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Here are some screenshots I took from Clear Sky last year and more recently Call of Pripyat while playing them. The screens are accompanied by captions too. Why did I do this. I don’t know…
“There’s an emission going on outside? Damn right. There’s one going on in here too!”
“Ooh! We’ve never done it by a train station before!”
“Why the hell did you stick the grenades to the bottom of the crate?”
“To stop them rolling about.”
“Teddy?! I sleep with my rifle motherf*cker!”
I was inspired to do this after playing a little game called Magic Gauntlet Karathin-Din the other day, which I also downloaded. I’ve always been somewhat fascinated with Magic: The Gathering as well, even though I’ve never really been able to get a hold of the cards. Back in those days at school, I didn’t have the money, although I will admit I did once purchase a pack of Pokémon cards.
Anyway, I went about working with this MSE and creating some cards just for fun.
As you can see, I’m a big fan of the old classic games.
You can get Magic Set Editor here. Currently it’s at version 2, or 0.3.8 Beta, but it’s from about a year ago. The program began development in 2007 by Twan van Laarhoven. It’s fun to just play around with and create some card with some great artwork that you can make or “borrow”.
Right now I’m just working on making cards that contain characters, protagonists from games, monsters, lands and other things all from video games.
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Source: http://magicseteditor.sourceforge.net/
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This isn’t the first time such a package has been put together. For a while now, a deal has been on at Direct2Drive, which will let you get your hands on BioShock & BioShock 2… but at a price of $62.95
Now Amazon has a similar deal going on, but other than it being the retail versions and not the digital ones, the price tag is considerably less, at $50. All you have to do is add both games to your shopping cart, and you basically get BioShock for free, or one cent, if you’re really counting.
The conditions are that you can only do this with the PS3 or Xbox 360 versions, not the PC ones, and the Limited Editions don’t count either.
I haven’t yet played BioShock 2, but my brother says it’s good. I have played the first game, and I can say it’s one you shouldn’t miss.
Get both BioShock and BioShock 2 for $50
Source: Deal: BioShock 1 & 2 for $50 on Amazon [Joystiq]
A bunch of screenshots for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier hit the net recently. Thanks go to The Lost Gamer for originally having them up. You can check them out at the bottom of the post.
As you can see in some of the pictures, and in the trailers for the game released recently, the game will feature cloaking or optical camouflage. In Official Playstation Magazine, this was explained further by Studio producer Adrian Lacey:
“People always say, ‘It doesn’t exist’. It’s existed for about five years; we were looking at it for previous Recons.
Imagine a suit covered in cameras. It films what’s around you and projects it back on your suit. You don’t disappear. You’re not invisible. It disturbs your perception, breaks up your silhouette.”
Also, soldier exoskeletons and shoulder-mounted rocket launchers are some other gadgets that will be in the game.
The game will be out later on this year for PS3, 360, DS, PSP and Wii, with a PC version probably coming afterwards, at some other time.
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Sources: The Lost Gamer - VG247
The game will not only take place in Vietnam as was suspected for many months if not a year or more, but will take place in operations that span from World War II to the present day, including The Cold War, Vietnam, Cuba, Iran, South America, and supposedly even one in London, which would be the infamous SAS mission that took place at the Iranian Embassy in 1980 – which nearly went south very quickly, with some botch-ups of note, from what I’ve seen on the History Channel.
The game is also said to have support for dedicated servers for the PC version of the game, where Modern Warfare 2 didn’t, and will bring back the Zombie mode from World at War, seeing as this title is also being developed by Treyarch, as was WAW.
The game is said to be arriving in November, 2010, as is customary or even traditional by now. Although one particular retailer, GAME, states that it might be October.
I can say that even though some, or even most, of these are rumours, it sounds exciting. Travelling through time, and playing with different gadgets and weapons. It’s going to be like every Call of Duty you’ve ever played crammed into one. Awesome.
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Source: Rumour – Call of Duty 7 called Black Ops, gets zombie mode and dedicated servers, more [VG247]
Some say the Mafia I cover art was better.
Anyway, the game has been scheduled for an August 24, 2010 release date in North America, and August 27 in other countries worldwide.
It will be available for PC, Xbox 360, and PS3, and there’s all ready talk of DLC packs after release, as is the case with many games post-2008.
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Source: VG247
Prison Break: The Conspiracy is one of the major releases this week. But we all know it’s not going to be that good of a game when it’s played. I just don’t see it being a critically-acclaimed title. Most games based on movies and series aren’t. Fans of the series might well enjoy it though.
Besides that, a new console comes out this week: The Nintendo DSi XL – and some aren’t happy about another handheld entering the market.
A good pack to pick up as far as classic PC gaming goes, is the Commandos Complete pack, which has every Commandos game ever made in it: Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines, Commandos: Beyond The Call of Duty, Commandos 2: Men of Courage, Commandos 3: Destination Berlin, and Commandos: Strike Force. I can recommend anything up to Commandos 3, but Strike Force I haven’t played, and I’ve read it’s not that good.
Available links go to game detail pages at Amazon, etc.
PC
bittos e
Commandos Complete
Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm
Icebreaker
Mount & Blade: Warband
Mortal Online
Xbox 360
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Stimulus Package
Mega Man 10 [Xbox Live Arcade]
Prison Break: The Conspiracy
Samurai Shodown SEN
Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition
PS3
PS2
Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love Premium Edition
SingStar 2009 [Stand Alone]
PSP
Dead or Alive Paradise
Mimana: Iyar Chronicle
Wii
Cabela's Monster Buck Hunter - with Gun Peripheral
Dance Sensation!
Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love
Sushi Go Round
The Secret Files: Tunguska
WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase [WiiWare]
DS
Nintendo DSi XL [Bronze]
Nintendo DSi XL [Burgundy]
Again
America's Test Kitchen: Let's Get Cooking
Brave: Shaman's Challenge
Mahjong: Journey Quest for Tikal
Monster Rancher DS
Obscure: Dark Aura
Learn Science
Sky Pirates of Neo Terra
T.A.C. Heroes: Big Red One
The Secret Files: Tunguska
WarioWare: D.I.Y.
iPhone
TibiaME
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Sources: Shacknews – Gamespot
