Author - Jerry Paxton

Tropico 4 Demo Out Now for Xbox 360

Kalypso Media has announced that the demo for their new dictatorship-sim, Tropico 4, is out now on the Xbox 360 platform. The game is also out on the Windows PC platform.

About Tropico 4

Tropico 4 sees you return as El Presidente, the tyrannical (or benevolent) dictator of the island paradise of Tropico. The world is changing and Tropico is moving with the times – geographical powers rise and fall and the world market is dominated by new players with new demands and offers – and you, as El Presidente, face a whole new set of challenges. If you are to triumph over your naysayers you will need to gain as much support from your people as possible. Your decisions will shape the future of your nation, and more importantly, the size of your Swiss bank account.

Apple Refreshes Macbook Pro Line

Apple has finally refreshed their Macbook Pro laptop line, giving them updated CPUs and graphics cards for the same price points. The new 13-inch Macbook Pro features either an Intel i5 or Intel i7 CPU, with the same Intel graphics chipset as before. I was hoping they would give the higher-end 13-inch something beefier in that department but, alas, it was not the case.

OnLive Announces L.A. Noire Pre-Order

OnLive has announced that pre-order purchases for the upcoming L.A. Noire on PC are now underway, and the game will launch on the OnLive Game Service day and date with the PC version of the release at retail, which is slated for November 8th, 2011 in the U.S. and November 11th, 2011 in the UK. Gamers placing a pre-order receive 10% off the full price of the game plus $10 off any other purchase on OnLive.

About L.A. Noire

They Say L.A. is a City Where Not Everything is as it Seems…

…Which is certainly the case in L.A. Noire. That’s right, we said L.A. Noire — the award winning, groundbreaking detective thriller from Rockstar Games is coming to OnLive this November.

The game takes you into post WWII Los Angeles. You’re Cole Phelps, war-hero, trying to rebuild your life as a detective with the LAPD. But it’s more complicated than that. You have dark secrets of your own, things you’d rather forget. You’ll come face to face with criminal bosses, damsels in distress, conspiracies and, ultimately, the ghosts of your past.

L.A. Noire is a great example of art and cutting edge technology coming together to create something amazing. You’ll feel like you’re in a classic detective film from the 1940s. The story is complex, where sometimes you have to do wrong to make things right.

This is the first time we’ve worked with Rockstar Games, which is exciting in itself, but the game is also spectacular. We can’t tell you how excited we are to have it in the OnLive catalog. Or we could, but that would take a lot more than one blog entry.

What we can tell you is that the game is available for pre-order in both the U.S. and the UK as of today, October 21st. If you pre-order you’ll get 10% off the price of the game plus $10 (5 GBP for UK customers) off your next purchase on OnLive.

Here’s looking at you, kid.

—John Spinale, VP of Games & Media
OnLive Player Tag: iSpin

Telltale Announces Jurassic Park Gamestop Pre-Order Bonus

Telltale Games has announced that if gamers pre-order their copy of Jurassic Park from a Gamestop store, they will receive a code redeemable for their very own Tyrannosaurus pet – usable by their Xbox LIVE avatar, not in real-life. That technology doesn’t exist yet… Or, does it?

Jurassic Park is due out on the Xbox 360 platform come November 15th.

Ezio Coming to Soul Calibur V

Namco Bandai has announced that Ezio from the Assassin’s Creed game franchise will be a playable guest character in the upcoming fighting game, Soul Calibur V. SC V is due out on January 31, 2012 on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 platforms.

“We are very excited to bring two groundbreaking and influential franchises together with SOULCALIBUR and Assassin’s Creed,” said Carlson Choi, Vice President of Marketing for NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. “Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed series has captivated millions of fans around the world with its unique locations, story and gameplay mechanics. We are proud to now have Ezio Auditore as part of the SOULCALIBUR universe.”

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Blizzcon 2011 Photo Gallery

Well, the 2011 Blizzcon gaming expo is over with. Over the last two days, we have met up with many interesting characters, movers, and even shakers. We have a couple more info pieces coming to you from the Blizzcon floor, but we wanted to share our photo gallery with you first.

You MAY even see The Guild star, Felicia Day, in some of them!

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