Game Devotion » Xbox 360 http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog Your daily fix Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:16:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en Top Ten New Franchises #8: Prototype http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/06/26/top-ten-new-franchises-8-prototype/ http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/06/26/top-ten-new-franchises-8-prototype/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:16:38 +0000 Stranger http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/06/26/top-ten-new-franchises-8-prototype/ Prototype is a game currently under development by Radical, developers of another successful “sandbox” style game: Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction.   The game is a third person action-adventure game set in an open world environment. It takes place in New York City, in a not too distant future. Players will take control of Alex Mercer a genetically altered person with a need to feed. Alex has a dose of amnesia, and must make his way through the city trying to find out the secrets to his past, all while outrunning a shady government agency.

To feed on what exactly? Well, the hapless citizens of New York. In order to survive, Alex must constantly feed on and assume the forms of civilians. This is where the game takes one of its many interesting turns. The hero is actually a creature that must devour innocent people. The idea of playing this type of protagonist alone is enough to make the mouth water.

Alex’s powers are not limited to chowing down on bystanders however. He also has superhuman strength, with which he can lift objects like cars and even people. This makes for many projectiles and even more destruction. Alex also has the ability to climb walls, muc like in the Spiderman games, and can leap great distances.

Radical is taking many great elements from open world games and combining them into one awesome package with Prototype. Add an awesome protagonist, a cool mystery riddled plot, and devouring people and you get one great looking game. Prototype will be making its debut on the PS3 and 360 this fall.

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]]> http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/06/26/top-ten-new-franchises-8-prototype/feed/ Top Ten New Franchises #9: Facebreaker http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/06/16/top-ten-new-franchises-9-facebreaker/ http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/06/16/top-ten-new-franchises-9-facebreaker/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:15:27 +0000 Stranger http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/06/16/top-ten-new-franchises-9-facebreaker/     Those of us hoping for a next-gen version of Punch Out might be getting our appetites fulfilled albeit in a slightly different form. EA’s Facebreaker is an eerily similar idea. It features  a similar cartoony style as well as quirky characters, two things  that made Punch Out so memorable.

Facebreaker features multiple colorful characters, such as a beastly Russian called Molotov and Romeo an interesting with a…..bulge. These characters and many others seperate Facebreaker from EA’s other big boxing title Fight Night. 

One of the really quirky and humorous elements of the game is the damage dealt by punches and its effects on your opponent. All real world physics are completely ignored. Maces become hugely bloated, heads spin completely around, and jaws hang dramatically low.

    Quite frankly, Facebreaker looks great. It may not be Punch Out, but its the closest thing we are getting. EA seems determined to make this both a unique and exciting game, that will cross the legendary sport of boxing with the humor of some of the best cartoons. It will be arriving on store shelves in less than two months for the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii consoles.

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]]> http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/06/16/top-ten-new-franchises-9-facebreaker/feed/ Top Ten New Franchises #10: Brutal Legend http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/06/06/top-ten-new-franchises10-brutal-legend/ http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/06/06/top-ten-new-franchises10-brutal-legend/#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:28:50 +0000 Stranger http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/06/06/top-ten-new-franchises10-brutal-legend/ There are always blockbuster games, the ones that are guaranteed to perform better than anything else on the market. Most of these games are sequels to already blockbuster series. Games like GTA I, Metal Gear Solid 4, and Resident Evil 5 are going to do great, to that there is no doubt. However, it can be easy to forget that these now classic series once started as nothing more than a gamble. It’s time to take a look at the new games that may become classics if that gamble pays off.

Brutal Legend mixes action, humor, gore, and rock n’ roll in a blend that looks to be one of the years best games. The game takes place in a fantasy-like setting that includes various beasts and creatures. Sounds like typical material for video game companies right? Wrong.

The game features characters like Eddie Riggs (voiced by Jack Black), a roadie for a popular heavy metal band that gets swept up in this fantastic world and does what he does best: kicks ass and rocks out. In a land mostly inspired by Norse legends of all places.

Brutal Legend is set to feature many references to heavy metal music. Legends of the genre including Judas Priest’s Rob Halford and Motorhead’s LemmyKilmister play characters in the game, and many of the characters and creature names are references to other famous rockers like Lita Ford and Lars Ulrich of Metallica. The enemies are also hilarious representations of fans of emo and goth music.

With its third person hack n’ slash gameplay, its numerous winks to heavy metal, and a great cast, this game is poised to become a classic for both fans of video games and of heavy metal music. The game is set to debut on the PS3 and Xbox 360 sometime in 2008.

Check out the trailer here:

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/26524.html

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]]> http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/06/06/top-ten-new-franchises10-brutal-legend/feed/ Xbox 360 Breakdown: April 2008 http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/25/xbox-360-breakdown-april-2008/ http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/25/xbox-360-breakdown-april-2008/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:10:55 +0000 Stranger http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/25/xbox-360-breakdown-april-2008/ April 21st:

NBA Ballers: Chosen One- Newest in the NBA series with all new features. Sports

April 29th:

Grand Theft Auto IV- The long awaited sequel finally hits store shelves. Action-Adventure

My 2 Cents (or whatever they’re worth): Well, it’s certainly not a big month for us 360 owners, but GTA IV is more than enough. The series has always delivered the goods, and with all new online functionality, this game will blow away the rest of the series.

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]]> http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/25/xbox-360-breakdown-april-2008/feed/ GTA IV Won’t Be Delayed! http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/19/gta-iv-wont-be-delayed/ http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/19/gta-iv-wont-be-delayed/#comments Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:13:01 +0000 Rajesh http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/19/gta-iv-wont-be-delayed/ It’s not yet fixed whether Take Two will accept Electronic Arts 2Million$ offer or not, analyst are saying that GTA IV won’t be delayed. Take Two CEO Ben Feder said that the game is “in production and in trucks en route to retailers.” GTA IV is rated M for Mature and the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 version are going to be released on April 29. Analyst are already predicting bumper opening for GTA IV. Last year in October Janco Partner’s Mike Hickey projected global opening-week sales of more than 9.5 million, with 5.8 million units turning up in US consumers’ hands alone. Take Two is hoping to generate revenue in excess of 400Million$.

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]]> http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/19/gta-iv-wont-be-delayed/feed/ Nintendo tops the list of Console Hardware Sale http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/19/nintendo-tops-the-list-of-console-hardware-sale/ http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/19/nintendo-tops-the-list-of-console-hardware-sale/#comments Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:07:35 +0000 Rajesh http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/19/nintendo-tops-the-list-of-console-hardware-sale/ Nintendo once again topped the chart of the consoles sales with Nintendo Wii selling a staggering 721000 units and Nintendo DS selling 698000 units. The launch of Super Smash Bros further helped the sales of Nintendo Wii. Nintendo Hardware sales represented a total of 58% of the Game Consoles sold in March.

PS3 was a distant third after leading Xbox 360 sales for the first two months this year. Sony PSP sold 297000 units while PS3 sold 257000 units and PS2 sold 216000 units. The PS3 has had a year over year growth of sales of over 98%.Xbox360 finally pulled ahead of PS3 and sold 262000 units. Xbox 360 lagged in terms of sales in the month of January and February against Sony’s PS3 due to supplies problem and with the March sales figure out it looks like the supplies of the retailer is finally being satisfied fully.

Analyst predicts that the sales of PS3 and Xbox360 for the rest of the year would be neck to neck because of the launch of many “exclusive titles” for both the consoles.

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]]> http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/19/nintendo-tops-the-list-of-console-hardware-sale/feed/ Games Being Released this week! http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/15/games-being-released-this-week/ http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/15/games-being-released-this-week/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:46:21 +0000 Rajesh http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/15/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
A unique and orignal Japanese storyline make Okami an interesting game

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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]]> http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/15/games-being-released-this-week/feed/ The Most Violent Games of all time! http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/12/the-most-violent-games-of-all-time/ http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/12/the-most-violent-games-of-all-time/#comments Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:56:17 +0000 Rajesh http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/12/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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]]> http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/12/the-most-violent-games-of-all-time/feed/ GTA IV gets online multiplayer option! http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/12/gta-iv-gets-online-multiplayer-option/ http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/12/gta-iv-gets-online-multiplayer-option/#comments Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:46:15 +0000 Rajesh http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/12/gta-iv-gets-online-multiplayer-option/
For the first time in GTA series, GTA IV will get online play. The online play will support upto 16 players on both Xbox 360 and PS3. The game is slated for an April 29 release. There will be in all 15 multiplayer modes out of which 4 of them will be totally brand new. The multiplayer mode will also have the usual Death match, GTA Race and each mode will offer customization. Also included are Cops & Robbers and Hangman’s noose where teamwork is a very important aspect. A lot of things can be customized significantly; users can pick up a custom or a quick game and then tweak the options to differ the modes from each other vastly.

There is another mode called the GT mode where you just need to race against different users. GTA Race though similar to GT mode is a no hold barred lap racing to the finish. Reports say there is a lot of variety in gameplay with thousands of customizing options including character creation. GTA IV does sound like a lot of fun gamers!

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]]> http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/12/gta-iv-gets-online-multiplayer-option/feed/ Fallout 3 to be released for Xbox 360 and PS3 simultaneously and has 500 different kinds of endings! http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/11/fallout-3-to-be-released-for-xbox-360-and-ps3-simultaneously-and-has-500-different-kinds-of-endings/ http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/11/fallout-3-to-be-released-for-xbox-360-and-ps3-simultaneously-and-has-500-different-kinds-of-endings/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:23:08 +0000 Rajesh http://www.gamedevotion.net/blog/2008/04/11/fallout-3-to-be-released-for-xbox-360-and-ps3-simultaneously-and-has-500-different-kinds-of-endings/ PS3 owners who were worried about Fallout 3 PS3 version to be come out later can now relax. Todd Howard, the executive producer of Fallout 3 said that they should all be the same date, that’s our plan.”

Todd Howard also said that the game will have more than 500 different kinds of endings! He said that the ending of the world will depend on the choices the players make in the game. Todd also said that Fallout 3 will be double the size of its assumption and will be close to the size of Oblivion which is near 100 hours.

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