While a price has yet to be announced, you can expect Gyromancer to cost at least 800 MS Points.

1 vs. 100 Season 2 is already shaping up to be a bigger and better experience than ever before, with some of the more popular features getting a fabulous makeover. You’ll have to wait and see exactly how everything has changed on Day One. But in between now and 20 November we recommend you all get hard at work on improving your general knowledge.

Having missed out on Season 1 for various reasons, I can’t wait for Season 2 to start. See you in there!

Official Blurb: -

The fusion of “rhythm” and “puzzle” creates a completely new kind of game in 0D Beat Drop! Drop pieces along with the beat, and go for the win with explosive chains. In addition to the single player mode with over 100 stages, online play includes options such as playing against a single player, playing with four players total, or having a team battle! The unique “Beat-O-Matic” function analyzes your own songs and lets you use them in the game. Feel the rhythm of the beat!

Purchase this DLC now.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition will include : -

• Four vehicle warfare unlocks: -
  1. Improved Vehicle Armor – An up-armor package is mounted on all vehicle types, decreasing the effect of both explosive and penetrating warheads, significantly improving vehicle survivability.
  2. Supreme Vehicle Firepower – Additional weapon packages are mounted for the driver of all armored vehicles, greatly expanding the range of targets the vehicle can successfully engage and destroy.
  3. Vehicle Motion Sensor – Use this electronics warfare package to locate enemy units in direct proximity to the vehicle.
  4. Tracer Dart Pistol – This magnetic dart attaches to any vehicle surface, allowing squad members to track, lock on, and fire rockets onto moving targets even beyond line of sight. (seen above)
• Two classic Battlefield 1943™ weapons: -
  1. M1A1 Submachine Gun – Reliable but heavy this classic weapon is a powerful force in the hands of any Battlefield veteran.
  2. M1911 Pistol – Highly customized M1911 are favored for its dependability and the power of its large .45 caliber round.

It’s important to note that these items are expected to be available to all players eventually, however, the only way to get them all immediately after launch is via the Limited Edition.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will explode on to store shelves on March 5th 2010.

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Amazon: Standard Edition.
ShopTo: Standard Edition.

The actual fighting feels fluid and you can’t question the quality of animation they are presenting. Characters flow from one move to another with stylised 2D sprites. The game has a certain retro feel to it, which is reassuring for old time fans worried about any dramatic art changes. With all this attention in capturing each character’s original art you would think the game would be wrapped with similar attention right? wrong, the menus are presented so poorly. At least the fighting arenas themselves are a joy to watch, travelling across the globe focusing on overly animated spectators, glossy fireworks and oddball surroundings.

Atheistium’s review while praising in parts, finds flaws in King of Fighters XII’s poorly presented menu system, it’s lack of a practice mode (essential for any newcomer, imo), and pointless rewards.  It can be read in full, here.

As some of you might be aware, those under the age of 18 are not able to access Twitter, Facebook and Last.fm in our public preview. I want to you let you know that this will remain the case when it launches to the world soon. We made this decision because as it stands now, parents aren’t able to use Family Settings to customize which of these applications their children can access. In order to offer an age-appropriate environment for everyone, we decided to turn off these applications for those Gold members under the age of 18.

The blog post goes on to state that a further update is in the works that will allow parents to choose to activate these applications for child accounts.  The post can be read in full, here.

If you’re wondering what all the fuss is about, you can read my first impressions on the new update, here.

While you might be expecting some sort of dynamic changes from the original game, the exact same RPG elements are still intact. Via an isometric camera view, it’s your job to guide a ragtag bunch of heroes throughout several different areas, performing regular RPG-esque tasks. Yes, you’ll be leveling up, collecting money, items, and exploring to your heart’s content.

The review is generally favourable, however marks down Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 for its lack of improvement over the original, and the sometimes grating one-liners. It can be read in full here.

The journalist though is expected to maintain a reputation for honesty, truth and service to the public more so than any other person employed in this industry. Yet the PRs, publishers and the advertisers are funding the whole industry, your publication, your boss and they are paying your wages. The Chomps you buy are bought with their money. Their aims are to make the business of gaming successful, fruitful and to continue its growth and very good aims they are too. Often though it seems that publishers and press are at loggerheads. Fighting on opposite sides of the same battlefield. Both aiming for quality, both serving the public but alas in increasingly different ways from one another.

Five Lessons in Games Journalism: -

• An Introduction.
• Lesson 1 – Worship the Pen(n).
• Lesson 2 – The secret password is one of your own making.
• Lesson 3 – To thine own self be true.
• Lesson 4 – There is no substitute for hard work.
• Lesson 5 – Hope springs eternal.

Kirsten is the Editor of Ready Up. Aged 33, she’s been a journalist for twelve years and working in gaming for six. As one of the Frag Dolls she attended many games events, learned to use a sniper rifle and drive a tank. She holds two Guinness World Records for longest marathon in the FPS and driving genres.

Don’t forget, you can also read Kirsten’s interview with myself and fellow Tainted Diamonds here.