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DMC (Devil May Cry) Review

Melbourne Australia 30 Jan 2013 – Impulse Gamer’s Ryan Adams reviews the new rebooted franchise of Devil May Cry starring the enigmatic Dante!

Dante is back, but not as you remember.

You play as the half angel, half demon, lean mean fighting machine Dante, the only being on earth that can kill Mundus the Demon King. But why the hell should you care? Well that SOB killed your mother and imprisoned your Dad! So screw that, he is going down.

Full Review Here – http://www.impulsegamer.com/360dmcdevilmaycry.html

 
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Apple Increases iPad with Retina Display to 128GB

Offers Twice the Storage Capacity to Create & Enjoy Even More Incredible Content

CUPERTINO, California?30 January, 2013?Apple® today announced a 128GB* version of the fourth generation iPad® with Retina® display. The 128GB iPad with Wi-Fi and iPad with Wi-Fi + Cellular models provide twice the storage capacity of the 64GB models to hold even more valuable content including photos, documents, projects, presentations, books, movies, TV shows, music and apps.

“With more than 120 million iPads sold, it’s clear that customers around the world love their iPads, and everyday they are finding more great reasons to work, learn and play on their iPads rather than their old PCs,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “With twice the storage capacity and an unparalleled selection of over 300,000 native iPad apps, enterprises, educators and artists have even more reasons to use iPad for all their business and personal needs.”

iPad continues to have a significant impact on business with virtually all of the Fortune 500 and over 85 percent of the Global 500 currently deploying or testing iPad. Companies regularly utilising large amounts of data such as 3D CAD files, X-rays, film edits, music tracks, project blueprints, training videos and service manuals all benefit from having a greater choice of storage options for iPad. The over 10 million iWork® users, and customers who rely on other incredible apps like Global Apptitude for analysing team film and creating digital playbooks, Auria for an incredible 48 track recording system, or AutoCAD for drafting architectural and engineering drawings, also benefit greatly from having the choice of an iPad with more storage capacity.

“Our AutoCAD WS app for iOS was designed to give customers seamless access to their designs anywhere, anytime,” said Amy Bunszel, vice president of AutoCAD products for Autodesk. “These files are often large and highly detailed so having the thin and light iPad with its Multitouch display, integrated camera and all-day battery life, is a real advantage for iPad users to view, edit and share their AutoCAD data.”

“The features and capabilities of iPad give us the ability to set a new standard for multitrack recording and editing on a mobile device,” said Rim Buntinas, WaveMachine Labs’ CEO. “Users of the Auria app can play 48 mono or stereo 24bit/96 kHz tracks simultaneously, record up to 24 of those tracks simultaneously, and also edit and mix with familiar tools. With its portability and all-day battery life, iPad has revolutionised recording for audio professionals allowing artists to record anywhere.”

“The bottom line for our customers is winning football games, and iPad running our GamePlan solution unquestionably helps players be as prepared as possible,” said Randall Fusee, Global Apptitude Co-Founder. “The iPad’s unbeatable combination of security, being thin and light, having an incredible Retina display and also being powerful enough to handle large amounts of data enables us to deliver a product that takes film study to a new level and ultimately gives our users the best opportunity to prepare, execute and win.”

The fourth generation iPad features a gorgeous 9.7-inch Retina display, Apple-designed A6X chip, FaceTime® HD camera, iOS 6.1 and ultrafast wireless performance**. iOS 6.1 includes support for additional LTE networks around the world***, and iTunes Match? subscribers can download individual songs to their iOS devices from iCloud®.

iPad runs over 800,000 apps available on the App Store?, including more than 300,000 apps designed specifically for iPad, from a wide range of categories including books, games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel. iPad also supports the more than 5,000 newspapers and magazines offered in Newsstand, and the more than 1.5 million books available on the iBookstore?.

Pricing & Availability
The new 128GB versions of the fourth generation iPad will be available starting US Tuesday, February 5, in black or white, for a recommended retail price of A$869 inc. GST for the iPad with Wi-Fi model and A$1,009 inc. GST for the iPad with Wi-Fi + Cellular model. All versions of the 128GB iPad will be sold through the Apple Online Store (www.apple.com/au), Apple retail stores and select Apple Authorised Resellers.

*1GB = 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less.
**Network speeds are dependent on carrier networks. Check with your carrier for details.
*** Information about LTE carriers can be found at www.apple.com/ipad/LTE.

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad.

 
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Gaijin Entertainment’s War Thunder MMO Enters Open Beta

World War II combat MMO goes global as beta access opens in Europe, North America, and South America.

Gaijin Entertainment, the developer and publisher of the upcoming World War II combat MMO War Thunder, is proud to announce the start of the game’s open beta test in Europe, North America, and South America. This announcement comes a few weeks after the open beta began in Russia.

“After four years of working on War Thunder, we’re sincerely happy that we can finally present it to the gaming community all over the world,” says Kirill Yudintsev, Creative Director of Gaijin Entertainment. “Every stage of the development, and every update, brings us closer to the goal we’ve established for War Thunder: a combat MMO so massive it’s sort of game that, until now, players could only dream about. With all of the new features recently added, we believe that War Thunder will exceed players’ expectations and that aerial combat fans and World War II buffs are in for a real treat.”

During the closed beta test, more than 600,000 players participated in over 60 million matches, spending millions of hours competing in thrilling and historically accurate World War II battles. Meanwhile, War Thunder received more than a thousand updates, constantly presenting new features and general improvements to make the overall gameplay experience more realistic, exciting, and convenient. As a result, new open beta participants will find War Thunder significantly improved with the latest major update (v.1.25) and upcoming 1.27, which includes:

• Updated interface: All menus, hangar elements, planes, stats, and achievement screens were changed and upgraded with additional data to be more informative and user-friendly.
• Communication functions: General game chat was added, as well as all necessary communication functions such as private channels, friend lists, and blacklists.
• Team play: The long-awaited combat wings formations are now available. Teaming up into groups of 2 or 4 pilots, players will be able to join regular battles together and use team play tactics to bring victory to their brothers in arms.
• Realistic battles: This new third mode of War Thunder’s regular PvP battles includes cockpit view only, no markers on enemy ground targets, a simulator difficulty preset, and specifically designed levels and combat scenarios. With the priceless assistance of the open beta participants, Gaijin will continue to improve War Thunder’s realistic battles to ensure that they satisfy even the most sophisticated virtual pilots.
• New flight models: More than a hundred flight models were completely reworked and fine-tuned. Gaijin has also introduced several new aircraft in the British and German beta technical trees, and added a number of bomb, rocket, and fuel modifications for dozens of planes. A complete list of updates is available in the Change Log section of WarThunder.com.

The development team is very thankful to all beta testers for their input in making War Thunder the game of MMO players’ dreams. The project is still in development, and players who join in War Thunder’s intense, realistic aerial combat during the open beta will also influence the remaining development and help to make the game even better. For detailed info about Gaijin’s ongoing work on War Thunder, please check out the development roadmap at WarThunder.com.

War Thunder MMO Enters Open Beta – Official Trailer (youtube): http://youtu.be/5BWqTXoNjtQ

 
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Injustice: Gods Among Us Trailer Revealing Lex Luthor!

Today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment released the newest trailer from Injustice: Gods Among Us. Featuring Lex Luthor and other major players from the game’s story, the video provides the first glimpse into the battle lines being drawn among heroes and villains.

Injustice: Gods Among Us is an all-new game in development by award-winning NetherRealm Studios, creators of the definitive fighting game franchise Mortal Kombat. The title debuts a bold new fighting game franchise that introduces a deep, original story featuring a large cast of favourite DC Comics icons such as Batman, Green Arrow, Cyborg, Harley Quinn, Nightwing, Solomon Grundy, Superman, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and many others. Set in a world where the lines between good and evil are blurred, players will experience heroes and villains engaging in epic battles on a massive scale.

For more information on the game, visit www.injustice.com.

 
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Hitman HD Trilogy Launch Trailer

SYDNEY (January 29, 2013) – IO Interactive A/S, a Square Enix studio, presents the HTIMAN®: HD TRILOGY launch trailer. Experience for the first time ever the classic and critically acclaimed games: HITMAN 2: SILENT ASSASSIN, HITMAN: CONTRACTS and HITMAN: BLOOD MONEY, unified in one deadly HD-Collection for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

HITMAN: HD TRILOGY also includes HTIMAN®: SNIPER CHALLENGE™, the stand-alone sniper experience given to those who pre-ordered HITMAN: ABSOLUTION. Items unlocked in this version of the HITMAN: SNIPER CHALLENGE are not transferable to any other game.

HITMAN: HD TRILOGY is scheduled for release across Australia and New Zealand on Thursday 31st January for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and Xbox 360.

Related Links:
HITMAN: ABSOLUTION Official Homepage: www.hitman.com
THE INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT AGENCY: ica.hitman.com
FACEBOOK http://www.facebook.com/Hitman
WHO IS 47 www.whois47.com

 
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WITNESS THE BATTLE OF BRANDS HATCH – CODEMASTERS® RELEASES FIRST ‘CHRIS HARRIS ON GRID®2™ VIDEO

TWO MCLARENS GO HEAD-TO-HEAD IN TRAILER FEATURING LIVE ACTION AND IN-GAME FOOTAGE, NOW PLAYING AT www.youtube.com/gridgame

SYDNEY – January 29th  – Codemasters® today released a new video combining both dramatic live action and stunning in-game footage of two 592bhp McLaren MP4-12cs racing at the world famous Brands Hatch circuit. GRID 2™ is the long-awaited sequel to the BAFTA-award winning GRID™, and is set to release this winter (ANZ)  for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC.

The video, part one of a series of three, follows the fortunes of Chris Harris, motoring journalist and regular contributor to YouTube’s DRIVE channel, who has joined together with Codemasters to provide insight into car handling and vehicle selection for the game. In the video, Chris throws his McLaren around the famous circuit in pursuit of McLaren test driver Mat Jackson and uses in-game expertise from GRID 2 and Codemasters staff to gain the advantage. The video shows how Brands Hatch is created in-game and features stunning real life footage of the stunning McLarens power-sliding around some of the most iconic corners in racing, and is now playing at www.youtube.com/gridgame.

“I’m thoroughly enjoying working on these videos for GRID 2, and adding a few pointers to help develop the handling on some of the key cars in the game. It’s a great opportunity to explore the ever-closer relationship between real driving and the virtual world,” said Chris Harris. “As someone who spends so much time in the latest supercars, it’s been fascinating seeing the intricacies of the Codemasters development process used to create these virtual machines, and the accuracy of the results is mind-bending!” 

Brands Hatch is just one of GRID 2’s beautifully realised locations. Across three continents, players will travel the world, racing at diverse and dramatic environments including licensed tracks like Yas Marinas in Abu Dhabi and Austria’s Red Bull Ring, street circuits in Paris and Chicago and stunning open road environments including the sun-kissed California Coast and dangerous Japanese mountain roads plus many more.

GRID 2’s expansive career mode will challenge players to be fast, be first and be famous as they enter a stunning new world of competitive motorsport. In an expansive career mode, players will experience aggressive wheel-to-wheel racing against advanced AI where each spectacular race unfolds with cinematic immersion. Building on the handling model from GRID, the new TrueFeel™ Handling System will use real physics to hit a sweetspot between accessibility and simulation and deliver handling that is approachable yet challenging to master.

GRID 2 will also set new standards for a racing multiplayer experience with an entirely distinct and extensive gameplay component and unique progression system. Deep customisation options and integration with RaceNet – the online community portal for Codemasters Racing games which tracks player’s races, rewards and rivals – will offer further immersion and connectivity in GRID 2’s new world of motorsport.

Fans can keep up with all the latest updates straight from the studio by speeding over to www.youtube.com/gridgameand www.facebook.com/gridgame or follow the team at www.twitter.com/gridgame.

 
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Free Cyborg Ninja with every copy of METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE!

Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has announced a free DLC pack that will accompany European versions of its METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE title for PlayStation(R)3 and Xbox 360(R).

The game will be released on February 21st, and KONAMI has announced that every copy will include a free DLC code to unlock a custom Cyborg Ninja body for use in the game.  Based on the design of the hugely popular character Gray Fox from the original METAL GEAR SOLID, the Cyborg Ninja DLC not only allows users to assume the guise of the popular character, but it also allows them to use and upgrade his powerful FOX BLADE within METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE.

 
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MADDEN NFL 13 SUPER BOWL PREDICTION POWERED BY XBOX 360 CROWNS BALTIMORE RAVENS AS CHAMPS

SYDNEY, Australia – Jan. 29, 2013 – In a thrilling contest that went down to the final seconds, the Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) Madden NFL 13 Super Bowl Prediction Powered by Xbox 360® has predicted the Baltimore Ravens as Super Bowl XLVII champions, defeating the San Francisco 49ers 27 – 24. With the victory, the Ravens captured their second Lombardi Trophy and allowed linebacker Ray Lewis to end his illustrious NFL career as a Super Bowl champion.

 
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Columbia: A modern day Icarus? (New BioShock Infinite Trailer)

Columbia: A modern day Icarus?

In this “Truth From Legend” segment, Alistar Bloom attempts to unlock the mysteries of Columbia, and reviews artifacts that pose new and troubling questions about the city.

 
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ACE COMBATTM ASSAULT HORIZON: ENHANCED EDITION available now on Windows PC for the first time ever at retailers and via digital download.

NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S. released today ACE COMBATTM ASSAULT HORIZON: ENHANCED EDITION in Europe and Australasia, available at retailers and for download via Steam® and other digital retailers.

ACE COMBAT™ ASSAULT HORIZON: ENHANCED EDITION features controls and graphics that have been optimized specifically for PC users. The PC version includes many of the DLC items released on the console versions of the game. Players will have immediate access to additional aircrafts and numerous aircraft skins as well as skills and maps. The multiplayer portion of the game will feature support through Games for Windows® Live from Microsoft.

ACE COMBAT™ ASSAULT HORIZON is also available for purchase via the PlayStation®Network for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system