By the title you may be saying: “But the new tomb raider game is coming out this summer”. Well, there is a new Tomb Raider coming out this summer according to Microsoft, but I am talking about another Tomb Raider game that could possibly be releasing in 2011.
Speculation has been bouncing around, and Square Enix isn’t commenting on any of the speculation. For those of you who are still interested though, keep reading.
Crystal Dynamics has supposedly been hard at work on a new Tomb Raider game for the series. This time, it is supposedly a “young and inexperienced Lara Croft” exploring tombs beneath an island off of the coast of Japan. Sound interesting? Further evidence is located in the Online Portfolio of ex-Crystal Dynamics artist Joel Boucquemont’s. His website is located here. Just go to the Concept Art Section and click on the Tomb Raider tab to see concept art and possible locations for the game.
I’ve gone through the entire bunch, and the only one that looks possibly like Tomb Raider is the one above.
Either way, we have a possible new Tomb Raider in development. Who is excited?
G’day everyone, Sorry for the delay this week. Been velly velly busy 😉 .. Playstation Store updates are up for this week for everyone to enjoy. Quite a few price updates to check out just below. Have a look around, there should be something for everyone this week. Let us know what your going to pick up this week.
Special note : There’s a MIDWAY sale as well some Playstation PLUS stuff along with some FatPrincess thrown in for good measure, check them all out below. Grab yourself a bargain !! There are many other cool deals, demo’s vids, themes available this week so dig in and get cracking !!
Thanks SONY WE HEART YOU !!
PlayStation Plus
inFAMOUS Full Game Trial (Free and Exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers)
File size: 6.88 GB
WipEout HD (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers)
File size: 977 MB
Rally Cross (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers)
File size: 103 MB
Age of Zombies (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers)
File size: 21 MB
Warhawk Fallen Star Pack (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers)
File size: 66 MB
Collision Theme (Free and Exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers)
File size: 3.6 MB
Fat Princess: Pink Princess Avatar (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers)
File size: 100 KB
Fat Princess: Blue Princess Avatar (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers)
File size: 100 KB
Fat Princess: Fat Roles Expansion Pack (PlayStation Plus price $3.99, original price $4.99)
Midway PlayStation Plus Sale
Gauntlet II (PlayStation Plus price $2.50, original price $4.99)
Mortal Kombat II (PlayStation Plus price $2.50, original price $4.99)
Rampage (PlayStation Plus price $2.50, original price $4.99)
Rampart (PlayStation Plus price $2.50, original price $4.99)
TikGames/Creat Studios PlayStation Plus Sale Cuboid (PlayStation Plus price $7.99, original price $9.99)
Cuboid Booster Pack (PlayStation Plus price FREE, original price $2.99)
Cuboid Bundle Pack (PlayStation Plus price FREE, original price $4.99)
Cuboid Level Editor (PlayStation Plus price FREE, original price $3.99)
Hamsterball (PlayStation Plus price $7.99, original price $9.99)
Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos (PlayStation Plus price $7.99, original price $9.99)
Magic Orbz (PlayStation Plus price $7.99, original price $9.99)
Magic Orbz Booster Pack (PlayStation Plus price FREE, original price $2.99)
Magic Orbz Jungle Pack (PlayStation Plus price FREE, original price $2.99)
Magic Orbz Winter Pack (PlayStation Plus price FREE, original price $2.99)
Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom (PlayStation Plus price $7.99, original price $9.99)
Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom Booster Pack (PlayStation Plus price FREE, original price $4.99)
Smash Cars (PlayStation Plus price $11.99, original price $14.99)
Smash Cars: Virus Run (PlayStation Plus price FREE, original price $2.99)
Wakeboarding HD (PlayStation Plus price $11.99, original price $14.99)
Updates
FIFA Soccer 10: FIFA Ultimate Team – Sale (now $2.49, original price $4.99)
LocoRoco: Midnight Carnival – Permanent Price Change (now $7.49, original price $14.99)
Don’t Let Me Down (Slowly) by The Main Drag – Permanent Price Change (now $0.99, original price $1.99)
Super Stacker – Permanent Price Change (now $6.99, original price $9.99)
Trine – Permanent Price Change (now $9.99, original price $14.99)
Section 8 – Sale (now $14.99, original price $29.99)
LittleBigPlanet Saktue of Liberty Costume – Free (1 MB) **Limited Time Only
Downloadable Games
inFAMOUS ($29.99)
A massive explosion rips through six square blocks of Empire City, leveling everything and killing everyone in its path… everyone, except you! Feel what it’s like to be granted incredible powers… how you use them is up to you. The consequences of your actions will affect you, the citizens, and the city around you. You’ll develop and grow your powers, and eventually uncover the purpose of it all.
ESRB Rated T
File size: 6.9 GB
Game Demos (free)
Lego Harry Potter Demo
Connect the bricks from Privet Drive to the Triwizard Tournament and experience the magic and adventure of Harry Potter and his friends through the first four movies and books – LEGO style! Explore Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, learn spells, brew potions, and relive the adventures of the beloved series mixed with the humor and customization unique to LEGO games!
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 743 MB
Add-on Game Content
Fat Princess: Fat Roles ($4.99)
Ninjas, Pirates and Giants! OH MY!! Now you can add three new classes to Fat Princess and gain the upper hand against your enemy! Download the Fat Princess: Fat Roles Expansion pack today to add the new classes and expand your battle royale experience!
File size: 100 KB
PAIN: Sergeant Jay Character ($0.99)
Load up your PAIN launcher with some serious authority using the Sergeant Jay downloadable character! Jay finished his training at the top of his class back in the day, and he is always looking to enforce the full extent of the law on anyone who misbehaves. His old school outfit and hat show off an imposing stature, capable of withstanding plenty of PAIN. Download Sergeant Jay today and start putting others back in line!
File size: 100 KB
DJ Hero: Dance Party Mix Pack ($7.99)
Get ready for some of the hottest singles to ever hit the dance floor, remixed to really set your turntables on fire: “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga vs “Girls On Film” by Duran Duran, “Buttons” by Pussycat Dolls and “S.O.S.” by Rihanna. For all song credits please visit www.djhero.com.
File size: 41 MB
Super Street Fighter IV: Super Classic Costume Pack ($3.99)
Download the seventh pack of alternate costumes for Super Street Fighter IV! New costumes for Guile, Blanka, Dhalsim, Gen and Fei Long are included. Show everyone that legends never die, and never go out of fashion! Only available for use with Super Street Fighter IV.
File size: 100 KB
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11: Waialae CC ($9.99)
Take on Waialae’s beautiful championship course that is nestled between Hawaii’s spectacular Koolau mountain range and the stunning blue Pacific Ocean. Test your skills on this top rated course design that features a unique layout.
File size: 185 MB
Trinity Universe – Healing Idol Pack ($0.99)
“I want to give you a thank you gift for always cheering us on!
10 Life Pieces, 10 Blessing Nuts, and 10 Silver Ore!
Plus! I’ll even add 3 Anchors and 100,000G to that!
Please keep supporting me until I really become a super idol!
100,000 G, Life Piece x10, Blessing Nut x10, Silver Ore x10, Anchor x3
File size: 100 KB
Trinity Universe – Kanata’s Adventure Pack (free)
“Oh! 10 Cure Grass and 10 Relief Grass!
And this is… an EMT Set?!
That’s why I can’t stop going on adventures!
Cure Grass x10, Relief Grass x10, EMT Set x5
File size: 100 KB
Trinity Universe – Monsters Souls Pack (free)
“Beep… beep… beep!
I took these home after I mega-crushed some monsters!
300 Monster Souls and 300 Small Souls. I also got 100 Beast, Orc, Bird, Undead and Fairy Souls.
Isn’t Macaroon so awesome?!”
File size: 100 KB
Trinity Universe – Their Voices Pack ($1.99)
“All of our secret battle voices (including mine) will be unlocked!
Hm-hahahahaha! Grow intrigued by my heroic voice! Yes, I am the Dark Hero Luci…Gyahh!
Hey, Valkyrie! Don’t kick me during my explanation! ”
File size: 100 KB
Trinity Universe – Universal Beauty Pack ($1.99)
“Hmhmhm. Hmhmhmhm.
I’ll give you “Friendship Power,” “Magic Protection,” “Mind’s Eye Lock,” “Luck Disabler,” “Vitality Surge,” “Fairy Supporter,” “Black Satellite,” and “Big Bang Nova”…I prepared a great collection of Meteorites, one unit per color. If you buy this, you will be the hero of this game.
Friendship Power, Magic Protection, Mind’s Eye Lock, Luck Disabler, Vitality Surge, Fairy Supporter, Black Satellite, Big Bang Nova”
File size: 100 KB
Pop Track Pack 01 ($5.49) – Downloadable Track Pack featuring “Fireflies” by Owl City, “Just Dance” by Lady Gaga, and “This Love” by Maroon 5. Please Note: Many songs are available both as singles and as part of a Track Pack, so please carefully consider your purchases before downloading.
Rock Band
Build your Rock Band library by purchasing these song game tracks. For song credits, visit www.RockBand.com.
“Burn It To The Ground” – Nickelback ($1.99)
“Figured You Out” – Nickelback ($1.99)
“Never Again” – Nickelback ($1.99)
“Photograph” – Nickelback ($1.99)
“Rockstar” – Nickelback ($1.99)
“This Afternoon” – Nickelback ($1.99)
Nickelback Pack 01 ($9.99) – Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track pack: Nickelback Pack 01. This pack includes “Burn It To The Ground”, “Figured You Out”, “Never Again”, “Photograph”, “Rockstar”, and “This Afternoon” by Nickelback.
Super Street Fighter IV: Super Classic Costume Pack
PlayStation Home Starter Pack ($4.99)
The PlayStation Home Starter Pack has everything you need to get started in Home. Take advantage of this great value now!
File size: N/A
Downloadable Games (also available from PS3 Storefront)
Midway Arcade Treasures Extended Play ($9.99)
Arcade Action Anywhere! Now you can play Midway’s classic arcade games anywhere. anytime.
ESRB Rated M
File size: 448 MB
Hot Shots Tennis: Get A Grip ($19.99)
“Take the fun and excitement of Tennis anywhere in a whole new Hot Shots Tennis adventure for your PSP system. Ace, volley and smash your way
through a brand new cast of Hot Shots characters. Travel around the globe unlocking exotic venues, courts and crazy Hot Shots equipment! Do you have the skills to take on the challenge?”
ESRB Rated E
File size: 1.05 GB
Bejeweled 2 PSP ($9.99)
For gem-matching fun on the run, play the best-selling Bejeweled 2 now available on your PSP (PlayStation Portable) system! Match sparkling gems three at a time to make them burst in showers of color and points. Match four or more to create flashy power gems that boost your score and your mood with brilliant cascades and combos. Every match is high-carat fun!
ESRB Rated E
File size: 57 MB
Add-on Game Content (also available from PS3 Storefront)
LocoRoco: Midnight Carnival – Official Strategy Guide ($1.99)
Check out the official strategy guide for LocoRoco Midnight Carnival! Explore full detailed maps of all levels AND replay movies! Zoom-in on details and information! All pages include in-game music for your viewing pleasure! Refresh your memory on basic controls, as well as tips and techniques!
File size: 328 MB
LittleBigPlanet PSP – Fantasy Level Kit (free)
Help yourself to a luxuriant free background. With elegant icy mountains and a shimmering river you can add a fantastic fantasy feel to your level. NOTE: Manual Update required
File size: 1.13 MB
Bundles
LocoRoco: Midnight Carnival Bundle ($9.99)
Experience the newest LocoRoco adventure to it’s fullest in this incredible bundle that includes the full game of LocoRocoTM Midnight Carnival , additional levels with the Midnight Carnival BuiBui Level Pack, and a special Midnight Carnival Strategy Guide!
File size: 531 MB
Game Videos (free)
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable Walkthrough Video #2
File size: 15 MB
Can’t get enough of the Crackdown 2 Demo? You probably have had enough, and are just waiting for the full game now. Well, it is time to crank up the demo again and play the new difficulties that Ruffian Games has just unlocked in the demo.
Ruffian Games has unlocked ‘ruthless’ difficulty for you to play today. And then Thursday ‘psychotic’ difficulty will also be unlocked with ‘Sadistic’ unlocking on Friday according to more tweets. So, you can either play the 30 minutes demo each day on increasingly harder difficulties, or wait till friday and crank up the demo one more time to try the hardest difficulty they have to offer.
Die hard fans of Final Fantasy XIV will be ecstatic to hear the following news; FF XIV will be arriving on store shelves for the PC on September 30th. Not only that but they have released the requirements that your gaming rig will need to have to even run the next generation of MMO’s.
Operating System
Windows XP SP3
Windows Vista 32bit / 64bit SP2
Windows 7 32bit / 64bit
CPU
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo (2.0GHz)
AMD Athlon™ X2 (2.0GHz)
Memory
Windows XP: 1.5GB or higher
Windows Vista / Windows® 7: 2GB or higher
HDD/SSD Space
Install: 15GB or more
Download: Space on the hard drive where My Documents is located should be 6GB or more
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600 series or higher with VRAM 512MB or more
ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 series or higher with VRAM 512MB or more
Sound Card
DirectSound® compatible sound card (DirectX® 9.0c or higher)
Internet Connections
Broadband Internet connection or higher
Resolution
1280 x 720 or higher; 32bit or higher
DirectX®
DirectX® 9.0c
So now we know what the game will require to play, but that is only if you happen to purchase it yourself. You can buy the boring ol’ $50 edition of the game and will give you a one month trial. However if you happen to be a bit extravagent and love Final Fantasy games, then you can pick up the Collector’s Edition that will come at the price tag of $75. If you wish to collect this collector’s edition you will recieve:
IN-GAME ITEM – Collector’s Edition preorders will include a reward code to receive an exclusive in-game item, the Onion Helm.*
EARLY ACCESS – Play 8 days prior to the release of the Windows PC Standard Edition (timing of access subject to initial server capacity).
BEHIND-THE-SCENES DVD – Get an insider look at the making of FINAL FANTASY XIV, with exclusive video content, interviews and more in this special documentary DVD.
SECURITY TOKEN – A FINAL FANTASY XIV–branded Security Token for use with your regular password.
TRAVEL JOURNAL – Record your travels in this beautifully bound journal filled with pages of never-before-seen concept art.
RIGHT OF PASSAGE – Redeem a voucher to receive your fully-personalized Right of Passage Certificate, each stamped with a unique serial number.
AMANO COVER – Special PC Collector’s Edition illustration by renowned artist Yoshitaka Amano.
FREE GAMEPLAY – Free gameplay for 30 days.
Then again you will also be forced to pay the monthly fee of $13 to keep playing after the initial 30 days, bringing about the standard fees anyone finds in these pay to play MMO’s. All prices are in American dollars.
Hundreds of Melburnians braved the cold this morning to attend the Australian launch of Super Mario Galaxy 2, a game that is already receiving rave reviews internationally. Mario received 172 hugs goodbye as he set off into the galaxy with a new world hugging record, for the most amount of hugs by a mascot in 20 minutes. The record established at The Nintendo Experience at EB Games Melbourne, commemorated the much anticipated Australian launch of Super Mario Galaxy 2.
Eager Melburnians were up at the crack of dawn to secure the first copies of this highly anticipated video game and a lucky fan walked away with one of the only signed copies from Mr Miyamoto himself, the genius behind Mario and other Nintendo games. TV and radio personality Jabba entertained the early morning crowd and every hugger received their own personal photo of the occasion.
The current world record for the most hugs set by a human (not wearing a mascot costume) is held by 51-year-old Jeff Ondash who hugged 7777 people in 24 hours outside the Paris Las Vegas casino in February 2010. Due to Mario needing a rest every 20 minutes (it’s tiring jumping around and collecting all those coins), the hugging time was limited to 20 minutes in order to establish the new hugging record for a character mascot.
The hugging record is in the process of being formally registered with The World Record Academy, the leading international organisation which certifies world records.
For the next 24 hours (in reality for the next 12 hours) you can get the PC version of Red Faction Guerrilla for just $5 on Steam, the game is part of the already know Steam’s summer deals, which is running from June 24th to July 04th, but Red Faction Guerrilla for $5 is today only, so be fast!
Set 50 years after the climactic events of the original Red Faction, Red Faction: Guerrilla allows players to take the role of an insurgent fighter with the newly re-established Red Faction movement as they battle for liberation from the oppressive Earth Defense Force. Red Faction: Guerrilla re-defines the limits of destruction-based game-play with a huge open-world, fast-paced guerrilla-style combat, and true physics-based destruction.
Looks like you will be able to take care of the enemy turrets as well as they were able to take care of you in Portal 1. Now you have the ability, with the Pneumatic Diversity Vents and the Thermal Discouragement Beams seen below to annihilate these turrets in many different ways. Plus they look to be a very interesting puzzle tool, with the pneumatic vents being able to destroy the environment. It is amazing that Valve has developed all the various additions to Portal, which was already amazing and have now made it even better. Though this means that it may also be more difficult.
Gameloft have released a MEGA 3 game action pack for the iPhone. Three of their most popular titles have been bundled into one priced at only $5.99 AU ($4.99US). This is what you get in the pack :
– Hero Of Sparta,
– Brother In Arms
– Blades of Fury
Check out Screenshots below and also trailer for the action pack further down
We already know that Xbox Live Gold is a pre-requisite to take advantage of any Hulu Plus subscription. A lot of people seemed to take solace in knowing that the PS3 version of Hulu Plus would still be usable by everyone. That is until now.
A bit of information on the Hulu Plus website contains the following phrase: “Note: you must be a subscriber of the Playstation Plus Network.” when applied to the PS3. This is found in the HTML coding for the page, and is hidden from normal view but is easily seen when looked at in this format. And unfortunately this means that yet another feature has been taken away from those that enjoy access to free features.
Sony’s Playstation 3’s online draw has been the fact that it is entirely free, on top of their exclusive games. But now with more and more features being announced for a pay to play version of the online service, this may start to become a trend. We do not know whether or not this is entirely true, and it is subject to change as it has not been announced publicly by either Sony or Hulu, but expect to hear something soon.
Story TheKaiser’s Battle, which is also known as The Spring Offensive, was a series of offensives by the German Army along the Western Front in 1918. Enter the fray as the French army in this DLC. Battle a new experimental boss, and also battle against friends on new multiplayer and survival maps.
The French Campaign that is in the DLC includes 3 levels: Blucher-Yorck, Operation Gneisenau and The Last Offensive. Each plays out like any other Toy Soldiers level, but they are located in 2 new areas and there is an entirely new boss for you to figure out how to beat.
Gameplay
The gameplay is exactly like it is in the rest of the game. This isn’t the Toy Soldiers review, this is a review on the DLC. If you have never played the game, read the review and download the demo. Both links are available at the top. The Kaiser’s Battle DLC lets you play as the French army during the Kaiser’s Battle. There are 3 levels with multiple waves of enemies on them, and 2 new maps to let you create battle strategies on.
Following with a French theme, there is new French inspired art, new French soldiers, special in game French props and a whole bunch more French stuff for you to look at in game. There are also French unit skins and 2 new units to choose including theFrench Hotchkiss Machine Gun and French Canon de 75 Howitzer. The two new maps that come with the DLC enable for bigger battles online in both multiplayer and survival modes.
The new boss is an experimental vehicle called the German K-Wagon. The thing is huge and menacing, just like all the bosses found in the game. It may require a few attempts and a lot of strategic unit placing in order to destroy it on harder settings. The 3 level French Campaign is short and sweet. If you are a fan of Toy Soldiers you will enjoy the new levels to plan on as well as the new Golden Cubes to find. If you have no idea what the Golden Cubes are you are probably not one of the people interested in this DLC because you didn’t play the game enough.
Achievements
There are 3 new achievements included in the DLC. The achievements are pretty generic Toy Soldiers achievements. There is one for beating the DLC, one for getting a blast combo of x40, and one for finding all the Golden Cubes in the French Campaign. Golden Cubes are actually hidden within every level, and it is nice to see an achievement that acknowledges them.
Base Rat 15 – Find all the golden cubes hidden in the new French single player campaign.
Land Ship 25 – Defeat the German K-Wagen Boss.
Grass Cutter 10 – Get a 40x blast combo.
Overview
The Kaiser’s Battle DLC is a lot of fun, and gives you a few new levels to play on as well as another boss battle. The DLC only really consists of 2 new maps, 3 new campaign levels, 1 new boss, new soldier skins and 2 new alternate unites. That is basically the entire DLC in a nutshell. Is it worth $5? That choice is yours. Have you completely beaten Toy Soldiers and still want more? Pick up this DLC now, and enjoy yourself as you play the really short but fun French campaign.
I give the Toy Soldiers: Kaiser’s Battle DLC
