Nie od dziś wiadomo, że rejonem uważanym za piętę achillesową Xboksa 360 (jak i całego Microsoftu) jest rynek japoński. Tymczasem spotkało nas niemałe zaskoczenie - konsoli giganta z Redmond nie sposób znaleźć w tamtejszych sklepach, gdyż wszystkie egzemplarze zostały wykupione! Obecnie Xbox 360 jest wyprzedany, a sprzedawcy nie są w stanie uzupełnić swojego asortymentu" - brzmi oficjalne oświadczenie Microsoftu. Amerykański gigant poinformował, że wytyczne dotyczące sprzedaży zostały przekroczone, przez co zapasy Xboksa 360 po prostu się wyczerpały. "Najmocniej przepraszamy za sprawienie kłopotu naszym konsumentom, sprzedawcom i partnerom biznesowym. Dziękujemy wszystkim z góry za przyszły mecenat" - kajali się rzecznicy giganta z Redmond. Co gorsza, według ujawnionych informacji, braki te mają zostać uzupełnione dopiero we wrześniu.

Warto przypomnieć, że podobna sytuacja zaistniała już na rynku japońskim w zeszłym roku (tak, i w tym przypadku chodziło o Xboksa 360, a nie Wii czy PS3). Wtedy braki konsoli Microsoftu były spowodowane premierą exclusive'a dla tej platformy, Ace Combat 6.

We have always had peripherals. Back in the days of the NES Zapper and the first ever driving wheels and pedal combos. It is nothing new really. Except this year we have seen SO many new "plastic" based products released into the gaming world it is taking over my lounge. Some have been instant hits, some are just crap, some are in between. Some enhance the game, some are essential, some are the biggest waste of your cash since an Xbox HD-DVD drive.

One of the biggest peripheral sensations so far this year is the Wii Fit balance board. A Nintendo licensed set of bathroom scales that is actually taking the world by a storm. My other half insisted we get one (I think that is the only reason I don't live in the spare room yet), even my mum has one! Keeping to the Nintendo Wii tradition this is aimed at the casual gamers and also at the politically correct "look video games are not as bad as you think and I'm actually getting exercise" population. Unfortunately, like with the Wii, Nintendo seem to have an inability to manufacture more than 5 a week meaning demand is higher than Amy Winehouse at Glastonbury. (Editor's note: In case you didnt know, this paragraph gives all sorts of hints that the author is British)

Some enhance the game, some are essential, some are the biggest waste of your cash since an Xbox HD-DVD drive.

Rock Band hit the UK recently on the Xbox 360 only (Microsoft exclusive period!) and people were buying Xbox's just so they could buy it and the way over priced "band-in-a-box"! Coming in at just under twice as expensive as our US counterparts (£189 = over $350) your rock band in a box was not a cheap purchase but the potential drumming related blisters, and an extra set of fret buttons tempted a massive amount of people. Although not taking the place of our beloved Gibson GH controllers which still sit proudly next to the TV (I have even pushed the boat out and decorated my own faceplate!)(Editors Note: I have no idea what that means either... must be a UK thing). For us PS3 owners though, the news of the Guitar Hero: World Tour package has reached us in time so we can save ourselves from Rock Band and go straight to GHWT. There is no way my missus would let me have two plastic drum kits in the house let alone the spare room.

Another new plastic peripheral to hit the gaming world this year has been the new Gcon 3 gun for use with Time Crisis 4. Now, this one takes the preverbial plastic biscuit - its bright orange! not even an attempt to make it look remotly cool has been made. Orange! of all the colours in the world it has to be orange. I for one will not be buying it. Attached to the side of the ghastly coloured thing is a nunchuck styled joystick and button combo making the whole thing incredably uncomfortable to hold and making you look just as stupid at the gun (except slightly less Orange). My love of the Time Crisis series can't even save this one.

One of the Wii's most anticipated game releases since its launch hit the streets this year complete with yet another plastic attachment for your Wiimote. (I haven't found a need to attach tennis racket, golf club or even fishing rod attachments to my Wiimote - but a lot of people have!) The Wii Wheel is actually a lot of fun to use, if not a bit daft looking. The controls took a little while to get used too, but once you learn to steer subtly not stupidly your good to go. It certainly made the latest "plumber in a go kart" edition worth while getting. Also, Mario Kart Wii signaled the turning point for Nintendo with regards to on-line gaming.

It seems that even the handheld devices are getting in on the Plastic Peripheral business thanks to Guitar Hero: On Tour! a plastic guitar grip with 4 fret buttons plugs into the Game Boy port of your Nintendo DS and even comes with a guitar pick shaped stylus! Genius! what ever next... a finger drum kit?

One of the largest game peripherals I have seen (that isnt a drum kit) is the Ace Combat 6 Flight controller for the Xbox 360. My friend has one and its well...huge and... bulky. Kind of like a drum kit with more buttons but less fun. He enjoys it, bless him, but then again he has flight simulation games for his PC with what can only be described as a cockpit peripheral for them!

Hey lets not forget my 2 SingStar microphones and my PS3 Eye Toy camera, plus my Wii zapper. And we best not forget the eagerly anticipated wireless Buzz! Quiz TV controllers I pre-ordered ready for delivery this week! I haven't mentioned the dvd remote, the external hard drives, or the controller charging units. They are going to have to design me a huge peripheral to store all this crap in. Either way I'm in danger of needing a bigger house!

A-10A -DISTANT THUNDER- (200 Microsoft Points)
An aircraft with a thoroughly reworked design and anti-aircraft capability that allows it to hold its own in air combat. Its lighter body is less durable than the previous design, but allows for an increased weapons payload. Use your increased firepower to strike down the enemy like a bolt of lightning!

Typhoon -TYPE ACE3- (200 Microsoft Points)
A faithful recreation of the Ace Combat 3 aircraft performance design. Although hindered by slow turning response, this fighter boasts outstanding speed performance and durability. However, the aircraft lacks SP weapons which were not introduced until after Ace Combat 3.

F-14D -THE IDOLMASTER AZUSA- (400 Microsoft Points)
She's got lots of potential, but she doesn't like to be rushed. Just let her go at her own pace as she takes you on a smooth ride to victory!

Su-47 -GAULT- (200 Microsoft Points)
An aircraft with improved turning performance in reduced speed zones allows for smooth changes in formation. Although its thrust performance has been decreased, this fighter's streamlined movement is all that's required to snare the enemy in its sights. The signature aircraft of the Belkan Air Force 18th Air Division 5th Tactical Fighter Squadron, otherwise known as the Gault Team. This squadron of ace pilots was led by a cool and collected man rumoured to be the leader of "A World With No Boundaries".

F-14D -WARDOG EMBLEM- (FREE)
An aircraft featuring improved speed performance for emergency interception. Defence has been bolstered by exchanging anti-surface weapons for an increased anti-air weapons payload. The Osean Air Defence Force 108th Tactical Fighter Wing Detachment, Wardog. This squadron, often referred to as the "Four Wings of Sand Island", secured a vital naval port and continued to played a crucial role throughout the course of the war.

F/A-18F -THE IDOLMASTER RITSUKO- (400 Microsoft Points)
She tires easily, so use her precise movement to take out the enemy as quickly as possible! You've got the brains, she's got the moves - let's get lots of enemies!

DARK SHINING SET (300 Microsoft Points)
- This includes a golden Rafale M and a black F-2A
- A modified sky painting aircraft for shows and exhibitions, this aircraft is equipped with collared smoke missiles. The missile payload has been maximized for show purposes.

ACE OF ACES MISSION 03- (350 Microsoft Points)
Just like the mode included in the game, Ace Of Aces is a very hard mode.

I haven't gotten around to trying out AC6, but I'm sure it's as amazing as the others were.

Ace Combat 6  Xbox 360 Singleplayer Review

What I Liked:

1. Amazing graphics all around. Best looking planes I've ever seen in a game. Some of the characters' mouths can look a bit odd, but it's no big deal.

2. Generally fun flight action gameplay.

3. Decent selection of aircraft to unlock and fly.

4. Special weapons are cool, and strike a compromise between arcade-like ease of use and realistic simulation.  Example: The real life F-14 had a weapons system which could attack 6 different targets simultaneously with Phoenix missiles.   In Ace Combat 6, your F-14 could use a long range air-to-air missile special weapon that could attack 6 targets at once.

What I Didn't Like:

1. The dialog and radio chatter was HORRIBLE.  Each mission had a constant stream of annoying chatter playing from start to finish.  I wished for a way to shut them up.

2. I didn't care much for the story during cut scenes.

3. Some missions and enemies just felt too "sci-fi" and/or "cheap".    The enemies used sci-fi style flying "battle-cruisers" or whatever, plus super zippy-quick futuristic aircraft that defied physics.

Yay: Again, the aircraft on this game look so fantastic, they are an aviation nut's wet dream. +1

Gay: If I heard "Dance with the angels" or any of its variants ONE MORE TIME during that game, I was going to snap the disc in half, and then throw it in a blender. Once blended, I'd then set the pieces on fire. Then I'd throw the ashes in the toilet, take an explosive diarrhea on them, and then flush it all blissfully away.   -1

Final BS Rating: +1 ALRIGHT

Namco Bandai mostró los nuevos aviones de Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation que podrás descargar en el marketplace de Xbox Live por 200 o 300 unidades cada uno.

No sé a ustedes, pero estas imágenes me gustaron mucho y de hecho ya me interesó el juego.

Más imágenes.

Available from today 24 April 2008 :

Rafale M – THE IDOLMASTER IORI – (400 Microsoft Points)

Typhoon – ORANGE WING – (300 Microsoft Points)

Su-47 Berkut – VIOLET WING – (300 Microsoft Points)

Typhoon – ROT – (200 Microsoft Points)

F-16C Fighting Falcon – PJ EMBLEM – (Free)

Tornado GR.4 + F-15E Strike Eagle + CFA-44 Nosferatu + F/A-18F SuperHornet – RAZGRIZ (400 Microsoft Points)

Bye everyone ^^

Namco

Ainsi de nouveaux avions sont au programme : le F117A Night Hawk (gratuit), le Mirage 2000-5 (200 MP), le Su-33 Flanker (200 MP), et le F-15E Strike Eagle (400MP). Un pack à 400 MP comprendra le F-16C Fighting Falcon, le F-2A, le Su-33 Flanker et le Rafale M. Ouf...

3 nouveaux modes de jeu et une nouvelle mission sont aussi prévus : le mode Battle Royale (100 MP), le mode Co-op Battle (300 MP), le mode Siege Battle (300 MP) et la mission Aces of Aces (350 MP).

Après petit calcul rapide, c'est tout de même 2250 MP qu'il faudra débourser pour acquérir l'ensemble du contenu. Préparez vous donc à combattre...et à payer !!!

Aunque por el momento no es oficial, parece ser que el espectacular Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation podría llegar a PlayStation 3. Tras su paso por Xbox 360, dónde ha sido uno de los títulos más vendidos en el mercado nipón, este nuevo capítulo aterrizaría en la consola de Sony. Namco Bandai Games no se ha pronunciado al respecto, pero cuando el río suena... Fuente: Jeux-France.

Fuente: HardGame2

Bueno es como una mininota en realidad. Pero bueno aqui un video del Making of de AC6.

Pesa 297, 294 y 273 MB respectivamente asi que a Descargar

Video Making OF AC6 Parte 1

Video Making OF AC6 Parte 2

Video Making OF AC6 Parte 3

Gracias a bahamut por la info.

I figure I might do one of these a month at this pace. This ones nothing special compared to my last two but the occasion called for snow so I went with it.
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CD 2
01. CAMPAIGN MENU 2
02. BRIEFING 2
03. SORTIE 2
04. SELUMNA PEAK
05. ON THE FIELD OF EMMERIA
06. SAN LOMA ASSAULT
07. HEAVY COMMAND CRUISER
08. THE DEAD SEA
09. VOYCHEK AND PASTERNAK
10. RAGNO FORTRESS
11. THE SUN, THE SKY AND MY GIRL
12. THE MOLOCH DESERT
13. THE CASTLE AND THE UNDERPASS
14. SORTIE 3
15. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
16. BOILING POINT
17. FIRES OF LIBERATION
18. THE ANCIENT TRAP DOOR
19. ARMED HOMETOWN
20. THE HIDING AND THE BRIEFCASE
21. GAME OVER
22. ON LINE
23. MISSION FAILED
24. ON LINE MENU

CD 3
01. HANGAR
02. THE LIBERATION OF GRACEMERIA
03. MALEBOLGE
04. BRIEFING 3
05. SORTIE 4
06. GRACEMERIA PATROL
07. CITY LIGHTS
08. THE FACT
09. LUDMILA
10. BRIEFING 4
11. SORTIE 5
12. CHANDELIER
13. GAME CLEAR
14. A WEDDING IN THE FIELD OF THE CAGE
15. HOME
16. ACE COMBAT 6 ENDING THEME
“A BRAND NEW DAY”

Detalles:
Año: 2007
Genero: Soundtrack
Compositor: Varios Artistas
Peso: 118,05 ; 117,3 y 85,74 Mbs.
Formato: Mp3
Método de Descarga: Gigasize
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CD2

CD3

Acreditaciones
Dezconocido de Entrando en lo dezconocido

Links: Dezco

(el tralier del juego)

Y a que es como jugar AC5 o ACZ pero mucho mejor con mas enemigos, mas armas, mas graficos, mas de todo. Pero por supuesto con una historia nueva (que no es muy original que digamos), pero en terminos de jugabilidad nada, y eso termina cansando a los mas veteranos.

Pero en fin eso no significa que no quiera pasarlo, es mas me quede picado cuando se llevaron la XBOX360 de donde jugaba :( pero me queda la satisfacción de que las dos misiones que pase obtuve una S. e incluso la primera vez que jugue me quede sin misiles por lo que cuando lleguo el Strigon solo pude responderle con la metralleta, que ha sufrido una espectacular mejora y puedes destuir a tus enemigos sin demasiado esfuerzo por su precision y daño.

Espero volver a jugarlo y pasarlo pronto.

Poor Bill (aka B-ill/Billz on the streets). He strolled down to a Softmap today to get his Super Mario Galaxy on, but nearly ended up hospitalized with a stepped-on toe after being caught up in a mob rush for the game, which came out today over there (official police photo of the scene above). The sheer numbers are breathtaking.

Actually no. Bill wasn't there, he might've been somewhere buying the game, but this photo was taken by Siliconera on their journey through Akihabara, in which they found that not many people skipped work or school to buy the next chapter of the mega-est franchise of them all. Their photo evidence shows few lines for Galaxy, with most queues actually consisting of Ace Combat 6 (for 360) buyers, which also dropped today. Who'da thunk?

Me, that's who. DOOM AND GLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!shift+1!

Monday was the average slow day. Economics went by slow as fuck and afterwards I went home and stayed there until it was time head down to math. The math teacher decided to teach ahead so we learned new crap. After school I went home and relaxed until my Monday shows were on. Chuck was funny as always and Heroes was the usual. Slow start but an interesting ending.

Tuesday came around and I woke up at the normal time and everything to head down to English. I got there about fifteen minutes before the start of class so I did some homework in my car for ten minutes. Once it hit 9:25am I headed over to the class only to find out it was canceled for the day. That was the official start to the week of suck. So I headed back to my car and went home as I was not going to wait there for two hours until math. Fast-forward a bit and I was sitting in math class, bored as fuck, learning useless shit. After math I burned up time in the math lab rushing through the homework that was due the next day. When that was all said and done I read the Zombie Survival Guide since I never finished it. Once 3pm came around I headed towards my counseling class. Pretty average stuff. Lecture about the big project that I really need to start sometime soon. Then he told us at the end of class that Thursday class is off so we don't have to come. After I got home I headed over to Andrew's house to hang out. We discussed plans to head down to Bakersfield for the weekend to visit a certain friend. I told him I would have to pass this by my parents because they're the fucking SS. He told me OK so I went home around 1 or 2am.

After getting a few hours of sleep I woke up and got my ass ready for my economics class. I haul ass to get there as usual and sit in my car as I wait. I noticed a few people from my class walking up and then turning back. I thought to myself "you've got to be fucking kidding me." As I got to the door I noticed a sign saying that the class was canceled for the day. What the fuck? Seriously. So I got back home and wait for math. I wasn't able to get a word in with my parents about our supposed trip during that time and headed off to math. We took the third math test which only took me about thirty minutes. Then I was off once again. Waste of a day. Once I got home I waited for the right moment to corner my mom about the trip. I told her we were going to go down to Bakersfield to see some friends for the weekend. Then she started asking me all these questions and said she was doing it because my dad would be doing the same thing when I would have to tell him. For the brief chat with my mom it seemed like I had permission from her, but I wasn't prepared to talk to my dad. I called up Andrew and told him that I got some support for the trip but I was in danger of being denied. Then he told me that he hasn't even asked his mom yet. "Fuck" popped into mind. After the call I just took refuge in my room for the rest of the night as my mom talked to my dad and such. She somehow convinced him that it would be fine and I'm old enough to do partly what I want or some such nonsense. As I waited and waited to hear back from Andrew I ended up taking a well deserved power nap. When I came to I saw him online and messaged him. He told me that it was a no-go. I wasn't in the mood to tell my parents that so I just let them assume it was still on for the rest of the day.

Before school Thursday morning my mom walked by and I told her it was off for now. She said OK. I went on with my day and went to English where we got our essays back. I actually got a B- which is better than the bullshit C- I got last time. Then we went over some worksheet for the rest of the time. The blonde girl I've had my eyes on kept looking over at me since the teacher moved me up to "join the group." That made my day seem better. Once that bullshit was over I burned up more time in the math lab but instead of math I started World War Z. Once I hit the time I was aiming for I booked it and left. Math class went by fairly smooth. I actually stayed awake for once. Surprise, surprise. Since the counseling class was canceled I headed home. When I got there my mom handed me Ace Combat 6 as I asked her to go get it (I somehow convinced her it would be part of the Christmas/Birthday present bullshit I have to deal with). I noticed my brother was playing Guitar Hero II on the 360. I told him he was an idiot because he already has it for the PS2 and Guitar Hero III is coming out on Tuesday. Dumbass. He also ended up getting Skate because it was his birthday. Whatever. I ended up having to wait until about 4pm to be able to actually play. Then I had to get off at 5pm so my dad could watch the World Series. Lame.

I woke up and had to sit through the bullshit of my mom watching her pre-recored crap before I could play more AC6. It took about three fucking hours. Around noon I took a break and did other things while my brother played his games. Then I got back on around 6pm. Sometime around there Andrew and Christina came by and wanted to borrow some of my DVDs to watch. He wanted to show her the Ghost in the Shell movies (the ones not related to Stand Alone Complex). I ended up going over to his house and watched both with them. There is an entire "subplot" if you will to this, but I don't feel like going into detail about it as it is still ongoing. After all that I went home around 12am and messaged a certain someone.

Now for yesterday. Ace Combat 6 was finished in the morning and I started a continue campaign on Hard so I could unlock the superjet. Then I did other things to round out the day. I got a message at about 7pm that Andrew wanted a few of us to play Halo 3 after he did somethings, which shouldn't take long. Our mutual friend and myself did a few warm-up rounds as we waited. After about an hour we messaged Andrew to see what was up but got no answer. Hours went by and we just continued on. Aggravation sounds pretty good to sum it all up. Then around midnight he popped on and made it look like nothing. I ended up playing on two or three more rounds and then got off for the night. I was Haloed out after 6 hours.

As for today, it's been slow and nothing major has happened. All I really have to do today, or what is left of this day, is to finish up some work for this week. I'm waiting to hear if our economics test is going to be pushed off until the next week so I don't have to worry with that "missing" class we had.

Also, I am awaiting for the "subplot" to come to an end.

Ugh...