Messenger Game-space. # 6

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Debriefing
Video units
To help gamers
Gallery
Meridian News

Debriefing

Looking to the section reviews , you can see the parsing Disney's Bolt (arcade game based on the animated film of the same name), Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 (continuation of the popular football simulation from Konami) and " Diamon Jones. Amulet of Peace "(domestic quest scall average).

All articles for the week:

Reviews: Disney's Bolt , Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 , " Diamon Jones. Amulet of the world .

Video units

Block game trailers, according to the old traditions, supplemented by several different selections: SimCity Societies , The Shield , Viva Pinata , War Front: Turning Point , Virtua Tennis 3 , Two Worlds . Also do not forget to check out the new trailer of the hotly anticipated Mafia 2 .

To help gamers

Here we will lay out a list of the most interesting and useful in studying the games files: cheats, trainers, sohranenok. Not overlooked and full-text passage.

Transits: The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft .

Trainers: Spider-Man: Web of Shadows , Supreme Ruler 2020: Global Crisis , Left 4 Dead , Grand Theft Auto 4 , Fallout 3 , Call of Duty: World at War , Far Cry 2 , Tomb Raider: Underworld , " Cryostasis: Sleep Mind ", FIFA 09 , Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 , Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 , Saints Row 2 , Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir .

Conservation: Grand Theft Auto 4 , Assassin's Creed , Sacred Underworld , Black & White 2 , Need for Speed ProStreet .

A complete list of content you can find in the relevant sections: passing , trainers , cheats for games , save .

Gallery

In this section you can see the most beautiful and popular wallpapers from the video games, as well as collections of fresh screenshots.

Gaming Wallpapers: Mafia 2 , Champions Online , Perfect World , NHL 09 , Dragon Age: Origins , Sid Meier's Pirates! .

Screenshots: The Royal Marines Commando , Art of Murder: FBI Confidential , KnowHow , Grey's Anatomy: The Video Game , Disney's Bolt , Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising , Ice Hockey Manager 2009 .

A complete list of content you can find in the relevant sections: Game wallpapers , screenshots of the games .

Meridian News

The most played in the U.S. PC-projects over the past year

Research company Nielsen Company, following the announcement of the most played console, the U.S. of 2008 (it was the PlayStation 2), summed up the most popular PC-games the past year, all in the same America.

So, in the top ten are not signed any draft issued in the 2008th year, attended by only two games of 2007, the rest made their debut in the period from 2000 till 2004th years. It should be noted that statistical data for evaluation were taken from January 2008 to October of that year, so that the influence of the second addon for WoW was not in the bill.

Let us properly to the list of leaders, most playable PC-projects: (in brackets the number of minutes, carried out by the average player in a virtual world favorite):

1. World of Warcraft (2004) / Blizzard Entertainment (671 min.)
2. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) / Infinity Ward (403 min.)
3. Halo: Combat Evolved (2003) / Gearbox, Bungie (295 min.)
4. The Sims (2000) / EA Maxis (213 min.)
5. The Sims 2 (2004) / EA Maxis (291 min.)
6. RuneScape (2001) / Jagex Ltd. (451 min.)
7. Diablo 2 (2000) / Blizzard Entertainment (313 min.)
8. Team Fortress 2 (2007) / Valve (371 min.)
9. Counter-Strike (2000) / Valve (282 min.)
10. Counter-Strike: Source (2004) / Valve (426 min.)

THQ closes develop Stormbirds

Game publisher THQ rolled develop unannounced air fighting Stormbirds, being developed by Juice Games. The source of this information - the employee Juice Greg Calvert (Greg Calvert), a man who worked on the development environment in Stormbirds.

THQ as the owner of Juice left without work team of thirty developers. Stormbirds scheduled for release on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, the genre it was supposed to be an analog of Ace Combat and HAWX. All that remained of the project - the intro video and a collection of sketches of objects of the world on the page blog Greg Calvert.

Initially, THQ has put a label on Stormbirds as a very risky project, and then suddenly hit by the financial crisis and had to completely freeze the development to reduce costs.

LEGO Rock Band in development?

Kids LEGO building blocks have long taken root in the gaming industry, from year to year we are pleased parody the worlds great franchises, made of blocks of LEGO. In 2008 the world saw the LEGO Indiana Jones and LEGO Batman, to the 2009th TT Games studio has promised to release another draft. The question remains, what will be prefixed to the particle LEGO. Guesses a lot, it may well be the second part of Indiana Jones, but maybe it will be Harry Potter? As for Potter's hard to believe, too expensive franchise, owned by EA.

videogaming247.com said the source, who with 100% certainty that the new game in the LEGO line will be processed by the order of musical arcade EA Rock Band. No official comments from the EA, nor from Warner Bros., Owner of TT Games, has been reported.

Wii-like controller for PC from Lenovo

The company Lenovo, specializing in the production of ready personal computers, including laptops, on Monday announced its new and unique in its kind development, Wii-controller, similar to the PC. Demonstrated innovation will be on exhibition Consumer Electronics Show, which starts already the 8 th January.

Novelty is a wireless controller, which can pick up movement of the person who has taken this thing in hand. It can be used as an analog of the mouse, the direction of hand move the cursor around the screen. However, the novelty initially positioned more as a game controller, marketing director, Lenovo has already cited the example of the first game of pro bowling. On the appearance of the controller yet say nothing, whether it is similar to the remote device or a complete analogue joystick console Wii is not clear.

The first copies will go on sale in the line of ready-made computers Lenovo IdeaCentre A600 All-in-One Desktop in April. Does going to get this product in retail is not known.

The Chinese are against Russian spring 2009

Company Codemasters finally decided to announce the long-awaited release date for the tactical shooter Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising. The basis of the game lie invented by the border conflict between Russia and China. Allegedly, the Asians took one of the Far Eastern islands, and refused to set him free. The Government of Russia has no choice but to ask for help to the U.S. (well, to anyone else) who immediately helpfully provides a few special forces troops to the rapid destruction of the Chinese. You as a brave American warriors to fight against the superior forces of the enemy in unfamiliar territory and without the "usual" care a large combat equipment. A lot of having to war we will have in March 2009 (official release date scheduled for the end of the month). The following platforms - PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.

The most popular in the industry

As we know, the best-selling game in the history of virtual entertainment is Wii Sports Platform Nintendo Wii. This project managed to disperse a circulation of 40.52 million copies. However, such an incredible popularity is due not so much high quality product, than to the fact that Wii Sports is a standard feature of the system (by the way, the most purchased among the current generation of consoles). Regarding the second place (as, indeed, the entire leadership of ten), it is also for the creation of the company Nintendo. Namely - for Super Mario Bros. For 8-bit NES. This cult platformer shown result in 40.24 million copies. Third place for the "Almighty" Pokemon 's (versions Red / Green / Blue) for the original GameBoy (31.38 million).

In fourth position is located Tetris (30.26 million) for GameBoy, as well as Wii Sports, supplied the system. The list goes on - Duck Hunt (NES, 28.31 million), Pokemon Gold / Silver (GameBoy, 23.11 million), Nintendogs (DS, 21.37 million), Super Mario World (SNES, 20.61 million), Wii Play (Wii, 19.68 million), and Super Mario Land (GameBoy, 18.14 million). As for "normal" (not Nintendo'vskih) games, it is best proved to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, managed to disperse a circulation of more than 17 million copies.

Top-most (14-20 December)

New Year and Christmas holidays have made minor adjustments to the dates of weekly reports from the North American fields from NPD Group. Therefore, with minor delays present to you the sales chart of PC-games in the U.S. and Canada for the period from 14 th to 20 th December. However, even in the pre-New Year holidays the situation in the overseas market has not changed one iota. Hit parade continues to wear the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, setting more new records on the number of sold copies of his beloved. Followed by best-selling Blizzard is a comprehensive simulator Spore, and closes the top three winners of the best network igra'08 according Editorial Game-space.Ru - Left 4 Dead. Also note the appearance in the top ten "shareware" project Bejeweled Twist, made its debut at the eighth line. Full version of the sale-sheet is as follows:

1. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
2. Spore
3. Left 4 Dead
4. The Sims 2 Deluxe
5. Call of Duty: World at War
6. Fallout 3
7. The Sims 2: Apartment Life
8. Bejeweled Twist
9. World of Warcraft Battle Chest
10. The Sims 2 Mansion & Garden Stuff

The catastrophe of Ubisoft

When we first heard about the new game-disaster from Ubisoft called I Am Alive, all it seemed that the project as a producer running the famous Jade Raymond (Jade Raymond), gave the world the Assassin's Creed. But, as we found out today, to this creation Raymond has nothing to do. Instead, the role of producer creation studio Darkworks (known for horror Cold Fear) assigned to Goddard, Alexis (Alexis Goddard).

"The main theme of the game - a disaster. In the general understanding of the meaning of the word. As I Am Alive, you will find something of such works as" I - The Legend, "" War of the Worlds, "" Day After Tomorrow. "You will hear the story of a man who begins I lost my world, who flipped on its head, "- says Alexis. Impressive. In addition, the game is compared with such works as "Armageddon," "Titanic," "Jericho," "Lost" as well as Resident Evil and Mirror's Edge. According to the developers, based on I Am Alive is the theory of social panic. The main character searches for his girl in the ruins of Chicago, was destroyed by an earthquake, simultaneously trying to save as many people.

As a genre, it is called I Am Alive is not so much an adventure as a very real survival horror'om in which the player will not be afraid of ephemeral ghosts and rotting zombies, but the very human nature. To survive in the virtual world is not so and simply. No bloody battles creation Darkworks no cost. However, most of the time you have to seek food and try to escape from the mob. Well, we are thrilled and look forward to the release impatiently.

The most important thing in 2009

Key person gaming industry talked about what they most expect in 2009. So, for example, the president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe David Reeves (David Reeves) most wants to be the company earned more money. He has high hopes for Heavy Rain and Killzone 2 for PlayStation 3, as well as projects of "new generation" for the PSP. His colleague, "the shop" Shuhey Yoshida (Shuhei Yoshida), too, hopes for big projects for consoles Sony (inFamous, Heavy Rain, Killzone 2, MAG, EyePet and others not yet announced the creation).

Simon Woodroffe (Simon Woodroffe) from Midway is looking forward to when will be released Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion, as he is a fan of the series for over ten years. GT Herman Hulst (Hermen Hulst) from Guerilla Games, not surprisingly, hopes to finally release Killzone 2. Producer of Call of Duty 5: World at War Noah Heller (Noah Heller) wants to see how game developers will use the opportunity of physical engines. Simon O'Brien (Simon O'Bryan), art director of Evolution Studios, the main event in 2009 considered the development of PlayStation Network. Head office console Konami Phil McDonnell (Phil McDonnell) wishes to quickly look at Killzone 2.

Phil Harrison (Phil Harrison), needs no introduction, suggests that the most important thing - this MMORPG for PlayStation 3. As Sean Brennan (Sean Brennan) of Bethesda, then, in his opinion, nothing more grandiose than the service of Home for the PlayStation 3, the industry will not happen. Executive producer Sean Midway Himmerik (Shaun Himmerick) "chooses" Street Fighter IV. Tim Ernst (Tim Ernst) from Sega hopes to God of War III. Just as Gavin Carter (Gavin Carter), the man responsible for Fallout 3.

Midway received deferred

Lately things have game publisher Midway Games are very bad. If other companies in this sphere the very least, but overcoming the financial crisis, the Midway, he seems to be shattered by a very, very seriously.

The most powerful blow, we recall, was the deal between businessmen Sumner Redstone (Sumner Redstone) and Mark Thomas (Mark Thomas). The first 87% of the shares owned by Midway, the second bought them for a ridiculous sum of one hundred thousand dollars. Immediately after this development has been suspended most of the projects, and 180 employees lost their jobs. As a result, quite a successful company, who became famous series of NBA Jam, NFL Blitz and the legendary Mortal Kombat, did not bring its owner great wealth, but she acquired the debt much as $ 150 million.

As a publisher will pay this fabulous sum, is still unknown. There are currently worth to Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, whose release was in November. In addition, 19 February will see the light shooter Wheelman. Projects, of course, quite good, but is unlikely to profit from them will cover the debt Midway. The company will not save even given the recent easing in the form of deferred payments. 75 million should be transferred to the creditor within a month, another 75 - within two months.

If, however, Midway would be unable to pay its debts, it is likely the company will declare bankruptcy. What surely squeezed out of fans of their games scanty tears.

Invasion of foreign - very soon

In late November The network moved the rumor that developed in the bowels of Gearbox Software shooter Aliens: Colonial Marines «withdrawn from production." In the gossip believed quickly: the financial crisis has hit almost all companies game industry, why Gearbox should be no exception. Especially since just before they left the state about 25 people.

Gearbox president Randy Pitchford (Randy Pitchford) hastened to deny the rumors. True, he did it rather clumsily: stating that the work on Aliens: Colonial Marines is in full swing, he added that the concept of the project have been substantial changes. Why is that - with the flight of the creative ideas of employees studio or forced austerity - Mr. Pitchford did not elaborate. Moreover, regarding the timing of release in the light, he also could not say anything definite, that, I must admit, we were cool confused.

Since those events took place six weeks. And only now, Robert Pitchford could say with certainty: the release Aliens: Colonial Marines - to be, and be pretty soon - before the end of the first quarter of 2009. Alas, the president of Gearbox did not name the exact date and kept silent about what happened in the studio during these troubling ninety days.

Prospects Gearbox on the market is still very vague: the sale of their latest project, Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway, were lower than planned, and Aliens: Colonial Marines promises to be a good game, but did not hit, profits from which are able to cover the losses the last months of crisis.

A new meeting with the works of Tom Clancy

The sources, which we tend to trust, reported that Ubisoft plans to announce a new series of the popular Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six in 2009. It is likely that their release will happen later this year. Ïîêà íåèçâåñòíî, ÷òî íàñ æäåò, ïðîäîëæåíèÿ Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter è Rainbow Six Vegas èëè æå íå÷òî íîâîå. Ñ ìîìåíòà âûõîäà ïîñëåäíåé Advanced Warfighter ïðîøëî äâà ãîäà, à, ñëåäîâàòåëüíî, øàíñîâ óâèäåòü åå ñèêâåë íå òàê ìíîãî. Òðóäíî ïðåäñòàâèòü è î÷åðåäíîé Vegas . Ïîýòîìó ìû "ñòàâèì" íà òî, ÷òî Ubisoft ðàçðîäèòñÿ îðèãèíàëüíûìè ïðîåêòàìè. Æäåì îôèöèàëüíûõ êîììåíòàðèåâ. È èãð íåïîñðåäñòâåííî. Áëàãî "êîìïüþòåðíûé" Òîì Êëýíñè íàñ åùå íèêîãäà íå ðàçî÷àðîâûâàë.

Õîðîøèå èãðû, êîòîðûõ íèêòî íå æäàë

 2008 ãîäó âûøëî ìíîæåñòâî íåîæèäàííî âåëèêîëåïíûõ èãð, î ñóùåñòâîâàíèè êîòîðûõ äî èõ âûõîäà ïðàêòè÷åñêè íèêòî íå çíàë.  îòëè÷èå îò Fallout 3 , Gears of War 2 , Metal Gear Solid 4 è ÷åòâ¸ðòîé Grand Theft Auto , îá ýòèõ òâîðåíèÿõ óñëûøàëè ëèøü ïîñëå èõ ðåëèçà. Êàê âûÿñíèëîñü, óäèâèòü è äîñòàâèòü ìàññó óäîâîëüñòâèÿ ìîãóò è "íîâûå", íå ñëèøêîì ðàçðåêëàìèðîâàííûå ïðîåêòû. Ñàéò GameDaily ñîñòàâèë ñâîé ñïèñîê "íåîæèäàííûõ øåäåâðîâ". ßðêèé ïðèìåð – Ninjatown äëÿ Nintendo DS – ñòðàòåãèÿ, îäèíàêîâî èíòåðåñíàÿ êàê âçðîñëûì, òàê è äåòÿì: ìèëàÿ, êðàñî÷íàÿ è âåñüìà íåîáû÷íàÿ. Èëè àðêàäà, ïîëíàÿ ãîëîâîëîìîê, Professor Layton and the Curious Village , òàêæå äëÿ DS.

Íà Nintendo Wii áûëà âûïóùåíà De Blob , â êîòîðîé îò èãðîêà òðåáîâàëîñü âçÿòü íà ñåáÿ ðîëü êàïëè, ñïîñîáíîé âïèòûâàòü êðàñêè è íàïîëíÿòü æèçíüþ áåñöâåòíûå ëîêàöèè. Ê ñëîâó, De Blob ìíîãèå íàçâàëè îäíîé èç ëó÷øèõ èãð äëÿ Wii â 2008 ãîäó. Ñðåäè äðóãèõ èíòåðåñíûõ òâîðåíèé äëÿ êîíñîëè Nintendo òàêèå ïðîèçâåäåíèÿ êàê Blast Works: Build Trade and Destroy è ïàçë Boom Blox îò ñàìîãî Ñòèâåíà Ñïèëáåðãà (Steven Spielberg) . Èñòèííûì êëàäîì äëÿ ïîêëîííèêîâ ãîíîê ïî áåçäîðîæüþ ñòàëà ìóëüòèïëàòôîðìåííàÿ Pure . Ôàíàòû òàêòè÷åñêèõ RPG íàêîíåö-òî ïîëó÷èëè íàñòîÿùèé next-gen øåäåâð ñ óâëåêàòåëüíûì ñþæåòîì, "æèâûìè" ïåðñîíàæàìè è ãëóáîêèì èãðîâûì ïðîöåññîì. Valkyria Chronicles îò Sega äëÿ PlayStation 3 ñòàëà îäíîé èç ëó÷øèõ èãð äëÿ ýòîé ïëàòôîðìû.

 2008 ãîäó áûëè âûïóùåíû íà óäèâëåíèå êà÷åñòâåííûå "íåäîðîãèå" õèòû. Äîñòàòî÷íî íàçâàòü N+ , Poker Smash (Xbox Live), Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection (Wii, PSP) è Braid . Ïîñëåäíÿÿ ïîðàçèëà ãåíèàëüíûì äèçàéíîì óðîâíåé è ñëîæíûìè ãîëîâîëîìêàìè. Âñå âëàäåëüöû Xbox 360 ñìîãëè ïî÷óâñòâîâàòü ñåáÿ ïðîôåññèîíàëàìè øîó-áèçíåñà â Scene It: Box Office Smash . Íà Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 è PC áûë âûïóùåí ïðèêëþ÷åí÷åñêèé ýêøí ñ ýëåìåíòàìè õîððîðà Dark Sector , ïîëó÷èâøèé âåñüìà âûñîêèå îöåíêè â ïðåññå. Ñïåöèàëüíî äëÿ âëàäåëüöåâ PSP, èùóùèõ íåîáû÷íûå îùóùåíèÿ, ñîçäàëè î÷åíü ìèëóþ è â òî æå âðåìÿ ÷óäîâèùíî ñëîæíóþ ðèòìè÷åñêóþ ñòðàòåãèþ/ïëàòôîðìåð Patapon . Ìîùíûì ýêñêëþçèâíûì ïðîåêòîì äëÿ Wii íåîæèäàííî äëÿ âñåõ ñòàëà óâëåêàòåëüíàÿ ïîäâîäíî-ïîçíàâàòåëüíàÿ Endless Ocean . È, êîíå÷íî æå, íå ñëåäóåò çàáûâàòü î The Bourne Conspiracy – èãðå, îò êîòîðîé íèêòî íè÷åãî õîðîøåãî íå æäàë.  èòîãå æå ïîëó÷èëñÿ ïîòðÿñàþùèé áîåâèê.

Mass Effect 2 - â ìàðòå ìû âñå óçíàåì

Ïîäðîáíîñòè ïðîäîëæåíèÿ íàó÷íî-ôàíòàñòè÷åñêîé ðîëåâîé èãðû ñ ýëåìåíòàìè áîåâèêà Mass Effect , êàê âûÿñíèëîñü, áóäóò ðàñêðûòû â ìàðòå 2009 ãîäà. À èìåííî â ïðîìåæóòêå ìåæäó 23 è 27 ìàðòà íà âûñòàâêå Game Developers Conference, ÷òî ïðîéäåò â Ñàí-Ôðàíöèñêî. Ðàçðàáîò÷èêè èç ëåãåíäàðíîé BioWare (ìåæäó ïðî÷èì, îòâåòñòâåííîé çà òàêèå øåäåâðû, êàê Baldur's Gate , Neverwinter Nights , Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic , Jade Empire ) ïîîáåùàëè ïîñâÿòèòü Mass Effect 2 öåëîå 60-ìèíóòíîå âûñòóïëåíèå. Ïîêà ñîîáùàåòñÿ, ÷òî áóäåò ðàññêàçàíî ëèøü î ëîêàöèÿõ èãðû. Íî, êàê íàì êàæåòñÿ, ÷àñà äëÿ ýòîãî ñëèøêîì ìíîãî. Ïîýòîìó íå èñêëþ÷àåòñÿ è ïîëíîöåííûé àíîíñ ïðîåêòà. Ê ñëîâó, BioWare çàÿâèëà, ÷òî âòîðàÿ ñåðèÿ êîñìè÷åñêîé ñàãè íå áóäåò ýêñêëþçèâíîé äëÿ êàêîé-òî êîíêðåòíîé ïëàòôîðìû. Âïîëíå âîçìîæíî, ÷òî èãðó îäíîâðåìåííî âûïóñòÿò íà Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 è PC.

"Red Scare" returns

Rare Amateur RTS missed last October appearance in shops Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3. Expectations of fans of the series the game did not disappoint, but has not become a sensation. And recently officials from EA Los Angeles announced that the expansion for Red Alert 3 - well, who would doubt! - To be and that the long wait for his release will not have to: in March we will be able to buy Red Alert 3: Uprising.

The content additions will not be a surprise: EA LA is not going to experiment and risk disappointing loyal fans line C & C, and therefore we will present the familiar gameplay with a new sauce. The story, tell us which started in Red Alert 3, the next portion of rollers with pyshnotelymi beauty and charismatic political figures, barely ever before units and new game mode Commander's Challenge.

Command & Conquer - one of the main cash cow »EA, a branch of the Red Alert 3, and did enjoy extremely popular: the people of Europe and America, she likes the exotic and the citizens of the countries of the former USSR, giggling in a fist over the western cliches and standards . So there is no doubt: Red Alert 3: Uprising on the shelves are not deposits.

Get Tommy Chippolu

EA has decided not to torment gamers waiting and finally clarified the date of release ekshena The Godfather 2. Earlier, we were content with promises to release the draft during February 2009, but now the uncertainty has no place: living in the North American continent will see a sequel Godfather on Feb. 24, and Europeans later - 27 of the same month.

Those who will issue pre-order The Godfather 2, will receive a bonus: the opportunity to engage in the very beginning of the game exclusive fighter Tommy Chippolu. Believe me, it will compare favorably with other warriors as skills, and clothing. This team member will provide tangible benefits and single-player and multiplayer mode. However, the list of retailers, reservation who will provide us access to the character, not yet fully formed. Well, wait for fresh news.

Today is all. New "Messenger" will be released next Saturday. See you soon!