<![CDATA[[GameRatty] tag: timeshift]]> http://gameratty.com/tag/timeshift Fri, 09 May 2008 09:52:48 +0000 iRatty Engine http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[E3: The Trailers - Singularity]]> http://gameratty.com/article/29d410f52bf1987c09dd0cca05545295 http://gameratty.com/article/29d410f52bf1987c09dd0cca05545295 My hands can now write ‘E3: The Trailers’ before my brain sends a signal for them to do so. This scares me. I’m going to have to write something really long and self-indulgent next week to compensate for all these blinkin’ videos.

Singularity: the other new game from Raven, and the first time in a near-decade they’re not hooking an FPS onto someone else’s license. But it is, unsurprisingly, an FPS. The trailer (already mentioned in Jim’s post, but figured it was well worth highlighting separately) isn’t giving much away, though if I were to make a knee-jerk judgement - which I do about everything, especially people and types of cheese - I’d say something like ‘FEAR at sea.’ I’m probably waaaaay off, as reportedly it’s got something to do with time-travel. Timeshift at sea, then.

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]]> Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:20:31 +0000 brain sends visit site time singularity blinkin videos trailers knee-jerk judgement elses license jims post E3: The Trailers - Singularity <![CDATA[Demo-Tastic: NASCAR 09 and Crash Time on Live]]> http://gameratty.com/article/87c8f0d9177ef8a026440a7edc9c8d70 http://gameratty.com/article/87c8f0d9177ef8a026440a7edc9c8d70 nascar09.jpgOkay, so you might have to wait until the end of next week (hopefully sooner) to get your hands on the demo of Ninja Gaiden 2, unless you happen to reside in Japan, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a handful of demos available on the Xbox Live Marketplace right now.

A demo of NASCAR 09 includes the new Sprint Driver Challenge as well as two tracks of the game’s 22, which should give you a good idea as to how bored it’s possible to be while playing a videogame.

Today saw the release of a demo for Crash Time, which you’ve probably never heard of. Luckily, that’s why there’s a demo so you can try the game out and determine for yourself whether or not there’s a good reason for that.

And don’t forget about that free Army of Two DLC that was released earlier this week. It’s not a demo, but still, free maps are awesome.

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]]> Fri, 30 May 2008 18:28:02 +0000 live xbox live demo xbox live marketplace titans demo nba 2k8 demo xbox multiplayer frontlines demo crash time Demo-Tastic: NASCAR 09 and Crash Time on Live <![CDATA[X3F Week in Review: May 23, 2008 - May 28, 2008]]> http://gameratty.com/article/c3f38bebf9ea7fd2605832c149991114 http://gameratty.com/article/c3f38bebf9ea7fd2605832c149991114 Filed under: ,


The X3F Week in Review returns once again, chock-full of the latest news and community features (seriously, we checked our chock, and that sucker is full). We've hit our 70th Xbox 360 Fancast, which is pretty amazing. Even more amazing is the awesome Commander Shepard statue we're giving away this week. Perhaps even more awesome than that are the 100 codes for the Bad Company demo that we're giving away. Win a code now and play the demo a full week before it's available to the public. Find this and more in the links below.

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The X3F Week in Review returns once again, chock-full of the latest news and community features (seriously, we checked our chock, and that sucker is full). We've hit our 70th Xbox 360 Fancast, which is pretty amazing. Even more amazing is the awesome Commander Shepard statue we're giving away this week. Perhaps even more awesome than that are the 100 codes for the Bad Company demo that we're giving away. Win a code now and play the demo a full week before it's available to the public. Find this and more in the links below.

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]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 20:00:00 +0000 xbox microsoft xbox x3f week week original xbox ng2 xbox bad company demo demo fanswag X3F Week in Review: May 23, 2008 - May 28, 2008 <![CDATA[Stop Looking for LittleBigPlanet's Enemies At Least Not the Traditional Type]]> http://gameratty.com/article/6dff117804fab42787bfc8359cdb600f http://gameratty.com/article/6dff117804fab42787bfc8359cdb600f littlebigplanet1.jpg

We know there are going to be enemies of some sort in LittleBigPlanet, but we’ve yet to see them in action or really hear anything about them. They might not be the focal point of the game in the same way they are in a shooter, but still, what gives?

The real reason why we haven’t seen them? Well, they can’t really be seen.

Stephen Totilo from over at MTV learned at a recent perss event that developer Media Molecule isn’t focused on pre-made enemies. What you’ll see in lieu of that are different AI brains with various behaviors, which can then be attached to anything you create in the game. Of course, a lump of wood might not make for much of an enemy, but the potential for truly grand enemies straight out of your nightmares are just a LittleBigPlanet away. (I know that was lame, shatup.)

You can find out some other really interesting details on LBP over at MTV Multiplayer, including how you could design a level to work as a rhythm game and the ability to bestow gifts upon other players.

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]]> Sat, 24 May 2008 14:26:21 +0000 enemies game enemies game grand enemies straight rhythm game littlebigplanet recent perss event mtv multiplayer developer media molecule Stop Looking for LittleBigPlanet's Enemies At Least Not the Traditional Type <![CDATA[Free TimeShift DLC shifts to not free]]> http://gameratty.com/article/f9225b5b89fe34fee81ef22bb2d53739 http://gameratty.com/article/f9225b5b89fe34fee81ef22bb2d53739 Filed under: ,


Remember that free TimeShift DLC that dropped earlier this week? We hope you snapped it up quick, because it looks like it wasn't supposed to be free. It seems some Xbox Live Marketplace ninjas have infiltrated Microsoft HQ and changed the price of "Urban Redual" to 800 MS Points. The other piece of DLC "Futures-Past," however, remains free. We're not quite sure what happened, but it's clear that there was a mix-up somewhere. Whether or not time powers were involved has yet to be confirmed. Whether or not "takesies-backsies" was declared is also unconfirmed at this time.

 

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Today, a second piece of downloadable content goodness has graced TimeShift, bringing with it an extra dose of achievement love as well.

Available for download for the gotta have it price of FREE are two TimeShift DLC packs called "Futures-Past" and the newly released "Urban ReDuel". And with the DLC release, TimShift received a Gamerscore bump up to 1250, adding an additional ten DLC based achievements each worth 25 Gamerscore. To recap. Free DLC, more achievements and a possible 250 Gamerscore increase. We can't complain too much.

 

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]]> Wed, 21 May 2008 11:00:00 +0000 timeshift gamerscore gamerscore bump achievements achievement love timeshift dlc packs dlc based achievements downloadable content goodness gamerscore increase TimeShift DLC adds more achievement love <![CDATA[TimeShift DLC wants to predict the future of online play]]> http://gameratty.com/article/cecf6cc9a61b3080f8dbcad169993773 http://gameratty.com/article/cecf6cc9a61b3080f8dbcad169993773

TimeShift is one of those games that received adequately favorable reviews from many outlets, but was not considered to be on the same tier as other first-person shooters like CoD4 or Halo 3. One of the things that set it back was its virtual lack of a compelling story and linearity, with the saving grace of the title being the unique ability to manipulate time which the entire game was build around.

Your character’s Beta suit allowed you to slow, pause, rewind, and fast-forward time at your discretion (somehow stopping time and shotgunning a guy in the face just never gets old). If you managed to stick it out through the single-player campaign, you may have decided to take a crack at TimeShift’s multiplayer option as well. It was nice to see that Sierra decided to implement the time-altering abilities into online play. Granted, freezing time against real opponents sounds cheap on the surface, but the time-shifting grenades that create a sort of time bubble helped to balance things out a bit. The option to determine the level of gravity you would be playing in also brought out a different challenge we don’t normally see.

Almost seven months after TimeShift’s release on the Xbox 360, Sierra has launched the Futures-Past Multiplayer Map Pack on Xbox LIVE, free of charge. The DLC has five new maps to choose from that will support your everyday game modes (One-on-One, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch) and also TimeShift’s own King of Time and Meltdown Madness. King of Time has you fighting for an item that makes you resistant to time attacks, and Meltdown Madness is an attack/defend mode where you have to throw chrono grenades at the enemy’s machine to disable it and claim victory. Sierra believes these unique game modes “reveal the future of multiplayer fragging.”

TimeShift was also released on the PS3 last November, but as of right now there’s no word on whether Sierra will spread the DLC love over to Sony’s system.

]]> Sat, 10 May 2008 03:27:48 +0000 time time bubble time attacks fast-forward time timeshifts timeshifts multiplayer option timeshifts release dlc multiplayer TimeShift DLC wants to predict the future of online play <![CDATA[New Timeshift 360 DLC - free today]]> http://gameratty.com/article/4e562209e732f42d2366c73b37c01655 http://gameratty.com/article/4e562209e732f42d2366c73b37c01655 Fri, 09 May 2008 13:30:22 +0000 map map pack features deathmatch team deathmatch chrono grenades multiplayer maps timeshift free online enemies New Timeshift 360 DLC - free today <![CDATA[New TimeShift multiplayer map pack on Marketplace today]]> http://gameratty.com/article/d8acb50966fa28714791c7368d3cd2dc http://gameratty.com/article/d8acb50966fa28714791c7368d3cd2dc Bending time in a game is cool and all, but it can get pretty old if you do it on the same maps all the time. That's why Sierra Entertainment is dropping a new map pack for TimeShift's Xbox 360 version on the Xbox Live Marketplace today

The new Futures-Past Multiplayer Map Pack will come with five new multiplayer maps. Each of the maps will support 1-on-1, Deathmatch, and Team Deathmatch. TimeShift fans will definitely go for King of Time and Meltdown Madness, the game's exclusive multiplayer modes, though.

If you're feeling like throwing a few chrono grenades around, check out the Futures-Past Multiplayer Map Pack for TimeShift. It should be on the Marketplace by now. TimeShift is also available for PS3 and PC.

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