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 29^th April 2008 on the platforms of PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 worldwide and the Microsoft Windows version was released on 2^nd and 3^rd December 2008.

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.

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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Overlord II is a direct sequel to the 2007 game Overlord. Overlord II will be a third person action-adventure game. The game is developed by Triumph Studios, and will be published by Codemasters, oldest gaming developers of United Kingdom. Overlord II will be released on the platforms of Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Just like Overlord, this game is also written by the famous Computer games scriptwriter Rhianna Pratchett. Release dates are confirmed by the developers are June 23, 2009 for North America and June 26 for Europe. The game will be released under the genre of action adventure, with two confirmed modes of single and multiplayer mode.

The game events follows that of the previous Overlord title. Players will take control of the role of previous overlord’s son who is known as Overlad. He was shown in the end of the Overlord: Raising Hell. Then an infant he has been smuggled to the frozen mountain lands known as Nordberg from a Roman-inspired civilization, which is currently known as ‘Glorious Empire’. This kingdom wants to eliminate all magical creatures. There will be other races in the game like Elves who are environmental activist and are motivated by nature. Gnomes are shown as Thieves in the game. Including these races with such qualities will give the game other elements beside fantasy such as environmental issues, politics and several other real-world problems to be parodied within the game.

Lennart Sas, who is director and Overlord lead at Triumph Studios, stated that Overlord II increases the scope of the original concept massively. Environment of the game is designed to allow more diversity. New locations confirmed for the game so far are “Nordberg” translated from various Germanic languages as North Mountain. Other locations is a Magic Sanctuary Domain and the cities and territories of Glorious empire are cited as new locations. Basic gameplay of the series in which player will control the Overlord and he will issue orders to his minions to do most of his work. This will continue in Overlord II but with greatly expanded limits. Minions will be more dangerous, intelligent and destructible. New AI in the game can do more things than the previous one. He will be able to ‘riding mounts, sailing ships and using war ships’. Controls and visuals are also improved, according to Sas these enhancements are made in order to attract a broader spectrum of audience. To make minions more attached to the players Sas has involved a new feature with that minions can be named. If a minion you are fond of dies, he can be resurrected at a Minion Graveyard. So get ready for the summer and let your minions do a service for you.

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Icarian: Kindred Spirits is an upcoming WiiWare game. Wii is top selling game console but the parameters and the categories of the games released for Wii are limited. To solve the problem Wii is releasing games under as much genres as possible. Ranging from FPS to action-adventure, many games are under development for Wii. Icarian: Kindred Spirits is under development of Spanish developers Over the Top Games. The game id likened to the Kid Icarus series. Icarian: Kindred Spirits will release under the genre of Platform or Adventure. Both single and co-op multiplayer version are considered. Just like all the other Wii games, Wii Remote and Nunchuck will be used as inputs.

With Icarian: Kindred Spirits experience a great story of Nyx. She is an enigmatic winged girl. Her story begins when she descends from heaven in search of her missing friend Icarus. You have to overfly the ruins of ancient Greece, while doing so avoid falling into burning sands or perish in the cruel claws hydras and harpies. In you way to save Icarus, you need help of Zeus and other generous Gods of Olympus. They will provide you their powers to complete your mission. With the help from the gods, you can modify scenery, cast rays and control winds according to your wish.

While flying with Nyx you will experience a new and completely different gameplay. The new game mechanics and gameplay will surely surprise you. All the action of the game takes place in ancient Greece. This place is inhibited with all kind of fantastic creatures and fate of humans is in the hands of kind gods. The gameplay is further seems enhanced through impressive sceneries. However, these surroundings are dangerous for the celestial beings. She needs s help in order to find his friend. Help her in flying and take advantage of the incredible powers granted by Zeus and Eolus. You have to find the gods in order to gain powers from them.

Both Nyx and powers of the gods are controlled by the player motion detection and pointer of the Wii Remote. Nyx’s flight is controlled by using wrist and hand movements. While the powers are cast by pointing at the screen and onto different objects. The co-op multiplayer mode is interesting and different from other games. In the co-op mode, one player will control Nyx directly, while other controls the God’s powers. Developers are promising as

“An exciting epic in which you will be able to rise and fly, cast rays, transform the sceneries, remove obstacles and achieve with Nyx all her might.”

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From the violent world of Street Fighter and Devil May Cry Capcom is bringing a game based in a sweet and non-violent world. Capcom is now expanding their parameters for the gaming world. They don’t want to stick to the genres of Beat-me-up and action, and want to release as much as possible games in various genres. Next step to change the image of violent gamer is to go for Puzzle games. Puzzle game can be considered as games with least violence. Famous puzzle games like Tetris, Chinese Checkers, Solitaire e.t.c. are some of most played games in the world.

One such game is Flock, under development of Proper Games. To be released in the genre of Puzzle video game, Flock will be published by Capcom. Flock will be released for PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade and Microsoft Windows. The Scheduled for the release of the game will start with the release of the Microsoft windows version on April 7, 2009 through Steam and Stardock’s digital distribution service Impulse, Xbox Live Arcade on April 8, 2009 and PlayStation Network on April 9, 2009.

In Flock all you to do is take control of a UFO that has to herd all of the animals in a level of Mothership, solving brutal puzzles and causing mayhem along the way. The task is to make the route as safe as possible for the animals. It sounds easy but it isn’t, all kind of tricks and traps make this harder than it sounds. Flock is set in a world completely made up of stuffed toys. Almost everything is made from a material of some kind, may be Hessian, felt, wool and Whatnot). A Stuffed Quilt is the material terrain. Rocks, trees, fences, and cliffs everything is stuffed and stitched.

The main skill needed for the game is herding animals, which includes cows, sheep, pigs and chickens. You have to herd them into a mothership “The Mother Flocker”. The task is not easy, as you have to face the hazardous environments the animal exist in. Your main obstacles in your way to the mothership are pits of death, hungry predators. You can also use catapults to send the animals flying. There are over fifty-singleplayer levels in single player campaign. The game is spread in many seasons as summer, autumn and winter.

The game also offer you access to same map editor the developers used to make the officials levels. Therefore, players can make their own puzzles. Players will be able to share maps with others through via a persistent map server. You just know there is some shepherd, somewhere scouring the ‘net on a Blackberry or iPhone while wandering the hills with his flock who’s thinking he could totally do this for real.

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Beyond Good & Evil is back this time on the seventh generation consoles. Beyond Good & Evil 2 or BG&E2 is an upcoming game for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It will be the Third game for the Beyond Good & Evil series. It is designed by Michel Ancel creator of the original game and is developed by his team at Ubisoft Montpellier. BG&E2 will be published by gaming giants Ubisoft. First game of the trilogy Beyond Good & Evil was a critical hit, but it was not able to gain commercial success. BG&E2 was not in news for several years until it was revealed at Ubidays 2008 in Louver Paris, France, on May 28, 2008. Just like the first game of the series it will be an action-adventure game. This time there is no news of a Windows version.

According to Michel Ancel he wrote the story of BG&E2 long before the release of the first game of the trilogy. However the game was not released earlier due to the bad sales of the first game, Ubisoft was not interested to invest in the game. First hints for the game was given by Michel Ancel in an interview with Nintendo Power. He stated that he is working on title that means a lot to him. Jade main protagonist of the previous game was said to be continue her personality and values. There were many false rumors about the release of the game until May when Ubisoft announced BG&E2.

The cast is unknown for the game, whether the original cast of the game will continue is also uncertain. Christophe Héral who wrote the original score for the previous game will returns for BG&E2. Ancel had stated that about 10-12 people are working for the title. To make sure the game doesn’t suffers commercial failure like the previous game, BG&E2 is said to be more appealing. According to Yves Gullemot, Ubisoft CEO, they targeted the game for both casual gamers as well as for core gamers, unlike the Beyond Good & Evil part I which was targeted for core gamer only. Nothing is revealed about the game by the developers. But according to Ancel the game will continue the legacy of the first game, there will be lots of emotions in the gameplay, and variety in levels.

Fist time the game was described Ancel in an interview with a French magazine Jeux Video Magazine. He stated that the game was in pre-production state for almost an year before being approved by Ubisoft. A few weeks a later a teaser of the game totally recorded in the game’s engine was shown at Ubidays. The trailer shows a Hovercraft like vehicle resting on the side of a road in a desert. Pey’j one of the supporting character of the previous is sitting beside the vehicle. A woman who resembles Jade is sitting on the trunk in the background.

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Most famous cartoon character is back to the gaming world. Batman: Arkham Asylum famous Marvel Comics is now turned into a game of the same name. Batman: Arkham Asylum is an upcoming game for all the three leading platforms of gaming world Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Microsoft Windows. It will be an action-adventure video game. It is under development of Rocksteady Studios and will be published by industry giants Eidos Interactive in association with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Comics. Opposed to other Batman games which are based on other media sources besides source material, Batman: Arkham Asylum is based on long running comic book mythos. Batman: Arkham Asylum will be released on June 9, 2009.

The gameplay of Batman: Arkham Asylum is similar to The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. The story of the game is provided by Paul Dini, and it looks like to be influenced by twists and turn of famous FPS Bioshock. Gameplay of the game focus much on Batman as a detective. Just like the Resident Evil 5’s over-the-shoulder, third person view, Batman: Arkham Asylum utilize the same gameplay view. There are few hints that there will be an option of controlling certain villains of the game. However the developers are saying this option will be an unlockable element after release of the game. The location was chose Arkham because of the fact that it is got limitations due to the fact that it’s on an island. Arkham will be free to roam for the player and includes an area which will serve as Batman’s Bat cave.

Boss will differ on their fighting styles; some will focus on combat while other will focus on the use of gadgets. The description of the combat can be seen As Batman perched on a high ledge in a wide room as he watches some of the joker’s thug’s rifle through drawers. In the investigation mode Batman is seen using a blue tinted visor that allows batman to see through walls. A combo multiplier at the top of the screen will increase every time Batman fights with an enemy. Once the bar is empty or the combo expires, a colony of bats will swirl around Batman and then contribute to an experience bar on the left side of the screen. There is RPG style tree system allowing players to distribute points where they prefer. Gadgets are revealed only if you collect secret items in the dark rooms. Players need gadgets to survive against the enemies. Many stages need stealth. The developers are calling it as ‘Predatory’ instead of stealth, because stealth reflects weakness. Other interesting feature is creating distraction using bodies and enemies yells. The physics used in the game is realistic and makes combat of the game more realistic. The detective part of the game is like “CSI style” for forensic puzzles because Batman will always have the latest gadgets to carry. Centerpiece of the Batman’s qualities is investigation. The visor can be used to highlight points of interest and scan items into your database.

The game starts when Joker is captured by Batman after his latest plot. He is imprisoned at the Arkham Asylum, due to the recent attack on Gotham prison by joker many other sane convicts have been transferred to Arkham. Joker acting cunningly sets a trap for Batman inside the asylum, using Arkham’s own defense against him. Now Batman has to escape from the trap as well as recapture Joker and reveal his true intentions. Main characters of the game other than Joker and Batman include The Scarecrow, The Riddler, and Commissioner James Gordon.

The story of the game is written by Paul Dini, also the writer of Batman: The Animated Series, and Detective Comics. The character appearance is crafted by Wildstorm. Batman : Arkham Asylum will be an ultimate Batman experience. Voices will give an good impact to the game, voice for the characters are as follows, Kevin Conroy as Batman Mark Hamill as The Joker, and Arleen Sorkin as Harley Quinn in the game. The game will run on Epic Games Unreal Engine 3. It will be based on the 70-year Batman series rather being focused to s single particular adaptation.

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Explore everything, Stop at nothing and the adventure of Lara Croft begins. Tomb Raider series is on of the most successful and more importantly adventures series of the era. Tomb Raider: Underworld or Tomb Raider 8 is the eight games of the series. It was release on 18 November 2008 in North America and on 21 November 2008 in Europe. PlayStation version of the game is set to be released on January 31, 2009. This is the third game in succession to be developed by Crystal Dynamics. After the end of Tomb Raider: Legend, this is where the game continues from.

It is different from other games of the series, more real than the others. Lara’s environment is an “interactive world that reacts and remembers.” For example, footprints left in the mud or mud transferred to Lara’s knee will be washed away by rain, the bodies will remain where she killed them and destruction caused by her will remain permanent. It will not only give player for the effect they are having on the world, but to give them navigational aids. Dynamic lights also feature in the game with carefully created light maps. Best thing of the game is a weather system that changes the environment. Like if, the environment is wet and Lara is negotiating wet ledge chances of her slip are more.

A new melee system is also included in the game giving Lara an option of direct fight to keep herself from her attacker. Lara can now split her guns and fire at two different targets simultaneously. The grappling hook I back. Hind icons are eliminated from this version. From the top officials of the game it was stated, “You’ll be able make Lara to do anything you want.” It is left to the own intuition of the players to decide what Lara Croft will be able to do and what she can’t? Time slow down are included instead of the adrenaline moments of the previous games.

Story of Tomb Raider: Underworld continues just after Tomb Raider: Legend ends. Lara is in her mansion when she is attacked by Zip, because he and Winston are attacked by a woman same as Lara Croft. However, it was later solved that the one who attacked them both was not Lara but was Lara’s doppelganger, created by Natala. She has to discover the belt, gauntlet and Wraith Stone in order to stop Natala who wants to take the history back in seventh century by triggering apocalyptic levels of volcanic activity through volcanic activity throughout the world. She was eventually killed and Lara saves the day.

Just like the other games of the franchise Tomb Raider: Underworld received wonderful reception. Both the factors are working on its reception game its quality of content and difference from previous Lara Croft games. Most of the gaming websites gave Tomb Raider: Underworld an average score of 8.5, where as average score from most of the magazines was eight.

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If you want to free your brain from worries and you want to throw, your frustration out you should try GRAND THEFT AUTO series. GTA games are legend in the gaming world; every body knows and mostly likes the name GTA. First game of this series was launched in the year 1997, under the banner of gaming giants Rockstars. Originally, the game was titled as “race n chase”. Dave Jones created the game. The game featured fictional cities as liberty city, san andreas and vice city. It also allowed players to listen to their favorite music from their own audio CDs.

The gameplay consist of a mixture of action, adventure, and occasional role playing, stealth and racing elements. It also gained controversy for its adult and violent themes. The series focuses around many different protagonists who attempt to rise through the criminal underworld, although their motives for doing so vary in each game. The assailant in each game is commonly a character who has betrayed them or their organization or someone who has most impact on their progress. Until date, it has nine stand-alone games. Many film veterans like Peter Fonda, Danny Dyer, Burt Reynolds, James Woods, and many more have voiced for major characters in many installments in the series. Grand theft auto term used all of the games of the series refers to motor vehicle theft. As of the march 2008, the franchise has sold over 70 million copies worldwide. Taking it to sixth on the list of all time most sold gaming franchises.

What was so special about GTA that make it so popular? The games allowed people to play as a criminal in big city, mostly as an individual who rises the ranks of organized crimes over the course of the game. Various missions are set for completion by major figure of the underworld. Mainly missions are assassinations, drug dealings and other criminal activities. As alternate adventures taxi driving, firefighting, street racing, pimping or learning to fly an airplane are involved, which can be done any time of the game, with the exception of the period’s performing main mission. It was proved its main advantage.

Leaving the first two titles, most of the time the player is given a strong storyline, in which they are forced to over come the event where they are betrayed and left for dead or experience an unfortunate event. It serves as a motivation for the character to advance in the criminal world, and eventually leads to the triumph and ending the storyline.

GTA belongs to the genre of sandbox games, which include free roaming video games. It grants independence to the player in deciding what to do and how to do it through mans of transport and weapons. What was GTA‘s advantage over other action games with linear gameplay was that a player can determine the mission to undertake and their relationships with various characters are changed based on these choices. Cities of the games can be roamed freely at any time any point of the game. It also offers access to many buildings and mansions with minor missions. Though it got some exceptions as many missions follow a linear plan and some city areas are only unlocked on advancement of the game.

GTA games proved massive hit and  along with that they also lead to many  controversies too. Biggest of them are violence and nudity in the game. Due to these elements many cases were registered against GTA fans committing crime after inspiring from GTA games.  Crimes also includes killing people even policemen.

Even after these contraversies there was no competitor of GTA in this genre of game. GTA’s success has resulted in Guinness world records awarding the series 10 world records in the Guinness world records: Gamer’s edition of 2008.  GTA IV is now hold the records of highest sales for any media release in first 24 hors. Sales of GTA IV for the first week reads about $ 500 USD. In less than year it has sold around 11 million copies. So waht are you waiting for get your hands on latest GTA installment and live the world of your imagination without rules, drive your favorite vehicle and buy your favorite house.

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