Posted by jimbaba in Gaming in General | 0 comments

Red Fraction: Guerrilla has three DLC packs on the way

THQ has announced that they will be releasing three new Red Faction: Guerrilla DLC packs. The first of the new packs will be released on August 13 and will cost 800 Microsoft Points, its name will be called Demons of the Badlands. Demons of the Badlands is an expansion of the campaign that lets you explore an area outside of the normal terrain of Mars that you see within the game. All the details that THQ has released on it is this quote “mission arc that takes place in an entirely new Mars landscape outside of the existing expansive world.” That isn’t very reveling but they said they will have more information as we draw closer to August.

Information found at http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/30/red-faction-guerrilla-getting-three-dlc-packs-first-coming-aug

Posted by jimbaba in Gaming in General | 0 comments

Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgement is due this Winter

Vandel Hearts was due on the Xbox marketplace and PlayStation Network this September but it has been pushed back a little bit to this Winter. This is Konami’s most recent project and it will be an RPG for 800 Microsoft Points. There’ll be 20 playable maps and characters with multiple endings depending on your actions and skills you acquireand use. It looks a lot like a typical Fire Emblem game without the permanent death of allies. Since it has multiple endings it should provide a little bit of replay value as well.

Story found at http://kotaku.com/5304959/vandal-hearts-flames-of-judgment-falls-into-winter/gallery/

Posted by Oculin in Gaming in General, Nintendo, Wii | 0 comments

Need Even More Incentive To Pre-Order Metroid Prime Trilogy?

You can also get this Metroid Prime Trilogy poster now if you pre-order the title at GameStop! So preordering and purchasing Metroid Prime Trilogy now gets you

1. All Three Metroid Prime Titles with Wii controls
2. Art book
3. T-shirt
4. and now a poster

I’d say this is a pretty good deal for any Metroid Fans out there!

Link

Posted by Oculin in Gaming in General, Nintendo, Wii | 0 comments

Trackmania Wii Announcement And Details

-Online
-4 player split-screen
-Every environments from the PC version apart from “Bay”
-All the control scheme from Mario Kart apart from the GameCube’s Controller
-Day and Night races
-Level Editor
-Level sharing online
-Early 2010

I played the demo of the DS one recently, I wasn’t too impressed though. Hopefully my first exprience with the Wii one will be better.

Link

Posted by Keenan "SuperMario290" in PS3, Xbox 360 | 0 comments

Skate 2 ‘Maloof Money Cup Pack’ available on July 9

Electronic Arts has just announced that you can download the “Maloof Money Cup Pack” for Skate 2 on July 2nd. If you don’t know what the Maloof Money Cup is, it is put on by the Maloof brothers, who come from the family that own the Sacremento Kings NBA Franchise, the Palms hotel and resort in Las Vegas. This contest is one of the biggest in skateboarding, offering up over $450,000 to the various winners.

You can play the DLC both online and off-line, and on the 360 it brings another 250 possible achievements to unlock.

The DLC is available to both PS3 and 360 owners, and of course it wont be free, so it’s gonna cost you $3 for the PS3, and 250 MS points for the 360.

Posted by Keenan "SuperMario290" in Gaming in General | 3 comments

Pachter: Wii HD could ’seriously damage’ PS3 comeback

There have been a lot of stories floating around about how people in the industry, more specifically, analysts, telling about how Pachter the PS3 might pass the 360 in 6 years time, so on, and so forth. Now, we’ve got another statement from Pachter about how if Nintendo made a hi-def Wii, how it could fuck-up Sony’s chances about the PS3 making a comeback.

“In our view, if Nintendo can offer such a device by year-end 2010, it will be in a position to seriously damage Sony’s chances of a comeback this cycle,” claims the report. “We would expect publishers to support such a move, given that the cost of porting an Xbox 360 game to the new Wii Plus HD format would likely be lower than the cost of building a ground up Wii game (we estimate under $5 million).

“Should Nintendo be able to convince publishers like EA and Take-Two that the Wii Plus should be supported by the entire EA Sports catalog and by the next installment of Grand Theft Auto, it should be in a position to successfully convince consumers that the Wii Plus is the last console they will ever need to purchase.”

Honestly, I agree with him. If the Wii is doing this good right now, and Nintendo plans to make a Wii HD at a semi-low price, it could seriously screw up any of Sony’s plans for a PS3 comeback.

Posted by Keenan "SuperMario290" in Nintendo | 0 comments

Last day for Club Nintendo elite status!

Remember that today is the last day that you can earn the Elite Status for Club Nintendo. By reading the above text, you will see that each status for Club Nintendo will receive an award, Elite of course getting the better deal. So get out there and start registering your games and taking surveys!

Posted by Keenan "SuperMario290" in PC, PSP, Xbox 360 | 1 comment

BIART officially announce ambitious next gen project “U-WARS”

Russian developer BIART has just announced their latest and greatest next-generation game. The title, “U-WARS”, is coming out on the Xbox 360, PC, and PSP. The game was started in development at the end of 2007, and is planned for release mid-2010.

“U-Wars” is a tactical sci-fi third person shooter set up an ultra realistic subaqueous scenario. Combining the thrill of an undersea setting with a cinematic approach and a superior story line “U-Wars” is the first lifelike underwater action experience.

In “U-Wars” the player will take control of an elite force and is constrained to accomplish covert operations both on land and undersea. As the PC version is supporting the NVIDIA PhysX technology the XBOX users will enjoy a variety of multiplayer modes via XBOX Live.

This sounds like a great action experience, and one the likes of which I have never heard of before. The games been in development for a pretty long time, and I think I’ll have to pick it up and see how it plays-out.

Here’s a gameplay video of the game at the KRI expo with english subtitles:

You can check out the official website for more information regarding the title.

Posted by SuburbanHell in PC | 7 comments

City Of Heroes: Double XP Weekend Announced

Heroes and Villains rejoice, this summer’s Double XP Weekend has finally been announced!  On the City of Heroes Official Forums today, Community Specialist Niviene made the following announcement:

Save The Date – Next Double XP Weekend July 31st- August 2nd!

We know you’ve been waiting to hear so that you can meticulously craft your plan of attack! So go ahead – take off work, ignore all of your other responsibilities and stock up on easily grab-able snacks and beverages – we won’t tell anyone! Just make sure to save the date because the next City of Heroes® Double XP weekend will begin Friday, July 31st 2009, at 8:59am PST (11:59am EST) and concludes Sunday, August 2nd 2009, 8:59pm PST (11:59pm EST). Don’t miss out!

With I15 just released, and I16 and Going Rogue both due out sometime later this year, it’s shaping up to be a fun 2nd half of 2009 in Paragon City and the Rogue Isles.

Official discussion boards here:  http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=newsdiscuss&Number=13693043&bodyprev=#Post13693043

Posted by Keenan "SuperMario290" in Site News | 4 comments

Default Prime is HUGE! 100 Subscribers, Stats, and More

Well, we’re not huge, but it is an accomplishment of sorts. So here’s the low-down, last Sunday, we were at a staggering 22 subscribers, at this time of writing, as you can see in the little Feedburner Chicklet in the sidebar, we are at 104 subscribers. That means, in a little over a week, we jumped an amazing 82 subscribers. I guess that this isn’t really big news as it’s not that many people, but for only being around this long, and in one week, that’s not bad.

Here are some other stats for the site:

Alexa Rank: 685,773

Technorati Rank: 270,797

Average Page Views/Day: ~1,126

Average Unique Page Views/Day: ~489

Posts on the Site: 1,166

Comments on various posts: 808

So hopefully we can continue to grow and keep doing what we do, and you guys will keep visiting and joining in. Because seriously, we’re taking over the world one day, and everybody who doesn’t join us is screwed.

~SuperMario290