Socom 3 Gets New Map Pack

With all the focus on current gen games, it's nice to see developers haven't abandoned the only living (if you call that living) last gen console, the Ps2.

A new map pack has been released for SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs and SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault. This third map packs includes maps present in both SOCOM and SOCOM II. The best part of all of this is, the map pack is completely free.

Hot off the presses, a new downloadable map pack has just been released for SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs and SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault. This is the third downloadable map pack released for the two titles. This new downloadable map pack includes the classic SOCOM and SOCOM II maps Crossroads, Fishhook, Frostfire and Guidance.

Crossroads is a SOCOM II urban map based in North Africa. Crossroads consistently ranks as the most popular classic SOCOM map and a next generation version of Crossroads will be featured in SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation. It is playable in a day or night setting with up to 16 players in Suppression, Demolition and Control gametypes.

Fishhook is a SOCOM II map based on a seaside North African village. It is playable with up to 16 players in a day or night setting in Suppression, Extraction, Control and Breach gametypes.

Frostfire is a SOCOM map which features an oil drilling platform off of the coast of Alaska. It is playable in a day or night setting with up to 16 players in Suppression, Control and Demolition gametypes.

Guidance is a SOCOM II map which features an ex-soviet military base in Russia. It is playable in a day or night setting with up to 16 players in Suppression, Demolition and Control gametypes.

The price of the new map pack, FREE! In fact, we are making all three of the SOCOM 3 and SOCOM CA Downloadable Map Packs free from this point forward. This is no April Fools joke. We want to give something back to all of the fans who have stuck with us all of this time.

This is a great opportunity to get your Crossroads fix in before SOCOM Confrontation is released on the PLAYSTATION®3 this September. It will also give you a good opportunity to see first hand how far SOCOM has come with the latest PS3™ installment. After playing both versions, there is no way I can go back. Experiencing Crossroads in SOCOM Confrontation on the PS3 is like experiencing it again for the first time. While the layout is instantly familiar to anyone who has spent hundreds of hours playing Crossroads in SOCOM II, the level of detail which is achieved on the PS3 makes it a whole new experience.

-Ryizzel

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Week 2 of the March Game Releases

Already the first week of March has come and gone and lots of gamers are still being absorbed into Army Of Two that came out last week, but now they may have to put it on the shelf for a while now that Super Smash Bros Brawl is out. Other games of note are Condemned 2 and the new Wild ARMs game for those of you whom aren't Brawling addicts.

I've made some changes to how the weekly line-up will be set up. Instead of me summarizing each game, there will only be a list of games for their corresponding and a screen/video for the pick of the week. Sorry guys, it's just far too time consuming to do it the other way.

Nintendo DS

Winning Eleven 2008 - March 11th, 2008 - Soccer Sim
Nanostray 2 - March 11th, 2008 - Shoot Em Up
Insecticide - March 11th, 2008 - Sci-Fi Action/Adventure


B&W Pick of the Week:

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates - March 11th, 2008








PC

XIII Century: Death or Glory - March 12th, 2008 - Historic RTS
Seven Kingdoms: Conquest - March 11th, 2008 - Historic RTS
Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory - March 10th, 2008 - Historic RTS
Lost Empire: Immortals - March 11th, 2008 - Sci-Fi TBS


B&W Pick of the Week:

Sam and Max Episode 204 - March 13th, 2008









Playstation 2

Buzz! The Hollywood Quiz - March 11th, 2008 - Trivia
Buzz! Junior: RoboJam - March 11th, 2008 - Trivia
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 - March 11th, 2008 - Sports


B&W Pick of the Week:

Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters - March 11th, 2008







Playstation 3


B&W Pick of the Week:

Condemned 2: Bloodshot






Playstation Portable

World Championship Cards - March 11th, 2008 - Cards
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 - March 11th, 2008 - Sports
FlatOut: Head On - March 11th, 2008 - Arcade Driving Sim


B&W Pick of the Week:

Wild ARMs Crossfire - March 11th, 2008







Nintendo Wii

House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return - March 11th, 2008 - Action Shooter


B&W Pick of the Week:

Super Smash Bros. Brawl - March 9th, 2008







Xbox 360

Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 - March 11th, 2008 - Sports


B&W Pick of the Week:

Condemned 2: Bloodshot



(note, this is a different trailer than the one I chose for Ps3)

-Undrallio

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The Legend of Spyro: Darkest Hour

Who isn't excited for the third part of the Spyro trilogy to come out? I know I'm excited, though I haven't played the other two parts yet...I will! I swear! Well Spyro's back again, and he's going to be here soon...

The Legend of Spyro: Darkest Hour will be the third part of "The Legend of Spyro" trilogy that started with A New Beginning and the follow-up part The Eternal Night.

Spyro will be soaring into your home on the Ps3, Ps2, Wii, and DS at a starting price of 49.99 sometime in October (hopefully). Ten dollars cheaper than most new releases.

I'm sure ryizzel is just cringing in his panties right now, he's a known hater of everything and anything Spyro related, but we'll show him fellow Spyro fans, our purple, flame-breathing dragon knows best.



-Undrallio

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Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection

Konami has confirmed that a collection of the Metal Gear Solid series will be released as a build up for Metal Gear Solid 4 which will be coming out for the Ps3 in Q2 of the year.

Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection is to feature MGS1 for Ps1 and the Director Cuts of both MGS2 and MGS3. The whole she-bang will retail at 29.99, a delightfully cheap price for about 40-50 hours of gaming.

As of yet a release date hasn't been set, or at least not that I've heard of. However, Amazon.com has the set available for pre-order with a shipping date of March 18th, 2008.

The collection seems to be ideal for those who are interested in MGS4 but are new to the series. I wish I had heard about this one earlier though, I just picked up MGS2 after finding my old copy of MGS1, so all I have left to get is Snake Eater. Needless to say I'll be passing on this one.

Happy gaming everyone!

-Undrallio

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Cold Hard Cash Drive

A crook who was selling illegal PSP SD Memory Sticks and mod chips had his house raided on Monday, January 14th by the police where they found his hidden stash, of cash.

After the seized consoles were handed over to ELSPA investigators began to remove casing from the consoles with the intention of checking for chips and tampered hard drives, but to their surprise they found clear bags containing £12,210 cash.

The original Xbox contained the largest sum, housing £5,925 where the hard drive is usually found. The three PlayStation 2 consoles contained £2,835, £2,025 and £1,425 respectively.

Now while I don't support active crime, I think that hiding your money in a console is pure genius. It also makes me wonder if I should go pop open my consoles that I've bought used, maybe I got lucky...



-Undrallio

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