Archive for May 14th, 2008
Filed under: Mac, PC, Online
GameTap does a little better than last week with the addition of Outpost Kaloki to the subscription lineup. With Kaloki’s addition, this is a good time to allude GameTap’s indies division, where subscribers can peruse all the games which don’t come from big evil publishers keeping the little man down. Yeah, like, la vie boheme, man.
- Five Card Deluxe (Windows) - Poker-themed solitaire. Sure, it sounds lonely, but isn’t it supposed to be?
- Outpost Kaloki (Windows) - A “tycoon” game where players create a space station to stand the test of time and keep aliens happy.
GameTap’s list of free games can be found after the break. The Battle of Europe flight-sim joins the free lineup this week for your Luftwaffe-destroying pleasure.
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Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Online, MMO
Update: Added source — this press release, which vaguely implies that Live Gamer’s RMT service, called Live Gamer Exchange, will allow players to “customize their characters through attire, weaponry, gadgets, vehicles, gear and aliases that tailor their game play.” However, Massively’s Kyle Horner spoke last night with The Agency direct designer Hal Milton who said that no weapons will be sold. The team is currently discussing the sale of low-level operatives (analogues to low-level equipment), but currently, everything planned to be sold will be purely cosmetic and not gameplay affecting.
Original: Remember all the hoopla over virtual arms dealing in Battlefield: Bad Company? Sony Online Entertainment’s not hearing it. In fact, it announced today that its upcoming espionage MMO FPS, The Agency, will feature real money trading (RMT) of everything from clothing and gear to vehicles and weapons.
SOE has yet to declassify its business model for The Agency, so this could go in one of two directions. If it’s free-to-play (a la Battlefield: Heroes) the cash-for-guns program would be (slightly) easier to swallow. Since The Agency is a PC and PS3 title, we’re laying a bet on a free model given the latter platform’s already free online gaming service and today’s announcement, which provides a means for SOE to subsidize free play with a cut of player trades. If it’s subscription-based? Someone best send some fire-retardant undergarments to SOE brass.
FPS players — console ones specifically — are used to earning their way to the top and into better weapons and gear, as seen in Call of Duty 4. The idea of playing a game where they’re at an immediate disadvantage based on cash money is unlikely to sit well. At least trade works both ways; those who take the route of being skilled players — and not payers — can profit from their homegrown skills by selling stuff to noobs (and people with dead presidents lighting fires in their trousers).
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The good folks over at Nintendo Everything recently published a list of the this weeks top VC & WiiWare titles… check them out below…
Virtual Console
1(1) - Super Mario Bros. 3
2(2) - Super Mario Bros.
3(4) - Double Dragon
4(5) - Super Mario World
5(3) - River City Ransom
6(6) - Mario Kart 64
7(8) - The Legend of Zelda
8(7) - [...]
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Filed under: News
Pro Cycling Manager/Tour de France is going for round two on the PSP with this year’s 2008 edition. Of course, the game will be out in time for the actual Tour de France race. So if you’re an avid fan of cycling, keep an eye out for this game’s June 19 release date.
There’s some notable changes made to this bike simulation game; there’s the addition of cycling events Keirin, elimination, and cycle speedway. Also, the management aspect of the game has undergone an overhaul with an “entirely new stamina system and highly realistic progression curve for each rider … A complete skills editor and a new young talent recruiting system.”
Support for the PSP’s ad hoc multiplayer mode is also included in Pro Cycling Manager 2008. The game incorporates 18 official Tour de France teams and their respective cyclists. There’s more information on the series at the official website, so check that out if you’re even slightly interested to learn more.
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Filed under: Mac, PC, Online, RPGs, MMO
In a press release announcing Q1 2008 results (PDF File), Blizzard owner Vivendi Universal asserts that the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion Wrath of the Lich King is “anticipated to be released in the second half of 2008.” Mark your calendars, as we suspect the Christmas season is going to be a lot less productive.
While we always expected release this year, Blizzard, who has yet to make a formal announcement, is notorious for delaying games until they’ve met some in-house standard of quality. Our attention is now focused intently on Blizzard’s WWI event in Paris next month.
[Via Big Download]
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Filed under: Ratchet and Clank
Get ready for the release of Secret Agent Clank by playing the first PSP Ratchet game, Size Matters. High Impact did an incredible job of recreating the classic Ratchet gameplay on the handheld. Watch for the space missions: they’re still some of the prettiest levels created for any PSP game to date.
Check it out for $15 at amazon.com.
[Via CAG]
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Filed under: PC, RPGs, MMO, Business
Those who wanted to pay extra to explore Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures‘ lands a little early are probably going to be upset to discover that “early access” is now sold out. A post on the MMORPG’s official forums gives little explanation as to why this occurred, but eagle-eyed players who read the fine print point to Funcom having discussed limited availability.
Looks like MMO players will need to find some other game to grind in until Conan officially begins next week.
[Via Massively]
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Filed under: Store
In preparation of Metal Gear Solid 4’s release, Konami has unleashed a Kojima classic onto the PSN. No, not the original Metal Gear Solid (that’s already available in Japan!). It’s Policenauts. This is one of Kojima’s earlier works: a graphic adventure game, similar to Kojima’s Snatcher. Through its point and click interface, players take control of a cryogenically frozen Jonathan Ingram, who wakes up in the year 2040. His estranged wife asks for his help in finding her missing second husband. After her murder, Jonathan has no choice but to use the clues provided to him and go on a journey through space to fulfill his dead wife’s wish.
Kojima’s Policenauts is joined by another PS1 title, Nectaris, in today’s PSN update.
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Here is the last paragraph from Yahoo! review of Wii Fit… sums it up quite nicely…
Will you lose weight? Put it this way: it’s not going to hurt. Much of the challenge of starting a daily fitness regime is simply in finding an impetus to start, and Wii Fit is a lot cheaper than a [...]
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SMG has been nominated for a “Guys Choice” award from the channel Spike. Okay… maybe it’s not a prestigious award… but it’s an award nonetheless.
Check out the “Guys Choice Nomination Video” below…
So SMG is going up against Call of Duty 4… who would you pick for the award?
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