IndianVideoGamer members know all about Blur, the jaw-droppingly awesome gaming lounge in Chennai. If the scores of consoles and arcades, top-of-the line gaming PCs, FPS vests, and low prices weren’t enough reason to drop everything and head to Blur, here’s one more reason. This Christmas, Blur will play host to a Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare team tournament, registrations for which are already underway.
The tournament is being organised by Blur, in partnership with Nvidia and Worldwide CD ROM, the Indian distributor for Call of Duty publisher Activision.
Tournament details:
- Date: 25th December, 2008
- Venue: Blur, Sathyam Complex, Chennai
- Format: 4 vs 4 teams
- Map : Winter Crash
- Game Mode: Sabotage
- Rules: In the preliminaries, the first team to score 4 points or get the maximum score at the end of 20 minutes will win the match. In the final, the winning score will be increased to 8 points.
- Registration: Register at Blur. Registration fee is Rs 500 per team (4 members)
Prizes:
- Winners: Each member of the 4-member team gets a copy of Call of Duty: World at War and an Nvidia 9800GT 512MB graphics card (Total value: Rs 50,000).
- Runners-up: Each member of the 4-member team gets a copy of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and an Nvidia 9500GT graphics card (Total value: Rs 35,000).
- All entrants will receive a Call of Duty: World at War poster.
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It’s the season of giving, and this 12 Baj Gaya Deal is for the Gears of War 2 fans. You may have heard of the new Gears of War 2 Combustible map pack that recently hit the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. IndianVideoGamer has a couple of access codes for the pack to give away. And unlike our G-IQ contest, this one’s more about luck than intellect.
To those who don’t know, the Combustible pack includes three multiplayer maps – Flood, Gold Rush, and Fuel Station, and goes for 800 Microsoft Points on the Marketplace. But you can get it here for free.
Head to our 12 Baj Gaya Deal: Spontaneous Combustion thread to find out how you can win a code (open to IndianVideoGamer members with Trading Post access only).
Heya Folks !!
As another year draws to a close, we thought we should take a peek back into time and test your trivia skills on IVG.
Take the “TEST YOUR G-IQ” challenge and you stand a chance to win one of the two games below:
Gears of War 2 (X360) and Prince of Persia (PS3)
Contest Questions
1. When was IVG born?
2. Who is IVG’s mommy?
3. What was HotPixel/HSP’s first display name on IVG?
4. Name the IVG member who now works for one of the console makers
5. What was the prize in the first ever IVG GOTY contest?
6. Name all IVG moderators past and present
Questions are in order of difficulty (1 is easiest, 6 is toughest). In case more than one member gets the same number of correct answers, the member who answered the the more difficult ones correctly wins.
Head on over to our contest thread and give it your best shot.
Cheers and All the Best !!!!
Single-player Preview
By Kailash Karkera
Killzone is one of those unlucky franchises that has always made gaming headlines for all the wrong reasons. The original title was billed as Sony’s answer to HALO and rode on tremendous pre-release hype before it fell flat on in its face on release. The sequel, Killzone 2 also made a controversial debut when Sony tried to pass of a CIVG target render as actual gameplay footage for its then upcoming PlayStation 3. Ever since that infamous trailer, Amsterdam based developers, Guerilla Games, have been under tremendous pressure to deliver, and having played a big chunk of the single player campaign recently, I can safely say that Killzone 2 has all the makings of a fine, fine shooter. If the game’s second half is as good as its first, then Killzone 2 has a great chance to deliver on all the promises the developers made half a decade ago.
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With its alternate take on world politics and war, hilarious B-movie style presentation and lightning fast gameplay, the Red Alert series has always been a rather unique branch of the Command & Conquer universe. The first two games developed by the now defunct Westwood Studios are now RTS classics. So when EA announced the next title in the series, RTS fans couldn’t have been happier. It’s been almost 8 years since the last game in the series hit shelves and we couldn’t wait to get back into action, comrade!
Red Alert 3, now developed in-house by EA, features pretty much all of the series’ trademarks and instantly feels familiar right from the menu screens to the thumping background music. As expected, the story is totally over the top material. The Soviets travel back in time and assassinate Einstein in order to stop the Allies from becoming a super power thanks to his research. However, the results are not quite what the Soviets would have expected. The Allies are subdued a little but a new threat emerges from the east. Due to the halt in the Allies’ advancement, the Empire of the Rising Sun (the game’s third playable faction) have become a considerable threat and are now hell bent on taking over the world. The Empire’s invasion sets the stage for the campaign.
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Written by IVG Staff in News
After hectic back and forth discussions over the past few weeks, the IndianVideoGamer staff has finally arrived at the final list of nominees for the 20 categories in the IndianVideoGamer Game of the Year 2008. And heading the list of nominees are Gears of War 2, sequel to the massively successful Xbox 360 breakthrough hit, and Call of Duty: World at War, Treyarch’s often doubted and even ridiculed return to World War II.
While both Gears of War 2 and Call of Duty: World at War racked up five nominations each, following them with four nominations each are indie XBLA hit Braid, Fallout 3, FIFA 09, LittleBigPlanet, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, and, surprisingly, Pure. The 20 categories, however, don’t include the Overall Game of the Year category, for which we have something special planned. And we should have a few prizes to give away as well.
January!
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The handheld/portable video game system has entertained generations of school kids and commuters. From the cheap Tetris knock-offs available at train stations to the expensive PSP – they all offer a great gaming experience on the go. 2008 saw some jewels on both the Nintendo DS and the PlayStation Portable. Continuing our countdown, here’s the IndianVideoGamer Year in Review: Handhelds:
NINTENDO DS
The World Ends With You
Square-Enix is known for making fantasy RPGs with emotional, engaging storylines, turn-based battles and long cutscenes. Well, take out the fantasy and turn-based battle and you get The World Ends With You. This RPG is one of the best games to come out of the Squenix stable, and definitely one of the most innovative. It takes place in a modern Tokyo and gives a not-so-sly nod to the pop culture infesting the youth. There is a deep and engaging storyline, coupled that with a jazzy art direction and funky music – the makings of a great RPG. Where it really shines is the battle system, which uses the DS to its full capability. You have to control two players simultaneously using the buttons and stylus, and even juggle combos between the players to attack enemies. If you have a DS, this is a must buy. If you don’t have a DS, buy it to play this game.
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Its the end of the year. The air is filled with the spirit of giving and keeping with that, IndianVideoGamer.com brings you an offer of top quality games at next to nothing prices.
A wide selection of titles across many platforms: The PS3, Xbox 360, PS2, PSP and PC, including recent titles like Siren: Blood Curse (PS3), Lost Planet: Colonies Edition (X360), the Witcher (PC) and many many more. Discounts range from 20% to 77% on MRP and quantities are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis.
So head on over to the Offer Thread and follow the instructions there to place your orders.
When Crystal Dynamics were handed the Tomb Raider franchise after Angel of Darkness, I doubt even the most fanatical Lara fans were troubled. The franchise was at rock bottom, how worse could it be? Fans had lost faith and critics had written it off as a series that died with the PS1. Crystal Dynamics, therefore, had a lot to prove and, in Legend, they delivered a Tomb Raider game that could finally stand up to the originals as a worthy sequel.
Anniversary was a reminder of why the series was (and is) iconic. But with their reputation firmly made, I always figured Underworld was where Crystal Dynamics would begin to build up the series again. So how did it turn out?
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It is amusing to me that in the annals of video gaming, racing games based on actual world series events don’t do very well critically or commercially. If you take a look at the top selling racing games across generations, they have usually been fictional amalgamations of a variety of racing classes encompassing a wide range of vehicles.
And it’s not that bestsellers are arcade games that eschew the true sim experience in favour of fun and easy to access gameplay, as can be testified by the roaring success of the Gran Turismo and the Forza Motorsport series. Even in an arcade tilted series like Need for Speed, most critics hail Porsche Unleashed as the one of the best games in the series.
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