The good the bad the invisible

All of you lone rangers will be able to see yourselves now and your horsey too. Today the patch dropped for the lovely western, Red Dead Redemption Looks like Rockstar also fixed the horrible multiplayer drop that were so annoying.

According to a quote by Rockstar, ”We have just deployed a fix that should address the issues some people have been experiencing in Red Dead Redemption online multiplayer. This fix should address a specific issue that was found where the player’s multiplayer avatar, their horse or their weapons would occasionally not be visible in multiplayer games as well as an issue that some players were experiencing where they would lose connection to the various multiplayer modes.”

“If anyone still needs assistance, players should feel free to contactRDRsupport@rockstargames.com and be sure to include their platform and online ID.”

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For those who like to look “fancy” or “classy” when fighting, here is your news on the upcoming costumes for our fighters in the april release game “Super Street Fighter 4″ For both the 360/PS3 consoles. [UPDATE]-http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2010/apr/27/fresh-look-super-street-fighter-4s-alt-costumes/ this link will take you to Evenhubs.com, and show you all the costumes.

Now if you have purchased, and already played SSFIV, then you know that you get new coloring themes from SFIV’s hard drive save file reward. Though if that wasn’t enough to feed the hunger of looking marvelous in combat, Capcom extended more titles, and allowed Icons to be usable earlier then requiring you to complete all of (character’s name) trials now. Plus great news for those who purchased SFIV’s old cast alternate costumes will be please to hear that the costumes transfer just like the hard drive save file color reward. As long as you downloaded, and purchased “on Street fighter 4″, and “not” Super Street Fighter 4 that is.

Your probably asking yourself “Why can’t I play Meta Zangief yet?, or Look fly in Cody’s new duds?!” Well Capcom had release leaks for costume through the trailers, and Xbox/PS3 dashboard Themes. Even though they have completed the costumes, and ready to ship, Capcom plans to make you wait. Capcom’s PC version was one of the most pirated video games to date, and Capcom has to make up the loss of sales by making their content as insurance.

Each character’s alternate costume comes in seperated packs. Just like in SFIV such as the “New warriors”, “All Female pack”, “Shoto Pack”, and etc. Right now in the current SSFIV downloadable content menu, you can purchase the new alternate costumes for (Super Challengers Pack) Guy, Hakan, Dudley, Dee Jay, and Makoto for about 400 or less MS points.

Other packs will be released on seperate dates, and will be focused on certain characters. Dates are below for you to look forward to.

May 11: Super Shoryuken Pack (Ryu, Ken, Akuma, Gouken, Dan)

May 25: Super Beauty Pack (Chun-Li, C. Viper, Sakura, Rose, Cammy)

June 8:Super Challengers Pack 2 (Juri, Ibuki, Cody, Adon, T. Hawk)

June 15: Super Brawlers Pack (Zangief, E. Honda, Rufus, Abel, El Fuerte)

June 22: Super Shadaloo Pack (Vega, Sagat, Balrog, M. Bison, Seth)

June 29: Super Classic Pack (Guile, Blanka, Dhalsim, Gen, Fei Long)
(This pack could have been purchased, and set earlier in the game for you to use if you pre-order SSF4 edition)

July 27: Super Complete Pack (All 35 costumes)

Now each pack will most likely cost each 400 MS points, but I am not too sure about the Super complete pack. I would reccomend saving up for the complete. Though if your character love is strong then go ahead, and get the pack he/she belongs to.

Thanks guys for reading, and I hope was able to give you some scoop on the costumes, and hope to see you on SSFIV!

Hey guys is the info on the new exciting update from xbox live. This comes directly from Major Nelson himself

On April 6th, we will be releasing a system update over Xbox LIVE for your Xbox 360 that will allow USB flash drives to be used for storing profiles, game saves, demos and more. Once you take the system update on April 6th, you’ll be able to connect your USB flash drives to your console and head over to the memory section to configure your new storage device. Once you do that, the system will conduct a one time performance and integrity check to confirm the drive is working properly. You will then be able to configure how much storage to use on the device, up to 16 GB. The remaining space on the flash drive will be accessible by your PC or Mac. USB Hard drives may work, but like flash memory, you’ll only be able to use up to 16GB of space. Since performance on flash based USB storage is usually better, I highly recommend using flash based instead of spinning media like a hard drive…it’s just going to give you a MUCH better experience.

Well now we know why they phased out those 512 Mb cards. So now when people are “flashing” on xbox live it will be a good thing.

We’ve also enhanced the memory management functions, so you’ll be able to have better control on what you want to copy or move between storage devices.

A couple of points:

–You can have 2 devices connected to the console at a time, enabling up to 32GB of simultaneous storage.
The system won’t just configure the device once it is connected to the console. You’ll need to head to the memory area in system settings, select your USB Device, and choose from Configure Now (Format and Configure the Full Device), or Customize (you can choose how much memory you want configured for Xbox360 from the free space on the device.)

–While any flash drive can be used, we are partnering with SanDisk to release an Xbox 360 branded USB flash drive in May that comes pre-configured out of the box and ready to go. I’ll provide links to those drives once they’re available. Until then, starting April 6th (when we release the system update) you can pop any flash drive over 1GB into your Xbox 360 and configure it as storage.

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The upcoming film “Prince of Persia The Sands of time”(PG-13) is based of the infamous M-rated title Prince of Persia series. Now for those who loved the gore fest of the games might be put down as this film is being presented, and produced by Disney.

But don’t let Disney’s goodie intentions put you down, while yes this flim might be kid friendly, it will still provide thrills for adventure seekers. As seen above in the movie poster, the producer of “Pirates of Caribbean” is in collaboration. The actors in this production are Jake Gyllenhall(as the prince), Gemma Arterton(as the princess, who was also in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3), and cast that includes Sir Ben Kingsley, and Alfred Molina. Directed by Mike Newell who did following the films “Bad Blood”, and “Love in the Time of Cholera”. The genres for this flim are Action/Adventure, Romance, Science Fiction, and Fantasy.

The Story takes place in epic action-adventure set in mystical lands of Persia. A rogue prince reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess, and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time. A gift from the gods that can reverse time, and allow it’s possessor to rule the world.

Here is the trailer for those who are in disbelief. Trailer

So if you like epic adventures, intermediate soundtrack, and squeals to come your going to enjoy this film coming in May 28th, 2010 (Disregard the May 9th date, the film was pushed by due to certain errors in sending copies to threaters.)

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“My career should adapt to me. Fame is like a VIP pass wherever you want to go.” — Leonardo DiCaprio talking about his career.

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Well if you Bad Company folk were wanting maps and were jealous of the Modern Warfare 2 “Stimulus Map Pack”, then EA is giving you want you want…or are they. hmmm lets see as we compare them head to head.

Well even with the Ex-Infinity Ward  heads suing the pants off of Activision for breach of contract (read all about it here with juicy court documents), they somehow got this map pack out. It might be a while until the next one, but for this one you can shell out 1200 microsoft points. (or $15 for the rest of us). So 2 of them are old maps so you really are getting 3 brand new maps. right???

the five maps make up the pack, including two oldies from Call of Duty 4. They are:

• Bailout – An “overrun apartment complex”
• Storm – An industrial park “in the middle of a rainy downpour, tense thunderstorm”
• Salvage – An abandoned junkyard”, with a “snowy terrain”
• Crash – Urban map with a downed heli, one of the classics from COD4
• Overgrown – It’s “wide open, great for snipers”, the other map from COD4

EA-Dice is competing by releasing the VIP Map Pack 2 for BC2. This DLC is for VIP members only. Yup, just like EA’s other insider gamer’s club for Mass Effect 2, the Cerberus Network, VIP membership is free for those who bought the game new. Meanwhile, those with used copies on 360 or PlayStation 3 will have to fork over $15 (1200 on Xbox) the membership. PC players simply get this the pack as an update.

I should tell you though the VIP map pack 2 doesn’t actually have ANY new maps. What it really does is, it unlocks the Conquest Mode in Arica Harbor and Rush Mode in Laguna Presa. So I guess you could call it new content forfree, so it’s hard to complain. Unless you aren’t a VIP, of course.

Both DLC packs descend upon us stoners to a Dave Matthews Concert, later today, March 30th.

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“ROUND 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FIGHT!”

If you have heard the news about the upcoming fighter to the consoles, Super Street fighter 4, then your in luck! I am going to blog about the 10 new arrivals to the game’s old roster! Learn about these new fighters!

Dee Jay
Is not your average DJ… He comes from Street fighter 2 series, and his intention is to fight in the world tournaments to see if he can discover new inspiration for his musical sounds. For those who played Dee Jay in SF2 you will find some of his new moves to be festive, and get a new feeling of groove in your hips as he breaks some beats…and faces!

Juri Han
This nasty young lady will be turning heads as she makes her first debut on the Street Fighter series. Juri is a agent of a corporation known as “S.I.N”, and her nickname is “Spider”. She enjoys nothing more then fighting, and warlike events. Keep your wits about you, and remember to watch out for her robotic eye!

Guy (Gai)
A martial arts master who disguises himself in ninja attire, and training in the arts of Bu shin (ninja).
He has many fast, and unexpected moves, and his special move from the old “Final Fight series” for those who played, they will remember the infamous off-the-wall kick. Guy is expected to be interesting to play for those with love their inner ninja side.

Cody Travers
A hero, and vigilante who just loves fighting. His routine for life is to find scum, or riff raff he deems suitable, to pummel, and waits to be thrown into prison. He is one of the only fighters to use a real-world weapon as his style, and can do assortment of wacky attacks. Though don’t count this convict out! He can still be a handful, and many fans of “Final Fight” will remember exactly what this bad boy can do.

Makoto
Master of her deceased father’s dojo, and prodigy in karate dojo. Makoto is one character people will turn away till they see her in action. This young lady can literally pack an punch, if your not watching! For those who played “Street fighter Third Strike”, you will see this dojo fighter come in first as a deadly threat among the roaster.

Ibuki
If you thought Guy was the only ninja, then you better look twice! Ibuki from Japan is representing her true ninja skill to those who take on the traditionally way to fight deadly with kunai, and dash traits. She is easily missed like Makoto, but you will see this young ninja taking on the big boys in Super Street fighter 4 with ease!

Dudley
Heavyweight boxer, but yet a gentlemen in and out the ring. This heavy hitter is reigning from Britain with style, and grace as he uses his old skills from “Street Fighter Third Strike” to keep the boys in line. For those who prefer elegant move sets, and just a bit of noble gameplay, get your hands on Sir Dudley.

Adon
The Muay Thai warrior who fights his master Sagat for power, and respect. Overall Adon is Sagat’s old pupil, and he shares many similar attributes with his master, but named as Jaguar instead of Tiger. Adon may be Sagat’s apprentice, but this fierce warrior is not going to let you win easy! “JAGUAR KICK!” -Adon

T.Hawk
This fighter coming from Mexico is one nasty guy. He can lay out the “face palm” action, by grabbing your entire face, and slamming into ground. I can assure you this guy is not someone you want to encounter in the ring, or even get him ticked! T.Hawk will be the slowest character for sure, but he will not be weak… I stress on that will not be weak.

Hakan
If you think Street fighter is not humorous at all, then let Hakan prove you that he is goofy, and quite the threat at the same time. This Turkish oil wrestler will oil up to take on his foes, and make you wonder where your swim suit is. This has to got be one of the interesting characters to arrive into the Street fighter series, and will most likely used character online! “He fights for his daughters!”

That is all ten fighters guys, and keep your eye keen on April 27th, 2010 in North America, April 28th, 2010 in Japan, and April 30th, 2010 in Europe!

(Left to right)
Ibuki, Makoto, Dudley, Adon, Guy, Cody, T.Hawk, Dee Jay, Juri, and of course HAKAN!!!! Check out the Hakan Trailor!!!

"I Love My Daughters!!!"

Hakan

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Blame it on the Rain, yeah yeah. Well, I don’t know what Rob and Fab have to do with me withdrawling from society. But I do know that the latest PS3 exclusive from Quantic Dream will take you for a ride from start to finish. The game is directed by Quantic Dream’s founder and CEO David Cage, who also brought us Indigo Prophecy. This game, if you can call it that, is better than any book could be because you see the stories unfold, make any of the four protagonist do things that they may not want to do. It is described by Cage as ”a very dark film noir thriller with mature themes¹.” Well, mature themes is right. There is sex, cutting off of limbs, kids drowning in rain water, and higher than kite FBI agents, and so much more to go on about. THIS IS NOT A GAME!!! It is most definitely a experience, that feels like you have made the events unfold due to the actions you made the characters perform. In the movie “Big“, Tom Hanks talks about making a comic book that has a small screen inside, so you can put a small disc inside and make different choices so that the hero does different things. Well, Heavy Rain is that book, except the graphic in Heavy Rain are much better than that 1 inch tv from ‘88.

Cage has gone out of his way to make an experience much like that of a movie, instead of that from a game. In a fastcompany.com interview he describes why his city is nameless among other things. “Not having your story in a specific place helps to make it more universal, but also to reflect the state of mind of everybody; they are all lost in one way or another. I am a big fan of M. Night Shyamalan’s movies like Unbreakable and Six Sense; I discovered they were shot in Philadelphia. I was just in the writing process and had no specific idea regarding the background–I knew I wanted a place that would say something. I didn’t want just a postcard in the back–make my story happen in New York, or in Miami. So we took a plane to Philadelphia, hired this movie scout that worked on the movie Philadelphia. We asked him, “Could you take us to some poor houses and meet poor people?” Cage goes on by saying, “What we discovered in Philadelphia was beyond anything we could imagine. We saw despair. We saw violence. We saw fear. We saw poverty, in a way that no one in Europe could imagine takes place in the U.S. And we saw all these huge factories near people’s houses, these big chimneys with black smoke. You know where Ethan looks for his son near the school, big chimneys just behind it? This is something we saw in Philadelphia.”²

If this is how far this guy goes when just trying to fond out on how he wants the backdrop to be…well that should tell you about the rest of the game.

Gameplay - 9 - Once again, the work “gameplay” is not true to this title. You don’t just run around with the left analog stick. You use the R2 bumper to control how fast you walk forward with the left stick used to simply change direction.  The coolest thing about this game is the difficulty selection. There are 3 to choose from and they are not easy, medium, hard, but how familiar with the PS3 motion controller you are.  The QTEs (quick time events) are not so fast you can’t do the action, so it makes the action sequences pleasurable. The controls just work and that is really all you need for this game.

Sound - 9 - It’s not going to wow you by any means but it does what it is supposed to do. and it does what i consider on of the best things sound can do…not let you know it’s there, distraction wise i mean. Voice overs were a little wonky sometimes but hey, I didn’t give it a 10 geez. And the Music lead me into the feeling i was supposed to feel. Overall great job.

Graphics - 8.5 - Some of it looks fantastic and then some of it looks clunky. The character models look great but move unnatural sometimes.

Presentation - 9 - Holy cow the install time, just like MLB the Show, was insane  but then again that is like most PS3 games, so big deal i just play my 360 while it installs. The really cool thing about Heavy Rain is that while the initial game boot up installs, the game tells you to look in your game box and take out the paper in it and then instructs you on how to make the game’s poster’s origami figure….um …can you say cool. The game didn’t even boot and it is drawing you in. And it is written and presented up to you on a cloud.

Durability - 7 - After you beat it once you might not go back to look at the 487 gazillion endings in the game. But on the plus side one play-through is 8-10 hours. I like that, and hey, it’s not a multi-player game. Get over it.

OVERALL GAMERCOACH SCORE - 8.5 w/Durability — 9 w/o Durability

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A press release on Nintendo’s Japanese website appears to confirm the company’s next handheld console.Its codenamed the “3DS” and is said to have 3D tech without the use of 3D glasses.The console will be backwards compatible with Ds and Dsi.

Engadget today spotted two reports out of Japanese newspapers Asahi and Nikkei detailing the 3DS’ known hardware so far. Ashahi claims the 3D output comes via a “parallax barrier lcd” from Sharp, while Nikkei backs this up and adds that the device’s screens will measure roughly four inches diagonally across.Nikkei also claims the device will feature a “3D control stick,” though this could presumably be an analog control stick, as well as rumble support and an upped battery life / speedier Wi-Fi.The Press release also announced a fiscal year 2011 in japan release. It was also confirmed by Nintendo of america that the system will be fully playable at this years E3

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With this months GDC Conference Sony finally unveiled there answer to the Wii remote and Project Natal. They announced PlayStation move due this fall.The unit will release for less than a hundred bucks. It will be bundled with the remote the “Sub-Controller” (don’t call it a nun-chuck) a PlayStation eye and a game there has been no word on what title that will be so far. The remotes are completely wireless and blue tooth compatible. Sony announced that up to twenty compatible games will be available in the launch window. A few of the standouts seem to be SOCOM 4, Little Big Planet, Sports Champion which seems to be a wii sports clone, and Motion Fighter. Here is the official GDC trailer showing a few of the ways to play. Sonys GDC Game trailer Sony seems to be gearing up for a really aggressive marketing push.The fall seems to be in the same release window as project natal.Sony has already started firing shots at its competition. Sonys \”Move\” Commercial. It seems that the motion control wars are just heating up and I’m sure at this years E3 Microsoft and Nintendo will get there shot to try to match what sony’s bringing to the table.I hope this catches you up on everything. Health Pack

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“Game over man! Game over!”

This is what you will be saying as play the title “Alien Vs Predator”, and experience the true sense of console horrors!

Now if you guys grew up watching the legendary “Alien”, “Aliens”, “Predator”, and numerous other flims that set off the chain reaction for the most successfully Science fiction series! Then you will be glad to know that “Alien Vs Predator” was released February 16, 2010 in US, February 18, 2010 in Europe, and February 19, 2010 Australia. So why should you be in a hurry to go out, and purchase this great video game?, well most alien vs predator(refer to as AVP) tend to be lacking many original qualities that makes the franchise so marvelous. So let me try to convince you to go out, and come back home happy.

Presentation~
When you first look at the game you think about each species, and awed by the pure detail embedded into each single character, and even the marines look like your average Joe who looks like he/she could use a shower. But if visual detail was not enough to impress you, listen to the audio as you play through the game. Classic Alien fans will enjoy hearing the nostalgic pulse rifle firing, and remembering “Aliens” as they get that feeling of being apart of a movie. Even Alien’s get their old art concept designs. Like H.R.Giger’s alien dome seen below.

Plus still having their infamous hsssss sound which will be just as scary when you watched the films. Predators also gained many benefits from their groans, and simply pressing buttons on their bracers. This has got to be the best presentation in any game by far by sticking so original to the series, and making you feel like you participating in the AVP world.
Graphics~
While AVP won’t win over HDtv lovers, or gain awards for best visuals of the year, it provides beauty even in such a slaughter fest. The passive background of each environment you come across will show you different ways to look at the locations, and to assume if that can be a pro, or con. For example; dark, empty, and eerie tunnels will be one of the scariest emotions that haunts the marine player constantly, while tunnels are home to alien players who blend into the shadows to stay hidden.
While jungles are favored by the Predator’s love for heights, and distance among hunting his human, and alien prey. So environment itself is not so much for the pleasure of the eyes, but to better the heighten eyes against your foes. So remember while gazing into the trees keep your eyes peeled for movement, because the leafs are not the only ones moving.

Game-Play~
So how do all the species interact with each other, even being so different? Well each race has benefits, and negatives that is display in both Campaign, and most importantly Multiplayer. Let take for example the marines. while they lack pure brute strength, and the agile speed, they make up for their numerous numbers, and deadly weaponry/equipment. Completely different though alien suffers horrible range, But has the fastest speed within the game. Basically saying they can be in one location, then travel to another location within matters of seconds, and lets not forget the fact that they can wall climb on ANY SURFACE. Then we have to deal with the sneaky hunters who can take any brunt of the damage, stalk any targets with two special vision modes suited for alien, or marine, and use high advance technology. So in some sense they have somewhat of a rock beat scissors beat paper beats paper. Plus predators, and aliens can backstab their targets. So watch your back marines.

Enjoyability~
From this all being say, we can conclude that this game was very enjoyable. Now for fans of either Alien, Predator, or even both franchises will adore this game. For those average FPS fans will get something new out of this game as they play as the marine, and for those who just enjoy horror events, and some nasty gore then please enjoy! This game is rated M and for good reason. It’s not for someone with a weak stomach, and definitely not for youngsters.

Final Review~
My personal review of this game would be 9.2 out of 10, while IGN, and gamespot give their own reviews you can see under this paragraph. As you can tell they gave bad reviews, and not many did review fairly. Though european reviews were pretty great, to decent ratings to the game.

IGN Aliens vs Predator Review Gamespot Alien vs Predator Review

So I hope I was able to help you decide thumbs up or thumbs down. So all in all, keep running, and get to the Choppa!

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