Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD, Wolf Of Battelfield: Commando 3, Bionic Commando Rearmed... Son títulos de Capcom que se publican en Playstation Network e Xbox Live a un precio que no supera los 10 euros y permiten a los jugadores revivir los grandes clásicos con un lavado de cara para justificar su compra.

El usuario core de este producto es el Remix Gamer. Se trata de un perfil al que no le interesa adquirir el videojuego original, pero añora la jugabilidad de antaño. Se le convence con nuevas opciones y, sobretodo, una mejora a nivel técnico sin que suponga un ruptura con el concepto clásico.

Entiendo que es un mercado a explotar por este tipo de usuarios y por la promoción que supone para la compañía. Recordemos que casi todo los títulos citados anteriormente saldrán al mercado como antesala de una nueva entrega de la saga.

Nell'anticipazione di un'intervista da parte di Gamasutra.com ad Aaron Greenberg, il product manager di Xbox 360 svela quello che pensa riguardo ai casual gamer e Wii.

Alla domanda sulle iniziative di Microsoft per attirare i giocatori casuali e se questi possano coesistere con gli hardcore gamer sulla stessa console, Greenberg risponde: "Assolutamente sì. Io penso che c'è una distinzione nel tipo di consumatore che acquista il Wii. Quando ci pensate, c'è una certa differenza tra essere la console numero uno per i giocatori di nove anni , ed essere la console che offre la maggiore esperienza per chi va dai 13 ai 33 anni", sostiene Greenberg, evidenziando la situazione del mercato.  "Noi non vediamo Wii come un diretto concorrente, siamo complementari alla console Nintendo. E' chiaro che in questa generazione siamo testa a testa con PlayStation 3 e credo che Xbox e Wii contribuiranno alla crescita del mercato. Mercato che sta generando ricavi record negli Stati Uniti e nel resto del mondo, e Wii fa sicuramente parte di tutto questo. Se Wii fa crescere la torta ne beneficiamo anche noi, perchè alla fine i clienti Nintendo vorranno passare a Xbox 360".

Sulla questione della potenza dell'hardware Wii e sul fatto che se le vendite proseguiranno su questa strada, Nintendo non sentira l'esigenza di un eventuale Wii 2, Greenberg spiega: "Si dice che alla lunga la novità finisce, giusto? Penso che la gente che oggi compra quella console è composta da persone che non hanno acquistato videogiochi in passato, giusto? Ma poi non comprano i giochi, vero? Lo comprano per un fatto di moda e forse la cosa è divertente, però sono come le persone che comprano il Karaoke, lo sapete? Non lo comprano per i giochi, lo comprano perchè è una novità".

Se la tesi di Aaron Greenberg è corretta, la console di casa Microsoft potrebbe essere destinata a dominare il mercato videoludico di nuova generazione. Ovviamente, solo il tempo potrà confermare le previsioni del responsabile di Microsoft...

FONTE: gamestar.it

Criterion ha posticipato di quattro giorni il rilascio dell'aggiornamento "Cagney" per Burnout Paradise su Xbox 360. Sembrerebbe che ci siano alcuni problemi di autenticazione, mentre l'unica spiegazione data sul blog degli sviluppatori è che Microsoft ha l'aggiornamento e lo rilascerà il 14 di Luglio.

La versione per PlayStation 3 invece non ha riscontrato questo problema e sarà lanciata come da programma Giovedì 10. Tuttavia, il Game Calendar degli eventi non verrà annunciato finché entrambe le versioni di
Cagney non saranno disponibili. I dettagli sul primo evento arriveranno probabilmente il prossimo weekend.

Cagney è il terzo significativo aggiornamento per il gioco Burnout Paradise e offrirà tre nuove modalità: Road Rage, dove quattro giocatori dovranno correre passando da dei checkpoint mentre altri quattro dovranno impedirlo; Stunt Run, dove il giocatore dovrà compiere acrobazie per guadagnare punti; e Market Man, dove tutti i giocatori dovranno fermare un giocatore designato prima che completi la corsa. Oltre a questo saranno introdotte 70 nuove sfide FreeBurn, un Hunter Olympus e una macchina segreta, nuove carrozzerie, soundtrack personalizzabile su PS3 e numerosi fix per i bug.

FONTE: bitcity.it

-John

Eu, particularmente, espero que pelo menos as coincidências sejam verdadeiras. Apesar de ter coisas como Journey, Kansas e Alanis Morrissette, jogar músicas matadoras como One Way or Another, American Woman na versão original, Pinball Wizard (apesar de eu preferir a versão do Elton John), Spoonman (Rusty Cage como DLC, por favor!) e Psycho Killer não tem preço.

Coincidências:
Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know
Alice in Chains - Man in the Box
Allman Brothers - Ramblin' Man
Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl
Billy Idol - White Wedding
Blondie - One Way or Another
Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue
Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer
Cheap Trick - Hello There
Donnas - New Kid in School
Dream Theater - Panic Attack
Duran Duran - Hungry Like the Wolf
Elvis Costello - Pump it Up
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Go-Go's - We Got the Beat
Grateful Dead - Alabama Getaway
Guess Who - American Woman
Interpol - PDA
Jane's Addiction - Mountain Song
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Joan Jett - Bad Reputation
Journey - Anyway You Want It
Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
Linkin Park - One Step Closer
Lit - My Own Worst Enemy
Lush - De-Luxe
Megadeth - Peace Sells
Modest Mouse - Float On
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Nirvana - Drain You
Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky
Offspring - Come Out & Play
Paramore - That's What You Get
Presidents of the USA - Lump
Rage Against the Machine - Testify
Ratt - Round & Round
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give it Away
Rush - The Trees
Smashing Pumpkins - Today
Social Distortion - I Was Wrong
Soundgarden - Spoonman
Squeeze - Cool for Cats
Steely Dan - Bodhitsattva
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
System of a Down - Chop Suey
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
Tenacious D - Master Exploder
Testament - Souls of Black
Who - Pinball Wizard

Resto da lista 1:
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
AFI - Girl's Gone Grey
Avenged Sevenfold - Almost Easy
Bad Company - Shooting Star
Beastie Boys - So Whatcha Want
Beck - E-Pro
Devo - Uncontrollable Urge
Dinosaur Jr. - Feel the Pain
Disturbed - Down with the Sickness
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Guns N' Roses - Shackler's Revenge
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
Judas Priest - Painkiller
L7 - Pretend We're Dead
Lacuna Coil - Our Truth
Mastodon - Colony of Birchmen
Metallica - Battery
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Where'd You Go
Muffs, The - Kids in America
Panic at the Disco - Nine in the Afternoon
Pearl Jam - Alive
Replacements, The - Alex Chilton
Rise Against - Give it All
Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye
Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
Steve Miller Band - Rock'n Me

Bonus songs (all Harmonix bands)
Abnormality - Visions
Anarchy Club - Get Clean
Bang Camaro - Night Lies
Breaking Wheel - Shoulder to the Plow
Libyans - Neighborhood
Main Drag - A Jagged Georgeous Winter
Speck - Conventional Lover
Sterns - Supreme Girl
That Handsome Devil - Rob the Prez-O-Dent

Resto da lista 2:
Against Me - Stop!
Bad Religion - Suffer
Blink 182 - Dammit
Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia
Devo - ?
Free - Alright Now
George Thorogood - Bad to the Bone
Hot Hot Heat - Bandages
Static-X - Push It

Fonte: Joystiq

Ya salió a la venta Battlefield: Bad Company, este first person shooter que parece ser una experiencia obligatoria por el humor que maneja, pero mientras tanto les dejo este wallpaper para que adornen su escritorio.

Haz click sobre la imágen y descarga el tamaño más adecuado.

Saludos!

Como vi que habia poco informacion sobre este juego decidi hablar un poco de él. Les recuerdo que este juego sale aproximadamente el 27 de octubre.

Se venderá de tres maneras distintas: El juego completo con baterías, guitarra y micrófono costará US$190 dólares, el juego con solo la guitarra costará US$99, y el juego sin nada será de US$59 para el PS3 y X360, y US$49 para el PS2 y el Wii.

Aquí van algunas imagenes.

Fuente: www.eliax.com

Devil May Cry 4 (PC)
Lançamento nos EUA: Julho 8, 2008

Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution (X360, PS3, DS)
Lançamento nos EUA: Julho 8, 2008

Unreal Tournament 3 (X360)
Lançamento nos EUA: Julho 7, 2008

Beijing 2008 - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games (X360, PS3)
Lançamento nos EUA: Julho 8, 2008

Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon (WII)
Lançamento nos EUA: Julho 8, 2008

Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice (PC)
Lançamento nos EUA: Julho 7, 2008

Ghost Online (PC)
Lançamento nos EUA: Julho 8, 2008

Sports Party (WII)
Lançamento nos EUA: Julho 11, 2008

Wonder World Amusement Park (WII)
Lançamento nos EUA: Julho 8, 2008

Mês de Julho vai ser tranquilo. Muitos poucos lançamentos. Mês de E3 é sempre assim. XD

We FINALLY got the Wii after a long time waiting and have been rocking out with Guitar hero and now Rock Band BUT the guitars ARE NOT compatible!
Here is a nice compatibility chart and more info:

Tis the season for shredding plastic guitar controllers in a virtual environment for screaming, adoring virtual fans - do you know if your plastic axe can rock with your game? Through playtests and corroboration via other sources, we have combined three handy charts (one for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and now Wii) to let you know what guitar controllers work with what games.
So the PS3 and Wii guitars just don't play nicely together - they're punk rockers like that. The compatibility of each guitar and game can be updated later through software, but there's no guarantee either Rock Band developer Harmonix or Guitar Hero 3 developer Neversoft will put forth the effort.

(Get the Whole list HERE)

There's been a lot of activity on the music rhythm game front this week mostly leaks and with the announcement of Rock Band 2 there has been some major stuff to report. Fear not readers I have not forgotten the weekly Rock Band update and this week's is REALLY cool. Finally Rock Band owners will be able to play some more Red Hot Chili Peppers. I know Dani California is in the game but this week we're getting two new tracks to add to the collection. Alongside these tracks we're also getting two tracks from Rush, which to me is less exciting but could still be cool.

• Red Hot Chili Peppers - 'Snow (Hey Oh)'
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - 'Tell Me Baby'
• Rush - 'Closer To The Heart'
• Rush - 'Working Man' (Vault Edition) - alternate-take master

All track's are masters and  will be $1.99 (160 MS Points) each. They'll be available on the PS Store (Thursday, July 10th) and the Xbox Live Marketplace (Tuesday, July 8th)

In another edition of the news slowly but surely spilling out about Rock Band 2, we have good news and bad news. First the bad: the game will not allow players to record their own songs to play in the game, according to Joystiq, which is surprising considering its rival, Guitar Hero, will include such a feature. (Dont be too upset though-- we expect a gr8 list of downloadable content). And the good: Rock Band 2 will be available for the Wii and PS2-- the latter incompatible with Guitar Hero 4-- later in the year, as said by a co-founder of the game in an interview with CNN.

Much more info is to be released in the coming weeks (the E3 Video Games conference is approaching- and we will keep you updated on it) but has this swayed your video game decision or not? Tell us below.

If you don't know Nate Ahern (how could you not) he's part of IGN's 'Xbox Team and a frequent contributor (?) to IGN's 'Three Red Lights' Podcast, obviously about the Xbox 360 and Microsoft stuff. As many readers will know I am a PlayStation only guy but I do have to keep up with gaming news even if it is Microsoft stuff plus that podcast is pretty funny. I went a bit off topic there but that's my rather short and crappy introduction to Nate Ahern.

Anyway, a Kotaku reader had transcribed an interview of Nate's from 'IGN Insider' where he was talking about Rock Band 2 and he may have announced something kinda cool. Here's the transcription:

"Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour create an interesting situation for gamers. If you bought Rock Band 1 then chances are you'll feel cheated by the release of RB2, thus you'd think that GHWT would be the way to go as it somewhat redefines the music gaming genre. However, if you didn't buy the first Rock Band then I would absolutely agree with notagoth. Immediately upon purchasing Rock Band 2 you'll have the ability to download a huge library of songs, as well as all of the songs off of the original disc as a free download. Then again, Guitar Hero World Tour does allow users to create and share their own songs, so it's really only a matter of time until the Rock Band library is eclipsed. At the end of the day it could come down to which series has earned your allegiance over the last year since RB's original release."

Now if you read closely Nate says that "...you'll have the ability to download a huge library of songs as well as all of the songs off of the original Rock Band disc as a free download". How this'll work I have no idea and maybe the guy just slipped up but if it is it's pretty cool. It means that, as long as this feature does not require a disc, I can download this stuff and then trade in my copy of Rock Band 1.

I hope this is true because changing discs to play one song would be a huge pain in the arse so here's hoping Nate's slip up is true.

More leaks from music games but this time it's pretty cool. Now maybe this is normal with the upcoming releases of Rock Band and Guitar Hero games (I followed very little music game stuff before I got Rock Band) but it does seem like a lot of rumor and speculation is floating around but anyway here goes.

A commenter on 8bitfix had said that they had gotten hold of a leaked track list for Rock Band 2 it does have a lot of cool stuff but there is two supposedly 'leaked' lists both with similar tracks but there is some conflict. It could also be that some of this is going to be DLC for either Rock Band or it's sequel.

So here's the 1st list:

1 AC/DC Let There Be Rock
2 AFI Girl's Gone Grey
3 Alanis Morissette You Oughta Know
4 Alice in Chains Man in the Box
5 Allman Brothers Ramblin' Man
6 Avenged Sevenfold Almost Easy
7 Bad Company Shooting Star
8 Beastie Boys So Whatcha Want
9 Beck E-Pro
10 Bikini Kill Rebel Girl
11 Billy Idol White Wedding Pt I
12 Blondie One Way or Another
13 Bob Dylan Tangled Up in Blue
14 Bon Jovi Livin' on a Prayer
15 Cheap Trick Hello There
16 Devo Uncontrollable Urge
17 Dinosaur Jr Feel the Pain
18 Disturbed Down with the Sickness
19 Donnas, The New Kid in School
20 Dream Theater Panic Attack
21 Duran Duran Hungry Like the Wolf
22 Elvis Costello Pump it Up
23 Fleetwood Mac Go Your Own Way
24 Foo Fighters Everlong
25 Go-Go's, The We Got the Beat
26 Grateful Dead, The Alabama Getaway
27 Guess Who, The American Woman
28 Guns N' Roses Shackler's Revenge
29 Interpol PDA
30 Jane's Addiction Mountain Song
31 Jethro Tull Aqualung
32 Jimmy Eat World The Middle
33 Joan Jett Bad Reputation
34 Journey Anyway You Want It
35 Judas Priest Painkiller
36 Kansas Carry On Wayward Son
37 L7 Pretend We're Dead
38 Lacuna Coil Our Truth
39 Linkin Park One Step Closer
40 Lit My Own Worst Enemy
41 Lush De-Luxe
42 Mastodon Colony of Birchmen
43 Megadeth Peace Sells
44 Metallica Battery
45 Mighty Mighty Bosstones Where'd You Go
46 Modest Mouse Float On
47 Motorhead Ace of Spades
48 Muffs, The Kids in America
49 Nirvana Drain You
50 Norman Greenbaum Spirit in the Sky
51 Offspring, The Come Out & Play (Keep 'em Seperated)
52 Panic at the Disco Nine in the Afternoon
53 Paramore That's What You Get
54 Pearl Jam Alive
55 Presidents of the USA Lump
56 Rage Against the Machine Testify
57 Ratt Round & Round
58 Red Hot Chili Peppers Give it Away
59 Replacements, The Alex Chilton
60 Rise Against Give it All
61 Rush The Trees
62 Silversun Pickups Lazy Eye
63 Smashing Pumpkins Today
64 Social Distortion I Was Wrong
65 Sonic Youth Teenage Riot
66 Soundgarden Spoonman
67 Squeeze Cool for Cats
68 Steely Dan Bodhitsattva
69 Steve Miller Band Rock'n Me
70 Survivor Eye of the Tiger
71 System of a Down Chop Suey
72 Talking Heads Psycho Killer
73 Tenacious D Master Exploder
74 Testament Souls of Black
75 Who, The Pinball Wizard
BONUS SONGS (all HMX bands)
76 Abnormality Visions
77 Anarchy Club Get Clean
78 Bang Camaro Night Lies
79 Breaking Wheel Shoulder to the Plow
80 Libyans, The Neighborhood
81 Main Drag, The A Jagged Georgeous Winter.
82 Speck Conventional Lover
83 Sterns, The Supreme Girl
84 That Handsome Devil Rob the Prez-O-Dent

There is some very cool stuff on that list loving that Billy Idol is in there as well as some AC/DC and Tennacious D but obviously this could be a fake. This next 'leak' comes from 'Loading Reality' who, like I said have some similar songs in their list but there are some differences.

1 Tangled Up in Blue (Bob Dylan)
2 Bad to the Bone (George Thorogood)
3 We've Got the Beat (Go-Gos)
4 Bad Reputation (Joan Jett)
5 Pinball Wizard (The Who)
6 Dammit (Blink 182)
7 That's What You Get (Paramore)
8 The Trees (Rush)
9 Ace of Spades (Motorhead)
10 Chop Suey (System of a Down)
11 Testify (Rage Against the Machine)
12 Spirit In the Sky (Norman Greenbaum)
13 Ramblin' Man (Allman Brothers)
14 Rebel Girl (Bikini Kill)
15 Eye of the Tiger (Survivor)
16 Panic Attack (Dream Theater)
17 Everlong (Foo Fighters)
18 One Step Closer (Linkin' Park)
19 Lump (Presidents of the USA)
20 Come Out and Play (Offspring)
21 Drain You (Nirvana)
22 Carry On Wayward Son (Kansas)
23 Peace Sells (Megadeath)
24 Souls of Black (Testament)
25 Livin' On a Prayer (Bon Jovi)
26 Round and Round (Ratt)
27 New Kid In School (The Donnas)
28 Alright Now (Free)
29 Today (Smashing Pumpkins)
30 Man In the Box (Alice In Chains)
31 Any Way You Want It (Journey)
32 Holiday In Cambodia (Dead Kennedys)
33 Give It Away (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
34 White Wedding (Billy Idol)
35 Hello There (Cheap Trick)
36 Cool for Cats (Squeeze)
37 Psycho Killer (Talking Heads)
38 ? (Devo)
39 One Way or Another (Blondie)
40 De-luxe (Lush) [dare to dream, shoegaze in Rock Band!]
41 Push It (Static-X)
42 Pump It Up (Elvis Costello)
43 Master Exploder (Tenacious D)
44 Bandages (Hot Hot Heat)
45 PDA (Interpol)
46 My Own Worst Enemy (Lit)
47 Float On (Modest Mouse)
48 Aqualung (Jethro Tull)
49 Spoonman (Soundgarden)
50 Bodhisattva (Steely Dan)
51 Suffer (Bad Religion)
52 I Was Wrong (Social Distortion)
53 American Woman (The Guess Who)
56 You Oughta Know (Alanis Morrissette)
57 Mountain Song (Jane's Addiction)
58 Stop! (Against Me)
59 Hungry Like the Wolf (Duran Duran)
60 Alabama Getaway (Grateful Dead)

The songs on this list are really cool too especially 'Pinball Wizard' by The Who, which was rumored DLC for Rock Band and 'Bad To The Bone' by George Thorogood which is one of my all time favorite songs. The guitar riff is amazing!

That was a pretty big leak and i'm loving tracks from both lists so i'm hoping for some crossover. God I can't wait for this game.

Midway presentó nuevas imágenes de su próximo juego de peleas, Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, y podemos reconocer a emblemáticos personajes como Sub-Zero y Reptile, o a la famosa "Gatúbela", entre otros.

Este juego de peleas que combinará a estos dos mundos (videojuegos y cómics) saldrá a la venta este año para PlayStation 3 y Xbox 360.

Fuente: Gamekyo

Nintendo has been really quiet as to what we can expect for the rest of the year as far as their big titles go. Hopefully they have something big planned for E3, whether it's a new Legend of Zelda or something brand new (I hope so) because aside from a few big titles that we've seen from them, that have already been released, there hasn't been the greatest library of high tier titles on the Wii. I would hope they have some quality titles coming from some third parties as well as first party. As we've already seen, The Conduit is shaping up nicely and the team over at High Voltage seems to be taking advantage of online play as well as developing a strong first person shooter for the platform. Now we can only wait to see what else third parties are doing. I can't really share anything more for Nintendo because I really have no idea what to expect.

Microsoft is definitely the last of the three that I would ever worry about delivering on games considering their track record thus far in the current generation. One thing, however, that I really disliked about last year's conference was that they focused a lot on multiplatform games and seemingly less on their exclusives if my memory serves me right. For me, it's really the big exclusive titles that make a console special to me, granted I do buy a few multiplatform games here and there. I just hope they really kick it up a notch and have some real big surprises in store for us this year. We already know about a few of their games that we can expect to ship this year and that will most likely show at E3. Some games such as Halo Wars and even Fable 2 are seemingly less likely to make it out the door in 2008. All I know is that we can definitely expect some unique titles from Microsoft this year provided the 'Newton' motion controller rumors are true.

The following are some of the titles I am hyped for/expecting to show:

• Gears of War 2 - Bigger, better, and more badass as Cliff Bleszinski of Epic Games describes it, is most likely the biggest game Microsoft has in store for us in 2008 and as a follow up to one of 2006's greatest games, with a greatly improved campaign and a more in-depth polished multiplayer experience this one is definitely on my 'Must Buy' list.
• Halo Wars - I've given the Halo franchise a fair amount of flack over the years, regardless of how much I secretly do love the games (Oops, the secret is out). After 'Finishing the Fight' in Halo 3 I felt underwhelmed. The Halo universe is something I'd love to continue exploring and Halo Wars gives me this opportunity except with a 'strategic' twist. I haven't gotten into a good RTS game in a long time and it's about time I do with Halo Wars.
• Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts - Banjo & his feathered friend Kazooie have earned a place in my heart since their first outing on the Nintendo 64. Now the third iteration of the franchise is set to release on the Xbox 360 this year. Even though I'm really skeptical about the vehicle focused gameplay, I'm still willing to give Banjo a shot even if it turns out to be something completely different than what I would expect from these two seemingly odd partners.
• Fable 2 - As I've stated above, Fable 2 seems as if it won't even make it this year. The first Fable was okay but nothing more. Peter Molyneux has been known for making bold promises and not delivering on them, yet even with his reputation some of the grand promises he has made for Fable 2 have got me excited. Let's just hope Lionhead Studios can back his strong words.

Other Noteworthy Games:

Tales of Vesperia, Infinite Undiscovery, Alan Wake

Overall, I'm expecting all three companies to deliver great titles this year and get us salivating at what's to come. I will give my comments/impressions of each conference as soon as they come to a close. Stay tuned for more.

Ya hay nuevas imagenes de esta combinacion bizarra para mi, para ver el resto de las imagenes en la via.

Via Joystiq

Komplexe und rundenbasierte Strategiespiele a la Civilization sind
normalerweise eher auf dem heimischen PC zu finden. Begründen kann man dies vor allem dadurch, dass sich Strategiespiele besser mit einer Maus und Tastatur spielen lassen. Die Entwicklerlegende Sid Meier wollte aber endlich mal das Gegenteil beweisen und bringt nun Civilization Revolution, einen konsolenexklusvien Strategiekracher, auf den Markt. Laut eigener Aussage handelt es sich bei diesem Titel sogar um den besten Civilization Teil den er je gemacht hat. Ob man seiner Aussage allerdings glauben schenken darf, zeigt die folgende Review.

Das Spielprinzip von Civilization Revolution ist zwar simple, aber dafür extrem suchtgefährdend. Ziel ist es das eigene Volk zur mächtigsten Weltmacht zu machen. Hierbei stehen dem Spieler 16 verschiedene Völker zur Auswahl. Unter anderem stehen die Germanen, die Ägypter, die Chinese und sogar die Japaner zur Verfügung. Natürlich braucht das Volk aber auch einen passenden Führer und so wird jedes Land von einer historischen Person zum Sieg geführt. Alexander der Große leitet zum Beispiel die Griechen, während die Inder von Gandhi angeführt werden. Insgesamt werden vier verschiedene Zeitepochen gespielt. Die Antike, das Mittelalter, das Industriezeitalter und zum Schluss die Moderne. Das Gameplay erinnert an Brettspiele wie zum Beispiel Risiko. Rundenbasiert müssen Einheiten bewegt, Gebäude erbaut und Technologien erforscht werden. Es gibt vier Wege den Sieg zu erlangen, nämlich den Herrschaftssieg (sämtliche gegnerischen Völker besiegen), den Kultursieg (z.B. 20 Weltwunder erbauen), den Wirtschaftssieg (20.000 Gold erwirtschaften) und zu guter letzt den Technologiesieg (als erstes Volk ein Raumschiff bauen). Vor allem bei dem Technologiesieg fällt einem recht schnell auf, dass hier im Vergleich zu den PC-Teilen deutlich Abstriche gemacht worden sind. Die Spielwelten sind kleiner, es stehen weniger Gebäude und Einheiten zur Auswahl und überhaupt wurde vieles vereinfacht. Sid Meier wollte das Spiel für Konsolenbesitzer zugänglicher und einsteigerfreundlicher machen. Dies ist ihm zwar voll und ganz gelungen, aber gerade Civilization Veteranen dürften dadurch etwas unterfordert sein. Trotz allem spielt und steuert sich das Spiel nahezu perfekt mit dem Controller. Maus und Tastatur geraten schon nach kurzer Zeit in Vergessenheit. Eine Partie dauert aufgrund des etwas schnelleren Spielverlaufs maximal drei Stunden, dies schwangt aber je nachdem welcher Schwierigkeitsgrad gewählt wurde. Bei Einstiegern ist zudem eine Eingewöhnungszeit von ca. einer Stunde zu empfehlen. Danach dürfte es aber keine Probleme mehr geben. Sollten die normalen Partien zu langweilig werden, hat der Spieler außerdem die Möglichkeit zehn verschiedene Szenarien aus der Geschichte nachzuspielen. Des weiteren besitzt Civilization Revolution einen hervorragenden Onlinemodus mit bis zu vier Spielern. Mit Ausnahme von leichten Lags läuft das Spiel absolut flüssig im Internet und vielleicht darf man sogar mit neuen, herunterladbaren Szenarien oder anderen Spielinhalten rechnen.

Grafisch wurde Civilization Revolution sehr sauber umgesetzt, setzt aber keine neuen Maßstäbe. Die ganze Spielewelt ist liebevoll und farbenfroh erstellt worden und die Übersicht geht auch niemals verloren. Besonders hervorzuheben sind allerdings das comicartige Charakterdesign (welches allerdings nicht jeden ansprechen dürfte) und die großartigen Animationen. Aber auch die Licht- und Wassereffekte können sich wahrlich sehen lassen. Trotz allem gibt es aber auch Schattenseiten zu sehen. So kommt es manchmal zu leichten Ruckeleinlagen und Grafikfehlern und insgesamt hätte Civilization Revolution auch etwas mehr Details verdient gehabt. Aber gerade im Vergleich zu anderen Strategietiteln geht die grafische Umsetzung vollkommen in Ordnung. Akkustisch erfüllt das Spiel leider nur seinen Zweck. Die musikalische Untermalung ist schön stimmig, wiederholt sich aber leider ständig und auf eine Sprachausgabe wurde komplett verzichtet. Stattdessen verwenden alle Charaktere ein Sims-ähnliches Geblubber welches auf Dauer leider doch etwas nervtötend ist.

Fazit:
Civilization Revolution ist ein sehr gelungenes Strategiespiel geworden, welches sich vom Großteil der PC-Konkurrenz nicht fürchten muss. Dennoch zieht es gerade im Vergleich zu den PC-Teilen der Civilization Reihe etwas den kürzeren. Zumindest wenn man ein erfahrener Spieler der Reihe ist. Denn um den Titel auf der Konsole zugänglicher zu machen wurde er vereinfacht und in Punkto Komplexität etwas heruntergeschraubt. Was aber auch einige Vorteile mit sich bringt. Dadurch ist Civilization Revolution nämlich gerade für Genreneulinge so zugänglich wie kein anderes Strategiespiel. Man kann Sid Meier nicht oft genug loben, denn Civilization Revolution wurde nahezu perfekt auf die Konsole umgesetzt und bringt gerade in Bezug auf die Steuerung keinerlei Nachteile mit sich. Technisch wurde das Spiel sehr sauber, wenn auch alles andere als weltbewegend umgesetzt und am nötigen Umfang mangelt es natürlich auch nicht. Sollte man das Spiel bereits mit allen Völkern absolviert haben, bleibt einem ja noch ein hervorragender Multiplayermodus sowie spannende Szenarien. Abschließend kann man Civilization Revolution wirklich jedem empfehlen, der sich auch nur im geringsten für rundenbasierte Strategiespiele interessiert. Mit Sicherheit das bislang beste Strategiespiel, das für Konsolen erhältlich ist!

Und so siehts dann zwischen den Bossfights aus:

Ihr merkt, die Kamera is ziemlich fürn Arsch aber man braucht sie auch kaum weil man eh beschäftigt ist Combos zu machen.
Also, wird nachher weiter gespielt, häve fan.

Recently, Microsoft finally addressed the DRM issues that have driven Xbox 360 owners (including myself) crazy! Supposedly, this only affected you if you bought a new console and not if you had to send your console in for repairs (Microsoft claimed to transfer you DRM to the console they send you back).

The issues is with your downloaded Xbox Live arcade games. Here's what happens if you are unaware of the problem. If you bought a new console to replace your existing console (like I did when I bought the Elite to replace my launch day console) then there was no way to transfer you Live Arcade game titles to the new console. You could however re-download them and still play them. The problem is you had to be signed in to whatever screen name you purchased it from and connected to the Internet in order to be able to play the game rather than being able to have anybody playing on your console have the ability to play it with their gamertag or even offline.

The fix is actually rather simple. Here are the steps:

Set up you media center connection between your PC and Xbox 360. If you haven't set this up yet here are the steps:

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  • Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to Media Center, and then click Media Center Extender Manager.
  • Select your Xbox 360 and click Properties.
  • Click Remove.
  • Click Yes to confirm removal.
  • In the System section, select Computers.
  • Select Windows Media Center, and then press the A button.
  • Select Disconnect.
  • Press the B button repeatedly until you return to the System section.
  • Press the Start button on the remote or go to the Media section of the Xbox 360 dashboard.
  • Select Media Center.
  • Advance through the on-screen instructions to obtain the 8 digit Media Center Setup Key. Write this key down.
  • At the Windows Vista-based Media Center PC, launch Windows Media Center. Select Start, Windows Media Center.
  • Select Tasks, Add Extender.
  • When prompted, provide the 8 digit setup key you received at the Xbox 360.
  • Complete the Extender setup.

STEP 1

If you were previously using your Xbox 360 with a Windows XP Media Center Based PC, you will need to remove existing connection. Otherwise skip to step 2.

At the Windows XP Media Center PC

At the Xbox 360

STEP 2 Gather Setup Key from Xbox 360

STEP 3 Add Extender

Now that you have your Media Center set-up, simply connect you PC to your Xbox 360 through the media center and go to:

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemuse/xbox360/licensemigration/

Follow the directions and in seconds you're done!

Mais uma do Kotaku:

Pra quem não sabe, está para chegar um update de Burnout Paradise, chamado de Cagney Update. O menos óbvio e que quase ninguém sabe é que após tiver tudo certo com esse update, a Criterion começará a trabalhar com a inclusão de aviões em outro update. Isso mesmo! AVIÕES!

Como será uma colisão de um avião à toda velocidade e um carro? Isso que é gostar de alta velocidade e adrenalina, hein Criterion?

E palmas à ela, que está trabalhando sem fim em updates para o seu jogo, lançado há 6 meses.

Eu ainda preciso ter esse jogo.

Diz que já que a Blizzard se tornou uma joint-venture com a Activision, formando a Activision-Blizzard, uma versão para PS3 e 360 é possível, em se tratando de Diablo III.

Ele deixa bem claro, que apenas teoricamente é possível.

Fique com a box-art montada:

Será que veremos um dos games mais esperados da história nos consoles de mesa?