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Soul Calibur IV keeps laying on the sexuality
2007-08-18 18:04:52
Soul Calibur IV's bountiful breasts bounce along as Namco Bandai recently released more images of characters in the game. The first outing for the Soul Calibur crew on current-gen consoles is becoming better known for its breasts than anything else following a first-look at Ivy and her string-top battle bra in early June. Now we have Sophitia (above) in her almost see-through Jennifer Lopez-inspired double-sided-tape-required battle gear. Her sister Cassandra can be found in the gallery below with her breasts packed in nicely with a hole to breath through and show cleavage. Seriously, these women are fighting with blades in these outfits. How is this sane?Also, after the break, we have a borderline NSFW image of Voldo. Now, granted, Voldo has always been overtly sub-pornographic with a BDSM vibe; however, the place where he has a spike coming out of now may be a bit over-the-top. If you don't instantly imagine it, just try to conceptualize how Voldo would sit down in that outfit.Sour ...
Soul 

BioShock Review Roundup
2007-08-18 17:42:08
One of the most anticipated games of the summer, BioShock, is finally out on the Xbox 360 (PC version is coming on a few days) and first batch of reviews are in as well. And judging from those reviews, the game delivers on all fronts and is a must have for any FPS fan. IGN (97/100) “BioShock stands as a monolithic example of the convergence of entertaining gameplay and an irresistibly sinister, engrossing storyline that encompasses a host of multifaceted characters. This is an essential gaming experience.” Eurogamer (100/100) “BioShock is the ultimate rarity: not only does it live up to its lofty promise, but exceeds it through simple, old fashioned talent and imagination - not to mention verve, style,class, wit, and sheer bloody-minded ambition.” 1UP (100/100) “Taken as a whole, as an experience that’s richly and utterly complete, and one that engages the player in a constant dialogue, BioShock is virtually unassailable.” GameSpy (100/100) ” Put simply,BioShock is an u ...
Review 

MTV investing over $500 million in video games!
2007-08-18 17:36:52
MTV Networks plans to invest well over $500 million in video games, recognizing the booming $30 billion global games market as a major pillar of growth in its goal to reach consumers wherever they spend time. The two-year investment is part of a global strategy to incorporate games development at the inception of all new programming plans and not as an afterthought, executives say. “Games are critical,” MTV Networks President of Global Digital Media Mika Salmi said. Salmi joined MTV after parent company Viacom bought Atom Entertainment last year for $200 million. He oversaw Atom’s Shockwave.com, a pioneer of online games. To quote: “As we take our brands narrow and deep to serve our targeted, niche audiences, we’re putting well over $500 million behind building our games business across all of the brands in our portfolio. I’d like to see more game applications on some of our current big brands across the music group,” MTV chairman and chief executive Judy McGrath said, re ...
Games  Investing  Mtv  Video  Video Games 

Draw Your Way to Magical Victory in Doodle Hex
2007-08-18 17:32:48
Spanish developer Tragnarion Studios has announced that it will be bringing Doodle Hex to the DS next Spring. As you might've figured out from the name, in Doodle Hex, you cast magic spells by drawing runes on your DS touch screen. It's a mechanic we've seen before, with mixed results. In Doodle Hex's case, it's used for straight upcombat, as opposed being part of a larger RPG. Puzzle mode allows you to add 200 different runes to your magical arsenal; unlocking them all could be incredibly addictive or extremely tedious. We don't know much else about the game just yet, but the concept art is pretty sweet, and the game's website is fun, if a bit on the sparse side.Source: Game|Life Online Games Doodle Hex DS puzzle ...
Magical 

Mexican counterfeiters busted; 15,000 fake Nintendo products seized
2007-08-18 17:22:25
In a raid conducted today by Mexican authorities, 15,000 counterfeit Nintendo products were seized, which included 4,500 counterfeit Wii software discs.This raid in Guadalajara is the continuation of Nintendo's actions in the region. Just last month they busted the shipment of 5,500 counterfeit Nintendo products entering Manzanillo from China, and prior to that they helped authorities in a raid of the San Juan de Dios market in Guadalajara, where more than 56,000 counterfeit Nintendo products (including 11,000 fake Wii games) were confiscated from over 20 stores. "Mexico is Nintendo's largest market in Latin America, where the problem of video game piracy is widespread," said Jodi Daugherty, Nintendo of America's senior director of anti-piracy. "Since January, Nintendo has worked with law enforcement agencies worldwide to seize 100,000 counterfeit Wii games."It seems like Nintendo is rolling up their sleeves and taking care of business. The press release says that Nintendo figures ...
Busted  Nintendo  Products 

EVE Online news from the Edinburgh Interactive Festival
2007-08-18 17:17:36
The Edinburgh Interactive Festival was being held today and yesterday and CCP's Hilmar Petursson was there to give a session on the past, present and future of EVE Online. Some news started to trickle down to us unlucky enough not to attend the Festival.The one piece that caught my attention is CCP's goal to have 3D character avatars (yes, that's the walking kind) some time by end of 2008. How realistic is that in view of the complexity most likely involved (hardware, lag, game play, purpose), only time will tell. Still, I can't wait to see this happen. This, and Trinity II will be the only reasons why I upgrade this PC to be able to run Vista and DX10.Here's a few links I've put together for your perusal:EVE Online Adding Human-Form AvatarsEIF 2007: Hilmar Petursson explains why EVE Online “will never stop”EIF: CCP's Petursson On EVE Online's People-Powered UniverseSummary of Hilmar Petursson's sessionCCP Games CEO on how Eve Online differs from WoWBlack Company: EVE Onli ...
Festival  Interactive  News 

SimCity Societies: new screenshots and impressions
2007-08-16 23:55:38
Will Wright said it himself: SimCity is complicated. The series has always prided itself on its micromanagement but eventually, flexing the ol' executive muscle starts to feel more like work and less like playing god. No one actually dreams of being a city water commissioner, so why should you have to play one in a video game? SimCity Societies doesn't think you have to either.In an impromptu presentation, the Sims team at EA walked us through their latest city builder with a focus on accessibility. The act of zoning is gone entirely, leaving players to place their buildings one by one in order to lay our their city. That may sound contrary to the overall goal, but the structures themselves are the characters this time around. Each building comes with its own stats and attributes that more clearly affect the citizens of your city. Your choices are also tailored to your current societal path, which leaves much less room for confusion while still allowing for creative expansion.From th ...
Impressions 

New Halo 3 Map Unveiled
2007-08-16 23:19:28
IGN AU just came out of interviews with Lars Bakken (Multiplayer Designer) and Frank O'Connor (Writing Lead) at Bungie. Straight from Lars, here's the description of the newest map, 'Narrows':"It's a Forerunner structure. It's embedded in this cliff wall and it's a bridge. Imagine the - if you're familiar with Halo 1 - imagine the bridge from Assault on the Control Room, expanded, and made for multiplayer, so it's got multiple levels and each side has kind of a dug in section, and it's mirrored so on one side of each of the bases there's actually a Man Cannon, and if both sides take it at the same time they'll actually meet in mid-air, which is pretty cool."There are multiple areas that you fight over; there are some power weapons in the centre of the map. I'll give you guys a heads-up right now - there's actually a rocket launcher on top and a shotgun on the lowest level dead centre of the map, so when you guys play it tonight you'll have a little extra edge on the comp ...
Halo 

Scour the 'Net for Hidden Puzzle Pieces Worth $1 Million
2007-08-16 23:13:43
The other day, we took a look at Jigsaw Puzzle for the Wii, but today we have a different take on piece-assembling gameplay: The Golden Jigsaw, an Internet-based game offering $1 million in prize money. It works like this: the 1,000 pieces you'll need to solve the puzzle are hidden on various and sundry web sites. You'll receive daily emails providing clues as to their whereabouts, or you can simply check the site for the clue archive. Once you find a piece, you drag it into a folder on your desktop, then place it in the jigboard. The first person to finish the puzzle wins the million, but there will be interim prizes along the way. It's free to play, but you do have to download the jigboard program. You can find out all the details here. This has a bit of a Perplex City feel to it, so I'm up for trying it out. Source: Game|Life Online Games jigsaw puzzle prize ...
Puzzle 

Smash Bros. Dojo Update: Tether Recovery
2007-08-16 23:06:42
The Smash Bros. DOJO update for today is the Tether Recovery, a move that can be done to save your character in a dire situation. In this example Samus is used to show how it works.Samus is falling! This looks bad! The move is the “up special move” - which is UP + B on a Gamecube Controller; that unleashes Samus’s Plasma Whip which can attach to the side of the stage and pull her to safetySource: DigitalBattle & Smash Bros. Online Games Wii Smash Bros. Multiplayer Dojo ...

PSP Play Saved Kidnap Victim
2007-08-16 22:59:51
Video games often are blamed for causing violent crimes. But in the case of a Tennessee kidnap victim, Sony’s PlayStation Portable (PSP) may have saved his life. As reported by the Knoxville News-Sentinel, Jose Ignacio Ortega Garcia was kidnapped, beaten and tortured by a pair of men who held him captive in a filthy motel room for nine days. Garcia, a business owner, was forced to write checks to the men totalling more than $17,000. His kidnappers also made him call his wife and tell her that he had left her for another woman in order to keep her from calling the police. Charged in the case are Jose Sanchez, 18, and Juan Gonzales, 28. As reported by the Times-Sentinel, it was a video game which finally ended Garcia’s ordeal. On June 21, Gonzales gave Sanchez a hand-held video game that would prove to be Garcia’s savior… “Sanchez played the video game virtually all day that day and much of the night,” [according to an FBI report] Garcia used the distraction as an opportunity ...
Psp  Victim 

Tucoga’s Room - Walkthrough
2007-08-16 22:55:16
Tucoga’s Room is a Room Escape Game created by Tuco Amaral of Brazil. In this game all written in Portuguese, you find yourself trapped in a room that could be described as a "Blue Chamber".There are a lot of items hidden in Tucoga’s Room and you will have to collect them all before being able to exit.Nice and fun, here is a new Room Escape game that should keep you busy for a while, especially if you try to complete it without help.Play Tucoga’s RoomWalkthrough:1. Switch on light2. Zoom to shelf3. Get rubiks (plus note - it is in portugese and is not required)4. Move yellow smiley face toy to find yellow key 15. Click on top of pages of blue book to reveal yellow diamond, collect it6. One scene to the right, collect small battery 1 from behind rear left leg of table7. Retrieve yellow key 2 from plant8. Retrieve green diamond from plant, disguised as leaf9. one scene to the right, collect large battery 1 from joint of ceiling/wall10. collect small battery 2 from windowsill11. co ...
Room  Walkthrough 

Gamespy tech + Unreal Engine 3 = crossplatform PS3 and PC online play
2007-08-16 22:51:56
Epic and IGN today announced that Gamespy's online technology will be licensed with Unreal Engine 3. The best part of this deal is that it will enable cross-platform play against PC and PlayStation 3 owners, according to the press release.Gamespy technologies that will be made immediately available to license include matchmaking services, in-game chat services, online data storage (e.g. statistics), leaderboard and tournament services.While it's not guaranteed that every developer who uses Unreal Engine 3 for PC and PS3 titles will utilize Gamespy's tools, we feel confident that this is the final piece of evidence we need to safely say that Unreal Tournament 3 will sport PC and PS3 cross-play. Questions about keyboard-mouse vs. gamepad play and user-generated maps / mods have already been addressed by developer Epic Games' Vice President Mark Rein.Source: Joystiq Online Games Unreal Engine PS3 Epic IGN ...
Engine 

Overlord Getting Multiplayer
2007-08-16 22:40:45
As part of their Leipzig Games Convention lineup, Codemasters has made it known that they’ll be putting out an add-on for Overlord that will add a split-screen multiplayer mode to the game.There isn’t any specific date mentioned as to when we can expect it, just a vague “soon” that probably means one of two things: either 1) “We just thought of this the other day, so we’ll get to work on it soon” or 2) “We’ve been working on it, but we’re running into complications”. Either way though, it’ll be coming out eventually. The best part is: it’s 100% free.Source: DigitalBattle Online Games Xbox 360 Overlord Multiplayer ...

Browser Game: Descent Drops In
2007-08-16 22:30:08
Play DescentGuide a ball down a well towards a flag. The trick here -- and there's always a trick, isn't there? -- is that you're not actually moving the ball, you're moving the well around the ball, as well as slowing the ball down when necessary.At first it's disorienting, but eventually you get used to it. The evil thing is that once you get used to it, all other games become disorientingSource: Game|Life Online Games Descent Browser Games ...
Browser  Game 

Zoo Tycoon 2 from Microsoft coming to Nintendo DS in early 2008
2007-08-16 22:24:04
Zoo Tycoon 2 has a release date of early 2008 for Nintendo DS. The Microsoft title is coming via THQ and developer Altron. Animal lovers will be happy to know that the game isn’t a direct port, but has been enhanced to take advantage of the DS’ capabilities, just like 2005’s port of the first Zoo Tycoon, which sold over 500,000 copies on DS, convincing THQ that it could do well to release Microsoft’s sequel on Nintendo’s handheld. Zoo Tycoon 2 on DS offers both designer and director modes, as well as a new zookeeper mode, where animals can be tended to in a 3D environment. The game has a wide variety of animals from every continent, and the DS version will also be adding new animals and new environments to beef up the game some. If each player has a copy of the game they can also share their zoo data with other players. Zoo Tycoon 2 joins the original Zoo Tycoon and a number of other DS title that are Microsoft properties, including Age of Empires: Age of Kings and a Viva Pi ...
Microsoft  Nintendo  Tycoon  Zoo 

Technorati Hot List
2007-08-16 00:28:10
I mean, if you've got no ideas to write a post, just check on Noelia and Johanna Cardona in the Technorati hot list. noelia youtube ron paul utube johanna cardona iphone paris hilton myspace galilea montijo google karl rove music authority descargar nuffnang Noelia youtube ron paul utube johanna cardona iphone paris hilton myspace galilea montijo google karl rove music authority descargar nuffnang Noelia youtube ron paul utube johanna cardona iphone paris hilton m ...

Lucky little tosspot gets BioShock a week before release date
2007-08-15 20:17:18
A little bit of fun from the NeoGaf forums. A user posted a picture of his newly purchased Xbox 360 elite with a copy of Madden 08 and ... is that ... BioShock?Yes, apparently he wandered into a Toys R' Us and there it was, a standard copy of BioShock available to buy a week before the official street date. As is the way with anything on the Internet, the integrity of the poster was called into question because nobody, ever, is allowed to know or have something that others don't. The critics were silenced, however, when the hapsome gamer opened up the case and took a picture of the sweet disc inside (picture below). Best of all was this comment from the world's first BioShock owner:I haven't been hyped about the game much, but that 1upshow special made it look damned good. I was buying an Elite, TRU had that buy Madden, get other game for 50% off, so I decided I will gamble with 30 bucks.As another on the message board pointed out, what brutal irony it is that the one person to own ...
Date 

EA Defends PS3 Version of Madden
2007-08-15 20:08:32
USA Today didn't think very much of the PS3 version of Madden, calling it "sluggish" in comparison to the 360 version, which it described as "fast," "fluid," and, to be perfectly blunt about it, "better." EA has stepped up to defend its product, pointing to their relative lack of development experience on the PS3:The differences in the overall knowledge of the hardware is vastly different for both consoles and, as is the case with newer technology, it is very difficult to get it right the first time.In other words, it sucks, they know it, they'll do better next time. Source: Game|Life and GamesIndustry Online Games Madden PS3 Xbox EA ...

Gearbox's Borderlands revealed on Game Informer cover
2007-08-15 20:03:42
With a tag line like "Diablo meets Mad Max," how can you not take the bait? Gearbox Software's Borderlands is the cover story in the September issue of Game Informer.Described as an RPG-shooter, with 4-player online co-op support, Borderlands appears to mimic the space gansta aesthetic that was so brilliantly captured in the dusty Gibson films of yesteryear -- not unlike id's new project Rage. How Diablo elements play into the dune buggy battlin' should be explained once the full cover story has been perused.Developer Gearbox has earned critical props for its Brothers in Arms games, which are often overlooked in the rotting heap of World War II shooters. The latest in that series, Hell's Highway (due in November), showed great promise during an E3 demo, but once again, was lost in the swirl of game previews, and has an uphill battle at retail, facing a very competitive holiday lineup. But if Gearbox stays dedicated to top-tier technical and production qualities, as seen in Brothers ...
Cover  Game  Revealed 

Junior's Game - Walkthrough
2007-08-15 19:48:06
Junior doesn't want to take a bath, but you need to give him a bath - figure out how.Play Junior´s GameWalkthrough: 1. Drag the tooth brush into the bin.2. Drag the rug into the bin3. Pick up hammer and smash the mirror4. Take the key out of the hole and use it on the cabinet5. Take out soap and put it into the water on the floor (key flies into the sink)5. Pour water into the sink6. Use the key to open the window above the sink7. Drag the small bucket out of the big window8. Drag the hamburger onto the soap dish on the bath tubDONE Online Games point-and-click walkthrough ...
Game  Walkthrough 

Warhammer Online Elves at Leipzig
2007-08-15 19:45:44
One of the next big franchises that will be entering the MMO community is Warhammer. The online version of the popular tabletop strategy game will be giving us the first taste of the Elves at The Leipzig Games Convention.These fey armies will be the last two that you’ll be seeing in the launch of Warhammer Online, with other armies such as Skaven, Tomb Kings and all the rest to come in expansion packs down the road. The game will also be playable at Leipzig, giving some lucky people a chance to test out the forces of Order and Chaos. Read the full press release after the break. Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning To Invade Games Convention In Leipzig EA Mythic’s Highly-Anticipated MMORPG to be Showcased in the GOA Booth Featuring the Long-Awaited Unveiling of the Elves EA Mythic’s highly-anticipated massively-multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR), will be playable in the GOA booth at Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany on August 2 ...

Ubisoft gets into movie-making and book-publishing
2007-08-15 19:39:05
Ubisoft today confirmed that they are expanding into film production, as well as book publishing. The latter was definitely not expected, however back in February Ubisoft had announced that they were making a short film based on Assassin’s Creed, and said that “We may consider doing longer-form films or television sometime in the future.” Although it was revealed today that they are indeed heading in that direction, no announcements or specifics were revealed regarding exactly what films or books they may be working on or publishing. It is known though that a Prince of Persia movie is in the works, and that will be directed by Jerry Bruckheimer (All three Pirates of the Caribbean films) and is rumored to be directed by Michael Bay (Transformers, The Island). Ubisoft looks at film making and book publishing as the next logical step for the company: “We will start making movies not because we want to, but because this is what we have to do. If we don’t, we will not be able to ...
Book  Movie  Publishing 

Huge Casual Game Library Available for Wii
2007-08-15 19:31:01
Savvy to the fact that the Wii is being touted as the non-core gamer's console of choice, Knibble.com has launched a site of Wii-enabled casual games.Wii.Knibble.com offers more than 5,000 casual games like Bejeweled and Solitaire, all tweaked to be Wii-compatible. To get there, just select the Internet Channel on your Wii, then put in the Knibble (I keep wanting to call it Kibble) site and voila: a bevy of casual gaming awaits, without having to download a single thing. Granted, with a library that big, you have to figure that most of the games are going to be pretty lousy, but there's undoubtedly some gems to be had.Source: Game|Life Online Games Wii ...
Game  Library  Wii 

Cooking Mama ships half million units on DS
2007-08-15 19:26:13
It's the story of the little franchise that could as Majesco announced Cooking Mama on the DS has shipped a half million units.The DS game, and its Wii counterpart, have been responsible for significantly boosting Majesco's bottom line. Despite control issues with the Wii version, which Majesco addressed soon after, the DS version is definitely a shining example of solid DS control design.With a sequel in the works, it doesn't look like Cooking Mama is slowing down anytime soon. Although there isn't an official release yet, Todd Greenwald, an analyst with Nollenberger Capital, expects the sequel Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends to be out by this holiday season. He goes on to say that Majesco may have found a gold mine in the casual market and will probably be focusing more effort on taking its relationship with Japanese developers to bring more casual titles to the Wii and DS. He expects Cooking Mama 2 could generate $20 million or more for the company. As Mama would say in her ...
Cooking  Ships 

New Guitar Hero III track unveiled, European songs announced at Leipzig
2007-08-15 19:11:34
"She Bangs the Drums," as made famous by The Stone Roses, was unveiled as a new playable Guitar Hero III song yesterday during an exclusive hour-long screening at Edinburgh Interactive Festival. The song comes off of the 1989 self-titled The Stone Roses album, a record which had (and has) the British music press creaming all over themselves.This was the first time members of the British public were able to get their hands on the game, witnessing first hand the new boss battles, as well as multiplayer modes. Zach Fountain, General Manager of RedOctane Europe says the rock is not going to stop here."The Guitar Hero franchise has already established itself as part of mainstream pop culture," he says, "so it was a perfect place to unveil one of our UK-originated songs. The Guitar Hero road show moves from here to Leipzig, where we'll be announcing a whole new stack of European songs for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock."With an already solid (and surprising) track list, it'll be interest ...
European  Guitar  Guitar Hero  Hero  Songs 

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Warhawk
2007-08-15 19:05:48
There's a lot of information out there about Warhawk, but unless you've devoted yourself to scouring the Internets tracking it all down, you probably still have a question or two about the game's particulars.To help you out, Game Director Dylan Jobe assembled a FAQ to give you the low-down on everything from headsets to servers to split screen. Some questions include: Does the game have split-screen online? Can multiple PSN accounts be logged-in at the same time during split-screen gameplay?If I host my own server, how many players can I support?Does Warhawk support VoIP channels? Click here for the complete answers to all of those, and a bunch of other questions. Source: PlayStation.Blog & Game|Life Online Games Warhawk ...

Titei - Walkthrough
2007-08-14 23:09:20
This is a challenging Japanese point and click adventure game, in which you need to go through a tunnel, and unlock secret areas. Collect and use coins and other items in order to advance. Use the map at the bottom left corner to see your current location. Knowledge of the language is not necessary to finish the game.Good luck!!!Play TiteiWalkthrough:1. 1st Screen, left spike, collect coin2. 3rd Screen, between tunnels, collect coin3. Go left. To the right of the grey statue on the floor, collect coin4. Beneath sign to the right of the dragon door, on floor, collect coin5. Observe sign to the right of dragon door - use this sign to place coins left to right in color statues to unlock sun door in right hand tunnel6. Reclaim coins from statues after hearing noise7. Ahead then to the right, collect coin to the right under the open sun door8. Enter Sun Door. Go Right. Take plane from middle of left silver guard9. Go back and left. Click to zoom to statue. Observe order of coins in each col ...
Walkthrough 

Xbox Live Userbase Reaches 7.1 Million
2007-08-14 22:33:23
In the midst of the continuous hardware problems plaguing the Xbox 360, Microsoft just announced that Xbox Live now has over 7 million users, or 7.1 million to be precise.That’s 70% of Xbox 360 owners who are online, and they apparently like Xbox Live Arcade as well - the average gamer purchases 6-7 games on Live Arcade. By the end of 2007, Microsoft hopes to reach 45 million Xbox Live arcade downloads, with over 100 games available.Source: Digital Battle Online Games Xbox Xbox Live Xbox 360 Microsoft ...
Xbox  Xbox Live 

Free BioShock Art Book Available for Download
2007-08-14 22:29:25
When Irrational polled the public about what folks wanted in a BioShock Limited Edition, an art book ranked pretty high on the list, but not quite high enough to actually make it into the final version.Figuring that a game this gorgeous deserves some loving attention to its visuals, Irrational has posted low-res and high-res versions of an art book called BioShock: Breaking the Mold. My personal favorite section is, naturally, the concept art of the environments, though I found the evolution of the Big Daddies to be quite interesting, as well. The diving helmet look has always been present, but one early drawing had the Daddy in a wheelchair. Fair warning: the foreword contains some spoilers, so you may want to skip it until after you've played through the game. BioShock: Breaking the Mold [The Cult of Rapture]Source: Game|Life Online Games Concept Art BioShock ...
Art  Book  Download