Game Wars

Activision has released some hours on Xbox Live Arcade the new Vigilante 8: Arcade, a new chapter in a series very long. Vigilante 8 Arcade melee mechanics of a game arcade driving with those of a shooter, putting players at the wheel of special off-road vehicles armed with everything point. Besides the classic single-player mode is supported multiplayer for up to 4 participants in local and up to 8 online. Vigilante 8: Arcade is available for download on Xbox LIVE Arcade at a cost of 800 Microsoft points (about 10 €).

Mercenaries 2 has reached the shops just a few weeks and this is already the box of EA John Riccitiello announced that third chapter is already in the design phase. “There will be a Mercenaries 3 and, as I am concerned, there will also be a Mercenaries 10,” said Riccitiello. In truth it does not surprise us at all, because Mercenaries 2 has managed to sell two million copies in a few days, figures worthy of a genuine blockbuster.

Valve has made available the introductory video of Left 4 Dead, whose shooter demo in recent days has been confirmed for next November 11, with a small advance for those who booked the game via Steam will try from 6 of the same month. Left 4 Dead is much awaited by the community for its online multiplayer mode that will (also using the split-screen) to clash also impersonando magnificent zombie: the release of the final version is set for Nov. 21 for both PC and Xbox platforms 360.

American fans probably will have been disappointed to see that the trophies were not included in SOCOM: Confrontation, as had been previously declared. Do not know the reason for their choice, but the PR of Sony Jennifer Clark, said that will be added within a few weeks through update. After numerous delays, the game was finally released in America, while in Europe the date has not yet been fully confirmed, although the issue should be imminent.

It seems that make free PC games to be fashionable lately: After The Suffering and The Blob, even Area 51 - predecessor of the recent Blacks: Area 51 - was made available for download. The shooter in subjective of Midway, came less than 3 years ago, puts the player in the shoes of a commander who led a team of marine, will shed light on mysterious events in a military base that will then contaminated with a powerful virus mutogeno of alien origin.

Having found that the trailers are very good sales, Insomniac Games gives us a new movie Resistance 2, in this case an entire scene intermezzo. Resistance 2 shooter in subjective exclusive PlayStation 3 which continues the story of Resistance: Fall of Man, is set in an alternative World War II where the land is invaded by aliens. Resistance 2 arrives in America and Japan on 4 and November 13, and would likely arrive in Europe by the end of November.

Thanks all’interessante “hans-on” by Gamespot from Penny Arcade Expo o8, which found directly at this address, we know that High Voltage Software will support the Wii Motion Plus games in The Conduit.

The promising first person shooter is expected in March 2009 on console Wii, in addition to compatibility with Wii Speak for multiplayer via the Internet, will be able to exploit the functionality of the new Nintendo useful accessory in relation to simulate the movements of 1:1 Wiimote.

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At that Leipzig, 2K Games has announced that the U.S. version of BioShock for PS3 will see the light next October 21, followed by a wheel that international scheduled for 24 of the same month. A small advance and then the date originally scheduled for early November, which surely will advance pleasure to all owners of Sony consoles that have not been able to play BioShock on platforms for which the title is already out.

2K Games and Take-Two have formalised precisely in these hours the PS3 version of BioShock.

After the entries over the past days finally becomes reality the arrival of award-winning FPS on the console Sony, which according to the information will arrive by autumn.

Nothing that do not already know, but at least pending further details now all Journal.

Update: the PS3 version of the game deovrebbe have new features and exclusive content, while the period of output should be the month of October.

The antipathy of Gabe Newell for the PS3 must have infected the whole troop of Valve, to the point of pushing Doug Lombardi to leave out again, reiterating that Valve is not a development team for the console Sony.

Direct consequence of the fact, confirmation that Left 4 Dead will not be published for PS3, despite the rumor that in recent months wanted the FPS output in the autumn arrival also on this platform.