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Activision Launches X-Men Origins: Wolverine Action-Adventure Video Game
Good news for X-Men fans! The leading global developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment
, Activision Publishing, Inc. has debuted the new X-Men Origins: Wolverine epic action-adventure video game, which inspired by the just released superhero film (with the same name – X-Men Origins: Wolverine) produced by Twentieth Century Fox, featuring the voices of some of the film’s leading actors and actresses, including Hugh Jackman (Wolverine), Liev Schreiber (Sabretooth) and will.i.am (John Wraith), aiming to provide gamers a true-to-character Wolverine gameplay experience.
“X-Men Origins: Wolverine features the most authentic Wolverine experience ever in a video game,” said Rob Kostich, vice president of global brand management, Activision Publishing, Inc. “The game captures the uncaged nature of Wolverine and allows players to uncover an incredible storyline that will appeal to comic book and gaming enthusiasts, as well as fans of the action-packed feature film.”
According to the release, “Developed by Raven Studios, X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition is available on Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system, PLAYSTATION 3 and Games for Windows. Also available now are unique versions of the X-Men Origins: Wolverine video game, developed by Amaze and rated “T” (for Teen) by the ESRB, on PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, PSP (PlayStation Portable
) system and Wii home video game system, and E10+ on the Nintendo DS.”
World At War Map Pack 2 Announced
Call of Duty: World at War’s Map Pack 1 was downloaded a million times in its first weekend so a second map pack is a foregone conclusion. Treyarch officially announced it today and revealed what sort of locales the new maps will feature.
Like Map Pack 1, Map Pack 2 will have three normal multiplayer maps and one zombie co-op map. The announcement gives a brief description of each: “Battle to control the river bridge in ‘Banzai’ – a bright jungle map featuring a waterfall and hidden caves. In ‘Corrosion’ face down your enemy in a shattered train yard, and in “Sub Pens” wipe the monsoon rain from your eyes as you struggle over a bombed-out submarine base. The Zombies make a return in ‘Shi No Numa’ (Zombie Swamp) featuring Perk machines, the deadly new Wunderwaffe DG-2, new Achievements / Trophies… and flaming Hell Hounds!”
Map Pack 2 will be released for the Xbox 360 and PS3 in June. There was a two week delay between the console and PC release of the first map pack so we could be looking at a similar situation here, too. The first map pack is free for PC owners but costs 800 Microsoft Points ($10) for the PS3/360.
Continue ReadingNoblegarden has begun!
It’s 12:01 AM Pacific, which means that Noblegarden should now be live on all North American realms. Despite the fact that it’s the middle of the night, people are absolutely packed into the starting zones on my home realm, so don’t expect things will be easy just because it’s late!
Keep an eye on WoW Insider throughout the day, because we’re going to be covering the holiday as much as we can. Our own Allison Robert started that already yesterday evening with a special edition of The Overachiever, covering the achievements of Noblegarden. She also has a basic FAQ of the holiday up, should you need it.
Noblegarden Comes to Azeroth
The Noblegarden is now live on european servers and will be available in the US in a few hours. Before you read the “guide” you have to keep in mind that this event is very simple.
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I know its only like 1 hour into Nobelgarden, but some issues have already risen that makes something that has the potential to be fun into a nightmare.
First off is the eggs: people are camping the spawn points, making it nearly impossible for someone with a bad connection or a bad mouse to get their eggs. I know of one spot in Falconwing Square, a spriest is able to reach 6 spawn points with out moving. All he/she has to do is click on the egg. Its slightly ridiculous to be able to do that.
This is not supposed to be sit and camp a spawn point, this supposed to be a egg hunt.
Second thing: the soulbound pets. Some people are getting more than one (in fact one of my friends got 3 in the first 30 min). This should not be able to happen. Please make it so the pets can be traded, sold, or not be picked up at all.
Continue ReadingWoW Noblegarden Goes Live – May The Great Egg Hunt Begin
This has been a great month for World of Warcraft fans. First, they received the 3.1 patch update with new talent calculator and Ulduar, and after that the 3.1.1 minor update has arrived with bug fixes as you can see in our patch notes. Well, April 26 is a great day for WoW gamers as Noblegarden has started a few hours ago. Shortly after Noblegarden egg hunt went live on European servers, it went live also on the North American servers.
Every time it goes live, Noblegarden comes with new features. Now, Noblegarden has returned to Azeroth, and players will be able to play as of today April 26 until Sunday next week on May 3. The Noblegarden eggs can be found in cities like Brill, Goldshire, Falcowing Square, Kharanos, and Razor Hill, but you will rarely find prizes in the eggs. Also the Noblegarden achievements will be found in the World Events tab, but you will have to get enough chocolate to buy everything you need for the aforementioned achievements.
The OverAchiever: Guide to Noblegarden achievements
In honor of Noblegarden, we’re running a special-edition OverAchiever today, dedicated to what you’ll need for the meta-achievement Noble Gardener. Should you finish, not only do you get a spiffy new title, but you also get to check off another set of achievements toward What A Long, Strange Trip It’s Been, the yearlong achievement-palooza rewarding a 310% speed Violet Proto-Drake.
Because Noblegarden has been extensively reworked, most of what you’ll be doing this year is completely new, and some of this guide is going to be comprised of educated (or not-so-educated) guesses as to the difficulty of the achievements on the live realms, and tips on how to get them done. I’ll let you know if I just plain don’t know something or have to hazard a guess based on PTR information, but fortunately most of the holiday is pretty straightforward. We’re only going to cover the achievements you need to worry about for the meta, as everything else you can achieve is really based on luck and doesn’t count toward Noble Gardener.
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XT-002 Deconstructor – NPC
2 schools of thought. Engage him without touching the trash and hope the bots dont agro the trash or actually try to kill the trash. Anyone had any experience as to what works best.
At the point where we’re gonna get xt-002 down its just waiting to get lucky and not have the trash follow through.
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The trash is easy once you figure out wtf to do.
Just a few hints:
Tank the repairbots away from everyone else.
Kill the scavengers first to remove razorblades from the fight.
Until this happens, constantly be moving, and spread OUT.
XT-002 Deconstructor
XT-002 Deconstructor is a boss in Ulduar, located in the Scrapyard of the Siege of Ulduar, after the Flame Leviathan.
Overview
XT-002 Deconstructor is mostly a straight-forward fight. He has two Phases – Boss phase (Phase 1) and Add phase (Phase 2). He will begin the fight in his Boss phase, and switch to Add phase every 25% of his health. XT-002 will be inactive during Add phases, which last 30 seconds each. His Hard Mode can also be activated during any one of the Add phases.
When he is in Phase 1, the raid will need to spread out in order to minimize the raid damage taken from Gravity Bomb and Light Bomb. Alternatively the players could stay close to each other, and only the person charged with Light/Gravity Bomb can run away. The occasional Tympanic Tantrums will damage all players for more than their maximum health, so healers will need to be well assigned, and no player be left without a healer for the 10 seconds duration of the spell.
Continue ReadingMLB 2K9 Review, Major League Baseball 2K9
Baseball. Finally. You know it is almost time for THE season to start when the baseball games start coming out. MLB 2K9 makes a return this year and has one goal in mind: Closing the gap between itself and MLB: The Show. Xbox 360 fans have no choice, which blows, but PS3 gamers do and they chose The Show in overwhelming numbers. Last years iteration, MLB 2K8 was not bad, but it was not great. They completely revamped the pitching mechanic and it was a disaster. It was easier to throw a curve ball in reality than do it on the virtual diamond. Did MLB 2K9 make huge strides this year? It did and we are very excited.
The demo that was released this week lets you play a 3 inning game between last years World Series teams, the Rays and the Phillies. You will notice right away how good the player models look. As an avid baseball fan, one who watches upwards of 150 games a year, thank you DVR, you know what the players look like. You know their stances, their nuances, and in Carl Crawford’s case, his neck tattoo. All are present in 2K9. The hitting is a breeze. As long as your timing is right, you can make contact. Hitting has been too hard over the years and I am glad that they made it easier because baseball games are truly won and lost on the mound.
The pitching, as it seems, has been dumbed down and that was needed. You still need to direct the RS in the direction that the pitch calls for, often a first direction, followed by the second. It seems hard at first, but it catches on quick. There will be a pitching tutorial in the full release (I said full release) version, so you can master it with some practice. The mechanic itself has not so much changed, but it is MUCH more forgiving. You don’t need the exact 270 degree circle to get your slider to move. You also don’t need the release point which was the death knell of last year. The throwing to bases is tough, but fair. You need to have a checks and balances system and they do. The field has a nice overhead view from behind home plate, so you can easily see your outfielders. You can throw fastballs without them landing in the upper deck, which has also been a disaster before. When Matt and I played last year online, we made a pact to throw one fastball for each AB to make the game sort of realistic. You can only take so many eephus pitches before you lose your mind.
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