Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’ breaks sales records
"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" (COD: MW3) is the latest installment of the critically acclaimed first-person shooter series from developers Infinity Ward. Through the course of the past several years the "Modern Warfare" franchise has continuously broken sales records with a growing popularity, including this edition of the game.
The single-player game takes off like a freight train right out of the gate, violently throwing you into a world where the very future of America is in your hands. It seems you are always teetering on the brink of death in each level's beginning, whether by surviving helicopter crashes, collapsing buildings or the double cross of a rogue agent.
From the first moment playing "RAGE," addiction takes hold and it is extremely difficult to stop. "RAGE" was created by id Software, a company which pioneered the first-person-shooter genre, boasting such legendary titles as Wolfenstien 3D, Doom and Quake.
Many awesome, unique and crowd-pleasing indie games were featured at Fantastic Fest's Fantastic Arcade Sept. 22-25 at The Highball. This event was open to the public, not just festival badge holders, and featured rows of TVs and laptops loaded with new games and even a few adapted into upright old-school arcade style machines.
The semester is quickly coming to an end for ACC students with all-night study binges, last-minute projects, and rigorous finals. While many students opt to take classes during the summer, some are more interested in playing the all new video game releases. Take a break from the beach this summer and check out these anticipated video games:
Student lounges, libraries abound with gamers
Spring break is around the corner, and students may choose to travel, visit, and/or study during their break, but not everyone can afford to. For those willing to spend their break at home, there is a great alternative to keep students occupied: video games.
While browsing through game collections like a hungry child peering into the fridge for something tasty, many students may have no idea what to play. Below is a guide to help everyone decide what to play during the break, including some veteran, newbie, and classic games.
Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds released 10 years after period of legal issues
Sequel to horror game brings more scares, gameplay
After delay after delay, the Playstation 3 exclusive Gran Turismo 5 (GT5) racing simulation video game was finally released on Nov. 24.
Mouse to star in Wii exclusive video game
"Disney Epic Mickey" aims to change how everyone views the iconic character Mickey Mouse by allowing players to engage long-forgotten Disney characters as Mickey in a world designed to resemble Disney World with a dark twist.
8-bit music, reminiscent of early "Zelda" and "Mario Bros." video game soundtracks, filled the air as local game enthusiasts attended SXSW's ScreenBurn and The Austin Chronicle's second annual Game On Austin event on Nov. 16. Game On Austin played host to a night of video game demos and tournaments from local video game companies at the Mohawk, a music venue on Red River Street.
Post-apocalyptic role-playing game Fallout: New Vegas adds features to familiar franchise
Set in the vast wasteland of the Mojave desert, Fallout: New Vegas, voted 2010's best role-playing game by IGN and Gamespot, debuts on Oct. 19 and is the latest installment in the Fallout video game series.
Massively multiplayer online role playing game makes its debut for Microsoft Windows
Final Fantasy XIV made its debut on the PC last month, and this massively multiplayer online role playing (MMORP) game is something to take in using all the senses.
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Black Ops first in Call of Duty series set during Cold War era
Call of Duty Black Ops is the latest edition in the Call of Duty (COD) series making its return to PCs and gaming consoles worldwide on Nov. 9.
Let's face it. Video gaming is better in groups, and with the invention of online gaming, this has never been more true. Let's take a step backwards and get back to the true roots of video gaming: live tournaments.
Fantastic Fest hosts first ever video game conference, tournaments
While Fantastic Fest has been around for years, this was the first year with the newest addition: Fantastic Arcade. This part of the festival showcased dozens of indie games, Machinima, nerdcore music and anything and everything surrounding the video game community.
Movies and video games
Fantastic Fest is celebrating six years of giving the cinephiles films that aren't normally in the biggest box office hit list. That is if they ever make it to the big screen. These are the films that usually come second to whatever is the latest Jerry Bruckheimer or James Cameron film.
Before Accent endures a week full of sitting in uncomfortable movie chairs, eye strains from the bright lights and sore thumbs from playing video games, Accent Life & Arts Editor Sarah Vasquez sorted through the list of the selected films while staff writer JasonWitmer listed the video games from the debuting Fantastic Arcade that caught their attention.
The name of the Game
The term "LAN party" may seem vague to most casual gamers, but the initiated know it as an awesome opportunity to meet new people, stay up all night, and frag your friends. LAN stands for "Local Area Network", which means that you are connected to others on the network in your house/apartment/domicile. A LAN party is where several people (ranging from 2 – 11,000) bring over their video game consoles (PC, Xbox360 etc), along with televisions/monitors, and all link up to the local internet and play with each other on their own "rig."
The name of the game
I've been playing video games competitively for as long as I can remember. I love the thrill of competition, so it's lucky for me that the competitive gaming scene is big in Austin.
I heard wind of a two vs. two Street Fighter 4 tournament at Arcade UFO (Austin's only coin operated Japanese arcade), and decided to go. I invited my friend Alec Garcia, a fellow gamer from Houston, to be my partner.
Graphics, features impress
The Suikoden series is known for epic storylines about conflicting nations, intense war battles, and huge casts of characters. The latest installment, for the Nintendo DS, to the distinctive role playing game franchise is entitled Suikoden: Tierkreis, and will hit US shores on Mar.
Pokémon Platinum, soon to be released on the Nintendo DS, is an enhanced remake of 2007's Pokémon Diamond, and Pokémon Pearl. Platinum focuses on a strange disturbance on Mount Coronet in the Shinnoh Region which opens up a portal to the Distortion World, and causes the temperatures there to drop dramatically.
Star Ocean: Second Evolution is a Play Station Portable port (the transfer of a game to make it compatible with another system) of the 1999 Play Station title Star Ocean: The Second Story. Second Evolution takes place two decades after the events of Star Ocean: First Departure.
Attacks America
Street Fighter IV will be hitting North American shores on both the Play Station 3 and the Xbox 360 on February 17. Street Fighter has been a favorite amongst gamers ever since the first installment, released by Capcom, hit arcades in 1987. The original SF began as a challenging and entertaining 2D brawler.
Coin operated Arcade UFO, which opened Aug. 29, is a humble abode with a lot of heart, and was founded by Ryan Harvey and Crissy Knape who were former regulars of the late Einstein's Arcade, which closed Jan. 1 of this year. Employees of the new arcade are also former patrons and employees of the late Einstein's.
Shane Yount Staff Writer Early in 2009, Sega plans to expand the Play Station Portable's slim pickings of role playing games by releasing Phantasy Star Portable. This game will allow gamers to go on vast adventures with local friends via the Ad Hoc Mode of the PSP, which enables players to connect to another PSP without having to set up a wireless access point.
Sega is showing American Play Station 3 owners some love with Valkyria Chronicles, a remarkable game that melds three different genres into one neat little package. Even though the PS3 launched in 2006, it has only managed to snag a select few epic exclusive games.
The modern world of high tech video game entertainment is about to get some fresh talent from Austin Community College's new Video Game Design program. ACC's Game Institute held an open house Oct. 24-25 to introduce the public, as well as potential students, to the new program.
Shane Yount Staff Writer The original Star Ocean was only available on the Super Famicom (Japanese Nintendo gaming system). A decade later a fully revamped edition with a graphics overhaul, extra characters, and fully voiced dialogue will reach American shores Nov.
Tales of Vesperia? What, yet another Tales game? Didn't one of those come out just last week? Namco-Bandai seems to dish out roughly three Tales games a year. Interestingly, Tales of Vesperia managed to help the Xbox 360 outsell the Play Station 3 in Japan.
The Brothers in Arms series, as well as other war-themed shooter franchises, have made an impact in North America recently. The latest installment, Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway, dramatically portrays the hardships of a close group of American soldiers during World War II.
Students get real-world education in new video-game design institute
Austin Community College at the Northridge and South Austin campuses has begun offering core curriculum and three associate degrees in Video Game Development: Game Design, Game Art, and Game and Visualization Programming. Most students remember Mario, the chubby plumber with a penchant for crawling through pipes to save his girlfriend, the helpless Princess Peach.
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