Metal Slug 7 - Nintendo DS video game review

Metal Slug 7
Nintendo DS, SNK, T (Teen)

Description: Action-warfare game in a classic two-dimensional setting.

Features: Don't let "Metal Slug 7" fool you. This game is a nasty little bugger. The game requires acute timing. The screen is always full of missiles, bullets, lasers and anything else the developers could think of. And when you are not dodging projectiles over the game's seven levels, you have to navigate traps and pitfalls.

Each of seven mercenaries has a combat specialty. The trick is juggling your "continues" so you can have the right solider for each situation. The reward for making it to the end of the stage is a battle with a mechanical juggernaut of some sorts.

Need for Speed mobile delayed until March 2009

EA statement...

EA Mobile is excited about the Need for Speed Undercover iPhone and iPod touch game we have in development. Currently, we are fine tuning and polishing the game so that when it launches it is the best, most engaging racing game iPhone users have yet to experience. We appreciate the anticipation around the arrival of this game.

As we approach a confirmed ship date, we will alert the community so stay tuned for more information in the coming months.”

Need for Speed was originally slated for a late 2008 release, but has now seen a couple of delays.

Hysteria Project iPhone video game teaser...

No more information on Hysteria Project other then what you see in this teaser.

The company making this game is headed up the producer of Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart who also produced the Virtual Villagers game - Bulkypix. Expect Hysteria Project to launch this year on iPhone.

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Strippers, pole dancers and gambling galore - Live Out Your Vegas Fantasies in This is Vegas the video game

When a powerful businessman begins turning Vegas into a family-friendly tourist trap, you must start your own powerful empire and resurrect the famous adult playground. 

Party hard at the hottest clubs to make VIP connections.  Grow your bankroll by hitting high stakes tables.  Race the fastest cars on the underground circuit to raise your reputation.  Fight off enemies with fists and firearms to prove your strength. 

Where you go and what you do is your call whether counting cards, seducing dangerous women, cruising the strip or starting bar brawls, there’s lots of excitement on the way to the top. 


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Fable 2 more info for gamers

Fable 2 will be a true sequel to the wildly successful original that sold more than 3 million copies, offering even more choices and building on the core gameplay theme of Fable where players every decision continually defines who they become. Fable 2 is an action role-playing game that truly allows players to live the life they choose in an unimaginably open world environment.
Set 500 years after the original, Fable 2 will provide gamers with an epic story and innovative real-time gameplay, including a massive amount of freedom and choice to explore a vast collection of dungeons, catacombs and caves in the world of Albion.


Features include the following:

Choices, consequences. The innovative gameplay pioneered in the original Fable provided gamers with a never-before-seen level of immersion in a truly interactive world. Fable 2 expands on the scope and depth of the Xbox classic with incredible new features and a wider, more complex kingdom of limitless choices and consequences. Players will have the option to play as a man or woman, get married, have children, and live a life of their own design.

A land far, far away. Revisit the sprawling world of Albion, where every house, hut, dungeon and castle is for sale, more than 500 years after the events of the original Fable. Players will witness how the world has grown and changed in incredible and unique ways as they rediscover Albion.

New and unique combat system. Fable 2 pioneers a new combat system that is designed to allow players to truly master hand weapons such as swords and maces, ranged combat such as bows and guns, and an entirely new magic system. These three disciplines, while being very accessible, are also amazingly deep and allow players to mix combat styles and become everything from a master swordsman or skilled ranger to an evil magic-wielder.

A heroís best friend. This groundbreaking addition to the game is integral to the theme of unconditional love in Fable 2. The canine companion will act as friend, compass and protector. Players merely feed their pooch and it will love unconditionally, creating a bond that sets up emotion-filled journeys throughout this magical world.

Sea Journey 1.0 - Fight Hot Sea Battles in a Fancy Match3 Game

DivoGames company presents Sea Journey v1.0, an exclusive game that goes beyond traditional notion of casual games! Sea Journey invites you to the fascinating world of watery waste, fresh breeze and hot sea battles. If you are discontent with ordinary casual games, if you want something more exciting, challenging and full of profound meaning, Sea Journey is just the game for you. Match3 games have never been so thrilling and absorbing.

You play as a young captain of a merchant ship. Your father was a pirate, but he disappeared many years ago, and you do not know anything about him. You carry on your trade and yearn after adventures, but one day strange things begin to happen The ship is attacked by pirates! Thanks to your prudence several cannons have been mounted on your ship. You win the battle and get a mysterious talisman. Besides, there is a letter addressed to the pirate captain. A certain old corsair asks him to come to the island and get an important task. That is the beginning of your breathtaking adventures! Your crew sets black sails and heads for the island pretending to be pirates. From now on you take the path of battles, mysteries and dangers of Sea Journey.

The gameplay of Sea Journey is quite original, combining traditional match3 with tactical tasks. The playing area is divided into two parts: a match3 field and a visual sea battle above it. As you put matching items in a line, they blow up and affect the course of the battle or give you some profit. For example, a line of cannon balls lets you have a cannon-shot at the enemy; wheels increase the maneuvering ability of your ship in the battle, thus reducing the enemy's shooting accuracy; various gems designate special features, five for each type of ships; coins let you buy new ships, and scrolls give you extra experience for ship upgrade. You and your enemy have 3 moves every turn, but if you match 4 or 5 items, you get extra moves. Sea Journey requires not only moving items, but also working out a tactical plan. However, you can get useful tips that help to choose what matches are the most beneficial.

The battle is depicted in detail and looks very spectacular due to advanced graphics. Epic music and solemn choir along with real-life sound effects makes the action immensely impressive. The battles are set in various places, so you can enjoy lots of magnificent views such as storms, sunsets, volcanoes and harbors. There are 4 types of ships: trader, pirate, guard and phantom; each type has its peculiar characteristics. When you get more than one ship, it is up to you to decide which one is more suitable for a certain mission. All in all there are 50 levels in Sea Journey, and as you upgrade your ships and improve their capabilities, your adventures get more dangerous and difficult. Besides fighting with other ships, you can attack enemy forts. By the way, besides the main action, you can enjoy seven fabulous mini-games, which also bring you a good round sum. The last level is set in volcanic orifice: after getting through the raging fire and incredible nervous tension, you!
will find out something really precious.

Features:

- Addictive Match 3 Gameplay
- Challenging plot
- Advanced graphics
- Spectacular sea battles
- Amazing power-ups
- 7 fabulous mini-games
- Adventurous atmosphere

Pricing and Availability
Sea Journey 1.0 runs under Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista. A single-user license costs $19.95. Further information on the product, as well as the free trial version is available here

Final Fantasy XIII - No UK or US release before 2010

Square-Enix has been extremely tight-lipped about Final Fantasy XIII. Aside from the odd scanned Famitsu page or brief recut trailer, very little is known about the new game other than the fact that it features some gorgeous graphics and will hit the PlayStation3 and Xbox 360 simultaneously in the West.


One disappointing new detail has been confirmed, though: Square Enix president Yoichi Wada has gone on the record to say that the long-awaited game won't be coming to North America or the UK until April 2010—at the earliest.

Wada spoke with Reuters, where he said that "Overseas launches of the latest Final Fantasy game will come in the business year from April 2010 or later." The game is still currently on track to be released in Japan during calendar year 2009. Plans to simultaneously release the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game in the West also appear to be on track, which will certainly affect the ultimate drop-date of the software elsewhere in the world, as the game remains a PlayStation 3-exclusive in Japan.

With only a few noteworthy JRPGs on the horizon, namely Star Ocean: The Last Hope and White Knight Chronicles, it seems that fans of the genre will simply have to sit and wait as the Japanese enjoy an early release. Though for those who have been following the franchise for some time now, that will hardly be anything new.

Source: Ars Technica

Killzone 2 - True potential of the PlayStation 3...

We are only a month away from the release of Killzone 2 in the U.S and there is no denying that the game is producing a huge amount of buzz on the Internet. It is hoped that Killzone 2 will finally be able to show the true potential of the Sony PS3.

There is no denying that the Sony PlayStation 3 is a truly powerful system, but none of the games available has been able to set it apart from the Xbox 360 in gameplay. We did get a tease with Metal Gear Solid 4, but it still did not show the true power of the PS3.



Hopefully Killzone 2 will be able to change all that, the game has now raised the bar in the graphical and physical design of the game. Other developers will be able to see what Guerrila Games have done, and will aim to do the same, if not better.

Censor gives MadWorld on Nintendo Wii an 18 rating

The British Board of Film Censors has granted classification to Nintendo Wii-exclusive MadWorld. The game received an 18 rating, but apart from looking a bit weird on shelves between the ranks of party games and shovelware, it didn’t have too much trouble getting passed the censors.

MadWorld stands out from other Wii titles thanks to its instantly recognisable graphics. The game relies on a very limited colour palette consisting of black and white, with liberal splashes of bright red blood.

The levels of violence in the game have caused controversy in the UK, following Mediawatch-UK’s appeal to the Daily Mail, which complained that the bloody title would “spoil the family fun image of the Wii”. That isn’t to say that MadWorld is any more violent than other ‘ultra-violent’ titles out there though, it just happens to be one that the mainstream media has latched on to. Since the Manhunt 2 brouhaha kicked off over a year ago, there hasn’t been much else to whinge about.

In fact, the game is fairly tongue-in-cheek. You tear through opponents on a Running Man-esque television show using chainsaws, knives and other assorted instruments of death. Mini games are going to play an important part too, including one called Man Darts, in which you smack people at a giant darts board using a baseball bat and appropriate Wii remote gestures. The gore itself is pretty cartoony.

Nintendo has also stood firmly by the game, despite the alleged risk to its console’s image. It has also made it clear previously, that the Wii is not just for children and families, but for all ages, including the violence loving, more traditional gamer demographics. And given the number of disgruntled Nintendo fans who feel missed out by the Wii’s heavy focus on ‘casual’ gamers, Ninty needs more titles like this to prove it still knows its core audience.

The Chase Nintendo DS video game

Yesterday, while working as a delivery boy, Felix had an unplanned collision with someone on the street. That someone was Felicity - the girl of his dreams. They arrange to meet at the end of the pier for a date the following day. Here starts the fantastic tale of love at first sight, desperation, expectations and overcoming all obstacles to win the heart of the one you love.

Your date is waiting for you at the end of the pier, but first you'll have to get there! You have to get to your date before it's too late and she thinks you've stood her up. Will she still be waiting for you? Will she be impressed with your efforts? That is up to you...

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The different modes in the game are:

1. Normal: a free form romp into the level
2. Race: race a love guru into the level
3. Rescue: carry a helpless animal to the end of the level
4. Vertical: Use your stylus as a grappling hook and climb to the top of the level
5. Heart grab mode: Find the 5 hearts scattered through the level

Key elements:

1. Crush meter: you have got to impress your sweetheart by collecting, hearts, flowers, coins, performing tricks and bowling enemies.
2. Rush line: Charge it by collecting fruits and jumping through hoops
3. Power-Ups:
- Time freeze: Freezes your enemy for 6 seconds
Love rush: 8 seconds of invulnerability
Newton bomb: possibility to jump very high
Choice between male and female character
Drawing of rush lines with the stylus: Using the Nintendo DS Touch Screen players can draw their own platforms and make their way through abstract landscapes representing locations throughout the city.
Horizontal and vertical scrolling
Funky and catchy music
Best love advices for the target audiences
5 different types of gameplay: normal, race, rescue, vertical, heart grab mode
40 different levels in 8 different areas: city, subway, park, fairground, construction zone, forest, sewers and beach.

Platform : Nintendo DS
Genre : Puzzle
Publisher : Atari
Rating : 3+