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The GA review for Castle Crashers is now available in our reviews database for everyone to read.
Owners of an Xbox 360 might shy back from the 1200 MS points price point of The Behemoth's Castle Crashers. If you've been wondering whether the beat-em-up/RPG from the creators of Alien Hominid is worth the $18 or so, check out the GameArena Review where we explore what it is about CC that stopped our anti-cooperative ways.
About the game's poor online capabilities, the developer's blog stated that an update for Castle Crashers is on its way. Have you played CC yet? Are you hesitant due to the game's cost, or did you make the plunge anyway? Square Enix's friendly takeover bid for rival Japanese company Tecmo has failed, and the Final Fantasy developer has withdrawn its bid.
The publisher of Tecmo Super Bowl, the Dead or Alive series and the Ninja Gaiden games has instead decided to pursue a merger with another Japanese company - Koei. Best known for their Dynasty Warriors series, Koei has been making button mashing action and historical strategy games since the NES - their latest title is Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2, mixing their trademark massive battlegrounds with the popular anime Gundam Wing. When we brought news of Squeenix and Tecmo getting friendly we wanted to know what games the collaboration might bring. So what about Koei and Tecmo? Romance of the Three Ninjas? Dynasty or Alive? Check out the latest video for Tecmo Bowl Kickoff on the DS for awesome 80's style music.
Tecmo Bowl "Kickoff" DS TrailerPosted: 04 Sep 08 | 68 views | 3 downloads | 4.7MB
Activate 08: The event itself
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Forget E3, Tokyo Games Show and Leipzig - Activate is Activision's premier event to hit up press and retailers with their latest wares. This year it was held in Auckland, where rugby is god and sheep are scared.
We checked out the latest builds of some of the most influential games that will hit stores in the next few months - Call of Duty: World at War, the new Bond game - Quantum of Solace, and of course the mighty Guitar Hero World Tour. But first - some words about the event, the vibe and how the new joined Activision Blizzard team are working. Take-Two Interactive's third quarter fiscal report says Rockstar's GTA IV has sold ten MILLION units as of August 16.
The PC version of Rockstar's crime epic isn't even out yet - it's not due until November 21 - and yet the game has already hit the big ten million mark thanks to Xbox 360 and PS3 sales. Apart from that eye opening piece of news other information out of the report included Take-Two's current line up for Fiscal Year 2009 (November 1 2008 until October 31 2009). The line-up includes Mafia 2, Bioshock 2 and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. Are you one of the ten million people who grabbed GTA IV? Are you part of the other ten million club - World of Warcraft? Which upcoming game from Take-Two do you think will come closest to GTA IV's three and a half month blitz? Andy's reached the 100 episode milestone! Since the 15th of September 2006 Andy has been bringing us the news on gaming in Australia - with the help of Crash Bandicoot, Goomba and Donkey Kong of course.
This week he looks back at some of his favourite moments since his first episode and chronicles the path he's taken to get here. Head on over to our very special 100 episodes page to watch the latest weekly update now! Do you have a favourite episode? Andy's had quite a few celebrities on the show - Jack Black must be a fan because he keeps coming back. What's been your favourite moment?
BigPond GameArena Weekly Update 05 Sep 2008Posted: 04 Sep 08 | 823 views | 38 downloads | 164.1MBActivision has announced the worldwide multiplayer beta for Call of Duty World at War is coming in October this year to PC and Xbox 360.
The multiplayer beta will give punters the opportunity to put their mad skills into action as they pick a side and fight for the Pacific or European fronts. Treyarch Studio boss Mark Lamia said,
According to the Call of Duty blog 360 beta spots will be in limited supply - although PC gamers will be able to get in on the action whenever it becomes available. GameArena will keep you posted on any news as it becomes available. Do you think you'll have a favourite side in CoD5? The original Mercenaries was set in the future - the year 2008. We've hit the big '08 now and the sequel is finally out for PS3, Xbox 360, PC and PS2 - so how does it stand up?
The GameArena review is now available in our reviews database - head through to scope out what we thought of this sequel.
Are you thinking of getting your hands on Mercenaries 2? Were you a fan of the previous game, or did it not really tickle your fancy? We've got our hands on the new Customisation trailer from Rockstar's upcoming street racer Midnight Club LA.
If you read our hands-on look last month you might recall yours truly making the world's worst looking car. The latest trailer for MCLA shows off why I did it - the insane amount of customisation MCLA is giving up. Watch the video now and tell us - if you could make your dream car what would it be? We think a garage full of movie cars is a good start - the Bumblebee Camaro from Transformers, The General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard...
Midnight Club Los Angeles "Garage" TrailerPosted: 04 Sep 08 | 260 views | 21 downloads | 27.6MBThe Smashing Pumpkins has recorded a song specifically for Guitar Hero World Tour and they'll be launching the title within the game before it hits any other medium.
The song, G.L.O.W., will be available shortly after launch in a downloadable content pack alongside Smashing Pumpkins classics 1979 and The Everlasting Gaze. Billy Corgan himself will be a playable character in the game from launch, accompanying the band's hit song Today. Activision also released a new video detailing Corgan's from real life rock legend to Guitar Hero - you can watch it in the videos library now. The music industry's push towards video games is really becoming evident - as Billy Corgan says in the video, "Guitar Hero... represents music that people actually listen to." Music games are a great way to push songs you might not listen to, or bands you might not normally like - have you discovered a great title thanks to a video game?
Guitar Hero World Tour "Billy Corgan" TrailerPosted: 03 Sep 08 | 166 views | 17 downloads | 31.7MBIf you've been looking forward to seeing Jake Gyllenhaal shirtless and swinging about a middle eastern setting we've got bad news for you - Disney's live action movie adaptation of the classic Prince of Persia series has been delayed until 2010.
The movie was aiming for a release mid 2009, but reports directly from Disney have pushed the film back for as yet unknown reasons. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal as the titular Prince in a quest to stop Ben Kingsley's Nizam from stealing the Sands of Time and in production by the Pirates of the Caribbean's Jerry Bruckheimer, the movie will definitely take the series mainstream.  Expect more of this in 2010. We're looking forward to this film - if it's fantastic Prince of Persia will become a household name and we'll see even more Prince of Persia movies... We might even see some good video game movies. On the other hand, if it's terrible we'll mount a quest for the Sands of Time, reverse time to before the movie is made and burn down the set.
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