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Call to duty – A WorldWar II video game

Greg Mitchell — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:46:00 +0000

Call to duty or call of duty is a video game, more specifically a first-shooter video game. Call to duty is developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision in 2003. Call of duty is a Second World War video game. Call of duty simulates the infantry and combined arms of that time. What is special about call to duty is that through the single-player mode the user is joined by computer-controlled allies. The number of these allies in the video game call of duty varies from two infantry men to a whole regiment or tanks. The computer-controlled allies within call of duty will support the single player in their mission.
The aim of call to duty is an immense and realistic experience. That is that soldiers during World War II were usually part of a larger group. However, in call of duty the player is sometimes alone on a mission as well. Each mission within Call to duty features a series of objectives which are displayed to the player. Within the game call of duty there is an American campaign, a British campaign and a Soviet campaign.

Pro Evolution Soccer – the way of playing football

Greg Mitchell — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:08:00 +0000

Pro Evolution Soccer is a series of video football games and abbreviated as PES. Pro Evolution Soccer is known as World Soccer: Winning Eleven. Pro Evolution Soccer was developed by Konami. Pro Evolution Soccer is released every year around late September or early October. The Japanese version of Pro Evolution Soccer is a localized version and features local teams. Pro Evolution Soccer is played in a master league mode which allows the player to control a team of their choice. At first, all players in Pro Evolution Soccer were originally generic-fictional player. This was later changed in Pro Evolution Soccer in order to give the user the option to change the settings and choose to play with default players. These players within Pro Evolution Soccer have become cult figures for a myriad of people playing the master league.
The aim of Pro Evolution Soccer is to navigate these players to gain points and win matches, cups and leagues. The player of Pro Evolution Soccer can use acquired points to purchase players equivalent to those in the real world to join the team. Finally, the player of Pro Evolution Soccer wants to have a team of exclusively skilled players. Fans of the series Pro Evolution Soccer often create so called option files and patches which modify the player names into those of their real life counterparts. More experienced gamers of Pro Evolution Soccer can use these patches and modify the graphical content in order to include kits for unlicensed teams, stadiums and footballs from high brands. Most patches in Pro Evolution Soccer include licensed kits from FIFA and the official logos of the various European leagues. These patches in Pro Evolution Soccer are a breach of copy right and often sold illegally.

Tomb Raider and sexy Lara Croft

Greg Mitchell — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:47:00 +0000

Tomb Raider is a video game franchise including also comic books, novels, theme park rides and movies. Tomb Raider plays around the adventure of fictional English archeologist Lara Croft. Core Design developed the first six games of Tomb Raider. Crystal Dynamics developed the latest four Tomb Raider games. The fifths Tomb Raider game is currently in development. There are two movies based on the story of Tomb Raider. These are called Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life.
The famous American Actress Angelina Jolie stars Lara Croft, the protagonist in Tomb Raider. Tomb Raider is the biggest success movie in the United States where a film had been adapted to a video game. And Tomb Raider is in this sense the third biggest success worldwide. Tomb Raider has been notable for its female protagonist from the beginning. And Lara Croft from Tomb Raider became a major icon of the video game industry. The success of Lara Croft of Tomb Raider was so great that the figure was inducted into the Walk of Game and the Guinness Book of World Records has recognized her as the most successful human virtual game heroine. The central character of Tomb Raider is in search of the ancient relics.
Lara Croft of Tomb Raider was designed by one-time Core designer Toby Gard. She appears in Tomb Raider almost always with brown shorts, boots, a small backpack, a dark green or blue sleeveless top and holsters on both sides of her hip for two handguns. Her 3D model in Tomb Raider has undergone graphical developments and enlarged and later reduced again breast size. In total, six different women have served as model for Lara Croft of Tomb Raider for publicity purposes.

Kinect – You are the controller

Greg Mitchell — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:46:00 +0000

Kinect is a hardware developed by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 video game console and Windows PCs. Kinect more specifically is a motion sensing input device. Kinect inludes webcam services for the xbox 260 and allows the user to control and interact with the xbox 360 without touching a game controller. Kinect works with a natural user interface using gestures and spoken commands. The aim of the Kinect project is to appeal to a broader audience than the traditional gamer and therefore, attract new buyers.
Competitors of Kinect are the Wii Remote Plus and PlayStation Eye motion controllers for the Wii and PlayStation 3 home consoles. A Kinect Version was also released for Windows. The software technology of Kinect was developed by Rare which is a subsidiary of Microsoft Game Studios. Israeli developer PrimeSense created the on range camera technology which can interpret specific gestures, making hand-free control of controllers possible. Therefore, Kinect uses an infrared projector, a camera and a special microchip in order to track the movement of objects and individuals in three dimensions. The Kinect sensor is a horizontal bar. Kinect features an RGB camera, depth sensor and multi-array microphone. The Kinect software provides full-body 3D motion capture, facial recognition and voice recognition capabilities. Microsoft had a published budget of 500 million US dollar for the launch of Kinect. Therefore, a larger sum had been invested in Kinect than in the launch of the Xbox console itself.
Advertisements for Kinect included labeling Kellogg?s cereal boxes and Pepsi bottles, commercials during TV shows such as Dancing with the Stars and Glee in addition to print ads in magazines such as People and InStyle. Microsoft even went on The Oprah Winfrey Show to advertise Kinect.

Playstation 3 – history and features

Greg Mitchell — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:48:00 +0000

The playstation 3 is the third edition of the video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment. The Playstation 3 is the successor of the Playstation 2. The Playstation 3 is part of the Playstation Series and competes with other video game consoles such as the Xbox 360 and Nintendo?s Wii. The Playstation 3 was first released in Japan in 2006. The playstation 3 entered other international markets shortly after. A major feature of the playstation 3 is its online gaming service, the PlayStation Network. Further features of the playstation 3 are its multimedia compabilities, its connectivity with the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita as well as its use of Blu-ray disks as primary storage medium of the playstation 3.
Sony officially unveiled the playstation 3 on the E3 2005 conference in May 2005. The sixaxis controller of the playstation 3 was boomerang shaped already then. However, there was no functional version of the system present yet. Sony held demonstrations with the game Metal Gear Solid 4 and Guns of the Patriots for the playstation 3. In September 2006, Sony announced that the launch of their playstation 3 would be delayed till March 2007. The reason for this was a shortage of materials used in the Blu-ray drive. The playstation 3 had originally been planned for a global release, first Japan, then North America and Europe and then the rest of the world.
The appearance of the playstation 3 is elegant. The playstation 3 is convex on its left side and has the playstation logo upright. You can use Blu-rays, DVDs, and other optical media with the playstation 3. The playstation 3 is also known as PS3 and it runs with a Cell microprocessor. The hardware of the playstation 3 has also been used to produce supercomputers for high-performance computing. The playstation 3 has several original hardware models. There is a redeisigned, slimmer model of the playstation 3 which is 32 per cent smaller, 36 per cent lighter and consumes 34 per cent less power than the previous model.

The new Microsoft xbox 720 to be launched

Greg Mitchell — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:38:00 +0000

The new microsoft xbox 720 is the follower of the xbox 360. There are many rumours about the new Microsoft xbox 720, about its features and prices. One of the most important information for users is that the Microsoft xbox 720 rules out the usage of seconde hand games. The new Microsoft xbox 720 requires the user to be permanently online. Gamers of the Microsoft xbox 720 will be required to activate games in the same way as most other software from Microsoft. The game is tied to the Microsoft xbox 720 activated online. The xbox live account of the Microsoft xbox 720 needs to activate the game which makes it impossible to use piracy copies. An activation system of the Microsoft xbox 720 will check whether you are the registered user of the game each time you start the game. This means that the Microsoft xbox 720 will not even allow you to lend a game to a friend or borrow a game from a friend.
The Microsoft xbox 720 will however support Blu-ray disks and games will be shipped onto these 50 GB disks. But moving games to Blu-ray format will increase game prices for the Microsoft xbox 720. At present games on DVD for the Microsoft xbox cost between 40 and 70 Pound Sterling already. Nevertheless, the fact that the Microsoft xbox 720 will always be connected to the Internet might introduce new modes of game purchases similar to tablets or i-pod services. This on the other hand could make prices for games for the Microsoft xbox 720 drop significantly. Retailers who sell physical copies for the Microsoft xbox 720 will certainly not be happy about that.

Mobile Games are for everybody

Greg Mitchell — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:25:00 +0000

Mobile Games are video games played on a mobile device, such as phones, smartphone, PDA, tablet computer, portable media player or calculator. Mobile Games however, cannot be played on handheld video game consoles, such as the Nintendo 3DS or PlayStation Vita. Mobile Games were introduced in 1994 and the first one was a Tetris game. Nokia was and is a big supporter of Mobile Games so that they launched the second most successful mobile game after Tetris which was called Snake. Each device comes with the technology for mobile games that can be played on them. For mobile games there various technologies in common use. Examples of technologies that are used for mobile games are text message, meaning SMS, multimedia message, meaning MMS or GPS location identification.
There also two-player mobile games. The first one of mobile games which allowed two players to game was a variant of the Snake game, using the infrared pot. Nevertheless, there are non-network applications that simply use the mobile games platform to run the game software. The mobile games may be installed over the air, can be side loaded onto the handset with a cable, or alternatively may be embedded in the handheld devices by the mobile operator. Usually, mobile games are downloaded via the operator?s mobile network.

GTA V – a highly anticipated game

Greg Mitchell — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:19:00 +0000

Gta v is an action adventure video game. GTA V is shortened and stands for Grand Theft Auto V. GTA V was developed by Rockstar North in the United Kingdom and published by Rockstar Games. GTA V is the successor of the gta IV and continues the fictional universe of that game.
Gta v is set in the fictional place Los Santos in the state of San Andreas and its surrounding areas. This place in gta v resembles Los Angeles and Southern California. Gta v is supposedly the biggest open world game of Rockstar to date. GTA V focuses on the pursuit of the almighty dollar and features three playable protagonists. Gta V was officially announced in October 2011 and the debut trailer for the game was reveiled in November of the same year.
However, the first game to gta v was reveiled to the press only in October in 2012. Gta V is a highly anticipated game and due to be fully released in September 2013. The playing scene in the game gta v includes beach fronts, mountains, the wilderness, a Salton Sea region, a military base and the suburbs. The ocean floor in gta v is fully developed and can be explored. The three protagonists in gta v are called Michael, Trevor and Franklin.

The Nintendo ds – a handy device

Greg Mitchell — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:25:00 +0000

The Nintendo DS is a handheld video game console. The ds in the name of Nintendo ds stands for dual screen. The Nintendo ds was the first game console to be launched outside Japan when it entered the market in North America in the year of 2004. The Nintendo ds introduced significant new features to a handheld video game console. The Nintendo ds has an LCD screen working together with a touchscreen. Furthermore, the Nintendo ds has an in-built microphone and supports wireless internet connectivity. The two screens of the Nintendo ds have a similar design to the Game Boy Advance SP.
In addition, the Nintendo ds features the usage of multiple DS consoles. This means that the Nintendo ds allows a number of ds consoles to connect with one another over Wi-Fi. There is no need to connect with an existing wireless network. The Nintendo ds also has its own online service system. It is called the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service. Before the Nintendo ds was released, it had been meant to complement the Game Boy Advanced and Game Cube. In 2003, Nintendo only announced that there were going to launch a new product but they did not release any details whatsoever about the Nintendo ds. In 2006, Nintendo then launched the Nintendo DS Lite. This is a slimmer and lighter redesign of the original Nintendo ds and it has brighter screens. The ninentdo ds is in particular a hit amongst the 13 to 30 years old. The different bright and shiny colours, the ninentdo ds comes in, attracts the customers.
In January of 2004, the codename Nintendo ds was published but later changed to Nitro. The Nintendo ds has stereo speakers that provide virtual surround sound. There is a texture-coordinate transformation provided by Nintendo ds systems?s 3D hardware. The Nintendo ds has 656 kilobytes of video memory.

World of Warcraft – you enter your own universe

Greg Mitchell — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:52:00 +0000

World of Warcraft, also known as WoW, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game by Blizzard Entertainment. World of Warcraft is the fourth released game set in the fantasy Warcraft universe. This fantasy environment of World of Warcraft was first introduced by Warcraft: Orcs and Humans in 1994. World of Warcraft takes place in the fictional world of Azeroth. The plot of World of Warcraft continuous the events after the events at the conclusion of Blizzard?s previous events which happened four years earlier.
Players of World of Warcraft control an avatar within a fictional fantasy game world. Gamers of World of Warcraft play either in a third-person view or sees the events through the eyes of the character in first-person view. As with other massively multiplayer online role-playing games, also known as mmorpgs, World of Warcraft can only be used if the customer agrees to a subscription and pays a monthly fee. Users of World of Warcraft can either buy a prepaid game card for a selected amount of playing time. Alternatively, a user can choose to pay with their credit or debit card in order to pay on a regular basis.
Furthmore, players have to enter a server, called realm. Each realm within World of Warcraft works as a copy of the game world. There are four types of realms within World of Warcraft. The first one is the plyer versus environment realm where the gameplay is focused on defeating monsters and completing quests. The second realm within World of Warcraft is the player versus player one where a player can be attacked by an opposing player. The third version of realm within World of Warcraft is where players roleplay in-character. The third realm is role play player versus player within the World of Warcraft. A player of World of Warcraft can create a new character by choosing between the opposing factions of the Alliance or the Horde. Characters within World of Warcraft become more developed and gain skills as well as talents.