Games – New Releases

Summer time is nearly here, and it is time to let your hair down as you enjoy more sunshine than any other time of the year. Of course, for most of us who grew up many decades ago, summer time normally meant spending most of our days outdoors, fishing, fooling around the garden and generally making a nuinsance of ourselves. Fast forward to today and you will find that most children prefer to remain cooped up indoors during summer as they spend time with their beloved home consoles. Who can blame them with engaging games such as Guitar Hero and Band Hero? This summer, gamers of both titles will be able to enjoy a total of 18 hot new tracks for Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero.

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If you happen to own the Sony PS3, PSP or PSP go, then you will be pleased to know that ModNation Racers is now available as an exclusive title for all three platforms, where it was developed by United Front Games and Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios. ModNation Racers will offer an entertaining twist to classic kart racing, where players of all skill levels will be able to customize and design their entire racing experience from ground up. This will be the second title in PlayStation’s PLAY, CREATE, SHARE series, where players get to enjoy developer-made content, apart from unleashing their imagination with easy-to-use editing tools to generate customized tracks, karts and characters which can later be uploaded and shared with the ModNation community via PlayStation Network.

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Activision Publishing has let out joyous news for fans of racing games, where their highly anticipated title, Blur, is now available at retail outlets nationwide. This is the brainchild of famed developer Bizarre Creations, where Blur is touted to deliver next-generation racing to both hardcore enthusiasts and novice drivers alike by offering intuitive, pick-up-and-play controls not to mention the perennial challenge of trying to master multiple racing and car-combat tactics. The whole aim of Blur would be to bring the fun back into the racing genre, and they have gone about it by attempting to create the most electrified, action-packed racer to date – hopefully their effort works out in the end.

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Disney caters to the family yet again with a new title for the Nintendo DS, known as Camp Rock: The Final Jam. Adults might not know too much about it, but fans of the Camp Rock movies will definitely be able to let their hair down, becoming their own Camp Rocker and exploring the ultimate music camp with Mitchie, Shane, Nate, Jason and other characters from the blockbuster movie as they currently work on their preparations before going up against their rival, Camp Star, in the final jam.

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How many of you out there think that the Shrek franchise has just been milked for all it is worth? Sure, the first two instalments were funny, but the third was a largely forgettable outing (IMHO), and I’m horrified to see that there will be another movie known as Shrek Forever After which is arriving at movie theaters this year, albeit riding atop the stereoscopic 3D wave that has “plagued” our theaters ever since the unprecedented success of Avatar. Just because one movie made it big in 3D, that doesn’t mean all the others that follow will be as good. Hopefully this game will offer a reversal in trends, where it plays better than watching it in the theater.

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Folks who are rocking to the Wii and Xbox 360 will be pleased to know that Majesco, the name behind many casual and yet engaging titles on home consoles will be bringing Attack of the Movies 3-D to both platforms. Each purchase comes complete with a quartet of 3-D glasses that help it support up to four-player multiplayer action, where you and three of your other friends will be transported to six fantastic movie-themed worlds where you will go up head to head and battle against monstrous insects, blast underwater sea creatures, join the resistance against the machines and much more. Not only that, you will also go up head to head against classic enemies culled from the annals of film history, as this inspired 3-D shooter jumps right out of your television and into your living room.

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Kru Interactive has just announced that they will be rolling out Robo Smasher, an online multiplayer game that is available as a free download. Yes, you heard us right – if you want to get some gaming goodness that doesn’t require you to fork out a single cent (Save for the cost of electricity, of course), then Robo Smasher might be the right game for you as it merges third-person shooter action with block-moving strategy. Sounds like an amalgamation that doesn’t mix? Well, just give it a go and let us know then, as you won’t know until you try something, right? The game will sport a super-deformed cartoon theme that ought to appeal to players of all ages.

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Majesco will be backing the Nintendo DS with yet another gaming title known as Monster Tale, where they will work together with developer DreamRift to bring you what was previously known as Project Monster, where gamers will be able to enjoy a mix of platform game play on the top screen with a deep pet-raising game on the Touch Screen, resulting in a dynamic, one-of-a-kind adventure. The protagonist in this game would be young Ellie and a mysterious young monster known as Chomp who will work together to reclaim the Monster World from the Kid Kings and their enslaved creature pets.

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Funcom knows that their best sellig MMORPG, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures has been more than a half decent hit, in fact it has definitely made life a whole lot more fun, and those who are well versed with MMORPGs would probably have had a crack at it by now. Well, the game is now into its expansion, known as Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer, where you can pick it up from a retail shop near you as a combined package which includes the original game to get you started just in case you missed out on that one alongside the expansion. For folks who have already purchased the original a long time ago, you can always upgrade it to the latest expansion by downloading a copy online after keying in your credit card details, benefitting from countless hours of new adventure through the addition of new lands and dungeons while introducing all-new gameplay features such as the faction system.

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God of War is a real money spinner for the folks over at Sony, and this time round their latest release is God of War: Ghost of Sparta which is making its way towards the Sony PSP as well as PSP go platforms. Developed by Ready At Dawn Studios, this is the very same team of highly talented people who came up with the best selling God of War: Chains of Olympus series, where God of War: Ghost of Sparta will bring intense action, a whole new storyline (which won’t end until they stop milking this cash cow), stunning graphics, and depths of scale never-before-seen on the portable platform.

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