Pearl Harbor Trilogy – 1941: Red Sun Rising is the first title in a trilogy of air-combat action games for the Wii. In the first episode, which is available on WiiWare™ for 700 Wii Points, players are dropped into the cockpit of famous World War II aircraft and thrown into some of the most contested air battles of the Pacific Theatre such as Pearl Harbor, Wake Island and Guadalcanal.

The game has been rated T for Teen (Violence) by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), PEGI 12 (Europe), USK 12 (Germany) and AGCB PG Mild Violence (Australia and New Zealand).

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Rock Hippo Productions have announced that their fast and furious MMO-TPS (Massively Multiplayer Online-Third Person Shooter) game, MicroVolts is entering its Beta stage soon.

MicroVolts is a free2play online shooter that offers an innovative Third Person view over the traditional First Person genre, making the game compelling to play, more fun to watch and more importantly, providing an intense gaming experience.

MicroVolts places the gamer in a toy playground and pits players in the roles of action figures in a war that’s been waged in our own homes unnoticed.  How did the war start? Who made them?  It’s time to take up arms and fight for valuable battery resources and supremacy of the Micro World.

Featuring fast paced gameplay and a thriving number of different weapons, characters, levels and modes, another of the game’s unique features is the possibility to customize your character. With literally thousands of cosmetic items either purchasable or freely available, no one character must look the same.

Each individual player’s statistics are logged and MicroVolts also gives the opportunity to level up so your character becomes an even more feared opponent in the fun-to-play levels.

MicroVolts offers the player a huge choice of options for putting their own stamp on the game:
·         4 characters to choose from that are customizable with a choice of thousands of cosmetic items.

·         Choose from 7 different types of weapons, each being fully upgradeable.

·         Strategic teamwork that offers dynamic and fast paced game play.

·         Multiple maps, designed by Toy Concept, offer a distinct and visually rich view of the world.

·         Different game modes offer the player a unique experience.

Visit the MicroVolts website to be among the first to reciece a beta code and check out the exciting free to play new game.

Heavy Weapon

Heavy Weapon is a 2-D shoot-em-up game from PopCap that over two years ago was released on Xbox Live. The game has recently been released on the PS3 as a Playstation Network (PSN) game.

The game consists of 19 missions that you must complete. You can either do this solo or with a friend.

As you progress through the levels you can upgrade your tank in various ways. Once you have completed the level you get one point to spend on upgrades in the armoury. You have the choice of upgrading your defence or attack. I can assume everyone will go for the second option by purchasing Homing Missiles, a Laser, Rockets, a Flak Cannon or Thunderstrike.

There are three different game modes. These are:

Heavy Weapon – Mission Mode
This can only be played offline and can be played as a one or two player game. In this Mission Mode you must reach the end of each level by destroying the enemy forces and their boss with only three lives.

Heavy Weapon – Survival Mode
Survival Mode is where you have to stay alive for as long as possible whilst battling with the enemy forces. This game mode can be played online or offline with up to four players as you battle for the highest score. Playing Heavy Weapon in Survival Mode gives you the option of playing either a War Party or an Arms Race. War Party allows you to keep ‘re-spawning’ as long as someone in your team is still alive.  Whereas the Arms Race game mode only gives you three lives each.

Heavy Weapon – Boss Blitz Mode
The Boss Blitz Mode is where you battle every single boss from the game one at a time in the biggest battle. You will need to complete all missions to unlock this mode.

Another feature of the game is that it has both online and offline multiplayer. As I previously said you can play Survival Mode and Mission Mode in offline multiplayer, but you can also play levels online with up to four friends, playing either War Party or Arms Race. It allows you to invite friends to join the game as well.

Heavy Weapon features a collection of 13 trophies; some of which are very easy, while others can be quite challenging.

Overall the game creates a high level of excitement as you battle your way through whilst avoiding all bullets and fighting for survival as you play single or multiplayer.

Buzzin Games rating: 72%

Battlefield 1943

Battlefield 1943 is a new online multiplayer game released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 through Xbox Live and PSN.

Battlefield 1943 adds to the collection of Battlefield games which includes Battlefield 1942, Battlefield 2142 and Battlefield: Bad Company which was released last year.

Battlefield 1943 allows up to 24 players to play online in one match. From the title screen you are allowed to enter a match through; quick match (places you in a random game), Private match (create your own game and invite friends to join you) or Battlefield 1943 is built around the same online game play and style as Bad Company with a few adjustments. It uses the same scoring system as bad company, but a new style is added including fantastic graphics and beautifully designed surroundings.

Battlefield 1943 screenshot

Whilst playing you are either USA or Japan.

The only game mode you can play is conquest the idea of the game is to capture and hold the majority of the flags; there are five flags on each map. Capturing flags gives your team a new spawn point with vehicles so you can travel to other parts of the map.

Capturing flags also gives you points which contribute to your overall score. In order to win the game the opposing team must run out of reinforcement tickets. The amount of reinforcement tickets available for both teams are indicated by the two bars at the top of the screen every time a killed soldier “respawns” , one of the tickets are used. Another way to lower the amount of reinforcement tickets the enemy has to capture and hold three or more bases in the game.

There are three maps available to be used in the conquest game mode, these include: Wake Island, Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal. On each of these maps there are cars, tanks, boats and planes. These vehicles can all aid you in capturing flags as they provide a faster transport than running or swimming. Cars can hold up to three players, tanks can hold two, boats can hold five and a plane can only take one. When in a plane you can voyage all over the island (, don’t go into trees or buildings as you will die losing ten points for suicide). Planes can drop bombs and you can use two guns. If you want to get out of the vehicle you can jump or you can use a parachute to get to the ground safely.

Now we move onto Battlefield 1943 weapons.

You choose one weapon class at the start of a match and every time you die and then respawn you can choose again. Enemies drop a bag when killed, and it stays there for a while, if you want to you can pick up this bag and your weapon class changes to what the enemy had. In the game you have an unlimited supply of ammo which is a very helpful feature, for secondary weapons you must wait a few seconds though.

In the game there are three weapon classes which you can choose from, they are; Rifleman, Infantry and Scout. Rifleman gives you a semi-automatic rifle, rifle grenades, two grenades and a knife. Infantry gives you a sub-machine gun, a rocket launcher, two grenades and a wrench. The wrench; which is used as the melee weapon to kill enemies with can also be used to repair damaged vehicles. The final class Scout gives you a scoped rifle, a pistol, three satchel charges and a knife.

The aim of the game is to get kills but doing this will also earn you points, and points are what you need to rank up. Accumulating a certain amount of points unlocks the next level. The higher you get the more points you will need to level up.

Now you can play air superiority on the final map coral sea. This game mode is completely different from the rest of the game. In this game mode you are not allowed on land. Everyone is in a jet and you must work as a team to shoot down enemy fighter jets and claim air superiority. The only way to win is to take control of the sky and stay in control until the enemies reinforcement tickets run out.

The game allows you to earn 12 trophies. The trophies are all fairly simple to collect including a very easy gold. Two trophies are unlocked by playing 30 and 100 matches due to its addictive game play you’ll have it in no time.

This is definitely a game I would recommend, its addictive online multiplayer action has kept me playing for hours on end. The game is definitely worth purchasing if you are a fan of the battlefield collection or just a fan of shooters. I would give this game a 90% rating as it is very good. My only criticism is that there are only four maps so maybe additional map packs could be added in the future.

Buzzin Games Rating: 90%

Space Falcon Commander is a vertical scrolling shoot ‘em up game featuring 3D graphics, wide range of explosions and visual effects, high quality music and sound effects, lots of bonuses and power-ups.

The player is in the role of an elite commander controlling an advanced space fighter: the Space Falcon. They must stand as one-against-many strange aliens, mini-bosses and big bosses invading the universe in more than 45 levels. It’s a simple plot of the game, but it is made with gameplay as the most important factor in mind.

Space Falcon Commander offers great arcade fun, adrenalin pumping action and online “Hall of Fame” where players can compete against other Space Falcon Commander players around the world!

Space Falcon Commander Features:

• More than 45 levels giving hours of playtime
• Beautiful 3D graphics with wide range of explosions and visual effects
• High quality music and sound effects
• Many different aliens, big bosses and dozens of mini-bosses
• Wide range of power-ups, special weapons and bonuses
• High score saving and online high scores submission
• Easy to learn but hard to put away gameplay
• Available in languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch and Hungarian

Space Falcon Commander is published by Chillingo now available for the iPhone and iPod touch and costs $0.99.

Xbox 360 UK Top 10 Games Chart:

1.   F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin (Warner Bros. Interactive)
2.   Left 4 Dead (Electronic Arts)
3.   Call Of Duty: World At War (Activision Blizzard)
4.   FIFA 09 (Electronic Arts)
5.   Grand Theft Auto IV (Take 2)
6.   Skate 2 (Electronic Arts)
7.   Gears Of War 2 (Microsoft)
8.   Guitar Hero: World Tour (Activision Blizzard)
9.   The Lord Of The Rings: Conquest (Electronic Arts)
10. Saints Row 2 (THQ)

F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin - Free Competition

F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin was released today (Friday 13th February 2009) by Warner Bros. and to celebrate its release we are running a FREE COMPETITION to win an Xbox 360 copy of this fantastic sequel.

Developed by Monolith Productions, F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin continues in the same supernatural, horrific and psychological mood as F.E.A.R.

Alma is back with a vengeance.

F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin will be available on PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation PS3.

Free Competition to win F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

PLEASE NOTE: This competition ended on 28 February 2009.

Enter our Free Competition to win a copy of F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin for the Xbox 360.

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The Buzzin Games F.E.A.R. 2:Project Origin Free Competition ends on 28 February 2009. The editor will randomly choose one lucky winner.

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Turn off the lights and view the F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin trailer.

F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin

F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin will be released on Friday 13th February 2009.

To celebrate this release, Interactive Entertainment are organising a series of events for the fans of the game.

Developed by Monolith Productions, F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin will continue in the same supernatural, horrific and psychological mood as F.E.A.R.

Alma will be back with a vengeance.

To whet your appetite, check out this nine minute trailer.  Though please note, the content of this video may be unsuitable for children.

F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin will be available on PC, Xbox and Playstation.

Space Falcon Commander mobile game

Space Falcon Commander is a new game for mobile phones

Space Falcon Commander is a new shoot ‘em up arcade style platform game based on the classic Space Invaders game.

Rapid Turtle Games, the recently formed multi-platform game development company, have created a great, fast version of the arcade classic.

Space Falcon Commander – The Game
You are in the role of an elite commander controlling an advanced space fighter: the Space Falcon. You must stand as one-against-many strange aliens invading the universe. It’s a simple plot of the game, but it is made with gameplay as the most important factor in mind.

Lots of arcade fun, adrenalin pumping action and online “Hall of Fame” where you can compete against other Space Falcon Commander players around the world!

Space Falcon Commander – Mobile Game Features:

• 48 levels giving hours of playtime
• 4 big bosses
• Wide range of power-ups, special weapons and bonuses
• High score saving and online high scores submission
• Easy to learn but hard to put away gameplay

Space Falcon Commander mobile game screenshot

Space Falcon Commander is a great addictive mobile game. Easy to play, quick to learn and good graphics.  Very addictive, just like the original space Invaders.

Space Falcon Commander mobile game screenshot

The game is available now for Java-enabled mobile phones for $2.99 from www.rapidturtlegames.com

Buzzin Games Rating: 85%