Games on Deman have a great deal for Batman: arkham Asylum, check out the details below.Ā Also make sure you pick up Tinker if you haven’t already done so as ITS FREEĀ link to your Xbox Live Gamertag for an extra 200 gamerscore !!!
The Games on Demand on Windows crew will be shooting out bargains every week in March these prices are going to be CRAZY check below on how much you can get Batman for !! Then keep an eye out next week for the next title !!
FROM 2/26 TO 3/1: $59.99 NOW $12.49 (75% OFF – LIMITED TIME ONLY!)
ALSO, each weekend in March will bring a new discounted Games on Demand title. Weāll keep you posted each Friday and also post a note on our twitterĀ to let you know what G4W- LIVE title is on sale that weekend.
This offer will be available in all regions where Games on Demand are supported.
P.S. After youāve got the client installed, youāll also want to grab the free game Tinker, which also has 200 Gamerscore that you can getā¦for free.
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What do you think of this super deal from the Microsoft team ?Ā Who’s picking up Batman for only $12 ??? If you dont already have it now is the time to do it !! š
From yesterdays Super Street Fighter IV pre-order post here is 100% confirmation on what your going to be getting when you pre-order Super Street Fighter IV and Lost Planet 2.
Read the press release information below,Ā enjoy and most of all PRE-ORDER your copies now !!
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PRESS RELEASE INFO !!
Super Street Fighter IV confirmed for release on Friday April 30 th and Lost Planet 2 just a few weeks later on May 18 th it is time to reveal some of the great pre-order incentives that will be available to European & Australian gamers plus some other great LP2 news.Ā Ā
Super Street Fighter IV – Dress your characters, yourself or your i-phone in style i-phone covers ā featuring stylised images of fan favourite characters, these covers will only be available via this pre-order initiative.
Super Classic Costume pack ā Get brand new costumes for Gen, Dhalsim, Blanka, Fei Long and Guile before they go on general sale;Ā fighting never looked so good.
T-shirts ā An exclusive range of limited edition t-shirts featuring unique designs which will not be available anywhere else.
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Lost Planet 2 ā Choose from multiplayer maps, your very own Akrid or an exclusive t-shirt
Collectible figure ā This pre-order offers a limited edition figurine of one of the gigantic Akrid that players will encounter in Lost Planet 2.
T-shirt ā With an exclusive design not available anywhere else those gamers choosing this pre-order will own a truly unique piece of Lost Planet 2 merchandise.
Multiplayer maps – Gamers opting for this pre-order will be able to download two new maps on which they can engage in 16 player multiplayer battles
Helix – the underwater NEVEC mining facility is set over several layers full of twisted corridors. Swim between the layers, dive to the bottom to change your point of attack or launch yourself in an instant to the upper levels using the Aqua Catapults. Ā
Back to the Island – the shady atoll of Island 902 is broken into wide open spaces and compact interiors.Ā Choose your battlefield from the beaches to the battered carrier, or explore a new dimension in the underwater area.Ā Control the bridge to dominate the map, but beware as you are vulnerable to attacks from all sides.Ā
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Details of which local retailers will be running each specific pre-order campaign will be confirmed shortly.
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Split-screen confirmed ā After months of speculation, the development team that brought localized splitscreen gameplay to Resident Evil 5 has confirmed that they will be doing it again with Lost Planet 2.Ā Gamers can join the battle for control of the precious thermal energy on E.D.N III alongside a friend from the same living room.
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HOW GREAT IS ALL THIS FANTASTIC NEWS !! Let us know what you think !! Leave a comment below š
Yes it’s finally here.Ā THQ’sĀ apocalyptic Zelda with a Portal Gun DARKSIDERS is now available for download viaĀ XBOX Live Marketplace & Playstation Network !!
Details Below : for XBOX
Content: Darksiders Demo Price: Free Availability: Not available in Japan Dash Text: Battle through the complete first dungeon of Darksiders, with over 90 minutes of gameplay. Take on Hellās demon hordes, explore the catacombs of the forsaken Twilight Cathedral, and face off against the hideous Bat Queen, Tiamat.
Another Super Sale this time on Playstation 3 courtesy of Capcom :
You good lookingĀ PlayStation 3 owners (I know this because I’ve got a Playstation 3;) … ) canĀ get Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD RemixĀ for $7.49 (50% off)
This is a CLASSIC Capcom fighter that’s been remade in SUPER HD graphics.Ā Ā If you don’t already have this pick up whilst your waiting for Super Street Fighter IV to arrive !! š
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Who’s gonna pick this up ?? Also who’s your favourite Street Fighter Character you enjoy using the most ?
Lady Raiders Publisher:Ā Sarbakan Developer:Ā Sarbakan Platforms:Ā Xbox 360Ā Release Date:Ā February 24th, 2010
To see more games by Sarbakan visit their website āSarbakan Websiteā and follow them on twitter for updates on their games Ā āSarbakan Twitterā.
Story āDr. Diggabone’s so lazy he won’t even walkā¦ But that’s not stopping him from going after 16 priceless lost relics. Jump in and take control as you tilt and flip the world to send him on a quest for instant fortune and fame.ā [via http://www.lazyraiders.com/]
That little summary taken from the Lazy Raiders website pretty much sums up the entire story plot.
You play as Dr. Diggabone or your avatar (In Dr. Diggaboneās clothes). Even your avatar has become as lazy as Dr. Diggabone as gravity pulls you through the caves in search for your fortune. The game is a puzzle game, so it doesnāt require much of a story other then why you are there in the first place.
Gameplay The gameplay of Lazy Raiders requires you to shift the map by spinning the room and letting gravity do all the work. Since Dr. Diggabone is too lazy to move, he will just let gravity drag him down. By spinning and flipping the level you help him collect gems, idols, and relics. You canāt appreciate the entire mechanic until you see it for yourself, so here is the trailer for you guys to watch.
If you didnāt watch the trailer, then you really are missing out. So go watch it!
Now that you have watched the trailer, you can see that the game gives a feeling of being rushed, and having to quickly make your decisions. At times this is true but Lazy Raiders is still a puzzle game, so take your time and plan your actions carefully (unless you are going for a good time on the leaderboards, in which case you should do it as fast as possible).
The controls are simple. Y focuses the screen (Some people are quite sensitive to the spinning, and focusing the screen helps reduce the spinning effect slightly). The left and right triggers zoom in and out gradually, while the bumpers zoom in or out to the max level. Finally, A flips the map completely upside down.
Many things will try to kill you while solving these puzzles (actually you will kill yourself, since all the threats are based off of them coming to you due to gravity, or you spinning the map wrong and falling into harmās way). Spikes are abundant, Boulders flow with gravity, and thieves steal your gems. There are 80 levels for you to master, each revealing even more traps and obstacles to avoid as you search the caves in search for treasure.
Audio
There is a small ambient of background music as you traverse through the levels. The background music helps envelop you within the atmosphere of the game, but it is usually drowned out by boulders hitting walls, blocks falling, and chimes as you pick up gems. The game seems to pride itself on its sound effects because these are more clearly evident and will catch your attention more than the background music.
Achievements
Lazy Raiders is entirely single player and all the achievements just take time, patients, and quick solving. Most of the achievements are pretty easy depending on your skill level, the hardest one is āLegend ā Collect all 16 relics and all 192 idolsā; pretty much 100% the game. If you manage to unlock the āLegendā achievement you will most likely have unlocked every other achievement already.
The game also includes a few gamer pictures unlocked by starting the game. Two avatar awards are also within the game.
Dr. Diggaboneās Outfit ā Unlocked by just starting the game. Dr. Diggaboneās Hat ā Unlocked by collecting all 16 relics (beating the game)
(Below the achievement list is a picture with an avatar wearing the outfit and the hat in game, since it is the only thing your avatar can wear in the game)
The Achievement List is:
Prodigal -Find the mysterious Crystal Skull.
Olympian – Finish a maze in less than the gold time.
Filthy Rich – Amass your first million.
Friendly – Collect a relic with your Avatar.
Collector – Collect 25 idols.
Conqueror – Collect all 5 relics of the Seven Cities of Gold.
Generous – Let the Thieves snatch at least 1 million.
Spelunker – Collect all 5 relics of the Arctic Wrecks.
Guinea Pig – Get hurt by every type of trap.
Marshall – Collect all 5 relics of the Wild West.
Sprinter – Finish a maze in less than the developer’s time.
Legend – Collect all 16 relics and all 192 idols.
Overview
Lazy Raiders is a puzzle game with a unique āSpinā (excuse my pun and the ones that follow). It will keep you on your toes trying not to die, while at the same time forcing you to make accurately quick gravity switches to collect the gems. Lazy Raiders starts you off smoothly but quickly tosses you into the nearly impossible. Lazy Raiders is a truly mind spinning puzzle game and you wonāt even notice the clockās hands spinning as time flies by, except for those of you who use digital clocks (yeah, go ahead ruin my pun streak!). I give Lazy Raiders 9 capsules out of 10, so go buy it and get lazy! Hopefully this game gets onto the Iphone where the game mechanics can truly flourish.
Pros
Avatar Support! (pity you canāt wear your clothes, you instead wear Dr. Biggaboneās clothes)
A unique gameplay experience that combines strategic puzzle aspects and quick paced action aspects.
Leaderboards can lead to endless hours of competition against your friends and the world.
Cons
If you get dizzy easily, this is not a game for you. (Iād suggest downloading the demo first to make sure you can handle the gameplay mechanics).
Some of the sound effects reminded me of Mario and took me out of the treasure hunter feeling.
When flipping the entire level, it is extremely easy to lose your location and losing your location is dangerous when there are 3 boulders rolling around.
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The game is a puzzle game, and is pretty difficult as you get higher up in the levels (especially if you want to get good times for the leaderboards and get every single idol). This can be a Pro or a Con depending on the skill level of the player, and whether they like a challenge or not.
Sarbakan has been gracious enough to supply an extra Lazy Raiders code for us to give to our readers. Leave a comment telling us why this game looks interesting to you for a chance to win. Once we get 20 to 30 comments we will pick a random winner and email him or her the code. Make sure your email is valid so we can send it to you.
We have some great news for Super Street Fighter IV fans.Ā Earlier today Capcom Europe twittered the following :
“Super Street Fighter Pre-Order Items Confirmed – See Attached.”
Clicking on the link revealed some super cool pre-order goodies check them out below
Now there is not much details apart from whats written above.Ā But we can see there are 4 SUPER COOL iPhone covers.Ā I have an iPhone !! I love Street Fighter !!! I WANT ONEĀ … well I want all of them if possible šĀ We next have unlockable or alternate costumes which would be provided to you via unlock codes, this is always good as it makes playing with your favourite character even more enjoyable.Ā Finally we have limited edition t-shirts.Ā Now these are big time collector items.Ā Only 2 of 4 are shown which are RYU’s Gee and Guiles Army uniform.Ā I’m betting that the other two would be Chun-Li’s uniform and possibly Ken’s red Gee.Ā But who knows we might be Blanka’s hairy chest or Sagats torso with his scar… Who knows but these cool little pre-order goodies are great.
Only problem is we don’t have much else to work with.Ā We’ll do our best to keep you in formed as best we can once we find out more information.Ā Best best is check back tomorrow and once we got the information rush down to probably Gamestop or the Capcom Online store and pre-order Super Street Fighter IV straight away !!Ā Ā I know i’ll be.Ā I want the shirt and the iPhone cover !! I’ve been waiting so long for one a decent cover for my iPhone and now I can get one as a bonus for simply Pre-ordering the best Fighting gaming on the planet … SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV !!
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Let us know what you think of the pre-order goodies what do you like or dislike about them š
Introduction: I would first like to say hello to the Capsule Computers Community, my name is Dylan Radcliffe and I am the new Editor for Capsule Computers. You have probably seen a few posts by me already, and you can expect many more. To read more background information about me, you can check out my bio in the about section of the site.
Achievements ā The Mentalities for Collecting (This article is focused more towards accumulated achievement score, over trophy count; even though it applies to both areas)
The last decade has introduced us to a new online status marker within games: Achievements. The Xbox 360, steam, and even World of Warcraft have achievements, while the PS3 has trophies. They are unlocked by doing Ā specific tasks within a game and have actually been around much longer but only recently have been collected and cataloged over a larger quantity of games and then displayed for all to see. Whether they are called achievements or trophies, the bottom line is that they are a system used to track achievements through multiple games and see how much you have played. This score (or trophy count on the PS3) can then be shown off to all your friends. Many people feel that the score is pointless, while others play games solely to increase their score. A conflict occurs between these two groups. The main problem is the misunderstanding that, just because your achievement score is hi doesnāt mean that is the only reason you play, but many people see a hi achievement count and instantly title you as an achievement #####.Ā There are a few mentalities towards collecting achievements that many people do not consider when titling someone with a hi achievement score. I will proceed to explain a few of these other mentalities to enlighten the general public in the reasons behind collecting achievements. There are a few other Mentalities, but these are the three main reasons.
OCD (Order Compulsive Disorder)-
Gamers who have OCD or even lesser extents of OCD have a compelling urge to complete their games 100%. This group doesnāt feel like a specific game is completed until everything possible to unlock within a game is unlocked, this includes the achievements. These people will buy a game they want, but then spend days trying to get all the achievements after they beat the game and then once they complete the game completely will usually never return to the game unless it has a fun online multiplayer.
The Competitive – This actually borders upon being an achievement #####, and is usually reserved to groups of friends that all buy the exact same games to play with each other. The group of friends will compete to see who can get the highest achievement score. The competition can lead to a lot of fun between friends. Care must be taken though to not go out and buy easy games just to surpass your friends in score. This category is basically reserved for close friends that always buy the exact same games, and play online with each other.
The non-wealthy ā This group is for gamers who donāt have a lot of money, and canāt get their hands on a bunch of video games. People who fall in this group usually only get a few games for Christmas and their birthday because they donāt have a job or get any allowance. Since they only have a few video games they rely on achievements to extend the life of their games. Before achievements, these were the people that would get every heart container and weapon on all three files of āThe Legend of Zeldaā. These people usually have a hi achievement score alongside a low game count, and many of their games are 100% complete. The main difference between this group and the OCD group, is that the non-wealthy still play for fun and they donāt feel obliged to 100% complete it unless it remains fun. So those achievements that required 500+ hours of online multiplayer to reach 5,000,000 experience (yes, Iām looking at you F.E.A.R. 2) will never be unlocked by the non-wealthy, because after a while it just isnāt fun anymore. Unless they are really poor and this is their only game they will get for 3 years, then they will probably get that achievement.
The main sign of an achievement ##### ā Achievement #####s usually base an entire purchase of off of how difficult the achievements within a game are (donāt get this confused with people who look up the achievements before a purchase, an achievement list can show a rough estimate of how much fun the game will be or how long it will take to beat; people that look for this reason usually go for difficult achievements rather than easy ones). If it looks like a few of the achievements would take too long they donāt buy the game. They will also go out and buy used copies of games that have easy achievements, such as āHannah Montanaā or even āKing KongāĀ and then return it just to get an easy boost.
Conclusion: Many people who arenāt actually achievement #####s simply say they are to avoid dispute on why their achievement count is so hi. Other people rename themselves as achievement hunters that says they collect achievements but donāt want to be classified with the same group as achievement #####s. The definition an achievement ##### and achievement hunter is in fact entirely different, so classify yourself and others correctly. The exact definition of an achievement ##### is āPerson who acquires XBOX 360 console games for the sole purpose of getting all of the achievements for that game to gain gamerscore.ā, while an achievement hunter is āSomeone who plays 360 and/or Live PC games for fun but also will not stop playing the game for good until her/she has all the achievements.ā [via Urban Dictionary].
I hope you enjoyed reading this article, and that you have learned a new perspective into achievement collecting. So, are you wrongfully accused as an achievement #####? If so which category do you fall into? Are you really an achievement hunter hiding underneath an achievement ##### title?
Mario returns on the Wii with more planet-hopping, crazy power-ups, and 360-degree platforming with Yoshi in tow.
Gametrailers have released an AMAZING trailer for Super Mario Galaxy2.Ā Click on the play, sit back and enjoy the action, the music the game-play … oh I can go one and on.Ā Mario Galaxy looks stunning.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 is scheduled for Release in May 23.Ā If you’re a Mario fan or new to this this style of platform gaming, this is a must have, trust me your Nintendo Wii will love you with all its microchips if you brought this home on the 23rd of May š
Sharpen that huge sword, feed your little watermelon pig, strap on your favourite boots and get ready for some Monster Hunting action on XBOX 360 !!
Japanese Xbox owners are in for a real treat.Ā Capcom have revealed Monster Hunter Frontier will be making its way to the Xbox 360 console on June 24.Ā
It gets better.Ā Listen to this… the Monster Hunter Frontier release on Xbox 360 will be jam packed with a truckload of cool free weapons that will help you get on your feet and start hunting those monsters in no time.Ā Along with that Capcom will be releasing the Monster Hunter / Microsoft wireless keyboard at the same time.Ā
Now how much is this going to cost you say ??Ā Well the game will cost 6090 Yen and the Keyboard will be 1050 Yen.Ā That’s a great deal !!
Now what about ME and the rest of us.Ā Well so fare there is noĀ US/EURO release at the momentĀ for the game, but don’t be sad.Ā We’ll keep you informed once we have more information.
ARIGATOU GAZAIMASU Capcom Japan XBOX 360 owners are now very happy š
