Tuesday, April 20, 2010
NINJA SAGA
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Just Dance conquers UK chart
Just Dance conquers UK chart
The UK gets into the family spirit this Easter and takes Ubisoft’s Just Dance to the top of the chart.
God of War III
God of War III Unearthing the Legend Trailer
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Check out an original God of War documentary hosted by Peter Weller! It's available on the PlayStation Store.
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God of War III
God of War III Interview With Bruno Velazquez and Jonathan Hawkins
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In this special God of War III postmortem, GameSpot AU speaks to lead animator Bruno Velazquez and senior designer Jonathan Hawkins about God of War III's reception, what Kratos could have been, and the controversial ending.
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GameSpot @ GDC 2010
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Check out all the latest news, hear about all the big game announcements, see all the show video, and more in our home for the 2010 Game Developers Conference!
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Check out all the latest news, hear about all the big game announcements, see all the show video, and more in our home for the 2010 Game Developers Conference!
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Splinter Cell: Conviction Launch Center
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Top Third Echelon operative Sam Fisher has gone rogue after learning that his daughter's death was no accident. Gather intel for your revenge on our Splinter Cell: Conviction launch center!
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Top Third Echelon operative Sam Fisher has gone rogue after learning that his daughter's death was no accident. Gather intel for your revenge on our Splinter Cell: Conviction launch center!
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Lost Planet 2 Updated Hands-On: Campaigning alone and with friends
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We dive into the campaign mode of the upcoming action game and bring some friends along.
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Crysis 2 First Look
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Nomad takes his nanosuit to Wall Street as we check out the Xbox 360 version of this sequel.
Splinter Cell: Conviction Final Hands-On
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With Sam sneaking into stores next week, we have a last-minute play test of Fisher's stealth-'em-up.
With Sam sneaking into stores next week, we have a last-minute play test of Fisher's stealth-'em-up.
Mimana Iyar Chronicles Review
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This slapdash role-playing game shows some promise early, but quickly becomes tedious and
frustrating.
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Sunday, April 11, 2010
Imitate v2.51
The ultimate memory strain evaluation! You will be given a limited amount of tries, an ever-increasing amount of actions (clicks) to imitate (repeat) and a wild array of tricky click object Layout patterns and sizes. Successes won't go unnoticed with many features and secrets to unlock, you'll even improve your memory while playing! (non-scientifically proven!). You must remember which objects are clicked by the computer and the order in which they were clicked! Once the computers turn is complete, you must successfully imitate (repeat) those actions by using the left-click mouse button! The speed of the computer and the amount of actions you may need to imitate increases as you (hopefully) progress through the many challenging grids, patterns, stages and levels! Requirements: 500MHz, DirectX 9.0c, 256MB RAM, 30MB HD space, OpenGL / DirectX compatible graphics card
Imitate is a free to try software. You can free download and try it for an evaluation period.
Game XP 1.5.10.1
Game XP optimizes the performance of your computer, corrects problems and helps you to set up your system to match your gaming needs. Game XP extends your operating system's capabilities and makes Windows faster and comfortable for maximum gaming experience. A full list of actions is included in the readme.txt. The program does not require any installation, and does not need to be running at all times. The program makes quite a few changes, and is mostly suited for strict gaming machines, or as a temporary optimization. Here are some key features of "Game XP": · Game XP has been designed to speed up your computer by optimizing system settings in the most efficient way to allow for maximum gaming experience. · Makes games to run faster and boosts overall performance of your computer. · Optimizes your 3D card performance for maximum gaming experience and much more... · No installation or modification needs to be made to your hardware. · If system analysis of Game XP match your computer then simply press the "Go to Warp Speed" button. · It does not need any DLL or another file(s). It is just a single "EXE" file: GameXP.exe · Easy to use interface. · No installation necessary. · No experience or computer skills necessary!
Game XP is a completely free software. You can free download and use it as long as you like.
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Stealth Hunter 1.0
This game is a tribute to all the hardcore gamers out there. Sneak around, break necks,complete missions with stealth and cunning in this new adventure game brought to you by 2DPlay. With awesome "Metal Gear Solid" and "Splinter Cell" like game play, "Stealth Hunter" is an awesome 20 mission action package of dangerous fun! Use the ARROW KEYS to move around. The SPACEBAR will allow you to take actions. Use 'Z' to leave bombs and press 'X' to detonate, when you're ready. Move onto the elevated tile to move to the next level. You can press up against a wall and move sideways to move with more stealth. You can also push crates by just stepping into its spot. Don't skip the tutorial and instructions. This step is very important if you want to get your uber-cool moves sharp and slick. Requirements: P400+, 64 MBStealth Hunter is a completely free software. You can free download and use it as long as you like.
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User Monitor 2.10
The User Monitor is a program that performs hidden monitoring of a user's actions. The User Monitor controls all of the user's actions that were performed on the computer, it also provides information about the time spent on the computer, about the programs that were used and about the time spent on the current program.The Hidden monitoring and data acquisition is performed during the user's session at the computer which has the User Monitor installed. Then, comprehensible logs are created using the data about all of the user's actions.With the help of the User Monitor you can control and perform hidden monitoring of your employees' actions, and you can learn how much time they spend on ICQ or Web surfing and also more importantly on the work itself. You will know when the task was started and when it was finished, you will also have the information about the total time of the employee's absence.You will also have the possibility to secretly control how much time your children spend playing games while you're not at home.You will receive e-mail reports based on the acquired data about all the users' actions and will have the possibility to read them anytime and anywhere you want. You can also receive reliable information about the user's account without e-mail, in the offline mode. The User Monitor has a flexible interface and that allows you to configure reports about the users' actions to satisfy your requirements. The created reports are stored in a database and you can always read one of the previous reports.The User Monitor supports SOS, which allows you to control and to perform hidden monitoring of all the users' activity on all of your server stations. Requirements: Windows NT, 2000, XP, 2003
User Monitor is a free to try software. You can free download and try it for an evaluation period.
Breakdown in Space 2.0
The objective of the game is it to keep a ball in the game (with the help of your game board) until all breakable game blocks are destroyed. The ball can be launched from the center of the board to the northeast or northwest direction by pressing the space bar or control key. With the arrow keys, the game board can be moved left and right. Some game blocks must be hit several times with the ball. When all blocks are destroyed you pass on to the next level. If the ball gets into an endless loop, the problem can be solved by one or repeated pressing of the key X. In some game blocks, some special objects are hidden. If they hit the board, special actions will be executed (the ball becomes slower, the board becomes larger, rockets are fired, ...). But not all objects are advantageous. With the introduction of a new object the previous action expires. The game begins with two spare lives. After a ball loss or with the beginning of a new level the original ball, the original game board and the original number of lives will be restored. So that you constantly do not have to begin again at the first level, after you have lost the game balls, you receive a password after the fourth, eighth, twelfth and sixteenth level. This password appears in the blue menu bar (at the upper edge of the screen). The passwords can be entered in the menu "Game - Password". After the twentieth level the game is over. The player who finishes all twenty levels, gets as a reward a password for all levels. With these passwords you can play your favorite levels at any time. Requirements: Screen Resolution: At least 1024 x 768 pixels
Breakdown in Space is a completely free software. You can free download and use it as long as
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Pool Arena 2.59
Pool Arena is a free, fun and easy to use multiplayer pool game.It has many features like various statistics of players,game observing, virtual coins, virtual shop, tournaments, League etc. It supports 3-Ball,8-Ball,9-Ball,15-Ball, Straight, Rotation, BlackJack and Bonus games. Pool Arena is a 2D game, but the balls physics and the actual look, all make for a impressive setting. They act like a real ball would with actions such speed, rolls, spins. This game is FREE forever, however you can buy the premium account for higher experience.Pool Arena is a free to try software. You can free download and try it for an evaluation period.
Bolt Brain Teasers 1.0.0
Bolt Brain Teasers is the most challenging puzzle game ever made claimed Eve Bolt. ItOCOs the game that will make her ancestors proud. ItOCOs the brainteaser no one will ever solve she thought to herself. She employed many different obstacles that require specific actions to overcome. Obstacles ranging from different blocks to different triggers will stand in your way. Can you use the given actions to tackle them? The challenges are packed in over 30 brain-crunching maze like levels for anyone daring enough to get lost in them. Are you up for the challenge? Can you overcome the new era of puzzles? Can you escape the maze once you are inside?Upping the ante Eve Bolt had caught our innocent friends Ben and Bean as hostages. They are scared. You have to help them. There is no one else that can help them. Guide Bean through these terrifying mazes and solved the puzzles to free them both and earn respect from Eve Bolt. Bolt Brain Teaser features cartoon like graphic and sound, as well as easy to learn mouse driven interface. Bolt Brain Teasers contains simple game system that is easy for everyone to understand yet deep for hours of brain-crunching fun. Bolt Brain Teasers is suitable for all ages. ItOCOs the brainteaser to get.
Bolt Brain Teasers is a free to try software. You can free download and try it for an evaluation period.
Baby Boom II 1.4
The babies are back and the actions faster than ever! Original arcade game with excellent fun graphics and amazing game play. Baby Boom II takes us back to the strangest factory you will ever see! Run the baby production line featuring overheated wacky machines, power-ups, bonus presents and of course, screaming babies! Are you fast enough to handle the Speed Rounds, clever enough for the bonus rounds and have you got what it takes to become the Head Baby Maker? You can also fully customize the game by turning certain features on or off, allowing you to make the game as hard or as easy as you like. Great arcade fun that youre bound to get addicted to!
Baby Boom II is a free to try software. You can free download and try it for an evaluation period.
So what do the sites have to say about this?
It does appear that PokerStars is bothered by it, but they are at a loss of what to do about it. Full Tilt seems to be paying lip service to stopping them but, in reality, they get a ton of traffic from TableRatings. With the recent Isildur1 matches, once people started to see the hands on TableRatings, Full Tilt benefited from a lot of gawker traffic. The person that should probably be the most upset is Tom Dwan, as he went from online poker hero to online poker zero in about a month with this type of information about his personal game being collected and theoretically shared with his high-stakes opponents. To be fair, Full Tilt does have language in its TOS rules banning sites like TableRatings, but they have not been able to stop them from collecting hand histories and selling the data.
What is the answer? How can this be fixed?
I believe that the only relevant answer is the ability for people to be able to change their screen names, perhaps as often as once a week. In fact, this option already exists on the Cake Poker Network. Many players love the site because it offers them anonymity. For the most part, Cake’s poker software is very lacking compared to the other bigger sites, but the fact that they have as much traffic as they do is largely due to the fact that they are so diligent about players’ anonymity. Everyone I know changes their screen names as often as they can, and they consider it a big advantage.
Why would anyone be against the ability to change your screen names?
Most of the regulatory bodies are against it because of the recent scandals involving UltimateBet and Absolute Poker. In my mind, they are adding up 1+1 and getting 7. While that was one of the tactics the cheaters used to hide their identities, there were many more internal issues that were likely a much bigger problem at that time.
Regular players are against the ability to change screen names because they have become increasingly comfortable with the data they have collected on their opponents using tracking software like Poker Tracker or Holdem Manager. If you are playing 16 tables, it is difficult to do so without information that you have historically collected from your opponents. As someone who develops software I am sensitive to this issue, but I think ultimately what is best for poker overall is often best for poker players. Said simply, the good players will adjust.
Lastly, from discussions I have had with various poker sites, they are scared of the reaction they will get from the regulars that fill up their tables every day. Make no mistake about it, this would be a giant step for any site, and sites like PokerStars or Full Tilt stand to lose a lot of players if they make this dramatic change.
What is good for poker is typically good for poker players
Since 2006 and the UIEGA, it has been tough sledding out there for online poker players. In search of an edge, many of us have sought out training and software that allows us to analyze our play. For the most part, I think these are good things for poker, but when players are able to have access to information that they have not collected that crosses a line. Of course, when you know your opponents have more information than you do, it creates a temptation that puts online poker players at a crossroads similar to athletes that take steroids. Poker is a game of incomplete information; the more information you have allows you to make more correct decisions over time.
In my opinion, online poker sites have a duty to protect the integrity of the game. This issue is no less important than the cheating scandals because it affects a wider audience. The consequences are also more extreme. If you are a bad player or you play poker as a hobby, having someone tell you in chat that they know you are down $40,000 for life might just make you want to take up another hobby.
It does appear that PokerStars is bothered by it, but they are at a loss of what to do about it. Full Tilt seems to be paying lip service to stopping them but, in reality, they get a ton of traffic from TableRatings. With the recent Isildur1 matches, once people started to see the hands on TableRatings, Full Tilt benefited from a lot of gawker traffic. The person that should probably be the most upset is Tom Dwan, as he went from online poker hero to online poker zero in about a month with this type of information about his personal game being collected and theoretically shared with his high-stakes opponents. To be fair, Full Tilt does have language in its TOS rules banning sites like TableRatings, but they have not been able to stop them from collecting hand histories and selling the data.
What is the answer? How can this be fixed?
I believe that the only relevant answer is the ability for people to be able to change their screen names, perhaps as often as once a week. In fact, this option already exists on the Cake Poker Network. Many players love the site because it offers them anonymity. For the most part, Cake’s poker software is very lacking compared to the other bigger sites, but the fact that they have as much traffic as they do is largely due to the fact that they are so diligent about players’ anonymity. Everyone I know changes their screen names as often as they can, and they consider it a big advantage.
Why would anyone be against the ability to change your screen names?
Most of the regulatory bodies are against it because of the recent scandals involving UltimateBet and Absolute Poker. In my mind, they are adding up 1+1 and getting 7. While that was one of the tactics the cheaters used to hide their identities, there were many more internal issues that were likely a much bigger problem at that time.
Regular players are against the ability to change screen names because they have become increasingly comfortable with the data they have collected on their opponents using tracking software like Poker Tracker or Holdem Manager. If you are playing 16 tables, it is difficult to do so without information that you have historically collected from your opponents. As someone who develops software I am sensitive to this issue, but I think ultimately what is best for poker overall is often best for poker players. Said simply, the good players will adjust.
Lastly, from discussions I have had with various poker sites, they are scared of the reaction they will get from the regulars that fill up their tables every day. Make no mistake about it, this would be a giant step for any site, and sites like PokerStars or Full Tilt stand to lose a lot of players if they make this dramatic change.
What is good for poker is typically good for poker players
Since 2006 and the UIEGA, it has been tough sledding out there for online poker players. In search of an edge, many of us have sought out training and software that allows us to analyze our play. For the most part, I think these are good things for poker, but when players are able to have access to information that they have not collected that crosses a line. Of course, when you know your opponents have more information than you do, it creates a temptation that puts online poker players at a crossroads similar to athletes that take steroids. Poker is a game of incomplete information; the more information you have allows you to make more correct decisions over time.
In my opinion, online poker sites have a duty to protect the integrity of the game. This issue is no less important than the cheating scandals because it affects a wider audience. The consequences are also more extreme. If you are a bad player or you play poker as a hobby, having someone tell you in chat that they know you are down $40,000 for life might just make you want to take up another hobby.
Dan and I have talked a long time about having me as a guest contributor to Pokerati, but we never could find the exact right angle. What we ultimately decided on was a discussion about online poker trends. As someone who does consulting for online poker sites and is an active member of the affiliate community, I have some insights that might be interesting and slightly outside of the scope of most of the poker discussion here.
I have been following a few threads on two plus two recently that I think could use a bit more attention. As many people know, there is a site called pokertableratings.com that data-mines all of the major online poker sites and provides visitors with charts and such. Really just enough information to whet your appetite to get you to buy some of their pirated data. For a long while they operated as a free site and, mostly, people did not mind them or feel a need to object until they started selling the data that sites like Full Tilt and PokerStars prohibit players from using.
When players are able to have access to information that they have not collected, that crosses a line. And when you know your opponents have more information than you do, it creates a temptation that puts online poker players at a crossroads similar to athletes with steroids.
This is a particularly frustrating topic for me because I am a co-developer of the Bluff Poker Software and the owner of Bluff.com. Certainly, we knew it was possible to do what TableRatings is doing, but it did not seem like a long-term winning plan to build a site that was essentially an enemy of online poker players and online poker sites. Our software (which is in Beta) allows players their own private database so they can review their play after the fact. While players can share hand histories with other people via our forums, each player is given the option to keep all of their hand histories private. We are basically a scaled down (but online) version of some of the information you get from Poker Tracker or Holdem Manager, which are programs that sites deem legal because it is your own information that you have collected.
I have been following a few threads on two plus two recently that I think could use a bit more attention. As many people know, there is a site called pokertableratings.com that data-mines all of the major online poker sites and provides visitors with charts and such. Really just enough information to whet your appetite to get you to buy some of their pirated data. For a long while they operated as a free site and, mostly, people did not mind them or feel a need to object until they started selling the data that sites like Full Tilt and PokerStars prohibit players from using.
When players are able to have access to information that they have not collected, that crosses a line. And when you know your opponents have more information than you do, it creates a temptation that puts online poker players at a crossroads similar to athletes with steroids.
This is a particularly frustrating topic for me because I am a co-developer of the Bluff Poker Software and the owner of Bluff.com. Certainly, we knew it was possible to do what TableRatings is doing, but it did not seem like a long-term winning plan to build a site that was essentially an enemy of online poker players and online poker sites. Our software (which is in Beta) allows players their own private database so they can review their play after the fact. While players can share hand histories with other people via our forums, each player is given the option to keep all of their hand histories private. We are basically a scaled down (but online) version of some of the information you get from Poker Tracker or Holdem Manager, which are programs that sites deem legal because it is your own information that you have collected.
Two questions come to mind:
1. Is there enough room for two “Big Games” in this town?
2. Big-name players supporting poker rooms or poker rooms supporting big-name players?
3. What’s MGM/Mirage’s vision for poker across its competing properties?
4. When are they gonna put this highest-stakes shit on 24-hour webcam?
OK, that’s four. But hey, CityCenter is big … and so far, just a few days old, it raises more questions about Las Vegas’ future than it answers.
1. Is there enough room for two “Big Games” in this town?
2. Big-name players supporting poker rooms or poker rooms supporting big-name players?
3. What’s MGM/Mirage’s vision for poker across its competing properties?
4. When are they gonna put this highest-stakes shit on 24-hour webcam?
OK, that’s four. But hey, CityCenter is big … and so far, just a few days old, it raises more questions about Las Vegas’ future than it answers.
Fans of Bobby’s Room at the Bellagio will be happy to hear there is an equivalent in the Aria poker room and it has already been put to use. Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte, David Benyamine, Tom “durrrr” Dwan, and Patrik Antonius were all spotted playing in the secluded VIP lounge on Thursday evening, the day after the casino opened. While the room is semi-private, ogling railbirds can get a peek at their favorite high-stakes players through the glass front door. According to one of the employees at Aria, Phil Ivey is currently in talks to loan his name to the room in the same fashion that Bobby Baldwin did at the Bellagio, so news of big games being played in “Phil’s Room” could be on the horizon.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
gamespot new 2010
Looking to connect with an audience increasingly interested in the space, Univision Interactive Media, Inc. has forged a partnership with GameSpot that will provide content for a new Spanish-language video gaming site on Univision.com.
The new online and mobile site will give users access to complete videogame information, including Spanish-language content from GameSpot's award-winning Web site, from news and reviews, to editorials and videos on the top-selling games worldwide.
"[The] partnership enables GameSpot to extend its reach to one of the fastest-growing segments of the video gaming community," said Simon Whitcombe, vice president-games, CBS Interactive, which owns GameSpot, in announcing the deal. "Univision Interactive Media offers the largest and most comprehensive online network dedicated to U.S. Hispanics. By adding GameSpot content, Univision Interactive Media's Hispanic video gaming audience will now have access to award winning videogame content that will inform their purchase decisions."
Noted Univision Interactive Media president Kevin Conroy: "Our new video games site will be an industry-leading, fully comprehensive U.S. Spanish-language source for video game news, content and information. This launch is part of Univision's company-wide commitment to providing U.S. Hispanics with best-in-class, Spanish-language video gaming content not currently available to them anywhere else."
The April 1 announcement came as Univision shared results of a proprietary gaming research study it revealed at the MI6 Conference at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco.
Among the key findings: Hispanic survey respondents ranked 100% higher than non-Hispanic survey applicants when asked if they planned to purchase a videogame in the next 30 days; Hispanics demonstrated a greater propensity overall than non-Hispanic consumers for purchase of in-home and portable video game systems; and Latinos are not as price-sensitive, with Hispanic respondents indicating that they were 15% less likely than non-Hispanics to say cost was a primary reason for purchasing video games.
Perhaps more importantly, the study results suggested that Hispanics still represent fertile ground for video game growth, as many consider themselves beginners, Indeed, 50% of respondents positioned themselves at the ‘novice' level player, versus 30% of non-Hispanic players.
The quantitative research used a national survey administered to 524 Hispanic and non-Hispanics. The screening criterion included Hispanics18 to 54 who watched eight-plus hours of Spanish-language television weekly and non-Hispanic18 to 54 who watched English-language TV to the same degree.
The new online and mobile site will give users access to complete videogame information, including Spanish-language content from GameSpot's award-winning Web site, from news and reviews, to editorials and videos on the top-selling games worldwide.
"[The] partnership enables GameSpot to extend its reach to one of the fastest-growing segments of the video gaming community," said Simon Whitcombe, vice president-games, CBS Interactive, which owns GameSpot, in announcing the deal. "Univision Interactive Media offers the largest and most comprehensive online network dedicated to U.S. Hispanics. By adding GameSpot content, Univision Interactive Media's Hispanic video gaming audience will now have access to award winning videogame content that will inform their purchase decisions."
Noted Univision Interactive Media president Kevin Conroy: "Our new video games site will be an industry-leading, fully comprehensive U.S. Spanish-language source for video game news, content and information. This launch is part of Univision's company-wide commitment to providing U.S. Hispanics with best-in-class, Spanish-language video gaming content not currently available to them anywhere else."
The April 1 announcement came as Univision shared results of a proprietary gaming research study it revealed at the MI6 Conference at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco.
Among the key findings: Hispanic survey respondents ranked 100% higher than non-Hispanic survey applicants when asked if they planned to purchase a videogame in the next 30 days; Hispanics demonstrated a greater propensity overall than non-Hispanic consumers for purchase of in-home and portable video game systems; and Latinos are not as price-sensitive, with Hispanic respondents indicating that they were 15% less likely than non-Hispanics to say cost was a primary reason for purchasing video games.
Perhaps more importantly, the study results suggested that Hispanics still represent fertile ground for video game growth, as many consider themselves beginners, Indeed, 50% of respondents positioned themselves at the ‘novice' level player, versus 30% of non-Hispanic players.
The quantitative research used a national survey administered to 524 Hispanic and non-Hispanics. The screening criterion included Hispanics18 to 54 who watched eight-plus hours of Spanish-language television weekly and non-Hispanic18 to 54 who watched English-language TV to the same degree.
Univision Interactive Media, GameSpot Forge Partnership To Deliver Gaming News, Info, Content
Univision Reveals Gaming Study Data Indicating Potential Of Hispanic Community With Genre
Castle Crashers First Look
We get an early look at what happens when The Behemoth brings its colorful medieval brawler to the PlayStation 3.Castle Crashers has been one of the bright lights on Xbox Live Arcade since it was released last August. The stylized side-scrolling brawler offered a winning mix of solid action, quirky charm, and four-player co-op play. Unfortunately, PlayStation 3 owners haven't been able to get in on the fun--until now. The Behemoth is taking the wraps off of Castle Crashers for the PlayStation 3 at Comic-Con today and is showing off the first playable version of the upcoming downloadable title. We paid the California-based developer a visit for a first look.
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