DC Universe Online‘s rapidly approaching MegaServers unification program will be joining heroic forces together, whether they like it or not. The costumed crime-fighting MMO’s 26 worldwide servers are set to be merged into 4 “MegaServers;” 1 PC and 1 PS3 server for the US, with twin servers created for the EU.
Previously hailed as “Super-Servers,” MegaServers will give players the ability to switch between PvP and PvE styles of gameplay, and hopefully, new people to actually play with. The merge will begin for EU servers on Monday morning, with US servers following on Tuesday and Wednesday. As is the way with these things, some players will be forced to change their names after the merge, as two characters cannot exist with the same name on the same server. Head past the break for a few new name suggestions, as well as a full list of which servers are merging where.
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PlayStation Home is quickly becoming the destination for pretending you’re in a room watching an event. After the popular E3 viewing, Home is now hosting live streaming footage from the EVO fighting tournament in Los Angeles. Through Sunday, you’ll be able to watch the world’s best players compete in Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Tekken 6, Mortal Kombat, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift 2, and Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition from within the PlayStation Home Theater.
You’ll get some pointers about how to play fighting games, and you’ll get free junk for your Avatar, including an EVO shirt on Friday, a fighting stick item Saturday, and an EVO trophy on Sunday.
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If you'd told me that an iOS game about a pig with seasonal allergies and the monsters that love to eat his boogers would top my list of most charming games on the platform, I'd have laughed in your face. Then I had a chance to get hands-on with Gesundheit! just a few days before its release. Whaddya know, mucus can be charming after all.
I'm not a big fan of gross-out humor, but that's only a small part of what makes Gesundheit! stand out. For starters, it's completely gorgeous. The hand-drawn art style you can see in the screenshots is consistent throughout every level, cutscene and map. The game also sounds fantastic. The music might just rival Bumpy Road for twee charm, and I mean that in the best possible way.
Of course the gameplay is really where it's at. Gesundheit! is a top-down action puzzler. The goal is to lure all the booger-eating monsters into traps without getting caught — and if they see you, they'll come for you. You move your hay-fever plagued pig around by tapping where you want to him go, and control his sneezes with a billiards-style pull and release. This launches a snot ball, which monsters just can't resist. The whole thing seems super precise, which is helpful when you're running for your little piggy life.
I've only had a chance to play a handful of levels, but the combination of game mechanics works very well so far. There are puzzle aspects, while you figure out how to get the monsters to the trap and how to collect all the starfruit on the way. You also need to be stealthy, keeping out of site of monsters, sneezing and darting quickly out of sight. And you'll need good aim to bounce your snot-balls precisely where you want them. New elements, like teleportation pads and mosquito monsters, are introduced regularly to keep things tricky. I can't wait to see the rest of it.
Gesundheit! has come nearly out of nowhere, being revealed by Konami behind closed doors just last week at San Diego Comic-Con. But it's not exactly brand new. Back in 2008, Gesundheit! emerged at the Independent Games Festival as a student showcase finalist. It went pretty viral as a PC demo, but a full release never made it out the door. When Revolutionary Concepts started working with artist Matt Hammill, they found out about his pet project and collaborated with him to bring it to iOS. Looks like the results are worth the wait — this game feels right at home on a touch screen.
Gesundheit! will be released this Thursday for the introductory price of $ 0.99 on iPhone and iPod touch, and $ 1.99 on iPad (3rd gen devices and iOS 3.2 or higher). We'll bring you a full review of this sneezerific charmer once it's out. In the meantime you can join the anticipation in our discussion thread.
EVE Online: Incarna 1.0.2 will be deployed during an extended downtime this Tuesday, July 12. The downtime will begin at 11:00 UTC and we expect it to be completed at 14:30 UTC. The Incarna 1.0.2 patch focuses on fixing issues introduced with Incarna 1.0.
Patch notes for this release have been published and are available here.
OK, so maybe referring to this as a “pre-order bonus” is a bit disingenuous, but whatever. GameStop is having a sweepstakes with Deus Ex: Human Revolution, where a pre-order and purchase of the game will get you an entry*.
What can you win? Only a ridiculous sounding prize package that includes a $ 5,500 3D TV, a $ 2,500 entertainment system, a $ 3,000 sound system, a motorized mount for the TV, some badass new couches and s–t, an Xbox 360 with Kinect, a PS3 with Move and a Wii and a $ 500 GameStop gift card.
Oh, and a “Deus Ex: Human Machinima Augmented Arm Statue.”
It just sucks that you’d have to pay taxes on all that if you won.
*”Enter by mail by printing your full name, phone number, email address and mailing address on a 3” x 5” card, inserting card in envelope, affixing proper postage and mailing to: The Marketing Arm Inc. Attention: “Deus Ex: Augment Your Room Sweepstakes”, #140, 233 Rock Road, Glen Rock, NJ 07452.”
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Are you one of those folks who have had to awkwardly reorganize your apartment in order to use that Kinect you got for Christmas last year? Or are you one of those people who can’t even use the damn thing for lack of space?
Nyko has just the thing for you, the Nyko Zoom for Kinect. Nyko brought the thing, which will let players use Kinect while requiring what they say is 40% less space, to E3, and now they’ve gracefully told us when we’ll be able to bring the thing home so we can put our homes back the way they were before the Kinect came along.
That day: August 23. The price is a not-too-shabby $ 29.99, which is just about worth it while also seeming too expensive for what is basically a set of reading glasses for Kinect. Nah, that’s a good price.
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