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Thursday, November 06, 2008

Gears of War Cliff Bleszinski radio interview download

Gears designer; Cliff Bleszinski talks with the host Victor Barry about various topics including Lamborghini's, Hair Gel and of course Gears of War 2.

Download the interview here...

Fable II video game music soundtrack for download

Sumthing Else Music Works, Inc., through its licensing relationship with Microsoft Game Studios, proudly presents Fable II Original Soundtrack featuring the original music score by Russell Shaw and the “Fable Theme” from Danny Elfman. The original soundtrack from the Xbox 360™ roleplaying adventure video game will be released on Nov. 25, 2008 to retail outlets through Nile Rodgers’ Sumthing Else Music Works record label www.sumthing.com, and for digital download at www.sumthingdigital.com and iTunes.

Fable II Original Soundtrack features the rich and musically diverse Fable II score composed by Russell Shaw (Fable, Black & White) as well as the Fable Theme by GRAMMY award-winner Danny Elfman (Spider-Man, The Simpsons, Big Fish.) The Fable II score was recorded with 90 musicians including the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra at the Slovak Radio Concert Hall in Bratislava, as well as celtic instrumentalists with the Tiffin School Boys Choir and Pinewood Singers Adult Choir at Pinewood Film Studios in London, England.

”We had a lot of music to record, covering many different styles including chamber, celtic, classic, quirky, pure pizzicato, atmospheric and dramatic,” said Russell Shaw, Head of Music and Composer at Lionhead Studios. “Music for the game was broken down into four distinct categories: regions, script, combat and incidentals. Each region has its own orchestral theme which changes with the seasons in each chapter. Scripted moments have orchestral cues relevant to what is happening at that point in the story – sad, dramatic, mysterious, tension and danger. The final result is a very rich, Hollywood style score covering many genres.”

Track Listing:

1. Fable Theme - Russell Shaw (Music Box Theme – Danny Elfman)
2. Old Town - Russell Shaw
3. Bowerstone Cemetery - Russell Shaw
4. Bowerlake - Russell Shaw
5. Wraithmarsh - Russell Shaw (Music Box Theme – Danny Elfman)
6. Fairfax Castle - Russell Shaw
7. Westcliff - Russell Shaw
8. Oakfield - Russell Shaw
9. Bowerstone Market - Russell Shaw
10. Shadow of Evil - Russell Shaw
11. Howling Halls - Russell Shaw
12. Marcus Memorial - Russell Shaw

Fable II is the 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 a player’s every decision continually defines who they become. Fable II is an action role-playing game (RPG) that truly allows players to live the life they choose in the newly expanded open world of Albion. Set 500 years after the original, Fable II provides 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 taverns in the world of Albion. For more information, visit www.xbox.com/Fable2.

SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection on PS3 and Xbox 360

SEGA's glorious past is gathered in one colossal collection

SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system. This compilation will feature the best first-party games from SEGA’s respected 16-bit Mega Drive years, as well as bonus content from its 8-bit Master System and 1980’s arcade era games library.

“SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection is a must-have for any SEGA enthusiast,” commented Gary Knight, European Marketing Director for SEGA Europe. “Fans will get a chance to relive fond memories from these classic games in HD format.”

Developed by Backbone Entertainment, SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection contains over 40 celebrated SEGA classics in one package; making it the largest collection of SEGA first party games ever offered. Featured games include; Sonic the Hedgehog 1, 2 and 3, Columns, Alien Storm, Ecco the Dolphin, Space Harrier, and cult classic, Streets of Rage 1, 2 and 3. The games in the collection have been reproduced with the utmost detail and accuracy to commend their originals. In addition, SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection can output the games in 720p with higher resolution graphics for HD televisions, bringing a new visual richness to these classic titles.

I-fluid PC video game in stores

Nobilis Publishing is proud to announce the January 2009 release date for the refreshing game “I-fluid” (PC) in stores.

Arnaud Blacher, Nobilis Publishing Managing Director declares: “I Fluid is an innovative and an entertaining game concept! Nobilis maintains its will to publish qualitative and imaginative game concept! I Fluid will seduce the masses with its immersive 3D environment and its unexpected hero: a drop of water!”

Mathis Couchaux, Exkee Head of PR added: “we are delighted to working with a publisher such as Nobilis in distributing the I-Fluid experience to a wider audience. Our will is to bring original ideas to the industry and Nobilis’ vision of the market is truly in accordance with our quest for innovation.”

Game features:

15 levels plunging you into different and amusing situations
3 game modes (mission, petals, time attack) for an extended game lifespan
A full physical world featuring tons of interactions with photo realistic environments.
Acquire diverse abilities throughout the game: jump, double jump, cling on walls and even control objects.
Watch out for absorbing surfaces such as sugar, sponges…
Use fruits and vegetables to regenerate you with their moisture
Stay away from hot surfaces that will evaporate you
Avoid thirsty insects trying to swallow you up
Solve entertaining and unique physics-based puzzles that will thrill your neurons and foster your imagination
Explore an amazing loft and discover our everyday life from a unexpected perspective!

About the game

Genre: Platform
Platform: PC
Developer: Exkee
Publisher: Nobilis
PEGI: 3+ (TBC)
Release date: January 2009

MumboJumbo Introduces LUXOR - Quest for the Afterlife for PC

Fourth chapter of hit franchise features all-new game mode, 100 levels, collectible artifacts, and intriguing mystery to solve.

LUXOR: Quest for the Afterlife for the PC. This is the fourth installment in the popular marble-shooter franchise, which launched in 2005 and received recognition as the “casual game of the year.” The game, which is available now at www.mumbojumbo.com, will retail for $19.99 at retailers and leading game portals beginning Nov. 11.

LUXOR: Quest for the Afterlife features 100 levels and a brand new battle mode for fans of the action-puzzle game to enjoy. For the first time in the franchise, players will venture out of Egypt to unravel the shroud of mystery surrounding the great Queen Nefertiti and track the thieves who have stolen one of her sacred artifacts along the Silk Road.

“In Quest for the Afterlife, we’ve taken LUXOR to a whole new level,” said Mark Cottam, CEO of MumboJumbo. “For the first time, players will get to choose their own paths and leave Egypt. Fans of LUXOR will find that we’ve really enhanced the entire experience—there are brilliantly rendered backgrounds, new game modes and a really incredible story that unfolds in the game.”

In LUXOR: Quest for the Afterlife, players wield a mystical scarab shooter to propel marbles and make color matches of three or more to try and eliminate the chain of advancing spheres. When the player matches certain spheres, power-ups and treasures drop down that the players must catch with the shooter. Players will follow the Silk Road to chase thieves and collect artifacts along the way, which will help them solve the mystery of Queen Nefertiti.

This is the much-anticipated follow-up to LUXOR 3, a game that was downloaded more than 2.5 million times when it was launched last year and still ranks among the top marble shooter games at popular online game portals. LUXOR: Quest for the Afterlife is rated E for Everyone with a descriptor for Violent References.

In this episode, there are a number of new features that will be debuted, including:

• New Battle mode: This all-new tug-of-war mode pits players against the thieves. If a player is able to make matches faster than the opposing thief, then a scarab pusher is added to his or her side of the train of marbles, which can push the thief’s treasure into his or her possession

• New levels: 100 levels in Adventure mode, featuring all-new vibrant, widescreen-supported backgrounds and more than 20 new puzzle levels

• New achievement badges: Players can collect 12 achievement badges for milestones reached during the game

• New artifacts to collect and assemble to enhance game play: In Adventure Mode, there are seven artifacts to recover along the Silk Road, and players must collect the pieces and assemble them to positively impact the game play. The artifacts include: o Eye of Horus – Allows players to search the map for other pieces of artifacts to assemble o Sphinx – Unlocks puzzle mode o Scarab – Adds the Golden Scarabs to levels, which players can shoot for bonus coins to spend on upgrading their power-ups o Statue of Horus – Upgrades the shooter, making it easier to find artifacts o Cow of Hathor – Makes every treasure a player catches worth additional bonus points o Chariot – Allows a player to instantly travel to any city visited to collect artifact pieces and catch the thieves o Sun Discs of Aten – Each of the three discs will expose a Wandering Prophet of Amun (the key conspirators in the thievery of Nefertiti’s treasure). Players can chase down the thief to battle him for a very important artifact, one of the four Canopic Jars.

• New player-determined game play: Players can choose which path to take out of Egypt

• New mysterious story with narration: In an all-new story of mystery and betrayal along the Silk Road, players are guided in their search for the thieves by the voice of the Spirit of Queen Nefertiti

• New ball sets: Three all-new unlockable ball sets

• All-new soundtrack

Open Beta testing for its first casual MMO game, zOMG!

Gaia Online, the world's most active online community, today announced the launch of public Open Beta testing for its first casual MMO game, zOMG! Following a highly successful Closed Beta period, audiences everywhere are now invited to journey through beautiful worlds and join forces with friends in the battle against unruly monsters. With 16 zones and a vast variety of battle rings and recipes to choose from, zOMG! is an engaging adventure that blends social online community experiences with accessible MMO gameplay.

“Our top priority is providing a high-quality MMO gaming experience that’s fun and challenging, and also user-friendly for all levels of players,” said David Georgeson, Senior Producer of zOMG! at Gaia Online. “We received a lot of great feedback from gamers during our Closed Beta, so we’re throwing open the doors as we update the game with new features and additional content.”

During the Open Beta testing phase, Gaia is opening zOMG! to a much larger audience of both community members and the general public. While in this period, Gaia is encouraging players to provide feedback on the game through the site’s message boards and forums. zOMG! will continue to grow and evolve throughout the Open Beta phase, as members offer feedback and continue to shape the world.

As community members begin playing the MMO, they’ll discover the game’s overarching storyline. In the world of zOMG!, inanimate objects such as lawn gnomes, rubber boots and alarm clocks are coming to life, threatening to overwhelm all of Gaia, and it's up to players to stop them! While forging alliances with other players, collecting and trading powerful rings, creating recipes, and challenging monsters in battle, players will try to solve the mystery of why inanimate objects are coming to life and how they can be stopped. As the zOMG! world continues to grow, so will the plotlines, each new story arc building on the others to evolve the world of Gaia far beyond where it stands now. Join in the game and be an active part of the evolution as you explore the world and aid its citizens.

For more information and to start playing zOMG!, visit www.zomg.com.

About zOMG!

Explore the epic adventure within the Gaia Online MMO, zOMG!. Discover interesting and beautiful worlds, engage in combat with monsters, interact and play with friends, and more in this casual online massively multiplayer game. Designed for the PC as a free to play game with no download requirements, the MMO is accessible and easy to navigate for everyone. More than a game, zOMG! incorporates elements of social networking and entertainment for community members. Featuring streaming music, a unique storyline and characters, and engaging gameplay, zOMG! is an open environment for people of all ages to play games, meet friends, and explore. Visit www.zomg.com for more information.

Mirror's Edge video game on Xbox 360 and PS3 goes gold

Highly acclaimed and award-winning first-person action adventure title Mirror’s Edge has gone gold. An exhilarating launch trailer has also been released. Mirror’s Edge has been praised by top industry media saying it is ‘the most exciting first-person adventure of the year’ (EGM) and ‘poetry in motion’ (Official Xbox Magazine).

The game also won this year’s Game Critics Award for Best Original Game at E3.

Gamers can experience first-hand what life is like as a runner with the recently released Mirror’s Edge demo that is available via PlayStation Store and Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Players in the UK who pre-order the game from Play.com will also receive an unlock code for exclusive access to the Time Trial mode, an addictive way of playing the game that challenges players to use their speed and best moves to find the fastest routes throughout the city. Gamers can upload their best time to the Mirror’s Edge online leaderboards for their friends to download and compete against. Players can see their friend’s ‘ghost’ run as they race to the top of the leaderboards. Anyone pre-ordering from GAME will get an exclusive limited-edition Fenchurch Mirror’s Edge T-shirt.

Mirror’s Edge is a unique first-person action adventure where players are introduced to Faith, a ‘Runner’ in a world where communication channels are highly monitored and the movement of information is closely watched. When Faith’s sister gets framed for murder, Faith finds herself on the edge of the city, on the wrong side of the law.

In stores on November 14 for the PLAYSTATION 3 and the Xbox 360, Mirror’s Edge was developed at EA Digital Illusions CE AB (DICE) in Stockholm, Sweden. The game is rated “T” by the ESRB and “16+” by PEGI.

Tales of Pirates PC video game - Industrial Forging walkthrough

The players from Tales of Pirates (http://top.igg.com) recently had some fun with an industrial experiment in game. In the last chapter we heard about Analyzing, today we will continue with a quick glance at another handicraft, Forging.

Many players have strong interests in forging because through forging they can create whatever gear they want or need themselves. There is no need for them to fight hard with BOSSes and hoping the gear drops are exactly what they want, they get it right the first time!

Necessities for Forging:
Fairy Analyzing Skills: Can be learned from the Lifeskill Book of Forging Pet Fairies.
Blueprint: The design drawing, of which the rank must be smaller or equal to the character’s forging skill level.
Tool: Anti Matter Crystal.
Forging Effect: When the forging begins, the dice will start to shake. Players will need to guess Big or Small. The guess will determine the outcome of the forging.

Analyzing Flow:
Find the Big Furnace at Thundoria Castle (759, 1474).
Click to open the Forging page, and then drag the necessary items, Blueprint, pet Fairy, raw materials and Anti Matter Crystal into their corresponding positions. Remember the Blueprint must be put into first slot!

Click Start, then the progress bar below will begin to move. Watch the dice on the right side, they will then start shaking. Players will need to guess Big or Small. Your guess will determine the outcome.

For more details about Lifeskills in Tales of Pirates, please visit our official website: http://top.igg.com

4.7 million units of Fallout 3 video game shipped

Fallout 3 has enjoyed record sales at launch, reflecting the huge consumer demand for the game. Approximately 4.7 million units of Fallout 3 were shipped worldwide last week for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system, and Games for Windows representing retail sales in excess of $300 million.

Released on October 28 in North America at midnight store openings in over 2,000 retail outlets nationwide jammed with fans eager to get the game, Fallout 3 quickly became one of the industry’s top sellers around the world. For example, in the United Kingdom where it was not released until Friday, October 31 the rapid sales of Fallout 3 have led the game to be ranked number one among all video games, as well as being the number one game on each of its three platforms.

Hailed as one of the most anticipated games of 2008, Fallout 3 received a 10 out of 10 review score from Official Xbox Magazine, a result then repeated around the world with perfect scores by some of the industry’s most influential and respected critics including: Gamespy, GamePro, UGO, the Associated Press, MSN, The Washington Post, Guardian, FHM, Scripps Howard, G4-TV, The Toronto Star and Eurogamer. MSNBC’s review offered the observation that it viewed “Fallout as a no-brainer for game of the year.” The Daily Star in the UK echoed that conclusion, saying “You can hold all bets on game of the year – I think we have a winner.”

The successful launch of Fallout 3 by Bethesda Softworks follows the success of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, which remains one of the highest scoring games ever published and earned “Game of the Year” honors in 2006. Fallout 3 has been featured on over 100 magazine covers across the globe and is available in eight languages. The initial retail shipments of Fallout 3 included both the Regular version of the game as well as a limited “Collector’s Edition.” A Fallout 3 Official Game Guide in both the regular and collector’s edition versions has also been a strong seller. Fallout 3 is slated for release in Japan on December 4th.

Fallout 3 features one of the most realized game worlds ever created. Set more than 200 years following a nuclear war, you can create any kind of character you want and explore the open wastes of Washington, D.C. however you choose. Every minute is a fight for survival as you encounter Super Mutants, Ghouls, Raiders, and other dangers of the Wasteland.