They first gave us The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition…and we all loved it! Then they started working on the second one…and we waited!…The wait will finally come to an end as LucasArts has announced that Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge will be launched on X-Box Live, PlayStation Network, Pc and Mac on July 7th!
Unfortunately if you’re waiting for the iPhone or iPad versions, they won’t come out now as they’re scheduled for the end of this summer.
The game follows the same formula as its predecessor but this time it has some twists! The hint system has been modified so that now you can highlight all the objects you can interact with by pressing L1 and there will be pop-up control options which will only show relevant actions related to an object, also Guybrush’s movements will be controlled via the analog stick.
The game will have unlockable concept art and developer’s commentaries allowing us to get some insight on different characters!
Publisher: PopCap Games Developer: SpinTop Games Platform: PC Genre: Hidden-Object/Puzzle Price: $19.95 (Buy now!)
Overview:
As I told you a few days ago, Escape Whisper Valley is PopCap’s latest hidden-object game. When starting the game you find out that due to a sudden rock-slide you are trapped in an abandoned mountain village. In order to escape you will have to explore different parts of Whisper Valley in search for clues which will have to be put together thus helping you find a way out.
Gameplay:
The game has 3 differents game-modes. In the first one, which is available from the start and is the main game mode, you will have to collect 25 map pieces in order to find a way out. For each map piece you will have to find all the objects required in a specific scene. The number of scenes which require completion varies for each level from 2, in the lower levels, all the way up to 8 in the last part of the game.
I must tell you that the game gets you hooked-up really easy as there are dozens of cleverly hidden objects in each of the 25 scenes, and even though the scenes will start to repeat at a point you won’t have to find the same object again (I went through 3 play-throughs before being asked to find the same object!). To make things interesting, beside having to pick the indicated objects, some tasks will be to combine different things, for example: “Slice the cheese” then “Put the piece of cheese in the mouse-trap” or you will be asked to spell “BABY” using some cubes. Things will start getting a little more difficult as you advance thus instead of indicating the object by it’s name you will be asked to point out things like “Has Gills”, “Left by shoes” or “Doesn’t like dogs”.
If you like seeing your name in the High Scores list, you’ll be interested in acquiring bonuses. These can be achieved in a number of ways. You will be rewarded for your swiftness, both by locating the objects really quickly as well as finishing the scene in record time. Also you can try discovering the hidden locks and keys, there are 1 of each in every scene, but I warn you that they come in a lot of shapes and sizes and the HINT system won’t work on them!
At the end of each level you will have to complete a mini-game in order to be given the map piece. There are 7 mini-game types like block slide, match-3 and different types of Jigsaw. These are really fun and help loosen the tension built up from all that object finding. Also you will notice that their difficulties will increase as you progress through the game.
After finishing the game two new game modes will be unlocked, Unlimited Seek & Find, and a mystery bonus game.
In Unlimited Seek and Find you will be able to revisit the scenes, only this time you will be able to search for all the hidden objects available.
–small SPOILER ALERT– 🙂
I usually don’t do this but I have to say that I loved the ending part. I think it was genius to put in that little point-and-click adventure scene, which in my opinion looked and felt great and they could have easily made an entire game just like that!
–END SPOILER–
Graphics and sound:
I have only one word for the feeling that the graphics and sound give: GREAT!
It is obvious that special attention to detail has been given in order to do the scenes. The objects blend in wonderfully and sometimes you’ll find yourself gazing at the screen searching for something, only to find out it was concealed in a painting or in a mirror’s reflection. Everything looks natural and in its place.
I was also impressed by the sound of the game! Even though it gets a little repetitve, the music is very well chosen and at times gives you cold shivers and in combination with the graphics’ style it really emanates the atmosphere of an abandoned mountain village, forgotten with time’s passing.
Feeling:
The game is great and I recommend it to anyone who wants to relax and also practice their “seek-and-locating” skills. You will have a great time playing it, but somehow it leaves you wanting more…Who knows maybe they really are planning an adventure-type game for us in the future!
Ever get the feeling that the movie you just watched was created with one single purpose. That purpose being, to create a movie that orbits a specific actor? Well, if you thought that was the purpose before, take a look at this film.
The expendables is an upcoming movie, set to release this summer, about a bunch of mercenaries. Who are playing these mercenaries? The top action movie actors out there. This movie screams for attention from the sheer mass of “tough guys” in it.
Just take a look at the cast. The Actor – who they are in the movie
Sylvester Stallone – Barney ‘The Schizo’ Ross
Jason Statham – Lee Christmas
Mickey Rourke – Tool
Terry Crews – Hale Caesar
Jet Li – Yin Yang
Dolph Lundgren – Gunnar Jensen
Randy Couture – Toll Road
David Zayas – General Gaza
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin – Paine
Charisma Carpenter – Lacy
Eric Roberts – Monroe
Giselle Itie – Sandra
Arnold Schwarzenegger – Himself
Quite an intimidating cast and anyone can pull out at least one actor they know from that list, but in the words of the wise MasterAbbott “it’s going to be epic or an epic #FAIL”.
I just hope it will have action, explosions, a hot girl, and lots of killing. A story? No, those are over rated! I don’t need a story!
Lets take a look at some other comments on the trailer.
“Four and a half man…not funny…IT’S MORE LIKE JET LI EQUALS FOUR MEN AND THE OTHER FOUR ADDS UP TO A HALF. ” ~ vangstr6
“Evvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvveryone….is in this! Did I see Lassie in the background?” ~ TheXenomorph1980
“so the whole movie is about a bunch of ex-action hero old farts ? ” ~ worstalentscout
“wheres chuck norris D: ” ~ AsianVietAlex
I will let cangriman0101 sum it up for everyone:
Reaction the first time I saw the trailer:
“Oh nice, the guy from Transporter…
with the guy from The Wrestler this ****ing awesome…
the german guy from Rocky! this is great…
Stone Cold Austin? God does exist…
the guy from UFC! yeah!…
Jet Li???!!!! *(Recanted)* YEAH!…
Bruce ****ing Willis…
is that Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger??”
*Head Explodes*
Super Mario takes off into the Galaxy – Give him a hug goodbye!
PLUS A SIGNED COPY OF SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2 BY MR MIYOMOTO IS UP FOR GRABS!!!
Mario is jetting off into the galaxy in AUSTRALIA on 1 July and Nintendo want you to send him off with a final hug! In fact, Nintendo want to establish a record.
To celebrate the much anticipated launch of Super Mario Galaxy 2, (available in stores all over AUSTRALIA on July 1) Mario himself, and TV and radio personality Jabba will be at The Nintendo Experience, EB Games, Swanston Street, Melbourne at 7:00am, July 1 to establish the record for the most amount of hugs by a mascot character in 20 minutes!
The current world record was established by a 51 year old Ohio man, Jeff Ondash on Valentine’s Day 2010. Jeff hugged an amazing 7,777 in a 24 hour period outside the Paris Las Vegas hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Unfortunately Mario needs a rest after 20 minutes (it’s tiring jumping around and collecting all those coins)! For this reason, Mario will hope to hug more than 108 people in 20 minutes to establish a new record for a character mascot.
To commemorate this, every hugger who attends on the day will get their own personal photo of the occasion and will be one of the first in Australia to experience the spectacular new items and new stages of the 3D galactic video game, Super Mario Galaxy 2. They will be the first to run, jump and fly through a 3D dazzling galaxy, bursting with imagination.
Plus everyone that purchases or collects their pre-order copy of Super Mario Galaxy 2 from EB Games Swanston Street on 1 July, between 7am – 8:30am will have their chance to win a signed copy of the game, by Mr Miyomoto!!! This is a unique copy, signed by the genius behind Mario. Make sure you pre-order your copy today at EB Games, Swanston Street for your chance to WIN!
Please note, you must be at EB Games, Swanston Street, Melbourne for the draw at 8:30am, July 1, to collect the signed game if you are the lucky winner.
There will also be giveaways up for grabs for the best dressed, as well as competitions throughout the morning. So get your best Super Mario Galaxy 2 themed outfits ready and be part of the fun on July 1!
Namco Bandai is proud to bring everyone in the United States the sequel to the hit game Dragon Ball: Origins, with Origins 2! This game is exclusive to the Nintendo DS and should currently be residing upon all the shelves at your local retailers. Those of you familiar with the Dragon Ball series will know how important the legendary Dragon Balls are, and nearly the whole focus of the series was to obtain these coveted balls for their special powers.
In the sequel players will be able to control young Goku as well has his friends that he will meet, as he fights his way through the deadly Red Ribbon Army. You will have the ability to play as the hero Goku, his best friend Krillin, even Yamcha. Plus as an interesting turn with a non-combatant you can also play as Bulma during parts of the story. Players will be able to unleashed a wide range of skills to navigate through each level.
They will be doing this through stylus and button inputs to bring Goku through the paces of devastating aerial attacks, and punish his foes with combination attacks and even interacting with any environment around you. In an added bonus the camera itself loves to get into the action as it adapts to what is occurring in the game, either zooming in to assist the player with tough battles or challenging environments. It will even change to a fighting game camera angle during the boss battles!
For some screenshots of this great looking game follow up here.
You have all probably been enjoying the Demo, or you have been aggravated by clunky controls, the time limit, or maybe even that it feels too much like the first game with not that much added.
Well, I played the Demo and quite enjoyed myself. Haven’t unlocked any of the achievements because I was too busy progressing as far as possible in the Demo’s Story. The achievements are actually pretty easy, and consist of a whole bunch of miscellaneous tasks. The achievements will not be added until you buy the retail game, so they give you something to do while playing the demo. That 30 minute time limit is lame though. Oh and it has xbox live co-op! Which is awesome!
G’day everyone, 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 : As its Sonic’s 19th Anniversary tomorrow there is are lot of specials going on, 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 !!
Updates
Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing Add On Bundle – Sale (now $6.49, original price $12.99)
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing DLC 2 – Metal Sonic & Death Egg Zone Track – Sale (now $5.49, original price $7.99)
Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing – Ryo with Forklift Character – Sale (now $3.49, original price $4.99)
Sonic The Hedgehog Very Hard Shadow – Sale (now $1.49, original price $2.49)
Sonic The Hedgehog Very Hard Silver – Sale (now $1.49, original price $2.49)
Sonic The Hedgehog Very Hard Sonic – Sale (now $1.49, original price $2.49)
Sonic Unleashed Apatos & Shamar Adventure Pack – Sale (now $1.99, original price $2.99)
Sonic Unleashed Chun-Nan Adventure Pack – Sale (now $1.99, original price $2.99)
Sonic Unleashed Empire City & Adabat Adventure Pack – Sale (now $1.99, original price $2.99)
Sonic Unleashed Holoska Adventure Pack – Sale (now $1.99, original price $2.99)
Sonic Unleashed Mazuri Adventure Pack – Sale (now $1.99, original price $2.99)
Sonic Unleashed Spagonia Adventure Pack – Sale (now $1.99, original price $2.99)
Sonic Unleashed: Unleash My Desire Bundle – Sale (now $8.99, original price $17.99)
Sonic Rivals – Sale (now $10.99, original price $15.99)
Sonic Rivals 2 – Sale (now $13.99, original price $19.99)
Sonic Rivals: Set My Pulse Bundle – Sale (now $17.99, original price $29.99)
Blue Toad Murder Files: Episode 1 – Sale (now $1.49, original price $7.49)
Kick-Ass – Sale (now $9.99, original price $14.99)
Warhawk: Fallen Star DLC – Sale (now $1.99, original price $7.99)
Downloadable Games
Sam & Max Episode 3: They Stole Max’s Brain (free with purchase of Episode 1)
You wouldn’t want to see freelance shamus Sam when he’s steamin’ mad. Someone has snatched his little buddy’s noodle, gunning for control of its inner powers. Now Sam’s going all noir to get it back!
Was it the giant gorilla? The two-bit rat? Or the fishy dame who runs the greasy-spoon? The trail of The Devil’s Playhouse is getting twisty, and Sam’s rolling up his sleeves, smackin’ heads and throwin’ slugs to crack the case.
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 411 MB
Add-on Game Content
MAG – Interdiction Mission Pack ($9.99)
Interdiction; the act of halting an enemy’s advance through destruction with firepower. Featuring new armor, medals, ribbons and Trophies, cut off your enemy’s advance on neutral battlefields, fighting to seize control of command posts in all-new missions utilizing convoys to survive the offensive onslaught.
File size: 440 MB
LittleBigPlanet – Summer Solstice Costume (free)
Celebrate the coming of Summer with this limited edition costume for Sackboy! Available for a limited time!
File size: 1.04 MB
ModNation Racers: Princess Mod ($0.99)
Help Princess fulfill her dream of wearing a real crown by putting her in first place in ModNation™ Racers. Surprise the competition with her dainty looks as you boost, drift, and draft your way into the winner’s circle! Princess includes several Mod accessories for you to Create within the Mod Studio including a Tutu, Tiara, and Stampable Jewels! Download this Mod today!
File size: 100 KB
ModNation Racers: Princess Kart ($0.99)
Bring a little royalty and class to the tracks of ModNation Racers with Princess’ Kart! Princess’ Kart includes a fully-designed Kart body, as well as Kart parts for you to Create within the Kart Studio including a Carriage Body and Seat, Magic Mirror steering wheel, and Carriage Wheels for tires. Download this Add-on today!
File size: 100 KB
ModNation Racers: Princess Mod and Kart ($1.75)
Princess will bring some royal class to the MRC! Don’t be fooled by Princess’ deceptively dainty style and kart, she has enough skills to rule the track and take the crown. This ModNation™ Racers Princess Mod AND Princess’ Kart bundle pack includes a fully-designed Mod, Kart, as well as several related parts and accessories for you to Create within the Mod and Kart Studios. Download this pack today!
File size: 200 KB
Tiger Wood PGA Tour 11: River Course At Blackwolf Run ($9.99)
Bring your “A” game and prepare to play one of North America’s most challenging and scenic courses. The Wisconsin based course features vast rolling greens, grass topped dunes and deep bunkers. Tee off at this award winning course today!
File size: 141 MB
Red Dead Redemption: Outlaws to the End Co-Op Pack (free)
The Outlaws To The End Co-Op Mission Pack lets up to four players join forces and take on the Dying West together. Missions include raiding gold mines, clearing the outlaw-infested town of Tumbleweed with cannons and Gatling guns, battling rebel insurgents across the river banks, and more in 6 new co-op missions. With new Trophies and Challenges, this extensive co-op pack brings hours of gunslinging action to your Red Dead Redemption experience.
File size: 15 MB
Just Cause 2: Bull’s Eye Assault Rifle ($0.99)
Blows the ’standard’ assault rifle out of the water!
File size: 481 KB
Just Cause 2: Chevalier Classic ($0.99)
No agent should be without a hot set of wheels.
File size: 2.1 MB
Just Cause 2: Monster Truck ($0.99)
If you can’t go through it, just go over it!
File size: 3.27 MB
Just Cause 2: Rico’s Signature Gun ($0.99)
A signature gun adapted for Rico’s shooting style.
File size: 406 KB
Just Cause 2: Tuk Tuk Boom Boom (free)
Try out a true weapon of mass destruction in the new and improved Tuk Tuk.
File size: 2.22 MB
Lost Planet 2 – Killzone 2 Helghast Assault and Scout Character (free) HOT !!!
On the lost planet of E.D.N. III, only the toughest survive and they don’t come much tougher than the helghast Assault and Helghast Scout troops. The most feared units from Killzone now get to take on Lost Planet 2’s pirate factions and the deadly giant Akrid. helghast Assault and Helghast Scout are available now as an exclusive download for PlayStation 3 system owners.
File size: 5.4 MB
Super Street Fighter IV: Super Shadaloo Costume Pack ($3.99)
Download the sixth pack of alternate costumes for Super Street Fighter IV! New costumes for Balrog, Sagat, Vega, M.Bison and Seth are included. Don these new threads and take down all of your rivals in style! Only available for use with Super Street Fighter IV.
File size: 100 KB
Battlefield Bad Company 2 Onslaught Mode ($9.99)
Expanding the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 online multiplayer experience, Onslaught Mode delivers the first online co-op Battlefield action to the PlayStation 3 system! Up to 4 players can team up and put their squad skills to the test across 4 enhanced multiplayer maps fighting against A.I. forces and new enemy vehicles such as the Mark V patrol boat.
File size: 100 KB
Skate 3: Black Box Distribution Skate Park ($2.99)
Hone your skills and rip like the pros of Zero, Mystery, and Fallen by skating their private training facility, a park with a little something for every skater.
File size: 1.52 MB
“Damned If I Do Ya (Live)” by All Time Low ($1.99)
“Dear Maria Count Me In” by All Time Low ($1.99)
“Weightless” by All Time Low ($1.99)
All Time Low Track Pack ($5.49) – Downloadable Track Pack featuring “Damned If I Do Ya (Live),” “Dear Maria Count Me In,” and “Weightless” by All Time Low. 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.
“7 Things” – Miley Cyrus ($1.99)
“Can’t Be Tamed” – Miley Cyrus ($1.99)
“Fly On The Wall” – Miley Cyrus ($1.99)
“See You Again” – Miley Cyrus ($1.99)
“Start All Over” – Miley Cyrus ($1.99)
Rock Band Network
“Creepy Doll” by Jonathan Coulton ($1.99)
“HTML Rulez D00d” by The Devil Wears Prada ($1.99)
“Jumper ‘09″ by Third Eye Blind ($1.99)
“Paralyze” by Finger Eleven ($1.99)
“Requiem For A Dying Song” by Flogging Molly ($0.99)
File size: 23 – 31 MB (singles),
Bundles
Blue Toad Murder Files Episodes 2-6 Upgrade ($25.49)
If you already own episode 1, upgrade to the full season of Blue Toad Murder Files for a special discounted price! Played solo or up to four players locally, can you unravel the secrets of Little Riddle? This product supports the following languages: In-game speech: English; On-screen text: English.
File size: 1.57 GB
Blue Toad Murder Files: Episode 1-6 Bundle Pack ($26.99)
6 great episodes for a special discounted price! Played solo or up to four players locally, can you unravel the secrets of Little Riddle? This product supports the following languages: In-game speech: English; On-screen text: English.
File size: 1.98 GB
Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing Add-On Bundle ($6.49)
Sonic is racing into his 19th year, so to celebrate we’re offering you an exclusive bundle deal – get the Ryo with Forklift Character Add On and Metal Sonic Death Egg Add On for Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing for a whopping 50% off – now only $6.49 for a limited time!
File size: 149 MB
Flower Soundtrack Bundle ($4.99)
Flower lets you take control of the wind as you explore and navigate beautiful, lush environments using only the SIXAXIS wireless controller, for an interactive escape that takes you on an emotional journey. Download both the original soundtrack from Flower and the Flower dynamic theme at this special bundle price.
File size: 129.4 MB
Avatars
LittleBigPlanet – World Cup Avatars (x32) ($0.49)
File size: 100 KB
Downloadable Games (also available from PS3 Storefront)
TNA Impact: Cross The Line ($29.99)
Wrestling so real you feel pain! Enter the ring and experience the adrenaline-pumping action, the drama, and style of the world’s premier professional wrestling organization! This is total nonstop action. This is wrestling. This is TNA.
ESRB Rated T
File size: 928 MB
Add-on Game Content (also available from PS3 Storefront)
BUZZ! Quiz World: National Geographic Prehistoric Quiz Pack ($2.99)
The world famous National GeographicTM archives brings you the ultimate quiz about a time when dinosaurs ruled the world! This pack features hundreds of new questions to play in any of your favorite BUZZ! Quiz World game modes for your PSP or PSPgo system. Download this quiz pack today and turn your party into the ultimate trivia showdown.
File size: 67 MB
LittleBigPlanet PSP – Unidentified Sacking Objects Costume (free)
USO’s (Unidentified Sacking Objects) have been spotted in your area. What’s green, has one eye, and a purple raygun? This wonderful new costume! NOTE: Manual Update required
File size: 1.16 MB
LittleBigPlanet PSP – Unidentified Sacking Objects Pack ($2.99)
USO’s (Unidentified Sacking Objects) have been spotted in your area. Make sure your levels are out of this world with the amazing Unidentified Sacking Objects pack. 4 costumes and 12 great new stickers will help send your Sackboy into orbit. NOTE: Manual Update required
File size: 1.27 MB
Game Videos (free)
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable Walkthrough Video #1
File size: 25 MB
After the Bazillion videos about Naughty Bear, we finally have a launch trailer for you guys. Below you will find the first of probably many launch trailers.
Imagine all of that murder just because he wasn’t invited to a party. So Sad. I do have to thank the game though for giving me so many videos to post. Thank you! Now lets hope this game is actually good. It looks decent, but seems repetitive. Naughty Bear Releases in the US June 29th.
If you pre-order Just Cause 2, then this news post is not important to you. On the other hand, if you hadn’t pre-ordered the game and just love blowing things up, then this post is perfect for you.
First off, the weapons that came with a pre-order are all on sale now for 80MSP each. Those include Rico’s Signature Gun, Bull’s Eye Assault Rifle and Chevalier Classic.
If weapons aren’t your thing and you are simply reading this to find out what could possibly help you blow things up, then you should definitely look at the picture above. That will help you blow things up. It’s perfect for when you want to make havoc and cause destruction. The best part is that it is free! Yep, the Tuk Tuk Boom Boom is completely free and can be downloaded right now.
Steam is running a special deal today-only for the classic Deus Ex series. Commemorating the 10th birthday, both Deus Ex games are available for a special price.
Deus Ex series incorporates RPG, action, adventure, and 1st-person shooter genres into a chaotic blend of real-world conspiracies, cliffhangers, and plot twists. The first Deus Ex game is definitely a classic, being considered one of the best PC games ever, while the second is good, but not great.
You can get each Deus Ex game for 75% off (U$2.49), or get both games for 75% off (U$4.98), for just 24 hours.
