New games abound!

I walked into ETA games shop today at the Mall and lo and behold, new releases were abound~! First up is the Guitar Hero on Tour for the Nintendo DS ($105), Space Invaders Extreme for the PSP ($50) and Battlefield: Bad Company (PS3) are on sale as of today.

The reviews for the games can be found here, here and here respectively.

One thing to note though, ETA has two versions of Battlefield: Bad Company available in their stores, The gold edition ($108) and normal casing ($103).

However, with Sony shutting down their Playstation Network for the next hours or so, B:BC online gaming will have to wait for a bit.

Happy hunting!

update: the PS network is on!

GHIII DragonForce 100%

I don't know if you guys have seen this but I was reading joystiq and saw a post on this guy who played Guitar Hero III's hardest song and completed it 100%. The song? It's rather obvious to GHIII's fans, DragonForce's Through The Fires and The Flames.

I have got to congratulate this guy. He obviously spends a lot of time on GH. Not a lot of people can do that. Maybe I should quit my day job and try to get 100% too.

God of War for GHIII

God of War for you Guitar Hero III - for free!

1 billion in 26 months

Here's my two cents on Guitar Hero III. I love it. I love it more than I love Rock Band. And mind you, Rock Band is a good and fun game, but it just doesn't keep me there for far too long. I don't know. Maybe it's because how boring the guitar play is. Maybe it's the okay list of songs available, even despite it having lots of downloadable songs every week. But truth is, I love Guitar Hero III more despite the lack of songs you get to download. Well, turns out I'm not the only one who thinks so. The world seems to love Guitar Hero too.

According to Activision, the Guitar Hero series have managed to garner over US$1 billion within 26 months while selling 14 million units. That's impressive, considering that the franchise was first developed by Harmonix (the creator of Rock Band). In a 1up article, they mentioned that Activision also claimed that Guitar Hero III has set an industry record (again) as the best selling title in a calendar year.

It was also mentioned that, despite their lack of downloadable songs, Guitar Hero III has surpassed 5 million song downloads as opposed to Rock Band's 2.5 million. And I must say, I've downloaded all Guitar Hero III songs but only a few of Rock Band's (mostly Bowie, Metallica, Blink 182 and All American Rejects).

This just shows how consumers do not look at developers but really concentrate on the title of the game seeing how the creators of the original Guitar Hero has moved on to Rock Band and still Guitar Hero stands above the multiplayer rhythmic game.

Beware the Man with the Blender.

With the amount of love that Guitar Hero III is receiving as well as the predicted megaton success of Rockband in the coming weeks, there are people out there twisted enough to hate it. A little too much. Check out the video.

And if that didn’t put you into a raging frenzy, this guy also did the unbelievable with Halo 3.



Beware the man with the Blender.

CES08: GHIII Air Guitar

I know you guys are craving for GHIII news, especially know how popular GHIII is here in this country. So here's something I found - a Guitar Hero Air Guitar Rocker. Wanna get one?

CES08: That Extra Guitar

I've been needing an extra guitar for Rock Band and the fact that GHIII's guitar doesn't work is annoying the hell out of me. Why Activision and Harmonix aren't co-operating is a world's mystery at the moment. And with no standalone guitar being sold out there is not helping at all.

Come Nyko with their uber cool guitar called the "Front man" unveiled at CES. This guitar is compatible on both Rock Band and GHIII by flicking a switch on its USB dongle. The dongle looks ugly though - might even be bigger than Rock Band's. GHIII's dongle is still my favourite.

Anyway, the guitar is based on the GHIII design with added effects switch for Rock Band play. Everything else is there as you are used to.


Photos taken from 1up.com.

CES08: Microsoft's Keynote

Microsoft announced at CES earlier this week that the British Telecom will be the first company to use the Xbox 360 as a set up box, which now they claim that this makes the 360 the entertainment centre they envision. This was mentioned at Microsoft's Keynote speech at Las Vegas.

Also on stage was Slash performing 'Welcome to the Jungle' on Guitar Hero III.

BCG event a success!

The Brunei Cyber Games (BCG) held its finals yesterday at the International Convention Center (ICC) since it first opened to the public on Friday.

The games featured for the competition were Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) and Guitar Hero III, which were all played on the PlayStation 2. Finalists were put to the test as crowds began to gather around to support and cheered for their favorite player.

However, not all everything went as smoothly, things got out control as the finalists for the PES lost to a 5 nil loss which later broke into a scuffle with one of the audience members.

As the situation dissipated, the event carried on without any incident and things began to turn back to the normal jeers and cheers.

Despite, that one single snag, the BCG received a lot of positive reception from the public and was relatively a success. In a late announcement, the next BCG will be held again this April.

For more information about the winners during the event, you can visit ranoadidas.com

BCG EVENT PHOTOS

Bru_Gamer showcase ROCKBAND at ICC

The guys at Bru_gamer showcased Rockband yet again at the ICC in conjunction with the BCG to promote their stance on original games as well as the game itself, and I was there lucky enough to get some real close-up pictures of the said items, I could safely say, Rockband will definitely rock your world!

But seriously, check out some of these pics at my gallery and you will get the idea.

ROCKBAND SHOWCASE Bru_gamer

Rocking at ICC

Today's BCG event was fun but I will write about it tomorrow. For now, I'll leave you guys with some photos of this afternoon. They're not my usual though. Something was wrong with my shutter button so I couldn't really take proper shots. Plus, I decided not to use flash for fear of bothering the participants. Wouldn't want to piss them off now would we? Enjoy!

PS: These are only of the Guitar Hero III tournament. I didn't get there on time to see the PES2008 event.

See the rest of the photos at the following album.

BCG Tournament

More BCG Stuff

Just a short update to BCG's event this weekend in case people are still asking. I've managed to ask Rano earlier to confirm a few things but most are stated in the participant's handout after you've registered at the booth. The Guitar Hero III competition will be on Pro-Face off set on Medium difficulty for all participants. The finals, which will be held on Sunday, will see participants competing on Hard difficulty.

So get those fingers ready and prepared if you want to make it to the end. Also, don't forget your Guitar. You might want to come early in case there is room for testing.

I also found out from Rano, and this has been confirmed by Brunei_gamer, that BruGamer.com will be showcasing Rock Band again at the BCG event at ICC, Sunday. So if you are interested, drop by and check it out. Mr Syaf reporting to you sorta live in the middle of the night.

BCG Tourney Preparations

The Brunei Cyber Games are prepared for tomorrow's video games competitions at the International Convention Centre. With tons of big screen televisions sponsored by Phillips and the still so popular Sony PlayStation 2, participants should be confident enough that their time at the tournament won't be an unfair game. What's most important is that all systems and T.V.s have been tested and are ready to go.

During the registration period at ICC this afternoon, we saw a lot of people gathering around the booth. From students to adults, a lot of people were seen signing up for the PES2008 and Guitar Hero III tournaments. It's amazing to see such number of support from the public. Even parents of students were seen encouraging their kids to participate, paying for their entrant fees.

From BCG Tournament

Also present at the registration booth was our very own winner of the BruGamers Guitar Hero III contest, JuLoRen. He then forwarded to the registration booth to register with no cash at hand, with the guy who made this possible right by his side, Rano! Of course, that's all thanks to us and Rano for sponsoring the free entry.

Today's the last day of registration but RanoAdidas.com has posted that registration will still be open tomorrow (Fri) and Saturday, convenient for those living far away from Bandar.

From BCG Tournament

This BCG event will be held at ICC from 9am through 7pm on both Fridays and Saturdays, with Guitar Hero III tournaments starting in the afternoon at 4pm. Finals will be held on Sunday, January 6th, 2007, from 9.30am onwards, starting with the knock-out stages in the morning and afternoon.

For more information on the time please visit the official site.

Click on the album below to see the rest of the photos.

BCG Tournament