I’m sure you all already heard, but Super Smash Bros. 64 has been released for the Wii.  You can download it for 1000 Wii points, which is equivalent to about 10 bucks.

Unfortunately I don’t have a Wii.  Fortunately at school, people have the original nintendo 64’s which we play super smash bros. religiously.  Or at least we used to.  We should do that again.  Definitely.

[Content via Nintendo]

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Today we’re pleased to introduce the Pet Store for World of Warcraft, a new way for players to obtain in-game pets to join them on their adventures in Azeroth…

So apparently on Wednesday of this week, WoW opened up their new online Pet Store for official business.  Players can now buy in-game pets online through the Blizzard Store (surprise, surprise).  They decided to open with two exclusive pets that can only be bought through the Pet Store; Lil’ K.T. and the Pandaren Monk.  If you’re into WoW and you have some money to blow (other than on your subscription) on a friendly companion, I suggest you check it out.

[Pet Store]

[Content via Blizzard]

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Having a horrible online experience with Tekken 6?  Namco Bandai are promising a patch to improve the online game experience.  I have not personally picked up a copy yet, but for those who have let us know how it is for you?

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You know that whole debacle about MW2 not having dedicated servers?  It just got even worse, with Infinity Ward confirming that there is a 18-player cap on the PC version online, which is is the same cap imposed on the console versions.

Seriously? This is horrible, dedicated servers and big servers are the staple of PC gaming, and Infinity Ward thinks it can set a new standard?  We’ll have to see.

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Doom Classic is finally now on the App Store, available for iPhone and iPod Touch.  Priced at a reasonable $6.99, the game boasts the following additions and improvements.

• Play the legendary first person shooter, DOOM, with an iPhone or iPod Touch. Fight through 36 missions in four action-packed episodes: Knee-Deep in the Dead,
• Shores of Hell, Inferno, and Thy Flesh Consumed.
• Experience DOOM multiplayer on your mobile device, including Deathmatch and Cooperative play for up to four players via wireless internet.
• Choose from three different control types and customize the interface to suit your style.
• Explore the depths of Mars while utilizing the topdown map to help you explore and save your game on the fly.
• Listen to the original soundtrack or disable it and use your own iPod music.

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Two Valve universes collide, when you pre-order Left 4 Dead 2, which nets you a exclusive hat in Team Fortress 2. If that isn’t enough, the 10% off the price might be an incentive.  L4D2 will be available November 17th.

In addition, the L4D2 demo is live! In case you’re on the fence of buying it or not.

Pre-Order Giveaway Madness! [TF2 Blog]

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Want to get Borderlands a little early and stay up a little late? …Basically, you now have only one excuse for not getting Borderlands tonight if you’re into the game and you’re in the US, and that is not wanting to go to GameStop and stand in line at midnight. Which is actually pretty reasonable.

So apparently Borderlands is releasing at a lot of Gamestops tonight at midnight.  I’ve actually been interested in this game recently and plan on playing the 4-player coop mode when I can get my hands on it.  Which might be unexpectedly soon.

[Contents via Joystiq]

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Starting November 11th, all WoW players will be required to login using Battle.net accounts.   Makes sense as Blizzard is really trying to push the Battle.net 2.0 platform, finally getting rid of redundancy and consolidating everything into one account.

Looking at the features of Battle.net 2.0, it does look pretty awesome.

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It seems that the leaders of the L4D2 Boycott (Agent Chaos and Walking_Target) have decided that the goal of the group was accomplished and that the group no longer serves a purpose.

Agent Chaos has this to say on the matter,

The recently released Crash Course was just the start. Future updates will continue to roll in, and 4v4 matchmaking is first in line. Valve has confirmed to us that it’ll be available before the release of L4D2. Also don’t forget, we have another DLC pack confirmed for sometime in the near future and of course, there will be bug fixes. This is as good as it can get people.

The group is filled with trolls and spammers saying that they sold out to Valve.  Valve recently flown them to their HQs to preview Left 4 Dead 2 and talka bout concerns for the boycott.

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Relic’s Dawn Of War II again receives a large FREE update to its award-winning Dawn Of War RTS.

Additionally, the game is discounted 50% off at the moment, so grab it while its cheap!

The Last Stand is a cooperative survival mode that gives gamers control of an individual hero unit and drops a small multiplayer team into a battle with impossible odds. Players can choose between a Space Marine Captain, Eldar Farseer or Ork Mekboy and will team up with two other squad-mates in an attempt to hold out as long as possible against wave after wave of relentless attackers.

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Tripwire Interactive has announced they are planning for a Killing Floor free weekend as well as a free DLC pack.  The free weekend is expected to kick off October 22nd along with the free DLC pack.  So guys suit up and grab a bunch of your friends for some Co-Op survival horror!

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Yesterday a Chinese site had revealed what was apparently the last two campaigns in Left 4 Dead 2, those were “Hard Rain” and “Dead Center”.  This has now been confirmed by Xbox360Achievements.org who has the juicy details about new and otherwise rumored futures, like a defibrillator to revive teammates.  Check out the rest over at their site.

Full Story [via JoyStiq]

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Marvel is introducing Carnage to the Ultimate Alliance lineup.  Carnage has a striking resemblance to Spider-man’s foe Venom.  He is quick like Spider-Man and deadly like Venom, in other words, badass.

Check out the trailer below to see him in full action.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQOXFGF-YMc

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The PC version of Borderlands will be hitting stores this 26th of October, which is unfortunately a week after the console versions  hit.  This game promises to bring a unique perspective on the first person genre by incorporating MMORPG elements along with an interesting artstyle.

This game has a lot of hype behind it, with the promise of billions of randomly generated weapons, massive environment with dynamic missions, and of course drop-in Co-Op play with many people.

OS: Windows XP/Vista
Processor: 2.4 Ghz or equivalent processor
Memory: 1GB System RAM (2GB recommended with Vista)
Graphics: 256mb video ram or better (GeForce 8 series or higher/Radeon R8xx series)
Hard Drive: 8 GB or more free space
Sound: Windows compatible sound card

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The trailer released yesterday from TGS 2009 is now fully in English along with the localized scenes in the game. Check it out after the break.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SJPeFNbhOs

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Check out the extended trailer of Super Street Fighter IV that showcases three of the new character’s moves and specials.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mutm-xm2akc

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Here we go with another weekly PC sales charts from Steam and Direct2Drive.  Aion is completely owning the charts having been in top positions for several weeks now.  Good to see another MMO other than WoW getting some love.  I have played some Aion and it is definitely a very beautiful game, and very fun as well.  Surprised to see some old games lurk back up on these charts, which is probably due to special sales.

PC Digital Download Charts For The Week Ending September 26

Steam

1. Aion Collector’s Edition
2. Aion
3. Fallen Earth
4. Batman: Arkham Asylum
5. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
6. Left 4 Dead
7. Resident Evil 5
8. Counter-Strike
9. Star Wars Jedi Knight Collection
10. Red Faction: Guerrilla

Direct2Drive

1. Aion Collector’s Edition
2. Aion
3. Fallen Earth
4. Neverwinter Nights 2
5. Assassin’s Creed Director’s Cut
6. Titan Quest Bundle
7. Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir
8. Champions Online
9. BioShock
10. Star Wars: KOTOR

[via Shacknews]

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Super Street Fighter IV has been announced today as a stand-alone separate title.  The game will include 8 new characters, improved online play, and balance changes to all the current characters based of feedback from the community.  Additionally, even though the game is a separate title, it will not be sold full price but closer to the price of what you would pay for DLC.

Currently 3 out of the 8 new characters are confirmed whom are Deejay, T.Hawk, and Juri.

Owners of Street Fighter IV will also receive a bonus when they buy Super Street Fighter IV.

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Today, Valve released Crash Course, a DLC campaign add on for Left 4 Dead that aims to close the gap between the first and second campaign.  It is available on PC free of charge and $7 for Xbox 360 owners.

In addition to the new campaign, several new survival maps were added along with a few fixes.

• A new campaign, “Crash Course”, is now available for play in Campaign, Versus and Survival modes
• In Versus mode, all weapons, pills, health packs, molotovs, pipe bombs and other items will now be identical for the second round of a chapter
• Matchmaking has had several improvements to make finding and joining games even faster
• Ten all new “Crash Course” achievements have been added

Valve has also decided to sell Left 4 Dead 50% off until October 2nd, thats only $14.99.

Press Release [L4D Crash Course Blog]

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Capcom has revealed the latest character addition to Tatsunoko vs. Capcom.  It is none other than Frank West from the zombie killer Dead Rising.

His arsenal of weapons range from baseball bats, shopping carts, zombies and of course those Servbot masks.  Not sure if he has the mega man blaster though.

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So lately I’ve been pretty busy – this week especially since I’ve been sick, tests are coming up, and I’ve gotten a healthy dose of X-Box live gaming.  One of my housemates has moved his X-box 360 downstairs to the living room, where we have a 52” HDTV setup.  So I retrieved my gamertag and introduced them to the few games I actually own on X-box live.  These include Castle Crashers and Ikaruga.  Another one of my friends here has convinced me to buy Geometry Wars 2, which is also thoroughly awesome.  So let’s sum up what me and my housemates been playing for hours on end the past week.

What we first started playing a lot is Geometry Wars 2: Retro Evolved.  This game is fun by yourself, or with others.  You will find yourselves taking turns most of the time though, in single player since all anyone wants to do is try to beat the high scores that everyone else has posted.  The only controls involve the left analog to steer, the right analog to shoot, and the triggers for bombs.  There are 6 modes, which are more than enough to provide hours of competitive fun with.  Deadline, King, Evolved, Pacifist, Waves, and Sequence.  Each one is a very different style of play, but all of them require a mastery of the basic controls.  The game is easy enough to pick up and play, but becomes very hard once you start playing competitively.  Especially when you look at some of the top scores on the leaderboards.  They’re ridiculous.

I’m pretty everyone with an X-box live account should be familiar with Castle Crashers.  The game that was created by the same guys who created Newgrounds, this game is a side scrolling multiplayer platformer for tons of fon.  You and up to 3 other friends can play along.  You’re basically one of the characters you see above (there are more too, as well as unlockable ones).  You have a weapon to melee people with, magic attacks, pets that help with different things, and a few items.  The game is easy – you walk to the right and kill everything in your path.  It’s actually pretty challenging at some parts without the right preparation, but isn’t so much where it’s not fun.  As a few of my housemates have been showing me, it definitely has replay value as well; despite the fact they’ve already beaten it 3 times over, they want to keep playing.

And last but not least, is Ikaruga.  I’m sure every gamer has heard of this notorious one as well.  This one hasn’t been as popular with my housemates and that’s understandable.  Shoot-em ups appeal to a select crowd.  Especially ones of this caliber.  A top-down shooter where you’re a ship that can absorb orbs of the same color and get destroyed by ones of the opposite.  You can change the color orientation of your ship but clicking B, but this doesn’t make the game any less challenging.  I can’t say this is the hardest shoot-em up I’ve ever played (see Perfect Cherry Blossom on Insane), but it’s still pretty challenging.  Especially since I’m by no means a serious shmup gamer.

Kicking back with a few arcade style games for a week has actually been pretty nice.  Getting away from serious games such Batman, Resident Evil 5, and the like, has probably been pretty healthy for my gamer mentality.  Not to mention much more enjoyable with a lot of people around one system too.  Playing the games over the internet is a lot of fun, don’t get me wrong; but there’s something more personal about sitting next to the person you’re trying to destroy (or help out) on the screen.  Just my two cents at least.

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News has come forth that Left 4 Dead 2 has been refused classification in Australia.  While it isn’t necessarily banned, it has the same effect. Below are the reasons highlighted in the official report.

* The game contains violence that is high in impact and is therefore unsuitable for persons aged under 18 to play.

* It notes that this violence is “inflicted upon ‘the Infected’ who are living humans infected with a rabies-like virus that causes them to act violently”.

* The report singles out the use of melee weapons as those that “inflict the most damage” and cause “copious amounts of blood spray and splatter (sic), decapitations and limb dismemberment.. or even cause intestines to spill from the wounds”.

* In conclusion, the Board finds that the “interactive nature of the game increases the overall impact of the frequent and intense depictions of violence. This coupled with the graphic depictions of blood and gore combine to create a playing impact which is high.”

* Interestingly, the report also reveals that it wasn’t a unanimous decision and that “a minority of the Board is of the opinion that the violence is strong in playing impact and therefore warrants an MA15+ classification” instead. However, the majority voted to refuse classification.

Kotaku Australia has contacted EA for comment and they have yet to respond.

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As you may have known, school has started for both Jacob and I recently.  For me the first week has just passed and going forward from here, our schedules will be packed pretty tight.

So some things I have been planning to do are videos and LOTS of them.  To accomplish this, I have purchased a Hauppauge HD PVR.  This baby is an external capture card that does all the encoding in the device itself.  This means absolutely no overhead for your CPU as you’re busy playing the game.  Previously, I would use FRAPS to record game footage, while this worked for older titles such as Half-Life, Starcraft, and Quake, new titles won’t cut it.  Fraps would virtually make the game unplayable frame rate wise.  This of course can be avoided with a quad core processor but I don’t have the money for that.

I purchased the HD PVR for 200 dollars (some places have deals for $150) and I can say it was a great purchase.  Not only can it record your game console, it can also record your PC.

Here is a basic overview of the device:

• Built-in hardware H.264 high definition encoder, for high performance, high quality TV recordings
• Component video input from most high definition cable TV and satellite TV receivers. Optical or stereo audio inputs.
• Record high definition video at up to 1080i resolution, 720p or VGA/D1
• Record at datarates from 1Mbs to 13.5Mbs, constant and Variable Bit Rate
• Make Blu-ray format AVCHD recordings, so you can burn your TV recordings onto a standard DVD disk (up to 2 hours of video at 5MBits/sec) and playback on Blu-ray DVD players
• Includes HD software video player, so you can playback recordings to your PC screen
• Audio / Video component video loop through to allow HD recording and viewing at the same time
• High Performance Noise Reduction Function
• NTSC,PAL and SECAM Support
• IR receiver for remote control
• IR Blaster to change the TV channels in your set top box

It fits all my needs of a recording device, recording at 1080i up to 13.5Mbs, is very good in my book.  My Geforce GTX 260 has a HDTV out and with that I have a HDTV to component cable adapter so it is compatible with the HD PVR.

My setup is like this, I have the video card route to the HD PVR, then I have a audio splitter that splits audio from my sound card two ways, in one port I have a stereo to RCA splitter that then routes to the HD PVR audio in. Finally, the USB connection from my HD PVR connects to my MacBook where it stores the video information.

So with this, I am currently recording every game I play, making tutorials on PCSX2 and Dolphin and other things I have not though of yet, the possibilities are endless!

Stay tuned for forthcoming videos and another post about the Sanyo Xacti CG10 I bought as well.

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Remember the full refund promised by a Wolfenstein developer if the game sold more than Madden? Well you can forget about that, NPD Group has released sales for Wolfenstein and revealed the game sold poorly.

Combined sales of Xbox, PS3 and PC and you get a total of 106,000 units.  Even with Wolfenstein’s relatively favorable reviews, those sales are complete crap and not looking good for Raven (which has also laid off people recently), and Activision.

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So apparently yesterday in Japan, there was some ad on YouTube saying that the release date would actually be announced today.  Some people were able to figure out how to manipulate the ad to actually display the date, and thus presented it yesterday leaked as December 17, 2009. 

Today, it was confirmed that Final Fantasy XIII will be released on that day according to the people at Kotaku.  Well, as you may have guessed, this is only for the Japanese release of the game.  Western fans (myself) will probably have to wait for some time before seeing it in 2010.

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As you may or may not have heard, people have developed programs that would simulate you being in a server ‘idling’.  You would just leave it on overnight, then in the morning, wake up to loads of goodies in your inventory.

Not anymore, since Valve is now catching on to players who decide to do this.  They are removing all the items that were achieved through illegitimate means and giving everyone else who didn’t cheat a free hat!

If you still decide to use external applications, then Valve will take all your items away.

TF2 Blog [Valve]

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Red Faction: Guerrilla due for PC on September 15th will have the ‘Demons of the Badlands’ DLC included, console pre-order bonus and a total of 8 new maps (2 exclusive to PC) from the forthcoming DLC.

Seems like this time around the PC version is getting good treatment, not to mention with a price tag of 39.99, this is a solid deal.

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So GameTrailers has released a trailer revealing BioShock 2’s multiplayer gameplay.  After watching the trailer though, I wasn’t thoroughly impressed with any of the aspects of it.  I think it’s cool that you get to use a lot of the powers you receive in BioShock on other people, but it makes me feel that it will make playing extremely unrewarding and very spam-like.  And throwing big-daddy into the mix just seems to add to the chaotic mix.  I mean, it looks like it could be fun for a little while, but none of the big multiplayer games (TF2 *cough*) will feel any vibrations from this at all.

But enough of my thoughts – what do you think?

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Check out the new trailer for Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer.  At the end, there is a reveal of the new host migration support where if the host drops out, the game will seamlessly reconnect everyone to a different host.  Shortly after, the player executes a throwing knife kill. Sweet!

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Here are Steam’s and Direct2Drive’s last week sales charts.  Not much has changed since the previous week, although with the THQ Collectors Pack getting a $20 price cut, it has managed to sneak on last week’s steam charts.

Steam’s Top Ten (by Revenue) (8/23 – 8/29)

1. Left 4 Dead / Valve
2. Aion Collector’s Edition (pre-order) / NCsoft
3. THQ Collector Pack
4. Counter-Strike: Source / Valve
5. Killing Floor / Tripwire
6. Team Fortress 2 / Valve
7. The Orange Box / Valve
8. Fallout Collection (F1, F2, Fallout Tactics)
9. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare / Infinity Ward
10. Valve Complete Pack / Valve

Direct2Drive’s Top Ten (8/23 – 8/29)

1. Champions Online (pre-order) / Cryptic
2. Fallen Earth (pre-order) / Fallen Earth, Icarus Studios
3. Aion Collector’s Edition (pre-order) / NCSoft
4. Rise of Flight / neoqb
5. Fallout 3 / Bethesda Softworks
6. Hearts of Iron III / Paradox Interactive
7. Civilization 4: The Complete Edition / Firaxis
8. Call of Duty: World at War / Treyarch
9. The Sims 3 / The Sims Studio
10. The Witcher: Enhanced Edition – Director’s Cut / CD Projekt RED

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Here we go again, another XBLA title now takes the crown of “the most downloaded single-player title in Xbox Live Arcade history”.  The game is reported to have sold over 200,000 copies in it’s first week of release.

Shadow Complex is a side-scroller with heavy influence from Metroid, and powered by Unreal Engine 3.  It looks great.

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The immensely popular Grand Theft Auto franchise will be making its debut on the iPhone via Chinatown Wars, which was originally a Nintendo DS game, now coming to PSP and iPhone.

As expected, the graphics look sharper and cleaner than on the DS, other improvements have not yet been announced, but this will be exciting for iPhone users.

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Sony is bringing God of War and God Of War II to the PS3 with refinements.  These improvements include 720P support, trophy support, and 60 frames per second.  Of course with the added benefit of Blu-ray, both games will fit on one disc.

Price is $40 and expected to ship a few months before God of War III.

For those emulation junkies, this probably doesn’t seem all that impressive due to the fact that PCSX2 can run these games at 1080P with full scene anti-aliasing and at 60FPS.

In the coming days, a PCSX2 tutorial and possible game showcase will reveal just how to play PS2 games in full-HD.

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From the creators of 3DMark benchmarking software, Futuremark Game Studio has been working hard on a full-fledged retail game.  From what we know of the game, it takes place in space and people will be fighting in zero gravity situations.  It definitely looks pretty sweet and something that hasn’t been quite done before.  I will be participating in the closed beta, however there is a NDA (non-disclosure agreement), so I will not be able to talk about it or post videos until the NDA has lifted.

Just imagine epic battles in space.

For now enjoy these public screenshots!

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So apparently at the Game Crazy convention, there was some gameplay video taken and leaked onto youtube.  So here it is!

Quality of the video isn’t the greatest, but you can tell that this game looks great already.

[Contents via VGChartz]

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