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Saturday, February 28, 2009

Turn an old iMac into a iDreamcast in these (not so) simple steps...

Got an old iMac lying around?

Why not remove the insides load a 15" LCD screen and an iDreamcast and play your fav games...

More pictures and instructions here...

Ceville PC video game out now

Point & click adventure Ceville hits the shops!

In Ceville – the humorous and engrossing point and click adventure from Kalypso Media - you assume the role of tiny tyrant Ceville.

When he's not puzzling his way through the world of Faeryanis, he's guaranteed to be found holding hilarious conversations with one of the more than 30 different inhabitants of his former realm.

Later in the game Ceville is joined by two other characters which the player also controls, either one after the other or as a team. With the logical combination or use of objects players won't be able to stop grinning or laughing out loud as they puzzle their way through an epic story of the eternal war between "Evil" and... "really, really terribly Evil"!

Ceville is out now for a recommended retail price of £29.99.

Family Pirate Party video game on Nintendo Wii

Get Ready To Plunder Like No Other!

Aksys Games, a publisher of interactive entertainment software, is pleased to announce Family Pirate Party exclusively for WiiWare!

Developed by ARC SYSTEM WORKS, creators of the Guilty Gear series and Family Glide Hockey, players of all ages will finally be able to battle their family members in an all or nothing family board game!

Family Pirate Party has players controlling our beloved family through several unique pirate-themed virtual board game. Players will traverse to multiple island spots on the board and plunder their riches and defend their spot against newcomers.

Go head-to-head with your buddies in hilariously exciting minigames!

“The "Family" series of games was created to offer simple-yet-fun alternatives to classic games that are appropriate for gamers of all ages,” said Bo deWindt, Project Lead, Aksys Games. “FAMILY PIRATE PARTY is a unique twist on the classic digital party game and promises hours of family friendly fun.”

Key Features:

• Get In The Fun With The Whole Family!
Enjoy 1-4 player board game fun, with any combination of players or CPU opponents!

• Maximize your Bootay!
Find and collect Help Cards to increase your gold, or use them to give you an advantage!

• Plunder Ye Island!
Play through three maps of varying difficulty which include Beginner's Island, Freezing Winter Land, and Fluffy Cloud Land!

• Keep the party going with add-on content!
Use your Wii Points and download new maps and new costumes pack for the whole family!

Family Pirate Party has been rated “E10+” by the ESRB.

Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete NEW Trailer

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children COMPLETE. Watch the trailer for Advent Children Complete! A trial version set which includes a demo for Final Fantasy XIII as well as a bundle which includes a "Cloud Black" Limited Edition Playstation 3 and the Trial

PlayStation Store update - this weeks offerings... (UK)

Demos

Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X - FREE demo post here

DLC

High Velocity Bowling - Dwayne Pack (£0.79)
High Velocity Bowling - Candy Pack (£0.79)
High Velocity Bowling - Trick Shots Pack Two (free)
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest - All-New Content Pack (£6.29)
Skate 2 - San Van Classic Pack (£3.19)
Street Fighter IV - Brawler Pack (£3.19)
Buzz - Quiz of the Year 2008 (£3.99)

Trailers

Lumines Supernova
Prince of Persia Epilogue
echochrome Master Maze Makers
Burnout Paradise - The Ultimate Bundle
FIFA 09 Ultimate Team Intro
Disgaea 3 - Absence of Justice

Themes

Loco Roco
Rock Band
Guitar Hero - World Tour

Sony want GTA back on PSP as Chinatown heads for Nintendo DS

Grand Theft Auto - Chinatown Wars is heading for Nintendo DS but why not PSP?

GTA was once a top selling PSP series but what of the future?

"That's a tremendous franchise for PlayStation in general. We've had two that are the top two sellers on PSP right now. So, there's definitely continued conversations with Rockstar on all their brands. That's nothing that's left the PlayStation family," Koller told MTV Multiplayer.

Watch the video game trailer on yesterday's post...

Concerns have been raised as to the target age of games on the DS compared to PSP and if Rockstar have picked the wrong platform - only sales will tell.

Chinatown Wars is released on Nintendo DS on March 17th.

PlayStation 3 laptop possible as Sony merger divisions...

Could we see a laptop that plays PlayStation 3 games from Sony?

Sony have announced it's laptop division will join its gaming business in a company shake-up.

Second - Its consumer products group including its television, digital imaging, home audio and video businesses. Hiroshi Yoshioka, currently executive vice president of Sony and president of its TV business group, will become its first president.

A third cross-divisional group – the common software and technology team – which will be charged with ensuring compatibility between the two new division's products.

Any game can be played through a web browser - including Gears of War

Instant Action's vice president claims that any game can be played through a web browser, including Gears of War.

Instant Action recently unveiled its new technology platform, which utilises a proprietary plugin to render games at full speed from a web browser.

The technology performs in a similar manner to some already released MMOs, including the upcoming Free Realms, but Instant Action claims that any 3D game can be played on any web browser with their latest technology.

When asked whether Epic's hit Xbox 360 game Gears of War could be played via a web browser, Instant Action's vice president Brett Seyler told Gigaom.com that with Microsoft's approval, the company could convert the game for web-based play within "two to three weeks, max."

The company is apparently in talks with most video game publishers, with deals to be announced by the end of the year. Whether publishers will jump on board remains to be seen, but with the increased popularity of Steam and the like, they might see the virtues of selling games without the need for a huge PC install: Instant Action's technology only requires the download and installation of a 150kb plug-in.

Source: Gamezine

Instant Action website...

Astonishing - Empire - Total War video game review

PC Gamer gives top honours to Creative Assembly's "strategy masterwork"

PC Gamer UK has published an exciting, gushing review of The Creative Assembly's latest RTS, Empire: Total War.

According to PCG the new instalment is "astonishing. A strategy masterwork." Well worth the 94% and rare 'Must Buy' badge they've dished out, then.

"This is the grandest, most spectacular work of strategy gaming on the PC," the mag gushes. "If you've not tackled a Total War game before, or assume that they're not for you, I challenge you to play Empire and not be impressed, or even fundamentally changed by the experience.

"There had been rumblings about Total War being simplified for the US market, especially with its introductory mini-campaign 'The Road to Independence'," the review continues. But "The Creative Assembly do not seem to have shirked their responsibility, or ever stepped back from including more features, or more detail," it says. "Empire is the opposite of dumbed down.

"While it feels familiar, Empire manages to deliver more nuance on the campaign map than ever before. What's most immediately obvious is the effect of international trade.

"The sheer weight of ideas produced by the Creative Assembly team is in evidence. The battlefields are vastly more detailed than ever before, especially around towns, with the smaller scale details now coming into effect in the form of battlefield defences, use of buildings by troops, and accurate cover. Battles play out more convincingly than in previous games. There's still some errant unit activity, but I've seen little evidence of units sitting around waiting to be killed, or getting lost entirely. Not perfect, perhaps, but certainly more robust.

As if RTS nuts weren't excited enough already. And by the sounds of this, non-RTS fans should be too.

Total War is out next Friday, March 4. Full review in PC Gamer, on sale NOW!

Source: CVG

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