It’s slipped in under the radar, as most of us are plugging away at Battlefield Bad Company 2. Sega’s new Sonic & Sega All Star Racing has arrived and is doing victory laps as we speak.
Join all the popular Sega characters in this great fast paced racing game suitable for the whole family to enjoy.
Sega & Sonic All-Stars Racing is also priced quite reasonably why not pick it up for kids and also the BIG kids as well, easy to play and certainly very fun, it supports local and multiplayer as well so you can get online and whack everyone with Banjo’s Jiggis or Roy’s forklift.
Fishpond have a great deal at them moment and if you live in Australia you also get FREE delivery !!
Straight from the Horses mouth in the wild wild west of Red Dead Redemption. Seems like the carrier pigeons, pack mules, merchant wagons have all broken down at the same time and in doing so Rockstar games have announced that RED DEAD REDEMPTION will be delayed till the 18th March North America & 21st May in Europe. They promised that this is final date for the release.
Check out the offical post from the Rockstar site below :
Sorry guys – as you may have heard, it’s going to be just a few extra weeks of wait until the release of Red Dead Redemption on Xbox 360 and PS3. The game’s new release date – which we promise is final! – is May 18th, 2010 (May 21st in Europe).
We at Rockstar have always prided ourselves on the uncompromising quality of our games – and will always opt to take a bit longer to polish and fine-tune a game to be as perfect as possible when we think it necessary. With Red Dead Redemption, we felt that these extra few weeks will make a big difference in helping us deliver you an experience beyond your expectations.
Thanks for your patience. We believe it will be worth the wait.
Rockstar Games
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How does everyone feel about the delay ? Well at least it will give me time to play my other 70+ UNOPENED GAMES. Yes I know I have major problems. 😉
Looking forward to blur?
Didn’t get a pass for the beta that releases March 8th?
Not a gold member, so you didn’t even bother?
Well, go to their website, and sign up for information on the beta for a chance to get Beta access. http://www.blurgame.com/home
I’m not exactly sure how they decide who gets in, (it could be everyone who signs up), but if you get into the beta they will supply the Xbox code on March 8th, as well as a 48 hour xbox live trial.
So sign up, and have a chance to play the beta.
Blur Arrives in stores May 25th (US), May 28th (Europe).
Great news from Capcom the second DLC episode for Resident EVIL 5 is out : Desperate Escape is available now on Xbox Live and will be available March 4th on Playstation Network
Check out the details below :
This latest addition to the Resident Evil storyline pairs Jill Valentine and Josh Stone in another harrowing lost chapter. Freed of a mind control device, a fatigued Jill has collapsed. Awaken by BSAA agent Josh Stone, Jill and Josh work together to escape from the Tricell facility under the darkness of night. Players will fight-off unrelenting waves of enemies, guiding Jill and Josh as they race to assist Chris and Sheva in their final showdown with Albert Wesker. If you download Desperate Escape you will also get to play in Mercenaries Reunion as Josh Stone and Rebecca Chambers, rookie S.T.A.R.S. member.
Not content with just releasing Desperate Escape, the second costume pack which features Chris Redfield’s “Heavy Metal” costume and Sheva Alomar’s “Business” outfit is also available to download. You can take your newly clothed Chris and Sheva into the Mercenaries Reunion mode too!
Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition will be available across Europe on 12th March and includes the original Resident Evil 5 game plus all the downloadable content to date on a single Blu-Ray disk for PS3. For the Xbox 360, the game includes the original Resident Evil 5 plus a token for all the downloadable content.
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Who’s picking or has already picked this up ? Let us know what you think of it.
Toy Soldiers Publisher: Signal Studios Developer: MGS Platforms: Xbox 360 Release Date: March 3rd, 2010
Story
“Put your foot soldiers, snipers, cavalry, and fighter pilots to the test in Toy Soldiers. Poised to be a smash hit on Xbox LIVE® Arcade, Toy Soldiers is an action-packed strategy-based game in which players command antique WWI toy soldiers vying for control of the trench-filled battlefields of Europe. Deploy an exciting arsenal such as tanks, cavalry, biplanes, and flamethrowers in vintage WWI toy dioramas. Developed by Signal Studios exclusively for Xbox 360, Toy Soldiers allows you to take control of individual units or control the entire battlefield from a strategic view. Integrating multiple game genres and world-class visuals, Toy Soldiers is a unique and action-packed entertainment experience!” [via Xbox.com]
Remember when you were a kid, and you used to play with toy soldiers. Well Toy Soldiers lets you reenact those good old days without the need to clean up all of the soldiers afterwards. The only disappointment is the inability to kick over your enemy’s base and army after you lose.
Take command of your army as you defend yourself in the campaign that reenacts classic WWI battles. After you are done with WWI battle your friends over Xbox live or on the couch in verses.
Gameplay
Toy soldiers is an overloaded tower defense game. The base gameplay comprises of you setting up defensive units to keep the enemy soldiers from reaching your toy box. You can upgrade your units but can only place the units in specific locations placed on your side of the field. Think of a tower defense game and now give yourself the ability to control certain defensive units. You have now just pictured Toy Soldiers.
Upgrade your defensive units to increase their power, and defend against multiple waves of enemy units. Control your defensive units to use your advanced shooting skills to mow down the enemy waves or control the entire field from a bird’s eye perspective all while attempting to keep your toy box safe.
Every kill you get will give you a certain amount of money in order to buy more defensive units as well as barb wire. Multiple kills after each other will get you multiplier bonuses and give you even more money.
Once a certain amount of people get past your defenses and into your toy box, you lose. Different levels have different amounts of people that can break through before losing. Use your defensive units and barb wire to stop all types of enemy units and survive every wave to beat a level.
Multiplayer
Multiplayer is available for online 1v1, or local split screen 1v1. No matter what the combat will always be 1v1 though. The gameplay in verses changes slightly. While in campaign you simply defend, in verses you defend as well as attack.
Y lets you create vehicles to attack with, and depending on the level you are on, determines which vehicles you can choose from. It could be tanks, biplanes, or even agile horses.
The only main problem with the multiplayer is two good players can keep a game going on forever, and there isn’t really anyway for either side to gain the upper hand. While on the other hand, if either player is clearly better than the other there isn’t any way for the worse player to stand a chance.
Audio
The soundtrack is comprised of music that feels like WWI. Even though you are fighting using toy soldiers, the game partially reenacts scenes from classic wars. The music simply helps to push the effect completely through.
The sound effects are also nice. All the weapons sound heavy when firing them, the heaviness kind off pulls you out of the feel that you are in a toy box playing with toy soldiers, but it doesn’t really matter since it is still a fun game.
Achievements
The Achievements in Toy Soldiers are based mostly within the campaign, and will require you to play on harder settings as well as getting certain scores. If you are good at tower defense games, the achievements in this game should be pretty easy. A few may take a while though, such as beating every level with a general rank.
There are also 2 avatar awards in Toy Soldiers.
A gas mask for buying the game.
A German helmet for beating the game.
The Achievement List is:
Jumped the bags: Complete level 1.
Old Contemptible: Defeat Tsar Tank.
Flying Pig: Defeat Zeppelin.
Old Sweat: Defeat Uber Tank.
Coffin Nails: Complete the Campaign.
Foot Slogger: Earn General Rank on any level.
Pickled Monkey: Win a Multiplayer Match on every level.
Throw a Seven: Complete any level in Elite mode.
Pip, Squeak & Wilfred: Survive until Round 5.
Fire in the hole: Guide a shell to its destination.
Sweet Fancy Adams: Earn General Rank on all Campaign levels.
Brass Hat: Complete Campaign+ and earn all Ration Tickets.
Overview
Toy soldiers is an extremely fun tower defense game, but it is still only a tower defense game. The ability to control certain units is what makes this tower defense game stand out. A majority of you game won’t be spent building defenses, but rather upgrading your current units and jumping from one to the next to use your superior shooting abilities to mow down the enemies rushing you. I give Toy Soldiers 8 Capsules out of 10.
Pros
Split screen verses leads to fun on the couch games with family and friends.
The ability to control your units makes this tower defense game stand out.
Multiple difficulties and bonus objective for extra hours of play time.
Cons
Two good players in verses mode leads to a game that will never end due to any chance to gain the upper hand.
Once you get your units placed, the remaining of the match is usually played out in control of only one unit.
G’day Everyone !! MasterAbbott has made an appearance on the U.S. Xbox 360 My Community Dashboard Tab on Xbox Live. If you live in the U.S tab over to the My Community tab whilst logged on to XBOX Live and check out MasterAbbott. MasterAbbott would like to say a VERY BIG thank you to the XBOX Community team, especially Xbox Live Community Manager TRIXIE360 for being on Xbox Gamer Spotlight and now appearing on the My Community Dashboard on everyone’s XBOX 360 in the U.S.A 🙂
Also BIG BIG thanks to everyone that has sent MasterAbbott a friends request and messages 🙂 He will try and reply back to everyone one of you and also do his best to add as many of you as he possibly can to his friends list. At the moment his Friends list is kinda getting a bit full right about now 😉
Once again thank to everyone. The XBOX LIVE Community is the best community in the world !! Lets keep it that way by Playing Fair, Having Fun and Being COOL !! 🙂
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Activision has announced that Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella are no longer with the studio. Activision Publishing chief technology officer Steve Pearce and head of production Steve Ackrich will head up the development house on “an interim basis.” Furthermore, Call of Duty-related business will now be overseen by Philip Earl (now ex-head of Activision’s Asia-Pacific region). There is no info as to why Jason West and Vince Zampella are no longer with the studio but I’m sure we will find out soon.
The Call of Duty franchise is trying to get to Asia! Any asians reading this? You might be getting the franchise over there soon.
Treyarch plans to release the next Call of Duty game this fall.
Infinity ward is developing the first 2 map packs for Modern Warfare 2 to be released in 2010.
Finally, Activision plans to expand the Call of Duty franchise to more genres and geographies
Ok that is all. You may continue playing your games.
Hey did anyone get the programming reference in the title? 😉
Ever wanted to fold that Paper Origami figure from Playstation 3’s Heavy Rain ? Well today’s your lucky day. MasterAbbott, the Master of Origami folding has this set out a little Origami lesson on how to make the trademark Origami figure from the cover of Heavy Rain. Grab youselves a piece of square paper and follow these simple instructions below.
ORIGAMI 101 CLASS is now in Session … Enjoy 🙂
Fold 1.
Fold the square over diagonally as shown to make a nice, visible crease.
Fold Step 2.
Next, fold the square the other way, as shown, making a second visible crease.
Fold 3.
Turn the square 45 degrees as shown, and fold three points towards the center.
Fold 4.
Fold the upper point backwards as shown.
Fold 5.
Fold the four remaining points towards the center as shown.
Fold 6.
Turn the paper over, and fold the lower point towards the top. It should now look like a little triangle.
Fold 7.
Next reach up, and pull the inner points down, as shown. (This part is a little tricky)
Fold 8.
There is no fold for Fold 8 but make sure it looks like this. If it doesn’t your FAILING MasterAbbott’s Origami Class !! If you figure is like that them go to fold 9.
Fold 9.
Folder the upper point down as shown.
Fold 10.
This is another pitstop. You don’t have to do anything apart from making sure your figure looks like the one below. If it does then move on to the fold 11. We’re nearly there… Are you excited ??? I IS !! 😉
Fold 11.
Fold the right half of the paper over to the left, and at the same time hop on one foot… hehe no only joking, pull out the upper square to create the nose of the Origami figure.
Step 12.
Looks like ummm… Don’t know what it looks like but if your figure looks like this your nearly there. I’m so proud of you !!
Step 13.
Pull the out the tail as shown and VOILA …(is that how u spell it??) You’re now an official Origami specialist. Congratulations on passing MasterAbbott’s Origami 101 CLASS !!
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Hope you all enjoyed this little time out. If you’ve spent the time in making this cute little figure, take a pic and post it on the comments below. Let’s see how good yours came out !! 🙂
MasterAbbott would be proud to see them all. Maybe there might be a prize involved for the best looking Heavy Rain Origami figure 🙂
Fold 11.
