The first 6 minutes of the bloody, violent, and beautiful God of War III:
E3 2009 Gameplay Demo Sony Press Conference HD
Developed exclusively for the PLAYSTATION®3 system (PS3™) system, God of War® III is the final installment of the multi-million unit-selling trilogy.
Set in the realm of brutal Greek mythology, God of War III is a single-player game that allows players to take on the climatic role of the ex-Spartan warrior, Kratos, as he scales through the intimidating heights of Mt. Olympus and the dark depths of Hell to seek revenge on those who have betrayed him. Armed with double-chained blades, and an array of new weapons and magic for this iteration of the trilogy, Kratos must take on mythology’s darkest creatures while solving intricate puzzles throughout his merciless quest to destroy Olympus. [exerpt from http://www.us.playstation.com/PS3/Games/God_of_War_III/Description]
Call of Duty: World at War Exclusive Shi no Numa DLC Trailer HD
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Release Date: November 11, 2008
Shi no numa is Japanese for Zombie Swamp–this trailer highlights the new zombie level!
Author’s comments: I’ve been waiting to do this run for quite a while, but never really had many good opportunities to put aside time to do it. Regardless, it’s a good thing I didn’t though due to recently discovered glitches that I used.
The real Ghostbusters return in this videogame sequel to the Ghostbusters movies. Stars Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Bill Murray reunite to reprise their roles as Spengler, Stantz, Zeddmore and Venkman. Supporting the ghost busting crew are the talents of Annie Potts, Brian Doyle Murray and William Atherton.
With Manhattain newly overrun by ghosts and other supernatural creatures, it’s up to you to take on the role of a new recruit joining the original, famous Ghostbusters team. Equipped with a variety of unique weapons and gadgets, you will hunt, fight and capture a wide range of uncanny phantasms and demons in an all-new, funny and frightening battle to save New York City from its latest paranormal plague.
Alyssa Milano plays Dr. Ilyssa Selwyn, a Sumerian expert who visits New York City as the guest curator for the “World of Gozer” exhibition at the Natural History Museum.
As you might guess, the ghosts take a deep liking to Dr. Selwyn, so much so that she has to enlist the aid of the Ghostbusters and even go so far as to snuggle up close with Dr. Venkman, who immediately clings to her like she’s the second coming of Sigourney Weaver.
“June” is a machinima made with Half-Life 2 by Valve. I used three different versions of Garry’s Mod to make it: Garry’s Mod Eight v3b, Garry’s Mod 7a, and Garry’s Mod 7a (For CS). All scenes are from original HL2 or Counter-Strike: Source maps, except for one scene using DM_Greenhouse by ColdWontRise.
The music in “June” is by the wonderful group ISAN: visit their site at www.isan.co.uk. The song is from the album “Blue Skied An’ Clear” on the Morr Music label.
Thanks for your interest! – Brian Berndt, http://www.animara.com/feisar/june
An incredibly atmospheric and disturbingly gruesome deep-space adventure that will haunt your dreams and leave you begging for more. (GameSpot)
Not many people believed in this game at its announce, but it for sure won the competition. Dead Space embodies all the characteristics of an evolved survival horror, gender much loved by millions of people.
Are you ready to visit the mineral starship USG Ishimura?
I recently run through this and it was a really pleasant watching.
Rise of the Lilving Dead, Episode II (2005)
Clara’s Rise of the Living Dead trilogy continues, with the distinctive cinematography and use of sound effects and music characteristic of the series — now with voice acting, too. Like Clara’s other movies, this episode in the “Rise of the Living Dead” series was made in the “World of Warcraft” MMO.– HEL
“The end of Azeroth is near..would you have the courage to stand?” — Dogs of Warcraft website.
Soundtrack available at www.apple.com/itunes/ imix keyword warcraft
The Wired’s 11th annual Vaporware Awards are the annual roundup of the tech industry’s biggest, brashest and most baffling unfulfilled promises.
Wired staff selected from readers’ submissions the top 10 products that were supposed to ship in 2008 but ended up delayed, derailed or otherwise rendered in absentia. Hardware, software, games and vehicles were all fair game. Beta releases count, but as in years past, we gave Gmail a pass — it’s branded “beta,” but it’s widely used by millions. Like “Google” and “Twitter,” “Gmail” has even become a verb.
A surprisingly high percentage of last year’s winners actually shipped this year (Chinese Democracy, the Tesla Roadster and the world’s most expensive and useless keyboard among them), clearing the decks for a whole new stack of suckage.
So here it is: Vaporware 2008. Prepare to taste the waste.
10. Sony PlayStation Home
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Sony’s virtual world for PlayStation 3 users, Home, earns a top slot, even though the service finally launched as an open beta in early December. But beta ain’t shrinkwrapped — so it’s fair game.
Home was originally announced in March 2007, but was repeatedly sidelined. And now that it’s kinda here, it’s woefully incomplete. Promised features like video sharing are absent, Sony has removed voice chat until further notice, and users from different countries can’t interact with one another — a major problem for an international platform.
Home doesn’t even succeed as a Second Life rip-off, owing to the fact that there simply isn’t much to do. You can walk around in the mall and spend real money on virtual clothes branded with advertisements, or you can hang out at the bowling alley and play crappy video games. That’s about it. Even the avatar creation system is incredibly scaled-down.
Sony keeps promising Home will get more features later, relying on the “it’s only a beta” line whenever somebody points out that it is a completely useless piece of crap that no one would ever use.
It’s true that online games can help relieve stress. But there are many types of online games available on the Internet. These range from freely available massively multiplayer role playing game (MMOPRG) to tiny Flash games.
Role playing games are very fun. You can interact with others online, and there are entire virtual worlds out there. These worlds are actually a duplication of the real world, except that you can do a lot of fantasy stuff like killing monsters or casting spells. In these worlds, there are usually active economies. That means trading, buying and selling are taking place every day. Virtual currency is used for trading. They are commonly known as gold or platinum. “Money” is usually in the name of some precious stones.
