Need for Speed ProStreet Races

The PSP (PlayStation Portable) system version of Need for Speed ProStreet is a game that won’t feature any police chases. That’s because ProStreet is all about legal street racing. In addition, ProStreet features a number of technical developments, such as an advanced crash system and particle system. Mostly, the game revolves around track races, racing in designated tracks, instead of on the streets. Need for Speed ProStreet is the ultimate taste of the chaos and unbridled adrenaline of street racing. Pushing yourself and your car to the edge can lead to mistakes and this time those mistakes have consequences. Need for Speed ProStreet is your ultimate taste of the chaos and unbridled adrenaline of street racing.

Not only the accessibility and mobility that the Need for Speed ProStreet provide, but also two brand new in-game features, the Driver Persona and Driver Intuition. It allows you to tailor your driving experience to your ability and skill level using both tools. Furthermore, you can feel the thrill and greatness of driving 35 of the hottest cars available and the three of the most anticipated street racing cars that have yet to hit the North American market the 2009 Nissan GT-R, the 2008 Porsche 911 GT2 and the 2008 Mitsubishi Evo X. Let you take control of your journey by the all new driving features. You can choose from a variety of Driver personas to customize the race’s difficulty level to your skill set. It builds the ultimate battle and reputation against the world’s best street racers.

The Lord of the Ring, the Battle for Middle-earth II

"The Lord of Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II introduces players to new heroes, creatures, places and stories from Tolkien's fiction brought to life in the visual style of the films from New Line Cinema," said Mike Verdu, Executive Producer at EA LA. "The game combines a rich and wonderful world with innovations in real-time strategy game play to deliver the complete Middle-earth experience. This is the Middle-earth you've never seen."

On The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II, players wage war in the Northern regions of Middle-earth where they can choose to assume command of the most storied civilizations in all of Middle-earth history - the Elven and Dwarven armies - or fight on the side of Evil with heroes and creatures that have never been seen in The Lord of the Rings™ films. Reprising his role as Lord Elrond, Hugo Weaving lends his voice to the game, helping to set the scene and tone for each mission.

Players can customize their experience by creating their own hero and building all new customized RTS units. Build landmark castles with fully customizable and upgradeable fortresses and walls or control the entire war with War of the Ring Mode; a high level “Risk” style meta-game on the Living World Map with all new strategic AI.

The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II PC game has release a special Collector’s Edition. For the first time ever, fans of The Lord of the Rings can see what goes into the making of a blockbuster PC game with the DVD release of The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II Collector’s Edition as well as experience exclusive in-game content. Both versions of the game are rated “T” for Teen.

Kingdom Hearts

At this time, I think most of the gamers and readers have figured it out by now that some turn-based RPG's are great and I’m so shocked when I watch the trailer of this game. Just look or search in Google for the most anticipated title for an example of Final Fantasy Versus. I am familiar that Final Fantasy Versus 13 will be one more RPG just like the other Final Fantasy's like Crisis Core and Dirge of Cerberus, being developed by the Kingdom Hearts groups, and I am kind of enjoyed Kingdom Hearts. Plus, I still get that great feeling in myself when I watch the FF13 trailer. I mean I feel that I’m on the screen and I’m sure this thing is a beauty. Mark my words, I will truthfully buy Final Fantasy Versus on this trailer alone. It's is very extraordinary. Just think the future floating weapon we handle or the next-generation cars, pods and other vehicles they used in the movie.

According to its staffs and developers, a completely self-determining story describing with special characters and a special visual design. Even though it is located inside very similar Final Fantasy XIII world, it is not related to any other entry within the collection and is thus neither an outcome nor a prequel to some openings in Fabula Nova Crystallis.

The leading character of Final Fantasy Versus XIII is a young male with dim bluish-silver hair and reddish eyes. But, the shades of both his eyes and his hair are changing during the battle, and Tetsuya Nomura has verified that the color transformations are both planned and important. It has been bear out that he is the final successor to the empire ruling above the very last realm to run Crystals. He tries to defend his kingdom next to intruders who look for to overcome the place and get the Crystals by force. Nomura has match up to the character's family to the modern Japanese mafia or also known as the Yakuza.

The "ProStreet"

“Propose and modify your sports car to excellence, then place it all on the road in hasty events around the globe”. That is the Need For Speed Pro Street, The latest version of NFS from EaGames where you can buy your car, put some decals, modify and make it one of a kind sports car ready for racing and drifting.

It is very difficult to become game maker in charge of launching a fresh game in a series each year. Most players don't want very similar game again and again, so far they're sad if the game strays faraway from the established procedure. Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) earns credit for giving us something special with Need for Speed ProStreet, but the latest direction of the series not succeeds to live up to the level of the preceding games. There's still an unyielding racing practice here, and the online platform of the Xbox 360 is pretty good; but the game's principle is unexciting and the in-game promotion is over the top. But for me, ProStreet is a new well-brought-up and inspired racing game.

Electronic Arts (EA) proclaimed that the smash hit Need for Speed creation is commencing a latest edition that takes the series in an innovative way. Need for Speed ProStreet is a revolutionary Need for Speed gaming wherein players are force to battle one-on-one next to the best road racers in a huge number of racing face-offs.

Like the other Need For Speed, the story consist of cop pursues, and unlock stages of the last two Need for Speed, ProStreet is a magnificent racing game. Plus a good online mode on the 360 and PS3, its only in fact unique feature is its quantity of promotion, which created an already unoriginal game experience even more bleak.

R-Rated Games Are Coming Out Into The Open

I am a true-blooded game buff. Name your game; chances are, I’m also addicted to it. But with the announcement that the Federal Government of Australia is considering updating the classification system for video games to include an R18+ rating, I don’t think I should be pleased.

A spokeswoman for the Minister for Home Affairs, Bob Debus, confirmed the issue of "whether or not to allow an R18+ classification" for games would be discussed by censorship ministers at the Standing Committee of attorneys-general meeting this coming Thursday. It will be the first time the issue is discussed since November 2005.

In Australia, video games have no adult classification. As such, any title that could not meet the MA15+ standard like those showcasing too much violence and sex are not allowed to be sold.

Claire Bowdler, a Classification Board spokesperson, said 18 games had been banned since 2001. Eight of the games had their bans lifted after they were modified and resubmitted, reported The Age. The most recent game to be axed by the board was the sci-fi themed shooting game Dark Sector, which was refused classification this month.

The Dark Sector contains graphic violence including "decapitation, dismemberment of limbs accompanied by large blood spurts, neck breaking spurts, neck breaking twists and exploded bodies with post-action twitching body parts”, the Board said.

Banned video games also include The League, Soldier of Fortune, Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, BMX XXX, and Reservoir Dogs. They reasons behind the banning include drug use, excessive violence, graffiti promotion, and sexual content.

Bond University associate professor Jeffrey Brand said the lack of an R18+ rating meant some games deserving of adult classification were being let through by the Classification Board as MA15+. And Australians who wanted to obtain banned games could easily source them from the internet or overseas, he said.

"These games are entering the marketplace despite the classification restriction, and so very often parents, who in some cases are the least savvy in the household about games, are unaware that this adult content exists," Brand noted.

I am happy to know there are still people concerned about the welfare of the young generation. "We would be opposed to the adoption of an R-rated category because we believe that research is pointing to the fact that these games actually do impact behavior and psychology more easily than a film," said Angela Conway, spokeswoman for the Australian Family Association.

Twisted Metal III

I know this game is like really old but I would never forget this game. The game is simple, pick a car and blow away everything in sight. Well, it's really not that easy as you are up against people driving vehicles with which can hurt you seriously.

Looking back now to the time when I used to play this on my PS1, I can't help but grin and recall the way I tried beating the daylights out of Minion, one of the bosses in the game.

TM III involves a lot of driving and shooting. As you have to do it with pinpoint accuracy, it's really exciting to see how far you can push yourself in keeping up with a faster enemy.

One of my favorite vehicles in Twisted Metal III is Sweet Tooth. This ice cream truck from hell is driven by an insane clown. Apart from Sweet Tooth, here are the other characters according to Wikipedia.

• Auger: yellow construction vehicle with a large drill driven by Buster Cobb.
• Axel: strange two-wheeled contraption, imprisoning the driver between the wheels.
• Club Kid: smiley face-covered Mini Cooper.
• Firestarter: hot-rod complete with a flame paintjob, driven by the pyromaniac Damien Coles.
• Flower Power: hippy car driven by environmentalist Amber Rose.
• Hammerhead: red monster truck (Jeep CJ) driven by Granny Dread.
• Mr. Grimm: red motorcycle with sidecar driven by the Grim Reaper.
• Outlaw: police car driven by both of the car's previous drivers (from the previous game of the series), brother and sister police officers, Buzz & Jamie Roberts.
• Roadkill: scraped-together car driven by Marcus Kane.
• Spectre: blue Dodge Viper driven by self-proclaimed ladies' man Lance Wylder.
• Thumper: purple lowrider driven by Bruce Cochrane.
• Warthog: military Humvee driven by the 107-year-old Captain Rogers.
• Darkside: boss of the Washington, D.C. stage. Black semi-truck driven by Mr. Ash. Darkside is a non-playable character unless a third-party cheat is utilized.
• Minion: boss of the London level. A green-armored tank driven by a large demon.
• Primeval: the final boss, on the Blimp level. He drives a large off-road vehicle. Primeval is a non-playable character except by using a third-party cheat, and is the only character so far who has yet to be accessed as a playable character in any future Twisted Metal series. He was called "Head Hunter" during production.

What’s New With NBA Live 2008?

Are you one of those NBA fanatics who eat, breathe and live basketball? I guess the perfect dose of cure for your madness is already here! The NBA Live 2008 game will definitely feed your basketball hunger. In this game, you will be the main man of the hardwood court with great moves highly outlined from NBA’s greatest players such as Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan, LeBron James and Vince Carter to name a few.

So what’s new with the 2008 NBA Live game? I bet there are lots of surprises and features for all of us gamers… so check this out!

NBA Live 08 Features courtesy of Wikipedia.com:

• The game features Washington Wizard’s all-star shooting guard Gilbert Arenas on the cover.
  
• Commercials feature Gilbert Arenas and the #2 overall draft pick of the 2007 NBA Draft, Kevin Durant of the Seattle Supersonics.
  
• New features include "Go To Moves," "Hot Spots," "Quick Strike Ballhandling" and also "Own The Paint."
  
• Exclusive rights to FIBA players and 8 national teams (Argentina, China, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain and the USA).
  
• First NBA game to be featured on the Wii console.
  
• The PC version of the game could be played online using Hamachi.
  
• "Freestyle Superstar" was removed from the game, as well as X-Factors.
  
• The PC version is not being accepted warmly for not having "next-gen" graphics, just like the PS2 system, unlike those in Xbox 360 and PS3.