You want an EPIC game on your iPAD.. then look no futher Rockstar today have released GTA Chinatown Wars HD for the Apple iPAD. This is without a doubt the most polished version of Chinatown wars out. With stunning 1024×768 HD graphics and improved controls. GTA Chinatown Wars HD puts all previous versions on all three different platforms (DS, PSP and iPhone) to shame. With a price tag of only $9.99 USD you’d be crazy not to get it. If you haven’t play it yet, Chinatown Wars has everything you’d expect and want from a GTA game. A fantastic story that will keep you guessing till the very end, lots of action, carjacking, shooting, destruction and anything else you could think of.
If you’re still not convinced check out our review of GTA Chinatown Wars on the iPhone here, with its updated control system and HD graphics Chinatown wars looks like it could a perfect game !!
R.U.S.E. releases September, 10th, so what better way to celebrate that fact than with a trailer giving you a good look at the game. Ubisoft is in agreement as they have just released a Lauch Trailer for R.U.S.E. which provides an insight to the game’s background, including a look at the RTS gameplay. Developed by Eugen Systems, R.U.S.E. offers a new angle to the RTS genre with the unseen-until-now system which allows the player to bluff their enemies in order to lead their nation to victory.
The game releases on the 10th, September for PC, Xbox 360, and PS3 (Move compatible). The video is available for viewing below.
“Mama” got her start on the Nintendo DS and on October 26th, she will be back on the handheld yet again for the brand new title, Crafting Mama. Majesco has also officially launched the official website and facebook page which both will be fully interactive for what looks to be a great title for this holiday season.
Here is the official announcement from Majesco:
Crafting Mama features 40 different projects across a range of crafts: from jewelry, scarves, and candles, to kaleidoscopes, birdhouses, and even mini Mama dolls! The stylus becomes a universal crafting tool as crafters sew, mold, glue, cut, hammer and paint under Mama’s masterful direction. Then, players can take their finished creations to play a variety of mini-games or update Mama with a new look! There is even multiplayer to play against up to 3 friends.
The website features never before seen screenshots, wallpapers, the official trailer and the actual in-game, step-by-step instructions to create Mama out of origami. Fans should keep checking back for more homemade crafting projects, exclusive assets, and special promotions.
Mama is also excited that fans can now send adorable crafting gifts to friends on Facebook using the new Crafting Mama Virtual Gift application! Crafts from the actual game like a candle, balloon art, felt doll, necklace, and so many more fun gifts can be easily sent to friends via Facebook and they will show up on their wall for everyone to see and enjoy.
With all of the releases this fall being targeted to the veteran gamers out there, Crafting Mama looks to be the perfect game for gamers young and old or anyone with that creative quality who want a charming crafting experience on the go.
Check out the Official Website and Facebook to get more updates and even some great hand made crafts to complete. All of the features on these pages alone should be a great way to get the younger gamers in the household involved and you might even learn how to make some home made masterpieces yourself.
Also make sure to check out the official trailer and a load of new cheerful screenshots below!
Developer City Interactive have now announced a brand new title that will be releasing soon on the Nintendo DS. Vampire Moon is a new hidden object mystery game that will let players control news reporter Emily Davis as she tries to find out why and inexplicable, ongoing solar eclipse
is plaguing Transylvania. As researchers and other civilians begin to disappear, you must uncover hundreds of skillfully hidden objects and decipher the clues behind the eclipse.
Here is just a little bit of what you can expect to see in Vampire Moon:
Beautiful, atmospheric locations that heighten the sense of mystery
Endless replay value thanks to a system of random item placement
A variety of mini-games offer clues to solving the mystery
While this title looks unique on it’s own, I think the endless replay value that is promised might make it even more of a great mystery title to watch for. Vampire Moon releases on October 5th in the U.S. and October 8th in Europe. Check out these brand new screen shots below.
Hello street fighter fans. MasterAbbott has been talking about Street Fighter 4 for the Iphone for a while here in the office. I have to admit, for an Iphone game it looks very good.
There is a free update coming that will be adding new characters to the game. The most recent announcement states that E. Honda will be coming. I honestly don’t know if this is good news or not, I never use him. MasterAbbott on the other hand has been drooling over the fact for the last few hours, even though I think it is just because of the two half naked men in the video below.
Duke Nukem Forever, right? It’s been on such a rough journey for the past 12 years – being a game, not being a game, then returning with force in 2010. Showing up unexpectedly at the Penny Arcade Expo, Gearbox allowed people to actually play Duke Nukem Forever, showing off a trailer and two levels.
Before people actually got to play the game, they were sat in a room where Randy Pitchford, President at Gearbox, explained why Duke Nukem Forever still exists and why they’re taking on such a project. Pitchford told the group that he owes Duke his career, joining 3D Realms for the development of Duke Nukem 3D. Pitchford said he couldn’t let Duke die, so being able to pick up Forever was an obvious choice for him. According to Pitchford, Duke Nukem Forever is currently in the polishing stages and is set for a 2011 release.
The demo doesn’t waste any time getting to the gritty humor that Duke Nukem is known for. You’re given a quick controls tutorial which involves peeing into a urinal. Pressing the right trigger starts the flow of urine, the right stick is used to aim, and whenever you feel you’ve made Duke pee enough, the X button finishes things up. So there you have it, an interactive urinating sequence in Duke Nukem Forever. Leaving the urinal, more interactive items are found throughout the bathroom, such as a working soap dispenser, a flushing toilet, working mirrors, and a white board where you can draw and erase whatever you please.
Leaving the bathroom you’ll run around some locker rooms and hallways, a boss is encountered, and if you’ve been keeping up with Duke Nukem you’ll remember this fight from Episode 3 in Duke Nukem 3D. Duke is faced by a giant Cycloid on a football field and the only way to take it down is with a rocket launcher that holds only 69 rockets. Support from above will drop more rockets when you run low. When the Cycloid’s health bar is depleted, a prompt will appear by the boss, allowing Duke to finish the fight with a brutal finisher – grabbing its tongue and kicking it through the field goal posts. The scene then pulls out revealing a TV, with Duke Nukem Forever on it, and Duke sitting in a chair in his mansion receiving some sort of oral service from two of his lady friends.
The next level in the demo is revealed as “Level 15” and starts off with a short driving sequence. When Duke runs out of gas, he hops out and continues on foot. Duke quickly runs into some Pig Cops. After shooting a couple dead, you’re able to find a variety of weapons, such as the shrink ray, rail gun, and the classic shotgun. After shooting some more Pig Cops a ship flies down and shoots Duke, sending him to the ground, but not without Duke sending up a middle finger first, ending the demo.
So here we are with a 12 year old Duke Nukem game that feels good to play and nails the humor that any fan would expect from a game like this. It’s absolutely crazy that Duke Nukem Forever is due to come out in 2011, but you know what they say, always bet on Duke. You can expect Duke Nukem Forever on Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC next year.
Can’t wait to venture back into Pandora and kill more monsters? Borderlands fans, get your calenders ready and mark this date. SEPTEMBER 28th. That is the release date for Borderland’s Fourth chunk of DLC, ‘Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution’.
This DLC will also be bundled with the Game of the Year Edition slated for October 12th, 2010. So if you don’t have the game, I’d suggest picking up the GOTY edition; the game is completely worth it.
The free level cap update is currently undated, but it has to be nearing release as well; so the end of September/beginning of October, it is time to pull out Borderlands once again. I know I was kind of getting board of killing Crawmerax for the hundredth time. Only one pearlescent weapon too, can you believe that?!
Halo: Reach is just a few short days away, and Microsoft is busy promoting the game left and right.
For the next 6 days, Microsoft will release something special everyday as a countdown to the release of Halo: Reach, and then after release they will continue to release more tidbits on a daily basis for a few days after.7 Yesterday saw the release of a “Halo: Reach Noble Team Premium Theme“for 240MSP.
The rest of the countdown is below, see something you like down there? Mark the date.
8 September – Day 6: “Campaign Preview”
9 September – Day 5: “50% off Avatar Warthog Prop Offer”
10 September – Day 4: “Firefight Preview”
11 September – Day 3: “Deliver Hope – Director’s Cut”
12 September – Day 2: “Multiplayer Preview”
13 September – Day 1: “Halo: Reach Collection Update (Avatar)”
On release, Microsoft is also releasing a free Dashboard theme, some chances to play with the devs, and letting silver members play online for September 17th until September 20th. Sound good doesn’t it!?
During your daily channel surfing, you have probably come across the epic “Deliver Hope” Halo: Reach Trailer. That was only 30 seconds of the full epic live action short, and below we have the full extended cut. You really should check it out, it really is pretty epic.
Just six more days till Halo: Reach lands on September 14th, 2010.
Story “A mob of fun-loving zombies is about to invade your home in Plants vs. Zombies™. Defend yourself with an arsenal of home-guardin’ plants to mulchify zombies before they reach your front door.
Enjoy all the fun-dead action of the original hit game, plus lively new features. Get twice the zombie-zapping action with two-player versus and co-op modes. Upgrade and decorate your house in the interactive leaderboard, and check out your friends’ houses, too. Plants vs. Zombies for Xbox LIVE Arcade is loaded with seven game modes, new rabble-rousing features, and unlimited replayable action … so the fun never dies! ” [Via Xbox.com]
There isn’t much of a story in Plants vs. Zombies. Zombies are trying to attack your house, while you must defend it with plants. That is pretty straight forward.
Gameplay Plants vs. Zombies is a very basic resource management game. You must collect resources, which is sunlight, and then use the sunlight to grow more plants. Use the plants to defend your house. It is kind of like a tower defense game, except you are defending a house with plants rather than building towers to defend other towers.
Throughout the game new gameplay mechanics will be implemented to keep everything fresh. There is night time where you don’t get random sunlight, and can only get sunlight from other plants. There is also a pool level that only lets you grow aquatic plants in the water. There are even more gameplay mechanics that create a mixture of experiences and brings something new in each level.
Throughout the game you will get more plants to defend against an ever growing number of zombies. Each plant does something special, and you must plan accordingly because the stronger the plant the more resources are required to grow it. Just as you get new plants, new zombies will appear too. Each zombie has a different ability, or unique stat that makes them a formidable foe. You can check out each different plant or zombie in the almanac within the game.
There are additional co-op modes, and extra minigames that weren’t in the original Plants vs Zombies game. For those of you who haven’t even played the original, the extra modes are unlocked by playing through adventure mode. There is puzzle mode, survival mode, and a series of minigames such as Zombie Stomping, and Zombie Bowling. There is a lot to do in this game, and tons of fun to be had alone or with a friend.
Audio & Graphics
The audio seems to be imitating classic types of songs, but many of them loop regularly and get quite annoying. There are some songs that are catchy, but they are quickly droned out as you focus on what you are trying to do. On the bright sight, all the sound effects are pretty good. Destroying zombies with plants never sounded better.
Most of the graphics are 2d, but don’t let that turn you away. The graphic style fits perfectly and it lets you focus on the design more than the actual artwork. There are many different plants, and many different zombies each of which all look different. Early in the game you will unlock an almanac, which lets you look at every plant and zombie you have encountered. Reading the descriptions of each one is awesome, because many of them are hilarious. Every time I ran into a new zombie, I would go and check out what their description was in the almanac. Not only is it funny, but the almanac also gives insight on their stats.
Achievements The achievements found in Plants Vs. Zombies vary in difficulty, but all of them are obtainable by playing the game a lot. A majority of them require you to do a certain task, or beat a specific area of the game. None of them are actually that hard, and simply just take time. When you start the game, you won’t be able to do any of them, but as you progress through adventure mode you will unlock more plants which will in turn let you unlock more of the achievements. Even the multiplayer achievements can’t be done until you unlock the multiplayer game mode through adventure mode. The bottom line is that you won’t be able to do any of the achievements until you progress a decent way through adventure mode, so just go for “Home Lawn Security” and once you have that, then go for the rest.
Below is the achievement list:
Home Lawn Security – 25 – Complete adventure mode
Master of Morticulture – 25 – Collect all 49 plants in the game
Smarty Branches – 15 – Grow the Tree of Wisdom to at least 100 feet
Crash of the Titan – 10 – Defeat your first Gargantuar
ZFF’s 4 Evr – 20 – Bowl a winner with a friend in Co-Op Wall-Nut Bowling
Alive and Planting – 25 – Survive 40 waves of pure zombie ferocity
Soil Your Plants – 10 – Plant your first 10 peashooters
Versus vs Versus – 15 – Go on a 5 game winning streak in VS. mode
Explodonator – 20 – Blast 10 zombies at once with a Cherry Bomb!
Close Shave – 15 – Win any level after all 5 lawnmowers have been used
Shopaholic – 10 – Go trunk diving and spend at least $25,000 on Crazy Dave’s Twiddydinkies
Nom Nom Nom – 10 – Stop the horde using only the Sunflower, Wallnut, and Chomper on any level
Overview Zombies Vs. Plants has arrived on consoles, and it is better than ever. If you enjoyed the game on the PC then you will love this version. There are new modes to enjoy as well as co-op. New and improved leaderboards lets you show off what you have done in the game, while looking at your friends’ houses to see what they have done. For those of you who have never played the game, Plants Vs. Zombies is an enjoyable experience that lets you manage resources and defend your house from an onslaught of zombies. What more could you want?
I give Plants Vs. Zombies
