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Game Finale Trivia Quiz!

By Joe Fourhman | October 7, 2008

spoiler I came up with this list of spoiler-filled video game trivia questions about a year ago, but since I’m about to input it all into a custom quiz for the PS3’s Buzz Quiz TV game, I thought I’d duplicate the effort here.

These are all questions based on the finales of various video games, past and present. Some are silly; some are genuine. I set up the quiz so that you’re given the spoiler and you have to come up with the corresponding game. The answers are all multiple choice, but, yes, you may find items that you didn’t want to know. These are spoilers, after all. For example:

They were all real people, and they’re all dead.

One of the old gang has let wealth and power go to his head.

The pirate is the princess.

The one-time super-hero idol is actually in league with the main baddie.

Since custom Buzz quizzes are limited to eight questions, I had enough material for three of them. You can find them by searching for “finale spoiler,” as they are all titled “Game Finale Spoiler Quiz.” For those of you who do not have Buzz Quiz TV, you can go to mybuzzquiz.com, search for “finale spoiler,” and play them from the comfort and safety of your web browser. (In either case, the ones created by user “StocDred” are the real deal.) Pretty classy move on the Buzz people’s part, I say.

Little Big Planet Beta Impressions!

By Richard Windsor | October 6, 2008

It was a sunny Thursday afternoon when I checked my e-mail and noticed that I had been sent a beta key for Little Big Planet. This immediately sent my heart rate sky high and I jumped around like it was Christmas…okay maybe I wasn’t that excited, but darn close to that! Three and a half hours of downloading later I finally got to play with the game, and I haven’t stopped playing since! To get a full recap of my experience continue reading.

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Mega High! Mega Man 9 Impressions

By Stephen Munn | October 5, 2008

As a total Mega Man junkie, I practically peed myself at the news that Mega Man 9 was coming. Looking back at that news, it was nothing compared to the revelation that Mega Man 9 would be designed to look and feel as though it were running on an NES, so it wouldn’t look out of place when lined up with the first six games in the series. I never had any misgivings over this, as all my best Mega memories are of the eight-bit variety.

Let’s have a look at where the franchise has been lately. There are dozens of Mega Man games now covering just about every genre from sports to RPG, but most of these are trash. Here’s how to know whether the Mega Man game you’ve got is a good one. If it’s in the original series, that is to say Mega Man through Mega Man 8, it will range from fantastic to pretty good… in fact, it will pretty much range that way in order. If it’s a Mega Man X game, those allegedy topped out at about X4, after which the quality plummeted, but that didn’t stop me from buying them. The Mega Man Zero games numbered four, those were all fantastic. I’ve heard good things about Mega Man Legends, which has gone by different names on different platforms, but everything else should simply be ignored.

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Ones to Watch on PS3 and PSP for October 2008

By Paul Munn | October 1, 2008

October promises to be a very big month for the PS3 with a bevy of potential cross-platform blockbusters, a couple of ports, and some possibly huge exclusive titles. So many of these games look so good that I’m suspecting I won’t be the only one trying to make tough decisions about what games should be bought now and what should be picked up later. That said I’m going to give a fuller rundown than usual and I’ll start out with the platform exclusives on the PS3. That includes the game featuring the guy here who just might end up becoming the console’s mascot. And not to worry PSP fans, this month has a few nice treats coming our way as well, aside from the PSP-3000 refresh of the system itself.
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Rockstar Breaks GTA4 Trophy Silence

By Paul Munn | October 1, 2008

gta4 cityscape Just over two months after Grand Theft Auto 4 showed up on April 29th Sony rolled out firmware 2.40 for the PS3. Once the firmware showed up the forums echoed with the statement that it sure would be nice if GTA4 got a Trophy patch, wouldn’t it?

And we heard nothing. Me I thought it was a lost cause. Heck at least Capcom had been nice enough to actually say no to Devil May Cry 4 Trophies instead of ignore us the way Rockstar and Konami (with no Metal Gear Solid 4 Trophies) have.

Today, perhaps in the face of the taunting advertisements for Saints Row 2, Rockstar has released the list of Trophies coming to GTA4 for the PS3. No word on when the patch will drop, but if it shows up late this month it’ll have the distinction of landing fully six months after the game was released.

It looks suspiciously like a tactic to bump sales into the holiday season, and that makes me irritated at Rockstar. But since I still own the game and didn’t sell it or trade it away I’m still probably going to play it through all over again when the patch hits and time permits. But as you’ll see from my upcoming post on what’s hitting the PS3 just this month it’s going to have a hard time finding some time in my console this Fall.

Check out the full list of Trophies on PlayStation Universe

Codemasters Uses T&A for Rise of the Argonauts Marketing

By Joe Haygood | September 30, 2008

It seems that Rise of the Argonauts is not getting enough press to satisfy the higher ups at Codemasters, so they are trying a new advertising tactic: Tits and Ass. Codemasters in conjunction with UK Mens Mag, “Front” has put together a photospread using Cybergirl of the Year Alex Sim-Wiseformer.

The photoshoot calls Alex Sim-Wiseformer a real “God of Phwoar”, and shows her conjuring and controlling fire, while attacking the creatures of the game. While I am all for some T&A, I really have no clue what this has to do with Jason and his Argonauts, or the search for the Golden Fleece. If you want to see more, check the link.

Photo and story via Voodoo Extreme.

AC/DC Stand Alone Track Pack Coming to Rock Band 2 via Walmart

By Joe Haygood | September 30, 2008

MTV Games and Harmonix have announced the November release of a new AC/DC Live stand-alone track pack for the PS3 and 360. The game will ship as a full playable game, but can be used with Rock Band and Rock Band 2. The cost of the pack will be $29.95 for PS2 and $39.98 for 360 and PS3. The track pack will be available worldwide.

While this news in and of itself is strange, the other shoe dropped when it was found out that this track pack is exclusive to Walmart only. That’s right boys and girls, you are only getting your AC/DC if you walk into the bastion of discount savings, Walmart. The retail chain is also going to set up temporary kiosks in Los Angeles and Manhattan, two locations where Walmart does not have any stores.

Check the jump for the full track list, which is posted over at Gamesblog.ugo.com.

via Gamasutra

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Tiberium Gets a Pink Slip From EA

By Joe Haygood | September 30, 2008

Electronic Arts has been going through a top to bottom re-evaluation of all their titles that have been on the books, and it looks like a casualty has been found. Tiberium, a new first person shooter that was based in the Command and Conquer universe has been cancelled.

EA’s Mike Verdu had the following to say about Tiberium’s cancelling, “The game had fundamental design challenges from the start.”. One has to wonder if the game was starting to go in the direction that Command and Conquer: Renegade went, and Electronic Arts wanted to put the stop on it before it because a giant failure. The game has never translated well to other genres in the past, which is a shame, as there is a ton of lore there that could be used in other types of games in the Command and Conquer release.

via Blue’s News

Force Unleashed DLC Already In The Works

By Joe Haygood | September 30, 2008

After solid sales numbers have come in for The Force Unleashed, LucasArts has let the cat out of the bag about their plans for downloadable content.

First off will be a new level that will be set in the Jedi Temple. It seems that the Apprentice has journeyed to the Temple to find out more information on who his father might of been. The level will be larger than Cloud City, but less than Raxis Prime.

Also, they are planning to add new skins to the game for you to use in the single player game, including Luke Skywalker, Obi Wan Kenobi, Ki-Adi Mundi and Kit Fisto. No multiplayer is being added, but just the ability to use these characters for the single player, allowing for you to go through levels in new, different ways. All this is fine and dandy, but where is Aayla Secura, my favorite Twi’lek jedi? Or more importantly, Yaddle.

via Kotaku

Bioshock Is Officially Gold, Demo To Arrive Oct. 2nd

By Kelly Monfort | September 30, 2008

All of you Bioshock fans, the PS3 version has gone gold and will be released on the 21st of October. Considering I have played this game both on the PC and the Xbox 360, I won’t be3 picking it up. However for those who are PS3 only, you’ll be able to download the demo on the 2nd. Presser after the jump.

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PS3

Game Finale Trivia Quiz!

Little Big Planet Beta Impressions!

Mega High! Mega Man 9 Impressions

Ones to Watch on PS3 and PSP for October 2008

Rockstar Breaks GTA4 Trophy Silence

Codemasters Uses T&A for Rise of the Argonauts Marketing

AC/DC Stand Alone Track Pack Coming to Rock Band 2 via Walmart

Tiberium Gets a Pink Slip From EA

Force Unleashed DLC Already In The Works

Bioshock Is Officially Gold, Demo To Arrive Oct. 2nd