With the announcement today of Resistance 2 being released November 4th we quickly looked at our “Release Calendars” and noticed another little game being released the same week.  That’s right you X360 lovers, Gears of Wars 2 is coming November 7th.  With both games having ‘Special Editions’, we try to break down both ‘Editions’ then ask you, the reader the following question.

Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.

Resistance 2 Collector’s Edition ($79.99)

• Copy of Resistance 2 with special edition cover artwork selected by the fans
• An exclusive Chimeran Hybrid action figure with Bullseye, created by DC Unlimited
• A double-sided hard-cover Resistance 2 art book covering war-torn America from two unique perspectives
• Exclusive in-game HVAP Wraith multiplayer weapon skin

The collector’s edition also contains a bonus DVD that includes:

• Exclusive behind the scenes video, “America Forever Lost”, chronicling the making of Resistance 2
• Digital copy of Issue #0 of the Resistance comic book series published by Wildstorm.
• A preview into the upcoming Resistance novel, “Resistance: The Gathering Storm” by science fiction author William Dietz.
• “Shattered History” Resistance timeline movie– providing a story overview from the earliest days of the Chimera invasion to the beginning of Resistance 2.

Gears of War 2: Limited Edition ($69.99)

• “Beneath the Surface: An Inside Look at Gears of War 2,” a 48-page hardbound book including character profiles, exclusive concept art, and foreword by Design Director Cliff Bleszinski
• A Bonus DVD including exclusive making-of-the-game video footage, design galleries with audio commentary by Epic Games, and promotional videos including the E3 2008 trailer, “Rendezvous”
• A Dominic and Maria Keepsake Photo
• A Exclusive Xbox LIVE code to unlock a gold-plated Lancer Assault Rifle for online play
• All in a Steel book DVD case

written by Juan Perez \\ tags: America, Art, bonus, book, Collector, Copy, DC Unlimited, design, Ding, Dominic, DVD, Edition, Editions, Gears, Limited, Maria Keepsake, November, Resistance, War, William Dietz

[ad#ad-1]

The newest ‘bad guy’ in Soul Calibur IV will be Algol. Plain and simple! Below is an excerpt from the Character Designer, Hideo Yoshi. SC in the past had some freaky looking guys, but the screens below show how intimidating Algol will be to face.

We aimed to make a character that is the “king” of an ultra ancient civilization and a character that obviously proves the setting of being the strongest character ever in SC series.

Continue reading »

written by Juan Perez \\ tags: Algol, Below, Calibur, character, design, Designer, excerpt, fun, game, guy, hand, idea, Plain, SC4 Algol, Soul, Soul Calibur IV, Throne, Yoshi

Growing up in the 80’s exposed you to many, many odd fashion trends. It brought MC Hammer pants, the wedge haircut and neon arm sunglasses. Many of these embarrassing fashion statements went (Thanks to the 90’s). But the 80’s also brought us some of the coolest NES accessories known to every kid wishing he were the star in “The Wizard”. I was able to feed some banana peels into my Dolorean and head back to 1985 and take pictures with my Polaroid for you convenience, of course.

<Pst, the secret word of the day is “NES”. When you read NES you scream as loud as you can>

NES Power Glove - A controller accessory for the Nintendo Entertainment System designed by the team of Grant Goddard, William Novak and Sam Davis for Abrams/Gentile Entertainment, made by Mattel in the United States and PAX in Japan. Though it was an officially licensed product, Nintendo was not involved in the design or release of this accessory. It was the first peripheral interface controller to recreate human hand movements on a television or computer screen, and was commercially successful as almost 100,000 were made and sold in the U.S. alone. However, it is often derided by gamers due to its imprecise nature of controls, and the fact that basic actions such as jumping or using an item may be very difficult or impossible to pull off reliably.

NES Cleaning Kit - The Cleaning Kit contained two green plastic cleaning tools and an instruction manual. The first tool consisted of a plastic handle and an end with a C-shaped padded cleaning surface. This surface was designed to be wet with water and inserted over the contacts of a cartridge and used to scrub the cartridge’s contacts. The second tool was similar in design and function but had a flat padded end for insertion into the console itself to clean the console’s contacts. Cleaning the console and the cartridges once a month would supposedly extend product life and increase reliability. Long use would eventually dirty the cleaning pads, which could be replaced at cost through either mail order or by phone using information found in the manual. The Cleaning Kit was apparently created in response to the common practice amongst gamers of blowing into the cartridge or console in an attempt to remove dust from the contacts.

Continue reading »

written by Juan Perez \\ tags: cartridge, controller, Davis, design, Entertainment, Europe, Famicom, Family, Features, game, Grant Goddard, gun, Japan, Kit, NES, Nintendo, North America, pad, PAX, plastic, Power, R.O.B, Sam, system, United States, US, Video Games, William Novak

I have personally owned pretty much every home console and portable system since the Atari 2600.  For some reason, I had never seen the above portable system until today when I saw it on Flickr.  From a design standpoint, it looks like a really neat idea.  The controllers are neatly snapped into the back of the device when being transported.

There’s really not much information out there on this system, so I’m still in the dark when it comes to knowing the history of it.  Apparently, there were numerous games for the system including ‘Donkey Kong 3′ and ‘Boxing’.   If anyone knows about these, feel free to email us.  I’d love to learn more…

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: Atari, back, design, device, Flickr, Gadgets, Home, idea, information, Micro, Nintendo, reason, standpoint, system, Today

Sword of the Stars is a space 4X game by independent developer Kerberos Productions.

Sword of the Stars seeks to streamline the 4X experience through a simplified design intended to avoid feature creep. 4X games in recent years have tended towards complicated designs and steep learning curves, which can be intimidating for many gamers. Sword of the Stars takes a more back to basics approach, leaving out many features such as ground combat and fighters. It also features a more simplified colony development model that replaces buildings with infrastructure, which utilizes the planet’s resource base to provide production points that can be utilized for infrastructure development, terraforming, producing space vessels, and production of trade goods capitalized for money.

Sword of the Stars is also noted for the use of completely different propulsion systems for each race, as well as completely different ship art.

Description Via Wikipedia

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: Art, Box, Collector, design, developer, development, Edition, experience, gallery, game, infrastructure, Kerberos, production, space, Stars, Sword