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Archive for August, 2008

Red Alert 3 beta: Impressions (part 1)

August 05, 2008 By: Flopjack Category: Command & Conquer, General, Hot Games, PC, RTS 3 Comments →

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As of late night on July 26th the first wave of Electronic Art’s Red Alert 3 beta was launched and sent to about 2,000 players. Periodically more keys were sent out to other players who were the owners of exclusive keys found inside Kane’s Wrath boxes, the expansion for Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. I picked up on the bandwagon in the second wave in the very first part of launching an additional 10,000 keys, however they immediately stopped activation as they ran into a problem. I was luckily enough to still get in. As a C&C and RTS fan in general and having played quite a number of matches this article will tell the curious and the anxious what the latest installment of the Red Alert series is like; build mechanics, scouting, counters and overall gameplay. (more…)

Final Fantasy IV

August 04, 2008 By: Katy Category: General, Hot Games, Nintendo DS No Comments →

Final Fantasy IV (Nintendo DS)Final Fantasy IV is part of the Final Fantasy series and was developed for the Nintendo DS by Matrix Software and Square Enix, who is also the publisher. The game was released on July 22nd in North America. It is a role-playing game, and can be played in either multiplayer or single-player mode.

Final Fantasy IV is a pumped up version of the original Final Fantasy IV. It was released in 1991. The new Final Fantasy IV was released for the Nintendo DS to add to the hype in celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Final Fantasy Series. Final Fantasy IV for the DS won’t be released in Europe on September 5th 2008.

As mentioned previously, Matrix Software developed Final Fantasy IV for the Nintendo DS. Matrix Software also developed Final Fantasy III. The original development team supervised the development of the newest Final Fantasy. Takashi Tokita took on the role as the executive producer and also as director. Tomoya Asano led the role of producer. Hiroyuki Ito was the battle designer. Yoshinori Kanada is an animator who took the role to storyboard the new cut scenes.   (more…)

Wii Fit

August 01, 2008 By: Katy Category: General, Hot Games, Nintendo Wii No Comments →

Wii FitNintendo created the video game, Wii Fit, for the Wii console. Wii fit is a game that emphases and encourages fitness. The player uses the Wii Balance Board to perform the activities indicated on the game.

The Wii Balance Board measures a user’s weight and also calculates their center of gravity. The game will use that information with his or her height entered to calculate the player’s body mass index. (more…)