With rumors of Nintendo making a revision to their popular DS handheld there has been many concept designs floating around the internets. Check out this collection of Nintendo DS revision ideas.
The recent Sony Gamer’s Day in London, England offered a fresh glimpse of Killzone 2 from Guerrilla Games. Check out the latest gameplay footage and 4 new screenshots - unfortunately there was also news of yet another delay, this one pushing Killzone 2 into February 2009.
Grand Theft Auto IV isn’t the only game to look forward to from Rockstar Games, this coming September (9/9/2008) they present us Midnight Club: Los Angeles which brings the series to the West Coast’s largest city.
Utilizing the impressive RAGE engine, MC:LA will feature customization of the interior and exterior of the extremely detailed cars and motorcycles. After a race you’ll have the opportunity to use a new “quick fix” option that will restore your car driving ability but not it’s looks, so actually totaling the vehicle at all is not possible anymore. In order to repair your car’s exterior back to pristine condition you will have to drive to a repair shop to get the work done.
Also for the first time you can drive around the city with day-to-night cycle that will include dynamic weather effects, and traffic that changes throughout the day based on real traffic patterns. It is also interesting to note that the Los Angeles map used in the game won’t be exactly as it is in real life but similar enough that if you’re familiar with the city’s layout should be able to navigate without much difficulty, the changes made are mostly tweaks made to enhance your enjoyment as you speed through the city faster than the actual streets were intended to driven while providing an extremely realistic representation of Los Angeles that is as close to the real thing as Rockstar San Diego could make it.
Developers also placed a great emphasis on eliminating load screens, stating that the player can literally jump from career mode to an arcade race in under ten seconds.
Rockstar recently released these MC:LA screenshots for you to check out, continue reading and watch the trailer.
Now here is a blast from our gaming past! Hugues Johnson deserves credit for the excellent work scanning the entire catalog. Remember when the graphics were so bad that the instructions, game box and killer artwork was all our imagination really had to make these early games so compelling. Take a minute to check out the wide range of games available for Atari’s 2600 console 27 years ago. Enjoy.
After 4 months of work Ben Heckendorn debuted his latest console mod, a PlayStation 3 laptop.
Some details from BenHeck:
While Ben is taking orders for new mod projects but this particular unit is one of a kind and is intended to be auctioned off for charity - more details over at Engadget.
Note to self: Imagine having a fleet of BenHeck mod’d consoles - and how awesome that’d be.
Body Pieces
Spartan
EVA……………..Complete Tsavo Highway on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
EOD……………..Complete Tsavo Highway on Legendary
Scout……………Unlock “Too Close to the Sun” Achievement (Destroy an enemy banshee with the Sp’laser or missile pod in a ranked playlist or campaign)
Elite
Flight……………Complete Tsavo Highway on Heroic or Legendary
Ascetic…………Unlock “Up Close and Personal” Achievement (Kill 5 enemies via melee or assassination in a ranked FFA playlist)
Commando….Unlock “Triple Kill” Achievement (Get one triple kill)
Shoulder Pieces
Spartan
EVA……………..Complete The Ark on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
EOD…………….Complete The Ark on Legendary
Security……….Earn 750 Gamerscore Points
Scout……………Unlock “We’re in for some Chop” Achievement (Destroy an enemy vehicle with a piece of equipment in a ranked playlist or campaign)
Elite
Flight……………Complete The Ark on Heroic or Legendary
Ascetic…………Unlock “Overkill” Achievement (Get one overkill)
Commando….Unlock “Killing Frenzy” Achievement (Get one killing frenzy)
Head Pieces
Spartan
EVA……………..Complete Campaign on Normal, Heroic, or Legendary
EOD……………..Complete Campaign on Legendary
Security………..Earn 1,000 Gamerscore Points
Scout…………….Unlock “Used Car Salesman” Achievement (Destroy an enemy vehicle containing 3 enemies in Campaign or ranked playlists)
Mark V………….Unlock “UNSC Spartan” Achievement (Reach Sergeant ranking online)
ODST……………Unlock “Spartan Graduate” Achievement (Earn 5 EXP or complete 10 ranked matches)
Rogue………….Unlock “Spartan Officer” Achievement (Advance to the Spartan Officer ranks online)
Elite
Flight……………Complete Campaign on Heroic or Legendary
Ascetic………….Unlock “Steppin’ Razor” Achievement (Get one triple kill with an energy sword in ranked FFA)
Commando….Unlock “Overkill” Achievement (Get one overkill)
Can you believe the size of this video game collection? This person probably owns
every game, console, and accessory in existence.
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