In conclusion to Microsoft’s rather lukewarm E3 2010 press conference, Senior VP of the company’s entertainment division, Don Mattrick, unveiled a smaller, sleeker, and more aggressive looking Xbox 360 console, which is set to hit stores in America as early as this week at $299. There’s no word on whether this new Xbox 360 will make its way to India or what its price would be here.
Microsoft’s controller-free gaming and entertainment project has a new name – Kinect. Previously dubbed ‘Project Natal’, Kinect was first unveiled last year at the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) amidst much fanfare, promising to use the human body to control living room entertainment. The vision is finally a reality, and Microsoft and Cirque du Soleil held the Kinect world premiere before the gaming press and entertainment celebrities in a closed door affair on the eve of E3 at the Galen Center, Los Angeles.
We got a better than expected response for our UFC Undisputed 2010 contest. Was it a sudden increase in the popularity of MMA, or the rather cool contest prize? Regardless, thank you to all the IVG members who participated in the contest. Now here are the three lucky winners, who will each receive a UFC Undisputed 2010 T-shirt.
The winners:
achilles
Phaseolus
gpt
Congratulations to the winners. Our next contest is right around the corner, this time with games to be won, so stay tuned for that one.
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I am a writer and I sit here staring at a blank document. There is a struggle in me to review Alan Wake as an interactive story rather than a video game. Then I think of a particular rock and roll moment and realise that no interactive story can provide a similar rush. Finally, I decide to drop the fancy words and tell you what I went through. If only Alan could get over his issues so easily. You see, Remedy’s latest protagonist is suffering from a two-year writer’s block and things just go downhill from there. His wife is kidnapped by an old biddy, he is chased by a trigger-happy FBI agent, and he wants to spend his vacation in a town which seems to be the setting for every horror movie. Sounds familiar? Reminds you of a certain cop? The nods to Max Payne are many, as are the nods to the supernatural.
Too close. The gap between the release of the fourth installment of the Sands of Time series and the new Prince of Persia movie is too close for the game to not reek of another rushed movie cash-in. As the game booted up, my eyes narrowed down and the curses readied themselves to fly off the tip of my tongue at the first signs of a final product that does not meet the high standards set by the series in the last generation. But as I vaulted, swung and wall-ran my way through the besieged city ruled by the Prince’s brother, the realisation hit me – I was having fun! Despite its short development period, could this game be a worthy addition to the Sands of Time series?
Playing through a race in Split Second, or Split/Second, is a bit like watching falling dominoes. It’s this series of intricately and painstakingly arranged pieces designed to create a visual spectacle, and the first time you see the dominoes fall, it’s almost poetic. But once the last chip has fallen, as impressive as it looked, would you want to watch the dominoes fall in the exact same pattern again and again? As much fun as Split/Second is, it always comes back to this question – how many times can you replay it before its explosive and often catastrophic set pieces become predictable?
“Two men enter, the better man leaves. The lesser man is respawning, and that’s Halo.”
At its core is a simple game built around three simple things – guns, melee and grenades. Sure, there have always been extras thrown in, but strip it down to basics and those three are the only things that have ever mattered in Halo. Earlier, if you were good at those, you were good at the game; it’s been that way since Halo: Combat Evolved. Not anymore.
April and much of May was a bit of a dry period in terms of game releases, but that is set to change. To start off, three new games will start making their way into stores across India tomorrow – Alpha Protocol, Pure Football, and UFC 2010: Undisputed. Check the image below for platforms and prices. In case you’re wondering about the PC version of Alpha Protocol, it is slightly delayed, so you’ll probably see it in stores sometime in June.
Here’s the dilemma most FIFA fans find themselves in. FIFA 10 came out six months ago, FIFA 11 comes out six months from now, and bang in-between we have another FIFA release – 2010 FIFA World Cup. Based on the demo, there’s little doubt that this game plays well, but the question is, does it offer enough to warrant a purchase with a beefier release only a few months away?
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