Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
With very adult content, the brand new Grand Theft Auto has two games in one box – The Ballad of Gay Tony and The Lost and the Damned, neither of which requires the original Grand Theft Auto to play.
Set in the depraved Liberty City, a world of money, beautiful women, luxury cars, bikes and boats, the Ballad of Gay Tony features the story of the assistant to the nightclub owner Tony Prince, who becomes involved in an orgy of guns, violence and crime as he struggles to ascertain who he can trust in a fake world. With a good story line and voice acting and new activities such as Drug Wars, Club Management, Dancing and Drinking Games, the action is even more fast-paced than before with the chance to pilot military helicopters, parachute onto skyscrapers and moving trucks and take part in realistic fight scenes.
The Lost and the Damned takes a new angle on the storyline begun in GTA lV and players will recognise some characters and events. Johnny, a former member of the notorious biker gang, The Lost, has built bridges and organised truces with other local gangs. When his brother, Billy, the out-of-control president, returns from rehab in a violent mood, Johnny attempts to create order out of chaos. Players won’t be disappointed by the action, power graphics, lighting, new vehicles and arsenal of heavy weaponry. The game can be played as a single player with the addition of new activities like Gang Wars and Bike Races or as a multiplayer.
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
The loveable chipmunk and his friends are back in a hilarious Squeakquel to be released on 11th December 2009 with a RRP of £24.99.
You can play as the chipmunks themselves; Alvin, Simon and Theodore or as rival girl-group; The Chipettes - Brittany, Jeannette and Eleanor, in a cool storyline that takes you across the world and back to different concert locations in cities like New York, London and Sydney where you can perform music tracks that feature either band with their different characteristics or warble a duet with both.
In the main game you can prove that you’ve got rhythm by using your musical skills to master the award-winning songs from the Alvin and The Chipmunks back catalogue. These are judged in varying degrees of difficulty based on tempo and complexity with two global modes of difficulty; Normal and Expert that can be changed anytime during the game. If you manage to fill the stadiums with your fans, there are attendance records to be earned too to boost your score. In a gripping finale that takes place at Hollywood’s Super Duper Dome anything could happen.
Three micro-games use the Wii Remote and Nunchuk or there’s a Multiplayer Party Mode so you can compete with up to two friends and have a ball or you can watch music videos of your favourite songs in the Jukebox Mode while you squeak away to your heart’s content.
SteelSeries Zboard Limited Edition Keyset release dates
Now you can get a customised keyset for your AION game with dedicated short-cut keys, stunning graphics and increased actions per minute that will enhance your playing experience and sharpen up your game. It includes a removable standard keyset for everyday use plus the specially developed gaming keyset for AION.
For those not in the know, AION is a multiplayer on-line role-playing game set in a world of epic adventure and celestial beauty seen through the eyes of a winged character with devastating powers and abilities.
The keyset has been developed in cooperation with NCsoft and incorporates a layout that features in-game commands on 69 colour-coded and dedicated action keys, group leader specific commands, and menus that are intuitively designed to speed up reflexes in battle. There are also 24 emote keys that can be quickly accessed to interact with friends or used to taunt or intimidate enemies.
SteelSeries Z Engine software means that the entire keyboard can be customised by dragging and dropping macros on to specific keys. Guaranteed to increase the user’s actions per minute with 7 simultaneous keystrokes as opposed to the industry standard of 2-4 you are destined to become the master of the Aion universe and it’ll only cost you £21.73 exc. VAT.