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Avocado Entertainment’s Closed Beta Test of WindSlayer MMORPG

Avocado Entertainment (CEO: Sungjoon KIM, www.avocado-inc.om) is planning a second Closed Beta Test of a 2D horizontal scroll type casual game called WindSlayer, which is being developed by Avocado Entertainment for worldwide game users.

In WindSlayer, you will travel within a beautiful land called ‘Beaurinatia’ to become the finest/strongest adventurer. The interesting story and speedy actions will attract/peak any gamer’s curiosity. In addition, the various key handling will stimulate a gamer’s fingertips. For example, when hunting a monster in a PvP zone called the ‘Battle field’, a gamer will need to develop their own unique and accurate keyboard controls, as well as various combinations to gain the appropriate techniques in order to successfully fight off their enemies.

Like arcade games, the basic skills are present, including as power attacks, non-power attacks, double jumps and the use of defend keys are present in WindSlayer. Besides the uncommon skill for a causal MMORPG, ‘catch and push’ can be found within the game. This ‘catch and push’ skill leaves your enemies in a defenseless state within at closed distances. Also, the rhythmical combination of the basic skills like power and non-power attacks can make for stronger combo attacks. A gamer can enjoy more interesting playing techniques by using such skills at lower levels when monster hunting or when facing PvP combats.

While the characters job can be determined at level 10, a gamer at a level 5 or higher can enter the PvP zone ‘Battle Field’, by following the pop-up instructions by pressing the ‘F’ key on the character. This encourages a gamer’s participation within the PvP zone to utilize the WindSlayer features, such as the various actions and controls available.

A gamer with different game tastes can choose from three (3) various types of PvP modes within the Battle Field. (1) A gamer can play with other players who have a similar skill level in a ‘limited level’ mode, where the gap between the player levels is limited. (2) Anyone can join the ‘unlimited level’ mode regardless of their skill level. (3) In the ‘equalization’ mode, the levels and stats of all gamers are equalized to level 40.

In addition, there is the option of completing a quest. Team matches and cute characters can be introduced as well as some additional features found within WindSlayer. A match system consists of team matches, death matches, stealing flags, etc. and supports up to 10 on 10 matches. The backgrounds and characters are designed like animation. There are about 250 various quests available within the game.

A high level gamer can also help a beginner through the ‘mentoring system’, which is a reinforcement community of MMORPG, on how to best play the game. The gamers making relationships within the ‘mentoring system’ will get rewarded by bonuses for being a part of this system.

A gamer is to choose one of six (6) jobs with gorgeous accessories to choose from for their character at level 10 for hunting, but can also complete their character with their own uniqueness and skill. Moreover, a gamer can make a ‘relationship’ with close friends and help others experience all the elements and fun found within the game.

For more information about global client downloads and other related information, please refer to the official WindSlayer global website (windslayer.net) or KIPA’s global service platform, Game and Game (gamengame.com).

Sony Media and Events Home Venue, how good is virtual re-run of PlayStation Day 2008?

It is bad enough living in the real world not alone a virtual one, virtual worlds give people more confidence than the real world so to boost Sony Home Beta users with more love and confidence they were invited to try out the all new Home venue.

It is all about “Media and Events” and this space is basically a recreation of the PlayStation Day event which was held in London a few weeks ago, Sony in the future are looking at using the space to host things from new unveilings to fashion shows and sports events and when this happens it could mean big business. The PlayStation Day decoration of Media and Events area includes many elements from the real world event for example photographs and artwork from the show. This new area will include massive screens where the keynote was broadcasted for beta users to see, there was also a video stream of all the stunning action from the real world PlayStation Day.

Sony have said that following the test events success “Home” will indeed start scheduling more elaborate and exciting productions for the Space and that these will not only be available to first party developers but to third party companies as well. This is great news when you think about it because all gamers will get to experience all of the trade shows and events throughout the year right down to exclusive announcements within the virtual world of Home.

Do you think we actually need a virtual world like Home? Oh and when will we actually see Home on our PS3?

Source - thesixthaxis.com

3G Apple iPhone Upcoming SGOLD3 Chip Found: May include HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, 5MP Cam and more

We all know that the Apple iPhone is one of the best products to hit the market and with applications coming out left right and centre we also know that the iPhone will be around for quite sometime without us getting bored of it.

Well the latest news and of course with the iPhone SDK Beta 3 just recently out Zibri the makers of the ZiPhone iPhone tool have found some references to a future 3G chip inside the new firmware.

The chipset is called the SGOLD3 which you can see clearly in the image above, obviously a follow up to the current S-GOLD2 in today’s iPhone, if this chip does make it into the Apple iPhone it will have these features cameras up to 5MP, HSDPA category 8 7.2 Mbps, video telephony, recording and playback, MPEG4/H.263 hardware acceleration and streaming.

Please remember though Apple may not enable all of these features in the actual Apple 3G iPhone, and if they do not enable these features they are just mad.

Source - ZiPhone

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 beta on 30-day trial for free

Adobe are now offering people the chance to download Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 beta on a 30-day trial for free, the software is available for both Macintosh and Windows platforms. If you already own a copy of Lightroom 1.0, then you will be able to use this beta 2.00 for an extended amount of time, from now until August 31st.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 beta has a number of enhancements over its predecessor, such as dual monitor support as well as localized dodge and burn correction. Adobe has also made this their first application to fully support 64-bit for use with Microsoft Vista 64-bit and Mac OS X 10.5 operating systems.

You will also notice that the layout is much improved over the old 1.3 version, such as the library module and a new Smart Collections feature.

To get the Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 beta free trail visit: Adobe

Apple iPhone SDK beta 2 software ready for download: We want your views

Apple have recently released their new Apple iPhone SDK beta 2 software and is now ready for download, just so you all know some people have had trouble downloading and sometimes had to wait as their servers are being pushed to the limit.

This second iPhone SDK beta version now includes Xcode IDE, Interface Builder, Shark analysis tool, frameworks and samples, Instruments, iPhone simulator and compilers and no doubt a lot more.

If you wish to test your code directly onto the iPhone and distribute your application on the App Store just apply to the iPhone Developer Program.

If you have already downloaded this, please let us know what you think of it.

Source – Phones Review

Xbox 360’s Battlefield: Bad Company beta, 10 days and 10 beta codes per day

This is a little treat for Xbox 360 users, if your after some fresh beta codes for Battlefield: Bad Company beta then you can get a load if you follow Xbox Live’s Major Nelson. He will be giving away 10 beta codes per day for 10 days on his blog (Total of 100), the first-person shooter went live on March 25 and will run for one month, so go find out how you can enter to win via the link to his blog below.

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New video of Battlefield BC Beta Gameplay on Xbox Live: Will it be better than CoD4?

The video below shows the new Battlefield BC Beta gameplay, this game is without a doubt going to be awesome with many gamers saying forget about CoD4 (Call of Duty 4) because this new game has way more things happening.

I mean like blowing holes in walls etc, this game is for consoles and the reason I say this is because people will ask, yes there will be a PC only BF3 in the future using this engine and with 80 players per server (Apparently).

The environment within Battlefield BC is outstanding, please watch the video below. Oh just so you know we have more links below showing videos of –

• Watch Video - All Weapons in the beta
• Watch Video - Tank Gameplay
• Watch Video - Destruction guide
• Watch Video - Huge Gameplay Vid
• Watch Video - More Gameplay
• Watch Video - Another Gameplay
• Watch Video - Even More Gameplay
• Watch Video - Sniper Gameplay

Mozilla: Firefox 3 final release in June: is it worth the wait?

Well for you Firefox fans, it sounds as if Mozilla is almost ready with their new addition to their web browser. We know that Firefox 3 Beta has been around for weeks now; however we have been advised not to install it. Well you do not have to wait long for the final release as the web browser will be ready in June.

Firefox 2 is getting on a bit now, as it was released way back in October 2006, so the third version is much welcomed. Firefox 3 is said to be more stable than its predecessor, and the best thing about the software is it will use less memory.

Source - Blorge

Is it worth the wait?

Internet Explorer 8 Beta released today: what is new about IE 8?

Today is the launch of Internet Explorer 8 Beta; the download is now available from the Microsoft website. The IE 8 Beta is aimed at developers, Microsoft is asking for people to go and try out their new browser. One word of warning though, proceed with caution as people have said that after installing Internet Explorer 8 Beta, they experienced a number of browser crashes.

So what is new about IE 8, I have been happy for some time now with my Internet Explorer 7. Microsoft does say that with this new browser you are able to recover tabs, this will help prevent the loss of any work that you have done. If you have a Google and Yahoo toolbar installed, I would not upgrade the browser to IE 8 as it could crash.

What is new about Internet Explorer 8?

Source - Washington Post

Video of Sony PS3 Home Beta Glitches: What do you make of it?

Below is a video of the Sony PS3 Home Beta Glitches, to tell you the truth the video is poor to start of with and the music is not that good either, but hey people do try. Ok yes it is in Beta so that is Read more