Blizzard has announce yet another delay for their most anticipated game, StarCraft Ghost. Blizzard reps want to be 100% confident with gameplay and graphics and want gamers to get as much as they can from the game. No date has been specified for release, so I guess we can just forget about this game for a bit.
Since EA and Xbox Live have struck a deal, Madden has added more online features that will literally keep you from watching ESPN. EA has added customizable live sports tickers,which means you can keep tabs on real life sports scores and your buddies online status and stats. Also Tournament capabilities will be enhanced majorly, and reputation ratings will be much more detailed. Another cool feature that will added is updating the rosters during the football season. Depending on how many changes there are during the real NFL footbal season, will allocate roster changes. So stay tuned for some more gaming news.
I slapped myself just to make sure that I wasn’t dreaming. Sega has announced that ESPN NKL 2K5 will be priced at $19.99, which will hit stores on August 24 for the Xbox and PS2. Sources from EB Games have confirmed the price of $19.99 to be absolutely TRUE!! So get your game face on, cause this is definitely a game to get.
Since the big dog is out on vacation, I will try and see if I can provide you folks with some kind of gaming news. Due to budget problems, which consist of not compensating employees for insurance and proper wages, the State of California placed a $179,000 fine on Interplay. Interplay has officially closed its offices in California for the time being. CEO for Interplay Herve Caen has stated that Interplay will still be operational.
Toyota is offering a full demo of Gran Turismo 4 at toyoya.com. The only catch is, you must request information on their Hybrid vehicle The Toyota Prius. Of course be prepared to fill out a ton of stuff online and recieve a library of brochures and other Toyota stuff.
This does not surprise me one bit. This years upcoming Quakecon will not host or even demo the new upcoming Quake IV. WOW!! Didn’t see that coming, considering that the game has been in development for the past century. Raven software is still not confident in publicly showing any progress on the upcoming title Quake IV. I guess they will just do with playing their out of date Quake III.
[floatleft]http://www.snackbar-games.com/images/reviews/bfvietnam/cover.jpg[/floatleft]Since the release of Battlefield 1942, FPS online multiplayers have never been the same. Typically you wonder what other creative stuff can be add to a series. After the last release of the BF 1942 series “Secret Weapons of WWII”, the gaming community began to enjoy the likes of “Desert Combat”. Desert Combat is a mod with modern weapons, maps, and assault vehicles where you are fighting against a terrorist regime. Once the announcement hit that Vietnam was the next war in the series, I thought maybe it would be worth checking out. After reading previews and seeing screens and watching trailers it was known that this game would rule the FPS online multiplayer community.
EA wanted to put the gamer in a time machine and literally send him/her back to that time period. Many of the maps and the Vietnam Era music, remind you of scenes in movies like Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, and We Were Soldiers. Little details like listening to Stars and Bars radio while on base or blaring your choice of Vietnam era music while flying your attack helicopter on enemy territory really add to the experience. Another good aspect about BF Vietnam is the accuracy in maps and battles. Each map has its own unique forces which fought in that particular battle. Whether it was the Unidentified Viet Cong Forces, the Air Cavalry Division, North Vietnamese Army, or the Marines these forces carry a heavy amount of weaponry.
[floatright]http://www.snackbar-games.com/images/reviews/bfvietnam/ss03_thumb.jpg[/floatright]The maps in BF Vietnam are huge with lush vegetation all around. The foliage in BF Vietnam provides great cover for anyone who wishes to sneak up on the enemy. Rice patties, palm trees, hills, and bodies of water are emphasized highly on each map. Visually, BF Vietnam is beautifully designed with great detail and amazing color. The maps aren’t the only features that are new in BF Vietnam. The customization options of your soldiers appearance is bonus to the gameplay. This feature just adds a little more creativity to the mix. Depending on which map you’re fighting on, you are given a few options of your soldier’s clothing, face and of course his class. My favorite soldier appearance is using the rough, rugged VC with the straw hat and sporting no shirt. The weapons each class carry were well designed with intricate firing sounds and reload action. The land, air, and water assault vehicles range from Phantom Jets, Sheridan tanks, Chanook Helicopters, T-54 tanks, Mig 17 attack jets, and Mi 8 Helicopter. American vehicles all come equipped with your choice of music to play while driving.
Battlefield Vietnam allows the gamer to experience a small portion of the essence of the Vietnam Era. With great music, weapons, and historically accurate maps Battlefield Vietnam assures the gamer with top notch gameplay. For you history and facts gurus, BF Vietnam also educates you with historic war facts of the Vietnam conflict in between loading times. With much competition EA pulls yet another great FPS from their sleeve and keeps the Battlefield series alive and well. I suggest that all of you PC gamers really consider securing yourself a copy of this game because it’s a classic.
Oh yeah peeps!! The new update for Counter Strike CZ Version 1.2 should be available through Steam sometime this week. The new update should have new character models, new AI for hostages, new maps and some more additions. So be on the look out for the update.
