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Monday, June 13, 2011

Review: No More Heroes - Heroes Paradise

It should properly have been difficult in the midst of so many casual games once a hardcore title like No More Heroes on the Wii launch. Now is there anyway to try to score commercial success on the PlayStation 3, with the Move controller a good alternative compared to the Wii. The result shows us quickly that in three years time, nothing has changed. Graphically, the whole a pleasant turn received finery, but here and there are still rough edges and corners of the Wii are inherited. Fortunately, the artistic portion unchanged. Everything looks extremely violent and striking graphics are visually emphasized. Each boss looks handsome, and very charismatic. So much so that you will regret it for that each time to kill. However, you should have something about the best killer of all time.
The story will not mince words: after a drunken night in a bar, you are blackmailed with sex. Sylvia promises you a good turn when you're the best assassin. To you to the biggest killers to silence, with only one goal: to be number one. Each boss has a horde of helpers who serve as nothing but cannon fodder. They are a little boring after a while, but luckily the bosses of a better level. So you keep on playing. All of the original problems remain. Thus the Move controller barely used because most of the attacks by means of button combinations. You step into your office so soon with only the PlayStation controller and the game completed. There are different attacks you can perform, ranging from beating and kicking your opponent until the earthworks. Once the boss is about to pass, you get a whole series of quicktime events that you must perform well. Then follows a bloody scene - you understand immediately why this game the PEGI 18 + received.

No More Heroes - Heroes Paradise is an amusing game, but you have to be receptive. Do not you love so much artistic creations or do you expect deep gameplay and adventures, then you should stay as far away from this game away. Are you always in for a unique game, enjoying no blood, then No More Heroes - Heroes Paradise ideal as a snack.
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Review: The First Templar

 Games is a relatively well-known game developer in terms of strategy and simulation games (for example Tropico 3), but it is his first attempt to develop an action game. The First Templar is set in medieval times. You get a quest about the Templars and all rumors that are known in the past. Despite the requisite clichés from movies and books knows this game very interesting adventure to keep a proper packaging. You will have to repeatedly laugh at the dialogue, although this may have to do with the voice actors. The First Templar is a typical low-budget game, and you'll quickly in his sights. However, the battles and events depicted remarkably smooth. It even has a little like Batman: Arkham Asylum - quite a compliment. You get the complete freedom to certain areas to visit, always associated with fighting. Block, attacks, counter, you know it all quickly. Gradually you learn more attacks, but in fact they add much excitement to the gameplay.
Graphically it looks poor out. Even with the best will in the world you notice that something is lacking in this game. It is also your immersion in the Middle Ages in the road. If you can directly compare Assassin's Creed, do your eyes hurt. The puzzles throughout the game are somewhat traditional: find a key, open a door, pull a lever, and so on. Few groundbreaking, interspersed with appropriate boredom. Surprisingly, The First Templar can play in cooperative mode. Online search for a partner - if you can find someone - and you're good to go. The fact remains that this game in every way a bit meager fails.

With a little good will we see something beautiful that the game developer holds, but the effect is much better. Wait and see whether any improved successor comes from The First Templar. The title late in any case, many options.
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Sunday, June 12, 2011

Review AMD Radeon HD 6990 vs Asus GTX 590

Can not every year the two major tenors next to each other with graphics cards that contain two processors. Last year, Nvidia has missed the boat, two years AMD has the fastest graphics card on the market. This year AMD Nvidia put the guy off by two weeks for the launch of Nvidia's flagship itself a reference card on the market.

Now both are on our test bench, ready to sweat.

Giant Cards
Since both processors contain two graphics cards, they are exceptionally large. The GTX 590 measuring 27 cm, the Radeon HD 6990 is doing with some centimeters to 31 cm. Such major draw cards for great performances. Asus has given us his version of the GTX 590 sent. Which hardly differs from the standard Nvidia solution.

AMD's flagship not only looks impressive from, it also contains a special switch to card a boost. This lets you easily switch between two different BIOS settings. By default it comes with a maximum consumption of 375 watts and clock speeds are lower than the Radeon HD 6970. Turn up the second set, then climbs the maximum power to 450 watts.

Because it lies outside the formal specifications of a computer power supply, AMD recommends that this function only with quality power supplies with high power. If you use the fastest setting, each core is equivalent to a Radeon HD 6970. In theory, this doubles the speed to ensure, but experience teaches us something that rarely succeeds.

Nvidia's GTX 590, but has a BIOS setting. The clock speeds are compared to the GTX 580 significantly reduced from 772 to 608 MHz. Nvidia has done this to avoid heat problems and consumption within limits. The result is a pretty quiet card, compared with AMD's Radeon HD 6990, thanks to a fan at low speed the card perfectly cool.

Little difference
The test results indicate that there is little difference between the two cards. One test shows a clear advantage to AMD, and Nvidia better scores in other benchmarks. The main benchmark for DirectX 11 is 3DMark 11, and there let Nvidia AMD far behind.

When we found the 2.5-Heaven's also a heavy DirectX 11 benchmark, then Nvidia gets very narrow margin. Even in games with DirectX 10 support and the 3DMark Vantage benchmark, the difference slightly in favor of Nvidia.

It is difficult to indicate a pronounced winner, because the results are so close together. Future drivers will have control over who can definitively distinguished. With the price in mind, we prefer provisionally to AMD's Radeon HD 6990.

AMD Radeon HD 6990
Price: 599 euros (May 2011)

PRO: four DisplayPort outputs, scores well in DirectX 11 applications.
CONTRA: extremely large, very noisy under load, but a DVI connection.

Asus GTX 590
UK Price: 713 euros (May 2011)
UK Price: 699 euros (May 2011)

PRO: relatively quiet, three DVI connectors.
CONTRA: can be very hot; price.
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Download Arena Chess GUI 3.0

Chess lover? Then you should just try Chess Arena. Unlike many traditional chess programs Arena has the graphical interface and the actual chess engine disconnected. You can so easily another, more powerful engine to link to.

Want a Dutch interface, then you are in the User Files section, Engines, Menu Languages ​​also the Dutch-language module dutch_v03 js.zip Download and extract to the subdirectory \ Languages​​. Through the Options menu, you can still the preferred language.

Parties review
The interface consists of several components: besides the obligatory menus, toolbar and find the actual chessboard includes a clock and a list of chess moves. Nice and handy that you played games again move for move again viewing

This applies not only to your own games: Arena contains an impressive database of more than eleven thousand parties, played by grandmasters. Open through the menu PGN, Material, and you will find the specified database in the subdirectory \ Databases.

Chess Engine replacement
At the bottom you will find detailed information while playing chess on the used engine. Default is 5.1 SOS. That is not exactly the most powerful engine, but you can so easily replaced by another. That is no more difficult than the menu Engines Manage the active engine to delete, and select as AnMon, Hermann, Ruffian or Rybka.

Prefer a more powerful engine? One of the best is undoubtedly Houdini. You only need to unpack the archive file and the folder with the exe files to the subdirectory \ Engines copy. From the menu Engines Install new engine that you can then add to Chess Arena.

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Miyamoto: Wii, you can only cope with a WiiPad

According to Nintendo guru Shigeru Miyamoto, the Nintendo Wii you designed it with a new controller.

In an interview with the Australian technology site Switched On E3 game exhibition explains the mastermind behind Mario, Donkey Kong and Zelda games that you may be only a new controller with the successor to the Wii can use.

3DS
The Japanese game developer is still investigating whether it is possible to create your own controller, also called WiiPad, take it to a friend to be there together on the Wii, you play. "It would be convenient to bring your Nintendo 3DS and as a controller to use, " said Miyamoto.

One reason for this decision gave the game developer not. Maybe the Wii you do not have enough computing power to more than one controller to provide images, though the final hardware specifications are not fixed yet. So were the pictures of you Wii games that Nintendo showed at E3, set of consoles from the competition.

Controller with touchscreen
You need the Wii hit the shelves next year, for a price that the current cost of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 matches. The Wii U differs from the current generation of game consoles by the new controller, alongside the traditional button layout is also a touch screen with a diagonal of 6.2 inches on board.

On the screen of the WiiPad Additional information can be displayed, but also the image to play full game with no TV possible. Who dreamed of multiplayer games with multiple people without television, yet some must continue dreaming.
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Game : Final Fantasy XIII

Today we'll review the finer points of the final installment of Square-Enix in their flagship series, FFXIII

Final Fantasy XIII Basics

Like the rest of the iterations recent Final Fantasy 13 is set in a fantasy land near dystopian who can remind you at the same time almost every science-fiction sub-genre while retaining the signature style Final Fantasy. Your main character is lightning, but you will also discover the history of many of the views of fellow you progress through the plot, but magnanimous strictly linear.



Consideration of Final Fantasy XIII

Literally everything you see in Cocoon is beautifully rendered, large-scale environments are breathtaking, but there is an equal amount of detail in the individual textures. Each character model is capturing the imagination and is animated with incredible realism.
Powered by Crystal Tools engine, is capable of FFXIII now, clean transitions directly between normal exploratory gameplay, battle sequences, and video in real time without loading times.

Although undoubtedly impressive, the 360 ​​version suffers some drawbacks in this regard because of the need to cram the epic three-DVD. The entire game displays a lower resolution, and has 18 GB more massive install. This could be particularly prohibitive if you have the arcade version of 360.

The soundtrack is constantly increasing the challenge as well: even if all the possible actions that affect the battles will inevitably old after a while, the original score is appropriately epic ever. Virtually every facet of this game the production values ​​are high.

Unfortunately we can not be said of writing, which can and will not hesitate to produce moan after moan in the drives. At worst, almost all of the personality, with the exception of lightning can feel like hastily slapped together stock characters. Although you feel a lot of care taken in creating the myth of the world of Final Fantasy, the individual characters that inhabit it feel empty and flat.
Combat in Final Fantasy XIII

The new combat system feels very natural and exciting to find a compromise between the Active Dimension Battle 12 and combat systems based tour's previous final fantasies. There is a surprising amount of depth contained in such a fast system-based. Unfortunately, the mechanics of the game are fully distributed slowly over the first 15 hours, if you do not experience everything the game has to offer until you are immersed in your adventure.
Although there is no traditional rounds of combat, the battle is still on a deliberate pacing through your ATB gauge, which charges a fixed rate. This counter attack which governs you are able to achieve, the more complicated or powerful your attack, over the bar runs out and you'll have to wait to use it.

A role assignment for each character is contained in each of your "paradigms" or general battle strategies tailored to specific situations. At its most intense, you will run FFXIII paradigm shifts in contemplating that attack is the most appropriate, while keeping an eye on more than half a dozen gauges on the screen.

The Crystarium is the system upgrade for 13, taking a form similar to the gate of the sphere of ten years. Unleashing stats and new abilities is related to the different roles of nature can take. Followed suit with the mechanics of combat, most updates are in the Crystarium unfortunately blocked off until certain sections of the story went.

Final Fantasy XIII is not the transcendent experience that the hype built up over recent years. On the other hand, it is important not to assume that a series can always combine a unique world of vision with a penchant for incredible details.
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Download free games : Sonic Games 1.0

Sonic Games is a collection of classic arcade games with the famous blue hedgehog as a protagonist. On the main page of the program, you can choose from 7 games listed in the menu of the game's exciting titles: Sonic 3D Snowboarding Sonic Character Designer Sonic Lost in Mario World Sonic Pacman, Tetris Sonic, and Sonic Sonica Ultimate.

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Saturday, June 11, 2011

[MAJ²] Downgrade psp 6.38 / 6.39 and 6.20


As you may already know, the Hen (software that allows the use of unofficial software) is not compatible with the version 6.38 version, so some of you might want to return back on the updates. This operation is called downgrade your psp to spend 6.20.

AJ ²: The Pack RTU were revised, the bug has been eradicated. Moreover, the downgrade is now in version 3.5 for better compatibility with your psps.

Requirements:
_Psp version 6.38 / 6.39
_The Pack RTU

> RTU 6.38/6.39 >>6.20 psp Fat / Slim – 1000 , 2000, 3000
> RTU 6.38/6.39 >>6.20 psp Go
> RTU 6.38/6.39 >>6.35 psp GO version 7g / 8g / 9g
If you have a PSP Go:

You must use PSPident (a run through the Set tab) to determine the version of your motherboard:

Method:

1. Unzip the package RTU to the root of your memory stick

2. Tab game, run the downgrader


3. A black screen appears, the software asks you to press X to confirm.

4. A blue screen appears telling you to turn a configuration error. ROUND press to remedy this problem.

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Nintendo Wii U Hands On: An Entirely Different Way to See Things

I'm completely immersed in my own tiny world with the Wii U controller, staring into the screen, moving my arms and entire body to track two tiny people, scurrying around below my hovercraft. They're a Nintendo rep and Kotaku's Stephen Totilo, whose eyes are glued to the TV next to us, trying to shoot down the enemy ship in the sky (me). My entire game takes place on the Wii U's controller, almost as if I'm playing not just an entirely different game, but an entirely different console. I move the aircraft with the twin analog sticks, forward, back, left, right. But to aim, I have to move the entire controller and my body with it, as if I'm surrounded by an entire world that can only be peeked at through the Wii U controller's screen. It's both profoundly connected and weirdly alienating. I'm not just the enemy for these players united on one screen, I'm in an entirely different space.
Nintendo Wii U Hands On: An Entirely Different Way to See ThingsThe controller is light. Not in a way that's like, "Oh, I'm glad it's not too heavy," but more "this feels like a plastic mockup." It's almost unbelievable there's a working touchscreen and full wireless powers inside. The lightness is what makes it work though, what makes this massive controller feel incredibly comfortable and totally natural. The ergonomics are nigh perfect.
Super Mario Brothers Mii is up on the TV. And it's on my controller. Mario jumps, on the controller and on the TV, simultaneously. It's the same game, in two different places. Watching the game on the controller, it feels like I'm playing a very large DS. Up on the TV, it's like I'm playing Nintendo's latest console release. It sounds useless, until I realized I could watch whatever really important thing is on TV while continuing to play my game on the controller. Or even turn the TV off. Gaming can come back to the bedroom.

The quality of the touchscreen, compared to nearly any reasonably high-end current-generation smartphone, is mediocre. The viewing angle's pretty narrow, for one. You need to be almost dead center to see what's happening (but maybe that's a feature, for versus mode?). It's not especially bright, either. And it's sort of glare-y. Nintendo's not talking specific screen specs like resolution, because this is technically a prototype—so a lot of things could change and get better—but the pixel density is just okay. It's standard Nintendo hardware quality, in other words. Just good enough. Like, I totally didn't mind  playing Super Mario Bros. Mii using the controller as my sole display. But iPad or PS Vita, it is not. It was just like playing it on a much bigger DS screen, instead of my TV. There's a stylus, which I didn't get to use. But it's a standard piece of plastic, so there's no multitouch. Which is sort of heartbreaking, insofar as it imposes at least some limits on what this controller is capable of.
Nintendo Wii U Hands On: An Entirely Different Way to See ThingsThe Wii U is the first Nintendo console whose games are visually on the level with the Xbox 360 and PS3 (or at least close to it). That's important. And nice. The Legend of Zelda in full HD? Yes please. The Wii U, in just catching up to the consoles that came before it, and using a mid-quality touchscreen for the controller, showcases one of Nintendo's greatest talents: Taking "good enough" technology and packaging it in a way that's super simple but deeply impactful and innovative. (There's another technology company that's spectacular at this.)
I'm being chased, again. And again, my predators are sharing the TV, pooling their visual resources to track me. They need to catch me in 2 minutes and 30 seconds. That's it. Down on my controller, I've got an unfair advantage-a combined map/radar, that shows me where everybody is. It's kind of like top-down Pac-Man. But I've also got a screen showing a closeup of my character, so I can see my immediate surroundings. I never take my eyes off the controller. And I win.
Nintendo Wii U Hands On: An Entirely Different Way to See ThingsThat's something no controller's ever offered before: The possibility of entirely different viewpoint, the ability to see something in a game that no one else sees, to engage different players in completely different ways. A screen is by definition a blank canvas, a place that be inscribed with anything. Which means there's basically limitless potential in the Wii U and its controller, just waiting to be exploited. Developers can use that space for whatever they want, whether it's an alternative view or secondary action to the main game, extra info, a straight-up mirror, or anything else they can think of that'll take advantage of the fact they now have another window to show players whatever they want, completely independent of the TV. And that's not even considering the wealth of sensors onboard, like the mic and gyro, and what they'll allow the control to accomplish in concert with everything else.
We haven't even seen the beginning of what this thing is capable of, but one thing's clear today: It works, and it's a hell of a lot of fun.
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Saturday, June 4, 2011

News : Order & Chaos rakes in $1 million in first three weeks

Gameloft has announced that its MMORPG Order & Chaos, has turned over $1 million in just 20 days on the App Store.



“We knew that this first real MMORPG experience for iPhone and iPad would meet the quality standards our customers want,” Gameloft’s Gonzague de Vallois said, , in what imagine was a justifiably gloating tone, as reported by Gamasutra.
Adding that Gameloft is keen to “further enrich” the game, de Vallois referenced an upcoming content update. Scheduled for June, the update will add new quests as well as server migration and language-specific chat rooms.
Order & Chaos is priced at $6.99, which includes three months’ subscription to the game. Six months’ additional subscription is $3.
Gameloft has seen massive success on the App Store, posting a 16 percent increase in revenue during 2010. The company, headed by Ubisoft co-founders Michael and Yves Guillemot, is expanding onto Android, but has drawn criticism for its derivative products.
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News E3 2011: PES 2012 gets first gameplay trailer


Konami’s released the first gameplay trailer for Pro Evolution Soccer 2012.


The trailer’s bound to please PES fans as it contains more than two minutes of gameplay footage.
PES 2012 launches this autumn for PS3, 360, Wii, PC, PSP and PS2. Watch the video below.

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Pictures of Empires Samurai Warriors 3

Whereas PS3, Samurai Warriors Empires 3 illustrated for the first time, reminding those who need that sometimes, Koei likes dilute one ounce of strategy in its beat 'em all mass. The title will land in Japan next August and is expected to meet with the usual success in the series knows that these distant lands.

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Top 10 most played games online

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The Official PlayStation Magazine has a monthly ranking of the most popular multiplayer games by players. For the month of May, Activison wins hands down the palm of the editor present on the PlayStation Network.

Not surprisingly the latest flagship of the license of the American publisher, Black Ops, which is at the top of the list, closely followed by surprisingly Crysis 2 and, more surprisingly, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 shows the resistance and closing the podium. The duel FIFA / PES online is won by Electronic Arts as its title ended in 5th place, while Konami is 7th. Only representative of its kind in the rankings, Gran Turismo 5 occupies the 6th position, while the DC Universe Online MMORPG in the rear.

Call Of Duty: Black Ops
Crysis 2
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Killzone 3
Fifa 11
Gran Turismo 5
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
Red Dead Redemption
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
DC Universe Online

And you, what do you play online?
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Sony - No PlayStation 4 (PS4) is developing THE NGP

Before yesterday, the entire World Wide Web has put on full alert, saying, "Sony confirmed the PlayStation 4. "

Well ... damage is a false alarm.

In fact about Masaru Kato have been misunderstood or simply misappropriated. When he spoke of a "future platform" he was not talking about the PS4, but the Sony Next Gen Portable (NGP) announced since January and that should be sold before the end of 2011.

And now, we hope now that the die-hard gamers, fan of Sony's home console, not going to throw it out the window.

But we are reassured that Playstation 4 is probably somewhere in the study at Sony, but not yet ready to talk about it:)
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Saturday, May 21, 2011

Rock Band 3: Lady Gaga, Foreigner, Alice in Chains and The White Stripes

Attention musicians, Lady Gaga is back in Rock Band with three titles available individually or in packs. Fortunately for the rockers, "Mrs. Fofolle" do not squat only update next week as Foreigner is also there to offer some sharper riffs. Updates to Pro Guitar and Bass Pro will also be added to a title of Alice in Chains and The White Stripes. The materials will be available from May 24 on Xbox 360 and Wii, and perhaps the same day on Playstation 3. Everything depends on the delivery of online Playstation Store.



Lady Gaga Pack 02
- Lady Gaga - Born this Way
- Lady Gaga - LoveGame
- Lady Gaga - Paparazzi
Various Songs
- Foreigner - Hot Blooded *
- Foreigner - Urgent *
Updated Pro Guitar / Bass Pro
- Alice in Chains - Rooster *
- The White Stripes - Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground *



Price

- Single Piece: 1.49 € to PS3 / 160 Microsoft Points on Xbox 360 / 200 Wii Points
- Lady Gaga Pack 02: 5.29 € to PS3 / 560 MS Points on Xbox 360 / 700 Wii Points
- * Pro and Pro Bass Guitar Available: 0,75 €, 80 Microsoft Points, 100 Wii Points more
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Sunday, May 15, 2011

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is accurate

If Activision has still not said a word about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the site Kotaku handles breaking the silence. Based on several sources not cited, our fellow Anglophones yield some juicy details on one of the most anticipated games of this season. Starting with a release date. According to their information, Modern Warfare 3 due out on November 3rd. The game will lead us in a multitude of theater around the world. The single player campaign (which would closely follow the end of Modern Warfare 2) and begin the invasion of Manhattan by an armed group Russian ends fifteen missions later in Dubai. Along the way, the objectives we have also taken to Paris and London. The script should answer all the questions left pending until then.



True to the Call of Duty series, this episode will play as several characters and you should find the familiar faces of previous phases. Two newcomers are introduced, however, Frost and Sandman both belonging to Delta Force, and that could possibly end up in the next installment in the series. In terms of multiplayer, few details are given but we can expect an extensive list of maps and two modes Spec Ops: Mission and Survival. Again, until the publisher Activision can confirm the above, the foregoing is to be conditional.
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KINECTS - Several games are scheduled to arrive

Since the arrival of KINECTS six months, the games are rare so to speak. But Microsoft assures us, by telling us that many games, consistent with the motion sensor should be released before the end of the year. According to them, the list of games will be KINECTS triple by the end of the year. Specifically, Wikipedia mentions a list of 26 games already announced are not yet arrived and another 26 under development.

Many people expect these games and ask the question: "When will we see more games on KINECTS?". David Dennis, head of product, we responded by saying that several games will arrive throughout the year and some of them will be on show at E3. Second, it emphasizes the arrival of the game "gamer" compatible with KINECTS.

We know that the Xbox 360 was manufactured for the (hard) core gamers, but this does not prevent us from releasing games style party game. So for us it is not to prefer one of two categories, but most out of various games.

Finally, the question "Will there be other ads on the basic games at E3?" was asked. David Dennis says:

We expect a great E3 this year, which will contain many ads. We know that a good percentage of it will be for KINECTS, but we will have a press conference at the show which will explain all of Microsoft's plans. "
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Project Café confirmed by Nintendo!

That's it! Finally! Nintendo has to cross the barrier separating rumor from reality! It is now several days that you hear about Project Coffee unofficial name of the next console from the Japanese firm. After days and days of endless waiting, Nintendo finally raised his voice with a statement confirming that a new console will be presented at the next show at E3 next June in Los Angeles! If any technical details have been added to this announcement, Nintendo also confirms the prediction of output in 2012! Caution, however, this does not mean that ALL the rumors were true, but I must admit that it goes rather in the right direction. Incidentally, Nintendo already broadcasts the first image enigmatic. If the presence of Wario is mainly due to the linked site to Nintendo where the screen was shown, the espresso to the right confirms the title "Project Coffee" which is probably temporary. We will be there at E3 to see the beast and give you our impressions!
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Images and Shadows of the Damned

Decidedly, Shadows of the Damned has nothing of a walk bucolic and flowers. This action game that takes you on a trip to Hell in search of lost your girlfriend will mostly give you the opportunity to kick the train of some big demons. As you can see from these wise men, some are particularly murky, as our future best friend the devil to 3 skulls and bad skin.

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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Gamers frustrated as Sony PlayStation outage continues

(CNN) -- Sony's PlayStation network continued to be down on Friday morning.
The company on Thursday posted a statement on its blog saying the outage, which prevents users of that gaming system from accessing online features, may continue for "a full day or two."
PlayStation users expressed frustration about the crash.
"Dear @playstation, I'ma need for y'all 2 fix this 'not signing' into the playstation network bs asap," one Twitter user wrote.
It's unclear what caused the network to fail, and Sony did not immediately respond to a CNN request for comment.
There are unconfirmed reports, however, that Sony may be the victim of a cyber attack. According to a gaming site, Sony had posted on one of its European blogs that the outage may have been the result of an attack.
It appears that post has since been taken down or edited.
GameSpy.com quotes Sony as saying:
"Our support teams are investigating the cause of the problem, including the possibility of targeted behavior by an outside party. If the reported Network problems are indeed caused by such acts, we would like to once again thank our customers who have borne the brunt of the attack through interrupted service."
The Christian Science Monitor says Sony was the victim of cyber attacks earlier this year.
"The DDoS attacks, made famous after Anonymous' retaliation for the Wikileaks shutdown, were used again earlier this month on various Sony sites. The Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC) was the sci-fi-sounding tool Anonymous used, but it did not bring the network down completely like it was brought down last night," that news site wrote on Thursday.
"Earlier this year, after Anonymous' hack, Sony engineers said the attacks were only 'medium strength' and were more of an annoyance to engineers than anything else. "
Users who tried to log on to the PlayStation network Thursday and Friday were greeted with error messages. The network allows people who own a PlayStation gaming console -- like the PS3 -- to play video games with people in remote locations. Users also can download games from the internet using the network feature.
"PlayStation Network is your all-access pass to a world of entertainment," Sony says on its website. "Get games, movies, TV series and community all in one place. PlayStation Network is full of exclusives like new games, add-ons and video and, best of all, it's free for everyone."
Sony asked PlayStation users for their patience with the crash:
"While we are investigating the cause of the Network outage, we wanted to alert you that it may be a full day or two before we're able to get the service completely back up and running," the company wrote.
"Thank you very much for your patience while we work to resolve this matter. Please stay tuned to this space for more details, and we'll update you again as soon as we can."
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