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Blacklight Tango Down Announced for… Tomorrow?

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July 7, 2010

So it seems Ignition wanted to pull quite the fast one on us today; by annoucning that their upcoming unlimited customization FPS Blacklight Tango Down is arriving on the XBLA July 7th….. tomorrow…..

They really wanted to pull the wool over our eyes with this quick bit of information. Though this is only for those of us that happen to be 360 owners. The rest of the versions, PC and PSN, will be arriving within a few weeks. However if today’s announcement is showing us anything, don’t expect much warning to gather your money for this amazing looking FPS when it releases these versions.

A little bit about BLackout: Tango Down from the press release:

BlackLight: Tango Down is a fast-paced, action-oriented first-person shooter that marks the first release of what will be a multi-platform entertainment franchise. Beyond the video game, a BlackLight feature film from Twentieth Century Fox and comic book series are currently in development. Designed to bring a fun, absorbing, and high quality AAA multiplayer experience to DLG venues, the game exists in a future between contemporary and sci-fi shooters – part Blade Runner and part Call of Duty.
Developed by Zombie Studios, BlackLight: Tango Down takes place 25 years into the future. The player takes control of an elite covert ops team that is sent after missing American Colonel Klein and his personal BlackLight team. The game will feature four single player/co-op levels that support up to four players at once, 12 multiplayer maps, seven game types and literally millions of weapons customization combinations. As the team advances through regions that consist of old world architecture over laden with ubiquitous modern holographic advertising, the trigger based dynamic AI offers an intense and varied experience every time the game is played.

No Alpha Protocol 2 in the works

Travis Bruno

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July 7, 2010

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Unfortunately the underrated and under-appreciated Obsidian’s Alpha Protocol will not be seeing a sequel due to the fact that there was a poor result in sales.

SEGA’s US Boss Mike Hayes has said:

“Let’s speak very commercially; the game hasn’t sold what we’ve expected, therefore we won’t be doing a sequel. The concept was brilliant, though. You know this whole thing with Metacritic where you have to be in the high 70s to mid-80s minimum to have any success – well, with RPGs you have got to be in the late 80s.
“Whilst we had a good game, I don’t think we had a game that had enough to get us to that upper echelon and I think that was the issue. Again, the amount you need to invest to get there is so large because RPGs are naturally big projects. We’ve decided we won’t do a sequel.”

This is very depressing news as I myself was able to do the review for Alpha Protocol and enjoyed it quite throughouly regardless of any aiming issues. Sure there were some hiccups but what game doesn’t have those? The story melded together well and the character interactions were very well done. Alas it seems that we won’t be seeing a second version.

Furry Legends arrives in Europe and Australia on July 16th

Fernando T. Gonçalves

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July 7, 2010

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Platforming, physics and puzzles are Furry Legends biggest selling points. Players will be able to roll, jump, bounce, attack and perform other various moves with their spherical character. The game features a couple of unique characters, each with its unique powers, allowing the player to perform various moves depending on the character selected.

Today, Gamelion Studios announced that Furry Legends will be launched on WiiWare in Europe, Australia and New Zealand on July 16th, 2010 for 1000 Wii Points. The North American version is still expected for this month too.

Furry Legends looks like it’s really fun. Below you can check a beautiful trailer for the game.

Fallout Online is alive! First newsletter and beta subscription!

Fernando T. Gonçalves

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July 7, 2010

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Fallout Online project started with a major problem. In 2009, Bethesda, the current owners of the I.P., filed a lawsuit against Interplay regarding Project V13 (also know as Fallout Online), for the rights of the series. After a big novel, Bethesda dropped their injunction in April 2010 and Fallout Online is still coming by Interplay.

Now that you know about this novel, Fallout Online development is running really well, as Interplay Entertainment released their first newsletter this week, explaining how to register on the official website for additional newsletters and a beta-tester subscription:

Mutants and non-mutants who registered at the FALLOUT® ONLINE site are starting to receive tales from the wastelands. Interested players who sign up are on the fast-track for beta-testing and get the added bonus of a free subscription to the pre-release electronic newsletter. (No additional flora will be harmed by the production of this newsletter.) Subscribers may end their participation at any time, again without cost or additional fees. We are just that kind and giving.

Interplay’s FALLOUT® ONLINE is a massively multiplayer RPG set in the award-winning and best-selling FALLOUT® universe. Player characters roam the desert wastes, the radiation-blasted mountain tops, and the mutated forests of the post-apocalyptic world – a land where decisions have consequences and there are multiple solutions to every challenge. Players can decide to participate in the rebuilding of this broken land, seek the adrenaline pumping pleasure of conquest and destruction, or just go launch anvils and ride the merry-go-round.

The registration site is available at http://www.fallout-on-line.com. Register today. Registered players are winners. [1]

[1] In a very metaphysical way. Registration does not, by itself, actually win anything. It may earn a meager amount of our respect and affection, but results may vary.

Good luck for everyone who wants to participate in the beta!

inFamous 2 won’t be available for the X-Box 360!

Gyzmo34

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July 7, 2010

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I’m a big X-Box fan. I consider the console to be very well balanced in terms of design, tech specs and price; it offers great visuals and foremost has HUGE fun-having potential which in my opinion is exploited very well in most of the games and through the online community. Of course I’m not ignorant and I know it has many bad parts (X-Box Live Gold Fee, the infamous RROD, to name a couple) and I am fully aware that the PS3 is capable of delivering better graphics and processing performances. There is an entire online polemic regarding the subject and it’s not my desire to comment on these things in the present article.

However, there has been a recent interview with Chris Zimmerman, Sucker Punch’s Development Director, which caught my attention. He states the following:

“There’s just more processing power on the PS3. If you look at games like Uncharted 2 that’s a game that you actually can’t do on X-Box no matter how clever you are. InFamous 2 is going to be the same way. You’ll look at it and see that there’s no way we could have done this game on 360. In technical terms the biggest thing that we’ve done is migrate a much larger part of our code to run on the SPUs.”

“The PS3 has this elaborate architecture where there’s a whole bunch of different places you can have your code run and we had it all running in the slow part.”

Now, I’m not implying anything but I think one could make many friends by trashing other’s competition like that, don’t you think?

All-in-all I guess that subtleties matter less in this case, what is most important is that from what it looks like it’s a real certainty that X-Box gamers will be deprived of inFamous 2…hmm…makes me want to get a PS3…but wait, Crysis 2 is coming out for X-Box! So either they should take lessons from Crytek or their game will actually be better than this one. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see!

Assassin’s Creed 2: Brotherhood – Special Edition Contents!

Gyzmo34

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July 6, 2010

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I don’t think that this game needs any introduction! Everybody has played Assassin’s Creed 2, loved it and we’re all dying to get our hands on the next title in the series!

Assassin’s Creed 2: Brotherhood will follow the marketing recipe of it’s older brother; it will come in three different varieties: Standard Edition, Special Edition and a Limited Codex Edition.

Besides the game disk, the Special Edition will include the following:

Bonus mutiplayer character (Officer)
Bonus singleplayer map (Trajan Market)
Exclusive Special Edition Packaging ( 🙂 )

As you can see the Special Edition is like a smaller Limited Codex Edition, and in my opinion both of these editions aren’t as exciting as Assassin’s Creed 2 Black and White ones but I’m sure the game will make up for it!

Sony announces release date for PS3 surround-bar Sound System!

Gyzmo34

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July 6, 2010

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Have you ever found yourself sitting in front of the TV, playing your favourite PS3 game and wondering “…this sound system doesn’t go at all with my console! Will Sony ever release matching audio speakers with the PS3 logo on them?…”. I for one must admit that it never happened to me, but should you find yourself among those people it seems that Sony has read your mind!

Earlier today, the manufacturer has given the release date to the formerly announced PS3 Surround Sound System. As all new shiny things from Sony (see White PS3), it will be launched in Japan on September 30th and the price is estimated at $199.

The system is made of a sound-bar with integrated sub-woofer and speakers which will reflect the sound off your living-room walls using S-Force PRO Front Surround and will support Dolby digital, DTS, MPEG-2 AAC and Linear PCM audio formats. ..I wonder if it will also come in white 🙂

It’s My Circus Review

Gyzmo34

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July 6, 2010

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Publisher: 2K Play
Developer: Cat Daddy Games
Genre: Simulation, Party Game
Platform(s): Wii(Reviewed), DS
Mode(s): Single Player, Multiplayer (supports 2 players)
Misc: Compatible with the Balance Board
Price: Buy now!

I know what you’re thinking…the Wii has too many party games, right? There’s no doubt about that, but when its creators are Cat Daddy Games (Carnival Games – one of the best party games compilation) and 2K Play (Axel & Pixel – XBLA) join in on the fun, there might actually be something worth checking out in “It’s My Circus”!

First of all, some of you may not know that The Ringling Bros, Barnum and Bailey Circus really exists and is MASSIVE in America, so that’s why the long title of the game features them. Now all that remains is to see if they’ve also made a good entrance in video games.

Let me begin by saying that this is a game designed especially for kids…as soon as you start the game, a helpful (though annoying) voice starts explaining what each button of the menu does, even telling you that, when typing your name, the letters change to lower case automatically (really? o_O). So from now on I’ll review this game from a kid’s point of view and for what it’s designed to – having fun.

So on to the games! This compilation features over 40 mini games for you to choose from,varying from using the balance board to…keep your balance on a high wire, being a live cannon-ball, timing your moves as a trapezeist, taming the tigers, teaching your doggies to sing along on a tune and, of course…clowning: be that pie dodging, clown bowling or juggling. All of the games are grouped according to their type: Stunts, Animals, Trapeze, Acrobats, High-Wire and Clowns (ugh! 🙂 ). While playing the games, you earn Barnum Bucks, which are used to buy clothing and other fun unlockables for your character. Also by performing well in your everyday mini-game circus life, you earn stars, which unlock the higher tiers of the park: The Zing Zang Zoom Tent and in the end, Barnum’s FUNundrum (why would they name them that way?).

There isn’t an actual story to the game (what did you expect from a party game?), but the unlockables are enough to keep the players interested and entertained in front of the TV for quite a while.

The controls can get a little frustrating at times, not that they’re difficult to learn, they just don’t work the way they should, and I could only imagine how a kid would react if their doggies weren’t barking in tune with the melody. But having the option to use the balance board instead is a definite plus and something different to other titles of the genre.

In terms of graphics and audio there just isn’t that much to say. The cartoonish graphics fit really well with the theme of the circus, everything being colourful and happy. They could have put a little more effort in character design, though, but I guess it won’t hurt the eyes of a little kid if he sees a misshaped head from now and then. It’s way better than Wii Sports, in any terms. The audio is very jovial, with circus melodies and funny clown accents…though the soundtrack can get repetitive after a while.

Taking all of these things into consideration, I’d say that this compilation is awesome for the little ones and even as a great party activity, that’s why I award “It’s My Circus” 8/10 Capsules!

Red Dead Redemption Short Film

Philip Federico

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July 6, 2010

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A SHORT FILM MADE FROM RED DEAD REDEMPTION AVAILABLE ONLINE

Available now, watch A SHORT FILM MADE FROM RED DEAD REDEMPTION. The 30 minute short film, created and directed by John Hillcoat (the director of The Proposition and The Road), chronicles a slice-in-time of protagonist John Marston as he tracks down his former fellow outlaw and friend, Bill Williamson. Along the way, Marston encounters many of Red Dead Redemption’s eclectic cast of dreamers, misfits and liars.

Using the world of Red Dead Redemption as a virtual film studio and created entirely with in-game assets and technology, John Hillcoat re-imagines Marston’s pursuit of justice and salvation.

Red Dead Redemption is a 1900s-era epic battle for survival as former outlaw John Marston struggles to bury his blood-stained past by uncovering clues to the whereabouts of his former gang mate Bill Williamson. Featuring intense gun battles, dramatic train robberies, bounty hunting and duels during a time of violent change, Red Dead Redemption is available now worldwide on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. Red Dead Redemption is rated “PEGI 18”, and viewers must be 18 to view the film.

Official Movie Description:

1910. The West is dying. The American frontier is undergoing a violent transition from the ways of old to modern times, and Mexico has entered a prolonged period of bloody civil war. Reformed outlaw John Marston is on his way to capture former running buddy Bill Williamson when he comes upon a half dead snake oil merchant named West Dickens. Marston travels under a bleak and unforgiving sun, teaming up with a violent sheriff and a colorful mentally deranged grave robber and together they discover a bloody massacre of homesteaders left in the wake of Williamson. They hatch a plan to break into an abandoned fort where the Williamson Gang is holed up – and a dark, surprising twist ensues. Director John Hillcoat, craftsman of the savage western The Proposition and the recent film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road uses the world of Red Dead Redemption to make a short film that is a compelling cinematic triumph.

A DS saved this mother’s life

Ramblings

Dylan Radcliffe

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July 6, 2010

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I was directed to this story by a title much like the one that directed you here.

My son, my hero [Bendigo Advertiser]

That story above describes how a little boy saved his mother from a wreck, after the mom avoided a kangaroo. Did I mention this took place in Australia? So the Kangaroo isn’t as out of place as you might think.

What got me is the emphasis on the DS. The boy used the light from the DS to save his mother. In reality, the boy didn’t do anything. This is what happened. (The entire story below is completely fictional, and should only be considered as humorous or stupid. Do not take it seriously.)

The both parents were drunk and the Kangaroo was High. The Kangaroo’s friend told the Kangaroo to play chicken with the car. The Dad clearly lost and ended up flipping the car. The boy was in the backseat with out his seat belt on while playing the DS. For some reason he was the only one who managed to not be trapped by the car, so this is why he didn’t have his seat belt on. Why is the mom drunk? Because the boy had to use his DS to find the mom’s phone and then give it to her so that she could call 911. When is a phone not in your pocket or purse? NEVER!

The next problem is why so much emphasis put on the DS? It was just used as a light and nothing more. I could use my watch or even my Cell phone to find my mom’s Cell phone so that she can Dial 911. This boy is getting a medal for doing what people do for their parents all the time. Wouldn’t you die for your mom? I know I would, but where is my medal? Must be an Australian thing.

Parts of the story simply don’t line up correctly, and this boy shouldn’t be receiving a medal. MasterAbbott is probably going to climb over to this post and say how I’m just jealous of Australia and their heroic people. Well, if the story makes so much sense why don’t I point out one major flaw.

How does a little boy pull his pinned mom out of the car after she calls for 911 if she was unable to get herself out.

Bet no one noticed that little tidbit. I say the entire thing was a hoax in order to make this kid famous and in turn the entire family. Kind of like the balloon kid we had here in America. People will do anything to get famous. I bet no one even thought about asking the Kangaroo what happened, he could tell you everything!