วันพุธที่ 31 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2554

Super Crate Box jumping to iOS in September

Super Crate Box

is heading to iPad and iPhone next month. The news was announced by developer Vlambeer in a new video, which you can see above. You can also catch a glimpse of the title's wholly excellent gameplay.

Joystiq

วันอังคารที่ 30 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2554

Portabliss: Quarrel

Did you know that you can download handheld games now? That's amazing convenient! The only inconvenient part of it is finding the right games to buy -- and that's where we come in, with our Portabliss column. In each installment, we'll tell you about a downloadable game on the iPhone, iPad, Android device, DSi, 3DS, PSP, etc. Today: Dispute .





Joystiq

วันจันทร์ที่ 29 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2554

At war with World of Warcraft: an addict tells his story



"My kids hate me. My wife is threatening (again) to leave me," Van Cleave would write in his book. "I haven't written anything in countless months. I have no prospects for the next academic year. And I am perpetually exhausted from skipping sleep so I can play more Warcraft."


Console-y! Spider-Man: Edge of Time on 3DS

Console-y! Spider-Man: Edge of Time on 3DS screenshot

I had the opportunity to update the 3DS version of the game Spider-Man: Edge of Timeat an event during Activision PAX 2011th I played it right after you check out the PS3 version of the game, and I was surprised to see how similar the two were.

We 've told you Edge of Time

Edge of Time

Deus Ex flub has GameStop giving out $50 gift cards

CEO of Dealer apologizes to clients, provides credit and "buy two, get one free 'voucher for used games as a make-good.

The new Deus Ex game was supposed to be all about the Human Revolution, but the game's arrival in stores was marked by a bit of conflict spilling over from the digital distribution revolution. Upset that the PC version of the game came packed in with a coupon for a free digital streaming version from OnLive, specialty retailer GameStop removed and discarded those goodies before selling the game to consumers.

Still have the receipt? It 's your window to save!

The move sparked considerable ire of some players which led in turn to GameStop ceasing all sales of boxed PC edition of Deus Ex: Human Revolution Square Enix to replace the stock with coupon-free games. The company has gone one step further today, as Joystiq reports GameStop CEO Paul Raines was an apology issued and promised a $ 50 shopping voucher and a "buy two, get one free" Coupon use games to customers who bought the PC game .

"We regret to solve the events surrounding this title and that our customers were in the middle of this issue between GameStop and Square Enix, the publisher put this game," Raines \ said. " "Are really sorry for this, and we have \."

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วันอาทิตย์ที่ 28 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2554

Age of Enigma: The Secret of the Sixth Ghost

That's So MMO!: Super Secret Edition

That's So MMO!: Super Secret Edition screenshot

will follow "a traditional paid subscription model combined with micro-transactions through an in-game store." Exact pricing hasn't been provided and is described as a work-in-progress. Funcom did state that items available for real-cash purchase at the in-game store will be focused on convenience and customization and will not give paying players an "unfair advantage." As of Friday at the official Site, the "Secret War" is underway between the game's three factions (Dragon, Illuminati and Templars) which is a fancy way of saying "Beta registrations are now being accepted." Now, shush. Don't tell anyone.


"Robot Ruckus"Global Agenda , The recent addition to the free-to-play set, an extension of the arrival announced in early autumn. Recursive Colony will be available to all players at no extra charge and is the "largest content update" in the history of Hi-Rez game will be. Content includes an all-new open area as well as fresh instanced missions, new pets, "light" craft and the Recursive Colony itself to "an electronic, hive-mind group of robots, the design of robots and penetrating consists of the players social hub of City Dome. "Sounds kinky.

" A crazy year LOCO

is a universal app and can be played on the iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad. iBall, iSpy and iDunno formats likely arriving in 2015.

 

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วันเสาร์ที่ 27 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2554

Playdead's unannounced game using Unity, will take three-plus years to develop

Playdead's Limbo
We 'd heard that click dead, the creators of last year' s breakout hit Limbo , Have been working on another title, and Edge Magazine has now learned that it 's good news and bad news. The good news is that the next game is the Unity engine, which means that click dead won 't have to roll your own game engine this time, making it free for other tasks in the' fast 'project to capture agents used.

But the bad news is that it take a long time anyway - three years or more. "A good game takes time," says CEO Dino Patti. "I think the new facility will be at least three and a half years."

Although already dead click to start when we talked about the project in October last year, again we have 'is still a few years of development. In other words, the Wii will be underground, and it is running before we get this game. Take your time, though, click dead. We 'll wait.

Joystiq

First Bungie Aerospace game released next week

Crimson: Steam Pirates, the first game under the banner Aerospace Bungie, the Halo developer 's ability to be a leg-up to publish independent studios - are available as a free download for iPad from 1 September. However, not everyone is pleased by the news. Andy Moore, one of the developers of the strategy game on the foolish Steambirds Schemes 'work bears a more than passing resemblance, holds in his blog whether he is entitled from his work that annoy cloned. In the comments, it 's because of his original claim backtracked, that "Bungie is a moral thick," but he raises some interesting questions about cloning, when' s hypothetical statute of limitations was to expire.
http://www.andymoore.ca/2011/08/the-third-cloning-of-steambirds/
Andy Moore
วันศุกร์ที่ 26 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2554

Quarrel Deluxe - review

iPhone / iPad, £ 2.99; India Games / Games Denki

The ridiculously crowded shelves of the App Store under the weight of the simple word games and strategy sims moaning, so it takes something special to grab the attention of jaded buyers app. I think Deluxe dispute should do it. Developed by Dundee-based Denki Games, the creators of the groundbreaking pre-iPhone puzzle, Denki Blocks, it is an elegant combination of Scrabble and Risk Management, win in the player control over all the squares on a number of environments against AI has enemies in a word creation game.

Each page starts with a small army of tribesmen and a certain number of places. Players can then take turns trying to overtake the areas closest to their own, by 'argument' with the tribesmen from other players. These arguments are essentially the word Scrabble creation tests - you get a selection of letters, which make each a score, and you have to be the best word possible. You 're limited however by the number of tribal people you have in your seat when you take four men into battle, you only have one word for up to four characters. If you have a square that has a larger number of enemy tribe defeat them, you get to take one of them as prisoners, and he fights with their husbands.

When you gain a new square, you move several of your people on to it, but you need to divide your armies so that you don't leave any areas of your territory poorly defended. The skill of the game is knowing how far to push your territory in a single turn - try to take too much land in one go and you end up with several squares defended by just one lonely solder - they're asking to be attacked. At the end of each turn, the game sends in a set number of reinforcements to each team, and you can also gain extra men by filing a gauge that counts up your word scores. Meanwhile, when AI players are challenging each other, the player gets to take part in a bonus challenge which involves making the best word possible with the letters that your opponents are fighting with; the better your word, the most points are added to your gauge.

It must be said, this is not an easy puzzle in the Popcap ilk. The rules take a little time and effort to appreciate, and shows the richness of the territorial strategy only after several games. Luckily 'sa really nice tutorial mode gives you through the basics. If you 've confrontation with all that came, you have a beautifully presented, extremely deep strategy crossword game that' s lovingly with convincing subsidiary features (such as dictionary definitions of words that you create) is filled. They fight on a variety of landscapes, each have with strategic quirks, and all the AI ??opponents of different styles, some brilliant play on words, but lousy on a territorial strategy, another master of both.

The disadvantage is the lack of a multiplayer component. The game was developed (and originally demoed) title on Xbox Live and play against friends on the sofa is sure to be the optimal experience. Multiplayer is sure to be added in future iterations of the Smartphone version of the song, and I 'm hopeful one XBLA version will still get to a point.

As it stands now, and for £ 2.99 (although it try a limited number of free output to), armed Deluxe is a must for Scrabble Words with friends and fanatics who want to buy to try out a different kind of lexical challenge . It is a great satisfaction in turning the course of a war with one or two brilliant tactical land grab and a few wise words had, I 've landscape until my last card was and somehow fought back to win. And if you have enough tribal members on a tile, there 'sa chance to improve your score by solving the eight-letter anagram, multiply that accompanies any dispute, so you'll even feel like a countdown participants.

Quarrel is just a lovely, skilfully-crafted joy. Denki's genius is in making you feel that hours in the game's company have been educational rather than a time-killing indulgence. That is the loftiest aim of all word games. Few really achieve it.

. Deluxe dispute was on the iPhone 4 Review

Rating: 5 / 5

Keith Stuart

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วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 25 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2554

'Anomaly Warzone Earth' Finds A Perfect Home On iPad

Japan gets new Xbox 360 Monster Hunter bundle

Sample pack of free online games to a level-cap function; bundle cost $ 390.

The Monster Hunter franchise is regarded as a big deal in Japan and Asia, as there are a multitude of Monster Hunter-themed festivals held to get fans together for some beast-killing RPG action. To commemorate the September 28 online update of the Xbox 360 iteration of the game, titled Monster Hunter Frontier Online, Microsoft and Capcom are collaborating to release a special console bundle that was recently announced on the game's official website.

The giant killing machine here looks pretty excitable about this deal.

Called the Xbox 360 250GB Monster Hunter Frontier Online Trial Pack, the bundle consists of a 250GB Xbox 360 console and a download code for the game. The bundle is also a special bonus, events and products for use in the game in the form of product codes. As a bonus, this version of the game the players play for free on-line until they reached stage two hunters. Players must then buy an Xbox Live Gold membership subscription thereafter.

Gamers in Japan can buy the bundle for ¥ 29,800 ($ 390). For more information about voting rights, check out GameSpot 's recent coverage of the latest Monster Hunter title.


Apps rush: Spy Mouse, Peggle HD, Restaurant City, Hector Ep2 and more

What 's new on the App store on Thursday, August 25, 2011

A burst of 15 apps for your attention

Spy Mouse



iPad


iPhone / iPad

Someone once told me,

If you buy an application from this test, make it someone once told me. Based on the photo-blog with the same name, it lets you take a photo of himself with a place to write in a suggestion or comment that someone once said, and laid him on the side. More importantly, 70% of the £ 1.49 price for charity Operation Smile, the children with cleft lip and cleft palate facial deformities will help. Great site, great app, big deal.
iPhone

HD Widgets





Mobigame's Edge was critically acclaimed, but also the subject of a controversial trademark lawsuit after its original release. With that settled, Edge Extended is a sequel, with more levels, music and a new 3D graphics engine.


iPhone


iPhone

The Moron Test HD

DistinctDev 's popular iPhone game Moron test has been ported to iPad, with a similar mix of puzzles and mini-games.
iPad

My first JCB



Kazaa

Remember Kazaa? Its days as a filesharing villain for the music industry are long gone: it's a licensed music subscription service now. And there's an app for that, albeit only in the US. The Kazaa iPhone app offers streaming songs and offline cacheing, artist radio and playlist creation. A $9.99 monthly subscription is required.

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Stuart Dredge

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วันพุธที่ 24 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2554

Video Game Free Speech Ruling Aftermath


But What if You Don't Have Internet? Can You Get Twenty Free Games? [3ds]

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