Games Cheats and Reviews

Mega Man 10 is out this week.  I don’t know what more you really need to hear.  If you tear through that in a moments notice, you could also snag the MLB10: The Show demo and warm up before running to the store.  No, Mega Man will not pitch for your favorite baseball team.  Though that would be some sweet DLC!

Price Updates – Cheapness a’hoy:

• Chessmaster: The Art Of Learning Sale (now $9.99, original price $19.99)
• Tom Clancy’s EndWar Sale (now $14.99, original price $29.99)
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 Sale (now $9.99, original price $19.99)
• Cellfactor: Psychokinetic Wars Sale (now $4.99, original price $9.99)
• Far Cry 2 Fortunes Pack Sale (now $4.99, original price $9.99)
• Tom Clancy’s: HAWX: Supremacy Pack Sale (now $4.99, original price $9.99)
• Age of Booty Sale (now $4.99, original price $9.99)
  

Qore – Subscription based entertainment:

• Qore Episode 22: March 2010 ($2.99)
• Qore Annual Subscription: March 2010 ($24.99)

Downloadable Games – You can get Mega Man 10 and never leave home:

• Mega Man 10 ($9.99) – The blue bomber is back with more awesomeness!
• Feeding Frenzy 2 Shipwreck Showdown ($9.99) – Live out your fantasy as a mermaid, err, be a fish

The Tester – Who is still watching this?

• The Tester Episode 4 – Live-action role play, isn’t that was those “freaks” in costumes due

Game Demos – Go on, give it a try:

• MLB 10 The Show Demo – Baseball for the ages
• Feeding Frenzy 2 Shipwreck Showdown Demo – Be a fish and eat smaller fish
• Mega Man 10 Demo – 8-bit goodness on that HD screen
  

Add-on Game Content – You know, that content on the disk that should be free:

• MAG Raven Industries – Spyder Uniform (free)
• MAG S.V.E.R. – Hazard Uniform (free)
• MAG Valor Company – Bulldog Uniform (free)
• Resident Evil 5: Untold Stories Bundle ($12.49) – Get Lost in Nightmares and Deperate Escape in one neat little package
• Dragon Age Origins: Return To Ostagar ($4.99) – The Battle of Ostagar still haunts you to this day
• GRID Prestige Pack ($9.99) – 10 more cars you will never afford in real life
• BioShock 2 Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack ($4.99) – Get another 5 minutes of multiplayer action in

Guitar Hero 5 – Not OK Don’t Go:

• “Do What You Want” by OK Go ($1.99)
• “Get Over It” by OK Go ($1.99)
• “Here It Goes Again” by OK Go ($1.99)
• OK Go Track Pack ($5.49)

Rock Band – Seven nations are bound together by blood:

• “Fell in Love With a Girl”— The White Stripes ($1.99)
• “Seven Nation Army”— The White Stripes ($1.99)
• “You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You’re Told)”— The White Stripes ($1.99)
• The White Stripes Pack 2 ($5.49)
• “Decent Days and Nights”— The Futureheads ($1.99)
• “Hounds of Love”— The Futureheads ($1.99)
• “Walk Away”— James Gang ($1.99)
• “All of This”— Shaimus ($0.99)
• “Tie You Down”— Shaimus ($0.99)
• “The Hockey Theme”— Neil Peart ($0.99)
• Roadrunner Records Pack 1 ($8.49)

Game Videos – Not quite porn, but not exactly an 70’s love story either:

• Gran Turismo 5 and NASCAR Trailer
• ModNation Racers “Build It” Trailer
• THE EYE OF JUDGMENT LEGENDS Trailer
• Feeding Frenzy 2 Shipwreck Showdown Trailer
• Super Street Fighter IV New Features Network Trailer
• Super Street Fighter IV New Modes Network Trailer
• Super Street Fighter IV TGS 2009 Announcement Network Trailer
• FIFA Soccer 10 Returning Tutorial Network Trailer
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes Launch Network Trailer
• Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Launch Network Trailer
• Yakuza 3 Characters Network Trailer
• Yakuza 3 Dev Diary 2 Network Trailer

PS3 Themes – Like plastic surgery:

• MLB 10: The Show Themes (x9) (Braves, Marlins, Angels, Mets, Athletics, Phillies, Mariners, Rangers and Nationals) (free)
• Feeding Frenzy 2 Shipwreck Showdown Theme (free)
• Atomic Blast Theme ($1.49)
• Darksiders Theme (free)

Wallpaper – Slap up some new wallpaper without all the glue mess:

• Grandia Wallpaper (x3)
• Section 8 Wallpaper (x4)
• Topatoi Wallpaper

PlayStation Store for PSP
Downloadable Games – Card floppers, your game has come:

• THE EYE OF JUDGMENT LEGENDS ($29.99) – Play battles with cards.  No terrible wester accent necessary!
• Rock Band Unplugged Lite ($4.99) – Play Rock Band but with fewer songs.  Aren’t these setups called demos?

PSP minis – Little bundles of awesomeness:

• Rocket Racing ($4.99)

Game Videos – Check it out, movies on the go:

• The Tester Episode 4
• THE EYE OF JUDGMENT LEGENDS Trailer
• Gran Turismo 5 and NASCAR Trailer

PSP Themes – All the hotness, none of the overpriced surgery:

• MLB 10: The Show Themes (x9) (Braves, Marlins, Angels, Mets, Athletics, Phillies, Mariners, Rangers and Nationals) (free)
• Atomic Blast PSP Theme ($1.49)

Sharing: It’s Win/Win

Eurogamer writes: "Released a year after the Xbox 360 version, shorn of some of its visual magnificence, afflicted with an ugly blur and featuring exclusive DLC you actually had to pay for despite the long wait, it’s fair to say that PlayStation 3 owners didn’t fare too well at the hands of 2K Games when it came to the belated release of the original BioShock.

All the game content was there, and enough of the raw BioShock DNA was there to make it a worthwhile experience in its own right, but compared to the original Xbox 360 version of the game it was a disappointment. This time 2K has made efforts to get it right. There’s no year-long delay between versions, and on first impressions it seems the development team has done well in replicating the look of the game across both platforms."

Pre-order bonuses often have some fun toys or exclusive in game content.  This bonus is almost always the same thing no matter where the upcoming game gets pre-ordered from.  Red Dead Redemption is looking to change that.  There will be several pre-order items to choose from.  Here is the breakdown.

US:

• Gamestop – Exclusive in-game outfit
• Amazon – Golden Guns pack + $10 Amazon gift card
• Best Buy – A War Horse
• Game Crazy – Mini game guide
• Target – $5 Target gift card
• Walmart – $10 Walmart gift card
• Rockstar Warehouse – Red Dead T-Shirt

UK:

• Game – Deadly Assassin outfit
• Amazon UK – Golden Guns pack
• HMV – The War Horse
• Zavvi – Mini game guide

Get those pre-orders in now and get your bonus.  Why doesn’t Amazon UK offer up a gift card like Amazon US?

Sharing: It’s Win/Win

Gamestop captured the back of Final Fantasy XIII’s Xbox 360 box, which has bullet points about the game’s features.

Let’s see… it supports one player, saves take up 4MB, and apparently has "game-content download."

Uncharted 2 Demo drops this week.  Now go play the demo and prepare to drop some coin on the game.  Here is your PSN update for the week!

Updates:

• Bloons minis Permanent Price Drop (now $2.99, original price $3.99)
• Brain Pipe minis Permanent Price Drop (now $2.99, original price $4.99)

Downloadable Games – Small fun games:

• Hustle Kings ($9.99) – Rack’em and crack’em.  Play some pool in the comforts of your warm house!
• THEXDER NEO ($9.99) – Take a trip down PC gaming memory lane in this side-scrolling happy fun time.
• Assault Heroes ($9.99) – Play Special Forces and uncover classified info.  You to can be a super badass!

PS one Classics – Great games from the past:

• Extreme Pinball ($5.99) – Hit a little virtual ball around a complex board!
• Hi-Octane:The Track Fights Back ($5.99) – It is like The Fast and the Furious…only less bad

Game Demos (free) – Free trials, no purchase necessary:

• UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves Single Player Demo – Still debating on how good this game is…grab the demo
• THEXDER NEO Demo – Take a trip down PC gaming memory lane in this side-scrolling happy fun time.
• Vancouver Olympic Winter Games Demo – Go skiing, minus the falling and tree hitting bruises

Add-on Game Content – Taking that game purchase that much further:

• UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves PlayStation Heroes Pack ($4.99) – Take the multiplayer experience even further
• LittleBigPlanet GroundHog Day Costume (free) – It’s free, how can you deny your sack a free costume?
• Assassin’s Creed II Sequence 12: Battle of Forli ($3.99) – Check out some of the missing storyline
• PAIN Hilde Günnagröpe Character ($0.99) – Pain grows even bigger

Guitar Hero 5 – CCR Baby:

• “Travelin’ Band” by Creedence Clearwater Revival ($1.99)
• “Proud Mary” by Creedence Clearwater Revival ($1.99)
• “Bad Moon Rising” by Creedence Clearwater Revival ($1.99)
• Creedence Clearwater Revival Track Pack ($5.49)

Rock Band – Rage….HELL YEAH!:

• “Bulls on Parade”— Rage Against the Machine ($1.99)
• “Hair of the Dog”— Nazareth ($1.99)
• “Killed by Death ‘08?— Motörhead ($1.99)
• “Levitate”— I Mother Earth ($1.99)
• “Master of the Universe”— Hawkwind ($1.99)
• “Transmaniacon MC”— Blue Öyster Cult ($1.99)
• “Godzilla”— Blue Öyster Cult ($1.99)

Game Videos (free) – It is a MAG kinda day:

• White Knight Chronicles IE Character Customization Video
• White Knight Chronicles IE The Online Experience
• MAG: How To – Acquisition Mode
• MAG: How To – Domination Mode
• MAG: How To – Sabotage Mode
• MAG: How To – Suppression Mode
• Hustle Kings Launch Trailer
• Smash Cars Trailer 2
• Madden NFL Arcade Accolades Trailer
• Madden NFL Arcade Launch Trailer

PS3 Themes – Beautify your XMB:

• Devil Girl Hook-Ups Theme ($1.99)
• Nurse Girl Mika Hook-Ups Theme ($1.99)

Sharing: It’s Win/Win

The PSN store is like a Mogwai, feed is some money and it just keeps on respawning.

Updates:

• Steambot Chronicles Permanent Price Drop (now $14.99, original price $29.99)

Game Demos – Ahh, try it before you buy it:

• UNO Demo – Draw four punks!

Bundles – Save some coin, get several items in one little purchase:

• Magic Orbz Bundle Pack ($13.99) – Get some pirate and naughty knight action with this bundle deal

Add-on Game Content – Splurge a little and get an extra minute out of those games:

• Magic Orbz Winter Pack ($2.99) – You can never get enough of the jolly fat man in the red suit
• ZEN Pinball Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Table ($2.49) – Ryu will kick that ball bearing right in the shins

New Guitar Hero 5 Jams – Does it feel a bit dead in here:

• “Cousins” by Vampire Weekend ($1.99)
• “Holiday” by Vampire Weekend ($1.99)
• “The Kids Don’t Stand A Chance” by Vampire Weekend ($1.99)
• Vampire Weekend Track Pack ($5.49)

New Rock Band Jingles – Take a step into the 90’s with some AIC:

• “Grind”— Alice In Chains ($1.99)
• “Heaven Beside You”— Alice In Chains ($1.99)
• “Last of My Kind”— Alice In Chains ($1.99)
• “We Die Young”— Alice In Chains ($1.99)
• “Your Decision”— Alice In Chains ($1.99)
• Alice In Chains Pack 2 ($8.49)

Game Videos (Free) – Watch them on that big screen versus that little computer screen:

• White Knight Chronicles International Edition Combat Trailer
• 2009 Gran Turismo Awards
• Star Ocean: The Last Hope International Debut Trailer
• SOCOM US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 Dev Diary #2
• 2009 Virgin Mobile FreeFest Videos (x5) (US only)

Sharing: It’s Win/Win

An Analyse to FF XIII blu-ray disk showing that the actual game content is just 6.8GB.

EA and Bioware have confirmed the final contents of the Mass Effect 2 special edition and what they look like in a nice looking image.

The Mass Effect 2 Collectors’ Edition is to include a 48 page full-color concept art booklet, a collectable tin box and a Mass Effect Redeption comic to run your hands across in real life, while in-game Commander Shepard will get his hands on Limited Edition Armor and access to the Cerberus Network, which’ll provide more exclusive in-game content.

December is upon us. Gifts from the PSN Update gods?? Let’s find out!

Qore

Qore Episode 19: December 2009 ($2.99)- White Knight Chronicles JRPG is featured in this episode. Yippee!

Qore Annual Subscription: December 2009 ($24.99)- Behind the scenes looks at various games brought to you by PSN.

Downloadable Games

• Gravity Crash ($9.99)- This is exclusively for PSN: Do you have your wits about you?
• Diner Dash ($9.99)- Ever wanted to work in a diner? Well, here’s your chance to live the dream!
• Madden NFL Arcade ($14.99)- Who gets the Madden curse this year?

PSOne Classics

• Command & Conquer ($5.99)- How about I command, and you conquer? No good? Hmm..
• Dino Crisis ($5.99)- from the creators of Resident Evil comes a terror on a much larger scale. Dun dun DUN!!
• Reel Fishing ($5.99)- So realistic, you have to earn your license.
• Fighting Force ($5.99)- That evil Dr. Zeng has no idea what he’s in for.
• Backstreet Billiards ($5.99)- No, but I thought it said Backstreet Boys at first also. You can breathe.
• International Track & Field ($5.99)- Now you too can avoid physical activity!

Game Demos (free)

• Gravity Crash Demo- Try before you buy. There’s nothing better.
• Comet Crash Demo- Tower defense at it’s cheapest err.. least expensive.

Add-on Game Content

• LittleBigPlanet Rare “SuperStar” Shirt ($4.99)- It’s rare people. Do it.
• Borderlands Zombie Island DLC ($9.99)- It doesn’t get much better than Borderlands and zombies.
• DJ Hero David Guetta Mix Pack 01 ($7.99)- Featuring Kelly Rowland, Akon, and Will.I.Am just to name a few.
• Dragon Ball Warriors on Earth Pack (free)- Mmm.. Krillin.. Mmmm..
• Guitar Hero 5: Neversoft Thanks The Fans Track Pack (free)- Aww. They’re so polite.
• Rock Band- When 500 songs just aren’t enough:

“Our Lips Are Sealed”— Go Go’s ($1.99)
“Miss Independent”— Kelly Clarkson ($1.99)
“Who Knew”— Pink ($1.99)
“American Girl (live)”— Tom Petty ($1.99)
“A Thing About You (live)”— Tom Petty ($1.99)
“Even the Losers (live)”— Tom Petty ($1.99)
“Here Comes My Girl (live)”— Tom Petty ($1.99)
“Mary Jane’s Last Dance (live)”— Tom Petty ($1.99)
“Refugee (live)”— Tom Petty ($1.99)
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Live Anthology Pack 1 ($9.99)

Game Videos (free)

• Assassin’s Creed II Dev Diary 5
• Assassin’s Creed II Factions Video
• Final Fantasy XIII Special Announcement Video
• MX vs ATV Reflex Announce Trailer
• MX vs ATV Reflex Freestyle Trailer
• MX vs ATV Reflex Variety Trailer
• Resident Evil 5 Lost in Nightmares Trailer
• Planet 51 Chuck Trailer
• Planet 51 Gamescom Trailer
• Planet 51 Lem Trailer
• Dragon Age: Origins Dwarf Noble Origin Trailer
• Avatar Ignite War Trailer
• Polar Panic Story Trailer

If at first you don’t succeed, download something else! Here are this week’s options for your gaming edification.

Updates

PS3 Game Sale (from now until 12/2):

Now $4.99, originally $9.99:

• Flower
• The Last Guy
• Prince of Persia Classic
• Comet Crash
• Bomberman Ultra

Now $7.49, originally $14.99:

• Smash Cars
• Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao

Other Great Deals:

• UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves – Eye of Indra 2 Motion Comic ($0.99)
• Killzone 2 DLC Sale (Flash & Thunder now $2.99, bundle now $9.99)
• Fate/Unlimited Codes Sale (now $14.99)

Downloadable Games

• Gravity Crash ($9.99)- This is exclusively for PSN: Do you have your wits about you?
• Diner Dash ($9.99)- Ever wanted to work in a diner? Well, here’s your chance to live the dream!
• Madden NFL Arcade ($14.99)- Who gets the Madden curse this year?

PSOne Classics

• Command & Conquer ($5.99)- How about I command, and you conquer? No good? Hmm..
• Dino Crisis ($5.99)- from the creators of Resident Evil comes a terror on a much larger scale. Dun dun DUN!!
• Reel Fishing ($5.99)- So realistic, you have to earn your license.
• Fighting Force ($5.99)- That evil Dr. Zeng has no idea what he’s in for.
• Backstreet Billiards ($5.99)- No, but I thought it said Backstreet Boys at first also. You can breathe.
• International Track & Field ($5.99)- Now you too can avoid physical activity!

Game Demos (free)

• Gravity Crash Demo- Try before you buy. There’s nothing better.
• Comet Crash Demo- Tower defense at it’s cheapest err.. least expensive.

Add-on Game Content

• LittleBigPlanet Rare “SuperStar” Shirt ($4.99)- It’s rare people. Do it.
• Borderlands Zombie Island DLC ($9.99)- It doesn’t get much better than Borderlands and zombies.
• DJ Hero David Guetta Mix Pack 01 ($7.99)- Featuring Kelly Rowland, Akon, and Will.I.Am just to name a few.
• Dragon Ball Warriors on Earth Pack (free)- Mmm.. Krillin.. Mmmm..
• Guitar Hero 5: Neversoft Thanks The Fans Track Pack (free)- Aww. They’re so polite.
• Rock Band- When 500 songs just aren’t enough:

“Our Lips Are Sealed”— Go Go’s ($1.99)
“Miss Independent”— Kelly Clarkson ($1.99)
“Who Knew”— Pink ($1.99)
“American Girl (live)”— Tom Petty ($1.99)
“A Thing About You (live)”— Tom Petty ($1.99)
“Even the Losers (live)”— Tom Petty ($1.99)
“Here Comes My Girl (live)”— Tom Petty ($1.99)
“Mary Jane’s Last Dance (live)”— Tom Petty ($1.99)
“Refugee (live)”— Tom Petty ($1.99)
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Live Anthology Pack 1 ($9.99)

Game Videos (free)

• Assassin’s Creed II Dev Diary 5
• Assassin’s Creed II Factions Video
• Final Fantasy XIII Special Announcement Video
• MX vs ATV Reflex Announce Trailer
• MX vs ATV Reflex Freestyle Trailer
• MX vs ATV Reflex Variety Trailer
• Resident Evil 5 Lost in Nightmares Trailer
• Planet 51 Chuck Trailer
• Planet 51 Gamescom Trailer
• Planet 51 Lem Trailer
• Dragon Age: Origins Dwarf Noble Origin Trailer
• Avatar Ignite War Trailer
• Polar Panic Story Trailer