Bus Simulator 2008 will test your driving and business skill

Bus Simulator 2008 is a driving game where you will be the bus driver and drive through busy metropolitan roads and reach your destination in time. Bus Simulator 2008 combines driving and business simulation which tests both the player’s driving and business skills.

The game has 34 missions in a fictional megacity. According to your reputation and skill, the routes will become more difficult. Your goal is to reach your destinations in time and transport as many passengers as possible. You will lose points for reckless driving and late arrival. You have to choose from eight different bus models. Upon his success, the player will accumulate money and will be able to buy larger buses and he has to maintain them and have to devise ways to attract more passengers.

The game has a detailed city model with traffic and pedestrians. As a driver, you can have different view modes. You will also know about the weather conditions of the day. The user interface is very easy and there is an online score table. For more information about the game, visit the official website: http://bussimulator.icebytesgames.de/index.php?id=71&L=1

Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will released on PS3

If you are a Penny Arcade game fan then this is good news for you. The Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will be released on Sony’s Play Station3. Developed by Hothead Games, earlier this year, the first episode of the game was released on PC and Xbox 360 platform. On Wednesday, Hothead Games announced that they will release the game for PS3 in late fall.

Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness is an episodic video game. The entire game will be released in four episodes. The first episode was launched on May 21, 2008, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, and Xbox Live Arcade. The game is revolves around the story of alternated world of New Arcadia in the 1920s. The central character, Gabe and Tycho set out to discover the evil machinations.

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Star Wars The Clone: Wars: Light Saber Duels the new Star Wars game on Nintendo Wii

A new Star Wars game will be released on Nintendo Wii. The game will be released after October. In August, a new 3D animated movie will be released which will be followed by TV series in October and after that the game will be released in the holiday season. The game titled Star Wars The Clone: Wars: Light Saber Duels, will come with a remote control that will look like a lightsaber which the players will use to slice and dice their opponents. In the game the player will see the old characters of Star Wars series and new characters as well.

One of the new characters introduced in the game is Ahsoka Tano who belongs to the Togrutan race. The overall controlling system of the game is similar to that of Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat.

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Fallout 3 is coming this Fall

Bethesda Game Studio is going to release Fallout3 the third version of Fallout game. Fallout is a role playing action game that deals with post nuclear war United States. The games character lives in a vault built to survive the disaster. They will get out of the vault and face various creatures. Till now, Fallout has been a fist person shooting game but Fallout3 will have first person and third person perspective. The Fallout3 comes with developed environment. You will see vast stretch of wasteland filled with mutants and other creatures. Worth Playing reports:

Experience S.P.E.C.I.A.L.! – Vault-Tec engineers bring you the latest in human ability simulation – the SPECIAL Character System! Utilizing new breakthroughs in points-based ability representation, SPECIAL affords unlimited customization of your character. Also included are dozens of unique skills and perks to choose from, each with a dazzling variety of effects!

In 2001, PC gamer declared Fallout and Fallout2, the best game of all time. The new version of the game will be released this fall.

Warner Bros. is going to release Watchmen games along witht the movie

Alan Moore’s graphic novel ‘Watchmen’ will be adopted into film by Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is going to develop a game which will be released along with the movie in 2009. Warner Bros. is planning to release the game on Xbox 360, Playstation3, and PC. Watchmen will be developed by Deadline games. It will be an episodic downloadable series. Earlier, the company developed games like Chili Con Carnage, Total Overdose, Faith, and a.45.

The Watchmen will be an action game and it will serve as the prequel of the movie. Aside from building back stories, the game will introduce new characters. The game will also have a similar story to that of the comics.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor game released in the USA

The third installment of The Mummy series, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, will be released in August. The game of the movie has been released today in North America with the same title. Developed by Eurocom Studios and published by Sierra Entertainment, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is a third person action game that follows the same story line of the movie. The game has all the major characters of the movie. However, I am not sure whether the gamers will be able to play with all the characters. Like the movie, the gamers will also follow the character in a thrilling adventure in the Himalayas and many exotic locations in China. The gamers will have to face fierce enemies and they have to destroy them. Players can switch between using guns or hand-to-hand fighting. The characters have a fast paced combat style and they can chose a wide range of weapons to destroy the enemies. The game will be released for three gaming platforms: Wii, PS2 and Nintendo DS.For more information, check the official website of the movie.

Mega Man 9: Your favorite Nintendo game is coming back

News has come out that Capcom Co. Ltd. (TYO:9697) is going to release a new version of its popular game Mega Man. The first game was released with Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987. Following the popularity of the game, several versions were released but they were not so successful. After 11 years, Capcom is now recreating a new series Mega Man 9.

Mega Man 9 can be downloaded with Wii Ware service. It is an 8 bit game. Keiji Inafune, who created the series, is now working on the design team. Inafune is very happy to work on an 8 bit game after a long time.

The most prominent feature of this game is that you will find yourself in the 1990’s gaming era. All the features are kept intact with tough to kill bosses. The strategy is the same; kill each boss, collect their power and use them to kill the next boss.

Aside from the old features, you can remove Mega Man’s helmet and you can also buy weapons such as armor, spike shoes, energy balancers etc. According to news reports, Mega Man will be launched in Japan in September. After Japan, it will be released in the USA.

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