Lost Horizon’s Demo has now been officially released ready for you to get some point-and-click action in anticipation for the games release on 24th September. If you don’t know much about the game then please follow the link and the bottom on the page to find out more the game. But here is a brief summary of what the game is about. The game is set in 1936 and soldiers of the Third Reich roam the world seeking occult weapons for world domination and its up to you to stop them. Your character Fenton Paddock is a former British solider who is a ex smuggler who has a talent for finding lost things that are not meant to be found. Fenton gets ask to track down a missing military expedition that went missing in Tibet. but he has no idea that this search will lead him across three continents to a secret that could turn the whole world upside down.
The demo includes the prologue of the game and pretty much most of the first chapter of Lost Horizon. The demo is action packed from the start with a great cast of characters with a strong dialogue which pulls you into the story right away. The music of the game sounds really good and makes you feel like you are in the heart of Tibet.
Below are the specifications that you will need to be able to run the demo:
Windows® XP/Vista™/Windows 7™
Pentium IV 2 GHz Single Core or 100 % compatible CPU
512 MB RAM
DirectX® 9-compatible AGP or PCI Express 64 MB video card or better
Okay hot off the press this is above amazing i really cant wait to share this news ……..
Disney have announced a 360 collectors edition of Tron:Evolution. Ok here comes the good news it comes with the most amazing replica of the Tron lightcycle which has been made by Sideshow and it lights up too. The lightcycle comes with its own case which also stores the game in a little hidden draw which is cool. Now here comes the bad news the price will retail in the US from around $130.
The game is released on 7th December 10 days before the movie hits the cinema.
Right off the back of the previous announcement from Microsoft that voice communications on the Xbox Live service are having improvements, it has also been announced that the price of Xbox Live is set to rise for some. As of November 1st, 2010, around the release of Kinect, the cost of the service will have a rise which will affect Xbox Live members from the UK, US, Mexico and Canada. Could this be an effort to earn more money from new Xbox 360 players who join the service after being introduced through Kinect, as well as gain from existing members? Perhaps it’s to compensate for the improvements being made to Voice Comms? Either way, the announcement only went live on Major Nelson’s website a very short while ago and has already met huge outrage from disgruntled players.
Shinji Mikami’s latest action game, Vanquish is releasing on October 19th of this year and is getting quite a bit of buzz from gamers as of late for the fast paced combat and brilliant array of futuristic weaponry. What better reason to have everyone pick up this new title than a pre-order bonus that will be sure to add some more flare into your arsenal in game.
Sega recently revealed the trailer, yes a whole trailer just to show off all of the goodies that will be included in the Tri-Weapon DLC Pack that players can receive for pre-ordering the title from Gamestop.
The Tri-Weapon pack contains a small arsenal of experimental technology, made up of the Boost Machine Gun, Anti-Armor Pistol and Laser Cannon. This triple threat of futuristic weaponry gives players an edge in surviving the frenetic and massive battles on board the vast space station setting of Vanquish. The Boost Machine Gun is an early experimental weapon with impressive overall fire power and the speed to dispense rounds similar to that of a heavy machine gun. The Anti-Armor Pistol fires a special penetrative shell and was manufactured to tackle hostile forces with much stronger armor. Finally, the Laser Cannon is a miniaturized space warship laser and is more powerful than any other weapon available for infantry.
Check out the trailer below to see these brand new additions in action.
Zombie Flick is a really fun game. The goal? Well, you flick stuff at zombies! Flick random items to decapitate, de-limb and destroy zombies! Zombies are coming from 4 different directions at you and you have to stop them before they get to you and eat you! Flick a bunch of items at the zombies’ heads and behead them! Flick them across the screen to decapitate or de-limb a bunch of zombies at once! There’s a whole bunch of flicking and huge masses of zombies! Need a zombie game? Get this one!
Sound and Graphics:
The sound is great! The graphics: perfect! This game is addicting, a lot of fun and filled with zombies! These gory-looking zombies are amazing! These may be the best looking zombies on the iPhone so far! The whole look and feel of this game is great and easy to understand. The sound effects went well with the game and the graphics made this game so much more fun than expected. The blood effects and body parts look great and when you chop part of their body off, it looks great! It looks the way zombie apocalypses should look like. Smooth transitions and awesome sound effects make this game one of the best zombie games to date. Even the menu and menu buttons look and sound great! Yeah, even the menu buttons have sound effects – the type you want from a zombie game! The sound effects, along with the graphics, make this the best realistic zombie game available on the App Store.
Gameplay and Controls:
Zombie Flick. The controls? Flick. It’s that easy! Or is it? The controls are of course just flicking and a little bit of tapping. You flick the zombie(s) where you want to hit them with the random item waiting to be thrown. Flick across to wipe out a bunch of zombies at once with only 1 item and gain extra points! Get the high score! This game is amazing. Besides flicking, you also have to repair your barriers by tapping on the repair icon (wrench) and then tapping your barriers in all 4 directions that the zombies are coming to eat you from. There’s a Slow-Mo button that fills up after more zombie kills. After it’s full, you can slow down all the movement to get precise aim in all 4 directions of the zombie apocalypse. This game has to be the best just because the controls are so simple! The game is anything but simple. It gets really difficult, which makes this a great zombie game! Killing zombies shouldn’t be easy – and it isn’t! The first few levels are easier, but once you get further in the game the later levels become really difficult. Gameplay is great. Controls are great. Does that make you a zombie killer? No. If you can get to the end of this game, you probably have a better chance surviving a real zombie apocalypse than those who couldn’t get near the end. This does not guarantee you will survive a zombie apocalypse, nor does it guarantee a zombie apocalypse in the first place. If this game becomes real, then we’re all doomed.
Summary:
With awesome graphics, insane gameplay, amazing controls and realistic zombie sound effects, there is only 1 rating I could give this game. I give this an EXCELLENT rating of 9.5 because this is the most realistic intense zombie game in the App Store right now. The reason I did not give it 10 capsules is because I do not believe anything is perfect. There is always room for improvement, but this tops all my favorite zombie games in almost every way! Enjoy Zombie Flick, the zombie game that’s better than zombie movies. It’s like you’re holding the apocalypse in your hands.
A port of the famous MapleStory online RPG, playing as a thief or assassin, you create your own story. Every choice you make with every item you can obtain changes the story, creating multiple endings. Potions, weapons and much more creates an almost exact replica of the online game. Mini-games are available as well, in case you need a small break from work.
Sound and Graphics:
If you’re a MapleStory fan of the online RPG, then the sounds and graphics of this game are perfect! It’s almost an exact port to the iOS platform! So, if you’re looking to put the online game in your pocket, then this game is for you. If you’ve never played MapleStory online, then the sounds in this game are the typical sound effects for jumping and everything else that you would expect. The background music is boring and made me want to quit the game, which I did. Unlike other RPGs, this game brings you into a boring and sad environment. The sounds, along with the graphics, become annoying after just a little while. The graphics are exactly like the online game, so they did a great job porting the graphics of the game to the iPhone, but the graphics are still terrible. You could see the graphics of the game shown in the above screenshot. That’s possibly the best graphic moment of the entire game. It has boring sounds and looks unappealing. There’s not much to compliment when it comes to the sound and graphics categories.
Gameplay and Controls:
Gameplay is almost exactly like the online RPG, but for someone who’s never played this game before, the gameplay is not addicting. Not only is it not addicting, but the controls are so bad, this game may not be on your iPhone for too long before you delete it. Besides the controls being so small and sometimes unnoticeable, they don’t even recognize every tap. I was looking forward to a great game with lots of jumping around and action, but this was a major let down. Again, for a MapleStory fan, this game is great and everything is perfect in every way about it, EXCEPT for the horrible controls. Everyone else, I would recommend looking for other RPGs in the App Store. In this game, you obtain weapons, treasures, clothing, fulfill mission and more. Attacking snails, climbing ropes and ladders, interacting with characters to see what they’re thinking or to fulfill missions for them, this game has what every RPG should have. The only problem is the way the game was designed. Besides being a side-scroller, this game is no fun at all and there are so many better ones out there, I don’t see why anyone would spend $5 on it, unless you’re an original Maple Story fan. If they made a complete re-design of the controls and other buttons, this would possibly be one of the best RPGs, but will that happen?
Summary:
This game definitely has some great RPG-ness and it could be fun if they fix the controls. The graphics are sad, but if the game is good enough, then it’s definitely playable. This game would be good enough if they ever get to fixing the controls. As of right now, this game is not worth $5. If they update the background music and the controls, then I would give this a VERY GOOD rating of 8.5 capsules, but until then it is getting a GOOD rating of 7.5 capsules. The controls are too terrible to play with. The graphics are understandable because they are meant to match those of the online game. The sounds are not interesting and the gameplay would be pretty good if they fixed up a few things.
One upgrade I have been extremely pleased with so far this year was when I got the new Midnight Blue DSi XL. The screens contrary to popular belief truly make every game feel like new again and the picture is crystal clear and vivid. Those in Australia and New Zealand who have been waiting for a new color of the unit can now rejoice as Nintendo has now announced three new colors to go with the Burgundy and Bronze models already available. The new colors as seen in the picutre above will be Yellow, Red and Blue. I am personally liking the yellow as we really haven’t seen the DS yellow before. No announcement has been officially made for the U.S. as of yet but I would expect Nintendo of America to follow suit with the Red and Yellow models soon enough as a Midnight Blue model was released earlier this summer. Fans of the handheld can now get ready these brand new color schemes that will be hitting stores on September 23rd.
When developers mix up genres and create a whole new product it can be a recipe for success and a fun game. Majesco and Dreamrift’s newest title Monster Tale will be doing just that by mixing platforming and virtual pets for a new unique experience for the Nintendo DS.
Here is some of what you should expect for Monster Tale:
A group of nasty kids have snuck into a secret world inhabited by monsters and enslaved them as their pets. This ragtag pack of kids is using the monsters to do all sorts of selfish, destructive things that will ultimately result in the downfall of the Monster World. That is, until little Ellie discovers the Monster World and befriends a mysterious young monster named Chomp. This dynamic duo sets out on a fantastic adventure where our Monster Tale begins….
Features Include:
Developer Pedigree: From the key leads of the critically acclaimed DS game Henry Hatsworth and the Puzzling Adventure (IGN’s Platform Game of the Year).
Genre Mash-Up: Platform adventure on the top screen mixed with a deep pet raising game on the Touch Screen.
Raise & Evolve Chomp: Train your monster companion in the Touch Screen Pet Sanctuary. Give Chomp food, equipment and toys so that it grows, evolves and gains new abilities to assist Ellie’s adventure. Chomp has approximately 30 unique forms with different attributes and abilities including attacks, shields, bombs, and bounces, among others. Chomp’s abilities are directly related to how you raise him so nurture him with the utmost care.
Chomp Will Do Your Bidding: Ellie can summon Chomp from the bottom screen to the top screen at any time. Use Chomp to help fight enemies and leverage his abilities to access new areas.
Explore Monstrous Worlds: Battle through 5 non-linear worlds and face off against a menacing kid-monster duo at the end of each. A Wicked Treehouse, Monster Nightclub, Ancient Ruins and even a Monster Express Train await you and your monster friend.
Pamper Your Pet: Collect money throughout the game then use those earnings to shop for food, toys or equipment for your monster pet. How you use Chomp in battle and what items you give it–including weapons, pick-ups and power-ups–affect how it evolves. Defeated enemies may even drop items that Ellie can pick up to use for Chomp later on.
Pump Ellie Up: Apply earnings toward new abilities or stat enhancements for Ellie to make her a more formidable fighter.
Epic Battles: Go head to head with giant boss monsters and their kid-king masters! String together devastating combos and throw down some super attacks to get the upper hand.
Conquer Thy Enemy: A myriad of inspired enemies await defeat. They fly, burrow, rocket, jump, teleport, crush and much more in lots of devious and challenging ways.
Acquire Runes: Defeat certain boss characters or discover hidden areas to earn runes as you play. Gain permanent upgrades to give Ellie additional abilities like dash, roll and wall jump to aid her on the adventure.
To me Monster Tale seems to borrow bits and pieces from all sorts of games and I am curious to see how it turns out. I am really digging the art style and features that we have seen so far as the whole mix-up of genres is quite refreshing to see for the DS’s library. With all the elements included, we could have a huge new franchise in the future and Monter Tale is definitely one to watch for and is set release early next year. Check out the new screenshots below and we will bring you more information as it comes.
This is the news that Microsoft have plans to improve the quality of voice comms over Xbox Live. The changes are scheduled to be integrated in the next Xbox Live update, around the time of the Kinnect launch. The improvements should be a real step up from the current sound quality, and are made possible by development in Broadband connections over the years. When the service was lauched, it was said broadband was required and it had to be a minimum 64k connection, a speed now barely even considered broadband. Broadband speeds nowadays are capable of much more, which makes these changes positive move. Crackly voice chats will be a thing of the past, hopefully replaced by sleek, sound quality. However, it still remains to be seen whether the purchase of a new headet will be necessary or not. As I’m sure you’ll all agree, here’s hoping for the latter.
The folks at Virtual Play have released some more information about Intellivision Lives! for the Nintendo DS as well as some brand new screenshots all of which confirm even more features for the portable collection.
According to Virtual Play’s latest blog post, Bomb Squad and Space Spartans will feature the classic synthesized voice’s from the original titles. Here is a snippet of the post so you can learn what to expect:
Bomb Squad and Space Spartans will make an appearance on the Nintendo DS version of Intellivision Lives! Now players can enjoy the classic synthesized voice’s on the go. Listen carefully as Frank guides you through defusing the bomb in Bomb Squad and stay alert, “Star Base One, Under Attack!” hit the hyper drive and defend your base in Space Spartans.
As well as this new bit of information, we also have some nice new screenshots to show off which show the beauty of some more of the featured games and brand new control overlays featured with these specific titles. So without further ado, here are some screens a plenty below to quench your retro gaming thirst while we wait for Intellivision Lives! to release next month.
