Silent Hill 8: Things you need to know

 Konami definitely has been kicking ass with the all succession achieved from their games franchises. This includes the succession of the survival horror video game franchise, the Silent Hill, which have been released since the first debut in January 31st, 1999. The titles included in the franchise are:

1. Silent Hill (PSX-PSONE,1999)
2. Silent Hill 2 (PS2, 2001)
3. Silent Hill 3 (PS2,2003)
4. Silent Hill 4: The Room (PS2,2004)
5. Silent Hill: Origins (PS2,PSP,2007)
6. Silent Hill: Homecoming (PS3,PC,2008)
7. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (PS2,PSP,2009)

8. Silent Hill: Downpour (2011)

Yes, this year it will be the 8th time for Konami to release the next franchise of Silent Hill, and it is confirmed already that title for this newly released would be "Downpour", extracted from a name of an area in the southeastern part of Silent Hill, and as the name itself suggests, water will be the main element and factor this time. Of course, it will not be a regular water but the creepy Silent Hill kind, meaning you'll find stuff like "bizarre water effects [that] look like an upside down river flowing across a ceiling" as reported by QJ.net.

 

 Apparently, the well-known Silent Hill landmark such as Alchemilla Hospital would not be appearing, but still the fans will be astonished by the appearance of more familiar places experienced from the previous adventures.The radius of the area is reported to be wide and massive and has a subway system.

One of the interesting things to know from the game, the developers will be working on the gameplay concerning the relevance of encountering the enemies just by fighting them alone. This means that it will revolves other strategy of surviving, like fleeing after hitting the enemies instead of beating them to their last twitch. Quicktime events will also take part during boss fights, as reported by the QJ.net.

 Fighting will be tougher than any previous franchise as the weapon inventory system will be no longer available. Guns have been degraded and potentially break after a frequent usage. Side quests have also been confirmed. This might be the reason of the developers want the players to experience the true survival in the horrifying world of the Silent Hill. I mean, what's the point of thrilled survival if you had loads of weapons and had nothing to be scared of.

Some rumors have already been circulating concerning the new approach of the gameplay feature, where the multiplayer will be available. Well, the answer for these rumors is, NO, there will be no multiplayer, confirmed by the producer himself, Devin Shatsky. 

According to the details extracted from the QJ.net, Devin Shatsky rebuffed all rumors pertaining to said multiplayer feature, pointing out that his colleage Marek's answer in an interview must have been a mere misinterpretation. 

 "Whoever that Italian interviewer was either took Radek's comments completely out of context, or it was lost in translation." he said, "As previously mentioned, we were (many moons ago) investigating a separate Multiplayer mode, but that was quickly extinguished when we costed it out and determined how much resource time it would detract from the core singleplayer experience."


The game will be released for PS3 and XBOX 360 later this year.


Here's a full 4 minutes trailer for the game. Help yourself. :)



Source: QJ.net

Prototype 2: It's coming in hot!

 Remember the 2009's game produced by Radical Entertainment, where the only thing you need to do is to squash or destroy almost everything just to gain the magnificent power and mission objective? Yeah, the Prototype, and now, we'll be having the second sequel,entitled with the Prototype 2, pretty soon. Thanks to qj.net and the EGM Digital Magazine for such a great news! Arigato gozaimasu.

We'll be disclosing the details upon the game now.Let's see now...

Based on the sources, the game will be well prepared with:

• Even more enhanced structures
• Deepening storyline
• New characters
• New chicks
• Storyline-connected side quests
• Limited number of slots
• Enemies and vehicles can be possibly dismembered.
• and of course, it is the New York still, packed with 3 divided zones, literally based on the level of the infection; the green, yellow and red.

 However, there are things that would be permanently changed. For instance, the previous muscle mass power will be unavailable but being replaced with the tendril powers. Another change will be the power store reappearance, which will not be rolling on the next sequel, instead, an underground lairs will be used for a purpose of absorbing certain powers and upgrades from your nemesis.

Okay,that's it for now. I've prepared the trailer, so just help yourself. :)



*and oh yeah, there's nothing wrong with the released date on the trailer, it will be coming in the year of Mayan's, the 2012, be prepared. :D

Sources: QJ.net, EGM Digital Magazine

Xperia Play: Coming this March!

Despite of the mourning upon the strike of the massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake and having the closure of six major factories throughout the mother country Japan, Sony somehow managed to come out with a statement mentioned the details upon the Xperia Play's released date on UK!

The Sony Ericsson's marketing director for UK and Ireland, David Hilton stated that the long waiting for the region will be last until this March 31st, packed with six pre-installed games! ( Bruce Lee Dragon Warriors, Tetris, Star Battalion, Crash Bandicoot, FIFA 2010, and the famous The Sim 3)

Also being mentioned is the news regarding more than 50 games will also be available for download via the Sony Playstation's Suite, which will include the classic PSOne titles and current smartphone games built exclusively according to the specification made for the phone.

The director also mentioned the massive commercial planning expected to coming on the following days, "We are currently still in commercial conversation, but I’d be surprised if we didn’t see Xperia Play appear in other channels.", he said. "All the mobile operators and retailers are selling it. It is rare these days to get a product that is sold everywhere, but this is one of those.This will be the biggest marketing campaign we have had in the UK".
 
The released date of the other regions will be announced sooner. Stay tuned.


Source: OJ.net, engadget

Nintendo 3DS hacked!

It's been only 5 days from the first Japan's shipment of the Nintendo 3DS; being wiped out of all 400,000 units for the first 24 hours of launching, and few days later, of course, something to be predicted already, booyah! The device ,somehow, is successfully hacked!

Nintendo does giving its best shot on the attempt to firmly secure 3DS from any piracy approach, however, things that happened suggest a rather more distraught and stressful outcome. Videos concerning a hacking demonstration through the use of an R4 card  has been world widely watched through Youtube, with an exceeded 77,524 viewers already! (based on the time this article is written)




"Dude,what is an R4 card?"

The R4 card is also best known as the R4 DS or R4 Revolution, commonly used for Nintendo DS or Nintendo DS Lite or Nintendo DSi to play game, music, and many other tasks. It works like the UMD for PSP, or the tape for Gameboy. The R4 card comes in a size of a regular Nintendo DS cartridge.

Although some of the community resisted to accept such demonstration is a way of the hacking procedure, but inevitably we have to admit that this will be assumed to be the starting line between the hacker lovers and haters. Let the game begins!

Sources: Tom's Guide, articlebases.com

PSP Go is still alive!

Okay,we might probably heard the news that the first shipment of the newly released Nintendo 3DS, which has been launched just 5 days ago in Japan, sold out completely. Well, it is a common thing to happen (especially for the Japanese hardcore gamers) whenever new console arrived in town,isn't it? But here, we'll not be talking about the 3DS, but instead, the spotlight for now is the so-called-failed-product, Sony PSP Go, believe me guys, it got sales boost! Credits to QJ.net for such an awesome expose!

The list indicates the hardware sales for the week ending February 20th based on Media Create chart :

• PSP – 63,330
• PS3 – 25,242
• Wii – 12,221
• DSi LL – 10,037
• DSi – 8,022
• PSP go – 2,487
• Xbox 360 – 2,183
• PS2 – 1,863
• DS Lite – 973

 For the sales of PSP Go, yeah, we know that 2,487 would be probably counted as shits, but hey, look at what happens to the sales of the same device last week!

• PSP – 106,893
• PS3 – 26,766
• Wii – 15,028
• DSi LL – 12,069
• DSi – 10,039
• Xbox 360 – 2,118
• PS2 – 1,665
• DS Lite – 1,003
• PSP go - 10

For those who think that 10 is not a big deal, well, to my own rationality, it is a big number since we have the consistent rumors, saying people will waste no more dollars on PSP Go, unless they know nothing about the device at all. The purchasing are still going, at the least of 10 units last week!  it is the best thing could really happen to the device! Yet, from the list, the most easiest conclusion we could suggest so far would be the nigiyaka (lively) sales for the Sony's ultimate gaming device are due to the fact that people still love to play the PSP, even the Playstation 3 just managed to come out as the second.

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Meanwhile in another happening news, the SCEE (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe) is expected to come out with surprises for the PSP,of what they claimed as the "exciting PSP plan". However, there will be no telling about what could precisely included in the manifesto. Despite of not knowing the truth yet, some accounts from the source website have already predicted the possibilities of the content in the plan!

"The announcement for Europe is probably PSP drop price. $129.99 converted to pounds is £79.92 but it'll end up costing about £100.00 or so. I wish it'd really cost £79,92 (around this price) and not £100,00 but it's due to extra charges." - Owner1

"i bet they're gonna have a price drop of their own as well, but not the directly converted price from the US. but i do hope these "exciting plans" are indeed worth looking more into" - Glenn M

"gtfo troll. The NGP probably has the ability to play the lesser resource using ones and why would it have OOS when it is Sony you are talking about? Back on subject, I get the feeling that the exciting plans might include a price drop for PSP-Gos and probably something to do with PSN." - Etnas Prinny

Based on the comments, i'm pretty sure as well that the plan should be covering the strategy for the price drops. This is a great approach though since people are getting sick day by day just to wait for an original UMD without a jaw dropping price tag, especially the ones with PSP Go.

Sources: QJ.net, Media Create

Xperia Play versus iPhone and NGP?

 From the way we're seeing the current issues regarding the smartphone competitions nowadays, to those who may concerns, it is obvious that the latest rivalry may be erupted between the newly upcoming Sony Ericsson's phone, the Xperia Play, and the one we may recognized as the world most ultimate smartphone so far, the iPhone. The official winner will be announced sooner the Xperia Play hits the store approximately next month (March 2011), but of course, we may yet to predict which one is better.

Xperia Play VS iPhone

Based on Sony Ericsson's UK Marketing Manager David Hilton, he stated that due to the few special reasons, the Sony Ericsson is firmly back on the track of smartphones games, "It puts our smartphones out there with the latest Android technology, the benefits of that coupled with the best of Sony technology that make using a Sony Ericsson much more satisfying, much more enjoyable and frankly much more cool than using an iPhone.", he added.

In another debatable point, he stressed that Xperia Play may not only concern by the looks and fabulous integrated technology in term of specification, but also through the pricing tagged on the mobile device. For now, there is no telling about the actual price yet, but Hilton did reveal some hints about it, saying that it will cost "the same or probably a little bit less" than the iPhone's. Of course, the winner will be determined by the technology AND the price relevance. Hence, if Xperia managed to come up with a lower better price, than it is obvious to see whose gonna be the one to burst out the champagne on the stage.

But hey, this is not the only main topic to be discussed here, since there will be another competitor that capable of challenging the Xperia Play; it is its own distant brother, the Next Generation Portable alias PSP2!

 

Xperia Play VS Next Generation Portable (NGP)

"If someone wants the ultimate gaming machine and is prepared to wait until later in 2011, then the NGP might be for them - but they would have to carry another smartphone and many people don't want to do that.", so David Hilton pointed out that way.

Some of the community said that the way Sony introduced both of the gaming devices at a nearly the same time, it might lead to the condition where the customers might be confused on which one to pick, since they are from the same company, with possibly within nearly the same specifications! Well, to give credits on which one should be purchased, it is a very hard job to be done, but within a few measurements we'll be discussing now, the customers will hopefully eventually find out the right one to have the rights to be in their pockets.


The customers will be given options of priority; first phase, are you more into the casual or hardcore gaming experience? If you chose to be the casual ones, then the Xperia Play will be the good thing for you. It comes with great specifications and features, including motion and gesture-based gaming features, and yeah, it should be enough to power up the 3D games. The released 50 titles for the phone aren't sound bad at all, especially the well-known Assassin's Creed, Battlefield, and Dead Space franchises. Of course, you can't expect the graphic to surpass the NGP, since the handheld portable will be using a different engine and features, but it is satisfying enough for a casual gamer. For more details on the Xperia Play, click HERE.

But if you're about to gain the hardcore gaming experiences, then NGP is definitely the right thing for you! Why? Because it comes with tremendous special features and capabilities, where from that point, you can pleasantly choose which pleasured you the most. For instance, you may choose to play the games with the d-Pad, or simply using the touch screen or track pad on the back of the device. For specific info about the NGP, click HERE.


Second phase, the price. If you got bunches of dollars in the wallet, then you will face no problem, go for both of them! But, if you're losing money, i'm suggesting you to wait for the NGP, since the price may seems to be a little bit higher than the former PSP and shouldn't be expecting to exceed the price of an iPhone. And, if you're ready to go for dollars, then pick the Xperia, since we have already known from Hilton's statement; the price might exceed or less than the iPhone. (in other word, it will stays costy)


To conclude these, we just have to wait for them to show up, and sooner the elimination of options will be taking the places. :D

Final Fantasy: Another two titles coming for iPhone

You know what, i really hate to know the fact of something or anything good is on the way to the iPhone, due to these good things, the phone is acknowledged to be one of the best shitty gaming platforms ever made in history, except for the ridiculously expensive price.

This is one of the f-ing latest example; Square Enix decided to release two more titles for the iOS-based,(the previous two titles were Final Fantasy I and Final Fantasy II) making the franchise to exceed up to 4 titles till now. The titles are expected to be entitled with the names of Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions and Final Fantasy III, approximately coming to the Apple Stores in Spring. These titles have already been in the Playstation Network (PSN) from 2007, and to this date, it is the iPhone's turn to get the fame coverage.

According to V-Jump magazine, the Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions was supposed to be released last year, but due to some inevitable reasons, it was delayed for another date. The graphic gets ever better, and of course, the menu sizes have been enlarged for the ease of the players to access more options or commands.

This announcement has been made for Japan, but I'm pretty sure that the Square Enix will be releasing the titles internationally, and yes, the Europe and North America will not having the chance to miss these.

"iPhone is cool." There i said it.


Source: QJ.net

Xperia Play: The Playstation Phone is close!

As we had already been informed well about the existence of the newly made Playstation Phone, Sony has already come out with statements concerning the approximate day of releasing, the detailed specification, and the expected games to run through the phone!

Okay, first,we'll be covering the release date phase. Sony stated that the device will be hitting the market pretty much on the upcoming March of 2011, however they did not released any words mentioning the actions on whether they want to launch it worldwide, or just addressing few regions as early steps. Till this moment, the date will remains ambiguous. Well, March sounds better than December. I just hate to wait that long.

Second, the full specifications made for the phone. Okay, i'll be listing each one of them based on the list made by QJ.net, a full credit to them for such a fabulous expose.

Camera

• 5.1 megapixel camera
• Auto focus
• Flash / Photo light
• Geo tagging
• Image stabiliser
• Send to web
• Touch focus
• Video light
• Video recording
• Video blogging

Music

• Album art
• Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
• Google™ Music Player
• Music tones (MP3/AAC)
• PlayNow™ service*
• Sony Ericsson Music player
• Stereo speakers
• TrackID™ music recognition application

Internet

• Android Market™*
• Bookmarks
• Google™ search*
• Google™ Voice Search*
• Pan & zoom
• Web browser (Webkit)

Communication

• Call list
• Conference calls
• Facebook™ application (from Android Market™)
• Google™ Talk*
• Noise Shield
• Polyphonic ringtones
• Speakerphone
• Sony Ericsson Timescape™***
• Twitter™ application (from Android Market™)
• Vibrating alert

Messaging

• Android Cloud to Device messaging (C2DM)
• Conversations
• Email
• Google Mail™*
• Instant messaging
• Picture messaging (MMS)
• Predictive text input
• Sound recorder
• Text messaging (SMS)

Design

• Auto rotate
• Keyboard (onscreen, 12 key)
• Keyboard (onscreen, QWERTY)
• Picture wallpaper
• Touchscreen
• Wallpaper animation

Entertainment

• 3D games
• Dedicated gaming keys
• Flash Lite™
• Gesture gaming
• Motion gaming
• Video streaming
• YouTube™

Organizer

• Alarm clock
• Calculator
• Calendar
• Document editors
• Document readers
• E-Manual
• Flight mode
• Google Calendar™
• Google Gallery 3D™
• Infinite button
• Phone book
• Set-up Wizard
• Widget manager

Connectivity

• 3.5 mm audio jack
• aGPS
• Bluetooth™ technology
• DLNA Certified
• Google Latitude™
• Google Location Service
• Google Maps™ with Street View
• Media Transfer Protocol support
• Micro USB Connector
• Modem
• Synchronisation via Facebook™**
• Synchronisation via Google Sync™
• Synchronisation via Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync®
• Synchronisation via Sony Ericsson Sync
• USB 2.0 high speed support
• Wi-Fi™
• Wi-Fi™ Hotspot functionality

* The service is not available in all markets.
** Requires Facebook™ application installed on the device.

Google™ services*

* These services may not be available in every market Android Market™ Client

• Gmail™
• Google Calendar™
• Google Gallery 3D™
• Google Latitude™
• Google Maps™ with Street View
• Google Media Uploader
• Google Music Player™
• Google Phone-top Search
• Google Search widget
• Google Sync™
• Google Talk™
• Google Voice Search
• Set-up Wizard
• YouTube™

Screen

• 16,777,216 colour TFT
• Capacitive multi-touch
• 4 inches
• 480 x 854 pixels (FWVGA)

In-box

• Xperia™ PLAY
• Battery
• Stereo portable handsfree
• 8GB microSD™ memory card
• Charger
• Micro USB cable for charging, synchronisation and file transfer
• User documentation

Facts

• Size: 119 x 62 x 16 mm
• Weight: 175 grams
• Phone memory: 400 MB
• Memory card support: microSD™, up to 32 GB
• Memory card included: 8GB microSD™
• Operating system: Google™ Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
• Processor: 1 GHz Scorpion ARMv7

Talk time and Networks

• Talk time GSM/GPRS: Up to 8 hrs 25 min*
• Standby time GSM/GPRS: Up to 425 hrs*
• Talk time UMTS: Up to 6 hrs 25 min*
• Standby time UMTS: Up to 413 hrs*
• Talk time CDMA2000®: Up to 7 hrs 40 min*
• Standby time CDMA2000®: Up to 405 hrs*
• Game play time: Up to 5 hrs 35 min*
• MP3 playback: Up to 30 hrs 35 min*

Networks

• UMTS HSPA 800, 850, 1900, 2100
• GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900
• UMTS HSPA 900, 2100
• GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900
• CDMA2000®, cdmaOne, EVDO

Colors

• Black
• White

Okay, let's go to the next chapter, yet the most interesting part to me! Yeah, the expected games to run through the phone. Sony claimed that there will be at least 50 games to be introduced in the phone debut session. The 50 games will come from over 20  infamous developers such as Namco Bandai, EA, Gameloft, and PopCap. Well, how about the titles? It is very likely to see the sightings of Assasin Creed, Guitar Hero, Battlefield, and even the most wanted game, the DEAD SPACE. Not enough with the good news, here comes another better news, the phone is predicted to be capable on running the PS One games, just like the former PSP! 

Yeah! It is about time to kick some iPhone asses! I'm pretty much annoyed to face the fact of Dead Space has gotten into the iPhone gaming list. Hopefully these news will turn to be the real things. Okay now, i've prepared the commercial ads for the phone, enjoy buffering the video first. :)


Source: QJ.net

iControlPad the savior

Sick of getting your fingers blocking your view on the iPhone screen? Settle down, the savior is here. With the new iControlPad, you can leave the touch screen controls a goodbye kiss. Guess someone just did something upon hearing the complaints regarding how sucks an iPhone could be without the d-pad system. :D

What is that thing anyway? It is a gamepad adaptor for iPhone exclusively, and priced approximately $75 (converted to Malaysian Ringgit, it will be RM228.34) . The adapter will comes with a digital d-pad, two analog nubs, six front buttons and two rear buttons.Please take a note, this is for iPhone only, sorekara, if you are planning to put this into your Blackberry phone, think twice.

So what do you think? Are you buying? Well, just for your reference, i just put various comments from Gizmodo regarding this release. Happy reading. :)

I really think Apple should release this kind of thing officially for the iPhone.You have the main phone doing just as it always has, which is great, but then you have the option to expand it's control with an official controller add-on that all developers can support in their control schemes for their games.I don't see how that could hurt any, unless Apple thinks it undermines the phone somehow that they even have to offer an extra control option, but I really just think it would be good...Like people having to buy arm straps so they can carry their phone in a useful way when jogging for example. - iNCEPTIONAL

The only thing the Playstation phone has that the ICP doesn't is touch analog sticks. Which kinda defeats the purpose of putting buttons on the thing. The ICP has actual sticks. - Jason Dupree

Not all emulators work.No shoulder buttons.The thing is HUGE.Why should anybody buy this? - Gary Blake

The clamshell would limit the devices without it having a heavily engineered design. This is a design that allows for simple modifications by anybody and the most flexible device coverage rather than just a few phones with certain dimensions.At worst this is a expensive bluetooth gaming controller. At best, any future phone upgrades you have this will work with.- Noisome

Holy crap, this is expensive - Eric Arrache Goncalves

Aaaaw it's only $75. Not an arm or leg or anything SMH - Robhatesbuttons

This looks like some old Nintendo from 20 years ago. I think I'll just wait for the Android/PSP hybrid thingie.- Chris Connor

How cool would it be if you could (on a jailbroken phone) define geometrical spaces on the screen where the virtual controls for a particular game were present and then have button presses simulate a touch to that area? This wouldn't solve the problem completely since it would require jailbreaking but at least developers would not have to build in support for the device. Not sure how feasible it is.... - bensashi

"we're told not all games and emulators will work with the thing"
This is important. Game pads are not part of mobile device design, support will have to be added by each developer of each game... this is the same problem the xperia is going to have. I would love to see a list of game that WILL work with this for any and all platforms, I suspect it will be very very tiny... love the concept but they need to do some serious promotion with developers to make it actually DO something when you connect it up...- ima747

For the size and price I could just use one of the Nyko mini Wii remotes with my Droid. It's cheaper, and I know that the 3 major emulators I play will work with it. - MaxwellMudd

oh, this is gonna be awesome! - Spine

Either thats a bad picture of it or that device is really overpriced. - Gregory Pierce

Yup, looks like a $2 China gadget. That said, for $10 I'd buy one... hell, even $40 would be okay, because the battery can be used to charge the phone (great for extended gaming sessions). But with shipping to Germany they're like $100, so... no. :( - Simon Broenner

Looks like it costs about $4 to make. - Xephrey

Sony Playstation Portable stays

  Usually, when Sony announced a new enhanced device of gaming platform, we can easily predict what would happen to the previous version of the console. Well, they'll just sack them away eventually. For instance, look at what happened to the noble Playstation the 2nd once the 3rd one hit the market. The games got lamer and lamer, and most of the famous ones will cease to exist. But hey, things aren't work the same in the Playstation Portable legacy. Why the hell was that? Keep reading.

The president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studio stated to Edge that although the NGP will comes by the end of this year, the company doesn't plan to halt the business standpoint of the former PSP, which has been six years in the sales since the first debut made on 2004. Although the sales of the handheld weren't quite in the picture of Sony might want it to be, but based on the statement made by the company previously, claiming that they have the ten-year plans for their gaming console, they just want Sony PSP to be a part of it.

 Another thing to be discussed is about the specific pricing of NGP, which hasn't been mentioned by Sony yet. But indeed, the president just spoke a word or two, "In terms of pricing, we can't sell the NGP for the same price as a PSP. The PSP has become very affordable and popular, especially with younger generations," he said. 

Yeah, we know, it would be ridiculous to sell NGP at the price of current PSP, but we'll definitely have no tolerance with any handheld console at a price of an iMac for sure. Bear that in mind, Sony.


Source: QJ.net

Arkham City: Professor Hugo Strange's turn!

Guess what? I've been waiting for this quite a very long f-ing time, it is the turn for psychotic Professor Hugo Strange to strike! But hey, my favorite villain of all time is still here, and this time, The Joker will imperial the whole Gotham City, and one of the factors for the current state of the city to turn into the one they pronounced as the Arkham City!

The battlefield is wider in term of radius; we're talking about the the whole squares of the city, in any necessary meaning, has turned into the city of villains, thugs, and crime masterminds. Instead of running the Arkham Asylum once again, the warden Quincy Sharp whom has been elected to be the next Mayor, decided to close down the institution for an unthinkable reason; by establishing the Arkham City, the new maximum security home for all of Gotham City's criminals!

In order to sustain the criminal rate, Sharp has setup an extremely heavy fortified walls of a sprawling district in the heart of Gotham City, where the thugs capable to roam around freely, and they are allowed to do whatever they want, as long as they do not put any attempt to escape. Far greater than that, Dr. Hugo Strange has been appointed by Sharp to run this newly innovated prison, the man who knows the fact of Bruce Wayne is behinds that mask! Dark Knight is forced to face his old classic villains, including the Penguin,  Sionis, Catwoman, and even Two Face! Trust me, it is going to be huge and earthly greater than the previous sequel!

The release date will expected to be by the end of this year, which is September 30, 2011! (damn, that's still far ahead, i cant wait any longer!!!). It will be available for PC, XBOX 360, and PS3.

A trailer for you guys to enjoy!




Sources: Gamestates, IGN

Playstation Phone official commercial leaked!

Now, now, i think everybody must expecting to know better about the so-called Playstation Phone,no? Well, it seems to me that Sony Ericsson shouldnt be the one to attempt much efforts of announcing the device since it has been leaked for months, yeah,i said it,for months already! So basically we have already know what should a Playstation Phone looks like, and the overall knowledge about its benchmarks.

Just to get yourself clear, there's been a number of pictures, details, and hand-on impressions have been made few months for the one they called as the Xperia Play. Now here comes the latest one, being uploaded to the youtube by a Norwegian site (Droidnytt.no), the first commercial ever,leaked! As the video shows,it features an Android mascot is currently going through a surgery of getting extra thumbs in order to use the phone's analog touchpad!

Buffer the video below to see it for yourself.



Well, Sony will be expected to announce the device official revealing this Valentine's Day, when the Mobile World Congress expo taking place on February 14 to February 17 in Barcelona.Go for it people!  :D

Source: 1up.com

F.E.A.R. 3: The IGN review

 Sorry guys, i've been busy with my study, guess cant find the right time to update something in here, and i'm pretty blank right now, seriously, got nothing in mind. God, save me!

 Actually, i got nothing at all to write about the title, i just happened to write because i want to see and make sure, that at least an entry update will be made per day.Anyway, played the franchise before? Hi-fi for you guys! Yeah, i've been in the game since the first episode, and i did play the expansion packs, it is really a series of fantastic games! You need to experience the environment of both war and ghost haunting in the same time; that's the major key to the succession of the game!

 By the day, i just prepared a footage gameplay of the 3rd sequel of the game ; just enjoy yourself while i'm doing some more research about the incoming latest topic.  :D

Unleashing the Need For Speed Shift 2!

Let me get this straight, i hate any racing games which cover the whole career mode in circuits, and i hate to follow few orders on the gear shift management just to make a lap or corner turn out efficiently. In short, i hate most of the legal racing game, yeah, i said it,most of it, i'm just more into the street race, the ones that requires a full gut of being chased by the police army. Sorry, i just to need to admit this before proceeding to the title, just to make sure your view is clear, that i'm the guy who hates circuit based racing game. Okay, let us continue with the most exciting part,well,for certain people..

So what now? The Electronic Arts (EA) just startled me with the announcement of making the second sequel for the previous Need For Speed Shift, coming to Europe stores this March 24th. The sequel will be named as Need For Speed Shift 2: Unleashed.

Actually the announcement was made since the end of last year, and i just missed the information. Never mind that, the next sequel is expected to retain some of the most infamous features from the previous sequel, which are the experience points, leveling, badges for performance, visceral driver/track interaction and of course, the peak of realism experience will covers most of these. So, what are the improvements? Here, you got a full Elite simulation mode,similarly with the ones from both Morza and Gran Turismo, full damage is now available, allowing the players to end their races with such horrifying crashes. The physics are improved, and the AI is getting smarter,or even, smarter than you.

For me, the true innovation is the helmet cam, another point of view that disconnects the driver's perspective from the body of the car and simulates a real head on a real neck, so the IGN said. This will contributes more for the gamers out there who boost out for the reality life simulation. There will be stat meters, upgrades and tweak galore too.

Need some video review? Just buffer the video for me please.  :)























Source: engadget.com

PSP2: The Official Shape Exposed???

What's that? The official photo leaked? Oh my God, if that was supposed to be true, then Sony should be in a lot of trouble right now, they ARE already in unsettled business regarding the so-called allegation made by Geohot with the PS3 jailbraking, and now they are about to get troubled with some exposed images, claiming to be the real thing, the PSP2!

Even Sony themselves have nothing to say about the pictures, yet, but i can assure you that their representative will take a very effective action, just to cover up their little secret asses about the real thing, they will say no to the picture, and they will deny at any cost, assuring people to get over it, never thinking about it anymore. However, things happen today aren't exactly according to their plan. People may talk, speculate, and even believe that Sony is just trying to cover things up.

Okay let's just get started with the picture craps. Bear this in your mind, this is just an "official" picture, (notice the quotation marks), since there is no official statement about any Sony PSP2 shape debut yet, then we can still assume some portion of the image might be taken as a joke. You have the right to judge based on your instinct, or some knowledge whatsoever. Full credit to QJ.net for such a magnificent leaking!

But do Sony actually know about this? Perhaps they do, because some week after this, they are about to schedule an official release of their latest Playstation Portable model. Yeah, they will talk about this, a lot!

Now now, according to the picture, the next model will come up with a slider, similar to the one on PSP Go, just a little differ with the shape, and thank God, Sony are finally using their mind right now, it has two analogs! We've been waiting for this like thousands ages! The buttons are fine, look simple but significant. As we have been exposed before, the screen  might be a little wider from the previous version, making the overall size will be expanded as well. It has a 32GB SD PSP2 "memory card brand", but wait a minute, did i just see a stylus?? A Playstation? With a stylus??

This is so much similar to the Playstation Phone, ya know, the one from Sony Ericsson, and what the hell does a stylus has to do with the console? When it comes to the stylus part, i do think that this picture is a crap, but who am i to overwhelmingly comment such insignificancy? So i just let you guys to do the judge.

Dead Space 2: Hitting the market now!

 As i am writing right now, the most terrifying, horrifying video game ever created on earth is striking the market, available for almost all platforms, including the iOS based ones, the iPhone 4G, iPad, and iPod Touch 4G! But wait, the version iOS will not be entitled with Dead Space 2, just a sequence between the first and second version of the game. Good news, the iOS version is already out, so make sure to get yourself a copy!

Anyway, let's focus on the other platform of Dead Space 2. Interested to get one? Well, get yourself $54.96 and you'll be able to purchase a pre-order stock from the Amazon, giving you the 8% discount prior to the title released today! Plus, free shipping!

Here's the list of standard price based on respective platforms on Amazon:

Playstation 3 - $54.96 ,saved $5.03 based on the original price $59.99
(converted to Malaysian Ringgit - RM168.08, tax excluded)

XBOX 360 - $54.96 ,saved $5.03 based on the original price $59.99
(converted to Malaysian Ringgit - RM168.08, tax excluded)

PC - $56.99 ,saved $2.96 based on the original price $59.95
(converted to Malaysian Ringgit - RM174.29, tax excluded)

Dead Space 2 is a sequence of the previous game, Dead Space, a collaboration of EA Inc. and Visceral Games. The previous version of the game was a flying colors success, and yet to be predicted the second one will meet the same result, or even greater. Dead Space 2 comes with a multiplayer features up to 8 players online in objective-based mission setting in five astonishing locations.

Get your ass up and start playing the f-ing awesome game!


Source: Amazon

PSP2: Things you should know

* This picture do not reflects the exact conceptual shape of the real PSP2

Okay, here's a question before proceeding,are you a serious gamer?if you arent, then i pleased to ask you to make a move to the other topics,because this section is strictly for the serious ones only. Sorry for being rude, just to get yourself informed that most of the information extracted for this particular topic might end up useless for minors.

 

* This picture do not reflects the exact conceptual shape of the real PSP2

So, the rumors are seems to be strongly correct, PSP2 is going to hit us by the end of the year, but Sony have already get ourselves warmed up with some announcement to be made regarding the greatest handheld console invention-in-waiting. Sony defines that this January 27th, the four days ahead us, might be the day where a special meeting in Tokyo concerning the "business overview and strategy" and the day where PSP2 secret of existence will be unveiled, as claimed by the MCV and VG247's sources. But dont get pretty excited yet, the meeting might not having some major trade show meeting, just some boring speech stuff from the CEOs.

  * This picture do not reflects the exact conceptual shape of the real PSP2

Sony have already take part in showing off some prototype, claimed to be the PSP2 hardware and roughly mentioned about the similarity of size to the previous PSP 3000.As mentioned by earlier by Mortal Kombat's developers, Shaun Himmerick of Netherrealm Studio the machine looks powerful and might exposes the possibility of theirs to trust into the the future handheld gaming console, where a new Moral Kombat might be heading to PSP2. However, they planned not to have the attention of being amongst the first batch developers on the first day of launching.

Everybody literally loves touch screen based system navigation and gaming, but unless someone can miraculously  found a scientific breakthrough of getting some technology that enable the gamer to see things through their fingers, then playing serious games through a touch screen system might inevitably look ridiculously hard to accomplish the real satisfaction. Thus leading to some thoughts by many developers including the Apple, to put the touch sensitive section on the back of the device. Strong rumors regarding this innovation have claimed that Sony might take this thing seriously. Even though there's no official release statement concerning the way sensitive touch section getting its attention on the console, it is indeed not impossible for Sony to accomplish it.

* This picture do not reflects the exact conceptual shape of the real PSP2

Not enough for the rumors about the touch screen whatsoever, there are still rumors regarding the incoming PSP2 twitted from a Japan's Nikkei newspaper reporting the console to come with a crisp OLED touchscreen and 3G data from NTT DoCoMo when it arrives later this year, enabling multiplayer action and even full video and game downloads over the specifically Japanese cellular network. The paper also mentioned about the size of the screen might physically looks larger and will be powered by some potent new silicon! Well,this is a good news, most of the gamers love the PSP just for the large screen, and the little brother might follow the legacy with a brand new bigger screen gloriously!

One thing to be sure, Sony have learned from Nintendo's mistake, never put any tape or UMD or shits like that into the machine, it brings misery without mercy to both of developers and consumers. Face it, and get real.

Sources: engadget.com , nikkei.com

Dead Space 2: Isaac rocks you,again!

Never tell me you had never heard about any Dead Space before,but only if you had, then stop calling yourself a hardcore gamer! The thriller sequence continues in the latest and brand new Dead Space the 2nd, which again covers the adventure of a space engineer named Isaac Clarke, the adventure of unlikely to be end easily, but this time, no more USG Ishimura, it is the space itself which happened to be the battlefield!

The saga continues after 3 years from the first game, when our protagonist Isaac and his crews were having a technical visit upon USG Ishimura, not long after the ship has been muffled with human-based alien or lively corpses called Necromorphs. The adventures was overall recorded over the ship, where they were about to figure out what the hell is wrong with the ship. Being killed one after another, the crews left fewer with Isaac and a female captain, surviving for their lives. Well,that was history already, the thing where Isaac having right now is a present thing!

This time, the beginning starts when Isaac wakes up on a space station known as the Sprawl and figured the place is having too much thrilled Necromorphs, with almost no chance to survive! He is about to kick ass,again! Now that is where the adventure starts, you'll be asked to pick up a plasma cutter (noted that the any modded materials you have made in for the last first game will no longer available,you need to start from the basis,again), you'll be doing an engineering suit and take the fight to the monsters that eager to kill and rip your arms!

The main goal to be covered would be a search and destroy mission, where you need to find the religious idol known as the Marker which causing all the madness, but doesnt that sounds a little bit lame and cliche? Well,the factor that makes story of Dead Space 2 far more greater than the first one is the internal war Isaac will be experiencing! This time,it is about the Isaac himself,solving the riddles entangled in his mind, in fact to be precise, Isaac has definitely lost his mind!

Due to the guilty feeling upon the death of his girlfriend, Isaac seems to be clueless and trying to find out something which can make him reassures. The story makes Dead Space 2 kinda heavy stuff to be comprehend by most of the new players if none of them plays the first game. Isaac will be suffering from internal conversation and severed hallucination based on the past adventures.

Personally, Dead Space 2 is really a kick ass game,anyone should give it a try, and trust me, you'll be addicted to it by any moment. The game will be unleashed this January 25th and OMG it's TOMORROW, and available on PC,PS3 and XBOX 360. Be the first to experience the most terrifying game ever!

Maybe a little trailer will motive you more! Enjoy!

PSP with homebrews (read: heaven)

You know what people, the best thing happens on Playstation Portable which surprises the hardcore gamers are their playable homebrews and emulators; one of the reasons on why did i pick up the PSP rather than DS or other handheld gaming consoles.


For those who do not know what is the term homebrew refers to, it is about software that applied to video games or any other related software produced by the consumers themselves, targeting the proprietary hardware platform, enabling the system to play modded games or applications. The best homebrew ever created was for PSP. Some people considered to call homebrew as freeware, and Japanese usually address them as Dojin Soft.


Do you remember your classic moments with Megaman X, Mario, Pac Man, Spyro or other familiar Playstation One games? Well, PSP is one of the platform that give you that feeling of being in the games again. Needless for consoles anymore. It's like having a Playstation One in your pocket!


Well,good news for the NES lovers, NesterJ launched a new version of NES emulator for your PSP,called NesJ 1.12 v0.70. As QJ.net say, this updated version of the unofficial "Enhanced Chinese" NesterJ mod adds the following (Google-translated from Chinese). Be the first to get it! 

Get yourselff a copy HERE

Nintendo 3DS is now available for pre-orders

Being released on March 27th in the United States, Nintendo is giving a chance to the lovers for pre-orders on Amazon. The new 3D Nintendo DS will be available on both Amazon and Walmart just to make sure that you might be the luckiest number one customer to purchase such a great invention of the century! Nintendo is also planning to launch the 3DS on February 26 for Japanese version.

The handheld gaming console will also be available at Aqua Blue and Cosmo Black, where the pricing will be at approximately for $249.99 (if converted to Malaysia Ringgit,it would be RM774.97 approx.)The console is already a bestselling video game item on Amazon although the release date is still two month away from now. So what are you waiting for? Go for it,tiger!

For more info,visit the official Nintendo website.  :)