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Steam Coming To Mac OS X (Digital Games Distribution)
March 9, 2010
I know, I know, Christmas happened way back in December, but presents are better late than never! In case any of you Apple fanboys out there missed the news, Steam announced yesterday morning that they’re bringing their service to the Mac along with a great library of games which will be available to purchase like PC users running Steam.
In case you’ve not used used it before, Steam is probably the best digital games distribution platform out there, which most of the big and small games publishers are now using to cut out the need for physical media distribution for games. Not only are publishers using it to release new games, but also to find a market for their older games, for example Lucasarts re-released some of their older classic titles. It’s fair to say that we’re big fans of it here at Zath.
Continue reading »Monkey Island 2: Special Edition On Its Way? (Rumour)
March 8, 2010
We could be about to see an announcement from Lucasarts on the re-release of Monkey Island 2. Following on from the success that Lucasarts had from re-releasing the first Monkey Island: Special Edition, why would they not do it for the second? Which was arguably a better game?
Of course if they did re-release the second of Guybrush Threepwood’s adventures, I sure it would get a graphical overhaul as well as audio for the characters in the game.
I’m a big fan of Monkey Island of have them all set on my shelf including the latest Tales of Monkey Island, so to get to play Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge with better visuals sounds like fun to me.
Continue reading »3D Batman Arkham Asylum Announced (PS3/Xbox 360)
March 5, 2010
It was a huge success on it’s release, so it’s no surprise to hear the we’re getting a Game of the Year edition of Batman Arkham Asylum. But that’s not all. The Game of the Year edition will come with the option to play in 3D on regular TV’s, so no 3D-ready TV is required.
Whilst the GOTY edition will be released on PS3, 360 and PC, it will be only the consoles that will benefit from this feature.
The game will use TriOviz 3D, which “…is a patented 3D process which adds depth to the game…” Of course we’ll have to wear 3D specs to play the game and you’ll get a set included with a copy of the game, but I’m hoping that I can use the 3D specs I have from my times watching 3D films at the cinema as they’d be better than some cardboard ones thrown in with the game.
Continue reading »Zath’s Technology & Gadget Roundup (20/02/2010)
February 20, 2010
It’s the end of another week in the online world of hi-tech gadgets and technology blogging and as usual there’s been a lot happening out there, so here’s a quick roundup of some of the stuff that we’ve found particularly interesting this week, let us know what you think to them too!
Linux Training Week on Zath – I’m sure we’ve all heard of Linux, but for me personally it’s not something I’ve ever seriously looked at because I always assumed it wasn’t worth the hassle of installation for something that wasn’t that worthwhile, well clearly I was wrong on that one! As you can see from this useful series of articles about the Ubuntu distribution of Linux – it’s easy to setup Ubuntu, it’s an easy to use the Ubuntu interface and there’s lots of software available for Linux.
Heineken Beer-Serving Robot of the Future – oh yes that’s right, in the future we won’t need to get up from the comfort of the sofa, instead the robots will bring the beer to us! This particular robot makes for a great novelty, but it does make you wonder about the potential of robots in the future.
Buy Walkie Talkie Watches? – admittedly walkie talkies aren’t exactly hi-tech these days or even that wanted by people now we all have modern mobile phones such as the iPhone 3GS and Nexus One, but these particular ones can be strapped on your wrist and would make for great free-to-use communication devices if you like to be out in the great outdoors or perhaps having a multi-car roadtrip given they have a range of up to 5km. I just wish I had some of these back when I was a kid!
Continue reading »Final Fantasy VII Remake For PS3 & Xbox 360?
February 16, 2010
Is there actually chance of a Final Fantasy VII remake? Oh God please make this happen!! PLEASE!! *geekgasm*
Yoshinori Kitase who directed the immensely popular and fans favourite Final Fantasy VII said that he’d be “really interested” in remaking Final Fantasy VII on the PS3 with high def graphics, voice acting and more subtle expressions. I mean, think about it!! How much more weight would certain events have in gorgeous graphics and being able to see Cloud’s expressions at that time! Gives me goosebumps!
Continue reading »Project Needlemouse Named Sonic 4: Episode 1
February 5, 2010
The new Sonic has been giving a title, Sonic 4: Episode 1. This is the official name of Project Needlemouse which was the working title of the project for the new rebooted Sonic.
The game is set after the events of Sonic & Knuckles, so it’s not as though they’re forgetting all of the games that went before this one….well, maybe the abominations that were the recent ‘Sonic’ games will be forgotten.
Sonic 4 goes back to the old skool gameplay as a 2D platformer, but this time we can to see it in it’s full 1080p High-Def glory to give it that extra sparkle.
Continue reading »Delicious 3D Gaming Discussions With Dell’s Alienware
January 29, 2010
When you get invited to an event to play games and talk about the history, development and future of games, you turn up. The other day, I was lucky enough to meet and hang out with some of London’s games bloggers/writers, not to mention Adam Griffin from Dell UK and Michael O’Dell of Team-Dignitas. The purpose of the event? Well, Dell will soon be releasing some new hardware – the Alienware M11x – and aside from that they’re seriously looking into 3D gaming options for hardcore gamers. Discussion, gaming, pontificating, and a little bit of furious ‘let’s just agree to disagree’ ensued.
After poking around and playing Flatout Ultimate Carnage viewed on the Alienware OptXTM AW2310 3D monitor, it was clear for everyone to see that this next year will be inundated with everything 3D. Pubs are now showing football matches in 3D and there will be more 3D films released in 2010 than any year previous. All fingers point to people simply wanting more of the multi-dimension action right up in their faces. But, what makes this viewing experience so different and more appealing than what we already have?
Continue reading »Sony Motion Controller (Arc) Release Date Delayed
January 21, 2010
Sony have announced that their new PS3 motion controller, which was due out this Spring, has had it’s release date pushed back to Autumn 2010 for a worldwide release.
The reason it seems as to why this has been delayed is that:
“We have decided to release the Motion Controller in Fall 2010 when we will be able to offer an exciting and varied line-up of software titles that will deliver the new entertainment experience to PS3 users”
So by the sounds of that, it means that companies aren’t getting the games ready on time for the PS3 motion controller’s original release date and it will now go up against Microsoft’s Project Natal release date that will happen around the same time. Will this delay turn out to be a poor move from Sony?
Continue reading »Sonic The Hedgehog Goes Solo In ‘Project Needlemouse’
January 19, 2010
Ever since the new Sonic The Hedgehog game was announced in which we were told that he’s going back to his 2D roots, a lot of fans were worried this was just another lie to get people interesting. Another worry was whether or not they would introduce more playable annoying, pointless side kicks or extra characters into the game.
Well it looks as though they really are going back to basics as it’s been announced that Sonic will be running solo in the new instalment and be the only playable character in the game. I do hope this means that there won’t be any other hedgehogs or friends of Sonic throughout and he really does go solo.
Continue reading »New Final Fantasy XIII Trailer (English Language)
January 14, 2010
It’s now less than 2 months away before the release date of Final Fantasy XIII. One of the most delayed games I’ve ever known to exist and hopefully it will be worth the wait.
Judging from the countless videos I’ve seen of FFXIII, it’s going to be probably the best looking game on the PS3 to date but it will have to produce something special to better Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.
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