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Mass Effect 2 Special Collectors Edition revealed
Bioware has announced Mass Effect 2: Special Collector’s Edition, which will release alongside the normal edition of the game on January 26, 2010 (January 29 in Europe) for Xbox 360 and PC. It will cost $70 on Xbox 360 and $60 on PC.
So what comes with this collector’s edition? Nothing too out of the ordinary but it should still keep fans happy.
Here is what comes in the Special Edition package:
* Premium Tin Case.
* 28-Page hardcover “Art of Mass Effect 2″ book.
* Issue #1 of the Mass Effect Redemption comic book.
* Bonus DVD with behind-the-scenes “The Making of Mass Effect 2″ videos.
* Exclusive in-game weapons and armor.
“We’re really excited to roll out this Collectors’ Edition featuring so many unique items, including special Collectors’ Edition armor and weapons and content that will surprise Mass Effect fans,” said Dr. Ray Muzyka, co-founder, BioWare and Group General Manager of the RPG/MMO Group of EA. “The limited edition comic book and bonus DVD will really enhance and expand the overall Mass Effect 2 experience.”
The Mass Effect trilogy is an emotionally charged science fiction adventure set in a vast universe filled with dangerous alien life and mysterious, uncharted planets. In Mass Effect 2, players will once again step into the role of the heroic Commander Shepard, commanding their crew of some of the most dangerous operatives from across the galaxy on a mission so challenging that it’s potentially suicidal. Featuring intense shooter action, a rich futuristic storyline, space exploration and emotionally engaging character interaction, the game delivers an unparalleled cinematic experience.
Here is the latest developer diary for Mass Effect 2, which takes a look at the enemies in the game.
No comments »Spore Islands strategy game launches on Facebook
Spore Islands for Facebook is an all-new version of the popular PC game from The Sims creator Will Wright. Unlike the PC version of the game though, this new game is a strategy game.
In Spore Islands, players create a creature of their own design from appearance to stats, then place it on an island to see how it fares against other wild creatures. These survival of the fittest scenarios are called Observations, and they test the evolutionary advantages and disadvantages of the creature you created.
If the creature outlives the others during the 150 turn Observation (during which, you cannot control your creature), then its well-evolved to that island. If your creature dies, Spore Islands will offer up suggestions on how to use each day’s 12 DNA points to alter its attributes. These changes also change the look of your creature. For instance, increasing the creature’s “threat-detect” gives it multiple eyes as “food-detect” makes a single eye.
The strategy comes in balancing the 12 DNA points between the stats while considering the island you are on and the creatures you will face. Naturally you can also test your creature against friends on their island or invite them to come to yours and so on, as you’d expect from a social network game. It also allows users to purchase extra DNA points (with actual cash) for further customizing their creatures.
The game is available now for free to play for any FaceBook users that add the App.
Via TechCrunch
Star Trek Online release date is February 2, 2010
Star Trek Online will be released for the PC on February 2 in America announced developer Cryptic and publisher Atari. It will be released in Europe on February 5th, 2010.
This confirmation follows Amazon.com and GameStop listing the February 2nd release date on their pre-order pages earlier in the week as well as producer Craig Zinkievich telling Eurogamer that the game would be released in early 2010.
Set in the year 2409, Star Trek Online allows players to immerse themselves in the future of the Star Trek universe, exploring strange new worlds, seeking out new life and new civilizations in an ever expanding vast universe. Command a starship as a Federation or a Klingon Captain, outfit it with custom systems and recruit, train and mold a crew into an elite force for exploration and combat. Missions take players into thrilling space battle, planetside for face-to-face combat and even inside starships.
Download a free Wallace and Gromit game episode on series’ 20th anniversary!
Wallace & Gromit is celebrating its 20th anniversary by allowing fans to download a FREE Wallace & Gromit episode of the popular adventure series. The episode in question is “Muzzled” and this offer will be available until Monday, November 9th.
In the “Muzzled!” episode, town newcomer Monty Muzzle, is holding a fundraiser to rebuild the local dog shelter. Gromit soon realizes that Muzzle’s intentions aren’t exactly charitable and he must foil the huckster’s plot to save the town’s investment and rescue his canine friends.
Additionally, the full four-episode PC season of Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures will be discounted to $20 (roughly 12 GBP) from $34.95 USD for these same dates in honor of the eccentric inventor and his canine companion’s two decade milestone.
And that’s not all, there is also these pieces of the celebration puzzle:
-XBLA Launch - For the first time, all four episodes of Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures will be available on Xbox LIVE Arcade November 4, selling for 800 Microsoft Points each. The episodes, along with a premium theme and new gamer pics, will be available on a special Wallace & Gromit branded destination page on Xbox LIVE Arcade.
-Charity Drive - From November 4-8, Telltale is partnering with Wallace & Gromit Children’s Foundation and Penny Arcade’s Child’s Play, making donations to the charities for each full Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures PC season purchased. Telltale is also giving away free digital versions of the games to the children’s hospitals supported by the charities.
-Collector’s DVD - Order taking begins November 4 for the Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures full season collector’s DVD for PC, which features all four episodes, behind the scenes videos, Aardman Animation’s Cracking Contraptions animated shorts, game trailers and full galleries from the making of the game, which include never-before-seen concept art!
2009 Black Friday Deals listings for videogames leaked early
Black Friday sale listings are in for videogames! Can you believe that Thanksgiving and Christmas are nearly upon us? Time sure flies . . .
And that also means that the Black Friday shopping madness sales day is also approaching fast. Since November is already here, and Black Friday lands on the 27th, some stores have already begun to leak or release the sales that will be available on that day.
Here is a list of some of the sales that will be available on Black Friday.
KMART
Kmart Black Friday Doorbuster prices are valid Friday, November 27 from 4am - Noon. Saturday Doorbuster prices are valid Saturday, November 28 from 7am - Noon. All other prices are valid both Friday and Saturday.
Xbox 360
Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Bundle - $299 + Halo ODST Free
Left4Dead 2 - $39.99 (Save $20)
Halo 3 ODST - $39.99 (Save $20)
Need for Speed: Shift - $39.99 (Save $20)
Forza III - $39.99 (Save $20)
Rock Band 2 Special Edition - $99.99 (Save $60)
Dirt 2 - $39.99 (Save $20)
Batman Arkham Asylum - $39.99 (Save $20)
Dragon Age: Origins - $39.99 (Save $20) Saturday Doorbuster
Brutal Legend - $39.99 (Save $20) Saturday Doorbuster
PS3 & PSP
Buy LE Assassin’s Creed Bloodlines PSP Pack ($199.99), Get Assassin’s Creed II (PS3) Free
WWE Smackdown vs. RAW 2010 - $39.99 (Save $20)
Rock Band 2 Special Edition - $99.99 (Save $60)
Dirt 2 - $39.99 (Save $20)
Need for Speed: Shift - $39.99 (Save $20)
Batman Arkham Asylum - $39.99 (Save $20)
TNA Impact! - $14.99 (Save $5)
Dragon Age: Origins - $39.99 (Save $20) Saturday Doorbuster
Brutal Legend - $39.99 (Save $20) Saturday Doorbuster
Wii & DS
DSi handheld - $169.99 (Free $25 Nintendo Gaming Coupon) Friday Doorbuster
DS handheld - $129.99 (Free $25 Nintendo Gaming Coupon) Saturday Doorbuster
Need for Speed: Nitro (Wii) - $29.99 (Save $20) Friday Doorbuster
Spore Hero (Wii) - $29.99 (Save $20) Friday Doorbuster
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash Up - $29.99 (Save $20)
Game Party - $9.99 (Save $10)
Game Party 2 - $9.99 (Save $10)
Sponge Bob’s Truth or Square (Wii) - $29.99 (Save $10)
Cars Race O Rama (Wii) - $29.99 (Save $10)
World of Zoo (Wii) - $29.99 (Save $10)
Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter (Wii) - $39.99 (Save $10)
Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks - $19.99 (Save $20)
Lego Star Wars: Complete Saga (Wii) - $14.99 (Save $5)
Lego Batman (DS) - $14.99 (Save $5)
My Sims Kingdom (Wii) - $14.99 (Save $5)
PS2
High School Musical Dance 3 Bundle w/ Pad - $9.99 (Save $20)
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Watch the first 20 minutes of Dragon Age: Origins
Do you want to see the first part of Dragon Age: Origins being played?
Now you can thanks to the crew at GiantBomb, whose Vinny and Dave posted a video of them playing the game’s starting region, shown below for your viewing pleasure.
Dragon Age: Origins will be released today, November 3rd, for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC and is the highly anticipated RPG from the guys at BioWare who made Mass Effect. It is a spiritual successor to the Baldur’s Gate franchise with a much grittier, bloodier style than anything you have seen from them before.
Here’s a Quick Look at Dragon Age: Origins:
And don’t forget to check out our Dragon Age: Origins characters list and our Dragon Age: Origins wallpapers page.
The Sims 3 World Adventures wallpaper
Welcome to our The Sims 3: World Adventures Expansion Pack wallpapers page!
The Sims get to travel around the world in this expansion to the hit third game in the series. Here we will post images that you can use as desktop wallpapers, both official and otherwise. We will add to this list as we find cool new wallpapers for the game.
To download to your PC computer: Right click on the Image. Select “Set as Background Image.”
To download to your Mac computer: Click Image to Download to Desktop. Go to Apple Menu > System Preferences. Click Desktop & Screen Saver. Click “Choose Folder…”.
Below you can find the rest of the The Sims 3 World Adventures wallpapers.
Click on each thumbnail for the wallpaper size image to pop up.
Via Sims Fan.de
First American McGee’s Alice teaser video released
A new teaser trailer has been released for the American McGee’s Alice remake, which will be released in 2011 by Electronic Arts.
The original game was released a decade ago in 2000 by id Software designer American McGee and this new version is being developed by Spicy Horse in Shanghai. The full name of the new game is fittingly titled, “Return of American McGee’s Alice” and will be released for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.
Here is the all-new trailer which has an unsettling tone about it with graphics that resemble claymation or stop-motion instead of CG.
No Assassin’s Creed 2 demo for you
Assassins Creed 2’s November 16th release date (November 20th in Europe) is almost upon us. As such, you would probably like to take the game for a spin with an Assassin’s Creed 2 demo before you buy it, eh.
Unfortunately, it looks like a demo of the game IS NOT coming . . . . at all. Because let’s face it, you WILL buy it. At least Ubisoft thinks so.
Speaking at the Eurogamer Expo, an Ubisoft representative said that they have absolutely “no plans” to release a demo for the highly anticipated sequel to the original Asssassin’s Creed.
And while the game’s hype seems to be rightly deserved, and it will probably be a great game that most people will pick up anyhow, it is a bit bewildering that they wouldn’t release a demo for it. At this point in time, demos are generally a given for all the big games.
New video game releases week 44, 2009
Here’s the list of this weeks game releases. The most popular titles are Dragon Age: Origins (PC, Xbox 360, PS3), LEGO Rock Band (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, DS), Band Hero (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, DS), Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier (PS2, PSP), Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron (PSP, DS), Need for Speed: Nitro (Wii, DS), Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage (Wii), Pro-Evolution Soccer 2010 (PS3, Xbox 360), Jewel Quest Mysteries (DS), C.O.P. The Recruit (DS) and of course Jurassic: The Hunted (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2). On the downloadable games front we’ve got today’s Wii Shop and DSiWare titles R-Type, Street Fighter, Carnival King, Aha! I Got It!, Family Card Games, Sparkle Snapshots, Viking Invasion, Battle of Giants: Dragons. Followed by Wallace & Gromit Episodes 2 to 4 on Xbox Live Arcade (updates Wednesday). And this week’s Steam releases include Shattered Horizon (Wednesday) and Sacraboar (Friday). No word yet on any PlayStation Network nor GameTap Gold games (both update Thursday).
Monday:
R-Type - $5 (Wii Shop)
Street Fighter - $8 (Wii Shop)
Carnival King - $7 (Wii Shop)
“Aha! I Got It!” Escape Game - $5 (Wii Shop)
Family Card Games - $5 (Wii Shop)
Sparkle Snapshots - $5 (DSi Shop)
Viking Invasion - $8 (DSi Shop)
Battle of Giants: Dragons - Bronze Edition - $8 (DSi Shop)
Tuesday:
Academy of Champions: Soccer (Wii)
Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders (DS)
Band Hero (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, DS)
Barbie and the Three Musketeers (Wii, DS)
C.O.P. The Recruit (DS)
Dance Dance Revolution Disney Grooves (Wii)
Disney’s A Christmas Carol (DS)
Dora the Explorer: Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom (DS)
Dragon Age: Origins (PC, Xbox 360, PS3, Steam)
Dreamkiller (Xbox 360)
Football Manager 2010 (PC)
Ghostbusters: The Video Game (PSP)
Hidden Mysteries: Titanic (DS, Wii)
Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier (PS2, PSP)
Jewel Master: Egypt (DS)
Jewel Quest Mysteries (DS)
Junior Brain Trainer (DS)
Junior Classic Games (DS)
Jurassic: The Hunted (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2)
LEGO Rock Band (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, DS)
Need for Speed: Nitro (Wii, DS)
Pro-Evolution Soccer 2010 (PS3, Xbox 360)
Remington Great American Bird Hunt (Wii)
Reversal Challenge (DS)
Safari Adventures: Africa (DS)
Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage (Wii)
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron (PSP, DS)
Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
Style Savvy (DS)
Sushi Academy (DS)
We Cheer 2 (Wii)
WireWay (DS)
Wednesday:
Shattered Horizon - $20 (Steam)
Wallace & Gromit Episode 2: The last resort - $10 (Xbox Live Arcade)
Wallace & Gromit Episode 3: Muzzled! - $10 (Xbox Live Arcade)
Wallace & Gromit Episode 4: The Bogey Man - $10 (Xbox Live Arcade)
Friday:
Sacraboar - $18 (Steam)
