Final Fantasy XI: A Shantotto Ascension – The Legend Torn, Her Empire Born expansion pack announced
At the Tokyo Game Show 2009, Square Enix announced the latest all-new expansion chapter for it’s 7-year old MMORPG Final Fantasy XI. The third and final chapter is called “A Shantotto Ascension – The Legend Torn, Her Empire Born” (quite the name there, eh).
This is the third scenerio released this year and will be released on the PlayOnline Viewer (the in-game program for FFXI Online) for all platforms of the game (PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, PC).
This expansion chapter follows the previous two chapters: “A Crystalline Prophecy: Ode to Life Bestowing” and “A Moogle Kupo d’Etat: Evil in Small Doses”, and is called a “chapter” because it focuses on deepening the story and lore of FFXI rather than adding new areas, and the chapters release at a fast clip than an actual expansion.
This new scenario has a storyline that follows the eccentric Professor Shantotto upon her return to Windurst…and her proclamation that she is ruler of her own empire. Players will set out to discover the truth behind her astonishing shift in personality, after her mysterious, unexplained absence.
Here is the debut trailer for A Shantotto Ascension. It is scheduled for release sometime this year, most likely in November.
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New video game releases week 39, 2009
Here’s the list of this weeks game releases. The most popular titles are Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days on DS, Dead Space Extraction on Wii, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 on PS3, and Gran Turismo on PSP. On the downloadable games front we’ve got today’s Wii Shop and DSiWare titles Arkanoid Plus, DRiiFT Mania, Altered Beast, Art Academy, Dragon Quest Wars. Followed by Bust-A-Move, Football Genius, and Military Madness on Xbox Live Arcade (updates Wednesday). As well as Heroes Of Might & Magic V: Gold on GameTap Gold (updates Thursday). No word yet on any PlayStation Network games (updates Thursday).
Monday:
Altered Beast – $10 (Wii Shop)
Arkanoid Plus – $6 (Wii Shop)
Art Academy: Second Semester – $8 (DSi Shop)
Code of Honor 1 & 2 Bundle (PC)
Dead Space Extraction (Wii)
DRiiFT Mania – $8 (Wii Shop)
Dragon Quest Wars – $5 (DSi Shop)
Midnight Club: Los Angeles – Platinum Hits (Xbox 360)
Tuesday:
Bass Pro Shops: The Strike (Wii, PC, Xbox 360) — There’s even a Rod & Reel Bundle available.
Battle of Giants: Dragons (DS)
Beaterator (PSP)
Cabela’s Big Game Hunter 2010 (Wii, Xbox 360, PS3)
Cake Mania 3 (DS)
Deca Sports 2 (Wii)
Family Feud 2010 Edition (Wii, DS, PC)
Family Fun Football (Wii)
Imagine: Salon Stylist (DS)
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (DS)
Moomin: The Great Autumn Party (DS)
Moomin: The Mysterious Howling (DS)
MotorStorm: Arctic Edge (PSP)
MySims Agents (DS, Wii)
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (PS3)
Obscure: The Aftermath (PSP)
Paws and Claws Pet Resort (PC)
Rapala: We Fish (Wii)
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (Wii, DS)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up (PS2)
The Mystery of Mary Celeste (PC)
The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road (DS)
Tornado Outbreak (Wii, PS2)
Undead Knights (PSP)
Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga (Wii)
Wednesday:
Bust-A-Move – $10 (Xbox Live Arcade)
Football Genius – $10 (Xbox Live Arcade)
Military Madness – $10 (Xbox Live Arcade)
Thursday:
Dreamer Series: Top Model (DS)
Gran Turismo (PSP)
Heroes Of Might & Magic V: Gold (GameTap Gold)
PSP Go (new PSP handheld)
Risen (PC, Steam)
On Wii Shop and DSiWare today: Arkanoid Plus, DRiiFT Mania, Altered Beast, Art Academy, Dragon Quest Wars
Nintendo downloads this week: Greek mythology, grid-based strategy, high-speed racing, classic arcade action and a hand-held art course are this week’s additions to the Wii Shop Channel and Nintendo DSi Shop.
Note that you can still receive 1,000 bonus Nintendo DSi Points when buying a new Nintendo DSi game system, by connecting it to the Nintendo DSi Shop before 11:59 p.m. Pacific time on October 5th, 2009.
Nintendo has now added these new/classic games to the Wii Shop Channel and Nintendo DSi Shop. The games go live at 9AM Pacific time. Users with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points or Nintendo DSi Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel. Nintendo DSi Points can be purchased in the Nintendo DSi Shop. A Nintendo Points Card can be purchased at retail locations or Amazon (see Card on the right).
Where available, we’ve included videos of each of today’s games. Either for nostalgia’s sake or so you can see if any new game is to your taste.
This week’s new WiiWare games are:
Arkanoid Plus!
Publisher: Taito
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Fantasy Violence
Price: 600 Wii Points = $6
Description: Arkanoid Plus! is an updated version of the original arcade blockbuster. Players must destroy colored blocks by guiding an Energy Ball around the screen using a spaceship called a VAUS. The game features a host of new modes and settings that radically alter the experience: Arcade Mode consists of 61 rounds divided into left and right versions, with two types of boss characters appearing in the last round; VS Mode lets players face off against a friend or the CPU; and the unfailingly frantic Time Mode challenges players to clear rounds within a strict time limit. With the subtle differences arising from the choice of “Lives” or “Barrier” rules, plus a plethora of exciting items, you’re in for hours and hours of block-busting fun.
DRiiFT Mania
Publisher: Konami Digital Entertainment
Players: 1-8
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief
Price: 800 Wii Points = $8
Description: DRiiFT Mania is the ultimate top-down multiplayer racing experience. Challenge your friends in fast, exciting races and some totally crazy game modes. You’ll need to adapt your driving skills to the different racing environments if you want to succeed.
This week’s new Virtual Console game is:
Altered Beast
Publisher: SEGA
Originally on: Arcade
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) – Fantasy Violence
Price: 1,000 Wii Points = $10
Description: “Rise from your grave!” When legendary Greek god Zeus brings you back to life with those famous words, you set forth on a mission to rescue his daughter, Athena, from the wicked God of the Underworld, Neff. To survive the gauntlet of mythological foes, you must hunt down the three-headed wolves that inhabit each stage and collect the Spirit Balls that they release. The Spirit Balls increase your strength and allow you to transform into a variety of forms, including a Werewolf, Weredragon, Werebear, Weretiger and the ultimate form, the Golden Werewolf. Each creature possesses powerful attacks to help bring an end to Neff’s scheme.
This week’s new DSiWare games are:
Art Academy: Second Semester
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 800 Nintendo DSi Points = $8
Description: Art Academy is a portable art course that anyone can enjoy. Art Academy: Second Semester provides new and returning students with a larger set of tools and in-depth lessons designed to encourage the creation of more complex artwork. By gaining an even deeper understanding of colors and techniques used by famous impressionist artists, you will be ready to take on more challenging themes that include moving objects, and vast landscapes with distant objects. The openness of Free Paint mode offers plenty of opportunities to hone your skills and boost your confidence as an artist.
Dragon Quest Wars
Publisher: Square Enix
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Cartoon Violence, Mild Language
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points = $5
Description: Dragon Quest Wars is a grid-based strategy game featuring all of your favorite quirky Dragon Quest monsters. Choose from several modes and get ready for battle. While the rules are simple, strategy is the key to victory. The game features single-player and DS Wireless Play, as well as battles with foes worldwide via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. (Broadband Internet access is required for online play.)
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Gaming News you might’ve missed in week 38
Machima.com’s Inside Gaming covers game news you might’ve missed last week. They do it in a nice, brief video format. The Dead Pixel details the latest news, reviews, and trailers in his own irreverent style.
In week 38, 2009, he talked about: GoldenEye 007 no longer coming to XBLA or VC, Batman: Arkham Asylum has sold 2.5 million copies, new Star Wars Jedi Knights games on Steam, Sega DreamCast games might come to the PlayStation Network, and other random game news.
Uncharted 2 characters list
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves features a cast of over 10 characters with many of your favorites from the first game returning for the sequel.
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is the story of Nathan Drake, a fortune-hunter with a shady reputation and an even shadier past who is lured back into the treacherous world of thieves and mercenary treasure-seekers. The tenth game by premier PlayStation 3 developer Naughty Dog, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves allows players to take control of Drake and embark on a journey that will push him to his physical, emotional and intellectual limits to discover the real truth behind the lost fleet of Marco Polo and the legendary Himalayan valley of Shambhala. Uncharted 2 releases on October 13, 2009.
Here is the list of characters in the game:
1. Chloe Frazier (voiced by Claudia Black)
2. Elena Fisher (voiced by Emily Rose)
3. Harry Flynn (voiced by Steve Valentine)
4. Jeff the Cameraman (voiced by Gregory Myhre)
5. Karl Schafer (voiced by Rene Auberjonois)
6. Kublai Khan
7. Marco Polo
8. Nathan Drake (voiced by Nolan North)
9. Sully (voiced by Richard McGonagle)
10. Tenzin (voiced by Robin Atkin-Downes)
11. Zorin Lazarevic (voiced by Graham McTavish)
Here’s a trailer showing some of the Uncharted 2 cast in action.
Nintendogs wallpaper
Welcome to the Nintendogs wallpapers page!
Take care of a virtual puppy of your own with this pet simulation! Here we will post images that you can use as desktop wallpapers. We will add to this list as we find cute 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 Nintendogs wallpapers.
Click on each thumbnail for the wallpaper size image to pop up.
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 2 wallpaper
Welcome to the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon wallpapers page! We have Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, Darkness & Time wallpapers, as well as Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Red & Blue Rescue Team wallpapers!
These “Rogue-like”-genre Pokemon games give you a new twist on the Pokemon series and allow you to actually PLAY AS the Pokemon themselves. Here we will post images that you can use as desktop wallpapers. 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 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon wallpapers.
Click on each thumbnail for the wallpaper size image to pop up.
How to unlock all Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days characters (DS guide)
How do you unlock all characters in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, the all-new Kingdom Hearts game for Nintendo’s portable DS system. Well read below to find out! The game releases in America on September 29, 2009.
UNLOCK ADDITIONAL CHARACTERS IN MISSION MODE
1. How to unlock Xion – Play story mode to day 96.
2. How to unlock Riku – Play story mode to day 171.
3. How to unlock Donald – Play story mode to day 244.
4. How to unlock Goofy – Play story mode to day 277.
5. How to unlock King Mickey – Beat the game and purchase the item Return of the King from the moogle shop.
6. How to unlock Sora – 100% complete all missions and purchase the item Soul of Sora from the moogle shop.
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Character Limit Breaks Video (thx to DChiuch)
This video shows of all of the character’s Limit Breaks in the game.
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Character Joke Weapons Video (thx to Kirazmaeux)
This video shows off all of the character’s Joke Weapons in the game.
How to unlock Theater Mode
Simply beat the game once to unlock Theater Mode. As you’d expect, this allows you to watch every cutscene in the game at your leisure.
How to unlock all TMNT Smash-Up characters, costumes, stages (Wii & PS2 guide)
Welcome to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash Up cheats page! Read below on how to unlock all the TMNT Smash-Up characters, costumes, stages, trophies and more!
UNLOCKABLE CHARACTERS LIST
1. Foot Ninja – Choose To Unlock After Beating Arcade Mode.
2. Fugitoid – Beat All 51 Challenges.
3. Karai – Choose To Unlock After Beating Arcade Mode.
4. Nightwatcher – Choose To Unlock After Beating Arcade Mode.
5. Raving Rabbid – Finish 120 Vs. Matches.
6. Shredder – Choose To Unlock After Beating Arcade Mode.
7. Splinter Rabbid – Finish 90 Vs. Matches.
8. Utrominator – Choose To Unlock After Beating Arcade Mode.
UNLOCKABLE COSTUMES
1. April’s Alternate Costume – Beat Arcade mode as April on any difficulty without using a continue.
2. Casey’s Alternate Costume – Beat Arcade mode as Casey Jones on any difficulty without using a continue.
3. Foot Ninja’s Alternate Costume – Beat Survival mode as Foot Ninja on any difficulty.
4. Karai’s Alternate Costume – Beat Survival mode as Karai on any difficulty.
5. Splinter’s Alternate Costume – Beat Arcade mode as Splinter on any difficulty without using a continue.
UNLOCKABLE STAGES
These can be unlocked on any difficulty.
1. Enemy Base – Complete 25 VS Mode matches or beat 10 mission in Mission Mode.
2. Garbage Dump – Complete 125 VS Mode matches.
3. Space Lab – Clear all 51 Mission Mode missions.
4. Warehouse – Complete 95 VS Mode matches.
5. Western Town – Complete 45 Vs Mode Matches or beat 30 missions in Mission Mode.
UNLOCKABLE ARTWORK AND MEDIA
These can be unlocked on any difficulty.
1. 4Kids Illustration Art – Complete Arcade Mode with everyone.
2. Cartoon Concept Art – Complete all figures in the trophy room.
3. Cartoon Trailer – Earn 333 Shells.
4. Comic Book Covers – Earn 777 Shells.
5. Early Concept Art – Beat Survival Mode once with any character.
6. TMNT 2007 Artwork – Beat Survival Mode with Nightwatcher.
7. TMNT: Smash up Trailer – Earn 111 Shells.
8. Unproduced TMNT 4 Concept Art – Beat 40 Missions in Mission Mode.
9. Video Game Concept Art – Earn 555 Shells.
10. WB Trailer – Beat Survival Mode with all characters.
UNLOCKABLE TROPHIES
These can be unlocked on any difficulty.
1. Large-Size Trophy Creation – Complete 150 VS Mode matches.
2. Medium-Size Trophy Creation – Complete 50 VS Mode matches.
BUTTON CODES
Input these codes on the Bonus Content Menu Screen.
1. Unlock Ninja Rabbid and the Underground Stage – Press: Up,Up,Down,Down,Down,Right,Up,Left,Right,Left
2. Unlock Shredder and his alternate costume, Cyber Shredder – Press: Up, Down, Right, Up, Down, Right, Left, Up, Right, Down
While you’re here, check out our TMNT: Smash Up wallpapers page.
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 wallpaper
Welcome to the Modern Warfare 2 wallpapers page!
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 Modern Warfare 2 wallpapers.
Click on each thumbnail for the wallpaper size image to pop up.
