EA confirm FIFA Street 3 video game stars Ronaldinho - Crouch & Gattuso

Trio Will Appear As Stylized Action Heroes Performing Over-the-Top Trick Moves

Electronic Arts announced today that international football superstars Ronaldinho, Peter Crouch, and Gennaro Gattuso will be featured world wide on the front packs of FIFA Street 3, the newest iteration of the EA SPORTS BIG street football arcade series.



FIFA Street 3 brings these players, and others like them, to life as stylized action heroes in a hyper-real world that merges the game’s biggest stars with environments that pulsate to the music in exotic locations around the world. Ronaldinho, Crouch and Gattuso represent three of the different types of specialist players created in game, where gamers can choose to play with Tricksters, Playmakers, Finishers and Enforcers for different options on the ball and a different gameplay experience. Gamers get the chance to combine these different types of specialist players and associated skills to create the ultimate street football team.

“FIFA Street 3 is about turning football icons into eye-popping characters through the game’s stylized art direction for an over-the-top arcade soccer experience,” said producer Joe Nickolls. “Ronaldinho, Crouch and Gattuso represent three of the different types of players available in our game and we were able to exaggerate their qualities to really create larger-than-life characters.”

Ronaldinho, the cover athlete on the original FIFA Street, is a global megastar and the Brazilian International and FC Barcelona midfielder’s list of accomplishments includes a FIFA World Cup winner’s medal, the 2004 and 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year, as well as the 2005 European Footballer of the Year award.

Joining Ronaldinho will be Italian World Cup-winning footballer Gennaro Gattuso. The creative midfielder, who plays for A.C. Milan, with whom he won the UEFA Champions League title in the 2002-03 and 2006-07 seasons, continues the tradition of world-class athletes donning the FIFA franchise covers. It is Gattuso’s first appearance on an EA SPORTS™ or EA SPORTS BIG cover.

Completing the trio of world class players will be Liverpool and England striker Peter Crouch. Liverpool’s top goal scorer in the 2006-07 season, Crouch has also been a consistent goal scorer for the England national team. He will have his 6’7’’ height amplified to compliment his ball-striking and finishing skills and help to create a new soccer experience.

Take your football heroes to the streets and experience the revolution in street football. FIFA Street 3 will be available for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system, PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system and Nintendo DS. FIFA Street 3 is scheduled to ship to stores under the EA SPORTS BIG brand on February 15th, 2008 in Europe and February 18th in North America. It is rated “E” for Everyone and 3+ by PEGI.

Warhawk FREE PC video game expansion patch Omega Dawn details

Warhawk's game director, Dylan Jobe, has posted some more info on the game's upcoming expansion pack, Omega Dawn.

Also more info on the upcoming patch, and a possible expansion after this one.

On Omega Dawn, he says you'll be able to buy it in-game from the Warhawk store, which is handy.

On the patch (1.2), it'll go live on December 19 at 2:00am Pacific Time (simultaneous NA/Euro release), with the game servers down for six hours (2-8) while they roll it out.

And on what comes next, he promises there's "new stuff in the works for ground troops", and that it'll be free.

Can't argue with free.



The V1.2 patch will go-live on December 19th at 10:00 GMT (that’s 2am pacific time).

Servers will be off-line while they roll-out the patch from 10:00 to 16:00 GMT (that’s 2am to 8am pacific).

FAQ on Warhawk here

More than half of Microsoft XBox 360 owners own Halo 3 video game

It seems that with some simple math Kotaku have come to conclude that of all the Xbox 360 owners in the US, over half of them own Halo 3.

While their assumption might not be too accurate it definitely gives you an idea of just how popular the Halo series has become, with 7.9 million 360s sold in the US, and 4.1 million copies of Halo 3 sold.

This shouldn’t be a surprise to most considering how hyped Halo 3 was prior to release causing some to buy a 360 for the soul purpose of playing this game.

EA give Free games for broken rock band guitars

NOTE FROM EA WEB PAGE: This offer applies only to a limited group of customers who were notified directly by EA Customer Support that they would receive a free game. If you did not receive such an email directly from EA Customer Support, then this offer does not apply to you.

Often it seems that the video game world is plagued by companies unwilling to own up to their mistakes.

EA has broken the trend by offering a bit of consolation for the unfortunate Rock Band owners whose guitars broke shortly after getting them out of the package.

While they’re waiting for their replacement guitars to come, they can get their choice of one of many free games from the EA catalog. These aren’t second-string or outdated titles either.

Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars, The Simpsons Game and NBA Live 08 are just a few of the titles available.

If you’re one of these slightly-less-unlucky-now few, make sure to submit your request before January 11th, when the offer expires.





Details from EA website here: http://support.ea.com/cgi-bin/ea.cfg/php/enduser/doc_serve.php?1=AvcG~wrPDP8S86t3GrYe~yL~Jvsq~~n~&5=30

The EA games list...

Rock Band video game released on Sony PlayStation 2

Yes, the band simulator is now in stores for the PS2, allowing non-next-gen gamers to rock out within the comfort of their own homes.

The bundle includes the wireless Fender Stratocaster guitar controller, an electronic drum kit, real drum sticks, a microphone and software for $160.

The PS2 and PS3 versions share the same instruments so players need not buy new ones if they upgrade their console.

The PS2 version, developed in collaboration with Pi Studios, features the same content and modes as the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions, albeit with lower resolution graphics and the complete lack of downloadable content, meaning that PS2 gamers will have to play the same songs over and over again.

Source: Digital Battle

Dragon's Lair video game Don Bluth Animation Production framed Cel

Dirk The Daring production cels from Dragon's Lair arcade game. Professionally matted and framed ready for hanging. Multi cel set-up.

*About the background: Background is hand painted. I know it isn't the background that goes with these cels and I don't even think it's from the game itself, but it's still VERY nice. Could possibly be from the studio but I do not know. May have been painted by a previous owner - who knows!

Has a Gallery Lainzberg COA and seal on the back. This is an awesome set-up. I have never seen one this nice on ebay.

Free open source cellphone mobile or PDA SudoKu game

M-SudoKu is a J2ME version of the popular SuDoKu puzzle game. From version 0.8.0 on, M-SuDoKu supports an unlimited number of grids!!!

To run it on a mobile phone (or PDA), make sure that it supports CLDC 1.0 and MIDP 1.0 (these were the first J2ME specifications to be released, so any device claiming "Java support" should be able to run this game).
At the time being the only limitation is the requirement for a color display: the game won't run on monochrome displays.

You can download the game (and its source code) from this page; instructions to play the game can be found here, and the GPL version 2 under which the game is distributed is available on this page.

http://phonphun.altervista.org/eng/download.php

Duke Nukem Forever video game teaser video

At noon today - Wednesday December 19 http://www.3drealms.com/ will release a trailer for Duke Nukem Forever.

Here's a screen capture from that trailer...

NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams out on Nintendo Wii

Sega has announced that the trippy flight-based game, NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams has shipped out for the Wii. The game has you playing a “night jester” who helps two 12-year olds conquer their fears by flying through a fantasy world.

NiGHTS will also tap into the Wii’s online “Forecast Channel,” which will have the game recreating the players local weather in the game. That and you’ll be able to race online against other players.

“The release of NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams is very exciting and special for both SEGA and gamers around the world,” said Don Mesa, Director of Marketing, SEGA of America, Inc.

“Gamers have been clamoring for NiGHTS to return since its debut in 1996 and the end result is nothing less than spectacular. We’ve harnessed the power and innovation of the Wii alongside a rich storyline and blended original and next-gen features that will transport gamers to a dream world like no other.”

As a fantasy jester called NiGHTS, players will fly through Nightopia, a rich and vibrant world where dreams come to life. With the innovative Wii Remote, gamers will experience a heightened sense of gliding, spiraling, and looping through seven mystical dream worlds packed with high-flying adventure. Players must find inventive ways to confront the “Nightmarens” from the neighboring dark world of Nightmare using amazing acrobatic skills, freedom of flight, and other special abilities to protect Nightopia

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock video game Official PC Patch v1.1 for download

Yep, it looks like PC owners of Guitar Hero III are getting some update love thanks to the guys over at Aspyr (who, by the way, did an impressive job porting GH3 to the PC). This update seems to offer a handful of bug fixes, graphical tweaks, and minor feature additions. You can read the release notes after the break.

A question that is still being asked among the various forum goers is will Aspyr/Activision be putting effort towards getting DLC to the PC? Also, what about stat linking (PC) to the guitarhero.com website? Or is a PC platform too “hackable” for this feature to gel?

It’s well understood that the PC voice is a minority here. However, I guess Aspyr can only do so much within the feature bubble Activision has given them. We’ve heard Activision’s promise of bringing DLC to the Wii in 2008. And we’ve also seen the backlash of Wii owners for their mono-riffic GH3 purchase. With all of these varied cross-platform versions of the same game, are we gamers pretty much rolling the dice when it comes to choosing a game for a particular platform before hearing a final verdict? Or should we be examining the fine print closely instead of simply expecting each cross-platform version to be equal in features? I can’t help but laugh at the thought of game companies calling us spoiled little brats behind our backs. Anyway…

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock v1.1 Patch

Source: FileFront