09/25/08

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Shaun White Snowboarding video game on Nintendo DS and PSP Fact Sheet

Ubisoft announces the development of Shaun White Snowboarding for the Nintendo DS system and PSP (PlayStationPortable) system. The game is scheduled for release on November 13, 2008.

Developed in close collaboration with Shaun White, Olympic Gold Medalist and eight-time X Games Gold Medalist, Shaun White Snowboarding for the PSP system and DS allows players to enjoy the thrilling sport of snowboarding anytime, anywhere. Built from the ground up on both platforms, each version includes exclusive and unique features. Using intuitive controls, players can ride and compete on mountains around the world. They can also express their creativity through rides and customization and challenge their friends through wireless multiplayer.

Key features of Shaun White Snowboarding for Nintendo DS:

• Carve Your Path Through Huge Mountain Environments – Create your own runs to suit your personal riding style, and choose your path down four open mountains. Each path offers its own risks, rewards and opportunities. Big airs, dangerous carves, thrilling speed runs and huge challenges await!

• Intuitive Stylus Controls – Be in complete control of your rider using intuitive motion–based controls on the Touch Screen. Simply flick the stylus to jump, draw a circle to spin, or slide it across to control your carves. Experiment with a ton of different combinations and get into the game like never before!

• Wireless Multiplayer for Four – Get your friends together for a snowboarding session using Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. Up to four players can get in on the action at once – compete in races, point competitions, king of the hill and more.

• Customize Your Rider and Your Gear – You can choose a rider to suit your own personal style and complete challenges to unlock decals. These decals will not only be a way for you to customize your gear and show your accomplishments to the world, but will also help you customize your riding style by granting you new abilities. See a particularly cool sticker on a friend’s board? Trade stickers with your friends over a local wireless connection!

Key features of Shaun White Snowboarding for the PSP system:

• Huge Outdoor World – With five mountains and a variety of slopes, the player will have plenty of room to ride in this outdoor playground.

• Single and Multiplayer Modes – Embark on a solo campaign and explore the wildest mountains of the world, or select and replay specific slope challenges. Innovative multiplayer featuring co-op and competitive modes creates a richer and deeper overall experience.

• Intuitive Controls – Experience a totally intuitive controls scheme, where all tricks and actions are available right from the beginning.

• Unique Scoring System – Speed, trick, slide and carve your way to victory. Points are allotted based on these four actions rather than simply tricking – link these together to increase your skill rewards.

• Skill Development – Earn experience points and build up your rider’s attributes to serve your riding style. Use your board and rider to work in unison to conquer the mountain.

Blackshot free-to-play FPS video game open beta launched

Open Enrollment Begins for Entry into Outspark's Free-to-Play First-Person Shooter Game

Outspark, a leading virtual playground filled with online community-based games for all ages, today announced the closed beta test for its newest title, the free-to-play militaristic first-person shooter Blackshot. Aspiring guns for hire can register for a free Outspark account and apply for the Closed Beta Test now at www.playblackshot.com. The Test lasts from September 30 to October 5, 2008.

Blackshot hurls participants into a virtual war zone filled with fierce head-to-head action. As powerful nations compete for money and resources, players must take on the role of a mercenary and battle one another for status and rewards in the game’s dangerous environments. Featuring powerful weapons, lifelike characters and gritty urban backdrops, Blackshot’s intense multiplayer action is designed for gamers of all skill levels.

“We’re bringing an exciting new type of multiplayer game to our active community with Blackshot,” said Susan Choe, founder and CEO of Outspark. “This immersive and challenging first-person shooter will provide our members with a new way to compete against one another and have fun. Innovative features like the game’s player-versus-environment mode invite gamers to come and enjoy a quick battle or an afternoon of fun with their friends.”

Features of the Blackshot Closed Beta include:

• 4 battle-ready mercenaries to choose from
• 17 powerful weapons including assault rifles, machine guns and grenades
• 7 varied maps and 3 challenging game modes
• More than 30 pieces of armor to customize your character

To support the CBT launch of Blackshot, Outspark has partnered with IGN’s FilePlanet (www.fileplanet.com) on a promotion to give away beta keys. “We’re excited to be working with FilePlanet for the Blackshot Closed Beta Test,” said Wilson Kriegel, Outspark Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. “As a premier online destination for high quality downloadable games, FilePlanet is the perfect partner for us to bring our latest game to market.”

Following the conclusion of the Closed Beta, Blackshot will be available to worldwide audiences with an Open Beta launch later this year.

Banjo-Kazooie FREE vintage games on Xbox LIVE with Nuts and Bolts pre-order

Banjo-Kazooie FREE vintage games on Xbox LIVE with Nuts and Bolts pre-order

On 14th November ‘’Banjo-Kazooie - Nuts & Bolts’’ makes its exclusive Xbox 360 debut for the estimated retail price of £44.99 and for those that remember the original legendary Banjo we have a special pre-order offer which means you can download the Xbox LIVE Arcade release title for free and nearly two weeks before the main release 26th November, 2008. With graphical improvements and full support of gamerscores and achievements, “Banjo-Kazooie” for Xbox LIVE Arcade will be available for 1200 Microsoft points, when it launches this November for those that have not pre-ordered.

However, there is still time to take advantage of the “Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts” pre-order offer. Those who pre-order Banjo’s latest adventure at participating retailers not only get ‘’Banjo-Kazooie Nuts & Bolts’’ but also receive a complimentary code to redeem “Banjo-Kazooie” on Xbox LIVE Arcade nearly 2 weeks prior to launch and exclusive goodies in Stop N’ Swop before anyone else.

The “Stop N’ Swop” is a feature rewards players’ accomplishments in the Xbox LIVE Arcade game by unlocking extra content and features in “Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts.”

In the UK and Ireland Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts pre-orders are available now in Gamestation stores and online at Game, Play, Gamestation and Amazon websites, and at other selected retail and online partners.

As if “Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts” and “Banjo-Kazooie” weren’t enough, “Banjo-Tooie” is also heading to Xbox LIVE Arcade in early 2009, making Xbox 360 the new home of the beloved “Banjo-Kazooie” franchise.

All Banjo Kazooie posts on gamezplay.org here...

Damnation all-new gameplay video

Revealing the incredible vertical scale of Damnation’s landscapes, Codemasters today released an all-new gameplay video with developer commentary video for the forthcoming steampunk-themed shooter. Now available to view or download from www.damnationthegame.com, the “Verticality” video features producer Richard Gilbert detailing the game’s blend of fast-paced shooter gameplay with intuitive spectacular acrobatics in massive environments.

Due for release this winter for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system and Games for Windows, Damnation features massive environments with huge draw distances that become the battlegrounds for the game’s intense fire-fights.

“We really wanted to open up the worlds and give the player freedom of choice,” says Richard Gilbert, Producer. “In Damnation, you’re presented with huge vistas – you’ll see your objective miles away and you have to intuitively find your path from where you are to that objective. In the same way that the navigation is intuitive, the control of the character is also intuitive. If you wanna grab a ledge, you just press jump and you grab a ledge. It’s not this disconnected feeling.”

Damnation’s vast streaming levels cover miles of horizontal distance, thousands of vertical feet and are flooded with hostile troops. Players will find and fight their own path through each environment, taking advantage of Rourke’s agility, high-octane vehicles like wall-riding motorbikes and deploying an array of powerful weaponry, including steam-powered ’Auto Revolvers’, ‘Dark Seraph Rifles’ and the deadly ‘Rail Road Spike Gun’. Gamers can also initiate Spirit Vision, a gift that allows Rourke to identify enemies hidden throughout the level and decide their own angle of attack.

In addition to the extensive single-player campaign, Damnation also delivers drop-in-drop-out co-operative play and innovative multiplayer modes. Taking advantage of the scale and height of Damnation’s levels, new game types and traditional deathmatch and capture the flag modes are given a vertical twist, where players have to balance firepower and agility and can kill or be killed from any direction.

Currently in development at Blue Omega's facilities in Annapolis, USA, Damnation will be available for Xbox 360, the PLAYSTATION 3 system and Games for Windows this winter. To download the video and for more information on the future of gaming, visit www.damnationthegame.co.uk.

Watch the Damnation game trailer here on YouTube...

iRacing motor sport simulator ...

About iRacing

As an iRacing.com member, you can test and train in much the same way that top Formula One drivers and other professionals do. Imagine being able to drive any car, on any track, at anytime - all with a degree of accuracy and authenticity that turns virtual practice into real-world results. Accumulate seat time without the cost and inconvenience of going to the track. Find the quickest line online, then take that knowledge to circuits around the globe. No wonder the world's leading professional drivers use the unlimited track time at iRacing.com to gain a competitive advantage.

Visit their website to find out more...

Cryostasis PC video game update - website now live

The official website for the upcoming survival horror FPS Cryostasis.

1968. Arctic North Circle. Alexander Nesterov is sent to investigate the North Wind, an old Russian nuclear ice-breaker shipwrecked in an icy grave with the crew all presumed dead. Fighting against the intense cold, Nesterov starts to uncover the shocking secrets buried within and relives the horrifying final hours of the crew.

The Cryostasis website – http://www.cryostasis-game.com - teases you with new information about Nesterov’s mental echo ability, the ship’s mysterious history and the crew’s bone-chilling final journey. Detailed updates on characters, weapons and key features can be found in the ship’s logs and there’s a wealth of new screenshots, videos and art to download.

Rhiannon - Curse of the Four Branches PC puzzle adventure video game out October

Legend-based and puzzle-filled adventure for the PC promises bone-chilling ghost stories and spine-tingling mysteries before Halloween

First-person adventure “Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches” (PC) is scheduled for release in North America on October 5, 2008.

Legends, myths, and magic spill into reality as an ancient battle for revenge envelopes a remote Welsh farmstead in this puzzle-rich, point-and-click adventure game. Created by Arberth Studios of West Wales, “Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches” brims with Celtic atmosphere in an eerie tale of the haunting of a lonely, teenage girl. Blending magic with technology, fact with myth, and fright with compassion, “Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches” is a feast for lovers of ghost stories, mysteries, folklore, and puzzles.

Based on the classic Welsh “Four Branches” legends, “Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches” is set on the grounds of Ty Pryderi (House of Pryderi), an ancient and mystery-shrouded farmstead on the Celtic fringes of Britain. As the Sullivan family, the new owners of Ty Pryderi, embarks on renovations and restorations to their new home, daughter Rhiannon reports unexplained noises and strange visions. Are these merely the figments of an overactive imagination of a 15 year old girl or does the history of this place hold a terrible connection to a timeless struggle between man and magic? Her parents take Rhiannon away leaving Ty Pryderi to your watch and exploration, but their absence can only postpone an age-old inevitability of revenge and death…Unless you can stop it.

Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches” will make its retail debut at $29.99 and is rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB for Drug Reference, Violent References.

For more information, visit the game’s official website at www.RhiannonGame.com.

FIFA 09 TV Ad stars Wayne Rooney - PlayStation 3 - out October 3rd

The ad shows fans from Manchester United and Spanish giants Real Madrid gathering before large outdoor screens to watch a match.

It transpires that the game is being played by United's Wayne Rooney and Real Madrid player Gonzalo Higuaín on a computer console.

Watch the video now...

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