it requires used game purchasers to buy a $10 access code to even play multiplayer for an extended period of time.
Though EA hasn’t released an official reason for the removal of the Online Pass in Crysis 2 it is thought that Crytek did not want to have a barrier put up between people who want to play their game. According to CVG the reason for Crytek’s ability to refuse the Online Pass is due to the fact that the company is having their game published under the EA Partnership program instead of being owned outright by EA.
It seems that with the amount of hacking that happens to the PlayStation 3, the games that are most popular often suffer the same effects. Modern Warfare 2 has been under siege from hackers and modders for long time. So much so that the PS3 version of the game has previously been stated to be “unplayable” due the amount of cheating that is happening.
The patch will be arriving tomorrow on the PS3 and with it will fix a number of holes in the game’s security and will also patch a geometry exploit that allowed players on the map “Fuel” to be able to hide inside of a rock on the map, unable to be hit by anyone but able to shoot everyone. The patch is also being proposed for the Xbox 360 version of the game and the PC, but anyone who has played MW2 on the PS3 knows that the game is in dire need of a patch.
It has been hard to understand Sony lately as far as their handheld division is concerned. First they dropped their PSP-3000 to a price of only $130 for the brand new handheld and then they release a sales line saying that the PSP Go would also be dropped to a $150 price so it would only be a $20 difference between the two versions of their portable game player.
However this is no longer the case because the PSP Go has went back to it’s $200 price range and Sony’s website no longer has the line that stated the double price drop of both systems. Either it was an error in marketing or a pre-mature update but regardless of that, I foresee the sales of the PSP Go to be even worse than they were now that there is a significant price difference between the PSP-3000 and itself.
Feel like your face should be in movies? Well what if you think your face is only good enough for a video game cameo? If so then you should spend some time getting ready for Sony and Insomniac Games’ current contest which will allow you to be a survivor in the upcoming Resistance 3 game. You can enter the contest here but before you do you should do some prep work.
The way you enter the contest is to submit a photo of yourself either in the middle of a Resistance styled battle or make yourself look like you had just survived a battle and are a simple survivor trying to stay alive and props are encouraged. If you do happen to win you will be given a private tour of Insomniac Games and a facial scan so they can turn your face into a survivor in game. I can guarantee that over half of the people who submit will cover themselves in dirt and call that their submission.
With a release date announced EA is getting the hype machine going by finally showing off some in-game footage of Alice: Madness Returns. In the latest trailer we see a variety of footage from the game including combat, the twisted monsters that you will be encountering and the horror that is Alice’s twisted Wonderland.
Now Alice: Madness Returns will be released on June 14th for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC and this also places it within a week of another horror game’s release also from EA Shadows of the Damned. Also with Catherine slated to drop some point in the summer we can guess that June will be a great month for fans of the horror genre.
We all know that Aussies indeed love their Soccer and their Fifa games, but if you are a resident near Sydney, you can now get pumped up as the FIFA Interactive World Cup is coming to town starting April 7th. Organized by FIFA and presenting partners EA Sports and Playstation, the event will gather players from all over the world and put their Soccer skills to the test, competing over four days in four heats in knockout rounds with 8 players coming out of each heat to compete for all of the glory as well as $20,000 in the finals. There will also be many celebrity guests, live appearances by Sydney FC players and a live DJ in tow for the final showdown on Sunday.
Locations for each heat include:
Castle Hill RSL (Thursday April 7)
Club Marconi (Friday April 8)
Dee Why RSL Club (Saturday April 9)
Rooty Hill RSL (Sunday April 10)
Those wanting to participate need to head to http://au.playstation.com/fiwcregistration/, or simply just walk into the event for a chance to show off your soccer skills and aim for the cash. Who knows, you might even see one of us there as well so stay tunes, as there is sure to be more to come on the FIFA Interactive World Cup in the future..
Aside from a short gameplay trailer and a bit of news concerning an online 3-man co-op, there really hasn’t been too much news for the recently revealed Call of Juarez: The Cartel, well, except for that it is modern day and appears to be gritty. Ubisoft have now released a little bit of info regarding the plot players will face as well as some new details about the title’s three main characters.
The story in The Cartel will start off with a bang, with a drug cartel bombing a U.S. law enforcement agency, which takes out hundreds of people, leaving the U.S. to believe that cartels have infiltrated federal agencies. In following, a special task force is put together made up of three completely different personalities. The force consists of Kim Evans, a gang-affiliated street kid-turned-FBI agent, Eddie Guerra, a DEA agent with a chronic gambling habit and brutal LAPD detective and descendant of Ray McCall from the original Call of Juarez, Ben McCall. Kind of like a modern day Mod Squad, right?
Players will have to travel through modern day Los Angeles, California, Arizona and New Mexico to Juarez while each character battles their own personal demons along the way.
I am a bit interested even if this does sound like the making of a 70’s TV show rather than a game, but just by reading who these characters are I am incredibly curious to find out more, and of course hope this all plays out as good as it sounds.
Other Features announced Include:
Rich, dark and in-depth storyline
Three player online co-op with Kim Evans, Eddie Guerra and Ben McCall
Gamers can play the entire campaign as each of the three characters; each character has his/her own unique story and ending
15 missions and maps
More than 30 guns and weapons to choose from
Wide variety of gameplay including punitive raids, witness protection, tough interrogations, undercover missions, car chases and more
Some new details will come “soon” regarding more on multi-player and a “twist” in the online co-op, but for now I can at least say I am a lot more interested in The Cartel than I was yesterday for sure, and this does appear to be a title that will be worth looking into as we get closer to the “fall” release date.
Today, Ubisoft and Nivea announced that customers of Your Shape: Fitness Evolved for Kinect for Xbox 360 can now download new workouts developed with the help of Nivea’s fitness & lifestyle expert, Sarah Maxwell. The workouts, called “NIVEA Tone-Up with Sarah Maxwell” are available for free on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace starting today. “NIVEA Tone-up with Sarah Maxwell” delivers six new exercises (primarily aimed at helping women tone their bodies, sorry gents), a new in-game NIVEA room and audio cues during the workout.
For those of you who haven’t played Your Shape: Fitness Evolved, it is definitely one of the better Kinect fitness titles, and since release it has had a number of new workouts added as DLC, with this latest one adding to that list. Do any of you have the game, and if so, will you be making use of this free DLC?
