Friday, April 15, 2011

Pac-Man gets a new free-to-play

As reported by Gamasutra, the network is available in The World's Biggest Pac-Man, a version of free-to-play browser of the famous arcade game focused on the sharing of user-created levels. Developed by Australian company Soap Creative in collaboration with Namco Bandai and Microsoft, The World's Biggest Pac-Man lets you create new levels using an application available on Facebook.

To use the editor you need to create a Facebook account, while the game is available on the official page of the new Pac-Man.

Smell of epic fail for 3DS?

Or is it only our impression? We talked in the podcast! E 'out the episode of Podcast 116, Multiplayer. com and this week are several topics discussed by the editors of the site. Here is a brief summary. 3DS already at risk epic fail? Sony GeoHot and make peace. The sandbox has broken! Ubisoft wants the new console.

The idiocy of the week. As usual, the episode can be listened to in streaming and downloaded from this page on your site, or you can easily subscribe for free on iTunes by following this link, so as to automatically download new episodes when available. To discuss the new episode, you run the dedicated page and let us know what you think!

A Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games in London?

SEGA might be working on a game of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, mostly in London in 2012. Sonic Stadium shows the logo for a new game about the Olympics and that of a Sonic title called Generations. When questioned on this by Videogame Source, publisher Sega has refused to comment on the rumors.

If confirmed, the new Mario & Sonic was the third game of the series after those dedicated to the Beijing Olympics and the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The two titles have sold respectively 10 and 6 million copies worldwide.

Portal 2: A mysterious countdown

Someone suggests that the game will now arrive on Steam After preload Portal 2 allowed a few days ago on Steam, is now part of a countdown on the site of the Opening Science (LINK) which will end in just over six hours. Someone suggests, reading the text below the numbers, which could be the countdown for the release of the game, especially as the pre-loaded files have been upgraded.

I wonder if it's true. What is certain is that Valve has created a great buzz around the game, including viral videos and extemporaneous initiatives such as the release of a free level 2 for the Portal dedicated to The Ball Game. Source: Eurogamer. net

Black Ops dominates the UK in 2010

In 2010, Call of Duty: Black Ops is the largest home entertainment product in the UK. As reported by MCV, the data were said to have sold 3.3 million copies of the title, Activision, compared to 3 million DVDs of the film Avatar and 1.9 million copies of the new Take That album, Progress. Several games in the UK charts in 2010: FIFA 11 is third with 2.4 million units, Just Dance ninth with 1.3 million copies, followed by Red Redemption Dead 16th at an altitude of 1.1 million.

Two major events on April 20 in Milan

Dual event to take stock of the situation in Italy with developers and publishers AESVI The Association of Italian videogame software publishers, organized a two day event for Wednesday, April 20 in Milan at Palazzo Mezzanotte (home of the Italian Stock Exchange). In the morning, from 10.30 to 13.00, it will be held a press conference called Italy of Video Games - The players in the sector compared to the present and future of gaming, which will be attended by AESVI, GfK Retail and Technology and General Manager of businesses.

No internet to play Witcher 2

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings does not require a permanent internet connection, CD Projekt said during the CDP Conference held in Warsaw in the last few hours (via Twitter). You will still need to authenticate the game by connecting to the network, tells the developer, under which The Witcher 2 will be available on the portal without any DRM GOG.

com. In the past, CD Projekt has been critical of DRM a few months ago, the CEO Marcin Iwiński had told the Videogame Source DRM "does not work" and that "treats the players as criminals." The sequel to The Witcher will be available on PC on May 17.