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Brett Favre will be making his last appearance one more time by gracing the cover of Madden '09 this August. I am really surprised that he hasn't been on the cover of this enormous franchise before, but I guess he probably was trying to avoid the "Madden Curse". Nevertheless, it's about time we see scrappy number four finally make the cover.
Click below to view some of the screen shots, or watch the Madden '09 video.
Source: Madden '09 | Comment
The new Star Wars video game, Force Unleashed, will be available in stores this September 16th. Spike TV will be airing all six Star Wars films, and will feature commercials of the video game during the broadcast.
Below is a schedule of when Spike TV will show the commercials.
- * April 6 at 7:58 p.m. ET/PT between the premiere of Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- * April 11 at 10:52 p.m. ET/PT at the end of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- * April 12 at 12:00 a.m. ET/PT throughout an episode of GameTrailers TV with Geoff
- * April 12 at 5:06 p.m. ET/PT before Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- * April 13 at 5:06 p.m. ET/PT before Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
This game is highly anticipated since Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic I and II. Needless to say, I'll be getting this one in the fall for sure.
Feel free to view some videos about the game below.
Well, I bought Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword yesterday, for the Nintendo DS, and all I can say is that I am NOT disappointed. The game play is pretty awesome for a portable game player and the graphics are not bad either. Ryu Hayabusa, the main character, continues his fight against evil fiends.
Using the stylus, however, is a bit strange. The moves are easy to do, but I am so used to playing Ninja Gaiden on the Xbox with all of the different combos, I feel like I'm cheating due to the ease of the gaming pen. I admit I was a bit skeptical of the game, but after buying and playing it, Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword has definitely lived up to the hype and I can't wait until June when Ninja Gaiden II comes out for the Xbox 360.
For more, view the screen shots and video below; you won't be dissatisfied.
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New Halo 3 maps are now available for download on the Xbox 360 marketplace. Just go to the games section and hit download.
Let me know what you think of the new game maps. Below are a couple of pictures.
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New Call of Duty 4 maps are making their way to Xbox 360 soon. Figures, though, I get used to the usual maps and they get ready for more.
It's good news nevertheless. View a couple of the screen shots below.
Story by: Brad Shoemaker, GameSpot
Last year was exceptionally strong for first-person shooters. Yet despite being one of the latest genre releases in the year, Call of Duty 4 towered over its competition. There are so many shooters released these days that it's hard to stick with an online community for more than a few weeks, but even months later, we're still obsessively playing COD4's addictive online mode with no end in sight. So we counted ourselves among the incredibly fortunate when we headed down to developer Infinity Ward's Southern California offices recently to check out the game's first downloadable map pack, which is coming later this spring.
We got a chance to chat with IW community relations manager Robert Bowling--better known to COD4 diehards by his online handle, "fourzerotwo"--about the pending downloadable maps. The first thing he told us was the first thing we wanted to hear about this pack: The Middle Eastern and Russian environments will no longer comprise the entirety of the retail game's lineup. Now that the team has moved on from the single-player campaign (and has time to work up some new art assets), we can expect to see new Call of Duty 4 maps set in entirely new locations separate from the original game.
Well, except one of the maps in this pack. It's called Broadcast and is lifted from the Iraqi campaign "Charlie Don't Surf," in which you assault a television station where the enemy is holed up. Don't think the team just copied and pasted the campaign map into this multiplayer pack, though. It does contain the iconic, cavernous main room with its dozens of computer monitors and TV screens, as well as a big map of the world on the wall. We can tell you from experience that that's a great place for multiplayer firefights, with all those cubicles to duck down behind and all that equipment just waiting to get shot up by you or your opponents. A large-scale multiplayer match concentrated in that room is going to be serious calamity.
But Broadcast has been expanded significantly throughout its incarnation in the campaign. There are multiple routes into and out of that main room. Some routes lead up to the building's second floor, replete with smaller rooms and hallways. The map is mostly indoors, so air strikes and helicopters will be largely ineffectual--except up on the roof, which you can access from the second floor, as well as in the expanded parking lot area outside the main building. On the other side of that parking lot is another new, smaller building that you can hide out in as well.
The second map we played is entirely new, and it's named Creek. But there's a lot more to it than a simple babbling brook. This is a very large-scale outdoor map with a small cluster of houses on one side of it. In the middle, there's a huge ravine circling the perimeter with multiple levels of pathways up its side. Down below, the trail leads along the eponymous creek bed to a waterfall. Elsewhere along the base of the ravine, there's a lengthy and winding cave that cuts underneath the hill then out to the other side. As big as it is, there are a lot of places to go on this map; from prone sniping atop the cliff face to hiding out behind a rock in the tunnel, you never know where an opponent will be attacking you.
Broadcast naturally looks exactly like COD4's campaign, but Infinity Ward's artists have done a nice pass on Creek to give it a distinctive look, with rocky terrain and various sorts of foliage that are more verdant than what you've seen in the previous Russian maps. It all feels a little sunnier and more pleasant than the game's other forested maps, too--at least until you catch a slug between your teeth. Because there's so much underbrush and shrubbery on top of the cliffs here, Bowling pointed out that it's a great map for you to use the sniper's ghillie suit for blending in while going for some sneaky kills.
There will actually be four maps in the final pack, though we can only really tell you about these two. The other two will be Chinatown, which is pretty self-explanatory, and Killhouse, which is a "bonus" map that we didn't get any hard details on (though we were told to think of the single-player campaign's initial training level as a reference). The map pack will be available on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the coming months for an unspecified price. But interestingly, Infinity Ward hasn't decided how the maps will be distributed on the PC, where players are much more expectant of postrelease bonus content being released for free. Realistically, Call of Duty 4's multiplayer is so absurdly good that would have gladly handed over cash for whatever maps the designers could have phoned in--so we're especially glad to see them putting so much time and care into this first release.
Source: Gamespot.com
Army of Two came out on March 6 and is raved as one of the best shooters of 2008.
It basically involves two characters who are ex U.S. Rangers who are now involved with the Private Military Corporation. These guys will go when no one else can do the job.
Game play is all teamwork. The co-op levels are made to were you have to use your buddy to climb walls, shoot from a dune buggy, or even drag him along while he shoots at the enemy.
Co-op play is even utilized on the multiplayer on the Xbox Live service, so gather up your friends and hit your local game store and get this awesome game.
Source: Army of Two Xbox Website | Army of Two Gametrailers Website
It's confirmed and well on it's way due November 2008. Gears of War 2 will be hitting the store shelves and showering your Xbox with blood and plenty of action.
Marcus Fenix will make a come back, as well as some new characters and weapons. The game will still have multiplayer and Xbox online options, so I am looking forward to that.
Marcus even fights a Brumak in the sequel; you can't get much better than that.
"It's badass. In fact, I saw some of the stuff yesterday! Which level was it? It was, well listen, there's bigger beasts in this game. Bigger beasts. Remember the scene with the Brumak, when the Brumak comes out and we're like 'Brumak! Roll! Get outta there!' and it's coming after them and they don't have a fight with him? Well, they fight him now." - John DiMaggio, the voice of Marcus Fenix
Source: IGN.com by Patrick Kolan
Ninja Gaiden 2 makes its long-awaited debut on Xbox 360 as the blockbuster action-packed sequel to Ninja Gaiden. Ninja Gaiden 2 features a new and improved game engine, developed from the ground up exclusively for Microsoft and Xbox 360 by Team Ninja and legendary game developer Tomonobu Itagaki, creator of the famed Dead or Alive franchise.
Guide Ryu Hayabusa on a mission to avenge his clan and prevent the destruction of the human race. Armed with an assortment of ninja weaponry, help Ryu to skillfully maneuver through a world fraught with peril and danger. Ninja Gaiden 2 features an all-new gameplay engine, new auto-health regeneration system, levels, adventures, enemies, and thrilling combat with an extensive assortment of ninja weaponry, representing a true evolution of the highly popular franchise.
My Take:
Ninja Gaiden II is the continuing story from the Game of the Year, Ninja Gaiden. This game is definitely more bloodier and has non-stop action. It is one my most wanted games this year.
With its release date still undetermined, although is should be the fall of this year, the anticipation is growing as gamers ready themselves for more frustrating and controller throwing feats. View the pictures and videos below.
UPDATE: Release date is June 3, 2008
NEW VIDEO ADDED!!
Source: Xbox Ninja Gaiden 2 | Youtube.com
For those of you who haven't bought COD4 yet and are still sitting on the fence, check out the video below. It explains the game very well and shows some excellent game footage. Click on the pictures too.
Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Due to come out in March of 2008, Rainbow Six will definitely up the ante, as this first person shooter makes a come back. Rainbow Six: Vegas, which happened to be one of the best shooters in 2007, continues the story left off from the first installment. Click below for some screen shots, or check out the video trailer.
Source: Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Website
New Call of Duty 4 Maps Coming!!
Activision and Infinity Ward report that new global conflicts are planned in the form of downloadable multiplayer maps for the award-winning Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. In development for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, the upcoming downloadable content will thrust gamers into a hot zone of added combat across a variety of intense multiplayer locales.
"We've demonstrated our commitment to delivering the best multiplayer experience in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and that continues with our plans for new downloadable content," explains Infinity Ward's Community Manager, Robert Bowling aka Fourzerotwo. "We're excited about the new maps, and the added gameplay variety, and we can't wait to wrap things up and get online with everyone."
The new downloadable content is scheduled for release this spring, and will be available on Xbox LIVE and the PlayStation Network.
Source: The Charlieoscardelta.com website.
My Take:
I really hope these maps will be free, but more than likely they will cost 800 micro$oft points. In any event, I'm looking forward to when they actually come out.
What do you think? Should they charge, or should these maps be downloadable for free? I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Devil May Cry 4 Finally Comes Out!
I haven't bought the game yet, but I am really looking forward to it. This game is a third person fighting/action game and has amazing graphics. Check out the vids below, or click for a few screen shots.
Devil May Cry 4
