Review: Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard

Rainbow Six is for several years a landmark in the field of tactical FPS and there is therefore no surprise to see that the franchise is now also on mobile devices.

Shadow Vanguard, available exclusively on Xperia yet for a few days, only the latest in a long line of products dedicated to anti-terrorism Squad, but Ubisoft House the overall quality of the proposal will experience the height of the good name of the brand?

The premise of fiction does not differ much from other productions for Tom Clancy, inspires in a new, intense battle against terrorism that we must conduct acting as captain of Team Rainbow. Our goal of round HRH Free Europe, dangerous terrorist organization intending to destabilize the political landscape of the old continent, but secure peace won't be certain a walk.

The story is not particularly original, however the main 11 campaign missions are able to ensure a good experience for both the presence of co-op, but especially for the usually solid gameplay.

The version for Xperia Play proves the "playable" among those available, highlighting the natural predisposition of the videogame field device. The possibility to control the character with the D-pad or analog with two sliders and shoot using the two bumper side ensures a management bereft of smudges which does not yield the side details also inaccuracies in the game more challenging.

To make the Elimination of enemies a bit more simple there also a semi-automatic coupling, but there remains that manage the most chaotic gunfights in discreet request can manualit and tactics that not everyone might have.

As well as the other editions, even in this case there are several commands available directly through the touch-screen, such as those that regulate the types of RAID team, but most of the actions are however related to the classic schema commands pi.

While not a masterpiece, Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard proves to be a well-made product, able to speak to its highest level on the Xperia Play. The main adventure not lacking in excitement and, whereas the historical solidit of the game in the series did not suffer the passage on portable devices, category lovers will certainly not disappointed.

EA: 3D games not worth it

Electronic Arts admits that 3D games are not worth the time and effort required to achieve them and points out that, rather, it is more profitable to move resources to the social and online.

"In those markets there are really high returns, unlike with the 3D. For this we are shifting our resources toward new directions, "said EA boss John Riccitiello during a meeting of the society also by GamesIndustry.biz.

"Frankly, we haven't seen a big growth for the 3D game and even in the spread of 3D televisions in homes, at least not yet. We are not here to lead the market, but to respond to what consumers are looking for ".

Riccitiello's comments will certainly hit Sony, which has invested millions of dollars in 3D TV and 3D game for the PlayStation 3.

co-op coming for Crysis 2

If you have a PC copy of Crysis 2 you'll be glad to know that CryMod guys are now coming to the launch of a mod that the cooperative mode and Sensi for up to 4 players.

The project is divided into "phases", debutter allowing to address the "Second Chance", "Terminus" and "Dead Man Walking" in the company of three other friends, going to be offering the remaining levels of the main campaign in the months to come.

Samsung working on the SP CPU Life

According to the latest news, Samsung realizzer CPUs for PlayStation Life.

The Japanese Semiconductor Industry News has broadcast the news (translated by Andriasang).

According to the Samsung user report production process to 45 Nanometers for their CPU.

There is no evidence in support of the argument, but given the experience of Samsung in making chips for the mobile industry development seems plausible.

PlayStation Life user an ARM Cortex A9 core CPU (4 cores).

PS Life open to indie developers?

Sony apparently would encourage independent developers to work on PlayStation Life, providing them with development kits needed to begin to realize their projects.

Rubicon, independent development studio has confirmed what announcing Meanwhile a porting their game for iOS, Great Little War Game, on new handheld Sony.

The managing director Paul Johnson, through the pages of NeoGAF, has also confirmed the news saying that Sony would be sent "four kits. Free Of Charge. Without any warning. "

"They seem to have focused on independent developers," continued Johnson.

OnePlayS debuts in Europe

The passion for the game, you know, certainly not among the most ecnomiche, but if you were already thinking of making a mortgage on your preferred console to ensure all masterpieces under here until Christmas OnePlayS , could possibly be the solution to your problems.

What is it? Essentially a videogame rental service, but what makes it particularly interesting that the games chosen will be delivered directly to your home.

The service, after having successfully passed a "trial period" limited only to Denmark, now officially available throughout Europe.

OnePlayS is based on a simple system of subscription, which costs 4.99 monthly basis, providing members a catalogue with over 1500 products from all platforms currently in Commerce, PC and laptops including.

"We are extremely happy to offer our services to gamers across Europe," said Lass Jensen, CEO of the company.

Sales decline for SEGA

Sales SEGA games have seen a strong decline in the months of April, may and June, with a loss of 2,224 billion yen (20 million).

The given even more significant when you consider that the Sonic House in the same period last year was in surplus of 7,036 billion yen (63 million euros). What happened in the meantime?

Part of these heavy losses due to the earthquake that hit Japan, causing serious logistical problems to the company, but the problem is also (and mainly) the lack of success from such titles as Virtua Tennis 4 and Thor in the West and Yakuza: Of the End in Japan.