Invizimals is an augmented reality video game. You can say it is not just a game but an innovative use of technology in the world of gaming. Invizimals will be released in PAL regions in the month of November this year. The game is developed by Novarama for the platform of PlayStation Portable. As the game will only launch on PSP Invizimals will be published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. The game is a collectible creature game like Pokemon. It will be bundled with PSP’s Camera attachment on launch. PSP is loaded with a camera and fiduciary marker. Because of the technological approach of the game it received many awards at E3 2009. Some of the awards Invizimals received at E3 2009 are Special Achievement for Technological Excellence, Special Achievement for Innovation, Best New Gameplay Mechanic and runner up in Game of the Show.

Gameplay of Invizimals will have many similarities to the gameplay of Pokemon series. Just like the Pokemon series players will be assigned with a job to capture animals from various species. Once player’s got enough and powerful animals they can battle with these animals against each other using wireless facility of PSP or against an AI. But one difference that makes it completely different from Pokemon series and from any other game is the use of augmented reality. Unlike the Pokemon series players will have to hunt and capture these creatures within the real world, utilizing the concept of augmented reality. Especially for the game a camera is attached for PlayStation Portable and a device used as fiduciary marker is also attached with PSP. Physical Trap is the name coined for the device. Creatures are named simply as Monsters; they can spawn at different time and in different environments like air, water and land. The physical trap is used to capture these monsters. After capturing the monsters players can raise their and level them and teach them new attacks and techniques that can be used in battle. The trap can also be used to view and interact with their monsters. Keeps your finger crossed a wait for the game as soon you will be seen capturing real world monsters in your PlayStation Portable.

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Mario and Sonic two best-known characters in the gaming world, just imagine the fun when they will come along in a game. This opportunity is under the development of Sega the great Japanese game software and hardware company. Sega is developing a game named Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. The game will be published jointly by Sega and Nintendo. Genre for the game is Sports and it is completely dedicated to International Olympic Committee because of an exclusive license of International Sports Multimedia. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games will released in late 2009 on the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS. It will serve as the first official video game of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Basically the game is a collection of events based on the Olympic Winter Games. Two teams in the game will be Sega and Nintendo and you have to compete while posing as one of the team. Designer for the game is Shigeru Miyamoto father of the modern gaming.

Spanish Nintendo magazine Nintendo Acción was the first to mention about the game in January 2009. They reported that the game will be named as Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. IGN and Eurogamer confirmed the game a few weeks later. IGN also announced that the game will be officially announced in the following month. Dennis Kim licensing and merchandising director for the event, stated that Vancouver 2010 and the IOC will share royalties. These statements were made in the moth February and in the same month Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games was announced. A joint press release by Nintendo and Sega on February 12, 2009 saw the release of the game. The game is under development immediately after the winter Olympics games were announced. Releasing month of October was announced at E3 2009.

Gameplay of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games will be same as that of the previous Olympic games. Players will control an on screen character through Olympic events with specific tailored controls for the Wii and DS. Some of the game events in the Wii version can use Balance Board accessory. However it is not compulsory. The game will have all the previous characters and some of the new characters. Two new known characters for the game are Metal Sonic and Donkey Kong. It was announced through Nintendo Channel that the game will have WiiConnect24 capability. Further players can use their Miis in-game. Festival mode is the new feature in the Wii version. It will allow players make their way through entire Olympic games and ceremonies of opening and closing. Multiplayer mode will offer “co-op and competitive gameplay” and for the DS version it will use its wireless capabilities. The DS version however will have “Adventure Tours” allowing players to challenge bosses and accept quests. Wait for October and enjoy the Olympics in your own style.

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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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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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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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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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Left 4 Dead best survival horror game ever, this game is often regarded as the one of the best example of sandbox style of games. The developers for the game Valve Corporation was planning a sequel to Left 4 Dead since the day it was released. Left 4 dead 2 is under the development of Valve Corporation and will be released exactly a year after the release of Left 4 Dead that is on November 17, 2009. It will release on the consoles of Xbox 360 an Microsoft Windows. The game will be distributed by Steam and will use the Source engine. Just like the previous game Left 4 Dead genre of the game will be First person shooter mixed with survival horror settings. Alongwith single player there will be 4-player Cooperative multiplayer and 4-vs-4 multiplayer modes included in the game. Left 4 Dead 2 was revealed for the first time at E3 2009 with a trailer during the press event of Microsoft. Survival horror settings are said to be deeper this time, also the game will have one of the best sandbox style gameplay.

Following the steps of Left 4 Dead, this sequel will be based in the shadows of some kind of apocalyptic plague, that is turning humans into zombie like mutants. This plague is forcing the survivors to make their way through the mass to the extractions points using the safehouses in the way. This time the game starts from Savannah, Georgia and ends up in New Orleans, Louisiana. The four new survivors for the game will be introduced with their backstories through dialogue in the game, just like the previous game. Four new survivors are Rochelle, a reporter of a local cable company, Coach a high school football coach, Nick a gambler and Ellis a mechanic. According to Valve, Left 4 Dead 2 will also explain the cause of the zombies in the first game. Story of the game also connects the two narratives of the Left 4 Dead games.

Left 4 Dead 2 is a First person shooter game like the previous game, some of the scenes are presented in third person or pre-rendered movies. In the main campaign mode of the game four players can play in the co-operative mode of the game. There will be five new campaigns, each featuring different number of chapters. All the non-playing survivors will be controlled by computer. Main objective in each chapter is to reach the safehouse location after struggling through hordes of infected zombies. To reach and secure the extraction point in each campaign will be the final chapter. This whole mode will be controlled by AI Director, Its an artificial intelligence engine that will monitor the players performance and change the challenges for the players as they progress through the game. for survival, players will have to access improved weapons like melee weapons such as an axe, baseball bat, chainsaw and a frying pan. A silenced machine gun is the new entry in the weapon section. Zombies will also have some modifications like there will be some zombies who are immune to fire.

Valve stared working on Left 4 Dead 2 just after the release of Left 4 Dead. In order to save the game to be leaked it was code named as “ Carnation”. Left 4 Dead explore more map then the previous one. The story from Valve is full to include cause and effects of the plague. Initially developers were thinking of a female character from the Department of Motor Vehicles, but that doesn’t worked out in the end. ESRB Forces Valve to change the cover page of the game. Original image showed the pinky and ring finger of the iconic hand torn off in addition to the torn-off thumb. To made ESRB calm down Valve change the figure and fingers were made bent again.

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Metal Gear Solid is coming to the PlayStation Portable. Metal gear Solid achieved great success and won many awards like Best game of the Year, Best Story of the year and Best graphics of the year. Metal Gear Solid series is one of the best selling series on the platform of PS 3 or PlayStation 3. New installment for the series is named Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. It will only release on PlayStation Portable (PSP). Just like all the previous games of the series Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker will be developed and published by Kojima Productions. Release dates are not confirmed and the game will release somewhere in 2010. The game will release only in single player mode. The game is directed by CEO of Kojima Productions himself Hideo Kojima. The game is written by whom before Peace Walker written all the three previous games for the Metal Gear Solid series. He is associated by Hideo Kojima.

At the E3 2009 Sony Press conference, the game was confirmed as a new installment of the Metal Gear Solid series. The game is set in 1974, ten years after the game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater ends and four years later where the game Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops ends. War ground for the game is Costa Rica. Central character for the game in once again Big Boss. Costa Rica is invaded by some unknown military Force. Now there only hope is a mercenary army known as Militaires Sans Frontières. Eventually this is the group, which will give rise to the Outer Heaven. In the official trailer of the game, it was seen that there were multiple snakes, this indicates inclusion of co-operative play. But nothing is announced about the co-operative play. Just like the previous game of the series Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of Patriot, there will be CQC and evacuation system along with the ability to move while crouched. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is highly awaited and anticipated game, as it will be the first game of the series to be released on PSP and also first game since the release of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of Patriot.

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