Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is proud to announce that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is now available from the App Store. Developed by Rockstar’s preeminent handheld studio, Rockstar Leeds, and based on the most critically acclaimed handheld title of the generation, the app infuses the award-winning gameplay of Chinatown Wars with fresh blood to create the definitive hardcore action game for iPhone™ and iPod® touch.
“We’re thrilled to finally unleash Grand Theft Auto on the App Store,” said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. “Fans of the franchise have clamored for Chinatown Wars on the iPhone and iPod touch, and we’re very happy to make good on our promise and deliver such an action-packed experience on these exciting platforms.
” The Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars App packs a range of new features developed for the revolutionary iPhone and iPod touch, including Independence Radio, the brand-new station allowing players to create custom iTunes® playlists; enhanced presentation with higher 480 x 320 resolution graphics; intuitive Multi Touch user interface controls; adjusted difficulty levels, and more.
As the highest-rated handheld title of this generation, Chinatown Wars has garnered top praise from critics everywhere. It received the prestigious Editor’s Choice award from the likes of GameSpot and IGN who hailed it as “outstanding.” Entertainment site UGO.com concluded that Chinatown Wars is “the best portable Grand Theft Auto yet.”
Ladies and Gentlemen and Geeks of all AGES. Capcom have released the long awaited lost in the VAULT for years and years. But now it’s here and ready for some action on the Nintendo DSiWare
You can pick up Dark Void Zero today for 500 DSiWare points!
Don’t delay blast into the void today !! Now all we need is a iPhone version and we’ll be able to take Will with us everywhere we go 🙂
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Also Check out some cool concept art released from Capcom. This is way old and covered some of early design ideas from way back. (Click on the image to see full screen)
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Com2uS has great news for all their fans.
As a part of their amazing line-up of iPhone/iPod Touch games in 2010, Com2us will begin beta testing for Heavy Gunner.
Heavy Gunner is a 3D inter-galactic shooter game with 9 choices of advanced weaponry and 35 total missions.
For all of those who missed out on applying for our Caligo Chaser beta testing, here’s your chance to get in on a sneak preview of what Com2uS has to offer.
Check out the details below. Send your email before Jan 25th
EB Games Australia have a Launch Event happening for everyone that has pre-ordered their copies of Mass Effect on either XBOX 360 or PC.
Have your photo superimposed on a screenshot from Mass Effect 2. Be at the EB Games launch event Thursday 28th January between 7am to 10am at Brisbane / Sydney / Melbourne
Details :
Mass Effect 2 Launch Event
When – January 28th, 7am – 10am
EB Games Sydney
George Street
403 George Street
Sydney NSW 2000
EB Games Melbourne
Swanston Street
67 Swanston Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
EB Games Brisbane
Albert Street
Shop 245 Albert Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
Click on the RSVP button below, fill in your details and then make your way over to the event on the day. If you haven’t already done so. PRE-ORDER your copy now so you can be a part of this great event.
Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond
Publisher: D3 Publisher Developer: Vicious Cycle Platforms: Xbox 360 (Reviewed), Playstation 3 Release Date: January 7th, 2010
Overview:
Ahh Matt Hazard, does anyone remember the great old days of playing the Matt Hazard games back on the old 8-bit systems? What you don’t? Well you will be working to save Matt Hazard’s 8-bit self, as Matt Hazard in this side scrolling shoot-em up.
Story
Unfortunately there is not much story to speak of, the plot that is driving the story, is that your arch nemesis Neutronov has kidnaped your 8-bit self in the effort to kill your past, thus killing you in the future. If that doesn’t make much sense, don’t worry, even the game’s main character Matt and his programming pal Quentin have trouble understanding it. Thus begins your journey through many familiar levels that will bring up some memories of games past.
However the story is only told through small text pieces as there is nearly zero voice acting in the game. This is joked upon between Matt and Quentin as there being less funding thanks to the bad reviews and sales from their previous game Eat Lead. Through the game there are many jokes upon their poor reviews and how harsh the sales were for their previous game, which is enjoyable that they can still take and put a comedic spin on their last game.
The story and the game is terribly short however, leading to a maximum of two hours playthrough on the hardest difficulty. Though you can continue to play on each of the three difficulty options, uniquely called; Wussy, Damn This Is Hard, and F*** This S***! there is little else to do beyond collecting every pachinko coin in the game, and every box art. Although it is hard to miss them as enemies and boxes drop them quite often in plain sight.
Graphics:
Appearances in this game are as they appear, and you will not be playing any levels that are in 8-bit, even if you are supposedly playing through old games and even a few of Matt’s old games.
Each level will have a certain theme, and most levels will have a theme to go along with them. In the very first level you start out on a cruise ship, then as you venture inside, you begin to wonder whether or not you will see a Little Sister running around. Then levels later your treated to a pristine city filled with bright red areas to jump and walk, just like Runner Vision from Mirrors Edge.
Another interesting area, was when Matt is running through a base quite similar to Team Fortress 2, only to run into Red and Blue team members. Not only that, but there are curious pipes and floating blocks with ! Points on them, favoring Mario style block breaking.
Though there are absolutely zero cut scenes in the game, and the pictures used for the characters talking screen could have been a little better looking. At that point it felt like an old RPG game with the characters talking silently through their pictures, though this could also have been a parody.
Gameplay:
Here is where the parodies and the bits taken from other games truly shines. Matt Hazard Blood Bath and Beyond is strictly a side scrolling shooter. This takes it’s cues from Contra, and the more recent Shadow Complex. However, unlike Shadow Complex which favors exploration and backtracking, BBB favors Contra’s formula of being unable to go backwards.
Once you have advanced far enough in the screen, the camera moves along with you. However if you were to pass up enemies or power ups, you can still shoot the enemies off screen. Anything they drop, such as a collectible item or a power up is completely lost to you. Also this leads to some troublesome re-spawns. As a few times I lost lives simply because the character re-spawned back into a pool of water or electricity trap.
At the start of each life, you are given your basic gun which has unlimited ammo, and six grenades. However you can pick up an assortment of various other weapon power ups such as; a shotgun, machine gun, laser, rockets, and more. However the most unique and powerful upgrade is the flamethrower. This flamethrower burns through enemies like they were marshmallows, and they fall to the floor in a wondrous pile of fire.
Bullets will go through nearly any obstacle, minus crates and certain floors. Hidden in crates and certain enemies are Hazard Game boxes, and pachinko coins. These boxes are collectibles which will unlock the box art and description for Matt Hazard’s previous games. While the pachinko coins give you tokens for an after level game, called Ragdoll Pachinko. This mode, while short, is very fun as you drop bodies down a pachinko game to score extra points to add to your online leader board total.
The game play is capable of playing with a friend, however that friend must be sitting next to you. The co-op mode for the game is strictly local only, however there is the opportunity for this to be fixed by a patch later on in the game. Playing with a friend is just as rewarding as it was playing in Contra. Though you may still argue over who stole the health pick up or weapon upgrade.
Overall:
If you were a fan of Matt Hazard: Eat Lead, then you will definitely enjoy this game, as the same satirical element stands, though not much is emphasized outside of level design. Plus the game is very short, though the running and gunning is quite fun, for 1200 MS points, $15, can be a lot to ask for two hours of playtime.
In the end I would give Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond a hazardous 6.5 Capsules out of 10
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IUGO’s hit demolition puzzler has gotten its 4th update approved on the App Store. The latest update includes:
✓ New requested bomb type: Delay Bombs ✓ 20 new buildings! 130 levels in total. WOW! ✓ Building height now shown with line and numerical height in feet
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Running With Scissors: Pre-Season – iPhone / iTouch Review – written by freelance Xbox Reviewer Travis
Overview:
This is quite a simple, yet very addicting and enjoyable game. You are a stick figure, running with scissors and disobeying your very nature of being told never to run with scissors, or of course valuable things.
Running with Scissors is more than just what the title says. You are running against three other players who are racing towards a finish line. Not only that but you must also contend with dreaded kittens and to tornados tearing up the terrain.
Graphics
The stick figure players, surprisingly have a bit of polish to them and don’t simply look like lines someone would draw in MS Paint. You have the ability to choose your color, and then that color is stylized and shined onto your stick figure.
Each background is quite beautiful and changes to show any obstacles that might be occurring at that same time. There are only two levels at the moment, but both look superb. When running through a field you have the blue sky behind you and the crisp looking grass beneath your feet. And the other level you are running on cloud tops with blue gray mountains in the background against the sky.
Each of the obstacles is also blended perfectly, when a hill is added or a mountain, it does not look out of place in the slightest, that includes even some of the stranger obstacles, such as eye stalks sticking out of the ground, or milk jugs that could be spilled.
Gameplay
Now when you first start playing the game, you might not think the game will be very enjoyable. However after your first race you start to get drawn into playing again and again. As each race brings forth new opportunities and is never the same as different things happen every time.
Not only that, but after each race is over, win or lose, you have the opportunity to play your own scratch off ticket. Scratch N’ Win is where you can scratch off squares to get the opportunity to unlock items without the need to buy them, or you can get coins and hold them to purchase more items for you to customize your runner.
There are a total of three different outfits for your runner to currently wear, but more are being added everyday as the game was quite recently released and is receiving updates on an every other day basis. There are also three different items you can be carrying in your hands, from dangerous to priceless, running with them would not normally be advised. Though who’s to stop you?
There is an energy bar feature that you charge by running, and this is where the fun really begins. The basic use of this feature is to jump or fly over obstacles that you have laid down in front of you. However, you can also use your energy to create obstacles for your other racers. You may create a hill in their path to slow them down, kittens to hug them to the ground for a few seconds, or even a tsunami to transfer them all the way to the starting line.
One problem is that the game does tire your fingers out quite quickly, as the only way to run, is to use your fingers to quite literally, run as if they were your own legs. Using two fingers you run them along the right side of the screen to move, and this has to be done quickly and nearly constantly, as not doing so will result in your runner standing in place. To jump or fly, you must also slide both fingers upwards, though in the midst of flight you do not need to keep running and can give your fingers a small rest until your energy bar runs out, bringing you back to earth.
Overall
This is quite an enjoyable game that will have you coming back to continue racing again and again. And with updates on the way there will be more and more features to unlock and areas to race in. At a price tag of only $2.99 that is quite affordable for an enjoyable time waster such as this. Though your fingers may be tired from all the running they will be doing on the screen.
Running with Scissors gets a running 9 Capsules out of 10
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THIS IS A REMINDER THAT THE DARK VOID CONTEST WILL BE CLOSING ON THE 19th JAN !! Get your entries in NOW !!!
Here is what you need to do .. And also a few extra pics from MasterAbbott 🙂
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Capcom are running a Dark Void contest over at the Official Dark Void Website. You only have 2 days left to enter, and ENTER YOU MUST !!
What do you have to do ? Well it’s very simple. Strap on your JET PACK and fly on over to the Dark Void website. Login and then click on the MISSIONS tab. Then click on Full Mission Details for SHOW OFF YOUR SWAG PHOTO CONTEST
In entering this contest you can go in the running to win an Xbox 360 Elite gaming and entertainment console! Capcom games or limited edition Dark Void merchandise. Capcom have tons of prizes to go around for this Mission!
NOW remember you don’t need SWAG to enter the competition once you click on the FULL MISSION DETAILS. Capcom have provided another way to enter. So don’t Delay JET PACK your way over to Dark Void site today. The fate of HUMANITY RESTS IN OUR HANDS !!
Here are some photo’s MasterAbbott took today at his Local EBGAMES Store with all his SWAG
Now don’t be SHY !! Get on over to the DARK VOID site. Login grab all the details you need and get CRACKING !! You only have 2 days left the Contest ends on the 19th of January !!
