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Sunday, July 15, 2007

Gamespot Daily newsletter-13th July (click to read)

Read about the new releases in E3 and the new redesigned PSP

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Gamespot Daily newsletter-13th July (click to read)

Read the official Gamespot daily newsletter (13th July)

GTA IV -UK Games magazine preview

Games™ Preview with new GTAIV info

UK magazine Games™ has the world's first hands on preview of GTA IV's new gameplay. There are many new screenshots in the article, as well as a fair amount of new information.

Times Square is called "Star Junction"
Few people were on the streets in the demo that Games™ played (this could be attributed to early code)
Niko can use his cell phone to call for weapons - Games™ say that Niko calls his associate Little Jacob, a Caribbean arms dealer, the conversation ends with Jacob telling Niko to meet him in an alleyway in Rotterdam Hill
The player can call a taxi cab to go to a destination and view the ride in first-person or use trip-skip to speed the experience along
On one mission, Niko must retrieve a memory stick with sensitive data on it from a person identified as McReary. The problem is that McReary is standing with a group of people and Niko doesn't know who he is, so he takes out his cell phone and calls McReary. When the now-revealed target pulls out his cell phone, Niko walks up and puts a bullet in his head.
Missions can supposedly be "interrupted." This suggests that multiple missions can be done at the same time and that some will span several days
Niko received a call in the demo, which concerned a "shady lawyer" by the name of Goldberg, of Goldberg, Ligner & Shyster. On this mission, Niko must upload his resume to Goldberg, Ligner & Shyster's website, get an interview, and kill Goldberg. In this mission, Niko purchased a $2000 suit from a clothing store called "Perseus," then ventured to the law firm and talked to the secretary over the intercom, before being let in. Niko then went to see Goldberg and promptly killed him. This caused the secretary to trigger the alarm and Niko to receive a 3-star wanted level.
The "TW@" internet café from GTA3 is present but this time you can surf the web (which is "huge" and "very important," according to Rockstar)
Any crime committed will give you a wanted level
The star rating will create a visible search area on the radar, which, if escaped, will dissipate the wanted level
The police radio returns and you can hear the police talking about where you were last spotted as in previous games, only this time, the police will know exactly where you are at because every street is named
There is a clothing store called "Perseus" where suits can be purchased
The draw distance is "unreal"

This is certainly exciting, as never before have players been able to "surf the web" in a GTA game. The police also seem to be much more vigilant and realistic in the game, as in the missions Games™ played, killing a single person warranted a 3-star wanted level on both occasions.

Devil May Cry4 -PC (coming soon)

Devil May Cry 4 is the fourth installment in Capcom's demon-hunting series, but this time it stars a new character, Nero, and his powerful demonic arm.

It will be also available on ps3 and x-box360

For more news log onto gamespot. Konami is not reveling much about this masterpiece. We will see what happens next!

World Of Warcraft:The Burning Crusade (pc)

This sort of games....most people hate! But this is the most addictive game among pc gamers all over the world. Itz worth playing!

When it was released in November 2004, World of Warcraft raised the bar for the massively multiplayer genre, and more than two years later, none of its would-be competitors have even come close to matching it. Even at launch there was very little to find fault with in Blizzard's first MMOG offering, and thanks to regular free updates and no shortage of feedback from a community that now numbers more than 8 million players, it has continued to grow and evolve into an even bigger and better game. With the recent release of The Burning Crusade, World of Warcraft has never been better, and while you don't need the expansion pack to continue playing, it's hard not to feel like you're missing out in Azeroth without it.

The Burning Crusade is a superb example of exactly what an expansion pack for any game should be. Its also the highest rated pc game of all time!

Gamespot rating: 9.2
Rank in pc: 6 of 8272
Rank in total:35 of 39,281

Gears of War-PC (E3 07)

Microsoft announced at E3 conference that Gears of War will be making their mark on PC. The Game will be officially released in the end of 2007. Gears of War, the best ever x-box 360 title, will look better in the Pc than its x-box360 counterpart. It also means that Pc gamers must have atleast a 256 MB graphics card pixel shader enabled.A game, that never was thought to be released in Pc, gives the gamer a hint that, the slammin jammin franchise, GTA IV may also be released in Pc!

Source: Gamespot E3 live coverage