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Monday, December 08, 2008

The Power Of The Elements update for Free Florensia PC video game

Elementally-Aligned Skills and Resistances Bring a New Twist to the Fantasy MMORPG

Burda:ic, today released a major update for the free-to-play, maritime MMORPG Florensia. The update includes a number of smaller changes, from land quest balancing to slight modifications to the user interface, but the biggest addition comes in the form of elemental resistances and attributes. These additions permeate the structure of the entire game so players both new and old will find the fantasy world of Florensia an exciting and dangerous place to adventure.

Each skill in the game has been assigned an elemental aspect like Fire, Ice, or Holy. In addition, monsters and characters now carry resistances to the various elements. Thus, players in Florensia should be wary in choosing their foes, as they might find they just aren’t doing as much damage as expected. Parties no longer simply mean strength in numbers; they mean a wider range of damage across the elemental spectrum.

Of course, these new skills aren’t limited to the players. Four of Florensia’s major bosses have discovered elemental abilities of their own, making them all the more dangerous for those who would challenge them. Be especially cautious if your travels bring you face-to-face with Lanoir, Draug Brenin, Vampire Lord Robinson, or Serbetus, as their newfound powers may spell your doom.

For a full list of changes, visit http://www.florensia-online.com/

About Florensia

Florensia is a free-to-play, maritime MMORPG that blends vibrant, colorful graphics with classically accessible gameplay. Choosing one of four starting classes, from the sword-wielding Mercenary to the spell casting Noble, players will do battle with a huge variety of weapons and magical abilities as they explore expansive, underground dungeons and sail uncharted seas. Thousands of players have already signed up and headed out in search of adventure, and there has never a better time to join them in the wild and wonderful world of Florensia.

Edna & Harvey - The Breakout named Best Adventure and Best Youth Game

Daedalic Entertainment secured two awards at the 2008 German Game Developers Awards with adventure hit Edna & Harvey: The Breakout. The off-beat cartoon adventure game was able to convince both the jury, who awarded the price as Best Youth Game 2008, as well as the public, who voted Edna & Harvey Best Adventure Game 2008. With two additional nominations in the categories Best Game and Best Story / Game World, Edna & Harvey was one of the nights biggest winners, next to contenders Crysis, Drakensang and Sacred 2.

We are very thankful and proud to receive these awards. We feel that this confirms that our chosen direction and our focus on great storytelling and unique game worlds are right. At the same time, we feel a responsibility to continue to develop great games in the future, commented a jubilant Carsten Fichtelmann, Managing Director at Daedalic Entertainment.

The German Game Developers Awards are awarded every December in Essen, Germany, to outstanding computer and video games from German developers released in the last 12 months. The jury is made up of renowned experts from all parts of the industry: developers, publishers, service providers as well as press.

http://www.deutscher-entwicklerpreis.de

Edna & Harvey: The Breakout
Edna & Harvey: The Breakout is a point & click adventure game in the vein of the genres classics. Backgrounds and characters are completely 2D and drawn by hand by a real person in the games unique cartoon style. The games characters range from odd to genuinely crazy twisted humor guaranteed! Thanks to challenging puzzles, extensive dialogues and more than 120 screens, gamers can look forward to an extraordinarily long gameplay experience. Edna & Harvey is the surprise adventure hit of the year, garnering rave reviews and an 84.5% average rating upon release in Germany.

Sunday, December 07, 2008

Free Mirror's Edge Poster to download

Click here to download the Mirror's Edge Poster...

Star Ocean - The Last hope 3 DVD discs on Xbox just 1 blu-ray on PS3

Star Ocean: The Last Hope will be released soon on the Xbox 360 in North America, and Sony PlayStation 3 users will be laughing, as the game will be on 3 DVD discs.

The Sony PlayStation 3 would do it on just one Blu-ray disc Do not get me wrong, the Xbox 360 has an amazing online experience, but their DVD technology is a big problem. It’s like having a CD drive instead of DVD on PC’s by using DVD rather than Blu-ray, so why does Microsoft still use old technology.

There is a worry that as games get bigger and offer more detail, Xbox 360 games will need even more than the 3 discs that Star Ocean: The Last Hope has.

We would just like to know if Xbox 360 users are happy with the old DVD format, or would that much rather games on the Blu-ray format. Please do not think that we am running the Xbox 360 down, it is still a fantastic games console, and the sales figures speak for themselves.

Source: Produce-reviews

Top Five Nintendo DS games you must have...

Buying a Nintendo DS or DSi this Christmas?

Here's some great games you might want to consider adding to the present.

Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Nominated as one of the top handheld games of the year the game sets you loose in a Victorian dream world with your guide, Professor Layton, explore a quirky Victorian village where everything is a puzzle.

Puzzle solving fun.
The storyline and puzzles are tightly integrated, so that as you explore the world and progress through the adventure, you will encounter more and more puzzles. Many of the puzzles are new to the North American release.

The Legend of Zelda - Phantom Hourglass
The epic story of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker continues as Link finds himself lost and alone in unknown seas in a new adventure.

Featuring intuitive touch-screen controls and innovative puzzles, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass offers new challenges for fans of the series and an easy-to-grasp introduction for gamers new to The Legend of Zelda.

But time grows short, and only the Phantom Hourglass can buy Link the minutes he'll need to survive.

Kirby Super Star Ultra
There will never be a dull moment in Kirby Super Star Ultra as Kirby runs, floats, copies enemies and uses Helpers to fight King Dedede and Meta Knight.

Kirby Super Star Ultra for the Nintendo DS re-imagines one of the most beloved Kirby games of all time. The game features new graphics and fully rendered animated cut scenes.

With so many adventures waiting to be unlocked, there will never be a dull moment as Kirby runs, floats, copies enemies and uses Helpers to fight King Dedede and Meta Knight.

Nintendogs Labrador Retriever & Friends
The ultimate evolution of virtual pet: Nintendogs gives you opportunity to preen and look after a selection of cute puppies in a virtual home, with virtual currency, where you can buy toys and accessories for their enjoyment.

You can clean the pups, feed them, walk them, play catch with them, and even talk to them.

After a few attempts to speak commands into the microphone, your puppy understands the meaning of "sit", barks approval, and sits down.

More Brain Training
Are you ready for More Brain Training? More than 10 million people worldwide have made Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo DS a part of their lives.

The good doctor is back with even more exercises to continue stimulating the different parts of the brain!

More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima - How Old Is Your Brain? features all-new exercises and DS Brain Age Checks that will challenge even the most trained brains!

People young and old will enjoy the new training exercises that test a person&rsquos memory, math and perception skills.

All a person needs is a few minutes a day to give his or her brain a proper workout.

Top video games on all consoles from gamezplay.org here...

Saturday, December 06, 2008

GameStop don't want Woolworths shops...

GameStop the world's largest video game and entertainment software retailer, today is refuting inaccurate reports that it has made a bid for real estate being sold by the administrator of British retail chain Woolworths. Claims originating from games industry publication MCV hold no merit and are completely inaccurate.

About GameStop

Headquartered in Grapevine, Texas, GameStop is the world's largest video game and entertainment software retailer. The company operates 6,066 retail stores in 17 countries worldwide.

The company also operates two e-commerce sites, GameStop.com and EBgames.com, and publishes Game Informer magazine, a leading multi-platform video game publication. GameStop Corp. sells new and used video game software, hardware and accessories for video game systems from Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft.

In addition, the company sells PC entertainment software, related accessories and other merchandise.

Source: Marketwatch

Grand Theft Auto IV on PC more problems reported...

Despite getting a supposedly better GTA IV (complete with video editor, bigger multi-player and improved visuals), PC gamers are complaining about graphical issues, crashes and freezes while trying to connect to the Internet.

Rockstar have already suggested a few possible solutions and these have been added to by various sites.

These include:

Defragging your hard drive after installing the game
Signout of Rockstar Social Club online
Instal the latest service pack for Vista or XP
Instal .net Framework 3.5 (and making sure you’ve got 1.1 already on there)
Use Beta drivers for nVIDIA 7900 cards.

ATI card owners aren’t getting any better results!

On GTAForums’ poll on the issue, currently, of 198 people who own Grand Theft Auto IV on PC, 14 per cent can run the game smoothly, for 32 per cent the game runs, but “horribly” and 12 per cent can’t get the game to run at all.

Nintendo apologise for race abuse in Animal Crossing Press Demo

It turns out it's the fault of the Internet (Isn't it always?)

From Kotaku

Earlier we reported on a copy of Animal Crossing: Wild World that was shipped to game journalists with a racial epithet programmed in the speech patterns of one of the game's NPCs. Now Nintendo responds.

A copy of DS title Animal Crossing Wild World sent out to media yesterday by Nintendo came loaded with most of the game's secrets unlocked, it also included a nasty surprise. When you come upon Baabara, the town's resident sheep, you're greeted with a racial epithet. The word is used repeatedly in your conversation with the sheep. Here's the official statement on the issue from Nintendo:

"Previously played copies of the 2005 Nintendo DS game Animal Crossing: Wild World were sent to 14 members of the media to demonstrate the ability of players to transfer items to the new Animal Crossing: City Folk for Nintendo Wii. We regret that an offensive phrase was included without our knowledge via a wireless function that allows user-generated catchphrases to spread virally from one game to the next. This version is limited to 14 copies created for media review purposes only and is not available at retailers. We sincerely apologize for the incident and are working with media who received the game cards to return them to Nintendo immediately."

The evil Internet strikes again.

And GTA IV killed a kitten - read it here...

Billy Frontier - iPhone and iPod Touch western video game

He's stared down many a bandit (and the occasional orangutan), but to my knowledge, Clint Eastwood never faced off against aliens, ghosts and lizard men hurling barrels of dynamite at him. Still, this would have been interesting to watch—and the idea of it makes for a great game for the iPhone or iPod touch.

Welcome to the world of Billy Frontier.

Where the classic westerns left off, Billy Frontier picks up, with players donning their own tin star in order to drive the bad guys out of town. To complete the game, players must complete six levels featuring three events: two shootouts, two duels and two stampedes—each filled with alien baddies, ample gunfire and hopping kangaroo-bovine mutations known as “kanga-cows”).

The graphics and sound make this game and Billy Frontier flexes its muscles with a 3-D engine that shows the player what the iPhone and iPod touch are truly capable of. Tap into one of the game’s target practice levels, and the cavalcade of lovingly rendered kanga-cows, aliens, lizard men, ghosts, bottles, ammo boxes and power-ups that vault into the air as targets will amaze you.

This, combined with a fun, twangy, well-crafted soundtrack, creates a terrific game environment the player can enjoy for a few minutes at a time as well as during longer gaming sessions.

Unfortunately, gameplay within Billy Frontier fluctuates between extremely fun and downright frustrating depending on the situation. During shootout levels, the player taps the screen to indicate where they want to fire at aliens the ducking for cover (and occasionally taking potshots at you). As the gunfight continues, players can shoot barrels and crates to reveal extra ammo, health, and money which must shot again in order to be collected.

Sadly, the game’s targeting system feels disjointed and players may find themselves spending half their ammo trying to pick off an alien or, worse, trying to collect more ammo to continue the level and stay alive. (If you run out of bullets, you die).

The duel levels are challenging but entertaining; players must tap symbols to match displayed sequences while showdown-style cinematics and camera angles lend to the environment). The stampede levels make the most of the handset’s built-in technologies. Here, players must try to outrun a herd of kanga-cows while jumping over rocks, fences, and fallen trees along the way. The use of the accelerometer allows players to accurately tilt the unit to steer Billy down the path while collecting coins and chili peppers to act as speed boosts. Stampedes prove to be a refreshing break from the constant gunplay

Even with its flaws, Billy Frontier raises the bar for graphics and sound found on an iPhone game. It may not be perfect, but it’s off to a great start, worth the £5 standard price. (As this review was posted, the App Store lists Billy Frontier and other Pangea Games at 59p —a definite bargain.) Billy Frontier is perhaps just a few updates away from being truly terrific.

Manufacturer: Pangea
Pros: Looks great and has an entertaining soundtrack; fun to play
Cons: Targetting system could use a bit of work
Min specs: iPhone or iPod touch running 2.x software.
Price: £4.99 (UK)
Star rating:*** (3 stars)

Source: MacWorld

New Single-Player Level For Star Wars - The Force Unleashed

LucasArts today announced that it has released a new single-player level for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Available now for Xbox 360 owners through Xbox LIVE Marketplace and for PlayStation 3 owners through the PlayStation Network, the level features The “Secret Apprentice” in an entirely new mission set in the Jedi Temple on the planet Coruscant. The Secret Apprentice travels to the Jedi Temple to learn more about his father, and while searching through the rubble of the destroyed building he must confront his inner demons.

Bundled with the single-player level are nine new costumes, which allow gamers to play through the game disguised as several new characters, including:

• Apprentice’s Temple Exploration Gear
• Apprentice - Cybernetic Reconstruction
• Apprentice’s Sith Training Gear
• Mace Windu
• Darth Maul
• Qui-Gon Jinn
• Dark Stalker
• Lightsaber Training Droid
• Combat Training Droid

In addition, LucasArts also released a new stand-alone costume pack which includes:

• Apprentice’s Utility Combat Suit
• Apprentice – Animated
• Spirit Apprentice
• Republic Trooper
• Luke Skywalker – Tatooine Gear
• Ben Kenobi
• Plo Koon
• Count Dooku
• Jango Fett
• C-3P0

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed was released on September 16, and has since become a worldwide hit. The game completely re-imagines the scope and scale of the Force and casts players as Darth Vader’s “Secret Apprentice,” unveiling new revelations about the Star Wars galaxy seen through the eyes of this mysterious new character armed with unprecedented powers.

The costume pack is priced £3.99/400 MS Points.

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