The creators of Battlefield: Bad Company 2, and now the Multiplayer for the upcoming Medal of Honor game have announced a special offer amidst the two games.
“We want to award you as a Batlefield player in DICE’s next title!” DICE stated on their blog. “Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2 players who have bought the game new and played online will automatically get early access to the M24 in Medal of Honor.”
If you read the small print, it states that gamers must purchase new copies of each game and have entered the VIP code found in the Bad Company 2 box. This offer only applies to new game purchases and those buying the VIP code through the in-game store do not qualify. It also states that the same EA.com account must be used and the offer ends March 31, 2011.
Seems like a lot of work only for early access to a gun, that must be one pretty awesome gun!
News has been traveling around the web and some not so pleasing information has surfaced surrounding the Halo: Reach Beta. Don’t get too depressed; however, dates and news of free awards are also abundant.
First comes the bad news, the beta starts May 3rd and ends May 19th. So, you have 17 days to get your hands on all the Halo goodness before it is ripped away from you until you are once again reunited in September.
Also, as you know, not all the playlists will be available at all times. Bungie will be turning off certain playlists and turning others on throughout the beta. According to the collection of sites you will start off with the “Arena mode” (4v4 ranked Team Slayer), a Free-For-All playlist and as well as some “Grab Bag” playlists. The more unique game modes will surface later in the beta, “Invasion” is planned around May 7th and “Generator Defense” pops out around May 14th.
Not all is bad news, well some people will enjoy the following bit at least. Anyone who plays at least one full game during the beta will be awarded a Halo: Reach beta avatar hoodie through halo waypoint. There will also be a “Halo Multiplayer Unlock Weekend” making all three Xbox 360 Halo titles (Halo: Wars, Halo: ODST, and Halo 3) free to play online for all Xbox Live members, starting on May 14th at 9am PDT and ending the same time on May 17th.
Finally, if you own the ODST disc, there will be a beta introduction available on the disc tomorrow.
I hope to see you all in the battle field when the beta goes live, and hopefully you will see me before I kill you.
EA SPORTS wants to celebrate the biggest soccer festival on the planet with the only official videogame for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™.
For the first time ever in a videogame compete in a full and authentic online World Cup tournament.
Carry the hopes and dreams of your nation into battle against fans from rival countries, from the group stage through the knockout rounds to the chance to be crowned 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ champion.
Pick up your copy now from Fishpond on either XBOX or PS3
Produced by:Gonzo,Funimation Entertainment Media Type:DVD Genre:Action, Ecchi, Mecha, Sci-Fi, Shounen, Space Air Date: Oct 3, 2000 to Dec 19, 2000 Rating: PG-13+
Story:
As long as anyone can remember there has always been two planets, Mejere and Taraak. Taraak is home to only male humans, while Mejere is home to only female. Strange enough, these two are at violent war with one another and consistently attack one another. The men live in fear of the horrors in which women are rumored to do the their prisoners.
A Taraakian battleship full of trained men has just been developed and sent into space to begin a new battle against Mejere. Only there is a small problem, the main character Hibiki, has snuck on-board to steal a Vanguard. Vanguards are the male’s newly developed weaponry against the Mejere. Poor Hibiki however was captured and thrown into the ship’s jail as it took off to battle.
Rather than let the ship fall into the hands of the pirates, the Taraakian commander issues the order to destroy the ship. However a mysterious power within the ship destroys the missiles en route and teleports both the hijacked male ship and the female ship across the galaxy.
Now not only do the women and few men face each other on the ships, they are also brought under attack by a new foe, known only to them as the Harvesters. If only Hibiki could avoid being caught up in the attention he is receiving from a certain female enemy named Dita and master the new weapon at his finger tips.
The storyline of the anime is very unique for the genre in which it chose. The fact that there is such a division between the two sexes leads to an extremely large amount of hilarious scenes and outcomes throughout the series.
The story develops at a nice pace and there are plenty of battle scenes and developments happening both in battle and on the ship outside of battle. There is your standard romantic moments that happen, however they are always coupled with comedy as the two sexes try to come to terms with everything that is so alien to them.
Characters:
First lets go over the men of the story, as they are the fewest of the characters that actually appear within the show. The main character is Hibiki Tokai is a low class level worker in the society of men. Luckily however amongst the women he is seen as a fighter pilot of the Vanguards. He is very bad tempered and direct, though he can be a bit thick at times as well. His mind is usually in his stomach and has issues dealing with the women around him.
The other two men on board are Duelo McFile and Bart Garsus. Duelo is a doctor who finds all the women interesting and volunteered to stay on board and assist a wounded female soldier and thus was stuck on board. While Bart is simply a coward and was found hiding after the battle was over. Little does he know though that he ended up playing one of the largest parts as the ships navigator. Duelo helps balance out the serious feel of the men aboard the ship as he sees it as an adult would. While Bart on the other hand is always fearful and mistrustful no matter what happens.
Now onto the fairer characters of the show, the females. There is a large abundance of characters to choose from, however Dita, Jura, and Meia are the main three chosen by the ship and thus the story to be followed as the main female leads.
Dita is the main female character and is absolutely obsessed with Hibiki, calling him a pet name of “Mr. Alien.” She is the most curious and outgoing of all the women and makes great strides in both torturing Hibiki with the unknown, and showing him they are not enemies. Her airheaded nature makes her always good for a laugh and is definitely one of the best characters in the series.
Jura is the standard flirtatious woman who doesn’t know anything about men, and that is what makes them interesting for her. While Meia is the typical military type; hiding her emotions and commanding the others in battle. Meia had the most development since her past is revealed, but the sequence about her past wasn’t designed very well and had only a slight impact on me.
Overall though there is an extremely large amount of other females in the story, each with varying personalities from completely outrageous to meek and timid around the men. The various flavors that are introduced from the wide ranging cast keep the show fresh and make you wonder who will end up with who.
Art/CG:
The show began airing in 2000 and for a show created roughly around the turn of anime development, Vandread still stands the test of time in art design. There is nothing constantly repeated or scenes re-used that I noticed throughout the entire thirteen episode series. The characters are brightly designed and the entire ship is full of life and activity at all times.
The CG art is used only for the space battles using the Vanguards and the female’s ships the Dreads. Notice where the name comes from with the combination of the two, Vandread? Either way the CG sections are still amazing to this day, though nothing you would expect from a major Hollywood production.
The battles in space and the enemies in which they fight are well designed and easy to follow. Occasionally during a fast paced battle it is easy to lose track of what is happening, but the battles look good while they are happening.
Overall:
If you like action, romance, comedy then you will definitely like this game. The combination of these elements work great in Vandread and also provides a solid storyline that will bring together two enemies to fight against a common enemy to stay alive.
ATLUS have some really cool information on their up upcoming first person brawler Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition on Xbox Live Arcade. Press release has everything you need to know including a new video.
Check out the video below and the PRESS RELEASE after the break.
What is a Skate game without some good ol’ fashion Co-op? Well, the latest trailers shows off just that! But wait, there’s more! It also shows a theater mode that enables you to record and save footage of your gameplay. Yeah, it only shows it for a few seconds at the end, but those few seconds are just enough to give us all hope.
I have bad news. If you were looking forward to the Bioshock 2 DLC set to release tomorrow your wait will have to be longer. The DLC was to add 6 new multiplayer maps, new masks, 3 new achievements, and a rebirth feature (which enables you to reset your level to 1 after getting level 50 and get a mask in return for losing 95000 some worth of eve experience, but whatever floats your boat). The DLC will now release at a later date, so hold on to those microsoft points and don’t go spending it somewhere else. You will regret it.
By the way, notice that i didn’t use any big words this time. Yeah, I did that just for you. Unless you count “multiplayer” or “somewhere” as a big word, but that’s just sad.
The last bundle of Mega Man 10 DLC hits this week for Wii Ware, Xbox Live and PSN.
Special Stage 2 features Punk. He is the second of Dr Wily’s robot creations designed to destroy Mega Man.
Special Stage 3 features Ballade, the third Mega Man killer to be created by Dr Wily. This robot is enormously proud of himself and doesn’t give up easily, even if he’s close to death.
Both special stages are available to download for the following prices –
Wii Ware: 100 Wii points each
Xbox LIVE: 80 MS points
PSN: £0.79/ €0.99
Mega Man 10 is out now on Wii Ware, Xbox LIVE Arcade and PSN. Check out our review on it here.
Highly anticipated new flagship, Nokia N8 mobile phone have finally been announced officially by Nokia with a bang. The specs are very impressive and will surely win many people’s hearts as it truly can replace multiple portable multimedia / camera devices and be a phone as well. Nokia N8 will be available starting Q3 this year.
First, let’s get straight to its features and highlights:
– ARM-11 680MHz CPU with dedicated GPU (rumoured to be this) and 256MB of RAM.
– 3.5 inch 16:9 capacitive touch OLED screen with 640 x 360 resolution
– 12 megapixel camera with wide angle 28mm f2.8 Carl Zeiss lense (35mm equivalent) and bright xenon flash. The camera sensor size is bigger than most similar sized digital cameras and mobile phones. This equates to better low light photos and better image quality. It has face detectiona and red-eye removal.
– 720p HD resolution video recording at 25 frames per second using H.264 codec with stereo sound. (5.1 Dolby Digital Plus during playback)
– 16GB built-in memory + microsd card slot (currently up to 32GB available)
– Wirelss support 802.11 b/g/n and HSDPA up to 10.2mbps
– USB-on-the-go also known as USB host capability (FAT32 support only so far) and Bluetooth 3.0 support. (USB adapter is included)
– 3.5mm av socket, HDMI output (video and photo in 720P, rest is upscaled) and MicroUSB for data and charging.
– Built-in FM transmitter (as well as receiver for radio), compass (magnetometer) and orientation sensor (accelrometer).
– GPS and A-GPS with free for life Nokia OVI Maps with voice guided GPS navigation
– A new Symbian ^3 OS with enhanced user interface, 3 customizable home screens and pinch-to-zoom support. (screen animation running at up to a butter smooth 60fps)
– Hardware accelerated Flash 10 support for youtube etc directly from web browser.
– Extended battery life with 76hours of video playback via HDMI, over 3 hours video record, 12 hours of talk time and up to 50 hours music playback. Intresting thing to note, the battery is not replaceable by the user. (like the iPhone)
Personally, this is one impressive device. Nokia crammed it with as much as they can for this one it and doesn’t disappoint looking at the specs. This is the first Symbian^3 device so I cannot yet comment much on its useability software wise. But Nokia has released plenty of videos to show off its talent. Here’s an introduction video from Nokia.
Sample photos in full 12MP resolution and sample HD video taken with the N8 has also been let loose by Nokia. Go check them out!
Many people floccinaucinihilipilificate pre-order bonuses, and the naughty bear pre-order won’t make any floccinaucinihilipilificater think any differently. But you have to admit, the costume is pretty sweet.
Purchasers in the UK will also get a Freddy Krueger costume.
