Turn your mobile phone into a powerful PC with OTOY’s 3D game streaming
Ever wanted to play Grand Theft Auto IV, Crysis or The Sims 3 on your cell phone?
Well OTOY is an upcoming service that may make the impossible possible. This impressive technology allows you to literally play any high-end game on any web-browser . . . and they mean ANY web-browser, including one from your cell phone!
What’s more, playing HD games streamed to your browser requires no downloads, plug-ins or installs . . . simply boot your browser and you are good to go. Additionally you can even play with any wi-fi controller. Get a glimpse of this crazy technology in this video.
The developers are working on an number of control schemes for cell phones running the service, including using the phone’s acceleromoter, an on-screen gamepad, or external peripherals including standard game controllers like you see in the video above.
OTOY will work over any Wi-Fi or 3G connection. They’ve gotten the service to stream HD games with as low speeds as 1.5 Mb a second! Wi-fi will apparently work best for the service though. They are also working on getting it to work on nearly any cell phone, even those that are low end.
No additional details like pricing have been announced yet, and I can imagine that the service won’t work too well in places where reception isn’t good. But either way this is definitely the wave of the future. Having the ability to play REAL games from anywhere directly on your cell phone is something that I think a lot of people would pay good money for.
Via TechCrunch
2 comments »Top 10 best movie-based videogames
There have been a lot of movie-based videogames over the years. Sadly, most of them have been absolutely positively craptastic.
But that doesn’t mean they are all bad.
Check out ScrewAttack’s Top 10 Movie-Based Videogames list to see what they consider to be the best games based on movies.
Official Dragon Ball: Raging Blast character list
The complete Dragon Ball: Raging Blast cast will consist out of 43 characters (77 including transformations, so far) have been revealed, like Goku, Frieza, Cell, Videl, Broly and Future Trunks. Below is a full list for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 Budokai Tenkaichi fighting game coming to the U.S. on November 10th, 2009, to Europe on the 13th, and to Australia on the 19th. A Dragon Ball: Raging Blast demo is available on Xbox Live and the U.S. PSN.
When you click on each Dragon Ball: Raging Blast character’s name below, where available, a window will pop up with their picture or video.
The playable characters list (with transformations):
1. Android #16
2. Android #17 — Unlockable by beating the “Android #17 vs. The New Piccolo” mission.
3. Android #18 — Unlockable by beating the “Cute and Powerful?! Android #18 Has No Weakness” mission.
4. Android #19
5. Android #20 AKA Dr. Gero
6. Bardock
7. Broly (SSJ, Legendary Super Saiyan) — Unlockable by beating the “Freedom!” mission.
8. Super Saiyan 3 Broly (game-exclusive) — Unlockable by spending 20 stars on the ‘What If’ mission titled “Legendary Super Saiyan Reborn” (The Shop is in the Edit Deck under Super Customize) and then beating it, OR by using your pre-order code.
9. Burter
10. Buu AKA Fat Buu AKA Majin Buu
11. Kid Buu — Unlockable by beating the “Buu Advances! Final Battle on the Supreme Kai’s World” mission.
12. Super Buu (with Gotenks absorbed, with Gohan absorbed))
13. Captain Ginyu
14. Cell (Imperfect, Semi-Perfect, Perfect, Super Perfect)
15. Chiaotzu
16. Dodoria
17. Frieza (1st Form, 2nd Form, 3rd Form, Final Form, 100% Final Form)
18. Future Trunks (SSJ, Ultra Super Saiyan) — Unlockable by beating the “Vegeta Shocked! Kid Trunks’ Explosive Power” mission.
19. Future Trunks with Sword (SSJ) — Unlockable by beating the “Hey! Been a While… Goku’s Return, and The Mysterious Boy” mission.
20. Kid Trunks (SSJ)
21. Gogeta (SSJ) — Unlockable by beating the “Fusion & Potara Part 1: Super Gogeta” mission.
22. Kid Gohan
23. Teen Gohan (SSJ, SSJ2)
24. Gohan (SSJ, SSJ2, Great Saiyaman?, Ultimate Gohan?)
25. Goku (SSJ, SSJ2, SSJ3)
26. Goten (SSJ) — Unlockable by beating the “Gohan Amazed! Goten’s Explosive Power” mission.
27. Gotenks (SSJ, SSJ3)
28. Guldo
29. Jeice
30. Krillin
31. Nappa
32. Piccolo (Powerlevel from early 408 to late 180,000,000)
33. Raditz
34. Recoome
35. Tien
36. Vegeta with Scouter
37. Vegeta (SSJ, Ascended Super Saiyan, SSJ2)
38. Majin Vegeta (SSJ2) — Unlockable by beating the “Vegeta and Goku’s Fateful Confrontation!” mission.
39. Super Saiyan 3 Vegeta (game-exclusive) — Unlockable by spending 20 stars on the ‘What If’ mission titled “The Strongest Super Saiyan 3″ (The Shop is in the Edit Deck under Super Customize) and then beating it, OR by using your pre-order code.
40. Vegito (SSJ) — Unlockable by beating the “Fusion & Potara Part 2: Super Vegito” mission.
41. Videl — Unlockable by beating the “The Student” mission.
42. Yamcha
43. Zarbon (Transformation)
Possibly returning characters are:
* Bulma
* Cell Jr.
* Chi Chi
* Cooler
* Dabura
* Hercule AKA Satan
* King Kai
* Master Roshi
* Saibaman
* Supreme Kai
* Yajirobe
Who else do you want to see added?
Maybe this time there are 119 less characters — compared to Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 — because of a character creator Atari hinted at years ago? Although with Namco Bandai now publishing that seems unlikely.
The game will have fully destructible environments and HD graphics, as this trailer shows.
The listed characters that don’t have pictures linked yet, appear in this new trailer…
… or show up in this almost complete scan of the Japanese roster:
This list will be updated whenever new characters are announced. Stay tuned!
Thanks to Vin, DBZRB Fan 3000, SsjVegeta24, Archun, Ian, Broly, DBRB and Zero for helping with the list.
Update: With the game now available, let’s start exchanging Xbox Live gamertags and PlayStation Network IDs. The below list will make it easier for everyone to fight against fellow fans.
THE DRAGON BALL: RAGING BLAST FRIENDS LIST
1. Mr Milan96 (Xbox 360)
2. Z-Fighter14 (PS3)
3. Ninja_on_disco (PS3)
4. xCBx Urahara 14 (Xbox 360)
5. Strife2010 (PS3)
6. Freeze boi (Xbox 360)
7. SSR OmegaZ (Xbox 360)
8. sprayedpaint22 (PS3)
9. Kirphy (PS3)
10. reckless56one (Xbox 360)
11. Reasons2Kill1 (PS3)
12. Mr_Strife (PS3)
13. INDIEcisivevyle (Xbox 360)
14. ROTTERDAMZZUID010 (Xbox 360?)
15. kburTsON (PS3)
16. Terrell5 (Xbox 360)
17. demetridaniels (PS3)
18. MDubb4465 (PS3)
19. MXR5150 (Xbox 360)
20. niza2008 (PS3)
21. headwing45 (PS3)
22. luigy_88 (PS3)
23. C9316 (Xbox 360)
24. lunacris282 (PS3)
25. Moll88 (PS3)
26. Krylancelo1001 (Xbox 360)
27. steven1191 (PS3)
28. [Oh Ning Yooh] (Xbox 360)
29. erny123 (PS3)
30. destroyer56 (PS3)
31. theghcris (PS3)
32. xI Rex Rgis Ix (Xbox 360)
33. gambit570 (PS3)
34. SaiyanPrid3 (Xbox 360?)
35. Birdo8 (Xbox 360?)
36. amofeez (PS3)
37. itachi-dono (PS3)
38. CKYFAN 08 (Xbox 360)
39. IshmaelDante (PS3)
40. IX MATTZKILL XI (Xbox 360)
41. V1ctoreem (PS3)
42. jupiter tengu (Xbox 360)
43. Jonandu (PS3)
44. sasukeuchiha800 (PS3)
45. Damaris_Anderson (PS3)
46. KingTrentus2007 (PS3)
47. saveddemo (Xbox 360)
48. idhcgtnaruto (PS3)
49. pein_123 (PS3)
50. hondapre4340 (Xbox 360?)
51. VegetaSSjd10 (PS3)
52. ndizihiwek (PS3)
53. kefert (PS3 on Christmas Day)
54. rachetshot (PS3)
55. Saiyan13Z (PS3 on Christmas Day)
56. XxM 3 R C Y (Xbox360)
57. RayneMan 44 (Xbox 360)
58. xCBx Urahara 14 or constantine (Xbox 360?)
59. AzN SnYpEz (Xbox 360)
60. kid J star (Xbox 360)
61. BIGbean (Xbox 360?)
62. StormAli64 (PS3)
63. sonda3 (PS3)
64. BuckshotBrian24 (Xbox 360)
65. Daos Requiem (Xbox 360)
66. J8V N1ck oTIn (Xbox 360)
67. Soll-E (PS3)
68. AnthonyWitkowski (Xbox 360?)
69. Snipahwolfe X4 (Xbox 360)
70. Heatblast707 (PS3)
71. java456 (Xbox 360?)
72. zero_1343 (PS3)
73. Bob kill777 (Xbox 360)
74. ashman12 (Xbox 360?)
75. kingtute6 (PS3)
76. scottyk2390 (Xbox 360)
77. ekkla85 (PS3)
78. SaiyanEliteSS4 (Xbox 360)
79. GACKTno1fan (PS3)
80. SF_ Banshee020208 (PS3)
81.
Leave your own gamertag or ID (and console) in the comments to be added!
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars coming to PSP
Rockstar has announced that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is coming to the PSP.
Chinatown Wars was released on March 17th for the DS where it garnered the highest ratings in DS game history. However the game surprisingly was met with lackluster sales of just 89,000 copies in its first month despite the glowing reviews.
Theories abound on why it didn’t sell. Was it because of the DS’ young audience? Are mature games doomed on the Nintendo portable? Did piracy cut into sales? One thing is certain though, Rockstar is very smart to release the game on PSP. And it’ll be an interesting experiment to see how it sells on that platform, where it will be released as both a retail UMD disc as well as a downloadable PSP Go title.
“We’re proud to extend this truly unique handheld Grand Theft Auto experience to PSP and offer a downloadable version of Chinatown Wars for PSPgo,” said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. “Rockstar Leeds has shown incredible talent in creating games that raise the bar in terms of depth and innovation on portables, and with Chinatown Wars we have a rich, fast-paced, and incredibly addictive entry into the series.”
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars follows the story of Huang Lee, a young Triad who travels to Liberty City after the mysterious death of his father. Within the game, players will navigate their way through the streets as they uncover the truth behind an epic tale of crime and corruption within the Triad crime syndicate, delivering the unprecedented amount of depth that has become a true trademark of the franchise.
Specifically built for the PSP platform with upscaled widescreen graphics, enhanced lighting and animation; and including all-new story missions; this version of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will take full advantage of the power of the PSP system.
Wii controllers in blue color available in Japan
At the World Hobby Fair in Tokyo, Japan, Nintendo showed off the all-new blue colored Wii Remote & Nunchuck as well as the awesome looking Black Wii.
You gotta love the insanely deep blue color of the Wii Remote and Nunchuck which you can see above. Currently the blue color is a Japan-exclusive and only available to Japanese Club Nintendo members. So it is very special indeed.
Additionally the black Wii looks absolutely GORGEOUS if you ask me. With a highly polished look. You can also notice the very cool two-toned Nunchuck. So far the black Wii has only been announced for Japan. Hopefully they announce it for here though. It’s almost pretty enough to make me consider buying another one . . .
Via Kotaku
Tekken 6 special collectors edition details. Launch date is October 27, 2009
Namco has announced the release date of Tekken 6 to be October 27th, 2009, on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Along with that they also announced a special collector’s edition for Tekken 6 with two specific pre-order bonuses available.
For those true fighting game aficionados, you can pre-order the game bundled with a Tekken 6 Wireless Fight Stick. In addition to the Tekken-branded arcade stick, you will also get a Tekken 6 artbook. This bundle is the expensive one weighing in at $150. And is available for Xbox 360 and PS3.
The second pre-order bonus is free of charge but only available at GameStop. For those who pre-order the game you can snag an exclusive “downloadable Penny Arcade Samurai Pack”. This special DLC will unlock an all new “Cardboard Tube Samurai” costume for Yoshimitsu as made famous by the Penny Arcade comic strip. In addition to that the DLC also includes “limited-edition Samurai Battle Banners” that you can apply to any of the game’s 40 fighters to customize them. And if you pre-order right now they will also throw in a free Tekken 6 2009-2010 calender! Whoo-hooo!!!!!
No details however were given for Tekken 6 PSP, which was announced back in April.
Command and Conquer 4 detailed in EA online survey
An online survey ordered by Electronic Arts revealed Command & Conquer 4 is being planned by the development house. C&C4, as the next RTS title in the long-running series, might finally wrap up the Tiberium storyline, as well as adding MMORPG-like gameplay progression into the mix!
While an online survey is meant to gauge interest and gamer preferences, it’s a great indication of what the studio is thinking of including in the unofficial sequel.
Let’s go over the first details. To quote the survey questions and possible responses:
“Now we would like to tell you about a new Command & Conquer game. Please read the following description.
Command & Conquer 4 allows C&C fans to finally experience the epic conclusion to the 15-year Tiberium saga with innovative RPG-like player progression, persistent in both single player and Multiplayer modes, co-op play, and new stylized, live-action cinematics.
Based on this description of the game, how appealing is the game to you? Please select one.
“Which of the following features would you like to see in a future version of Command & Conquer? Please select all that apply.
The survey closes off by asking “How interested would you be in participating in a beta program for Command & Conquer 4 if it were made available?” as well as gauging interest in the availability of a demo, downloadable content, digital download options, system requirements, and what other in-game features you’d like to see?
I’m a HUGE fan of the C&C series and I can’t wait to hear EVA say these words again:
“Welcome back, Commander.”
The C&C4 survey was received via email.
Update July 2009: EA’s UK PR team just accidentally tweeted a non-existent C&C4 PR announcement that Command & Conquer 4 is now in development at EA Los Angeles. This, in combination with the C&C Primetime show stating a huge news announcement is coming later this month, expect the official announcement to arrive in July.
Castle Crashers reaches 1 million Xbox Live Arcade players
The Behemoth has announced that their Xbox Live Arcade game Castle Crashers has reached 1 million players over Xbox Live! This was achieved less than 10 months after the game’s release. Which makes it the fastest growing XBLA game of all time!
Behemoth also announced that one of their members has won a swag of stuff thanks to a running contest they held in which you had to guess when the game’s leaderboards would reach 1,000,000.
Amazingly, winner DenisDenis’ guess was within THREE MINUTES of the actual occurence! He guessed that Castle Crashers would reach 1 million at 1:00PM PST on June 22nd. The game reached 1 million at 12:57PM on June 22nd, making DenisDenis an incredible predictor at the future!
Here is what the lucky guy won:
* A Custom Castle Crashers Xbox Elite (not the ones we posted before - those were a gift to us from Microsoft!)
* The ultra super limited edition castle (only 50 made)
* A REAL bronze knight figurine!
* A personalized DAN PALADIN drawing
* And other random items
Via The Behemoth
PC gamers can compete in 1st Virtual U.S. Open
PC gamers can experience the thrill of competing in the U.S. Open from the comfort of their own homes with a new Flash-based browser videogame called World Golf Tour.
World Golf Tour (or WGT) offers several courses for gamers to compete in, from the U.S. Open’s Black Course at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, N.Y., to the famous Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort. As well as Pinehurst’s Course 2, and Wolf Creek. There is planned to be a total of 8 playable courses by the end of this year.
Presented in high definition detail with stunningly photo-realistic graphics, WTG teamed up with the United States Golf Association to integrate the real U.S. Open tournament (which takes place June 18-21st) into the game. And in addition to getting the chance to tee off with your favorite stars like Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, you will also be able to win prizes such as an all-expense paid trip to the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach in California.
In creating the game, the developers took a large crew to the various courses mentioned above and had a team of photographers and programmers spend a week at each course. Recording and capturing every single aspect, every nook and cranny, of each hole from “every possible angle”. This included the use of overhead helicopter shots. The data was then translated into a 2 1/2-D “golf experience that replicates the challenges of the actual course”.
“It’s a tremendous experience for the average golfer,” said rising star Ryuji Imada. “You get to visually experience what we face on Tour each week. Since World Golf Tour goes out and takes actual images of the course, you see the exact same thing we do when we are on the course. The game also does a great job of portraying the difficulty and challenges that these courses present to us. When the casual fan is watching on TV they can’t see just how uphill some holes are, or how large the undulations are on some of the greens. This game gives you all of that and it’s never been done this way before. And the best part about it is that fans gain access to these premier courses for free.”
The goal of the virtual online game is to eventually have it be completely integrated into actual golf broadcasts, “further blurring the line between sport and videogame”. And according to the developers, over 2 million players have already logged onto the game, which has now been expanded to include social networking features that allow golfers and gamers alike to discuss their love of the links.
Fans can experience the game through WGT.com, ESPN.com, NBC.com and USOPEN.com, and can try the game out at the U.S. Open itself, where it will be displayed via 11 game kiosks spread out through the Trophy Room, media center and USGA hospitality tent.
Via Big Download
Fight Night Round 4 cheats (Xbox 360, PS3)
These Fight Night Round 4 tips will help you cheat the natural difficulty curve to unlock extras in the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 boxing game.
How to unlock extras:
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