Despite only being released very recently, Mafia II is going to get it’s first DLC pack on 7th September. 2K Games are obviously keen to offer gamers more content already, with a chance for more action as the mob’s clean-up guy in the DLC entitled “Jimmy’s Vendetta”.
Anyone picking up this one up on the Marketplace come the 7th of September?
Spider-Man: Total Mayhem
Company: Gameloft
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Price: $6.99
Story:
Spider-Man: Total Mayhem is based in New York City, of course, and the goal is to save the city! Stop the biggest breakout of Super Villains from spreading a poisonous virus and save New York City! It’s a fun game with lots of action and great Spidey-moves. This game can easily be played for hours.
Sound and Graphics:
The sound is great for an action-adventure like Spider-Man. All the sound effects are similar to those found in other Spider-Man games and the movies. The game looks great. The graphics in Spider-Man: Total Mayhem were made to look like the comic Spider-Man, making it more of an arcade-style game. This happens to be better than them choosing to base it off the human Spider-Man because it’s more fun to play with comic-style graphics. This game looks good while fighting and I didn’t notice any graphic glitches. My 91 hit combo just a second ago looked pretty good. The webs look good, the villains look ok and Spider-Man looks great! I’m a little surprised that the villains look so choppy compared to the rest of the characters in the game. I would have liked them to have a little more detail. I’d like to see who I’m knocking out. Other than that, this game is amazing. The soundtrack and sound effects are Spider-Man. You’ll know what this means when you play it. You hear every hit, every combo, everything. You’ll recognize the music the second you start playing. This is a great adventure and the graphics and sound only make it better. At first, I thought the graphics would be terrible, but I realized these graphics improve the game and make it all a much better experience. I’m happy Gameloft chose to go this way with look of the game.
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Gameplay and Controls:
Even though the controls look very small, they are quite responsive and easy to access, except for the Spidey-Senses action button. The little lightning bolt button is sometimes hard to press in time because it’s located in between all the other buttons and you have to decide which hand to tap it with. Anyway, the controls on this are great. You can jump, make a web, grab a guy in a web, spin the guy around, attack villains, beat bad guys up and so much more! Now, the gameplay is not much different from my opinion of the controls. It’s great and you can do everything written a sentence ago. IF you don’t remember it, here it is again. You can jump around, grabbing guys in your web and spinning them into each other. You can beat up villains with huge combo attacks and enjoy attacking in every way you can. I’m a little upset that there is no free roam or multi-player. Multi-player Red vs. Black Spider-Man would have been amazing. Hopefully, this will be included in an update or sequel. I have to say I didn’t want to spend money in this game, but it came out to be worth even more! I’m still playing it while writing this review. It has great action, adventure and the controls are great which makes it fun to enjoy. It has some arcade-like features, such as the graphics when it comes to the look of Spider-Man and how he does his combos, including all the sound effects. It just makes this game better. Well done, Gameloft and I recommend this game to Spider-Man fans everywhere and anyone looking for a great game.
Summary:
Spider-Man Total Mayhem is a great combination of graphics, controls, gameplay and audio. It’s fun to play, which makes it so much better. Other games you play to beat. This game makes you want to play just to enjoy it. I mean who doesn’t want to kick some villain butts? I’ve been playing it for hours and I can’t stop, except to write this review on an amazing game. If it had free roam, that would be nice. It would be great if it had multiplayer. Based on that, and the fact that this is such a fun game, I give Ultimate Spider-Man: Total Mayhem a VERY GOOD rating of 9 capsules. I would’ve liked to see a little more, but this a great game for the first release on the iPhone and iPod Touch.
This evening MasterAbbott made his way over to The Great Hall at UTS in Sydney for a Microsoft presentation on the highly anticipated final chapter of the Halo franchise, Halo Reach. Everyone present was lucky enough to see a short section of the campaign (which sadly we were not allowed to record or take photos) demonstrated and presented by David Allen and Chris Opdahl from Bungie, which I must say was very cool and quite enjoyable to watch and certainly got the crowd very excited.
Along with the presentation everyone present had the honor to hear a speech by Buzz Aldrin (American mechanical engineer, retired United States Air Force pilot and astronaut who was the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in history. On July 20, 1969, he was the second human being to set foot on the Moon, following mission commander Neil Armstrong.) who spoke about space travel the future of where space travel is heading and plans to land on Marsmoving forward . Buzz was very enthusiastic and had the entire audience captivated from start to finish.
After the presentation everyone was able to get some hands on with Halo Reach Firefight and MasterAbbott snuck in a very quick interview with both David Allen and Chris Opdahl from Bungie and discussed what their involvement was with Halo Reach and what they enjoyed most about making this highly anticipated final installment of this amazing Halo franchise. Special thanks to both Chris and David who took the time to take photos with everyone and also sign Xbox consoles and other Halo merchandise that the fans brought along. Enjoy the interview and pics below.
If you haven’t already pre-ordered your copy of Halo Reach do so now !! Grab it from our US Online store here or from our Australian affiliate store at Fishpond (free delivery if you live in Australia if you buy from Fishpond)
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So, Comic Jumper is clearly part of “The Game Feast” if you had simply glanced at my Game Feast Post, but I bet you didn’t know that you’ll be able to play it one more time before release at this year’s Pax. Along with the release of the game on October 6th for 1200MSP they are also giving away a whole bunch of stuff. If I had to sum up this press release with one word, it would be “Free Stuff!”… aside from the fact that that was two words. no space? “FREESTUFF!!”
Check out the Press release below to learn more about the game, about the free stuff being given away at PAX, the free stuff you get for buying the game, and also a few free laughs located right within the Press Release. Did I mention Free Stuff?
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At Twisted Pixel there are few things we love more than food, so when Microsoft announced we’d be headlining the inaugural Game Feast, we were busy downing tacos. But a couple hours later our food comas largely wore off, and we realized that on October 6th, Comic Jumper would be released to the world, and that’s pretty awesome. We should probably celebrate it with a bunch of free stuff and maybe write a food-themed press release. Let’s get to it.
The Captain is a superhero extraordinaire and prima donna star of his own comic book series that spans literally tens of readers. After he gets cancelled, Twisted Pixel swoops in, ready to pay him minimum wage to be our lab rat with our new Comic Jumper technology – hiring him out to other comic books to come in and save their storylines when things go wrong. Art Director David Leung says of the game, “four completely unique art styles in one game, each with their own gameplay modes and animations? It’s cool, I don’t need to see my family.” Dave? Dave’s just giving me the finger now. Moving on…
As part of The Game Feast promotion for Xbox LIVE® Arcade, Comic Jumper releases on October 6th at 1200 points. Continuing our tradition of cramming as much free stuff as we can into each game, Comic Jumper comes with a Premium Theme, Gamerpics, and free Avatar accessories! As a special thank you to our Splosion Man fans, the game also includes a pair of free extra-long levels for Splosion Man, one Single-Player and one Multiplayer. I don’t know how our mad programming geniuses pulled off that last one, but it’s pretty cool.
Today we are releasing our latest in-depth reveal, this time on our 4th genre, Manga. If there was any doubt to how much we love our fans, let me just say that watching hours of obscure terrible Japanese manga is considered a war crime in most countries. Designer Sean Conway comments on the complexities of incorporating the nuances of Japanese style, “Kunichiwa! Tsunami ramen sushi hurricane Punch!” Attaboy, Sean! Way to sacrifice your sanity for the good of the game! Check out www.twistedpixelgames.com for the fruits of his despair.
We’ll be showing up to PAX this year with a vast array of giveaways and prizes. Our pièces de résistance are four custom painted “slim” Xboxes featuring The Captain that we’ll be giving away to lucky fans. Our booth at PAX, aside from being staffed by our awesome team members, will have live ukulele performances of Donuts, Go Nuts! by our resident musical prodigy, Matt “Chainsaw” Chaney. We’ll also have game competitions of Splosion Man and Comic Jumper, and free posters and other giveaways. Plus we have some sweet T-shirts and Statuettes for the true superfan. If you can’t make it to PAX, fear not: soon afterwards we’ll be giving more custom Xboxes away through your favorite websites. These Xboxes feature takes on the Captain by renowned comic book artists.
Yes ladies and gentlemen. Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man has made his way to the Apple iPhone thanks to the fine people over at Gameloft. Now you can help Spidey battle to save his beloved city! Mustering all his might, Spider-Man will need to use all of his great powers to save New York from the worst breakout of Super Villains the city has ever seen. Fight against time to stop the madness and mayhem created by the Super Villains who want to take over the city and disperse a poisonous virus!
Spider-Man: Total Mayhem captures all the action, humor and fun of the Ultimate series in state-of-the-art gameplay and animations. Are you up for the challenge? I know I am. We’ll have the review up tomorrow. So stay tuned.. Same Bat Channel… opps .. wrong super hero 😉 … Just come back tomorrow and read our review.
Cant wait .. buy it now here Spider-Man is only $6.99
Hey guys, Christmas is only a few months away and I know many of you kids are busy creating your Christmas lists and the parents out there are trying to figure out what to get their kids. If they don’t own a PS3 you should probably think about buying the new model for them, but if they do own one check out some stuff being released before Christmas that I guarantee your child will love!
PlayStation® innovation evolves to entertain Australian families this Christmas
Hey Fighting game fans, I know you probably hate the circular D-Pad as much as I do while playing fighting games. Well, Microsoft has come up with a solution and Major Nelson presents it in this video below.
My personal opinion is that this won’t help much, the PS3 D-Pad is still going to be preferred in fighting games, due to the separate buttons. This new Xbox 360 D-Pad will just enable the easier finding of each separate direction but still has the problem with pushing the button at the wrong angle to mess up a combo. I think Microsoft Completely missed the point of all the complaints.
Check out the video below, and here are some extra words from Major Nelson.
“In addition to the new d-pad, the matte silver controller also features concave analog sticks and gray A,B,X,Y buttons for added style.
The controller will only be available with the new Play & Charge Kit that will launch on November 9th for US $64.99.”
The Summer of Arcade may be over, but don’t worry! In microsofts need to cluster XBLA releases under one theme we are about to hit THE GAME FEAST! yes, that’s right! 4 new games all under the title of the game feast. Out of the titles, only one has to do with food (Super Meat Boy) and they aren’t even being released around thanksgivings. Too bad, now they have used up a perfectly good food based theme for games released around thanksgivings.
Here are the titles that will be included in The Game Feast!
September 29: Hydrophobia, 1200 Microsoft Points
October 6: Comic Jumper, 1200 Microsoft Points
October 13: Pinball FX 2, Tables purchased individually, free import from original Pinball FX
October 20: Super Meat Boy, Pricing TBD
Can’t wait until September 29th to start off the Game Feast, then check out these games which will be arriving slightly sooner.
September 8: Plants vs. Zombies, 1200 Microsoft Points
September 8: Dance! It’s your Stage, 800 Microsoft Points
September 15: Sonic Adventure, 800 Microsoft Points
Below are also some upcoming Deals of the Week. I am definitely looking forward to the Resident Evil DLC, I don’t have any of them yet and will be buying all 3 if they discount all 3. However, if they just discount the versus mode, I will not be buying that. They need to entice me with all the DLC or it is no sale.
Week of September 5th: Select Resident Evil content
Week of September 13:
BUST-A-MOVE Live!, 400 Microsoft Points
Gyromancer, 800 Microsoft Points
Tower Bloxx Deluxe, 400 Microsoft Points
Puzzle Chronicles, 400 Microsoft Points
**Special pricing available for Xbox LIVE Gold Members
Last but not least, we have DLC releases, who’s ready for the Free Toy Box add-on for Crackdown 2 coming this Thursday!? I know I am!!
September 2: Crackdown 2 Toy Box available at no cost to Crackdown 2 owners; 560 Microsoft Points for additional content and available worldwide
September 7: Mass Effect 2 Lair of the Shadow Broker , 800 Microsoft Points
September 7: Dragon Age: Origins Witch Hunt , 560 Microsoft Points
September 7: Rock Band Snoop Dog 8 Single Tracks, 160 Microsoft Points for each track and available worldwide
*Current schedule. Subject to change. All content may not be available in all Xbox LIVE regions.
That’s right you heard me! Polyphony Digital has stated that owners of the most anticipated racing game this year will have to endure a 10GB Install to be able to experience the best possible performance whilst playing Gran Turismo 5
But you have the option to only install 250MB which is the mandatory amount of room for the installation, but if you want to play the game with the smooth play experience then it looks like you shall be waiting a while once getting home and unwrapping the seal, I can only imagine how long it will take to complete a 10GB install
Gran Turismo 5 is officially released on the 3rd of November
Game Name: Dead Rising 2: Case Zero
Platforms: Xbox 360
Publisher(s): Capcom Entertainment
Developer(s): Blue Castle Games
Genre(s): Action
Release Date: 8/31/2010
ESRB Rating: M (Mature) Blood and Gore Intense Violence Language Sexual Themes Use of Alcohol
Price: 400MSP ($5 USD)
Demo: Add the Demo to your queue
Story
“Set two years after the Willamette incident and three years before Dead Rising 2, Dead Rising® 2: Case Zero introduces main protagonist and former motocross champion Chuck Greene providing a link between the original game and the events that await players in the gambling paradise of Fortune City.” [Via Xbox.com]
The game starts out with a pretty long cutscene, followed by another long cutscene that explains pretty well what is going on without any need to have played the first game. Chuck drives up to a gas station in Still Creek to fill up on gas. While filling up Chuck gives his daughter a shot of Zombrex in order to keep her from becoming a zombie. They both enter the gas station to get some food, and the car is stolen. If you think that is bad, zombies then proceed to attack.
The goal of Dead Rising 2: Case Zero is to find another dose of Zombrex for Chuck’s daughter, and then get out of the town. Along the way you will uncover more story and be filled in on what is happening leading up to Dead Rising 2.
Gameplay
While Dead Rising 2: Case Zero is a really good stand alone game, it is really meant to be played and treated like a Demo. Case Zero is a small chunk of what everyone can expect from the full Dead Rising 2 game. Case Zero is actually chapter 0 in the story, so in retrospect Case Zero is more like DLC for a game that hasn’t even come out yet.
The game only lasts 12 hours in game, which is equivalent to about 3 to 4 hours in real time. While this may seem like a time limit, it isn’t that bad and fits well with what is going on in the game. Depending on your gameplay style, you may or may not beat the game in the allotted time (and pretty much loose) but you can always retry and luckily your money and stats transfer over to restarts so that the next game is easier and even more fun. The first time I played I got distracted with killing tons of zombies and pretty much wasted the entire allotted time building weapons and killing zombies. I didn’t even get the zombrex for Chuck’s Daughter. That may sound bad, but I just restarted and attempted the story a second time. I get distracted easily though, so I again didn’t finish in the allotted time. I’ve played through quite a few times now and have enjoyed myself each time.
Zombies and Weapons, what more could you want? As chuck says to his daughter, “I can fix anything” and it seems pretty much make anything as well. Chuck has a pretty demented mind to think up some of those weapon combinations, such as the Drill Bucket which you plop onto a zombie’s head and after a bit of drilling the head is destroyed and the body falls limp to the ground. While there are normal items that can be used as weapons all over Still Creek, they are weak and ineffective. The basic weapons should only be used as last resort and you should always carry around a combination weapon for massive zombie slaughter. Scattered all over the place are weapons that have a wrench symbol on them which means they can be combined with something else to make something better. The real trouble and fun comes from trying to figure out what else to combine it with to make the better weapon. The combinations found in this game are just a small portion of the large amount in Dead Rising 2, but there is just enough here to wet your appetite for the buffet to be found in the retail game.
Audio & Graphics
The audio and graphics are supposedly the same as those found in Dead Rising 2. Based off of that, the graphics are pretty good and the audio is nice as well. The squish and thump of killing zombies, to the clank of missing a zombie and hitting a metal pole instead are all extremely appealing. Along with melee weapons, guns sound extremely nice as well and are quite nice.
This isn’t exactly the place to put it, but this is probably the first game where I’ve been annoyed by some pointless programmed AI. There is a guy on the roof that you meet later in the game that tells you where other survivors are for you to save them. He passes time by randomly shooting zombies that are located on the floor; problem is that if you are killing zombies there he will occasionally shoot you which is extremely annoying. He hass even shot me a few times while I was on the roof talking to him.
Achievements
The achievement list is very nice, that will have you doing everything you can within the game. It isn’t possible to do everything in one playthrough, so multiple playthroughs will be required. It may be possible to do them all in one playthrough, but it would be very hard and you would have to plan every minute in advance. Killing 1000 zombies must be done in one playthrough, but spending $100,000 in the pawnshop and building all available combo weapons can be done in multiple playthroughs since money and combo cards transfer to the newest game every time you reset. Overall the achievement list is well done and a lot of fun.
Below is the achievement list:
Still Creek Savior – 20 – Save all the survivors in Still Creek.
We Ride To Fortune City! – 20 – Escape Still Creek with Katey.
Chop Shop – 20 – Defeat Jed the Mechanic.
Zombie Hunter – 10 – Kill 100 zombies.
Zombie Exterminator – 20 – Kill 1,000 zombies.
Small Town, Deep Pockets – 20 – Spend $100,000 in the pawnshop.
Part Way There – 10 – Find and return a bike part.
Ready to Ride – 20 – Rebuild the bike.
A Taste of Things to Come – 10 – Build a combo weapon.
A bigger taste… – 20 – Build all available combo weapons.
Locksmith – 20 – Unlock all the doors in Still Creek.
Clueless No More – 10 – Purchase a clue from Dick, the pawnshop owner.
Overview
Dead Rising 2: Case Zero is an extremely good game. It is a lot of fun and leads to tons of hours of zombie bashing and trying to escape the town. While the game should be treated as DLC for a game that is not out yet, it doesn’t remove from the fact that it does an extremely good job at being a standalone game. For anyone who hasn’t played the first Dead Rising, you may have trouble getting a handle on the gameplay but after messing around for a while it becomes simple and a lot of fun. Dead Rising 2: Case Zero acts as a demo that you must buy. The game does an extremely good job at introducing players to the concepts that will be in Dead Rising 2; however, if you want to find out what happens next you will need to buy Dead Rising 2 when it comes out. A five dollar price tag is also pretty inviting.
I give Dead Rising 2: Case Zero
