Codemasters has finally released the Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising PC Demo at the game’s official web site, www.flashpointgame.com. The demo features the first mission from the full game. Details on the demo and the first mission can be found at the link above in the “Public Affairs.”
In the Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising PC demo, gamers take on the first full mission, ‘Dragon Rising’, in single player or co-operative multiplayer. As part of a Special Forces squad inserting behind Chinese PLA lines, players must eliminate a strategically critical radar station and missile sites to allow the USS Iwo Jima, carrying the main USMC battalion, to safely approach the island of Skira.
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Your Shape Featuring Jenny McCarthy coming to PC this week
Ubisoft announced will be shipping a PC version of its upcoming fitness game Your Shape featuring Jenny McCarthy in North America. Your Shape featuring Jenny McCarthy comes packaged with a camera peripheral that features Ubisoft’s proprietary motion tracking technology, which promises a completely personalized and interactive work-out by scanning players’ bodies, assessing their current fitness level and then projecting their images onto the TV.
As an added bonus, the camera that comes bundled with the Windows PC version of the game is a fully functioning webcam.
For more information on Your Shape Featuring Jenny McCarthy check out www.yourshapegame.com. The game is also available for the Wii.
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Lylian gameplay video
Independent studio Pixelpickle Games has released first gameplay video for its game Lylian today on the game’s official website. The video shows off a a tiny bit of this upcoming action side-scroller game about a girl trapped in a mental institution who may or may not have special powers. Specifically a glimpse into the dark world of the childrens’ ward of the Hackluster Hospital. Check out the video below. You can learn more about the game at lyliangame.com.
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Left 4 Dead 2 demo details
Valve has revealed a few details and the release date for the demo of its upcoming zombie thriller sequel, Left 4 Dead 2. Most notable is what will be in the demo: it will feature gameplay taken from “The Parish” campaign, set in the New Orleans French Quarter. This will be playable by 1 to 4 players over local or Internet connections on both the Xbox 360 and PC (with two-player split screen available on the Xbox 360), the demo features all the new boss infected zombies and all the new melee weapons included in the full game as well.
Those who pre-order the game (at participating retailers or via Steam) will obtain early access to the demo on October 27. The demo will then be made available to Xbox LIVE Gold members and PC gamers on November 3. Then all Xbox LIVE members will obtain access to the demo on November 10.
The full game on Xbox 360 and PC will be released on November 17. For further details on the full game, check out www.l4d.com.
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Red Faction: Guerrilla now available on Games For Windows
After a little bit of a wait, THQ has finally released a Games For Windows version of Tom Chick’s favorite action game set on Mars - Red Faction: Guerrilla. Developed by THQ’s by Volition studio, Red Faction: Guerrilla is a third-person action game featuring destruction-based game-play, a story-driven single player campaign, multiplayer options and driving. Red Faction: Guerrilla is already available for the Xbox 360 and PS3. The Games for Windows - LIVE version carries a suggested retail price of $39.99.
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Trine PC hits retail this week
Even though it has been available on Steam for quite some time, if you want a boxed retail version of Trine, then SouthPeak Interactive has your back. Trine, the puzzling physics-based fantasy game, has shipped out to retail shelves in North America. Trine follows the adventure of three characters that must work together to solve physics-based puzzles and fend off enemies in a world full of spiffy landscapes and high adventure.
Bound by a powerful artifact known as “the Trine,” the knight Pontius, the thief Zoya and the wizard Amadeus must combine their skills in order to succeed. The player must decide when to use knight’s strength, thief’s agility or wizard’s magic to overcome the many obstacles and challenges found in the this fantasy world. The game allows up to three players to work together in cooperative mode on the same screen and each level has multiple solutions allowing for replayability.
Trine is available for Windows PC at a suggested retail price of $29.99 and is rated T for Teen by the ESRB.
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Raptr gets in-game support from Champions Online
Social game utility company, Raptr announced this morning that Cryptic Studios has joined the Raptr Partners Program. What this means to you is that Cryptic Studios will bundle Raptr with Champions Online, which is being released to retail today. The game’s official launch is also today.
Champions Online is also being integrated with Raptr APIs to surface game data such as character level, powerful items, and heroic achievements. By entering their Raptr username in the Champions Online in-game status sharing screen, players can automatically connect their Champions Online account to Raptr and share rank, status, items acquired, and achievements earned with their friends and other players. Cryptic was toying with this idea already with small little gifts to players like in-game Twitter access and Facebook support, so adding Raptr into the mix makes perfect sense.
Raptr members will have access to all this data they are sharing on a special Champions Online Raptr game page, which allows them to and track their achievements against all players of Champions Online.
Companies interested in signing up for the Raptr Partners Program can visit partners.raptr.com, while users can sign up for Raptr at raptr.com. Finally, more information about Champions Online can be found at www.champions-online.com.
Those interested in seeing how Raptr will work both on Raptr’s official site and inside Champions Online, need only click on the screenshots below:
The games we're pulling together in this feature won't appear on any of those best-of lists and get confused looks when you mention them in conversation. Just because time has forgotten these titles, though, doesn't mean you should forget them, too.
Codemasters has finally released the Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising PC Demo at the game’s official web site, www.flashpointgame.com. The demo features the first mission from the full game. Details on the demo and the first mission can be found at the link above in the “Public Affairs.”
