Samantha Ryan, Senior Vice President, Production and Development, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment:

“Gotham City Impostors is a unique first-person multiplayer shooter that delivers a completely different Batman experience that is irreverent, fun and humorous,”

“The game is unlike any other on the market today and gives fans the opportunity to play the game in whichever way they want to play.  We can’t wait to see reactions from players wreaking havoc in Gotham City.”

Players can engage in deliriously fast paced, uniquely vertical, and completely unconventional urban warfare where progress supports leveling up and access to a mind-boggling array of customization options. Unlock new Bats or Jokerz costumes and build your own specific loadout from a huge assortment of traditional and homebrew weaponry, equipment, and perks. Gadgets such as the Glider Rig, Grappling Hook, and Spring Boots give gamers unprecedented mobility options, while support items like the Bear Traps, Boomerang, and Body Armor open up new tactical options.

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The game features five maps and four modes inspired by DC Comics’ Batman license.  The maps include Crime Alley, Amusement Mile, Ace Chemical, The Docks and Gotham Power. Also in March there will be new content available for FREE which includes a new “25^th Floor” map, as well as over 100 new customization options including weapons, support items, costumes and calling card elements. Gamers can choose from several gameplay modes – Team Deathmatch, Fumigation or Psych Warfare modes – and engage in all-out combat, or they can choose the Challenges mode, a single-player mode that allows players to safely explore the different maps and practice using different weapons, support items and gadgets.

As a high-end console case, the engineering team at Calibur11 have ensured that the Vault promotes cooling of consoles for optimal performance, providing superior airflow by lifting the console off the ground, allowing the fan to work at its best ability. In addition, it features a controller/headset cradle and a light up N7 logo.

Phu Tien of Calibur11:

“It’s been fantastic to be teaming up with EA again for the release of Mass Effect 3. As huge fans of the game ourselves, we wanted to offer something really special that enhances the game experience,“

”With the exclusive Mass Effect 3 armour design including a Commander Shepard textured chest piece, this is a must for any Mass Effect 3 fan.”

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While there have also been a large number of lightcycle games developed for every platform imaginable in the past, with Positron the aim was to design a new experience. It should also feel familiar but offer new and interesting challenges and game modes to challenge the player. One of the first design decisions that was made was to stay away from the boring open arena gameplay. While that is still included as a mode in the game, there is also have much more complex layouts and even include a level editor so the player can design their own levels which are dynamically built from a simple 2D pixel-map (a video of the editor in action will be posted this week).

Retroburn also said that the visual style of the blocks in the game world was designed to be simple, cover a large portion of the screen and use as few polygons to render as possible. We also wanted to show reflections of the world geometry, bikes and trails too. In early builds we would render two copies of everything, one translated beneath the ground plane and one above providing realistic looking reflections. As development continued we wanted to optimize this as much as possible and we now use a number of tricks to render the world in a much more efficient manner which even the Windows Phone 7 devices can handle with full reflections.

The bikes themselves have been designed to look fast, with minimal texturing. The game will launch with three bikes included and we intend to add more content as time progresses. The trail effect is relatively simple, nothing too special there but we did add in a few particle effects for sparks under the bike’s wheels while driving. This made the bikes feel grounded and provided a consistent visual effect to help make the scene more lively.

The chase camera went through quite a number of iterations before we reached the current version. During testing we accidentally changed some settings of the camera and thought it looked cool when turning that we got a side-shot of the bike. We kept this in the current camera with an elastic snap-back to the bike’s tail. This gives a unique cornering animation which looks cool as you go swerving around the corners on the map.

Overall we’re now very happy with the way Positron looks and feels. While this video was only intended as a VFX Preview there is so much more to the game than you’re seeing here and we will be showing that in a few upcoming gameplay videos later this week. We hope you like the video and please do comment or leave feedback.

Here is the video/trailer.

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Source: http://retroburngames.com/press/positron_vfx_preview_trailer_in_more_detail

Discover now more about the game! The official website of Confrontation is the perfect place to stay informed about all the information around the game, to talk about it on the forum, and to gather all kinds of news about Confrontation: its story, its game mechanics, but also tons of info on the four factions fighting over Aarklash (the Jackal, the Wolf, the Griffin and the Scorpion) presented in every detail along with all their units! For the occasion, players may discover a series of exclusive screenshots, that they will also find in the large image gallery on the newly opened website!

Confrontation will be released on PC in retail and online stores very soon. In the meantime here is an official trailer and screenshots.

This account change is a change in name only. Which means that you do not have to do anything and your username and password will not change.

This transition is based on Sony’s goal to enhance its unique digital entertainment offering. As a series of these activities Sony started last September, PlayStation Network will be aligned with “Sony Entertainment Network”. This helps us get closer to our goal of establishing a global comprehensive network platform of services across games, movies, music and more, all accessible from one convenient account.

Your Sony Entertainment Network account also enables use of Sony’s non-game services such as Music Unlimited, Video Store of PlayStation®Store and PlayMemories Online (previously called Personal Space) across a variety of network-connected devices.

For FAQs and more detail on this change please visit http://eu.playstation.com/support orhttp://en.support.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/

One thing I don’t do is post rumours, however when info hails from someone actually involved with a game franchise hails interesting news, it’s not a rumour….so lets continue
When Mass Effect 2 was released you had the option to import your character from Mass Effect, I believe there was some other bonuses too but can’t remember – my brain has gone all 8-bit recently. Anyway,  Mass Effect executive producer, Mike Gamble has told a few people NOT to delete their game saves. Mr Gamble is being very tight lipped about why he came out and said this. It has been said a few months back that Bioware is not done with Mass Effect. They may be done with Commander Shepard but Mass Effect as a series is not finished.

So how do we know Mass Effect ain’t finished?
Well this quote from a recent Gamerzine article with Mike Gamble suggests that Mass Effect is far from over:

“It wouldn’t be a bad idea (to keep your ME3 saves),”“Obviously I can’t say anything, but it wouldn’t be a bad idea…”

Then there is the quote at the end of the recent trailer released for Mass Effect where Martin Sheen/The illusive man says:

“Stay Tuned. I aint done yet”

Here is the full trailer or you can click >http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Hfvo5ueKJY8#t=216s and see for yourself.

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In RAGE: Campaign Edition you will take on bandit gangs and hordes of mutants with an arsenal of exotic weapons and special items, such as Wingsticks, personal turrets, sentry bots, and remote-controlled bomb cars as you play through the game’s full unaltered single-player campaign. The Mac version will also include bonus equipment formerly exclusive to the RAGE Anarchy Edition, including a Double Barrel Shotgun, the Rat Rod Buggy, Fists of RAGE and Crimson Elite Armor. You’ll also have access to the Wasteland Sewers Missions which feature additional mutant blasting gameplay and looting opportunities.

Todd Hollenshead, President of id Software:

“Aspyr has been a great partner, bringing id Software’s games to the Mac platform for years,”

“We’ve worked closely with them again to offer the amazing graphics and intense combat that RAGE is famous for to Mac gamers.”

Developed by id® Software, the creators of DOOM® and QUAKE®, RAGE features intense first-person shooter action, breakneck vehicle combat, an expansive world to explore and jaw-dropping graphics powered by id’s revolutionary id Tech® 5 technology. Set in the not-too-distant future after an asteroid impacts Earth, you emerge into a vast wasteland to discover humanity working to rebuild itself against such forces as bandit gangs, mutants, and more.

RAGE, originally released for the Xbox 360® video game entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and PC, was awarded ‘Best Console Game’ by the Game Critics at E3 when first presented. Electronic Gaming Monthly said RAGE is “A must play”, scoring the game a 9.5 out of 10, while Game Informer gave the award-winning shooter a 9 out of 10, calling it “Triumphant”.

For more information on RAGE: Campaign Edition for the Mac, please visit: http://www.aspyr.com/games/rage-campaign-edition

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Mitsugu Kikai from Japan has the largest collection of Super Mario Memorabilia. As of the 15th July 2010 when his items were counted he had exactly how many unique items relating to Mario?

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• 250’000

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Main responsibilities:

• Analyze player behavior data and process reports from the public.
• Work with account restrictions
• Monitor and keep up to date with the cheating community online.
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• Take ownership of the cause and promote fair play both internally and externally

With ingame recording features such as other similar titles and a way to submit the videos to YouTube would’ve been a great little extra bit of help to DICE/EA but they didn’t put anything like that into place. Even screenshot features would be a great addition.

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Originally spotted by Eurogamer

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Man vs. Machine was developed in Unity, and was an in-browser battle between two teams. Men were the strongest and had the upper hand for most of the game, and it was not until the very end that Machines were able to fight back and finally took complete control over the battlefield.

MuchDifferent, who provided both the game and the new server technology, was at first overwhelmed by the huge number of people trying to join this one-time event. CEO, Christian Lönnholm explains:

“It was amazing. We did not imagine the amount of interest that this game would generate, so the system went down shortly after we had reached the peak of 999 players. Within minutes we were able to adjust it, and the battle continued for about two hours more. Almost until the end we were averaging around 980 players at any given moment. It was a blast!”

“Obviously, this would not have been possible without the players, so I’d like to send a special warm and loving ‘thank you’ to them! Thank you for bringing such creativity to both the battlefield and to the chat. You had me laughing, giggling and spilling coffee throughout the event!”

Apart from the fun and excitement of it all, the event proved that PikkoServer, the server and network technology used to make all of this possible, can take the strain and deliver an entirely new multiplayer experience. “We believe this technology can be applied to just about any game engine used today. So, our goal now is to make this technology available to developers worldwide. Stay tuned!”

Derek Wise, entrusted with being the external expert observer for the event, wrote earlier today in his report to the Guinness World Records, Gamers Edition:

“…this test met the requirements for being a first person online shooter, it exceeds the requirements and is a good example of the spirit of the world record and the competition that should generate in the industry and technology.”

You can check out this record breaking game here: http://www.muchdifferent.com/1000PlayerFPS/