Rock Band Unplugged features over 40 master-recordings that include nine exclusive songs for the PSP system (this is only for a limited time…) Rock Band Unplugged will also include the first fully-featured in-game store for downloadable content on the PSP system in the North American and European markets, leveraging the PSP system’s wireless capabilities.

The in-game store is powered by PlayStation®Network, and players can use their existing PlayStation Network account to purchase tracks, similar to the Rock Band console experience. PSP system owners will also have the option of purchasing tracks via PlayStation®Store on the PC.

The following tracks will launch exclusively through Rock Band Unplugged on the PSP system for a limited time before becoming downloadable content for the other platforms:

• 3 Doors Down – “Kryptonite”
• AFI – “Miss Murder”
• Alice in Chains – “Would?”
• Audioslave – “Gasoline”
• Black Tide – “Show Me the Way”
• Blink 182 – “What’s My Age Again”
• Freezepop – “Less Talk More Rokk”
• Jackson 5 – “ABC”
• Tenacious D – “Rock Your Socks”

You’re not going to need a PSP to get songs for Rock Band on the Playstation, but it’s going to make it easy and simple, and that’s a good thing any way you look at it.

With all of this, the one thing you’d expect to see (but DON’T) is multi-player capabilities. There’s enough to make this title worth it if you have a PSP, but if it added mult-player, it might have people buying PSP units just for this game.

If you have Rock Band Unplugged for the PSP, let us know by leaving a comment below.

Until next time, keep belting out the tunes…

In the game, you take on the character of Claude or Rena. The two characters are connected in the game, but I’ll leave that for you to find out more about. Smile.

A lot of the problems in the original Star Ocean have been taken care of – including having to journey back over vast distances in the wilderness/world to get somewhere you’ve been already, running into easily beatable foes again and again. A lot of people are going to be happy that this was changed.

Battles in the game occur in real time. You control the main character while the game’s AI controls other members in your adventuring party. The AI doesn’t do too bad of a job. If you want to take over another character in middle of a battle though (if you don’t think the AI is doing what you would be doing), it’s not a problem.

Overall, this is a pretty good adventure RPG for the Playstation Portable (PSP.) It might not be for all gamers, but if you like RPGs, there’s a good chance you’re going to like this one.

If you’ve played any of the Star Ocean series, we’d love to hear from you. Leave a comment below letting us know what you think.

Until next time … remember to evolve a little each and every day.

Another cool feature of the game is some of the locales used as backdrops to different levels of the game. Each of them adds a little different flavor to the game, maybe enriching your mind a little while you exercise it with a stimulating puzzle like finding hidden objects. There are eleven locations around the planet used in the game.

There is a multiplayer mode in the game, but it’s cooperative only – up to four friends (local or online) can help you find objects faster. A nice competitive mode or two would’ve been nice and maybe given this title for the Xbox 360 a little more life and oomph, but alas, the designers didn’t add it.

Still, if you’re a puzzle fan, for the price, you’re sure to get your money’s worth if you get a few hours of enjoyment out of it.

If you’ve played Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos (or just love find the item puzzle games!), leave a comment. We’d love to hear from you. The office is getting lonely.

Til next time … keep gaming.

Gameplay – 7.5

The game allows you to play around four huge mountains to feely explore. In there, you can do whatever you want with unlimited time, as well as create exhibition and tricky scenes, which can make the game really entertaining.  The players’ role is seemingly like the errand person of Shaun White where you will be ask to create your desired character at the beginning.

The game is coupled with simple controls allowing you to easily spin and grab the boards with ease.  But how the output responds is a bit slow such as the nonexistent speedy effect, which was evident when flying down the slope at top speed (still seems really slow).

Graphics and Visuals – 6.5

The graphical and visual effects speaking of the locations at Alaska, Japan, Europe and Park City seems to be realistic but how the visuals are projected seems to be inadequate most especially when you are jumping high from above, the motion seems to still and slow.

Multiplayer – 8.0

The multiplayer aspect is the edge of the game as it allows a bunch of 16 snowboarders to take on to the mountain at one single time. And still, they would be able to explore freely in the open world.  Several events are scattered around the slopes for players to compete on and much more adding spice to the game is the ability for players to toss snowballs with each other. Although it might seem chaotic and non-sense it adds a little joy to the game.

Overall – 7.0

Shaun White Snowboarding might not be the perfect game for someone looking realism. But definitely a good fit for the people looking for fancy games. Although way far than the real game, it is a bit fun tricking around exploring how to fly from the slopes.

What you would love about the game is not just Spidey’s web slinging abilities but the fighting style as well as it would allow you to take control of the game’s outcome. As Spider-Man moves with utmost flexibility, what has been added in the graphics is the fluidity in motion allowing perfect movement of each of the game character combining combat from motion resulting in a very brilliant game.

Let us take a peak on the four (4) main characters of the Web of Shadows:

Red Spider-Man

The guy is Peter Parker who gained his superpower ability when he was bitten by a spider. At the early stage of him having superpowers, he used it as a means to earn money, playing wrestling. One day, with his powers, he ignored a crime and only to find out that the criminals had killed his uncle. This incident changed Parker and from then on he never let innocent’ suffer again.

Black Spider-Man

The black Spider-Man was a result of Parker being attacked by Venom. He became even more stronger but costing a lot of damage to the community. And now, we know that he could battle it with his own symbiote suit.

Luke Cage

Luke was imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit at a young age. As his family abandoned him, he joined a secret military project. Moreover he accepted an experimental project in the military to be immune of all illnesses. But due to some personal interest with the group, it went wrong and resulted in a power no one has seen before. Good thing, he used his power for good working as private investigator.

Vulture

The guy is Adrian Toomes who was abandoned by his business partner and left him with nothing but a flying harness. He then used this flying harness to fight and kill everyone without any mercy.

What makes this game even more compelling is the ability to team up with other Marvel characters such as Wolverine, Moonknight and many more. It is available in PC, PS2, Playstation 3, PSP, Nintendo WII, and Nintendo DS.

There will be a lot of promo offerings for the early buyers of PS3 and Xbox 360 games at selected stores, as the publisher, Activision will be offering freebies, tokens and rebates for the early birds.

This is definitely a historic moment as this game marked Daniel Craig’s first appearance of any video game and second it features two plots – Casino Royale and Solace experience connected together. On a test run, by far, the Graphical and Visual presentation where friendly to the naked eyes as the developer Trevarch uses the Call of Duty 4 technology. This technology uses a powerful engine to offer visual accuracy and finesse output and performance even in the in-between and processing levels. The overall projection of the environment features finely detailed elements such as walls made of hollow blocks, and breakable objects such as glasses among others.

The audio was perfectly crafted, as it benefits from the COD4 technology. In this game you will reminisce some familiar tunes of Bond in the past and present. This audio music will definitely provide a great combination with the chatters, gunfire and chaotic enemies in this video game.

There is no other way for you to enjoy the Bond experience but to grab one copy of the video game in the market right now. Although not all platforms has been released yet, Quantum of Solace’s PlayStation 2 (PS2), WII, Nintendo DS (NDS), and PSP versions will be made available later this year.