Original Girl Gamers
Activision Adds EA to $400 Million Infinity Ward Lawsuit
Activision fired a shot at its biggest rival, accusing fellow publisher Electronic Arts of “hijack[ing] Activision assets for personal greed and corporate gain.”
Activision is seeking $400 million from the three defendant parties.
Kotaku has the full text of the 39-page document, which claims that the Medal of Honor publisher “set out to destabilize, disrupt and to attempt to destroy Infinity Ward.”
I for one wished I could have sued EA back when they bought all rights to NFL games a few years back. It looks like EA might be a bully in the the video game world, hopefully no more after this lawsuit.
Gears of War 3 Beta Slated for April, There’s A Catch Though.
Epic Games will give early access to the Gears of War 3 beta to anyone who buys Bulletstorm for Xbox 360, the publisher said Friday.
This has to be one of the most highly anticipated games for 2011, but is it worth paying full price for a game “Bulletstorm” that you might not even like? Microsoft and Epic seem to be dangling the carrot out in front of us but who will bite it? For me I knew I was buying Gears of War 3 the second I finished Gears 2, as I think a lot of people did.
I guess sales numbers will tell in February providing Bulletstorm isn’t postponed.
Mass Effect 3 Announced for Holiday 2011
I don’t know about you, but this is serious news to this Girl Gamer. I find that action RPG’s are the way to go and this one is the champion in my world. The final title in the Mass Effect trilogy will again feature Commander Shepard as battles an invasion of Earth by the Reapers. Commander Shepard is to the Mass Effect series what Laura Croft is to Tomb Raider, providing you select the female option like I do every time. Of course this is all my opinion, but play the game and you will see what I am talking about.
PlayStation 3 version of Mass Effect 2 has release date confirmed
EA have stepped up and at last confirmed the official release dates for the PS3 version of previously Xbox 360 exclusive title Mass Effect 2. The company have confirmed that the game will be available on January 18 2011 in North America and on January 21 2011 in Europe.
Xbox Live Rewards program launches
The Xbox Live Rewards program is up an running in the US and UK which allows users to earn points for everyday use from playing games to watching movies (if you have Netflix) or renewing Xbox Live subscriptions. Yes, these are real Microsoft points that you can you in the martketplace to purchase themes, maps, dlc, and other various items available. I think this is a great idea, you earn real rewards for things you love to do, gaming!
All you have to do is sign up here and it’s free to do so. You must have an Xbox Live account though.
Tiger Woods Needs to Start Winning for Partnership to “Make Sense” in the Long Run, EA Says
Looks as if Tiger Woods may be getting the boot from EA if he continues his golf game slump. EA has prided itself of having the number one golfer on the cover of it’s games and since Tiger has now dropped to the number two golfer in the world EA may change their front man to keep that tradition alive.
Speaking with Reuters (via NBC Sports), EA CEO John Ricitiello reiterated that there’s “no threat against Tiger.” But he also noted what he referred to as their business relationship.
PlayStation Move sales hit 4.1 million (with a catch)
Play Tower Defense Games
A hugely popular type of online game of late is that of the tower defense game genre. One of the reasons for this rise in popularity is need for using intricate tactics, to defeat a logic based game, and the slow rise in difficulty making it feel fun but challenging. A tip to defeating these tower defense games is to use the towers which slow the enemy down. Sometimes you’re able to slow them down by placing things on the path. These are usually very cheap, so make sure to use them by placing them in range of your best towers.
At some stage if you have to deal with self healing enemies, make sure to make some towers at close to each other as possible, so they don’t have enough time to If there. You should also learn which enemies are vulnerable to certain towers and make sure you fit the creation into your strategy to beat the tower level. In some games you’re able to see a list of which type of enemy will be released. You can use these tactics in games such as Bloons Tower Defense 4 which, with it’s colorful, vibrant graphics, is one of the best games of this genre.
Rather than using a tower as your defense, there are also the purely defense type games, such as Snipe Down, which fans of “defend the house” style games will enjoy hugely. The objective being to use your trusty sniper, controlled with the mouse, to eliminate all the enemies before they are able to get to your “house”. As you advance through the waves, tougher enemies start to attack, the round length becomes longer, and more weak enemies spawn. To help you defend, every kill helps towards unlocking upgrades to your sniper rifles, automatic turrets and more. Can you survive until the last man standing is dead?
Although not a tower type game, Storm the house 3 is a defense type game which is worth playing. This game is the third in the storm the house series, where the objective is to defend your house from slowly increasing numbers of enemies, for 40 days. As you kill enemies you can upgrade and expand your weapon arsenal, as well as build turrets, or hire soldiers to repair your house, or assist you in defending. There’s also a range of mini-games, ranging from punching jeeps, to playing music by killing enemies. So if you have a spare moment, give these tower & defense games a go!
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