Robert Bowling, from Infinity ward, directed everyone who follows him on twitter to a self help site that announces Modern Warfare 2 maps are coming March 30th.
Are you suffering from Mapathy?
Playstation Network delivers HD Movies from all 6 major studios
Great news for Playstation owners. The PSN Video store is now the first to offer HD movies for purchase from all of the major movies studios !!
Let’s welcom 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Digital Distribution. To the PSN Video Store !!
Now what movies are you going to buy ? Let us know
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Meet the Creators: Street Fighter IV – iPhone & iPod Touch
Who doesn’t love Street Fighter. It’s a game that’s been around since the beginning of time, it’s touch nearly all of us in one way or another in some point in our lives (that is if your a true gamer) Well if you live in the US, San Francisco to be exact and you know where the Apple Store is there. Then here is your chance to meet Capcom’s executive producer Yoshinori Ono-san and mobile producer Takeshi Tezuka-san for a look at the all-new Street Fighter IV for the iPhone and iPod touch.
MasterAbbott wishes he could get on a plane and fly up to San Franscisco but he wont be able to make it in time 🙁 So if anyone of Capsule Computers Community goes, let us know how it all went.
Here are details below
Where:
Apple Store, San FranciscoWednesday, March 10, 5:00 p.m.
One Stockton Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
www.apple.com/retail/sanfrancisco/
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Ubisoft® ANNOUNCES PUBLIC Beta FOR R.U.S.E. now available on STEAM
Win a war by tricking your enemies !! NOW That’s got me interested !!
Check out the full details in the trailer written press release below that. R.U.S.E looks and sounds very promising. I like the idea of weasling your way out of things by tricking your opponents and gaining the victory for your nation. Gone are the days of Brawn and Brute Force and even RUSHING !! (Don’t you hate the rushers – *Shakes his fist at them !!* ) Now any pencil necked geek can take on a full army of crack commandos and come out on top !!
Press Release information :
AUSTRALIA — March 10, 2009 — Today, Ubisoft announced that the Public Beta Test for R.U.S.E., a one-of-a-kind real-time strategy (RTS) game developed by Eugen Systems, is now supported through and available for download and installation on Steam. Set to reinvigorate the strategy genre, R.U.S.E. allows players to use their brains as the ultimate weapon to fight a war of perception where the ability to deceive and mislead the enemy determines success.
In the public beta, players will have the opportunity to choose one of the 6 unique factions available in the game (US, UK, GER, USSR, FRANCE, IT) and train themselves against the artificial intelligence on the “Blitz” map before entering the multiplayer challenge.
With 7 multiplayer maps (from 1 vs. 1 to 4 vs. 4…or free for all) players will be able to test their strategist skills against enemies combining up to 10 different ruses to lure their opponents in one of the 3 multiplayer game modes (1939, 1942, 1945).
R.U.S.E. is scheduled to release on June 3rd 2010 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC.
For more information on this Public Beta content and how to play it, you can visit www.rusegame.com/beta. or www.steamgames.com/RUSEbeta.
About R.U.S.E.
R.U.S.E. is a one-of-a-kind real-time strategy game that allows players to bluff their enemies to lead their nation to victory, controlling the action using views that range seamlessly from the heart of the battlefield to the full theatre of war. Players will be plunged into the action thanks to the exclusive IRISZOOMTM Engine which offers an intuitive interface that allows for smooth, rapid transitions from a birds-eye view of the entire conflict, down into the heat of the battle and vice versa.
In R.U.S.E., players use their brain as the ultimate weapon, fighting a war of perception, where the ability to deceive and mislead the enemy determines success. A first in a strategy game, R.U.S.E. reinvigorates the genre by using deception to give new-found depth to the game play.
R.U.S.E. is scheduled for release on Windows PC, the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system in Q2 2010.
To learn more about R.U.S.E., visit the redesigned website at www.rusegame.com.
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Whats everyone think about this little game ? Your suggestions and thoughts ? Will you try it out ? Let us know
EA Signs Publishing Deal With 38 Studios
Now this is a big one. EA have joined forced with 38 Studios and also Big Huge Games to create a single player sole-playing game with a super cool code name of ” Project Mercury”
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Personally I love single player Role Playing Games. As former monk in a past video game life. These style of games always attract me. So let’s hope “Project Mercury” continues to feed my desire for playing alone in the dark against the AI 😉
Project Mercury will be available on Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC
Check out the rest of this article and the press release notes by click on the link below.
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands – Game Play First Look Trailer
UBISOFT have releaded a great Prince Of Persia trailer showcasing the game play and developer notes as well.
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Sit back and enjoy the trailer. It’s shaping up to quite nicely. We’ll have more information in weeks ahead.
What’s everyone think of this new Prince Of Persia ? Your thoughts.
Tokyo Game Show 2010 Official PRESS RELEASE Information
TOKYO GAME SHOW 2010, it’s 20th Celebration!!
September 16 (Thu) – 19 (Sun), 2010 at Makuhari Messe
aims to turn over a new leaf and move forward with a new midterm vision of becoming “The No. 1 Information Network in the Asian Region” and “The World’s Largest Event!”
MasterAbbott is VERY VERY EXCITED ABOUT this years Tokyo Game Show 2010 he has a lot of things to do there but most importantly he has to brush on on his Japanese so he can speak to and hopefully interview some of the ULTRA AMAZING Cos Play Characters. Oh yeah and also check out the cool games that are coming out too 😉
Details :
The TOKYO GAME SHOW was launched in August 1996, and this year will feature the 20th celebration. Renowned for its full-fledged exhibition contents and substantial information transmission capacity, it is recognized as the one of the leading game shows in the world.
TOKYO GAME SHOW has evolved along with the development of the game industry, and we are now aiming for further growth and striving to establish ourselves as the world’s largest computer entertainment show. We have established a midterm vision to become “The No.1 Information Network in the Asian Region” and “The World’s Largest Event.”
For through enhancing the show’s B2B and B2C functions, we are planning the programs to transmit the latest game information from Asia to the rest of the world, as well as to promote participation from the Asian region.
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Check out the official press release here : Tokyo Games Show 2010
Visit the official Tokyo Game Show website for more information : http://expo.nikkeibp.co.jp/tgs/2010/en/
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MAG – Massive Action Game – PS3 Review
The Story
It’s the year 2025, the shadow war is in full swing! Three private armies are vying for world domination and you can help! Seriously, there isn’t much a story to this game, equip yourself and go win a war!
This is Zipper Interactives’ Massive Action Game or MAG. You might remember Zipper Interactive from such games as SOCOM. Massive I hear you say? Yes MASSIVE! 256 players in one match!
The GamePlay
So here we are, put the disc in, you get to choose your private army, what you look like and your fit out. I played the tutorial first, so I can get a hang of those controls. In a hectic fire fight, think they can get a bit confusing, but I did get the hang of things about 4-5 games in.
There isn’t a tutorial per se about any of the game types, it just gives you a run down, would have been nice to play against AI, so you can get a hang of the game types before matching against other people – so I jumped straight into Suppression – this is a max of 64 players.
You play as part of a squad, which is part of a platoon which is part of a company. Once you rank up enough you can command one of these and you give your squad/platoon/company mates extra benefits.
Suppression is your basic team deathmatch, you play on a simulated battlefield against your own private army with non-live rounds.
This is where the fun for me stopped – I found this game really hard! Now I know I am a bit of a FPS newbie, especially online, but I get the hang of things and can pick up kills and work out what is going on. I found this game to be tedious to say the least in trying to kill someone. I don’t know if I was lagging (remember I am in Australia), the gun I was using was bad, or maybe I just can’t aim straight, but I just couldn’t get a kill or when I did, there was always someone there to kill me in return! Seemed like I was spawning all the time. (Yeah OK, maybe I am just crap 🙂 )
OK, let @MiniDuraRoc play a bit – he loves his FPS and does really well on all. He lasted about 30 minutes and gave up in total frustration and hasn’t touched it since. So, to me, you either have to be good, or willing to spend alot of time getting good.
With the game being Online only, unless you have your PS3 connected to the net, then there isn’t much use in getting this game.
Other game types unlock as you rank up. Sabotage has 64 players where you have to get and control 2 control points, then you move onto the final stage where you have to destroy the objective. Acquisition is for 128 players – here you have to steal prototype vehicles and such and then escape. Once you get to Level 8, you unlock Domination – this is the big one! 256 players spread across the map looking for, as the game type suggests Total Domination.
Video and Audio
Video was OK, I was expecting something a bit better considering it is on the PS3 – however in no way does it let itself down. The video was smooth all round and I didn’t see any issues whilst playing.
Audio was excellent – I turned it up really loud, so I could hear and experience the grenade blasts, bullets flying around you, umm head getting popped. Audio was everything I was expected and a bit more, it’s very impressive.
BottomLine
I do think Zipper Interactive are onto something here, 256 players on a map is kinda freaky and I was so looking forward to playing it. I feel you have to be an experienced FPS player to really get some fun out of this game. That being said, investing some time into it, I am sure I would get better.
Going to give this one 7.5 Capsules out of 10.
Final Fantasy 14 !! ALREADY ??
Final Fantasy 14 you say? Well, it looks like Square Enix are already planning on making the next game (Geeze don’t these guys ever sleep !!)
Final Fantasy XIV, that’s right, 14, is coming exclusively to the PS3 next year. Sony is offering a “closed beta” so to say, with instructions on how to enter inside the PS3 Final Fantasy XIII game box. If you haven’t bought your copy yet and don’t want to miss out on playing in the beta of FFXIV, then what are you waiting for !! Go out and grab your copy now !!
If you live in Australia check out the great deals over at fishpond for Final Fantasy XIII. In the US check out AMAZON. Where ever you are around the world you should be able to grab yourself a great deal on the game.
Teabagging Support in Halo:Reach? and Reach Ringtones
Teabagging Support in Halo: Reach
Bungie has recently acknowledged a bug (if you can call it that) in the current alpha phase of Halo: Reach.
Currently whenever you die, the respawn camera flies to your respawn location keeping you from seeing any teabagging that your opponents do to you.
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Title: Teabagging / humiliation moves impossible
Type: Bug
Opened: 3/4/2010 8:53:13 AM
“The respawn camera flies back to the spawn location immediately after dying, so your opponents can’t teabag / shoot / melee your body and have a possibility of you seeing it.”
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I personally like the flying camera idea, it reduces the chance of spawn camping, and honestly I feel teabagging to be a very immature move.
Do you guys feel that Bungie should fix it so that we are forced to watch the enemy teabag us? Maybe an option to turn it on or off?
Halo: Reach Ringtones
Here is a present from Bungie to you, want a Halo themed ringtone?
Well, have at them guys!
“Reach Reach Reach…” in MP3 format
“Reach Reach Reach…” in M4R format
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