Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Ridge Racer Unbounded


From the name of the game, you can tell that Ridge Racer Unbounded is a racing game. But this time, your cars are not merely racing machines. In the game, you will see cars leap, buildings crumble and streets explode. The game offers additional features different from the original Ridge Racer. Additional features include the ability to create and share tracks and crash into opponents or through the environment to find shortcuts.

Players can select from different kinds of racing machines, mimicking the real-world cars but at the same time retaining their unique, pseudo-futuristic styles, which the game is known for.
If you want to find out more about the game, what better way than to try the game yourself! The game is now available for purchase through XBOX Live. The game also supports English, French, Spanish, German and Italian on Demand version.

Ridge Racer Unbounded, which is now available for purchase through XBOX Live, supports different languages including English, French, Italian, German and Spanish on Demand version.
Ridge Racer Unbounded cover

Ridge Racer Unbounded gameplay

Microsoft points cost: 2320 credits

Game marketplace release date: July 31, 2012
Original release date: March 27, 2012

Game type: Xbox360
Genre: Action & Adventure, Racing & Flying
Multiplayer: Local 2 & Online 2-12
Co-op: Local 2 & Online 2-6
File size: 1.60 GB

Developer: Bugbear Entertainment Ltd.
Publisher: NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.

Local capabilities: In-Game Dolby Digital
Online capabilities: Content downloads, Leaderboards




Saturday, August 4, 2012

Wreckateer

Wreckateer is a video game available for Xbox 360 and requires the use of Kinect. As a new recruit of the Wreck & Tinker Destruction Company, your objective is to destroy Goblin-infested kingdoms across the Kingdom using a magic siege weapon, the Ballista. It is a game of physics-based destruction set in a fantasy medieval world. In order to earn more points in the game, you have to aim your shots right. There are different shot types featured in the game. You have the Split Shot, where the shot splits into 4 smaller shots. This will allow the player to adjust the shots as they fly through the air. You can also spread your wings and fly like a bird to guide the shot’s trajectory using the Flying Shot. Figuring out which type of shot is best suited to cause more damage also makes the game more fun and challenging.

wreckateer cover

wreckateer gameplay

Microsoft points cost: 800 credits

Release date: July 25, 2012 (original and game marketplace release date)
Game type: Xbox360 (Kinect)
Genre: Action & Adventure
Trial: downloadable
Multiplayer: Local 2 players
File size: 1.66 GB

Developer: Iron Galaxy
Publisher: Microsoft Studios

Online capabilities: Leaderboards
Local capabilities: HDTV 720p, In-Game Dolby Digital



Prototype 2

Prototype 2, released last April 24, 2012, is a prequel to the 2009’s Prototype. It is a shape-shifting, open world action-adventure type of game that has some RPG elements to it.  The game also features the unsurpassed carnage in the original Prototype, but this time focusing on James Heller. After a viral outbreak claims the lives of Sgt James Heller’s family, he must fight his way across New York Zero, the infected wasteland to defeat the man responsible, Alex Mercer, the same enemy in the original Prototype.

James Heller has the ability to shapeshift and assume other people’s identities. Heller can also use weapons in the game to be used against the enemies. Tendrils that sprout from Heller’s arms have also been added and they can be used for different purposes.

Prototype 2, which is now available for purchase through XBOX Live, supports different languages including English and German on Demand version.

To find out more how to play the game, you can always visit http://marketplace.xbox.com and select “See Game Manual” for you to get started in the game.

Prototype 2 cover

Prototype 2 gameplay

Microsoft points cost: Visit here

Game marketplace release date: July 24, 2012
Original release date: April 24, 2012

Game type: Xbox360
Genre: Action & Adventure
Trailer: downloadable
File size: 7.30 GB

Developer: Radical
Publisher: Activision

Online capabilities: Content downloads
Local Capabilities: HDTV 720p, In-Game Dolby Digital





Raving Rabbids: Alive and Kicking

Are you ready for the Raving Rabidds to mess with your life as they invade your own home and play with you through ridiculous but fun physical challenges? Raving Rabidds: Alive and Kicking is the 6th game for the Rayman series, released last 2011 only for XBOX 360 and requires the use of Kinect. You will be interacting with the Rabidds and do everything you can to stop the Rabidds’ invasion.

The game features different crazy game modes and a dozen of new mini-games too. In the story mode, the player must complete a set of trials followed by a boss trial. Completing the trials allows you to get various costumes with matching music. There’s also the score mode which can be played as a multiplayer party game of up to 4 players where you can repeat the “trials” and compete on the score.

Raving Rabbids: A & K, which is now available for purchase through XBOX Live, supports different languages including English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Portuguese on Demand version.


Raving Rabbids: A&K gameplay


Microsoft points cost: Visit here

Game marketplace release date: July 24, 2012
Original release date: November 11, 2011

Game Type: Xbox 360 (Kinect)
Genre: Other, Family
Multiplayer: Local 1-4 players
Co-op: Local 2-4 players
Trial: downloadable
File size: 2.60 GB

Developer: Ubisoft
Publisher: Ubisoft

Online Capabilities: Leaderboards
Local Capabilities: In-Game Dolby Digital