Multiformat Breakdown: April & May

I thought I would post some release dates of up and coming games across all formats for the rest of the month as well as some titles for next month too.

April

24th April: Damnation - (PC, PS3,360)
24th April: Dance Party Club Hits - (PS2, Wii)
24th April:Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 - (PS3, 360, PS2)
24th April: Little Kings Story - (Wii)

Little Kings Story

24th April:Marbles! Balance Challenge - (Wii)
24th April:New Play Control! Pikmin 2 - (Wii)
24th April: Star Ocean: The Last Hope - (360)
24th April:The Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena  - (PC, PS3,360)

Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena

24th April: Theatre Of War II: Africa 1943  - (PC)
28th April:Roogoo Attack - (DS)
30th April: Don King Presents Prizefighter - (Wii)
30th April: Flock! - (PC, PS3,360)
30th April:MotoGP - (Wii)
30th April: Rock Revolution - (DS, PS3, Wii)
TBA April:Championship Manager 2009 - (PC)

Championship Manager 2009

TBA April:Diabolik: The Original Sin - (MULTI)
TBA April: Stalin Vs Martians - (PC)

May

1st May: Aqua Panic - (DS)
1st May: Coraline - (DS, PS2 Wii)
1st May: Dogz - (Wii)
1st May: Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce - (PSP)
1st May: Gardening Mama - (DS)
1st May: Hanna Montana: The Movie Game - (MULTI)
1st May: Hell’s Kitchen - (PC)
1st May: Heroes - (PS3, 360)
1st May: Hysteria Hospital: Emergency Ward - (PC, DS, Wii)
1st May: Imagine Party Babyz - (Wii)
1st May: Leisure Suit Larry Box Office Bust - (PS3)
1st May: Lifesigns Hospital Affairs - (DS)
1st May: Petz My Monkey Family - (DS)
1st May: Rhythm Paradise - (DS)
1st May: Russell Grants Astrology - (DS)
1st May: X-Men Origins: Wolverine - (MULTI)

X - Men Origins: Wolverine

1st May: Yamaha Supercross - (PC, Wii)
8th May: Pool Hall Pro - (PC, Wii)
8th May: Secret File 2: Puritas Cordis - (PC, DS, Wii)
8th May: Unreal Anthology - (PC)
8th May: Velvet Assassin - (PC, 360)
8th May: Vertigo - (PC, Wii)
15th May: Battlestations: Pacific - (PC, 360)
15th May: Demigod - (PC)

Demigod

15th May: Left Brain Right Brain 2 - (DS)
15th May: Namco Museum Virtual Arcade - (360)
15th May: Rock Band 2 - (Wii)
15th May: Sacred 2: Fallen Angel - (PS3, 360)
15th May: Wonder World Amusement Park - (DS)
22nd May: Bionic Commando - (PC, PS3, 360)

Bionic Commando

22nd May: Diva Girls Making the Music - (DS)
22nd May: Horrible Histories Ruthless Romans - (DS, Wii)
22nd May: Line Rider 2: Unbound - (DS, Wii)
22nd May: Neopets Puzzle Adventure - (DS, PC, Wii)
22nd May: Pokemon Platinum - (DS)
22nd May: Purr Pals - (Wii)
22nd May: Skyscraper - (Wii)
22nd May: The Big Deal - (DS)
22nd May: UFC 2009 Undisputed - (PS3, 360)
22nd May: Urban Extreme - (Wii)
22nd May: Virtua Tennis 2009 - (PC, PS3, 360)

Virtua Tennis 3

29th May: Bob the Builder Festival of Fun - (Wii)
29th May: Boom Blox Bash Party - (Wii)
29th May: Cake Mania 2 - (PC)
29th May: Damnation - (PC, PS3, 360)
29th May: Fuel - (PC, PS3, 360)
29th May: Mary Kings Riding School 2 - (Wii)
29th May: PDC World Championship Darts 2009 - (DS, Wii)
29th May: Terminator Salvation - (PC, PS3, 360)

Terminator Salvation

30th May: Gran Turismo 4 - (PSP)
31st May: Dead Mountaineers Hotel - (PC)
31st May: Peppa Pig The Game - (Wii)
TBA May: Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood - (PC, PS3, 360)
TBA May: Drama Queens - (DS)
TBA May: Dungeon Hero - (PC, 360)
TBA May: Guitar Hero Metallica - (PS3, 360, Wii)
TBA May: Luna Online - (PC)
TBA May: Monster Hunter: Freedom Unite - (PSP)
TBA May: Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 4 - (PS2)
TBA May: Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising - (PC, PS3, 360)

Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising

TBA May: Puffins: Island Adventure - (DS)
TBA May: SuperCar Challenge - (PS3)
TBA May: The Conduit - (Wii)
TBA May: Time Of Shadows - (PC)

As with all release dates, these are subject to change. There may also be discrepancies of a week before/after between American and European releases and multi platform launches.

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GTA IV PC full of problems

A few days back we’d informed you about the launch of GTA and Rockstar’s usage of Steam for Digital Distribution.

Now that the game has released, its said to be full of glitches and bugs ranging from scratched graphics, to server downtimes leading to the Multiplayer part to being useless !

Rockstar has officiall responded to this in a very funny manner.Not only does Rockstar show that they shouldn’t develop PC games period, but they also openly flaunt their obvious ignorance and apparent delusion to the matter.

Check out :

Hey guys,

Webmaster@R*

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Australia bans Fear 2

According to various reports, its now confirmed that Fear 2 has beed banned in Australia.

Australian gamers are once again forbidden to enjoy a great game as F.E.A.R. 2 has been given the axe via the Australian Censor Board as “Refused Classification”.

The strict standards provided by the Australian censor board has led to banning of other games too which included Silent Hill: Homecoming, Shellshock 2: Blood Trails, Dark Sector, and Fallout 3.

This ban means that its illegal to sell or even bring into the country. In Australia, the highest rating available for a game is MA15+, as opposed to other forms of media, such as film or DVDs, which have an R18+ classification that prohibits sales to anyone under the age of 18.

The reasons stated for the ban was its “high-impact violence”.

Here’s what the Board report has to say :

“The violence is considered highly impactful in such scenes as where Michael uses his sub machine gun to explicitly bisect an enemy, the two parts of the body lying separately on the ground, with copious blood spray. There are also a number of explicit close range decapitations involving both human and mutant creatures. The decapitations are the result of close-up throat slashing from behind and close-up gunshots to the throat”

Warner Bros. Interactive is said to appeal against this decision to ensure that this game gets released in Australia ! Lets wait and watch…..

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GTA IV PC Security to use SecuROM

PC Game Makers these days constantly keep on improvising and strengthening their security techniques inorder to prevent piracy. With the PC Release of GTA coming close, Crackers are all set to break its protection system.

Official information is out regarding GTA IV’s Security System.

GTA IV PC uses SecuROM for protecting our EXE until street date has passed, to ensure the retail disk is in the computer drive, and is used for Product Activation of the title. Product Activation is a one time only online authentication when installing the game. GTA IV has no install limits for the retail disc version of the game, and that version can be installed on an unlimited number of PCs by the retail disk owner.

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GTA Vice City free with GTA IV Pre-Purchase

Just a day back, we’d informed you about Rockstar launching GTA IV for PC via Steam this time.

GTA IV is already available for pre-purchase on Steam and whats more exciting is that Rockstar is also giving along with it a free copy of the most popular GTA game “Vice City” which is playable immediately.

GTA Vice City normally costs $9.99 for purchase via Steam!

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Half Life turns 10 Yr Old - 99 Cents Offer

Half life, the most popular FPS game has just turned 10 recently. The Half Life Series has been PC exclusive for many years and has undergone tremendous improvements.

Half Life was launched in 1998 and gained instant recognition. Half Life gained popularity cause of its great graphics and gameplay engine which was a heavily modified verion of a popular game Quake, called GoldSrc.

Half Life got almost 10/10 rating on most gaming sites. It also won over 50 Game of the Year Awards, and birthed a franchise with over 20 million units sold to date.

To celebrate the success of the game, Steam is offering Half Life for just 99 Cents instead of the regular $9.99 !

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Tabula Rasa to go the Hellgate way

Tabula Rasa is an MMORPG released around an year back on Oct 30, 2007. The game is an RPG that blends certain shooter aspects into the combat system.

There are quite a few who got hooked on to the game. This game requires monthly subscriptions.

Some info of this game for those who are still unaware :

Tabula Rasa is about humanity’s last stand against a group of aliens called “The Bane”. The story takes place in the near future on two planets, Arieki and Foreas, which will be in a state of constant conflict between the AFS (Allied Free Sentients) and The Bane. The term tabula rasa means scraped tablet or clean slate in Latin, referring to a fresh start, or starting over.

But the real story is that this game will no longer be Online now. Richard Garriot game’s creator will be shutting it down in Febuary 2009.

Coincidently it’ll be shutting down alongside with Hellgate: London, which too was an over hyped MMORPG.

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Half Life turns 10 Yr Old - 99 Cents Offer

Half life, the most popular FPS game has just turned 10 recently. The Half Life Series has been PC exclusive for many years and has undergone tremendous improvements.

Half Life was launched in 1998 and gained instant recognition. Half Life gained popularity cause of its great graphics and gameplay engine which was a heavily modified verion of a popular game Quake, called GoldSrc.

Half Life got almost 10/10 rating on most gaming sites. It also won over 50 Game of the Year Awards, and birthed a franchise with over 20 million units sold to date.

To celebrate the success of the game, Steam is offering Half Life for just 99 Cents instead of the regular $9.99 !

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Prince of Persia PC Requirements out

Ubisofts Prince of Persia Sands of Time series gathered some great attention and has made its mark in the gaming industry.

The Sands of Time series included 3 games :

1. Sands of Time
2. Warrior Within
3. The Two Thrones

The latest Prince of Persia series is said to be the Next-Gen Series and UbiSoft has
simply titled the game as <strong>”Prince of Persia”</strong>

Ubisoft has released the Official Minimum Requirements :

Here’s the minimum requirements:

• Supported OS: Windows XP/Windows Vista
• Processor: Dual core processor 2.6 GHz Intel Pentium D or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ or better recommended)
• RAM: 1 GB Windows XP/2 GB Windows Vista
• Video Card: 256 MB DirectX 10.0?compliant video card or DirectX 9.0?compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (see supported list)
• Sound Card: DirectX 9.0 or 10.0?compliant sound card (5.1 sound card recommended)
• DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0 or 10.0 libraries (included on disc)
• DVD-ROM: DVD-ROM dual-layer drive
• Hard Drive Space: 8 GB
• Peripherals Supported: Keyboard, mouse, optional controller (Xbox 360 Controller for Windows recommended)
• Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: ATI RADEON X1600/1650-1950/HD 2000/3000 series NVIDIA GeForce 6800/7/8/9 series.

Check out the Official Site of the new POP : http://prince-of-persia.uk.ubi.com/

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GTA IV PC to be available via Steam

Grand Theft Auto, the hugely popular 3rd Person Shooter game will soon have its next major release for the PC. GTA IV was previously launched for the PS3 and the X360, the PC launch however was delayed owing to development issues.

Well now the wait finally seems to be over, and GTA IV will be soon ready for a PC release.

For the first time, Rockstar has decided to use the Digital Distribution system for its GTA Series. GTA IV will be Digitally Distributed via Steam. Steam if you remember is the pivotal system for distribution of games such as Half Life, Counter Strike and the rest of its series.

Steam now handles distrubution of a lot of games and the list just keeps increasing every year.

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FarCry 2 Sells 1 Million Copies in 3 weeks !

Ubisoft has announced that the much awaited sequel of a very popular game FarCry having a huge cult following among gamers for its terrific scenery and great graphics has just crossed 1 Million sales for the XBox 360, PS3 and PC.

FarCry 2 set in Africa has gathered some great reviews from all over the net.

Check out some Game Play Videos of FarCry 2

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Games Being Released this week!

This week has to be declared “The Gaming Week” with games releasing for all platforms, this week certainly seems good for gamers’.

Here is the list of games that are going to be released this week-:

1. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas 2

Platform - PC

Publisher - Ubisoft

Relase Date - 15th April 2008

The sequel of Rainbow Six: Vegas is finally here but a few weeks late for the PC platform. The orignal Rainbow Six: Vegas was a surprise hit and Ubisoft then quickly came out with its sequel. The console version was launched last month and has already sold 2 million copies worldwide. The old game followed a story of Las Vegas being captured by terrorists and this one follows on similar lines. Rainbox Six: Vegas 2 also has a new character named Bishop which is customizable in the same way the multiplayer characters were in the Multiplayer Mode of Rainbow Six: Vegas.

2. Okami

Publisher - Capcom
Platform - Wii
Release Date - April 15, 2008

3. Gran Turismo: Prologue
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform: PlayStation 3
Release Date: April 15, 2008

This has to be the BIG one. Playstation 3 owners were waiting for this game for a long time and finally its here. The HD gaming experience is going to be really awesome with this game.

Other New Releases: The Sims 2: Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff (PC), Dream Pinball 3D (Wii), Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (DS), and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (DS).

Recent Releases: Overclocked: A History of Violence (PC), Assassin’s Creed (PC), Cry of the Infected (PC), Condemned 2: Bloodshot (Xbox 360, PS3),

Next Week’s Titles: Mario Kart Wii (Wii), Turok (PC), Persona 3: FES (PS2), Target: Terror (Wii), NBA Ballers: Chosen One (Xbox 360, PS3)

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Quake Game Family Tree

Here is a picture showing the family tree of Quake Games

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5 games which gave us modern team multiplayer FPS

5. Doom - The first game of one of the most popular series ever. This game gave us the first networked multiplayer gameplay

4. Quake – After Doom, not many people expected ID software to come up with Quake. This game provided us with a 3D engine, Internet Play and most importantly Team play.

3. Tribes - This game was truly ahead of its time and debuted with some incredible features that had never been seen before. Jetpacks and physics engine for realistic flight, huge outdoor maps that leveraged height as well as distance. This game also gave us 32 players server

2. Counter Strike – The favourite game of nearly everyone out there. Still as much popular as it was launched, this game gave us tactical gameplay for the masses. This game was able to provide fast paced action with strategic and realistic gameplay.

1. Battlefield – This game provided the gamers’ with such vehicle gameplay that no other game has been able to provide till now and this get better with new instalments in the series. The command structure that EA implemented into Battlefield makes the game perfect for creating teams around players who can specialize in any number of things, from commanding to specific battle skills to pilots. This game also provided us with 64 player servers.

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Battlefield:Bad Company Beta

Battlefield 1942, Battlefield, Battlefield 2142 and now Battlefield: Bad Company. Battlefield 1942 was a big hit while Battlefield and Battlefield 2142 were at par with the original Battlefield but now Battlefield: Bad Company from EA which is totally different from the previous Battlefield games. In the earlier version of Battlefield, players had to capture points to reduce ticker but this time around it’s different, totally different! This time gamers’ play the game for money in a multiplayer match that is fast, simple and rewarding. This mode is called Gold Rush, where there are 2 teams – attackers and defenders. Every map has some gold crates; the attackers have to destroy these gold crates while defenders will have to defend it. Simple isn’t it? Since attackers die more than defenders in this game, there is more reinforcement for the attackers.

The more crates the attackers destroy, the more reinforcement they get. The multiplayer version of Battlefield: Bad Company is in beta mode so only two maps are available – Ascension and Oasis. There are also some new special gadgets in Battlefield: Bad Company – Tracer Dart Pistol, Mortar Strike, and Motion Sensor. Not much details is known about them but EA says that gamers’ will have to shell out extra money so that they can get access to these special weapons in the game!

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The Most Violent Games of all time!

The Worst Violent games of all times

Here are the most violent games of all time!

5. Custer’s Revenge

Platform – Atari 2600

This game is a very unique one. It is one of the oldest game to give on-screen nudity a try. This game uses rape as its gameplay. Quite Violent I will say! Parents should make sure their children stay away from these kinds of games.

4. Night Trap

Platform – PC/Mac/3DO/DS

Night Trap caused controversy in US and Australia primarily. It’s a horror movie copy – a house, girls clad in revealing dress and a group of killers that only you can defeat. Surprisingly the PC and 3DO version did not have any such controversy

3. Carmageddon

Platform - PC

In this racing game you had two ways to win a race. Just reach the finish line or be the first one to kill all the pedestrians on the street. The OFLC passed this game as a “MA15+” rating still the highest for any game!

2. Third Kill

Platform – PS1

It’s totally different when a Government bans a game and when a publisher bans a game. That was the fate of this four player playstation 1 game which was banned by EA saying that this game is “senselessly violent”.

1. Manhunt

Platform – PC

The manufacture of GTA series, Rockstar produced this game which shows the dark side of them. This game was initially passed by OFLC in October 2003 but later on due to government pressure it was refused classification in September 2004

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The Top 10 selling Games in the last 12 months

10. Brain Age 2
Platform – Nintendo DS
Mike Smith of Yahoo! Games says “Whether or not you buy into the hype that playing this game will actually improve your brain, it’s still one of the DS’s most charming titles — and it’s got plenty of competition on that front.”
9. Super Mario Galaxy
Platform –Wii
Cody Winn of Deeko says “Any complaints I have with the game, well, they’re so minute that I can’t even remember them at this point”

8. Assassin’s Creed
Platform-X360/PS3

Dana Jongewaard of GameTap says “So is Assassin’s Creed as awesome as I wanted it to be? No. But it’s a game that attempts a lot of major development moves and it shows a lot of promise, even if it isn’t always executed well.”
7. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
Platform- Nintendo DS
Jeremy Parish of 1Up says “Look beyond the cheaply-made anime and the overblown collectible tie-ins, though, and you’ll find that the foundation upon which the whole endeavor has been constructed is an enjoyable and often addictive RPG with a fantastic social element.”
6. Need For Speed:Pro Street
Platform - PS2/PS3/PSP/X360/Wii/DS/PC
Steve Hogarty of CVG- “Sure, there are far worse driving games than this one, but in terms of the Need For Speed series, this is a dud note.”
5. Madden NFL 08
Platform - PS2/PS3/PSP/X360/Wii/GC/DS/PC/XBX

Richard Grisham of GamesRadar says “It may be the only NFL choice once again this season for the PS2, but at least it does the Madden name justice with its smooth play, wide range of features old and new, ridiculously in-depth franchise options, and online games.”

4. FIFA Soccer 08

Platform - PS2/PS3/PSP/X360/Wii/DS/PC
Dan Leahy of GameSpy says“Looks, as they say, aren’t everything and FIFA 08 on the PS2 demonstrates this perfectly. Spot-on control, great atmosphere, more features than ever and balanced gameplay should send this one to the back of any soccer fan’s net.”
3. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Platform - PS2/PS3/X360/Wii/PC

Justin Leeper of GamesRadar says “Guitar Hero is still the best of the best when it comes to music and party games.”
2. Halo 3
Platform - X360 Exclusive

Gus Mastrapa of The Onion A.V. Club says “Nobody does this kind of online gaming better. The sheer variety of play offered out of the box is staggering.”

1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Platform – Nintendo DS/X360/PS3/PC

Steve Hogarty of CVG says “…Call of Duty 4 expands on the series mightily. Its Middle Eastern and Russian locales, while still linear, feel far more open than the ruined streets of Occupied France ever were, and every mission contains at least one sweet chunk of surprise and delight.”

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Mass Effect Delayed !

Bad News Gamer! Gamers’ who have been eagerly waiting for Mass Effect for PC platform which was initially slated for release on May 6^th has been delayed by 22 days that is now it will launch on 28^th May, except for Europe where it will launch on 6^th June. Chris Priestly, community coordinator, of BioWare said about the delay yesterday on the official forums of “Mass Effect”. Chris Priestly said that a few more weeks in the studio would be good for the game, the extra time will allow them to tweak the game better, add extra polish and tune additional features to make it more real and natural and outstanding PC gaming experience.

“Mass Effect” is already available on Xbox 360.Reports suggest that “Mass Effect” will have a new heads up display thus allowing players access to individual squad command, biotic powers and abilities and weapon command interface-all on one monitor. Meanwhile, the official announcement can be found here and newly released screen-shots here.

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14Kb JavaScript based Mario Game

The author of the blog nihilogic has released a JavaScript version of Mario which weighs in at only 14kb. The Game is Confined to only one JavaScript file. The Guy has done a very good job. No External image is used and even MIDI music is embedded ,though it does not seem to work in either IE 6 or 7 and has few glitches in Opera ,Firefox and Safari.

Few things are missing though, there are no mushrooms and there is only one incomplete level and the most important thing. I played the MIDI Music version of this game and the music did not work for me (I am using the latest version of Firefox) and the biggest setback, if you die once refresh the page and start playing the game once again. Also the game has been compressed with YUI Compressor and then only it weighs in 14kb,the uncompressed version weighs 35Kb.There were no performance issue for me like the game slowing down or anything in either Opera or Firefox but the author said that Safari does gets a performance boost thanks to the latest WebKit. Check the Orignal Source to know more and play this game.

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Limited Offer : Prey for 5$

This is a very limited period (just 2 days) offer from Steam. Grab youself a copy of Prey for less than 5$ !

Here’s a deal you can sink your teeth into: this weekend only, pick up the acclaimed first person shooter Prey for just $4.95.

In Prey, players enter a living spaceship which enslaves alien races and devours humans for lunch. Prey turns the first person shooter genre upside down with awesome new gameplay features like wall-walking and gravity flipping, making for intense single-player and multi-player experiences.

Prey is built on a heavily modded version of the Doom 3 engine and is developed by critically acclaimed developer Human Head Studios under the direction of 3D Realms.

[via - Steam News]

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