This time, Commander Shepard travels to the edge of the galaxy to rescue an undercover operative that potentially got hold of an evidence regards to an impending Reaper invasion. That’s the story of Mass Effect 2’s Arrival downloadable content.
This final batch of downloadable content (DLC) for Mass Effect 2 will set the stage for the next game, Mass Effect 3, making it a can’t miss expansion to what some people around here considered to be last year’s Game of the Year. What’s more, Arrival also features the return of Admiral Hackett, lovingly voiced by the gravelly voice of Lance Henriksen.
“All year, we have been extremely honoured and humbled by the reception we have received for Mass Effect 2 from players around the world, including our post release DLC”, said Casey Hudson, Executive Producer, Mass Effect series. “Mass Effect: Arrival is an exciting extension to Mass Effect 2 and will show players just how close the Reapers are to returning and completing their deadly harvest.”
Arrival will be available on March 29 for 560 Microsoft points, 560 BioWare points, or $6.99 and is available for PC, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3.
Once again, electronics products industry in Japan is being affected by the disaster that struck the country last Friday. Despite its factories mostly situated in China, Apple’s iPad 2 productions is also affected by the disaster, making the situation worse for iPad 2 buyers as the stock is already running low since launch day.
According to Asia Times, the iPad 2 battery and memory are made in Japan, and with electrical shutdowns, disrupted transportation system and employees understandably staying home, supplies of these parts are terribly low.
iSuppli mentioned that Apple will also face difficulty getting the iPad 2 internal compass provided by AKM Semiconductor and touch screen components likely sourced from Asahi Glass Company. At present, Apple appears to be able to build the iPad 2 for 2-3 weeks before the parts shortages impact the company.
The iPad 2 went on sale in the US on the same day the tsunami struck Japan, and Apple has announced few days ago that initial sales of the iPad 2 in Japan will be delayed. Our hearts (and funds) go out to the people of Japan who are struggling with the many challenges they face.
When you’ve not nothing better to do, and you want to do some very cruel things to your pals, then you should learn a thing or two from these boys at GlazeBros. Good thing I don’t have much body hair, except for some parts that are off limit.
It’s still a lovely idea for a board game. I know of some dudes that look like monkeys, it’s time to suggest this game.
PopCap has announced that all their iOS games, like Bejeweled, Bookworm, Chuzzle, Peggle, and Plants vs. Zombies, are getting a price drop for 48 hours to raise funds for Japan’s earthquake crisis.
Partnering with Red Cross, PopCap will donate all of its revenues from the sales, which begin Saturday March 19 at 12:01AM PDT and ends midnight PDT on Sunday March 20. iPhone games will be 99 cents while iPad games will be $1.99.
Sega has also put some of its apps, including Street Fighter IV, on sale for just 99 cents. Everything from the sale will go to the relief effort for earthquake victims via the Red Cross.
ChatTime, the iPhone app that allows you to make calls through your iDevices, has announced that for the rest of the month, all calls to Japan from the app are completely free, which a similar move is made by both US carriers AT&T and Verizon. Of course, ChatTime allows you to call internationally from anywhere.
Gaming may be the last thing that you’d want to do in such situation, and certainly you shouldn’t be moved to donate just because of a free game, but it’s still a good effort to push more people into donating.
If you already have these apps, or don’t want to buy any apps, and still wish to donate, do head over to RedCross’s website.
Nokia teams up with Rovio to create a massive 3D projection on a 150-foot tall Austin building during their opening party at Texas for the event South by Southwest. What’s it about? Well, obviously Angry Birds on Nokia. A pretty cool way to promote the game I might add.
This latest Crysis 2 video gives another look at the gunplay and suit-enhanced choreography of the upcoming computer and console shooter, played on the computer. Though the demo was limited to “medium” graphic setting to minimize download side, it still portrays a good glimpse of how Crysis 2 will run on your computer. The game does seem to be very smooth and somewhat better then Call of Duty.
Crysis 2 will be released on March 22nd for the PlayStation 3, PC, and Xbox 360.
We all know how powerful Google’s search engine is, but the real crazy people are the programmers and developers behind it. You can do so much with the company’s search box, like calculation and conversion and translation, even find someone. But now, it’s going to be even smarter. Searching for the title of an upcoming movie or video game plus “release date” will now instantly give you Google’s best guess for when the title will actually be released, which is apparently based on how often it’s been mentioned on certain websites. So far, we’ve only been able to get it to work with movies and games, although it seems pretty likely that it will soon expand to other areas as well, like maybe gadgets? Some titles work, while others don’t. It’s not fully intelligent, yet. Go ahead and try it yourself.
The first 4G LTE handset from Verizon is now officially available, and it’s from HTC. The Thunderbolt is a 4G LTE Android smartphone and is exclusively for Verizon and is a CDMA smartphone with support for EvDO revision A.
The 4.3-inch phone runs on Google’s Android 2.2 Froyo operating system together with HTC Sense 2.0 UI. The 8-Megapixel camera is capable of HD video recording, and its 768MB of RAM will be able to load all your application smoothly together with the 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 chip. The phone is also capable of those crazy 4G download speeds.
The HTC Thunderbolt 4G Android smartphone is now available from Verizon for $250 on a two-year contract, or you could have it at Amazon for only $180 with the same contract.
Earlier today, someone at Amazon accidentally made Amazon.com/apps accessible to everyone who went to that specific URL, and upon visiting, it shows Amazon’s upcoming app store for Android. Of course, the link has been taken down by now.
But a few lucky visitors actually took the time to visit Android Marketplace and compare the price of apps available at both sides, and it seemed that Amazon’s got some exclusive deals. There are 14 apps that are cheaper on Amazon, and Amazon even have some exclusive apps such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Force Recon, 3D Spider Walk, Brainwave Tuner and Highborn. Angry Bird Rio will also be debuting exclusively at Amazon Appstore this month. However, the apps can’t be bought yet.
Android News has got a full list of the price differences between Amazon and Google’s respective stores. Check it out if you’re interested!
Once again, electronics products industry in Japan is being affected by the disaster that struck the country last Friday. Despite its factories mostly situated in China, Apple’s iPad 2 productions is also affected by the disaster, making the situation worse for iPad 2 buyers as the stock is already running low since launch day.
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