Remember that live action preview footage we showed you a little while back. Well it turned out that it was for a music video. The music video for Poets of the Falls’ track called “WAR” which is featured on the Alan Wake soundtrack.
The video below is the music video, the picture above is the first screenshot from the first DLC episode, The Signal, which is available July 27th. Free to everyone who bought Alan Wake new. I hope you held on to that game voucher.
The Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association and Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. will be sponsoring the Tokyo Game Show of 2010 from September 16th to September 19th of this year. And they have also unveiled the focus of this years Tokyo Game Show, and that is the gaming of the future. This could explain a bit about the mascot this year and how she appears to be some sort of android mixed with console accessories.
The Tokyo Game Show itself will be held at Makuhari Messe in Mihama-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture. Not quite sure where that is myself, but I would definitely not pass up the chance to be there if I could. Now onto what their focus truly means in depth.
Over the past year gaming has begun to evolve. There are so many fields of gaming with smart phones rising to become viable gaming devices, Social Networking Sites such as Facebook partnering with game companies that will take in hundreds and millions of people, there is even the movement from 2D gaming evolving into 3D gaming with the 3DS and the PS3 starting to take steps in such a direction. The Tokyo Game Show intends to ride along with the wave of new ideas and become one of the largest events in the entire world and becoming the top source of gaming information in the entire Asian region.
The visual mascot this year has been designed and drawn by Ippei Gyoubo has drawn the gaming-tan type woman for this purpose. By using the parameters given to him by the Tokyo Game Show, and their catchphrase “GAME goes to a new chapter” he drew an idol who is using various bits of equipment to talk to people all around the world, just like those we use all the time now. She offers the wish that you would fall in love with gaming and resonate the amazement of all the video games in the world.
To see the full poster click Here.
Quite a unique outlook huh? Anyone can see how involved they are really getting into the advancement of gaming. Plus they have made some very good points about what they have mentioned. I doubt many people could have predicted that Farmville would have taken such a huge chunk out of the gaming marketplace. Or even that there would be the advancement into 3D gaming yet. Will these types of advancements actually help everything? Or will it end up being a simple gimmick that will fall into obscurity? Time will tell.
HD versions of Chess Classics and Brain Challenge were released this week for the iPad:
Chess Classics HD
The ideal chess simulation game for both beginners who want to learn and advanced players looking for expert opponents: Turn your iPad into an amazing HD chess board!
Grab it here for $5.99
Brain Challenge HD
The best-selling, critically acclaimed brain training franchise arrives on the iPad!
Grab it here for $5.99
*Note* Below you can check a hands-on trailer for Brain Challenge HD.
As we all know, two days ago Steve Jobs officially presented the new iPhone 4 to the world onstage during his keynote at WWDC. The response to the new hardware has been overwhelmingly positive, and I for one can’t wait to get my hands on one when it’s released in Australia in July!
When it comes to new features, let’s talk highlights:
The new hardware feature I really wanted to focus on is the gyroscope. Everyone knows that the Accelerometer revolutionised handheld gaming on the original iPhone, but the Gyroscope has the potential to take things to the next level.
What is a Gyroscope? To answer, let’s defer to the definition on Wikipedia:
“A gyroscope is a device for measuring or maintaining orientation, based on the principles of conservation of angular momentum. A mechanical gyroscope is essentially a spinning wheel or disk whose axle is free to take any orientation”
When you combine this with the existing iPhone Accelerometer, what you are left with is essentially a 6-axis controller capable of reading the pitch, yaw, left, right, up, and down movements of the device, along with establishing how quickly those movements are. In the demonstration Jobs also showed how the Gyroscope could also combine with the in-built compass to orient with gravity. Exciting stuff!
This will give the iPhone 4 a massive advantage over it’s handheld competition like the PSP and Nintendo DS, devices that having nothing like this. If anything, the addition of the Gyroscope puts the iPhone into a class more related to the Nintendo Wii with Motion Plus, or perhaps a PS3 Six-Axis controller.
During the keynote Jobs demonstrated the difference between Accelerometer and Gyroscope by showcasing a simple, Jenga-like game. CNET were there and recorded the demonstration, check it out below!
So guys, what sort of games do you see in the future of the iPhone? Nintendo have a new device supposedly coming out (i.e. not officially presented yet) that has elements of this technology, so how do you see this affecting the other handheld gaming devices?
When BioWare announced that Mass Effect 2 would feature a solo campaign only, there was something of an uproar in the community of faithful Mass Effect followers. Complaints were voiced, repeatedly and vehemently.
It now appears that BioWare took these complaints to heart.
BioWare Montreal has hung a “help wanted” sign on the EA Job site, recruiting for a Lead Multiplayer Programmer. At first, the job listing stated that the job would be working on the Mass Effect franchise, but it was later changed to simply state that they would be “working on BioWare’s top franchises.”
We also know that BioWare isn’t really against the idea of multiplayer in Mass Effect. Said Ray Muzyka, co-founder and CEO of BioWare Corp.,”Multiplayer is something that, at a broad level, BioWare is interested in exploring in our games in the future.”
Of course, that doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s Mass Effect 2 that’s getting the multiplayer treatment. It could just as easily be Mass Effect 3.
I suppose we’ll just have to wait for an official announcement to see if we’ll be getting our multiplayer Mass Effect fix sooner rather than later.
2K is displaying their E3 2010 line-up as the Biggest and Most Powerful Lineup Ever:
“By delivering only the hot list-dominating games that we want to play, 2K will take on E3 2010 with its strongest lineup to date across all of its divisions,” said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. “The benefit of our strategic approach to this year’s roster of delivering fewer, bigger titles – featuring games like Mafia II, NBA 2K11 and New Carnival Games – is that we can focus on delivering the most engaging and entertaining experiences for today’s broadening gaming audience. From core to casual, 2K will have something for every gamer this holiday season.”
Their lineup is as follow:
2K Games
2K Sports
2K Play
I’m mostly excited for Mafia 2, being a big fan of the first game i can’t wait to play this sequel. What about you?
LucasArts has unveiled the collector’s edition for their upcoming sequel Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2. It will be arriving on shelves the same time as the normal edition on October 26th and will cost $80 US on either the PS3 or the Xbox 360. It will include the following additions, which are quite a few to be honest:
The challenge mode levels, character skin, and lightsaber crystal will definitely attract some fans of the series itself. But it also begs the question as if the levels will be available for download at a later time for those who didn’t pick up the C.E.? Plus the material rewards are definitely interesting with the unique Starkiller USB drive.
This week on Steam you can get one of the best games from 2009 for a nice deal:
Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition on Steam – 50% off ($39.99 $19.99 USD)
The Game of the Year Edition features 4 extra Challenge Maps. The additional Challenge Maps are Crime Alley; Scarecrow Nightmare; Totally Insane and Nocturnal Hunter (both from the Insane Night Map Pack).
The offer ends this Thursday at 4pm PDT. So, be fast!
There will be blood. Yes there will be blood in the name of love this Fall. In the below trailer we discover what is behind Rick’s bloody journey. Your path will be covered in blood as you try to get her back from those that have kidnapped her. Namco Bandai is definitely releasing an interesting one here, catch the E3 trailer below.
Video Source: (IGN)
Dragon Quest IX’s release is just a month away and here is the perfect trailer to watch to find weather or not you will pick up this game. It is one of the most popular games in Japan at the moment and it has a large following across the world. It has outsold every other game in Q3 sales and that is just with Japan sales only. When the game expands to the rest of the world that number will jump even higher.
So will you be picking this one up? Bear in mind it is a DS game but it has to be what shall be one of the best DS games to date that isn’t just a Pokemon game. I will definitely be looking into getting this one.
