Split Second

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Racing gaming genre evolved a great way, from traditional circuit racing in the earliest games to drift and drag racing of modern times. A new genre evolved from racing is action-racing with some best known games as Burnout and Ridge Racer series. These games are known high risk gameplay mechanics and high quality collisions. A new game in the genre is Split Second. It is developed by Black Rock Studio, previously released other such games like Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Challenge, MotoGP ’06 and ‘07 and Pure. Split Second will be released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows, with the Microsoft Windows version to be published by Disney Interactive Studio. Publishers for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions are still to be announced by the developers. The game was revealed in March 2009 for the first time and will be released in Q1 of the year 2010. As the game is from the genre of action-racing main feature of the gameplay will make use of special actions and destructive environments. Split Second will have two playable modes as single and multiplayer.

The game is about fictional reality TV program where participants race for money and glory. Player takes part in the program in order to earn money. A “powerplay” meter fills up while performing stunts in the race such as precision driving and passing very close to objects, stunt jumps and drifting. As the meter builds up special events will be triggered and they will further create obstacles in the race. Not just obstacles these special events can alter the race course entirely and create shortcuts. In order to stop the player from wining the race these triggers can also be used by AI opponents. These events can include airplane crashes, building collapse and huge explosions. Frequency of the trigger will depend on how full players meter is. Even if only one bar is full from three bars on HUD first level of events will be available and the most extreme events will be available only when the three bars are filled. Difficult y of the races will very greatly, first level races will be extremely easy to play and the races on the other end will be extremely difficult to play.

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Vehicles, and locations that will affect the gameplay will be highlighted with a blue glow and the player must time action accurately in order to hamper the opponents to the extreme level. Once an event is triggered the powerplay meter will reset itself. Now the decision will be on players whether to choose the less affective first level, which will be available as soon as the meter resets itself or they can save powerplay points for longer and build them further to use the top tier actions. There will be several powerplays that can be used in the next level like the bombs dropped from the police helicopters. Opposite to this there will be few powerplays which never will reset unless and until you quit the race or restart it. To make the HUD as simple as possible Black Rock Studio removed many unwanted items from the HUD like Speedometer, Map e.t.c. Only elements on the HUD will be powerplay meter (most important of all), lap and position of the player in the race. Using the reality TV shows premise the game is broken in 24 episodes and one episode will have three races each. Multiplayer mode of the game will have online and offline versions.

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Salvation (video game)

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Salvation is an upcoming game by Black Wing Foundation and N-Game Studios. Not to confuse with the name Salvation has nothing to do with Terminator: Salvation, a game and a movie released this summer. Salvation will be an action game played from third person shooter perspective. The game will release for the consoles of Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360. No released dates are confirmed by the developers, only info. on the release date is that it may release in the end of the year 2009. Main concern for the developers of the game is publisher, which is yet to be signed. Valve Corporation’s Source engine is used as the game engine. Salvation will have single and multiplayer as the two playing modes, co-operative multiplay mode is also expected. Genre for the game will be action game played in third person shooter perspective. Subject for the game is different and strange and have to do something with communication with god.

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The game is based in the future world in the year 2026. To face Judgment Day major government of the world resorted to genetic engineer and stem cells. Genetic replicas of Christ and Antichrist and destroyed them to describe many fundamentals on Earth. Supported by the idea of communication to God through machines. These machines are also used to communicate with an army of clones called Angels. In this disturbed future every human movement is in the hands of technocrats. With the help of several super servers linked up to heaven, they make it sure that every decision is right and the only decision in the world. Technologies are prohibited to use and the population is under constant stasis. Every one has to undergo a brain scan called “repent” every week. If the technocrats find any wrong thoughts the person will be executed or worst send to hell through a cybernetic virtual environment system that makes a man suffer immensely.  Against this a group of rebels intensely individual people from throughout the globe came together and try to overcome the Technocrats. They are fighting a  gorilla war, but their strength is far less then the regime. The role given to the player is Narumi Amano. Player assumes three roles in the game, first one is Narumi Amano. Second character is Alexander Geist – a cynical psy powered smuggler, and the third and the final character is Sergei Thor – captain of the east European resistance. The game is described as a mixture of Action of Stealth with some settings of cities like London and Tokyo.

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Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger

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To increase the fan base game developers are trying new concepts. One of  the best and oldest concept is fusing two game genres. Best example is fusing and FPS (First person shooter) with Real time strategy. This is a unique work because FPS and RTS are two of the best genres of gaming also they are two different end points of the gaming line. Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger is an upcoming game of this fused genre. The game is under the development of Atomic Motion, an independent Hungarian company. Publishing job for Raven Squad is assigned to Evolved Games along with SouthPeak Interactive. Some of the best game from all genres and on all consoles are allocated to SouthPeak Interactive for publishing, like Velvet Assassin, Edge of Twilight, X-Blades and many more. Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger will be released on Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. Release date as confirmed by the developers is September 1, 2009. Another game with such fusion is Nuclear Dawn, under the development of Valve Corporation. One major difference between the two games is that Nuclear Dawn also fuse Survival horror with FPS and RTS.

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The game starts with a devastating plane crash in the Amazon rain forest. The plane is said to be carrying top secret data. The top secret is dangerous and if it is captured by the enemies millions of lives will be in danger. A group of mercenaries are called for this dangerous job of rescuing any survivors and retrieving the top secret. This team is expert in these kind of missions. They set out to the field but the fate is against the team and their pane is shot down on route. After the smoke clears the team learns that there are only eight members left and rest of all dead in the crash. Now the team has three targets, rescue, retrieve and survive. The plot of the game follows there search for the targets and the adventures through the most dangerous jungle of the world with most dangerous enemies.  First they try to complete the assigned mission as planned and later they switch to survival as an civil war breaks out between two factions in the jungle.

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Gameplay as told is a fusion of RTS and FPS, you will be free to use any of them. You can play the game in zoomed in classic RTS overhead view or in typical First person view. RTS overhead view is a provided through a group of satellites positioned overhead (Geo-stationary orbit). You can get an 3D view of your surroundings with the help of the satellites. When you zoomed out the view you will be able to control two squads individually with four members each. Two squads will be expert in two distinct combats. One is an in infiltrator and members of the group prefers long range attacks. Other group is an assault squad and they are perfect for close combat. In the infiltrator mode you will have an advantage of far view. This will help you to get an advance view of what lies ahead and using this you can jump on enemies camped out behind buildings or around the corners. Playing in both the views is not compulsory and one can play the whole game ion FPS. At any point of time you can switch to and from the two views. Best option of switch is between the eight players with each one of unique style and qualities.

According to SouthPeak Raven Squad will concentrate more on tactics. The game is said to be difficult as it will be very simple to end the game. Environment of the game is of highly detailed and you will experience lush jungle visuals, dynamic weather, haunting ambient sounds. An co-operative multiplayer mode is also available for the game which can be played friendly online or locally. Players are given with campy dialogues making the game like 80’s classic movies. Featuring the best of both genres, Raven Squad combines both FPS and RTS gameplay for a blazing action experience. Visuals effects of the game are awesome and a matter of discussion all over. All over Raven Squad will be fun to play with best points of fused gameplay, choice between eight players, and beautiful jungle environments. You have to rescue, retrieve and survive.

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Risen

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Risen will ask players to rise against destiny. It will be an fantasy themed game based in the genre of action role playing game. Development is under Piranha Bytes, German company famous for Gothic series. The game will be published by Koch Media’s game label Deep Silver. Deep Silver previously developed game for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Wii. Games developed by Deep Silver include some of the fines games like S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, Cursed Mountain, Warhammer: Mark of Chaos and many more. Risen is set to release on October 2, 2009. Platforms chosen for the release of the game includes Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360. Development of the PC version is under Piranha Bytes and the Xbox version is outsourced to an experienced console team underneath the control of Piranha.

Game starts and the protagonist of the game is shipwrecked after a storm on the island Faranga. This Island is home to an active volcano. Recently ruins of an ancient temple have risen from the ground and may types of bizarre creatures infested island. Perilous of all everybody is forbid to leave the city of the island, because of the inquisitions. The island Faranga is specially created for the game. Location for the island is 21’19’ North 157’50’ west. In real life it will be somewhere in the Oceania and thus having tropical climate. However, it is described as Mediterranean island with dissimilar vegetations zones and sub-climates on the Official Risen Blog. Weather conditions on the island varies and it will also feature day/night cycle. Temple ruins risen from the ground are scattered throughout the island. These structures will offer access to the underground structures such as dungeons and catacombs. These structures are often found to be interconnected. There are many human settlements on the island. Faranga is occupied by humans along with some creatures still to be explained by the developers. Humans and these creatures both will have magical powers.

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Initially the island will be locked and very few areas will be left open to explore. All the areas of the island will be unlocked as the game advances. Developing team also say that they bare working on easter eggs or secret games. Videos of the gameplay were leaked on Youtube. According to these videos player can access through classes, as well as weapons and fighting styles. Developers Piranha Byte cleared that the leaked video features the beta phase of the game. They further added that since the beta phase the game went under heavy changes and it doesn’t resemble any of the leaked videos of the game. To make the game famous many trailers of the game were released online by Deep Silver. One of the famous trailer features portions of the Nightwish song “The Poet and the Pendulum”.  A demo like preview called as The Risen Experience can be played on the official Risen website. A more trailer with more expansive gameplay demo is under development. The name Risen is given may be because of the structures Risen on the island, that makes it look differently.

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Far Cry 2: Money, Diamonds, and Blood

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Far Cry is one the four game that are regarded as pillars of First person Shooter (FPS) genre. Developed by Crytek, German game developers and published by Ubisoft, it hit the market on March 23, 2004 and within the period of four months is sold more than 730,000 units. A sequel to the game was released on October 23, 2008 and it changed the history of gaming. Instead of Crytek Far Cry 2 was developed and published by Ubisoft. Development of the game took place in the Montreal studio of Ubisoft which better known as Ubisoft Montreal. Although Ubisoft marked Far Cry 2 as a true sequel of the previous one, but there was no similarity in the two games, even the protagonist of the game was changed. Dunia and Havok Physics were used as the game engine. Dunia was developed specially for Far Cry 2 by Ubisoft Montreal. It was because of Dunia and Havok that the game is so unique about its graphics and dynamic weather. The game was released on Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Genres of the game are First person shooter, action and Sandbox. So it can be said that Far Cry 2 is played in first person shooter perspective with lot of action in sandbox style of gameplay.

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Experts and game enthusiast often call Far Cry 2 as a GTA in jungle. As the Far Cry 2 is an open ended first person shooter. You can play with one or more mercenaries and factions. Sandbox style of gaming and progress in the game as you want, ensuing the sandbox style settings in the game. There many options for the weapons and vehicles in the game. You can use wide range of vehicles like boats, trucks, cars, and the above all hand gliders. Depending on the situation player can choose playing styles like stealthy infiltrations or head on assault. Far Cry 2 is a unique game because it takes place in an open world instead of maps like most of the FPS games. Background for the game is beautiful and dangerous Africa. Topography of the game includes savannah, jungle and desert with an total area of 20 sq miles. Actions performed by player will effect the environment. Soldiers will try to kill the player as soon as they saw him, in spite of the factions he is working with. Only firing free zones in the game are ceasefire zones near all the big towns in the game. The sci-fi creatures from the previous installment are replaced by human mercenaries.

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Weapon inventory of Far Cry 2 is one of the largest of all, including weapons in set of primary, secondary and special. Other than weapons from these categories a machete is carried all times along with set number of grenades and Molotov cocktails. Battle rifle, an assault rifle, MP5, MGL grenade launcher and sniper rifles are depicted as primary weapons. Special weapons will include light machine guns, recoilless rifles, a mortar and a flame thrower and mortar.  A gas powered tranquilizer is included in the game in order to control wild animals. In the secondary section semi-automatic pistols, SMG (submachine guns) and flare guns are included. The weapons will have an interesting feature of degradation, making the game more real and interesting. When weapons are used continuously they will get susceptible to jamming, dirty and ultimately leading to terribly fail becoming unusable. Weapons can be bought from various gun shops, in the exchange of money, gold and diamonds. Weapons in the gun shops will be brand new and will cam along manuals to use them. Weapons picked up from dead enemies will be found in bad conditions and can fire only for few time before going useless.

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Far Cry 2 is based in a fictional troubled nation in Central Africa in the year 2008. The nation is involved in an civil war and many mercenaries have been called by the two main factions of the country fighting for power. Two faction in the game are APR (Alliance for Popular Resistance) lead by Oliver Tambossa and UFLL (United Front Liberation and Labour) lead by Addi Mbantuwe. Both of the factions are corrupt and their only interest is money and power. To win the war both sides have hired many mercenaries and protagonist of the game is one of them. Adding to the woes is the discovery of diamond mines with all the factions and foreign mercenaries without payment are fighting  for them. Player has to fight against all these factions and soldiers and also the major villain of the game the Jackal. He is arm dealer providing weapons to both to the factions and increasing the war. Aim of then player in the game is to find Jackal and kill him. Most of the soldiers in the game will be enemies except few friends which will include mercenaries. The game is divided in 4 acts with each having two endings. Be a mercenary and fight for money, diamond and blood.

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Jumpgate Evolution

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Jumpgate Evolution or more commonly known as JGE is a game from the genre of massively multiplayer online game (MMOPG). Jumpgate Evolution is a direct sequel to the 2001 video game Jumpgate: The Reconstruction Initiative. The game will be completely different from the previous game with all new graphics engine used along with more accessible gameplay and game play. The game is developed by NetDevil and Codemasters oldest game developers of United Kingdom will publish the game. The game will only release for the platform of Microsoft Windows. Initially the game was scheduled for the release on June 23, 2009, but developers delayed the release for some unknown reasons. A beta test is also planned for the release but again release date is not confirmed. Using the official websites those who are interested can apply for the beta test. The beta test is quite popular and since November 10, 2008 150,000 applicants had registered for the beta test.

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Gameplay of Jumpgate Evolution or JGE is twitch-based combat in an MMOG. If you hit your target the damage caused will be steady. Everything in the game will have a limit damage caused by the ordinance will be limited and armors and shields will have a set amount of damage. In the start players will have to choose a nation, however it is not necessary to play in the same nation through out the game you can change it later. Once the country is selected you can buy a ship which suits you most. However, they will need to obtain a pilot license first. Jumpgate evolution will offer both PvP (player versus Player) and PvE (player versus environment) content. PvP will be the centre focus of the game but PvE will have its own Instance dungeon with own experience points and rewards. Risk rewards environment is also being implemented in the game, like death sentence for the people who prefer more hardcore gameplay. Realm versus realm (RvR) gameplay, like players claiming a sector for their nation  by building up a sector control station. Squads are limited to players from nations in the previous game and will play a more important role.

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Factions or nations in the game will be the same as in the previous game of the series. However the conditions of the nations are changed a lot because of the an event called the shift an space distortion event. Till now only three nations are playable, Quantar Paths, The Octavian Empire and The Solrain Commonwealth. Conditions of these nations are changed, Quantar Paths an unified in the previous game is now a group of  more than twelve sects known as Paths. All these sects are different from each other and only thing common between them is the belief that human destiny is somewhere in the stars and a jumpgate network called as Skein will guide the enthusiasts. The Solrain Commonwealth was once a generous nation now what is left is corruption and fraud. It is now ruled by smugglers, powerful corporations, crime syndicates and many mercenaries. The Octavian Empire an militaristic and destructive nations struggling for its former glory. Seat for the empire of the nation is vacant and it is the most important reason for the struggles in the nation. Other nations under development are The Conflux, The Amananth and The Hyperial Protectorate.

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Fallout 3-Prepare for the future

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Bethesda Game Studios video game developers based in Rockville, United States. They are famous for their excellence in role-playing, racing and simulation games. Bethesda Game Studios develop one of the longest running game series The Elder Scrolls with 14 games in the series. Other important games developed by Bethesda Game Studios include Fallout series, Star Trek series and Doom 4 (to be released in 2010). Most notable of the games is Fallout 3, third entry in the Fallout series. First game of the series Fallout was released in the year 1997 followed by Fallout 2 in 1998. The third game however took 10 years for the completion. Fallout 3 is from the genre of action role-playing game. Fallout 3 was released between October 28 and 31 all over the world for the platforms of Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows. The game was received with full critical and commercial success. Fallout 3 sold more than 610,000 units in its first month of release breaking the record for the previous Bethesda Softworks’ game The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Fallout 3 uses Gamebryo as the game engine, it is one of the most used game engine. Fallout is considered as one of the best game with post apocalyptic settings.

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Background of Fallout is a post-apocalyptic, retro-futurist Washington D.C. and parts of Maryland and Virginia in the year 2277. Main player of the game lives in Fallout shelter known as Vault 101. The player lives in the shelter along with his father until one day when he wakes up to find that James has left the Vault. When the overseer finds out that James father of the player (PC) is missing, he becomes suspicious and orders his men to kill the PC. PC is forced to go out in the Washington wasteland, and follow his father’s tail and find out why he left. On his quest, he encounters various factions like the outcasts a group of brotherhood of steel exiles, the Enclave leftovers of the United States. There are total six vaults in the Washington that can be explored. Most of them showing the results of the “Vault Experiment”. The character of is a nineteen years old boy who is simply called as player character or PC. In search of his father, he explores various areas of Washington starting from Megaton a place named after the undetonated atomic bomb at its centre, followed by Galaxy News Radio station. Another human settlements in the area is Rivet City a derelict aircraft carrier. PC meets doctor Li, a scientist earlier worked with player’s father and tells him about Project Purity carried for take out radiation from water of wasteland.

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Initially Fallout 3 was assigned with Black Isle Studios, original developers of Fallout and Fallout 2. Black Isle Studios was original owned by Interplay Entertainment. When interplay went bankrupt, license of Fallout 3 was sold to Bethesda Softworks. They paid an advance of $1,175,000. At the time of purchasing of the license, Bethesda Softworks was famous for The Elder Scroll series. Work again started on Fallout 3 in July 2004. But major development for the game did not begin until The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion was completed. First trailer for the game was released on June 5, 2007. With press kit of the game, it was also revealed that the game will release in fall 2008. Destroyed Washington was showed in the trailer, which was confirmed by an damaged Washington Monument. On release, Fallout 3 registered some of the best results both commercially and critically. Average score Fallout 3 was 93/100. This success was followed by n number of awards it won later. In the award list, it won IGN award for the Overall and Best Xbox 360 game of the year 2008. GameSpot gave away the Best PC Game of 2008. Fallout 3 is one of the best game of the modern generation. It was praised for some wonderful use of the action-adventure genre to show post apocalyptic effects.

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Grand Theft Auto 4

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Grand Theft Auto is the brightest star in the sky of gaming world. There are four main games in the series and several other spin-off games in the series. Starting from GTA or Grand Theft Auto latest game in the series was to be released was Grand theft Auto IV, one of the best. Shortened as GTA4 or GTA IV it is a sandbox style game with action adventure settings. GTA IV is developed by Rockstar Toronto and Rockstar North, both parts of Rockstar Games. Rockstar Games are considered as one of the best game makers in the world. Grand Theft Auto IV was published by Rockstar in the whole world except Japan where it was published by Capcom. The game was distributed on the retail by Take Two Interactive and online it was distributed by Steam. RAGE (Rockstar Advanced Game Engine) is the engine used in the game. The game was released for the platforms of Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 3. Genres for the game selected for the game was Sandbox, third-person shooter, action-adventure. Single and the multiplayer mode are the two playing modes for the game. Grand Theft Auto was released on 29th April 2008 on the platforms of PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 worldwide and the Microsoft Windows version was released on 2nd and 3rd December 2008.

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Protagonist of the game is a war veteran for the Bosnian War and an illegal immigrant and his name is Niko Bellic. Niko arrives in America from Eastern Europe in order to forget his criminal past and live a new life. Liberty City is used as the background city in the game. However, on his arrival he learns that his cousin Roman is working in illegal gangs. Niko helps Roman in the hope of figure out a new life for himself in the city. Later in the game, it is revealed that Niko arrived in Liberty City to search Florian Cravic. Niko blames Florian for the betrayal of his old army unit. Niko starts working for Mikhail Faustin one of the drug lord of Liberty City. Niko is ordered to kill Mikhail by Dimitri Rascalov, he is an associate with Mikhail and Rodislav Bulgarin. Only after killing Mikhail, Niko learns that Dimitri also ordered his men to kill Niko once he finishes job. Niko escapes with the help of Little Jacob an arms dealer he befriended earlier. Niko and his cousin Roman flees to some other part of the city. Niko desperate for money works for several other gangs, including Playboy X’s gang, McReary Irish Mob, Pegorino Crime Family. While working as a gangster Niko finally finds Florian only to discover that Florian is not the one who betrayed him. Darko Brevic is revealed to be the person who betrayed Niko in the Bosnian War. Niko earlier worked for an undercover agency and in return, they locates Darko in Bosnia and brings him to Liberty City as a Final reward to Niko. Niko finds that Darko has become a drug-addicted, guilt-ridden wreck. Now Niko is left with two choices either to kill Darko or leave him. Niko is called by a mob boss Jimmy Pegorino to obtain a shipment of drugs for him to be sold to a buyer: Dimitri Rascalov.

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To give the game a twist and make the ending more classic players are left with two options Revenge or Deal. The game will end how the players want it to be. If the player choose revenge then Niko ambushed Dimitri on the tanker and after a long gunfight he kills Dimitri. Furious after the betrayal Jimmy Pegorino attacks Roman’s wedding and Niko’s girlfriend is killed. Niko tries to kill Pegorino but he escapes using a boat to the Happiness Island. Niko follows him in helicopter and finally kills Jimmy Pegorino. Now of the layer chooses to play the game in Deal then Niko makes the drug deal silently. But Dimitri disrupts his part of the deal Niko still retrieves money and drugs. Pegorino calls Niko to congratulate him and reveals that he is now befriended with Dimitri. A killer send by Dimitri to kill Niko unintentionally shoots and kills Roman during a struggle. Confounded Niko follows Pegorino and Dimitri and kills them both. Grand Theft is the best ever game in the history of gaming, both commercially and critically. It sold more than 3.6 million copies in single day making almost $310 million in revenue. GTA IV broke the pervious record, which was hold by Halo 3. Grand Theft Auto IV scored an awesome score of 10/10 on nearly every game ranking website and magazine.

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The Crossing

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Last game from Arkane Studios Dark Messiah of Might and Magic was well received by the critics and it went for some good business. It was the only game released by the developers so far. After the gap of five years Arkane Studios is back with a new game known as The Crossing. Valve Corporation is providing support to Arkane Studios in the development of the game. The Crossing will make use of the Source engine so the Valve Corporation. The Crossing will be played from the First person perspective. Fusion of the single and the multiplay gameplay will be the best part of the game. The fusion is coined as Crossplayer by the developers. No release dates are confirmed by the developers. Once release the game will be available on Steam for download. As of May 15th 2009 The Crossings is considered “On Hold”. This announcement was made by CEO and creative director of Arkane Studios Raphael Colantonio. Later he also announced that the development of the game had been put on hold because of some unanticipated financial challenges.

The game add in the idea of parallel universes. It will be set across two completely different version’s of modern day Paris. The first one universe shares many similarities visually to the Modern day Paris. The city is fell into chaos after the collapse of the governing body. Second universe is based in the year 1307, here instead of being scattering the Knights Templar are controlling the French town. The story will swap amid the two universe continuously. Gameplay of the game is a fusion of the single and the multiplayer mode. External players will be allowed to play as enemies in the single player mode. For the players in the multiplayer mode they will try to avoid a more powerful character or to assassinate him in the single player mode. Skirmish is the name of a team-based multiplayer mode in the game. Just like the normal multiplayer mode this mode is also incorporated into the single player campaign. The main player will try to avoid the team based gameplay i.e. Skirmish. This unique gameplay will drive you crazy and you have to be at your best when playing the single player mode as you will not be against the bots, instead you will be against the humans, most wicked creature on earth.

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Nuclear Dawn

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Valve Corporations name behind some of the best gaming experience like Half Life, Counter Strike, Team Fortress and unlimited modifications of these games. The Half Life series specially was modified into several games like Day of Defeat and another spin off as Codenamed Gordon. Some of the best gaming engines like Source are also developed by Valve Corporations. Nuclear Dawn an upcoming game is the answer to the fantasies of the gamers. Set in the post-apocalyptic world Nuclear Dawn is developed by Dutch video game developers InterWave Studious. Until now the developers has announced that the game will release only on Microsoft Windows. However, as the time advances we may hear about the development of the game on other famous versions like Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. PC version of the game will be distributed by Valve Corporation. First announcement for the game dates back to February 2006. That time Nuclear Dawn was set to be an amateur mod for the Source engine like may other games. Later in April 2009 it was revealed that the game is now a commercial project, but it will still use the Source engine as the game engine and will be aimed for the PC users.

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Nuclear Dawn is one of the most awaited game. Why Nuclear Dawn is considered as the game to fulfill gamers fantasies? Because Nuclear Dawn will provide you the precious gameplay that will be the mix of Counter Strike, Day of Defeat, Natural Selection, They Hunger: Lost Souls, & The Ship. All of them previously are Valve products later became commercial products. Nuclear Dawn is a first person shooter that will provide you the conventional thrills of action along with fast-paced tactical features of time strategy titles. It will be different from other FPS games and will provide you many kind of tasks. Like assault the enemy emplacements or you can use your adaptive camouflage to creep into the enemy territory. The multiplayer option is excellently inserted into the game. While you are busy in ambushing enemy your commander will secure the base. The energetic and volatile tactical experience will soon give you the feeling of World War III and you will find yourselves in an unwanted race against your former friends. Multiplayer mode will be the only playable mode of Nuclear Dawn. Once released the game will be available for download from Steam, Valve Corporations’ own digital distribution, digital rights management, communications and multiplayer platform.

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One of the player from each of the team will be a ‘Commander’. He will direct the rest of the squad from an overhead view. So he will play the game in the RTS settings, rest of the team will play in the typical FPS settings. There will be there classes in the game to choose from. Each of them will have their own weaknesses and interdependent strengths that will support collaborative tactics, intelligent strategy and cooperative teamwork. You can choose weapons from a huge arsenal. It will include almost every kind of modern day weapons like snipers, assault rifles, miniguns, shotguns and explosives. Environments of the game will be perfect for the bloody battles. Detailing of the game is extremely high. Some of the fighting environment will include Russian nuclear installment, abandoned Japanese city and may such post-apocalyptic sites. Other than traditional fighting with the opponents you can also engage them in the battle for the hidden treasures. They will have importance, as money will be a big factor in the nearly destroyed world.

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Playing as a commander will complete the RTS part of the game. The commander play will be an objective-based gameplay and will stress on coordinating tactics. You will be tasked to construct strategies according to the situation. Strategies for the objectives will include creating defensive points and chokepoints. Other than leading the soldiers the commander will be assigned with the job of expanding your territory using well-placed structures that will help your team in the battles. Structures will include bunkers, turrets and barracks. The commander can also unlock new technologies to turn the battle in your favor. Securing resources will also be assigned to commander. Development of the game is going on a war level. However it was not the same as the game suffered a prolonged development cycle and many media sites criticized the game calling it a vaporware. Nuclear Dawn will be released somewhere in the year 2009, just wait for the right time and you will have the chance to play a game in two of the best-known genre of the gaming world.

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