Undead Nightmare

For those video game players who do not already have Red Dead Redemption, the release date for the standalone disc-based collection will be November 23.

The Undead Nightmare pack includes a new single-player campaign which will follow John Marston as he looks for a cure to the zombie plague.

Once you have downloaded the pack, you should be able to play it, by choosing “single player” from the main menu, and then choosing “Undead Nightmare”.

There will be new single player missions, as well as 8 new multiplayer characters, and new game play mechanics. You can also expect to see new weapons & outfits, new modes for multiplayer gaming, and much more.

The Panasonic Jungle

There are only vague details available on the Panasonic Jungle, but we do know that the screen will be HD capable, there is a full qwerty keyboard, and it is about the size of an average portable dvd player. Only 2 games have been announced thus far for the system. One is BattleStar Galactica which is an MMO, and than also a game which features some pretty amazing graphics, call Online Underground.

It seems as though in a crowded environment like video game consoles, you need something to stand out from the rest in order to succeed. Whether the high definition on the go, or the MMO niche will be enough for the Jungle, is yet to be seen. The Japanese company, however, certainly has the bank roll, as well as employees to produce something spectacular. Last year Panasonic, which employs over 290,000 people, had a net income of $4.4 billion, and owned assets worth approximately $64 billion.

Pokemon Apocalypse is not real

Two days ago, a Pokémon Apokélypse Trailer was posted on YouTube. The trailer is HD quality and the graphics are done extremely well. However, even though it may seem like a legitimate movie trailer, it is simply created by fans of Pokemon.

Pokemon Apocalypse is not really coming to theaters near you, but the trailer is certainly entertaining to watch.

With all of this said, the Pokemon Apocalypse trailer really was created in response to another supposedly ‘leaked’ Pokemon movie trailer that was posted on YouTube on September 14. There really has been no confirmation yet, as to whether or not the leaked trailer is real. The internet still remains divided.

Here is the original Pokemon movie trailer that was posted on YouTube on September 14. You decide for yourself if it is real.

Now here is the fan-made Pokemon Apocalypse movie trailer that was posted on September 20.

KI-VOLTAGE PRODUCTIONS presents “POKEMON: APOKELYPSE:”

Whether there is a real live-action Pokemon movie coming about, is not known for sure. We feel that the original leaked trailer is bogus, but this does not mean a movie isn’t in the making.

For those of you who do not know, Pokémon is the second most lucrative video game based media franchise in the world, behind only Super Mario Brothers. Pokémon has been merchandised into anime, trading cards, manga, books, toys and other media merchandise. There have been over 200 million copies of video games sold in the Pokemon franchise.

What do you think? Is the original leaked Pokemon trailer genuine?

PS3 Update 3.50 Released

Even though the PS3 will now have the ability to play Blu-ray discs with version 3.50, one must still own a 3D display in order to watch 3D movies on the system. This added feature means that we should see some new 3D games coming to the PS3 sometime soon.

Another feature that has been added with with the 3.50 update, is Facebook Integration. It will allow game makers to include social features in their new games, and the ability to post updates to Facebook. Could this possible help Sony take some business from social game companies like Zynga? It’s very possible.

Zynga has made a name for itself in the social gaming world. If Sony plays their cards right, they could make social based games like Zynga, for the PS3. Imagine playing Call of Duty online with more social aspects like that of Mafia War. Some people believe there would be no added benefit, while others are excited about this possibility.

On top of these 2 major changes, here is a list of some of the other PS3 Updates in version 3.50.
- A Better description of the 14 most common errors on the system.
- PS Move can be used as web browser cursor, like that of a mouse.
- Updated user interface for PlayStation Plus in PlayStation Store, to make it more easy to use.
- New Qriocity icon in the Music section. Currently only available in Europe.
- Users reports can be sent from PS3 through the ‘Friends’ tab.
- 3D notification screens appear for 3D enabled games.

With the 3.50 update, Sony continues to update their PS3 firmware when new technology is needed. What do you think about the new added features?

NBA 2K11

The Demo will allow players to play one quarter of last season’s NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and LA Lakers.

The cover of the game features one of the games best players, Michael Jordan. You can also play as Jordan in the 2011 version of the game.

The NBA 2K11 game features a new music track including the following:
The Alan Parsons Project – Sirius
Chicharones – Little By Little
Children Collide – Skeleton Dance
Constellations feat. Asher Roth– We’re Here To Save The Day
Dan Black feat. Kid Cudi – Symphonies (Remix)
Snoop Dogg – NBA 2K Theme
Big Boi – Shutterbug
Drake – Over
Ev – Home Of The Brave (Instrumental)
Failsafe – Hope & Only If We Learn
HOGNI – Bow Down
Brunettes – Red Rollerskates
Cassidy – Game Time
Ron Artest – Champion
Duck-Down All-Stars feat. Buckshot, Skyzoo, Promise, and Sean Price – Better Than You
Delorean – Deli
Kidz In Space – Downtime
Middleman – It’s Not Over Yet
Rakaa feat. Aloe Blaac – Crown Of Thorns
The Redland – So Far
The Russian Futurists – Paul Simon & Precious Metals
Sonny Bones – Rise
Two Door Cinema Club – I Can Talk
Yung Autmatik & Bayroot Productions – Go Hard or Go Home
Dux Jones – Pourin’ It On
Art vs. Science – Hollywood
Big Rock Candy Mountain – Rocketship

Here is the NBA 2K11 Trailer Video

FFXIV

FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test Postponed

FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test, which is scheduled to begin at 02:00 (GMT) on Sept. 1, 2010, will be postponed due to a confirmation of critical bugs. New schedule will be releaseｄ at a later date.

Along with the postponement of FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test, the issuing of registration code for FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test will be postponed as well. With the download of client software’s installer, it will be suspended at 02:00 (GMT) on Sept. 1, 2010.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

There currently is no date set for the Open Beta to continue.

Xbox Live

The new pricing model was seen coming for some time now. The yearly price jumps $10 from $50/year to $60/year. The quarterly price will increase by $5 per quarter. It will go from $20/quarter to $25/quarter. The monthly pricing will jump from $8 to $10.

Microsoft is giving current membership holders a chance to renew for one more year at only $40.00 which is $10 off the current price and $20 off the future price.

Most Xbox Live Gold members are not so much upset that they must now pay an extra $10/year, but rather upset that they don’t have any control over the pricing. For example, Playstation 3 members get to play online free of charge, as do Wii Online members. Whether or not this new price increase will effect new sign ups, will be interesting to see. Sony and Nintendo certainly aren’t concerned about this new pricing jump.

Playstation Network is currently down

The Playstation Network just recently had a video content update on Friday, and as far as we can tell, there was no scheduled maintenance for today. However, things do come up, and unscheduled maintenance is necessary from time to time.

Nintendo Wii

Nintendo announced yesterday that it has sold 30 million units of the Wii system in the United States alone. This is a staggering number, one that not many experts predicted upon it’s launch almost four years ago.

Nintendo Wii, is the first gaming console to allow users to be more interactive in games. For example, if you are playing a baseball game, your remote control becomes the baseball bat. Gamers both young and old have been attracted to system, and parents love it because it allows their children to get exercise while playing a video game.

Worldwide, Nintendo has reached almost 71 million units sold. They are on pace to break Sony Playstation 2′s mark of 140 million. New gaming systems are set to come out until 2012 by the large manufacturers like Sony and Microsoft. Nintendo however, probably won’t launch a new console until after that.

GameStreamer, Inc., a digital distribution network, announced today it has added three more casual games publishers this week to its fast growing downloadable PC games catalog. Titles from these publishers will be sold throughout the GameStreamer network of white label partner downloadable PC game stores as well GameStreamer’s consumer direct core and casual games stores, gamestreamer.com and pcgamestore.com, reaching millions of consumers.

“We’re happy to have such established game publishers as these join our digital distribution network,” said Steig Westerberg, CEO of GameStreamer. “As we continue to grow our network and work on the final push of our new products, having quality titles for our white label distribution partners is important.”

Popular game titles available now include: Gobliiins Trilogy and Krypton Egg from DotEmu and Massive Assault from wargaming.net.

Currently in beta, all GameStreamer powered white label stores will include select games enabled with the GameStreamer exclusive StreamPlay™ technology, a ready-to-play stream that negates the need for consumers to install games, mitigates incompatible DLL issues and requires no changes to the system registry. It’s a console like experience for PC games. StreamPlay technology will be added to more games over the next couple of months.