July 22nd, 2009
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Mario a name of the Legend in the gaming world, and Wii is another legend. These two legends are coming together with a game named as New Super Mario Bros. Wii. It is a side scrolling platform video game. The game is developed and published by Nintendo. Main designer for the game is Shigeru Miyamoto, the man behind some of the best games and characters of the gaming world. Some of them are Donkey Kong, Mario, Star Fox, The Legend of Zelda, Nintendogs and Pikmin. The game will be released in Q4 2009 for the console of Wii as a sequel of New super Mario Bros. New Super Mario Bros. Wii was announced at Nintendo’s press conference at E3 2009 for the first time. Most notable point about the game is that it will be the first game in the Super Mario Bros. series with simultaneous multiplayer gameplay in normal levels. The game will support up to four players in the co-op mode of the game.
All the elements of the game will be almost same as that of the New Super Mario Bros. The game will be played in the classic Wii style, with the Wii Wireless Remotes held horizontally. Some movements like picking up other players and spinning are performed by shake of Wii remote and other movements like attacks and jumping are performed by the buttons. There will be four playable characters in the game from the Mario series: Mario as player one, Luigi player two and two Toad characters blue and yellow as player three and four. Players can pick each other and throw them. Once the player is dead, he can resume play if the other player hits a bubble with the dead player inside the bubble. Items will come in blocks from either the blocks or the bubbles floating on the screen. Some of the new items added in the game like Penguin Suit, which will help the player in freezing the enemies, and a Propeller Suit, which allows players to fly. Yoshis similar to the Yoshis found in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island and Super Mario World can be used as fast rides.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii. will feature competitive elements like collecting most coins and points. Rankings will be given at the end of the each level which will also include stats as if coins collected, enemies defeated and total points. It was confirmed by Shigeru Miyamoto that the game will not have an online multiplayer. For the first time on Wii the option of demo play is included. Using the “demo play” players can now pause the game and wait till the game clears the level for them and can resume at any time. The game is developed in return to Shigeru Miyamoto’s desire for a Mario series game with settings of a multiplayer game. Previously he was unable to bring his idea to the completion. But this time hardware from Wii allowed him to bring all the enemies on one screen with a camera that could focus on all the players simultaneously. Koopalings who first appeared in an early Mario game will be the main enemy of the game.
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July 20th, 2009
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There are many kind of life simulation games like Second Life, Bird Week and most famous of The Sims series. A new life simulation game, which will help players to learn about animals in zoo, is named as World of Zoo. The game is under the development of Blue Fang Games famous for one of the best business simulation game Zoo Tycoon. World of Zoo will have many similarities to Zoo Tycoon series. THQ will publish the game. World of Zoo will release for the platforms of Nintendo DS, Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Wii. December 31, 2009 is the releasing date confirmed by the developers. The Wii version will features two playing modes single and multiplayer, for the other versions of the game announcements are still to be made. World of Zoo was showcased at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2009 on June 1, 2009 held in Los Angeles Convention Center. The game is currently under the pre-alpha stage of development. One of the most prominent features of the game is that it will educate players about the animals with the help of great National Geographic Society. World of Zoo will not only be exciting game not only for the kids but also for the parents as they can learn about animals. The game will provide knowledge abut pet animals but also about the wild animals. As world of Zoo will be nice way to know how wild animals react to various situations. Help from National Geographic Society will make the game more realistic especially when it comes to the behaviors of the wild animals.
As the name indicates, World of Zoo will simulate a zoo. Players will have to look after about 95 species of animals. Main aim of the game is to keep the animals happy. Players can do this by feeding animals, improving animal exhibits, and playing with them. If you will keep animals happy awards like hearts and tokens for the player. In exchange, they can use these tokens and hearts for new animals, tools and food for both old and new animals. Certain achievements can earn you certain objects, like in-game awards and new species. For example, one of the in-game rewards is the player rising in status with one family of animals, as for big cat family awards will range from highest to lowest, “Big Cat Whisperer” to “Junior Big Cat Handler”. A new and unique feature of the game is an “Animal Creator”. Using this feature players can now customize and create appearance and personalities of animals. Another way of adding players is an “Animal Adoption Network” feature.
Animals will have their own unique behaviors and personalities, so the players aim is to make each and very animal happy. For doing so players must find a method to gain trust and happiness from each animal. Trust of the animal in the player can be measured by a trust meter. When this trust meter reaches the rank of six players can hypnotize them. There a lot of minigames in World of Zoo and often they will be full of challenges related to care of animals like healing and grooming. The Wii multiplayer will support up to four players. Wii remote will be used as the control and player one will control the camera. 95 animals will be separated in 11 families. These 11 families will include bears, big cats, elephants, crocodiles, giraffe, pandas, koalas, monkeys, penguins, antelopes, and zebras and horses. World of Zoo will be gift for the nature lovers. It will be different from Zoo tycoon games as it will also focus on the problems if animals and teach them about various species of animals.
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July 18th, 2009
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Thief is a series of video game with stealth settings. Player acquires the character of a thief known as Garrett. He is a thief based in a world that resembles a crossway between Late Middle Ages and Victorian Era. Although the game is based in the Victorian Era, Garrett uses some best technological tools to execute his job. Until now, three games have been released and the fourth one is under development. Thief 4, which literally means Thi4f, is the fourth title of the series. Thief 4 is under the development of Eidos Montreal. The game will be published by Square Enix, they are famous for their game series Final Fantasy. Thief 4 was officially announced on May 11, 2009 with listing of the game on Eidos’ home page, since then nothing is revealed by the developers.
There were several rumors had been circulating about the fourth title of the Thief series. The fourth part was under development at that time. In an interview for Deus Ex 3, Eidos Montréal’s General Manager Stéphane D’Astous confirmed that company’s second “AAA title” which will start with letter T could be released next year. The game was officially announced on May 11, 2009. D’Astous stated on the main page explaining that the game is under development. Therefore, you may see the Thief 4 very soon released for you and once again, you start to solve problems by the art of stealing. D’Astous said the following lines when explaining about the development of the game: The game is in the early stages, but it is a determined and interesting project. Game details are too early to be revealed and the focus of Eidos is to hire best talent for the development of the game.
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July 17th, 2009
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Tiger Woods is one of the best known in the Sports world as well as in the gaming world. The game series Tiger Woods PGA Tour is a well-known game series. There are twelve games in the series. Twelfth game of the series Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 is the latest game in the series. Just like the previous games it will be a golfing simulation video game developed by Electronic Arts Tiburon (EA Tiburon). Publishers for the game are EA or Electronic Arts The game was released on June 8th this year on the platforms of Xbox 360, iPhone OS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation 3. However, nothing is known about the release dates of the game on iPhone. There will be three different modes in the game single, online multiplayer and multiplayer.
For the first time in the franchise’s history the U.S. Open, the USGA Championship and the USGA’s Rules are used in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2010. One more thing changes in the game is the distance has been reduced by 40 yards from 09 and maximum possible distance of 325 yards. Now player can set “Powercapping” online and Weather Control, which will allow dynamic data for the game. An all-new “Tournament Challenge” mode will allow players to copy famous shots and the moments from the PGA history. Now if players want to enjoy the best shots of the PGA, they will use Tournament Challenge.
Online option of the game will change the way Daily Tournament are played. After playing every round players will be asked to post their score and if they don’t want to they just can play from the first hole. “Play the Pros” is yet another new feature in the game. Online players will have an option of posting their scores against the real life PGA Leaderboards. Additionally to make it more real players can play in Tour Pro mode. To support the game EA will deliver 4 rounds weekly tournaments. Users can choose either to play all rounds in the same day or play only one round. However, if they choose to play only one round they will have a single chance to go at it. There will be 60-second shot clock available for the unranked and ranked players. Many new courses are included in the game like Pinehurst, Torrey Pines, Hazeltine National Turnberry and finally Banff Springs. All the new courses will have new tournaments. Wii version of the game is the best of all the platform he is planning. It will also support Wii Notional, it will be including ability to draw and fade and or it will allow for more authentication sports motion to the golf.
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July 17th, 2009
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Final Fantasy a name that defines the use of word fantasy in gaming world. First game of the series released in the year 1987 and since 13 games from the main series and several other sequels and spin-offs released. All the games of the series are developed by Square Enix. After the release of Final Fantasy XII in the year 2006 no game has been released in the series.Two of the next games are under development, Final Fantasy XIII will release in the winter of the year 2009, while the next game Final Fantasy will release somewhere in 2010. Final Fantasy XIV or Fantasy XIV Online will be the fourteenth entry for the Final Fantasy series. Just like all the previous games of the series it will be developed and published by Square Enix. The game will release for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 3. Final Fantasy XIV is a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) just like Final Fantasy XI. Entire game will be based on a land called Eorzea. Crystal Tools, the game engine developed by Square Enix especially for the seventh generation consoles will be used as the game engine. Final Fantasy XIV is designed by Hiromichi Tanaka, the man who designed the first Final Fantasy game and overall five games of the series are designed by him.
Gameplay will be different from the previous games. Job and battle systems are changed and they will be different from that of used previously in Final Fantasy XI. Experience points, which played an important role in the gameplay of the previous games. Monsters and the races will resemble those used in Final Fantasy XI, allowing players to create avatars similar to the one created in Final Fantasy XI. Group play and solo play are both balanced because Final Fantasy XIV will give little weight to the group play. Character development will be altered by Weapon select. Square Enix is looking for a solution to allow users to transfer their game names to the new MMO. According to the developers of the game they are influenced by the gameplay of the games like Warhammer Online, Age of Conan and Warcraft. However, most of the changes made in the game are done on the base of player’s feedback. Famous vehicles of the Final Fantasy series Chocobo will return to the game but in a completely new role from the Final Fantasy XI.
Initially the game was codenamed as Rapture. The game was announced for the first time in August 2005. At that time it was not mentioned by Square Enix that whether the game will be sequel to the series or not, they just mentioned that they are working on a new MMORPG. In April 2006 Hiromichi Tanaka announced that they are planning to release the game worldwide on the platforms of Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Years later at GDC 2008 Square Enix announced that the new MMO would release only on PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows, thus removing the Xbox 360 version. It as also hinted that Mac and Linux user clients are also in the target. Finally at the E3 2009 conference of Sony, Final Fantasy XIV was finally announced. Actual game sequences and pre-rendered CGI are mixed up in Crystal Tools engine was also shown at E3 2009. One unique feature of the game will be cross platform servers between PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows, accessible from any country. PlayOnline system is removed from the game. Players are excited about the game, as this will be the first time two Final Fantasy games will be released in a very short span.
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July 16th, 2009
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The Last Guardian or Hitokui no Owashi Trico is an upcoming game exclusively for PS 3. Previously the game was known as Project Trico with trico means the man-eating erne. The Last Guardian will be developed by Team Ico and since it will only release for the console of PlayStation 3, publishing work will be done by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game will be directed and designed by Fumito Ueda. Game experts are expecting Few gameplay, thematic, and stylistic elements from the previous games by Fumito as, Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, will be used in The Last Guardian. The game will be released in the genre of Action-adventure and Puzzle. However, release dates are still to be confirmed by the developers, we may see the game somewhere in the year 2010. In May 2009, a concept trailer was released for the game and following it, the game was officially announced.
The game will revolve around the friendship of a boy and a giant feathered creature “sea eagle” or “erne” in the Japanese title. The game shows how they found each other as good friends. Initially the monster is shown with a large spears and arrows stuck in his back and he is bound to a chain as well. Later the monster is shown attacking an armored soldier. Most probably, the monster is freed by the boy. It is clearly observable in trailer and the screenshots that the boy is attempting to slip past and attack other soldiers. The game will be played in a third person prospective. Character controlled by the players is an unnamed boy who can jump, run, climb, upon and ride. Ueda stated that creature in the game will be driven by natural behavior and animal instincts and it will be player’s guidance, which will lead the creature. Players will have to take the advantage of the creature’s natural behavior in order to solve the puzzles. For an instance, if you want the creature to move in a specific direction then throw a barrel in that direction, this will gain creatures interest and your job is will done. Using the animal instincts is not the only use of the creature sometime in game players should find a way to make the creature silent and stand still while he completes the game.
Partially the game will is based on the interaction between the player and horse Agro in Shadow of the Colossus. Game designers are planning to make the interaction between the boy and the animal to be more real. A full physical engine is used as the game engine in the game. This is a new feature and not seen in the previous games of Team Ico. In one scene when the boy throws a barrel and the creature eats the barrel, this is one of the scene completely rendered in the game engine. The game engine used in The Last Guardian is a modified version of AI processing. First hint for the game is as old as January 2008 on Sony Japans website. A video was released via PlayStation Lifesyle blog in May 2009, it shows an early footage of the game. The video features the music and showing the boy tries to be friendly with the monster. The trailer released at E3 2009 was completely different from the previous one. This time it included more photorealistic rendering on the remaining world. President of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide stated that he is disappointed because of the leaked video. By the way its long time ahead, but from the details The Last Guardian is looking interesting and it may be a gift to the players who love puzzle settings.
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July 15th, 2009
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Trine is a downloadable game on PlayStation Network and Microsoft Windows. Trine will help Sony Computer Entertainment to compete with Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade. It was developed by Finnish company Froznebyte. The PC version of Trine was released on July 3, 2009. The PSN version for PlayStation 3 will be launched a month later. The game is published by two different publishers in two different zones of the world. Nobilis will publish the game worldwide except American mainland which will be covered by SouthPeak Interactive. Ari Pulkkinen the famous game composer who did it for games like StarFight VI and Shadowgrounds has composed for the game. Trine will be a Puzzle and Platform game with single and multiplayer modes. Rumors about a XBLA version of the game being developed by Atlus are hitting the market. If anything like this happen, it will be a big setback for Sony Entertainment.
Trine is an action platform and puzzle game. Players will control different characters and they will try to complete various levels. To make the game more interactive levels and characters will have full physical interaction. Three main characters of the game are a thief (a ranged fighter), a wizard (a non-combat character who conjures different objects) and a knight (melee fighter). A unique co-op features will be included in the game it will enable new players to join in at any time. In order to conquer bigger obstacles in easy ways players can combine their abilities. With combining powers players can achieve feats more easily and comfortably. For the Microsoft Windows users Trine asks for the following system requirements:
2.0 GHz processor
512 MB system RAM (1 GB Vista)
Radeon X800 / GeForce 6800 or better
DirectX® 9.0c
600MB HDD space
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July 14th, 2009
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Good news for the gamers who love platform games, the famous Jak and Daxter series is back with their new game. The new game will be named as Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier. It will be the first game of the series since the release of Daxter in the year 2006 on the platform of PlayStation 2. Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier is under the joint development of Naughty Dog and High Impact Games. These two names are responsible for the development of previous games of the series as well as some other awesome games like Crash bandicoot series, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Secret Agent Clank and many more. The game was confirmed by High Impact Games on April 1, 2009. A trailer for the game was released at E3 2009. Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier will release on the platforms of PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable, and that’s why it will be published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Although not confirmed by the developers the game may release on November 18, 2009.
The game’s development was delayed by the developers, specially by Naughty Dog as they were busy in the development of their much-awaited game Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. For the fist time on April 1, 2009 High Impact Games announced that The Lost Frontier would release simultaneously for PSP and PlayStation 2 during Fall of 2009. Some information about the PSP version is posted on the net. Most of the gamers were expecting the game would be a Naughty Dog surprise for the PS 3 users. Naughty Dog on the other hand is focusing on their upcoming game Uncharted 2. according to the posted information about the game The Lost Frontier will start right after the events of Jak 3. So, its clear that the game will be a midquel based between Jak 3 and Jak X: Combat Racing. E3 2009 was selected as the right occasion for the revealing the game with and official trailer. The trailer was shown on the new PSP Go. The trailer shows all the main characters of the game i.e. Jak, Daxter and Keira flying in air ships and fighting other such ships.
Very less is known about the plot of the game. As for now, only details about the game are loosely based on the trailer and some leaked video. Events are before Jak X: Combat Racing and after Jak 3. The ship as shown in the trailer which Jak, Daxter and Keira are flying is suppose to be a pirate ship known as “Eco Pirates”. The E3 trailer shows Jak and Keira in shock as they reach a place they refer as “The Brink” or The end of the world. One part that is confirmed so far is that Keira sets out to be sage to fix the worlds eco storage in the place of precursors never finished. Just like the plait very, less is known about the gameplay. Only Source to the gameplay is trailer and some leaked video. One more thing that is unknown about the game is the multiplayer mode.
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July 14th, 2009
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Free Realms is the undisputed winner of games this summer. It is a game from the genre of browser-based Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game Adventure Game. The game is developed by San Diego studio of Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) and published by SOE. Platforms set for the game are PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows. Initially it was said that the game will release on PS 3 and then on Microsoft Windows. However, later the Windows version was released on April 28, 2009 whereas the PS 3 version is still waiting for the confirmation of release dates. Developers commented on Free Realms as a whimsical, family friendly and Fantasy themed game. In an official report John Smedley president of Sony Online Entertainment revealed that 2 million users signed up for the game. Total sales for the game reached 3 million users on June 12, 2009. Not even a month after on July 1, 2009 Free Realms reached the magical figure of 4 million users. The number are still growing on an exponential format and in near future we may see some great records to be shattered down by this web browser based game.
Once you start playing the game you will be asked to choose job classes like ninja, medic, adventurer, miner, blacksmith, archer, warrior, wizard, kart driver, card duelist, chef brawler, explorer or you can just fly without creating a new character. Barriers are removed from the game and it encourages social gameplay. Free Realms in spite of levels or classes allows players to interact, join forces and play together. The game is large and there are many worlds and large number of quests to complete for stardust and coins as rewards. Leveling up of the player will be decided by various ways like minigames and traditional combats to quests. It will depend on the player what they choose to advance. Free Realms is completely different from other MMOs as combat is just optional. Major focus of the game is on various gameplay elements like – building, exploration, housing, mini-games, and pet raising. In order to ensure the games appeal to a variety of spectators social networking is included in the game.
Free Realms is available as a free to download and play game, you can download the game free of charge. For the PC users you can access the game via the official website of the game or through arcade sites Miniclip or Candy Stand. A 3D clients download in the background during character creation. For the PlayStation 3 user they will have to use PlayStation Network to login into the game. There is an optional subscription for the single player mode. It allow 3 characters to be created per account with some additional benefits. Free Realms was received positively by every game critic website and magazine round the world. Free Realms scored 8.8/10on IGN and on Eurogamer, it scored 7/10. USA Today stated that “Sony Online Entertainment’s Free Realms is an extraordinary online adventure that is sure to please tweens and teens looking for a fun and free fantasy world. So next time when you are online, login into the game and find out what’s so special about this game.
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