Ford Racing Off Road latest version on PC test drive it now!

Racers' Adrenaline will Pump Like Never Before, Racing a Fleet of Licensed Off-Road Vehicles

The latest PC installment of the popular Ford racing license series, Ford Racing Off Road, has shipped to North American retailers. 

Players will find themselves on tough terrain, racing a convoy of Ford and Land Rover off-road vehicles across 24 detailed tracks sure to push vehicles and players to the extreme. Rated “T” for Teen, Ford Racing Off Road retails for $19.99.

“The introduction of the well-known Land Rover brand paired with the move of the franchise from urban streets and familiar tracks to an off-road environment will take racing fans to an all-new level of excitement,” said Karim Farghaly, vice president of sales, Empire Interactive. 

“Players will be put to the test to see if they have what it takes to race through the rugged terrain and environments packed into Ford Racing Off Road.”

Ford Racing Off Road has a plethora of new and exclusive features that test players’ high-speed driving skills. 

The fastest Ford racing title to date challenges players to find hidden routes to gain an advantage and beat out opponents as they power slide rugged 4x4s through three off-road environments – desert, water, and ice. 

Racers can power-up on their way to victory with repair pods, time extensions, artifacts, and cash as they speed through 12 race modes – Standard Race, Elimination, Time Attack, Overtake, Slalom, Checkpoint, Checkpoint Sprint, Seconds Out, Gold Rush, Gauntlet, Low Damage Race, and Expedition.

Free Burnout Paradise City Bikes upgrade - watch the video game fun...

Burnout 5 gives players license to wreak havoc in Paradise City, the ultimate seamless racing battleground, with a massive infrastructure of traffic-heavy roads to abuse. Gone is the need to jump in and out of menus and aimlessly search for fun like many open world games; in Burnout 5, every inch of the world is built to deliver heart-stopping Burnout-style gameplay. Every intersection is a potential crash junction and every alleyway is an opportunity to rack up moving violations.


Of course, rules are made to be broken, and when gamers enter Paradise City, they’re assigned a Drivers License that quickly begins to amass a record of player’s most aggressive, reckless and destructive exploits behind the wheel. But it’s not the law that’s eyeing player’s progress … when gamers push things too hard they’ll be squaring off against the city’s most infamous burners, and these legends aren’t interested in who crosses the finish line first.

“Burnout 5 is a complete reinvention of the series, built from the ground up for the PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360,” said Alex Ward, director of game design at Criterion Games. “To create truly next-generation gameplay, we needed to create a truly next-generation game, from top to bottom.”

Burnout 5 also delivers the next level of speed and destruction, with brand new next-generation technology allowing gamers to literally rip their cars in half, in the most explosive pile-ups in the series’ history.

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Ship Simulator 2008 collectors edition Fact Sheet

Ship Simulator 2008 Collector’s Edition will be available in stores across the United Kingdom from October 10, 2008. This Collector’s Edition will include the latest updated version of Ship Simulator 2008 and the official add-on New Horizons, as well as unique, never-before-seen bonus material such as a 70+ page Captain’s Journal of references and a ‘Making of’ video, giving players a sneak peek behind the scenes during the creation of the Ship Simulator series. Simulation fans are in for a treat with this complete collector’s box!

Frank Dolmans, VSTEP’s CMO said, “With this Collector’s Edition, featuring Ship Sim 2008 and its add-on New Horizons, we want to give simulation fans true value for their money by providing many, many hours of sim gameplay. Its unique bonus material and ‘Making of’ movie gives players a first-look inside our VSTEP offices to see how we develop the Ship Sim games and get a taste of things to come. This Collector’s Edition is a quality collection for everyone interested in simulation games.”

SUMMARY

Ship Simulator 2008 Collector’s Edition is the ultimate sailing simulator box set for PC. Become the captain of one of the most impressive ships in the World and take on the fierce ocean, or sail to an array of well-known ports across the globe. Ship Simulator 2008 Collector’s Edition includes both, the much appreciated Ship Simulator 2008 game and the official Ship Simulator 2008 Add-On: New Horizons, which features exciting Online and LAN multiplayer missions. The Collector’s Edition is packed with unique, never-before-seen bonus material such as a 70+ page Captain’s Journal of references and the ‘Making of’ video, which gives players the opportunity to sneak a peek behind the scenes at the creation of the Ship Simulator game series. This comprehensive box set is a complete package not to be missed by any simulation fan!



FEATURES

• Captain 24 vessels, from powerboat to tugboat, port carter, oil tanker, superfast personal watercraft… or even the Titanic!

• Walk around on board any ship and examine everything in minute detail

• Sail through some of the Worlds’ most famous and detailed ports and locations, including Rotterdam, San Francisco and Marseille, or take on the wild storms of the open sea

• Sail together with your friends and other Ship Simulator fans in Online Multiplayer mode (Internet connection required)

• From beginner level, to advanced - includes fast pick-up & play missions for the sailing fan, to extremely realistic simulation missions for real captains!

• Make use of advanced instruments aboard and experience the impressively realistic sailing characteristics of every ship

• Experience breathtaking adventures and missions in Mission mode, or sail the globe freely experimenting with the ever-changing weather conditions in Free Roaming mode.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

OS: Windows 2000 / XP / Vista
CPU: 2,4 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent AMD Athlon processor
RAM: 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended for Windows Vista)
Video: DirectX 9.0c compliant video card with 128 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 5900 or ATI 9600 Pro / X600 video card or better recommended)
PC DVD-ROM and CD-ROM: 4x
Available Hard Disk Space: 2 GB
Sound: DirectX 9.0 compatible sound card
Multiplayer: LAN or 56 Kbps Internet connection or faster
Other: Keyboard, Speakers and Mouse with scroll wheel
Optional Controllers: Joystick, Joypad or Steering wheel

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Get Mirror's Edge exclusive demo code on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 Dice launch date

Award-winning Action Adventure Game Redefines First Person Genre With New Heroine, New Perspective, New Freedom of Movement

Take a leap of ‘Faith’ this November! DICE, an Electronic Arts studio announce that the highly acclaimed first-person action adventure title, Mirror’s Edge will be in the shops on November 7th for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles. PC version of Mirror’s Edge will follow. Prior to launch, players worldwide will get an early peek at the game when the demo* becomes available via Xbox LIVE Marketplace and PlayStation Store. The demo will feature the prologue of the game including the tutorial and a segment of the single-player story mode. Starting September 26th, players who pre-order Mirror’s Edge at selected retailers will get an exclusive code that unlocks the Time Trial mode in the demo.


Time Trial mode challenges players to find the fastest route across the rooftops and through the streets. Players can upload their best time to the Mirror’s Edge leaderboards for their friends to download and compete against. Players can see their friend’s ‘ghost’ run as they race their way through the course to the top of the leaderboards.

“Mirror’s Edge is bringing something new to the action-adventure genre this holiday by putting the player in the shoes of the hero, seeing what she sees, feeling what she feels,” says Owen O’Brien, Senior Producer, DICE. “We wanted to create an entirely new experience, with a different type of heroine and a world that not only looks fresh and new but has unique gameplay.”

Mirror’s Edge was recently awarded “Best Xbox 360 Game” at the recent GC Developers Conference in Leipzig, Germany. It also received the “Best Action Game” of Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) by IGN and the Game Critics Award for “Best Original Game” at E3 in July. Mirror’s Edge delivers players straight into the shoes of Faith, a modern day heroine who traverses the vertigo-inducing cityscape, engaging in intense combat, fast-paced chases and challenging puzzles. With a never-before-seen sense of movement and perspective, players are drawn into Faith’s dangerous world.

Mirror’s Edge is being developed at EA Digital Illusions CE AB (DICE) in Stockholm, Sweden. The game is rated “T” by the ESRB and “16+” by PEGI.

About Mirror's Edge the video game...


Once this city used to pulse with energy; dirty and dangerous, but alive and wonderful.

Now it is something else.
The changes came slowly at first. Most did not realize or did not care, and accepted them.
They chose a comfortable life.
Some didn’t…
They became our clients.

In a city where information is heavily monitored, agile couriers called Runners transport sensitive data away from prying eyes. In this seemingly utopian paradise, a crime has been committed, your sister has been framed and now you are being hunted.
You are a Runner called Faith - and this innovative first-person action-adventure is your story.
Mirror’s Edge delivers you straight into the shoes of this unique heroine as she traverses the vertigo-inducing cityscape, engaging in intense combat and fast paced chases. With a never before seen sense of movement and perspective, you will be drawn into Faith’s world. A world that is visceral, immediate, and very dangerous.
Live or die? Soar or plummet? One thing is certain, in this city you will learn how to run.
From the makers of the groundbreaking Battlefield franchise, Mirror’s Edge is an action-adventure experience unlike any other

Key features

• Move yourself: String together an amazing arsenal of wall-runs, leaps, vaults and more, in fluid, acrobatic movements that turns every level of the urban environment to your advantage and salvation.
  
  
• Immerse yourself: In first person every breath, every collision, every impact is acutely felt. Heights create real vertigo, movements flow naturally, collisions and bullet impacts create genuine fear and adrenaline.
  
  
• Challenge yourself: Fight or flight. Your speed and agility allow you not only to evade, capture and perform daring escapes, but also to disable and disarm unwary opponents, in a mix of chase, puzzles, strategy and intense combat.
  
  
• Free Yourself: Runner vision allows you to see the city as they do. See the flow. Rooftops become pathways and conduits, opportunities and escape routes. The flow is what keeps you running – what keeps you alive.

Eidos video adventure game So Blonde out September 26th

Eidos announced their exciting new point and click adventure game So Blonde out in the UK on 26th September 2008.

So Blonde is the perfect adventure game, set on a tropical island, point and click adventure will love it! Starring in the game is a beautiful young, 17 year-old spoilt teenager with wealthy parents and nothing to worry about in her life.

While travelling on a cruise ship with her parents across the Atlantic, a giant storm engulfs their ship. The liner hits trouble and Sunny (the girl) passes out.

She wakes up on a fabulous white sandy beach, alone and her hair out of place - no phone signal on her mobile all contact with the outside world has gone! Add to that, she's traveled back in time by several centuries back in an age of buccaneers and pirates.

It's your job to point and click your way out of this amazing adventure, with wacky creatures and outrageous challenges, it won't be easy.












So Blonde will be available on PC from 26th September 2008.

Sony release Life with PlayStation on PlayStation 3 Worldwide

Proposing a New Life Style with Sony PlayStation 3

Sony announced it has released Life with PlayStation for PlayStation 3 PS3. Life with PlayStation is a new online lifestyle service that offers users a new visual and interactive way to use their PS3 to access news and information from around the world, only possible on the PS3's feature-rich platform.

As the initial content, LIVE CHANNEL will be released for Life with PlayStation. Through network connected PS3, it delivers worldwide news and information centering on two themes, “place” and “time” on a world map interface. Some of the live content includes; cloud imagery (provided by University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center), along with weather information (provided by The Weather Channel), news headlines (provided by Google News), and live camera images (partially provided by The Earth Television Network) of nearly 60 cities around the globe. Through LIVE CHANNEL, PS3 users will be able to enjoy worldwide news and live information free of charge. In addition to LIVE CHANNEL, Life with PlayStation will continually deliver a wide variety of interactive content and channels to living rooms through network connected PS3s to further enhance the world of entertainment made possible by PS3.

PS3 users can easily join Life with PlayStation by simply clicking the Folding@home*1 icon on the network column of XMB (XrossMediaBar) that will update to Life with PlayStation.

With the latest update, Folding@home will support more advanced simulation of protein fold, and will also support PS3 unique Folding@home ranking system, which enable users to see where they stand among the worldwide contributors based on their level of contribution.

SCE will vigorously promote the expansion of the world of PS3 by introducing new services that will open up new possibilities and enjoyment in interactive entertainment.

*1 Folding@home is a distributed computing*2 project run by Stanford University which aims to understand protein folding and misfolding, and how these are related to diseases and many forms of cancer. PS3 provides approximately 74% (as of February 2008) of the computing power in Folding@home and over 1 million PS3 users has participated in this project.

*2 Distributed computing is an approach adopted by universities and research laboratories to utilize immense computing power without the use of central supercomputers. Small computing tasks are assigned to each user's computer and the results are collected after computation is complete.

Star Wars - the Force Unleashed mobile phone video game

Continue the saga with Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, now on N-Gage

Take the role of Darth Vader’s ‘secret’ apprentice and unveil new revelations about the Star Wars universe with Star Wars: The Force Unleashed by THQ Wireless, now available on N-Gage-compatible Nokia devices.

Set in the time period between Episodes 3 and 4, players will assist Darth Vader in his quest to rid the world of all Jedi. Unleash and upgrade four defensive and five offensive Force powers, including the famous Jedi Mind Trick and Force Lightning. Visit iconic locations like the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk and the fungus forests of Felucia. Enjoy some of the best graphics and visuals ever seen on a mobile screen.

Star Wars The Force Unleashed is now available at http://www.n-gage.com

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Sam & Max Season One video game on Nintendo Wii

Release date for Sam & Max Nintendo Wii out October 7 in North American stores

GameStop offers preorder deal to celebrate console debut of "gaming's first sitcom"

Telltale and The Adventure Company are announcing Sam & Max Season One for Nintendo Wii will be in stores across North America starting October 7. Thanks to this console debut, for the first time Telltale's award-winning comedy series can be enjoyed in the comfort of the living room, bringing you closer than ever to the experience of playing your favorite television show.

The Sam & Max series is structured like a TV series, with self-contained episodes that tie into a larger overarching storyline as the season progresses. The Wii version collects the first six-episode "season" of Sam & Max games on one retail disc. In Season One, straight-laced canine detective Sam and his psychotic "rabbity-thing" sidekick Max are on the hunt for the mastermind behind a baffling hypnosis conspiracy. Players get to interrogate suspects (with amusing results), uncover clues, solve puzzles, and ultimately piece together the underlying mystery that links the episodes.

The story-focused gameplay and simple "point and click" interface have a low learning curve, and a new tutorial ensures that even players new to the Sam & Max experience will be up to speed in minutes. Sam & Max Season One for Wii also has a few technical improvements over the PC original, including widescreen support.

To welcome the arrival of the first Sam & Max console game, GameStop is offering a special preorder deal. Customers who reserve the game in stores or through GameStop.com before the October 7 release will receive a CD containing Sam & Max bonus content, including a behind-the-scenes "making of" featurette, trailers, concept art, a soundtrack sampler, and desktop wallpapers.

Domino Master to download on Xbox Live

Domino Master is now available for worldwide download via Xbox LIVE Arcade. From the same team that created the top-selling Texas Hold 'Em video game comes Domino Master, bringing the fun and challenge of this classic party game to Xbox LIVE for the first time.

Dominos with all the bells and whistles! Domino Master lets players go solo or head to head with friends and family in any of five exciting game modes. Whether playing as a beginner or a pro, there's always plenty of challenge, as the game offers multiple difficulty settings and a step-by-step tutorial for new players. Plus, plenty of customization, local and online features make every game a new experience.

Key Features

• Compete in classic dominos or four other variations, including All Threes, All Fives, Mexican Train and Bergen
  


• Enjoy exciting social features to enhance the gameplay experience:
  


• Challenge your family or friends and test your mettle via the robust Xbox LIVE leaderboards.
  


• Get into the action with Xbox LIVE Vision, LIVE Party Chat and Rich Presence support.
  


• Play against the computer or compete with up to four players locally or online.


• Domino Master is priced at 800 Microsoft points and has been rated "E" for Everyone by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board for this platform.
  

Moto Racer video game on Nintendo DS

MOTO RACER DS continues its crazy race and shows off some more!! In this 5 minute “making of” like trailer, you will have the chance to meet the Artefacts team (Moto Racer DS’ French based game developers).

What’s more, the main game development guidelines will be presented. For the first time ever, a demo of the amazing Stylus Precision Handling (SPH) game play approach.

Stay stunned on www.motoracer-thegame.com

Genre: Motorsports racing
Platform: Nintendo DS
Publisher: Nobilis Publishing
Developer: Artefacts
Release date: November 2008
Official website: www.motoracer-thegame.com