Assassin's Creed III in WW2, Female Lead? In an interview with Xbox World 360, Assassin's Creed II producer Sebastien Puel says they've "had discussions" about placing a female in the starring role of the next Assassin's Creed, and setting the game during World War II (via CVG). The team behind the time-traveling assassin expressed that though a lead female character would be interesting, that the setting is always their preferred inspirational jumping-off point when designing a new game. "We don't want to just decide we want to change and have a female hero as the first inspiration is always the time period," Puel says, "but if you're talking about, say, World War II the economies in England and France were run by women because the men were off fighting." In addition to dropping hints on the setting and possible sex of the lead, the interview also plucks some info on Ubisoft's plans for AC's future. Creative director Patrice Fortier points out that though the series was originally planned to be a trilogy, "what's so great about Assassin's Creed is that we can just expand and expand." Patrice painfully elaborates: "I mean, we could do 35 of these." (Err, please don't.) Assassin's Creed II is available in the States on November 17th, and the 20th in Europe. The PC version is expected in the first quarter of 2010. More : pc.gamespy.com | Continue Reading.. List of DirectX 11 Games AMD confirms DirectX 11 games: Battleforge, Stalker: Call of Pripyat, Dirt 2 and Alien vs. Predator.AMD offers some insight on DirectX 11 powered games in a current blog on their website. According to AMD, Battleforge, Stalker: Call of Pripyat and Dirt 2 will feature DX11 so that their Radeon 5000 series will have serious advantages this year. During the launch of Ati Eyefinity, AMD also talked about games that will come out in the next months powered by DirectX 11. There were a lot of rumours surrounding the DX11 games list, and until now just Dirt 2 was a serious contended. Now AMD lifted the curtain for: • Battleforge (EA) - around September/October 2009 • Stalker: Call of Pripyat (GSC) - November 2009 • Dirt 2 (Codemasters) - December 2009 Also, it's rather obvious that the fourth game in the DX11 series will be Alien vs. Predator (beginning of 2010) as the Rebellion developers make an appearance in a DX11 video from AMD. So why does AMD now talk about DX11 games? Here's the reason from AMD itself: Now, if you are a gamer you undoubtedly will be asking me "What games are going to support DirectX 11″? This is always a tightrope to walk for us as we are unable to pre-announce our technology partners titles and the specs around those titles; still, we want to give the consumer confidence that we've been assured there will be substantial titles in the market that take full advantage of your ATI Radeon DirectX 11-compliant graphics card. Source : pcgameshardware.com | Continue Reading.. China Puts Online Games That Glorify Mafia on Its Hit List Whether it is religion, environmentalism or nonprofit charities, the Chinese government has always been wary of any organized activity it cannot directly control. Now there is an addition to the list: simulated organized crime. On Monday, the Ministry of Culture issued a notice banning online games that feature Mafioso kingpins, marauding street gangs or any sort of hooliganism predisposed to organization. The decree, which promises “severe punishment” for violators but fails to specify the penalties, also prohibits Web sites from including links to Internet games that glorify organized crime. Such games, the ministry said, “embody antisocial behavior like killing, beating, looting and raping,” and their availability “gravely threatens and distorts the social order and moral standards, easily putting young people under harmful influence.” By Tuesday, a number of popular games, including “Godfather,” “Gangster” and “Mafioso Hitman,” had been excised from the ether, although scores of other violence-laden games were still available. The ruling is not entirely surprising, given the government’s war against Internet pornography and other sites that can be construed as “socially disruptive.” This year more than a thousand Web sites have been shut down for “vulgar” content, although some critics complain that academic or public service sites that deal with sexually transmitted diseases have also been swept up in the juggernaut. More : nytimes.com | Continue Reading.. E3: Final Fantasy XIV Online Announced for the PlayStation 3 and PC Online games are among the most profitable genres of videogames on the market as they can squeeze profit from their loyal fans by using a big number of ways, from subscription fees to unique content or items. That is why when Square Enix revealed a few years ago Final Fantasy XI Online, the first MMO take on a Final Fantasy game from the company, it became extremely popular. Recently, the Japanese company, in order to heal Sony's wounds after revealing that Final Fantasy XIII would be coming to both its PS3 and its archrival the Xbox 360, revealed Final Fantasy XIV Online. But even though it will be console exclusive for the PlayStation 3, the online game will also appear on the PC, in order to bank in on the massive number of MMO players using that platform for their online gaming needs. Set in the magical realm of Eorzea, Final Fantasy XIV promises to take players on a truly spectacular journey, some adventures and quests in order to transform them into heroes. Sadly, no concrete information about gameplay, story or other such things has been offered but the game has already been pegged for a worldwide release in 2010, and it will come with language support for Japanese, English, French and German players, guaranteeing a large fan base. Out of the staff that is working on the game we find the producer of Final Fantasy XI Hiromichi Tanaka, as well as the director of the same title, Nobuaki Komoto. The art of the game will be handled by Final Fantasy XII Art director Akihiko Yoshida. Overall, Final Fantasy XIV seems to be a very interesting take on the online JRPG genre, one which, if we take into account the large popularity that its MMO predecessor FF XI has been enjoying, will go on to be a best seller. As quoted from : softpedia.com | Continue Reading.. Need for Speed Shift ScreenshotsEight Need For Speed: Shift Screenshots Know much about Need for Speed: Shift? Neither do we! EA's released eight new screenshots from the game that we can gaze longingly at, though. Unlike many previous NFS games that emphasized street racing and arcade-style driving, Need For Speed: Shift is a realistic, simulation racer. It's being developed by GT Legends creators Slightly Mad Studios. It's set for a Fall 2009 release for PS3, Xbox 360, PC, and PSP. Shift is one of several different NFS titles currently in development. Also in the works is the arcade-style Need for Speed: Nitro, free-to-play Need for Speed: World Online, and an unannounced project.      Added Wed 4th Mar 2009   Added Mon 2nd Feb 2009 source: videogamer.com | Continue Reading.. The New Internet Games in Windows 7If you’re running the Windows 7 Beta and hadn’t already noticed, we are introducing 3 new Windows Games for Windows 7. Tired of Minesweeper? Definitely give these games a try and join the thousands of other players online who are playing too. I’m actually quite addicted to Internet Checkers. Internet Backgammon:  Internet Checkers:  Internet Spades:  These games were well liked in Windows XP. Due to the amount of requests we received, we are bringing them back! The new versions of these games have been completely redesigned and improved over their old-school predecessors. With each game, you can:
And as I mentioned in my post about Games Explorer, you can track statistics for games played as well. Source : windowsteamblog.com | Continue Reading.. GTA Chinatown Wars Hands OnLast Wednesday we had a few hours to kill before our flights took off, so on Tuesday night Rockstar invited us to stop by the office the next day. Due to the number of us there, we split into two groups. Adam, Jev, Psy, and Chris went first since their flights were earlier and morning here is like afternoon in UK time. G-WizZ, Kodo, Zidane and I got to sleep in late (and lounge in the hotel lobby scaring tourists), then around lunch time we piled into a cab and headed over to the office. Having only seen the place from the outside during our last visit, it was great to finally make it past security and the legendary zombie-proof door. Had we just been there to hang out, this would have been cool enough by itself. But, no, the Rockstar guys had something even better in mind..  Mmmmm, polygons.After arriving and chatting for a bit outside, the UK group went out for lunch while us Americans were led into Rockstar's inner sanctum, and up to a conference room decorated with framed prints of various San Andreas artwork. It was there that we saw the giant Nintendo DS Rockstar built from a dev-kit. Upon which we were given a demo of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. Previously I had only seen a handful of screens, so going in I was pretty much expecting a classic "2.5D" game with a blocky map and a lot of fancy sprite work to simulate 3D. Being a big fan of the old school GTAs, this would have been more than good enough for me. Once again, however, Rockstar had something better in mind; namely wowing us with a fully 3D game. Obviously the tiny DS can't render every little pothole/doorknob/finger/etc.. in 3D like GTA IV, but all the buildings, cars, peds, on down to street rubbish and signs, are made of polygons. Naturally, the peds and cars are somewhat simple since they're so small, but on a triangle for triangle basis, the level of detail in the map is roughly comparable to GTA III. Given the size of the screen and the limitations of the hardware, this is truly impressive. On top of just being detailed, the map is huge. While they've tweaked and moved things around a bit so the scale would better match the action, the map is essentially the same Liberty City (minus Alderney) found in GTA IV. As such, the world should feel instantly familiar to anyone who has played IV, yet totally fresh at the same time, thanks in part to the slick cartoon shader. Oh, yea, and everything casts real-time shadows which move as the time of day changes.  Classic chaos.But enough about the technical artsy stuff, how does it play? Well, after picking up our jaws off the floor following the demo on the giant DS, we all gathered around the table in the conference room to try it out for ourselves. More : gtanet.com | Continue Reading.. World of Warcraft census tops 11.5 millionIt has been more than four years since Blizzard Entertainment's massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft launched, but the blockbuster's user base continues to swell. Today Blizzard provided the latest update to the World of Warcraft's population, boasting a subscriber pool more than 11.5 million people strong. World of Warcraft just reached the 11-million mark roughly two months ago. As for what could have spurred the extra growth, an obvious culprit is the November launch of the game's second expansion pack, Wrath of the Lich King. After selling 2.8 million copies in its first day on shelves, the expansion finished its first month with more than 4 million copies sold, according to Blizzard. The developer cites both of those figures as records for a PC game, records that were previously held by the first World of Warcraft expansion, The Burning Crusade. As Blizzard uses a variety of payment plans in different countries, the publisher defines "subscriber" thusly: "World of Warcraft subscribers include individuals who have paid a subscription fee or have an active prepaid card to play World of Warcraft, as well as those who have purchased the game and are within their free month of access. Internet Game Room players who have accessed the game over the last 30 days are also counted as subscribers. The above definition excludes all players under free promotional subscriptions, expired or cancelled subscriptions, and expired prepaid cards. Subscribers in licensees' territories are defined along the same rules." World of Warcraft subscribers hail from a number of countries and regions, including North America, Europe, China, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Chile, Argentina, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. Most recently, WOW was launched in Russia and Latin America. Source : gamespot.com | Continue Reading.. iPhone Game: Namco Releases i Love Katamari Rolling Game for iPhone and iPod touchNamco Networks has announced the worldwide availability of i Love Katamari for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch devices. The game is available now for $7.99 through Apple's App Store. More info about this iPhone game: In i Love Katamari, the King of All Cosmos has accidentally knocked all the stars out of the sky during a crazy night out. It is up to the pint-sized Prince to put the twinkle back in the heavens. Players are challenged to roll the katamari ball over various objects in each stage. As more and more objects are rolled up, the katamari will increase in size, making it possible to roll-up larger and larger objects.  Based on the console hit Katamari Damacy, which has enjoyed a strong cult-following worldwide for its creative and addictive gameplay, i Love Katamari features levels that take place in five different environments (the Takeda Residence, a backyard, a park, a town and an island). It also features a range of fun-filled modes, such as "Story Mode" (find and roll-up the King's requested object), "Time Attack Mode" (roll up as much as possible in a limited time), "Exact Size Challenge Mode" (match exactly a requested katamari size), and "Eternal Mode" (roll at your own pace without any time or size limit).Players tilt the phone right, left, front, and back to roll the katamari with precision, taking full advantage of the iPhone/iPod Touch’s accelerometer. While tilt control is the main control method, the game does include some swipe control features. For example, just tap the katamari to stop rolling or touch the 180 turn icon to turn 180 degrees. Players will also enjoy control options familiar from Katamari Damacy like "Parallel shift", "Prince turn” and “Prince dash." Source : mobiletechreview.com | Continue Reading.. Microsoft Knew About Xbox 360 Disc Scratching Before LaunchMicrosoft is currently facing several lawsuits claiming that Xbox 360's DVD drive causes damage and scratches to inserted discs when moved. The company's position got weaker today as court documents revealed that it already knew about the problem well before the console's launch. "When we first discovered the problem in September or October (2005), when we got a first report of disc movement, we knew this is what's causing the problem," Microsoft program manager Hiroo Umeno told the court. Xbox 360 was released a month or 2 later, in November 2008. Microsoft's testing revealed that when the console is tilted, discs inside become "unchucked" and collide with the drive's pickup unit, causing damage and scratches. Microsoft's engineers considered three solutions. The first solution was decreasing the drive's reading speed, but it was refused because it would increase game loading time. The second solution was also dismissed because it interfered with the drive's opening and closing mechanism. The third solution, installing small bumpers, was technically alright, but it was too expensive. It would have cost between $35 million and $75 million, and thus it was refused. Instead, Microsoft opted to adding the following section the product's manual: "Remove discs before moving the console or tilting it between the horizontal and vertical positions." Another warning was also affixed to the Xbox 360's disc drive later. Microsoft also initiated an Xbox 360 disc replacement program that sends out new discs to customers if their discs are damaged for any reason. The program only applies to Microsoft titles and costs $20 per disc. An internal Microsoft email, quoted in court, revealed that Microsoft's employee considered those actions to be insufficient. Source : megagames.com | Continue Reading.. Time magazine's Top 10 Video Games of 2008: GTA4, LBP, GoW2, etc.With 2008 drawing to a close, it's that time of the year when publications roll out their very own "Top of 2008" lists. Their "Top 10 Video Games of 2008" list is online, and these are the winners:
Nevertheless, it's nice to see a PS3-exclusive (LBP) up there though, as well as a 360-exclusive (GoW2) title too. If you remember, GoW also made it to their 2006 Top 10 list. Other big titles like MGS4, Fable 2, or Brawl aren't though. And speaking of Brawl, there's not a single Wii-exclusive in the list, despite the domination of Wii titles on the charts for the past few months. And then there are the handhelds. Or the lack in representation thereof. There aren't any titles for the DS or PSP, unless you count Spore's DS spinoff and the multiplatform Force Unleashed. Which doesn't mean the handheld market is barred from the list. Fieldrunners for the iPhone is in it. Uh-oh, are critics' claims proven true? Source : wii.qj.net | Continue Reading.. Assassin's Creed 2 set during French Revolution? What we heard: One of the highlights of Assassin's Creed was its medieval setting. After starting with a futuristic flourish, the well-reviewed and wildly popular platformer transported players to the Holy Land in the 12th century.As the hooded killer Altair, players leaped from rooftops in Jerusalem, strolled through souks in Damascus, and slit throats in Acre.  All of Assassin's Creed's locations were re-created via detailed graphics based on an all-new engine crafted at Ubisoft Montreal. Thanks to the aforementioned sci-fi twist, the game's recently revealed sequel could be set in virtually any time period, opening near-limitless possibilities for an all-new locale. But while such places as ancient China and feudal Japan would seem likely suspects for Assassin's Creed 2's setting, a dark horse candidate appears to have merged. While taping an upcoming episode of Gametrailers' show Bonus Round, Giant Bomb co-founder (and ex-GameSpot editor) Ryan Davis chatted with fellow guest and analyst par excellence Michael Pachter. During the course of the show, the Wedbush Morgan game-industry soothsayer said that Assassin's Creed would be set "several hundred years" after the original game "sometime in the 1700s." Not content with a timeframe, Pachter went on to "speculate that the French Revolution could be a potential setting." Said revolt, which began in 1789 with the storming of the Parisian fort-cum-prison the Bastille, was amongst the bloodiest changes of government in history. During the subsequent Great Terror, led by proto-Stalinist strongman Maximilien Robespierre, thousands of nobles and political opponents were sent to the guillotine en masse. Eventually, the ranks of the beheaded included Robespierre himself, who got the chop in 1794.  The official story: When asked to elaborate, Pachter politely declined to comment. Ubisoft had not responded to requests for comment as of press time. Bogus or not bogus?: Too little to go on. With so much bloodletting and urban chaos, the French Revolution would be an interesting setting for Assassin's Creed 2. The subject is also close to Ubisoft's collective heart, given that the cash-flush francophonic publisher is itself based in Paris. That said, keep in mind that even by Davis' account, Pachter was "speculating" about a "potential setting." Also, the breeches-and-powdered-wig era would likely be much less appealing to 21set century gamers than the original's medieval environs. Source : gamespot.com Technorati Tags: Assasin's Creed,Game | Continue Reading.. Momentum for Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 Grows with Major Game Titles, Next-Generation 3D Game Engines, and Windows® 7 APIToday, Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 graphics leader AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced expanded support for DirectX 10.1 from a number of developers, demonstrating growing momentum for the most advanced Microsoft graphics API Layer to date. GSC Game World released a DirectX 10.1 patch for their newest game title, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky, bringing with it frame rate improvements of up to 10 percent while at the same time enhancing the visual experience of the game1. On the heels of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky announcement, game engine developer Unigine Corp. announced the availability of Tropics, a downloadable demonstration of its Unigine game engine that showcases the ability to deliver photorealistic virtual environments utilizing the power of DirectX 10.1. Lastly, Microsoft announced at the Professional Developers Conference the use of the DirectX 10.1 API in the Windows® 7 Windows Desktop Manager. In S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky, benchmarks of DirectX 10.1 performance versus DirectX 10 have demonstrated frame rate improvements of as much as 10 percent, while delivering an improved visual experience. "With S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, we set a very high standard for visual realism, and our efforts were rewarded with over two million copies sold,” said GSC Game World CEO Sergiy Grygorovych. "By using DirectX 10.1, we once again raise the bar with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky, delivering to fans of the first person shooter genre an exhilarating exploration of a post-apocalyptic world.” Unigine Corp., developers of Unigine cross-platform middleware for virtual 3D worlds, rolled out a DirectX 10.1 implementation in their recently announced Tropics demonstration. Using the Unigine 3D engine, Tropics delivers a stunning virtual island paradise. By drawing upon DirectX 10.1, Unigine has been able to take a step closer to their goal of delivering photo realistic virtual worlds. "The new Tropics Demo 1.1, based on the latest Unigine technologies, pushes visual realism to new heights,” said Denis Shergin, CEO, Unigine Corp. "Our recent collaboration with the AMD team means that we’ve been able to quickly and easily add some of the killer features of DirectX 10.1 to enhance performance and raise image quality. That’s given us our first-ever chance to get perfect anti-aliasing on foliage, something that has been on our wish list for a long time. It has been a huge pleasure to see AMD’s ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 series arrive this year, as the entire line showcases the benefits of our new DirectX 10.1 technology." Adding further momentum to DirectX 10.1, Microsoft used their Professional Developers Conference to announce the use of the DirectX 10.1 API in the Windows Desktop Manager of their next operating system, Windows 7. "Game developers are realizing that supporting DirectX 10.1 is an investment in their future,” said Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager, Graphics Products Group, AMD. "Microsoft has announced that the forthcoming DirectX 11 API in Windows 7 will be a superset of DirectX 10.1, making it a stepping stone in preparing for Windows 7.” For more information about ATI Radeon graphics, please visit http://ati.amd.com/products/home-office.html. Source : newsticker.welt.de | Continue Reading.. RPS Demands: 10 Things All PC Games Should DoLess a manifesto, and more a notverymanlyfesto, as this is very much a tech-centric list. If you want thoughtful game theory, you’ve got the wrong nitpicker. The PC is the best gaming platform in the world - but it could be better still. While it’s great that the PC doesn’t have to suffer quite the same degree of standardisation as its locked-down console brethren, we have nevertheless fallen into certain patterns of how we game. There are things we take for granted and thus expect, like WASD controls in FPSes and patches for bad bugs. There are others still we should be able to take for granted, but can’t because the same damn-fool oversights happen again and again. Even outside of the more obvious annoyances like referring to Xbox controls or including ridiculously draconian DRM (which are both more a question of money than of thoughtlessness), a ton of stuff that any gamer could have told the developer was a glaring screw-up keeps on turning up in otherwise great games. Here are just 10 of the worst offenders, 10 things that every single modern PC game should get right and has no excuse not to. Please do suggest others in comments below.  1. Alt-tab support. Perhaps the single greatest, but so often neglected, Must-have there is. Just having rudimentary task-switching support in there isn’t enough (hello-o Valve games) - it needs to be fairly quickly and smooth, and included in the original release of the game, not in a patch down the line. This should be as big a priority as graphics or sound. Don’t care if it’s a massive pain to code in. Don’t care if you have to re-start the entire game from scratch to put it in. Alt-tab is absolutely integral to the way we all use our PCs. Half of us essentially live at our computers - we need to be able to task-switch to an IM window or an inbox or even another game in moments, not be locked into one program. Frankly - if your game doesn’t alt-tab, it’s not really a PC game. Possibly deserving an entry of its own, but in the name of keeping this list to 10 I’ll include it here - all PC games should be able to play in a window. I’ve missed social events because someone’s instant messaged me about going to the pub, but not bothered to phone or text when I don’t get back to them right away because I’m off in a game. One day, the girl of my dreams will magically message me, and by the time I’ve exited the game she’ll have got bored of waiting and declared her love for my arch-nemesis (I don’t actually have an arch-nemesis, but I’m working on it). Then I will hunt down and kill the developer of whichever unwindowable game I was playing at the time. They will appreciate why. Window play is also necessary for 2D games whose resolutions can’t be changed - 800×600 pixels of pretty hand-drawn art look like roadkill in toontown when they’re stretched over a 1680×1050 panel.  2. Use standardised install and savegame folders Everything goes in Program Files by default, please (and, just as importantly, there needs to be an option to install anywhere the player would rather). Don’t have your game install itself into the root of C:\ or an obscure sub-folder, and when you do put it in Program Files don’t stick it inside [Publisher name]\[Developer name] - just stick a folder directly in there under the game’s name. Gamers want to be able to find their game files easily, not have to Google for everyone involved in its creation just so they can work out what folder it’s in. This is doubly true of savegames. We need to be able to back those suckers up in case of disaster or a Windows reinstall. Know where STALKER hides its savegames in Vista? C:\Users\all users\documents\stalker-shoc, that’s where. Here’s where games whose developers aren’t crazy stick their saves on my PC - C:\Users\Alec\Documents\My Games. In other words, the standard My Games folder inside (My) Documents, a two-click, standard process to reach. To find STALKER’s saves, I have to dig through five separate sub-folders, in something I’d never otherwise look at. Who are these mythical ‘All Users’? They’re not me, that’s who. Even our beloved World of Goo fails at this. The game goes into Program Files\World of Goo. The savegame - and the savegame alone - goes into C:\ProgramData\2DBoy\WorldOfGoo. ProgramData? Worse, that’s actually a hidden folder by default. Gah! 3. Automatically set themselves to your desktop screen resolution Don’t default to something horrid and archaic like 640×480. The vast majority of PC gamers use flatpanel monitors, and games running at anything other than their native resolution tend to look horrible. Save us the hassle of changing the setting ourselves, but most of all save the less tech-savvy from having to work out what a resolution even is in the first place, or just putting up with a blurry screen because they’ve no idea how to fix it. Clearly, still allow the resolution to be easily changed to whatever the gamer wants, however: the game needs to support every res the monitor does.  4. Support widescreen resolutions. Widescreen isn’t the future - it’s the present. Just look at the consoles for proof of that, or at the top hits for ‘monitor’ on Amazon. And expecting us to edit an ini file or type in command lines doesn’t count as widescreen support. 5. Uninstall in seconds. Don’t have it laboriously check every single damn file before it has the grace to remove ‘em - just wipe the folder, pull the main hooks out of the registry and be done with it. I uninstalled the FIFA 09 demo today, and it all but locked up my PC for ten minutes while it did its ridiculous, disc-churning thing. Then I uninstalled the King’s Bounty: The Legend demo, and it was gone in the blink of an eye. That’s the way to do it. When I want someone to leave my house, I just want them gone - I don’t want them hanging around on the doorstep making tedious chit-chat for half an hour. Tied into this is installing neatly in the first place to ensure removal is simple - the game should all end up in one place, not explode tiny bits of itself all over the hard drive.  6. Don’t require the CD/DVD in the drive to play. Again, we’re talking about a PC, a device with hundreds of gigabytes of storage. A game needing to look at a plastic disc entirely external to the game install folder whenever it runs is openly ludicrous. I know it’s for copy protection’s sake (and even so is of debatable effectiveness in this day and age), but the annoyance to legit customers surely outweighs a few extra lost sales before the inevitable no CD crack turns up anyway. Requiring PC gamers to scrabble through a vast pile of discs just to play the game they’ve already installed is contrary to the nature of the platform, and lures people towards less than legal solutions that may ultimately push them further towards piracy. And you wouldn’t want that, would you publishers? Continue here : rockpapershotgun.com | Continue Reading.. The Force Unleashed Demo Sets New RecordAll the Star Wars fans that also own an Xbox 360 can congratulate themselves for a job well done. Be it through an organized effort or actions driven by their unconscious, they have managed to make the demo for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed the most downloaded one on the console. The demo has more than 1 million downloads on Xbox Live in less than eight days since launch, beating the previous record, held by Too Human from Silicon Knights, which needed nine days to reach the same number of downloads. The PlayStation Network version of the game demo did not do too bad either. The two versions combined have more than 2.3 million downloads, which means that at least that many people are genuinely interested in what the game has to offer. The Force Unleashed promises to put the players in the role of one Sith apprentice, whose lord is Darth Vader. The mission of the apprentice is to find and kill a variety of Jedi and Republic characters while developing ever greater Dark Side Force powers. There should be a twist in there somewhere, as the ending of the game seems to pit you against your Dark master. The demo was pretty fun when I played it, with Imperial stormtroopers flying around and doors blown open via the awesome power of a Force push. The game looks good and handles well, although the camera is a bit unresponsive. The only big drawback for me was the final fight, which pits you against a chicken walker that needs to be taken out via quick time event. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will be available in North America on September 16 for the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2, the PlayStation Portable, the Nintendo Wii and the DS. Asia will have to wait one day to get the game while European players will be able to get it on September 19. source : news.softpedia.com | Continue Reading.. Konami reveals new details on PES 2009; confirmed October 17 release With Fall settling in, you can expect the usual bumper crop harvest of annual sports sims to come our way. One of these titles include Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 2009, which has been confirmed to be released this October 17 on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and the PC.As expected, the game will once again make use of a fully-licensed UEFA Champions League mode. In addition, the publishers have also signed up with several Premier League club - Liverpool and Manchester United - giving PES 2009 the distinction as the official video game of the England national team, with Wembley featured as one of the new playable grounds. PES team leader Jon Murphy made comparisons with their biggest rival from EA, the FIFA franchise. He was quoted having said that "they still have a long way to go before they can match the intuitive and absorbing gameplay of Pro Evolution Soccer". He also added that, aside from the newly licensed clubs, PES 2009 will have several other additions which should place it above similar games of its type. These include improved AI, new control methods, a graphical overhaul, and key online enhancements. The cover of this year's game will feature FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi. Other releases of PES 2009 for the PS2 and PSP will follow shortly after the console and PC versions, while a Wii title will also be due out next Spring. source : pc.qj.net | Continue Reading.. GTA IV named best-selling game in the world The NPD Group released its first global list of best-selling games on Thursday with Grand Theft Auto IV taking the top spot. According to worldwide data compiled from the top three video game bean-counters, NPD (United States), Chart-Track (UK), and Enterbrain (Japan), these are the best-selling games so far this year: 1. Grand Theft Auto IV (6,293,000 copies sold) 2. Super Smash Brothers Brawl (5,433,000) 3. Mario Kart Wii (4,697,000) 4. Wii Fit (3,604,000) 5. Guitar Hero III (3,475,000) It should be noted that outside of GTA IV, Nintendo Wii accounted for the second, third, and fourth best-selling games, in addition to being the lead-selling system for Guitar Hero III which holds the fifth spot. The "Top Global Markets Report" is based on software point of sale data from the three biggest video game markets in the world. It arrives as the often inaccurate estimate site, VG Chartz, has gained considerable attention over the last year for attempting to compile worldwide video game sales. source : gamepro.com | Continue Reading.. Microsoft details DirectX 11: shader model 5, hardware tessellation, multithreaded computingTaking a step forward, Microsoft planned to not only improve in hardware rendering with the recently announced DirectX 11 API, but also expand the way software engineers could get their programs to work efficiently on modern computer hardware. Upon reflection of the special feature by Kevin Gee of Microsoft (by way of Gamasutra's XNA portal), Microsoft plans to dive into the mechanics of multiple core and multithreaded computing by way of lower level hardware support. Communicating with the computer hardware at the "down-level," DirectX 11 is expected to serve as the Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) of the next Windows, just as DirectX 10 was to Windows Vista. But unlike DX10, DX11 introduces a "no break" in-between the current generation API, in the same manner that DirectX10 introduced a discontinuity from DirectX 9. As announced before, DirectX 11 will be backward compatible with DirectX 10 hardware and supporting operating systems. This would mean that Windows Vista and DirectX 10.1 hardware will be able to handle DirectX 11, though Gee confirms that the next generation application programming interface will release by the time the next Windows operating system ships to shelves as well. In DX11, programmers will be able to streamline engineering of software for multi-core and multi-CPU computers. This is because Microsoft plans to not only implement rendering contexts (processing scheduling) and deferred contexts, but also asynchronous API calls. This asynchronous system extends to communications and transactions between a multi-core CPU and a GPU, or a multi-core CPU and a multiple-GPU card, which either option would heed the instructions as listed by the primary immediate context and the added deferred contexts. In addition to that, DX11 takes the idea of general purpose GPU processing and mixes in cross-hardware support. Regardless of graphics chip manufacturer, all modern GPUs with shader processors can be used for helping in processing applications. But for graphics powerusers and game developers, perhaps the most interesting feature that DirectX 11 has planned for implementation is the inclusion of hardware tessellation. Microsoft's engineers introduced three hardware stages for the rendering pipeline that will allow high power GPUs to perform tessellation over hardware: the hull shader, the tessellator, and domain shader. With DX11 also comes new texture compression methods BC6 and BC7. Microsoft boasts that these two compression formats are the best they can offer for the ratio of high-quality over performance. Block compression 6 (BC6) compresses high dynamic ranging (HDR) data at a ratio of 6:1, given hardware support for decompression. BC7 offers 3:1 compression ratios for 8-bit low dynamic range (LDR) data. DirectX 11 also introduces Shader Model 5 for High Level Shader Language (HLSL), providing a better way graphics programmers will be able to implement shader programs. It also adds double-precision support, which allows programmers to tackle shader specialization with polymorphism, objects, and interfaces. Source : pc.qj.net | Continue Reading.. Far Cry 2 PC SPECS REVEALED!We know you’ve been waiting for this, and we’ve finally pinned down the minimum requirements and recommended hardware for playing Far Cry 2 on your PC. Here you go! Minimum requirements CPU: Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz, Pentium D 2.66 Ghz, AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or better RAM: 1 GB Video card: NVidia 6800 or ATI X1650 or better Shader Model 3 required 256 Mb of graphic memory Media reader: DVD-ROM Hard drive space: ~12 Gig or HD space. (tbd) Recommended CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo Family, AMD 64 X2 5200+, AMD Phenom or better RAM: 2 GB Video card: NVidia 8600 GTS or better, ATI X1900 or better 512 Mb of graphic memory Sound: 5.1 sound card recommended Supported Video cards: NVidia 6800, NVidia 7000 series, 8000 series, 9000 series, 200 series. 8800M and 8700M supported for laptops. ATI X1650 – 1950 series , HD2000 series , HD3000 series , HD4000 series . Source : blog.ubi.com | Continue Reading.. Thailand bans Grand Theft Auto IVCopies of Grand Theft Auto IV have been pulled in Thailand after a teenager confessed to murdering a taxi driver.The 18-year-old high school student is accused of stabbing the cab driver to death by trying to copy a scene from the game. The biggest video game publisher in the south-east Asian country, New Era Interactive Media, has told retailers to stop selling GTA IV. It is due to be replaced by another video game title. Death penalty Thai newspapers say the teenager, whose name has been withheld, was arrested while trying to steer a cab backwards out of a Bangkok street with the driver still in the back seat. Police claim the 18-year-old confessed to stealing the taxi and said he killed the 54-year-old driver after he fought back. The teenager could face the death penalty if he is found guilty. Bangkok police Captain Veerarit Pipatanasak said: "He wanted to find out if it was as easy in real life to rob a taxi as it was in the game. Ladda Thangsupachai, director of the ministry's Cultural Surveillance Centre, said: "This time-bomb has already exploded and the situation could get worse. Today it is a cab driver, but tomorrow it could be a video game shop owner." Read more : news.bbc.co.uk Technorati Tags: games,grand theft auto | Continue Reading.. - Cheat PS DownHill DominationUntuk Dapat Me-NgeCheat Kalian Harus Membuka Cheatnya Terlebih Dahalu Dengan Menekan Tombol: Atas, Segitiga, Bawah, X, Kiri, O, Kanan, Kotak
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| $250,000, full health and armor (also repairs cars if you are in one) | R1, R2, L1 , X, Left , Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aggressive Drivers | RIGHT, R2, UP, UP, R2, CIRCLE, SQUARE, R2, L1, RIGHT, DOWN, L1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aggressive Traffic | R2, Circle, R1, L2, Left R1, L1, R2, L2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Cars Nos | LEFT, TRIANGLE, R1, L1, UP, SQUARE, TRIANGLE, DOWN, CIRCLE, L2, L1, L1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Pedestrians Are Elvis | L1, Circle, Triangle, L1, L1, Square, L2, Up, Down, Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| all taxis get nitro + jump up when you press L3 | up,x,triangle,x,triangle,x,square,R2,right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Traffic is Junk Cars | L2, RIGHT, L1, UP, X, L1, L2, R2, R1, L1, L1, L1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Traffic Lights Stay Green | Right, R1, Up, L2, L2, Left, R1, L1, R1, R1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All Vehicles Invisible (Except Motorcycles) | Triangle, L1, Triangle, R2, Square, L1, L1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| always midnight (time stuck at 00:00) | SQUARE, L1, R1, RIGHT, X, UP, L1, LEFT, LEFT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| andrenaline mode | x,x,square,r1,l1,x,down,left,x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Any vehicle you punch this in, can blow up anything like a tank. | L1, L2, L2, Up, Down, Down, Up, R1, R2, R2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attracts Prostitutes with Sex Toys/Gimp Suit | SQUARE, RIGHT, SQUARE, SQUARE, L2, X, TRIANGLE, X, TRIANGLE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Black Traffic | Circle, L2, Up, R1, Left, X, R1, L1, Left, Circle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Calls the nearest ped to get in your car or get on your bike. Only gives a confirmation message if you're in a vehicle and there's a ped nearby. | X, Square, Down, X, Square, Up, R1, R1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cars Float Away When Hit | Square, R2, Down, Down, Left, Down, Left, Left, L2, X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cars Fly | square, down, L2, up, L1, circle, up, x, left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cars on Water | Right, R2, Circle, R1, L2, Square, R1, R2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chaos mode | L2, RIGHT, L1, TRIANGLE, RIGHT, RIGHT, R1, L1, RIGHT, L1, L1, L1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Civilians are fast food workers & clowns, CJ is a clown, cars are pizza scooter, BF Injection, HotKnife, Tug, Quad, etc. | Triangle, Triangle, L1, Square, Square, Circle, Square, Down, Circle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commit Suicide | Right, L2, Down, R1, Left, Left, R1, L1, L2, L1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Destroy Cars | R2, L2, R1, L1, L2, R2, Square, Triangle, Circle, Triangle, L2, L1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Everyone bikini babes, all cars beach cars, Cj in shorts and flipflops. | Up, Up, Down, Down, Square, Circle, L1, R1, Triangle, Down. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faster Clock | Circle, Circle, L1, Square, L1, Square, Square, Square, L1, Triangle, O, Triangle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faster Gameplay | Triangle, Up, Right, Down, L2, L1, Square | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Flying Boats | R2, Circle, Up, L1, Right, R1, Right, Up, Square, Triangle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fog | R2, X, L1, L1, L2, L2, L2, X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full Weapon Aiming Whilst Driving | up, up, square, L2, right, x, R1, down, R2, circle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gang members spawn much faster | Left, Right, Right, Right, Left, X, Down, Up, Square, Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gives you an automatic six star wanted level | Circle, Right, Circle, Right, Left, Square, X Down | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hitman In all weapon | DOWN, SQUARE, X, LEFT, R1, R2, LEFT, DOWN, DOWN, L1, L1, L1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Improve Suspension | square,square,R2,left,up,square,R2,X,X,X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Increase car speed | up, L1, R1, up, right, up, x, L2, x, L1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inf Ammo | L1, R1, SQUARE, R1, LEFT, R2, R1, LEFT, SQUARE, DOWN, L1, L1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Infinite health, still hurt from explosions, drowning, and falling. | Down, X, Right, Left, Right, R1, Right, Down, Up, Triangle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Infinite Lung Capacity | Down, Left, L1, Down, Down, R2, Down, L2, Down | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Insane Handling | Triangle, R1, R1, Left, R1, L1, R2, L1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jetpack | Left, Right, L1, L2, R1, R2, Up, Down, Left, Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jump 10 times higher | Up, Up, Triangle, Triangle, Up, Up, Left, Right, Square, R2, R2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jump 100 feet in air on bike | Triangle, Square, Circle, Circle, Square, Circle, Circle, L1, L2, L2, R1, R2. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locks wanted level at however many stars you have. They will NEVER increase or decrease, not even with bribes/cheats. Still get attacked in impound. | CIRCLE, RIGHT, CIRCLE, RIGHT, LEFT, SQUARE, TRIANGLE, UP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lower Wanted Level | R1, R1, Circle, R2, Up, Down, Up, Down, Up, Down | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Max All Vehicle stats (Driving, Flying Bike, Cycling) | SQUARE, L2, X, R1, L2, L2, LEFT, R1, RIGHT, L1, L1, L1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Max Fat | Triangle, Up ,Up, Left, Right, Square, Circle, Down | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Max Muscle | triangle,up,up,left,right,square,circle,left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Max Respect | L1, R1, TRIANGLE, DOWN, R2, X, L1, UP, L2, L2, L1, L1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Max Sex appeal | CIRCLE, TRIANGLE, TRIANGLE, UP, CIRCLE, R1, L2, UP, TRIANGLE, L1, L1, L1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morning | R2, X, L1, L1, L2, L2, L2, Square | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Never become hungry | SQUARE, L2, R1, TRIANGLE, UP, SQUARE, L2, UP, X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Night | R2, X, L1, L1, L2, L2, L2, Triangle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No citizens or cops, only gang members having gun fights | L2, Up, R1, R1, Left, R1, R1, R2, Right, Down | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No Peds, Hardly any traffic, Parked cars still spawn | X, Down, Up, R2, Down, Triangle, L1, Triangle, Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Noon | R2, X, L1, L1, L2, L2, L2, Down | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Orange Sky | Left, Left, L2, R1, Right, Square, Square, L1, L2, X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overcast | R2, X, L1, L1, L2, L2, L2, Square | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pedestrian Attack (cannot be turned off) | Down, Up, Up, Up, X, R2, R1, L2, L2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pedestrian Riot (cannot be turned off) | Down, Left, Up, Left, X, R2, R1, L2, L1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pedestrians have weapons | R2, R1, X, Triangle, X, Triangle, Up, Down | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peds Attack (Guns) | X, L1, UP, SQUARE, DOWN, X, L2, TRIANGLE, DOWN, R1, L1, L1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peds become asian dudes with Katana's. Mostly black cars and motorcycles patrol the streets. | X X Down R2 L2 O R1 O Square | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pink Traffic | Circle, L1, Down, L2, Left, X, R1, L1, Right, Circle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prostitutes pay you instead of you paying them | Right, L2, L2, Down, L2, Up, Up, L2, R2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Raise Wanted Level | R1, R1, Circle, R2, Right, Left, Right, Left, Right, Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recruit Anyone (9mm) | DOWN, SQUARE, UP, R2, R2, UP, RIGHT, RIGHT, UP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recruits Anyone (w/Rockets) | R2, R2, R2, X, L2, L1, R2, L1, DOWN, X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sand Storm | Up, Down, L1, L1, L2, L2, L1, L2, R1, R2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skinny | Triangle, Up ,Up, Left, Right, Square, Circle, Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Slower Gameplay | Triangle, Up, Right, Down, Square, R2, R1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spawn a Monster | Right, Up, R1, R1, R1, Down, Triangle, Triangle, X, Circle, L1, L1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| spawn a parachute | Left, Right, L1, L2, R1, R2, R2, Up, Down, Right, L1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spawn A Rhino | Circle, Circle, L1, Circle, Circle, Circle, L1, L2, R1, Triangle, Circle, Triangle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spawn a Stretch | R2, Up, L2, Left, Left, R1, L1, Circle, Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spawn Bloodring Banger | Down, R1, Circle, L2, L2, X, R1, L1, Left, Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spawn Caddy | Circle, L1, Up, R1, L2, X, R1, L1, Circle, X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| spawn dozer | R2, L1, L1, RIGHT, RIGHT, UP, UP, X, L1, LEFT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spawn Faster Cars | Right, R1, Up, L2, L2, Left, R1, L1, R1, R1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spawn Hotring Racer #1 | R1, circle, R2, Right, L1, L2, X (2), Square, R1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spawn Hotring Racer #2 | R2, L1, Circle, Right, L1, R1, Right, Up, circle, R2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spawn Hunter | CIRCLE, X, L1, CIRCLE, CIRCLE, L1, CIRCLE, R1, R2, L2, L1, L1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spawn Rancher | Up, Right, Right, L1, Right, Up, Square, L2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spawn Tanker | R1, UP, LEFT, RIGHT, R2, UP, RIGHT, SQUARE, RIGHT, L2, L1, L1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spawns Hydra | Triangle, Triangle, Square, Circle, X, L1, L1, Down, Up | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spawns Quadbike | Left, Left, Down, Down, Up, Up, Square, Circle, Triangle, R1, R2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spawns Vortex | Triangle, Triangle, Square, Circle, X, L1, L2, Down, Down | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Storm | R2, X, L1, L1, L2, L2, L2, Circle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stuntplane | Circle, Up, L1, L2, Down, R1, L1, L1, Left, Left, X, Triangle. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Super Punch | Up, Left, X, Triangle, R1, Circle, Circle, Circle, L2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traffic is Country Vehicles | TRIANGLE, LEFT, SQUARE, R2, UP, L2, DOWN, L1, X, L1, L1, L1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turns All Vehicles Into Country Vehicles | L1 L1 R1 R1 L2 L1 R2 Down Left Up | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unlock Romero | Down, R2, Down, R1, L2, Left, R1, L1, Left, Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unlock Trashmaster | Circle, R1, Circle, R1, Left, Left, R1, L1, Circle, Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapons 1 | R1, R2, L1, R2, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapons 2 | R1, R2, L1, R2, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Down, Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapons 3 | R1, R2, L1, R2, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left , Down, Down, Down | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weather Cloudy | L2, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, SQUARE, LEFT, R2, SQUARE, X, R1, L1, L1 |
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