New
casual video game site
SanDisk
Corporation and Big Fish Games announced the launch of a new website
today, which offers a large library of casual video games that can be
run on USB flash drives enabled with SanDisk's U3 smart technology.
The new site (www.bigfishgames.com/sandisk)
currently offers users 56 titles to choose from,
including
games like
Boggle
and
Deep Ball Defender, and is expecting to have 100 titles
available by this summer. Site visitors will be able to download
trial versions of the games, which run for one hour, but full
versions are also available to be purchased for $19.99 USD each or
for as low as $6.99 each with a Big Fish Games Game Club
subscription. A Game Club subscription does require you to purchase a
certain number of games though, so be sure to read into the full
details of the subscription.
So
how does SanDisk's U3 smart technology work? It's pretty simple.
Instead of requiring a user to install an application or, in this
case, video game onto the computer they want to play on, the U3
enabled USB flash drive directly runs the application. This takes
away the time required to transfer and install that application. To
make things even faster, SanDisk will begin adding a direct link for
the site to the on-screen U3 Launchpad. The updated launchpad will be
included on SanDisk Cruzer Micro flash drives beginning some time in
the second quarter of 2008.
God
of War: Chains of Olympus
now
available
Sony
Computer Entertainment America announced the North American release
of
God of War: Chains of Olympus
for
PSP today. This is Kratos' first adventure on Sony's handheld system,
but Sony says the game will deliver “everything that fans have come
to expect from the
God of War
franchise”.
Chains of Olympus
is a
prequel to the original
God of War
,
and begins with Kratos embarking on a journey through places filled
with darkness and completely untouched by mortals.
“
The
Gods have been rendered powerless from the state of their world,
leaving Kratos with only one choice – he must square off against
the most vicious of demonic creatures from Greek Mythology and choose
between saving his soul or the ancient world from imminent and total
destruction.” It certainly sounds like an intriguing storyline, and
with new combat moves, magic and weapons, along with some existing
favourites, players will get to lead Kratos through it all with some
serious power to back him up.
God of War: Chains of Olympus
is available now for PSP for
$39.99 USD and CAD and is rated M for Mature.
XBLA
update
This
week's Xbox Live Arcade update features a brand new RPG styled
shooter.
Join
Rocketmen Nick Sion, Alec Mink and the Alliance of Free Planets in
their white-knuckled struggle to free the solar system from the
tyrannical grip of the Legion of Terra
in
Rocketmen: Axis of Evil.
Players
have the choice to save the galaxy alone or cooperatively, with up to
three other players over Xbox LIVE or locally on the same console.
With its distinctive cel-shaded art style, engaging storyline,
customizable characters and RPG elements, this shooter will keep
players coming back for more. Capcom’s
Rocketmen:
Axis of Evil
will be available worldwide (with the exception of Japan and Korea)
for 800 Microsoft Points and is rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and up.
Today's
game releases
SCEA's
MLB
08 The Show
for Playstation 3, Playstation 2 and PSP – Price varies by console