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WHILE the Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360
are fighting it out as to which console sold the most during the
holiday season, the Nintendo DS cooly walked away with the crown for
best-selling gaming hardware.
According to
Nintendo’s calculations, nine DSs are sold every 60 seconds with
total sales already amounting to $10 million in the North and South
America since its debut. The DS sold 1.6 million units in the United
States in December alone ending an already positive year for the
system with a bang.
Nintendo of
America president Reggie Fils-Aime was proud of his company’s
portable and boasted, “More than 5 million people joined the ranks
as Nintendo DS owners in America last year alone. And right now,
they’re all saying the same thing: ‘Give me more!’”
For fans
clamoring for a Lord of the Ring Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG),
the long wait hopefully comes to an end this April. The game was
first announced almost 3 years ago at the 2003 Electronic
Entertainment Expo when Vivendi Games (then Vivendi Universal Games)
proclaimed that it would publish Middle-earth Online in 2004.
The game was
delayed to 2005 for fine-tuning and was subsequently delayed again
to 2006, at which point VU jumped ship and Turbine decided to
publish the game on its own and give it a new name. In early 2006,
Midway Games looking to expand its presence in the PC market, signed
on to copublish the game, which finally went into its closed beta
testing in late 2006.
Tips of the
week
Armored
Core: Last Raven
Completion
Bonus: Successfully complete all 75 missions. Press Start to pause
game play, then press Start + Select to resume the game in first
person cockpit view.
Bonus parts:
In the “Shutdown Energy Plant” mission: Boost up to the top
entrance and dispatch the two armored MTs. Continue until you reach
the area with the lone armored unit and destroy it. Go into the room
directly behind the MT and destroy the two-fire breathing GURENGE
MTs. In the middle of the room on the floor is the AC left arm
energy shield FUTEN. Continue to finish the mission, but destroy the
AC pilot G. Faust and the PULVERIZER MT to acquire it and an
additional part, the CR-WH01SP right arm shotgun.
Guild Wars
Nightfall
Reduce
Elementalist damage: There is a high number of Dervish, an
Elementalist bosses that can easily deal over 200 damage. Taking a
monk with Protective Spirit will lower their damage to just 10
percent of your maximum health.
Hero’s
Ascent: In the qualifying round of Hero’s Ascent, you can order
your heroes and henchmen to attack the Zaishen without triggering
the timer. This makes it possible to always earn a 10-percent morale
boost.
For all your PC gaming needs
drop by Datablitz or call (632) 734-5058; (632) 733-8477; (632)
734-8317 you could also check out their website at
www.datablitz.com.ph. For PS2 and other console games call my
favorite gameshop—Stanleys! at 734-4082. Send your questions and
comments, on anything gaming at (0915) 850-6363 send your e-mails to
eduyisgood@gmail.com or gamexads@yahoo.com
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