DCEmu Homebrew Emulation & Theme Park News
DCEmu Featured News Articles
by Published on November 7th, 2006 18:30
Let's face it; Red Octane would have had to sabotage (please add that song on version III) the first Guitar Hero to not get this sequel right. The original was already a blast to play. Add a new playlist (Freebird!), refine the graphics, increase game modes, and voila! Insta-hit. With a current average review score of 96/100 thanks in part to two perfect scores, here's what early critics are saying:
Gamebrink (91/100) on improvements: "With a better song list, high quality audio for the most part, expanded and improved modes, and all the fun of the original, Guitar Hero 2 is one of this busy holiday season's best games."
IGN (95/100) on being a great sequel: "Guitar Hero II takes everything that made the original game great and cranks it up to 11, maybe even 12...This is the nearly-perfect sequel to one of our favorite games in basically forever, and it's an absolute must-buy."
Gamespy (100/100) on being addictive: "It's everything good about videogames in one package, forever encouraging you to play 'one more song!' until it's 3AM and the neighbors are yelling for you to turn down that racket."
GameDaily (100/100) on being perfect: "The sequel improves greatly on an already superb product with an in-depth training mode, a song list that holds up just as well as the original, and multiplayer that includes cooperative play. Everyone should rock out to Guitar Hero II -- it's one of the best games of 2006." ...by Published on November 7th, 2006 18:29
Zi Corp has announced that it has licensed its predictive text input technology (eZiText) to Nintendo for Wii.
The agreement expands upon a similar agreement in October 2005, which enlisted similar technology to utilise on the Nintendo DS, and will probably make sending SMS messages via the Wii as easy as a mobile phone.
"Nintendo is a worldwide leader in video game systems and has a reputation for bringing innovative technology to the market," said Milos Djokovic, President and CEO, Zi Corporation.
"By embedding eZiText in Wii, Nintendo is empowering its customer with a more user friendly method for text input."
"This announcement heralds the future use of eZiText outside of conventional mobile usage," continued Djokovic.
"The global gaming industry has become a worldwide phenomenon and is becoming an important new avenue for the distribution of our products. As such, we will continue to progressively pursue new gaming customers." ...by Published on November 7th, 2006 18:25
Via Gamesradar
A long time ago on a part of the internet not so far away, we brought you the first info on Star Wars: Lethal Alliance on PSP and now we're back with more screens to please your corneas and a way to exercise your clicking finger by securing the other screens behind the images tab.
Set mere months before the start of Episode IV: A New Hope, you will play a Twi'lek mercenary named Rianna Saren who, along with her heavily armed security droid Zeeo, is trying to infiltrate Empire-controlled planets and ultimately steal the plans of the Death Star. Which might prove useful at some stage.
And instead of using lightsabers, the pair relies on blasters and combining their own skills to explore each level, uncovering new areas and battling foes as infamous as Darth Vader and Boba Fett, along with more familiar fodder such as Imperial droids and Stormtroopers. And while you'll fight through places that you've already scorched with laser fire such as Coruscant and Mos Eisley, you'll also get to explore the previously unseen planets of Despayre, Danuta and Alderaan.
Screens Here ...by Published on November 7th, 2006 18:22
Gamers this weekend were quick to react when forums lit up with news that Best Buy's online store was accepting preorders for Sony's PlayStation 3 game console, due to go on sale November 17.
Unfortunately, those who completed the online preorder form this weekend discovered today that their actions were for naught. The retailer sent those consumers notice that their preorders were being "cancelled."
"Thank you for your recent visit to BestBuy.com," today's e-mail began. "Unfortunately, your preorder for the PlayStation 3 gaming system will be cancelled."
Stating that its online store system "was not intended to take preorders on the PlayStation 3 gaming system," the company said any gamer who managed to preorder a console would not be charged. ...by Published on November 7th, 2006 18:21
Like a particularly devastating "summon" spell, Square Enix bombarded North American retailers last week with 1.5 million copies of Final Fantasy XII. The publisher announced today that the mass shipment represents the largest day-one North American availability of any game in the publisher's history.
Final Fantasy XII set that record due in part to another Square Enix milestone. While it was far from the first Final Fantasy game Square Enix has released, Final Fantasy XII was the first time the publisher had ever set a concrete street date for one of its North American product launches. While all of the company's previous games shipped out on a certain date and gradually went on sale as the games arrived at different retailers over the course of a few days, Square Enix made sure all of its retail partners received their copies of Final Fantasy XII early and held onto them until the official October 31 release date.
Even if every last one of those copies has been sold, Square Enix still has a ways to go before the game duplicates the success it experienced overseas earlier this year. Final Fantasy XII has already racked up more than 2.4 million sales in Japan since its release there in March of this year. ...by Published on November 7th, 2006 18:20
Carl Bialik from WSJ writes
"An unlikely but growing group of rock stars are also avid players of Guitar Hero, a PlayStation title that uses a miniature plastic guitar to let gamers pretend to be, well, rock stars, the Wall Street Journal reports. From the article: 'Michael Einziger, the 30-year-old guitarist for the hard-rock band Incubus, says he was "shocked at how hard it was" to play the videogame's version of his song "Stellar." He admits he was handily beaten by his then-14-year-old sister, Ruby Aldridge, when the two of them squared off earlier this year. "It doesn't have anything to do with playing guitar," Mr. Einziger says. "It's all rhythmic." When the four members of the punk-pop band the Donnas got together to play Guitar Hero last week, guitarist Allison Robertson took some good-natured ribbing from her bandmates, says drummer Torry Castellano. That's because Ms. Robertson had a hard time playing along with the band's own song "Take It Off." "Expectations for her are pretty high because she's the guitar player and because she's so good at videogames in general," says Ms. Castellano.'" ...by Published on November 7th, 2006 18:18
1up and EGM have had some time in the last month with the next iteration of Microsoft's Halo series. Several folks at the site have put up their impressions of the current build of the game, including some multiplayer feelings from EGM editor-in-chief Dan Hsu, a bunch of nice crunchy details from Mark Macdonald, a nostalgia-laiden look at the game from Luke Smith, and a potpourri of details from Crispin Boyer. From Luke's writeup:
"Maybe it was the first shooter I played that had some substance? Maybe it was that my best friend bought me a copy of the game for my birthday and I didn't even have the console yet. Maybe it was all of the traveling to play in Halo tournaments on weekends in college, but somewhere between Halo: Combat Evolved's release and now, Halo became my Mario. It is the game that made me care about video games like I did when I was 10."...by Published on November 7th, 2006 18:17
GameDaily has up an article grading the current and next-gen consoles on their past and (apparently) future performance. Ratings come with an explanation, which is good because some of them seem just a bid dodgey. Only a B+ for the PS2? Really? From the article:
"Considering the competition, the PS2's $129.99 price tag seems downright diminutive. The slim PS2 comes sans fan (meaning potential overheating for long-winded players) but the compact design makes it a must-have for anyone with limited space in the entertainment center. The DualShock 2 is arguably one of the best game controllers of all time and extras can be snapped up for a mere $20 for head-to-head or online multiplayer action."...by Published on November 7th, 2006 18:15
THQ and Saints Row developer Volition have released a downloadable multiplayer map for the latter's Xbox 360 exclusive gangster-'em-up.
And before you go into auto-rant mode, as befits a lot of recent premium content releases, this one - the "Industrial Map Pack" - seems to come in at a reasonable price point of 80 points.
According to those involved, it takes place in an abandoned factory and is available for "Gangster Brawl and Big Ass Chains", which I stick in quotes partly because I've not played Saints Row a huge amount and partly because I haven't got time to wash my hands! ...by Published on November 7th, 2006 18:14
The PlayStation 3 may be a few months off yet in Europe, but the third-party elements of the launch line-up are starting to take shape.
According to reports, Activision has confirmed that Call of Duty 3, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance and Tony Hawk's Project 8 will all be around for the European launch in March, just as they are in the US.
Other publishers have previously said to expect their launch line-ups to translate to Europe too, with Ubisoft in particular noting that Blazing Angels and Rainbow Six: Vegas will be released here whenever the PS3 materialises. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, which Ubisoft co-publishes, will also appear then.
Other third-party titles on the cards for the US launch include Fight Night Round 3, Madden, Need For Speed Carbon and Tiger Woods from EA, Full Auto 2 and Sonic the Hedgehog from SEGA, NBA 2K7 and NHL 2K7 from 2K Sports, and Ridge Racer 7 from Namco Bandai, although the latter is more likely to be published by Sony in Europe. ...- Search DCEmu
- Advert 3
News Categories
- Links of Interest
Sony Consoles News
- Nintendo Consoles News
- Sega Consoles News
- Apple & Android News
- Xbox Consoles News
- Open Source Consoles News
DCEmu News Archive
- Advert
- Retro Consoles News
- PC News
- Latest DCEmu News
- DCEmu Network Sites
-
Menu 
Forum Stats
- What is the DCEmu Homebrew & Gaming Network
Catherine: Full Body’s English translation for the Vita