SBK 08: Superbike World Championship

While motorsport events in Spain and Italy rise to complete folk festivals, the love for this sport in the Netherlands remains largely confined to the city of Assen. Netherlands, the last few years more in motorsports country, but with the TT-circuit or a location where all the major championships are held.


So why earlier this year the Superbike on the circuit, the class which is at the motor racing game SBK 08: Superbike World Championship. All drivers, teams and circuits from the 2008 season are present. So expect riders like Troy Bayliss, Max Biaggi and Troy Corser. In the game, they take on all the official circuits against each other, including the TT Circuit Assen. It's very nice to see that all aspects of the license of the Superbikes are fine elaborated.

Mario Kart + Wheel Wii Review

Nintendo has created a new Mario Kart for his console. After the SNES, Nintendo 64 and GameCube Mario Kart Wii is the next in line of this famous series. In addition to an innovative and fine classic way of control, the racing turned out very nice. Speed ​​has become the code word of this Wii game. Objective The objective of this game is simple. Race from a to b and pick the move items on the opponent to make it difficult. These items range from banana to a bullet to pick up mushrooms that give you turbos. Meters The only disadvantage is that you will get back the better items, and you should do it. Front with such a small banana So, you can from 1st to 6th place pockets while you almost won. Controls The new controller is designed for the casual gamer. It uses the included Wii Wheel, with a move to the left / right causes you to continue racing in that direction. A move while jumping up and you make a stunt. This is all very natural running and the steering wheel is definitely not a dud, but such a thing. For those who have a GameCube controller, it is advisable to use. It sends better and you have the feeling that you have some control, because that happens. Besides these two methods also can get a combination of the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, or use the traditional controller. Tracks




A game like Mario Kart is not particularly beautiful or has tremendously good graphics. These games need to have the tracks. There are 16 new and 16 old in of earlier Mario Karts. The tracks are almost all nicely done, but there are also very simple as a track from the Nintendo 64. Beyond an ice rink and some penguins come out. In contrast, there are also very beautiful with lots of color and good music. A good example is Maple Treeway, one in which you drive around in a natural forest environment, in the fall. The accompanying music makes this one of my favorite tracks. Online and multiplayer Mario Kart is not a game you play for its single player. So that you also finish playing without much trouble. The fact that this game in your Wii let sit for months because you can play it. Against others This can be offline or online against up to three people via WiFi with up to eleven people. This is the first Mario Kart for a game console's online mode, and I must say, it's all very well developed. Lag and fellows (a technique where you use continuous turbos) are not. Therefore there is a fairer chance to win for everyone.


Conclusion
Mario Kart is the perfect party game and for anyone who has a Wii, this is also highly recommended to buy.
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Battlefield: Bad Company

The movie Three Kings tells the story of three soldiers in the Gulf War, which leave the war for what it is and go hunting for fortune. George Clooney and his love is questionable motives after, but it provides the viewer a good story. The storyline in the shooter Battlefield: Bad Company reminds Three Kings. In the game, the player finds himself in the company of crooks, incompetents and other rotten eggs that the army would rather lose: the B-Company.

The focus in the Battlefield series is longstanding multiplay, but it is different in Bad Company. EA Games wanted for once cast a Battlefield game that much more attention is paid to single play. Bad Company has therefore been the first game in the series main characters and storyline. Of course, there is also an extensive multi-play mode, a Battlefield title would be incomplete without multiplay.

In recent months made EA Battlefield potential good players by releasing. Several trailers Here we met with Haggard, Sweetwater, Sergeant Redford and Preston Marlow, with whom the player is going to work. In the trailers was mainly discussed the humor that should provide. An entertaining experience To gain an idea of ​​you can watch the trailer below.

StarCraft II - Impressions from Paris

Recently found in Paris's annual World Wide Invitational place, the annual press event publisher annex developer Blizzard. During WWI 2008 StarCraft II was playable and it became clear what's changed. Since the introduction of the game, during the last year of WWI, In particular, the various units of the three races in the game underway.

Blizzard could pick last year no better place to announce than Seoul, which at the time the first World Wide Invitational took place. StarCraft II The first StarCraft in South Korea after all, still unusually popular. But as with the launch of Diablo III this year, the presentation in Seoul was limited to displaying images from the game. Playable StarCraft II was not. That was fortunate different this year. On the WWI 2008 dozens of computers were ready when the RTS could be played. Long lines of fans were waiting for their twenty minutes of playing time. The top of Blizzard was present to explain the changes that have been made since last year.

*Playtime

Twenty minutes is not long, of course, but happily playing Starcraft II, like its predecessor, really fast. A game against a computer opponent - it was more common for visitors not possible - was completed just in time. As a member of the invited press, I got the opportunity to play more pots with varying results. During my play sessions became very clear that there needs to be doctored. The balance of the game There's still plenty of time for that. Officially StarCraft II 'when it's done ", but during the demonstration in Paris became clear that this year we no longer have to rely. Rob Pardo, head of game design at Blizzard, admitted that the game is not finished yet.


Thus, the single play campaign until ready for a third and is still working on the balance between the units, which do not yet have the required capability. Thus, it is difficult to compete with the Marines of the Terran. Produce quickly and cheaply in the current version The Terran know off so fast to send, that it is hardly possible for other races to build up a defense. Army on your At this stage of the game development incidentally does not even matter much. It is quite something that Blizzard's game at this stage lets play. There are not many developers that allow a glimpse at such an early stage in the kitchen.

Top Spin 3 Review

Virtua Tennis and Top Spin exchange in recent years penny, when it comes to the question of which series offers the best tennis games. Top Spin 2 was a very good game, but Virtua Tennis 3 raised the bar yet again higher. Top Spin 3 publisher 2K Games hopes to get his throne. Again With the final weekend of Wimbledon for the door, the timing of the release of Top Spin 3 in any case perfectly.


Tennis Games are fairly predictable, and that goes for Top Spin 3. The game puts the game modes to expect before, so there can be both single matches are played as tournaments and a career mode. Here are added, such as an online mode with a world ranking. Some perks It is a known recipe, which many tennis games with it for years and it has never disappointed fans of the genre. A typical case of "do not fix what Is not broken."

Therefore, you can ask what needed to be improved. Top Spin 2 The game was good, but it was overtaken by Virtua Tennis 3, which was based on a completely different way of playing. Apparently developer Pam Development by that given to the thought put, for the control of Top Spin immediately started to kick. In addition, the graphics are updated, of course, with respect to the previous game in the series. Together that would need to be able to recapture the title. "Best tennis game 'enough

Civilization Revolution: PC legend relocated to console

For years, PC gamers considered the Civilization series as their hope in dark days. Game after game moved to consoles, but die-hard PC players were sure that this would never happen. In a complicated game like Civilization A miscalculation, as shows Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution on.

Civ Revolution is not the first Civilization game that appears on a console. There was already a version of Civilization II for the Playstation, but that was a pretty literal and additionally moderate executed copy that we forget the most. Civilization Revolution is a completely new game developed for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. There is a separate version for the Nintendo DS, but we leave out of consideration here. Sid Meier, the man who gave his name to the series, has been actively interfered with the development of the new game, which he did. Nowhere at all Civ titles


* In turn

For those worried about the transition to consoles: Revolution is still a real Civ game. The game is turn-based and the game world is divided into invisible square tiles, which units and buildings can stand. The world consists largely of water and he is probably smaller than you're used to. There are dozens of small islands you can settle you. Civilization You may think as long as you want, what you want to do with you. Units and buildings per turn Then you have to stand idly by which to put your enemies have invented. You start with a small settlement, which you can build a big city. Additionally, you can build new cities, or towns to conquer your opponents.


* Cities

In these cities, you can develop new technology, money and train military units. You can also "miracles" construct buildings that give you special abilities town. If you make sure that your city has developed culturally, will occasionally one of the many Great People in the game are there to settle, and you also provide additional opportunities again. There is however a limit to the use of those opportunities. A city can only handle one task at a time. If you are researching a new technology, you can not train military units. You can prevent this by founding new cities, but there is a caveat needs to be placed. If you only develop a city military or economic level, the population becomes dissatisfied and the government over to the enemy. City dwellers need culture. If you put any buildings that meet those needs than the population goes along with all the soldiers in the city in question are stationed over to an enemy who has more cultural awareness

Lego Indiana Jones

While the fourth Indiana Jones movie long and wide in the theaters, gamers must first trilogy going to repeat replay. The three feature films commissioned by publisher Activision a Lego-coat in the same manner as that previously was used in Star Wars. Lego Star Wars was surprisingly fun to Lego Indiana Jones so heavy task to continue line. Developer Traveller's Tales seems to have succeeded there. With flying colors


The prejudices that existed before the release of Lego Star Wars, are known: Lego is for kids and the game is far too simple to be able to entertain adults. The Star Wars version as charged, however simple it off, and for Indy is that the game certainly is not only suitable for children. Indeed, Lego Indiana Jones is the very fun for adults. For children it is a funny looking game, built of Lego parts, but for people who have seen the movies, it is also a feast of recognition. From the moment the famous Indiana Jones-tune commitment, to the credits at the end of the game, everything is imbued with the typical Indiana Jones atmosphere.

The nice thing is that its creators as a fun way to get ahead of ourselves. The wide range of elements from the films are taken and quite bloated in the game. Take for example Indy's fear of snakes. In the game that makes Indy regularly suddenly stopped, if a serpent appears before him. So more things exaggerated, are what a lot of humor in the game provides.