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Turning Point: Fall of Liberty

2007-08-16T02:51:00.000-07:00

The makers of Call of Duty: Finest hour bring you and FPS from 50s America in world where the Nazis won World War II.

Type : First Person Shooter

Platforms : PS3, PC and XBOX 360

Earlier today, during a meeting with Codemasters and Spark Unlimited, we were treated to a presentation of a previously unseen level from Turning Point: Fall of Liberty. Previously the only level we'd seen was the first, in which you get to see New York City coming under attack from Nazi forces through the eyes of the construction worker that you'll play in the game. Today we were shown the last of the New York City levels, in which you'll simply be trying to escape from the Nazi-controlled city--assisting civilians en route if you wish--via a train through the Lincoln Tunnel to Washington.

The level took place at night, with huge Nazi blimps armed with searchlights and guns floating overhead. In case you haven't been keeping up with our previous coverage of the game, Turning Point is set in an alternate universe in which the Nazis were never stopped in Europe and so, in the '50s, they invade the US using improved versions of weapons that only existed as drawings and/or prototypes when the real Second World War ended. The blimps are just one example of this technology, and although we didn't get to see many others in action, we're told that they'll include a 4 million-pound supertank armed with battleship cannons, a jet bomber that was conceived specifically for the bombing of the east coast of the US, and infrared-style "Vampire" night-vision goggles that the Nazis couldn't use in the '40s because they needed huge batteries and had a very limited range.

Here's a Gameplay Trailer of the Game

Another feature of the alternate universe in which Turning Point takes place is that while the Nazis have made great strides in weapon technology, the US has done nothing of the sort. You'll be able to equip weapons that fallen enemies leave behind, of course, but when the ammo or those is in short supply you'll find that America's arsenal consists of "Big Henry" rifles, those Thompson machine guns that you see in old gangster movies, and not a whole lot else.

As a burly construction worker you'll have the ability to take out enemies with your bare hands when necessary, and on more than one occasion during today's presentation we were treated to third-person displays of grappling. We also got to see an enemy being used as a human shield during a shootout aboard a disused subway car, though since we've yet to get our hands on the game we have no idea how easy that move (or any other) is to pull off.

Turning Point: Fall of Liberty is still in the relatively early stages of development, but it's already showing plenty of promise. If the storyline can live up to its premise, it should prove an interesting competitor for the plethora of World War II shooters that will inevitably be arriving on store shelves alongside it in 2008. We look forward to bringing you more information as soon as it becomes available.

Credits to GameSpot.com

Madden NFL 08 Full Game Trailer Review

2007-08-12T23:13:00.000-07:00

The Most Awaited Madden NFL 08 is here!

The complete NFL game. Many reviews have been updated and shown in this trailer.

We all think that Madden NFL 08 will be a most promising game this year! also this game will be available in the PS3 and Xbox360.

Tony Hawk's Proving Ground - Tricked Out

2007-08-09T01:36:00.000-07:00

Kick-flips, finger-flips, manuals, nail the tricks, nail the grabs, etc... the possibilities are endless and the Proving ground is your oyster.

Yeah I know looks very realistic right? anyways there are still some things that are unprioritized. By making a Realistic Skating Game, Literally it involves the environment the player skates to give more life in skating and emphasize the tricks with every element you see, but a city with no people? Ghost town. but i still think that this game is promising though.

This Game is on the PS3 and Xbox360

Tekken Indie Movie Pics and Trailer

2007-08-07T19:43:00.000-07:00

Shadow Motion Pictures Director R. L. Scott has been making a Shorts for the Tekken : King of the Iron Fist Tournament showing Jin Kazama and Bryan Fury Battle. To avoid confusion, this has nothing to do with the major Tekken Movie being produced and to be released in the near 2009.

Here are some of its pics

Here is a Trailer for the R. L. Scott's Tekken Movie

You can also see other Shadow Motion Pictures trailers at ShadowMotionPictures at Myspace

Wow Wrath of The Lich King Debut Trailer

2007-08-07T01:37:00.000-07:00

The New WowWotLK Debut Trailer featuring new job classes, new items, monsters, region to explore and many more on the Best MMORPG game.

Was that Arthas at the END?

The Simpsons on World of Warcraft

2007-08-03T01:37:00.000-07:00

Inspired by the popular MMORPG World of Warcraft! Watch how online games in The Simpsons makes paying $14.95 every month WORTH IT! Lol.

Sony PSP Vs. Nintendo DS

2007-08-01T23:04:00.000-07:00

Sony PSP

PSP Product Specifications

Product Name: PlayStation Portable (PSP)
Color: Black
Dimensions: Approx. 170 mm (L) x 74 mm (W) x 23 mm (D)
Weight: Approx. 260 g (including battery)
CPU: PSP CPU (System clock frequency 1~333MHz)
Main Memory: 32MB
Embedded DRAM: 4MB
Display: 4.3 inch, 16:9 widescreen TFT LCD, 480 x 272 pixel (16.77 million colors), Max. 200 cd/m2 (with brightness control)
Speakers: Built-in stereo speakers
Main Input/Output: IEEE 802.11b (Wi-Fi), USB 2.0 (Target), Memory Stick™ PRO Duo, IrDA, IR Remote (SIRCS)
Disc Drive: UMD Drive (Playback only)
Profile: PSP Game, UMD Audio, UMD Video
Main Connectors: DC OUT 5V, Terminals for charging built-in battery, Headphone/Microphone/Control connector
Keys/Switches: Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left)Analog pad, Enter keys (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square), Left, Right keys START, SELECT, HOME, POWER On/Hold/Off switch, Brightness control, Sound Mode, Volume +/-, Wireless LAN On/Off switch, UMD Eject
Power: Built-in lithium-ion battery, AC adaptor
Access Control: Region Code, Parental Control
Accessories: Stand, Headphone with remote commander, Headphone with remote commander and microphone, External battery pack, Case, Strap
E3 Prototype Exhibition: USB Camera for PSP, USB GPS for PSP, USB Keyboard for PSP

UMD Specifications

Dimensions: Approx. 65 mm (W) x 64 mm (D) x 4.2 mm (H)
Weight: Approx. 10g
Disc Diameter: 60 mm
Maximum Capacity: 1.8GB (Single-sided, dual layer)
Laser wavelength: 660nm (Red laser)
Encryption: AES 128bit
Profile: PSP Game (full function), UMD Audio (codec ATRAC3plus™, PCM, (MPEG4 AVC)), UMD Video (codec MPEG4 AVC, ATRAC3plus™, Caption PNG)

Personally I think that when it comes to games, I'll pick PSP because games from the PS2 and the PS3 are having their own versions for the PSP console. i.e. Tekken 5 : Dark Ressurection, Gta Liberty City Stories, Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, Final Fantasy 7 : Crisis Core and more. The PSP is just like having half of the ps2 and the ps3 in your pocket.

Nintendo DS

Size / Weight (when folded)
Height: 84.7mm
Width: 148.7mm
Thickness: 28.9mm
Weight: 275g (including battery & stylus)

Display
Top Screen:
3 inch color TFT with backlight
256x192 pixel resolution, .24mm dot pitch
260,000 color display

Bottom Screen:
3 inch color TFT with backlight
256x192 pixel resolution, .24mm dot pitch
260,000 color display
Transparent analog resistive touch panel

Main controls
Directional pad, A/B/X/Y buttons, L/R buttons, Start/Select buttons
Touch panel
Internal microphone (voice recognition possible with software)

Input/Output
DS cartridge slot
GBA cartridge slot
Stereo headphone jack
Microphone jack

Wireless capabilities
IEEE802.11 and Nintendo propriety protocol 2 format
Radiowave distance: 10 - 30 meters depending on environment
Multiplayer game possible with one cartridge
Voice chatting with the internal microphone while playing over Internet is possible

CPU ARM9 and ARM7 (With new graphic engine)

Sound Internal stereo speaker (virtual surround sound possible with software)

Other features
Internal Clock w/alarm
Touch-panel calibration
PictoChat preinstalled (Text and graphic drawing application that can be used to communicate with up to 16 users via wireless capability)

Configurable settings
Startup mode switching
Language: Japanese, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
Screen selectable when playing GBA games (top or bottom screen)
User Information display

Power and Battery
Internal Lithium battery (Runs approximately 6-10 hours on full recharge, depending on application)
Full recharge time: 4 hours
Power management systems, such as sleep mode, included
Comes with AC adapter

Nintendo DS on the other hand is a unique revolution in handheld gaming because of it's stylus touch screen feature and it's Wi-Fi feature. It has also a playback capability but only available for GBA cartridges, the DS has a extra cartridge slot for GBA games. Also it's unique feature is the dual screen interface but an advice for noobs, careful while using DS cause you might get dizzy playing on one screen then on the other then going back.

Nintendo Wii

2007-07-31T20:53:00.000-07:00

Nintendo Wii

Central Processing Unit (CPU)
IBM Broadway 729MHz
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
ATI Hollywood 243MHz
Supported Resolution
Up to 480p
System Memory
88MB
Internet Connectivity
WiFi 802.11 b/g

Media

Internal Storage
512MB Flash Memory
Optical Drive
12cm Wii Disc & 8cm GameCube Disc. Discs will self-load into the bay.
12cm Disc Capacity
4.7Gb (or 8.5Gb Dual Layer)
Memory Expansion
1 x SD Memory

Backward Compatibility

Downloadable Games
NES, SNES, N64, Genesis, TurboGrafix16
Disc Compatibility
GameCube

Connectivity

Wii Controller Ports
4 x Wireless
GameCube Controller Ports
4 Ports
GameCube Memory Expansion
2 Ports
USB 2.0
2 Ports
Internet
Wireless IEEE802.11b/g or a USB LAN adaptor. WiiConnect 24 persistant connection, even when powered off.
Output ports
AV Multi-output port, allowing Composite, S-Video and Component.

Controller

Connection method
Bluetooth (wireless)
Wiimote Buttons
3 axis motion sensor, + Direction pad, A, B, Minus, Home, Power button, 1 and 2
Nunchuck Buttons
3 axis motion sensor, Analog stick, C and Z
Force feedback (rumble)
Yes
Other features
Wiimote has a speaker and an expansion port

As of now the Nintendo Wii is playing it's part for the gaming society as a next level nintendo in which the classical games that came to life in nintendo are being brought to the new age video gaming, Still The Wii doesn't intend to join the war between Sony Playstation and Microsoft Xbox. Obviously we'll still be seeing mario for the next decades to come! Even your son would still play Mario only much more whackier than the 2d Mario we all know.

PS3 Vs. XBOX360

2007-07-30T23:41:00.000-07:00

Playstation 3
PlayStation 3 Specs and Details

Product name: PLAYSTATION 3

CPU: Cell Processor

PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
1 VMX vector unit per core
512KB L2 cache
7 x SPE @3.2GHz
7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
* 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS

GPU: RSX @550MHz

1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines

Sound: Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell-base processing)

Memory:

256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz
256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz

System Bandwidth:

Main RAM: 25.6GB/s
VRAM: 22.4GB/s
RSX: 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
SB: 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)

System Floating Point Performance: 2 TFLOPS

Storage:

HDD
Detachable 2.5” HDD slot x 1

I/O:

USB: Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
Memory Stick: standard/Duo, PRO x 1
SD: standard/mini x 1
CompactFlash: (Type I, II) x 1

Communication: Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x3 (input x 1 + output x 2)

Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b/g

Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)

Controller:

Bluetooth (up to 7)
USB2.0 (wired)
Wi-Fi (PSP®)
Network (over IP)

AV Output:

Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
HDMI: HDMI out x 2
Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1
Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1

CD Disc media (read only):

PlayStation CD-ROM
PlayStation 2 CD-ROM
CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW
SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD
DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)

DVD Disc media (read only):

PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM
PLAYSTATION 3 DVD-ROM
DVD-Video: DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW

Blu-ray Disc media (read only):

PLAYSTATION 3 BD-ROM
BD-Video: BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE

The PS3 has a massive role as a next gen console considering that it has bigger memory, playback feature, bluetooth capability and more. The only thing that makes PS3 a drag is it's price of $494 as of it's initial release in 2006.

Xbox360

A 20GB hard drive, high-def game support and a 500MHz ATI graphics processor: Glimpse the Xbox 360's system performance specifications as provided by Microsoft.

Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU

• Three symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz each
• Two hardware threads per core; six hardware threads total
• VMX-128 vector unit per core; three total
• 128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread
• 1 MB L2 cache

CPU Game Math Performance
• 9 billion dot product operations per second

Custom ATI Graphics Processor
• 500MHz processor
• 10 MB of embedded DRAM
• 48-way parallel floating-point dynamically scheduled shader pipelines
• Unified shader architecture

Polygon Performance
• 500 million triangles per second

Pixel Fill Rate
• 16 gigasamples per second fill rate using 4x MSAA

Shader Performance
• 48 billion shader operations per second

Memory
• 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM
• 700 MHz of DDR
• Unified memory architecture

Memory Bandwidth
• 22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth
• 256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM
• 21.6 GB/s front-side bus

Overall System Floating-Point Performance
• 1 teraflop

Storage
• Detachable and upgradeable 20GB hard drive
• 12x dual-layer DVD-ROM
• Memory Unit support starting at 64 MB

I/O
• Support for up to four wireless game controllers
• Three USB 2.0 ports
• Two memory unit slots

Optimized for Online
• Instant, out-of-the-box access to Xbox Live features with broadband service, including Xbox Live Marketplace for downloadable content, gamer profile for digital identity, and voice chat to talk to friends while playing games, watching movies or listening to music
• Built-in Ethernet port
• Wi-Fi ready: 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g
• Video camera ready

Digital Media Support
• Support for DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 CD, JPEG Photo CD
• Ability to stream media from portable music devices, digital cameras and Windows XP-based PCs
• Ability to rip music to the Xbox 360 hard drive • Custom playlists in every game
• Built-in Media Center Extender for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
• Interactive, full-screen 3-D visualizers

High-Definition Game Support
• All games supported at 16:9, 720p and 1080i, anti-aliasing
• Standard-definition and high-definition video output supported

Audio
• Multichannel surround sound output
• Supports 48KHz 16-bit audio
• 320 independent decompression channels
• 32-bit audio processing
• Over 256 audio channels

System Orientation
• Stands vertically or horizontally

Customizable Face Plates
• Interchangeable to personalize the console

The Xbox360 is a new breakthrough on next gen consoles because of it's CPU Game Math Performance, Online Optimization, Digital Media Support and High Definition Game Support makes Xbox360 a perfect match for the juggernaut PS3.