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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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You pretty much know what you're going to get with this game-based-on-the-movie: good guy robots against bad guy robots, and lots of destruction.
Depending on which side you choose, your mission is to save the planet or destroy it. It's simple enough – but maybe too simple. Once you've gotten the hang of the rather confusing controls, you end up doing the same thing over and over again: search and destroy.
Good news? There are more robots than on previous entries in this franchise. Each robot has different weaponry and abilities.
And online, the game rocks. Playing against real human opponents as you search for the five pieces of “the All Spark” (which can give you ultimate power to save or destroy humanity) is downright cool. You can also battle individually or on teams, in a variety of competitions; I really enjoyed a version of reverse tag (aka “kill-the-man-with-the-ball”) called “One Shall Stand.”
Parents should know that as the robots bang each other around with big armored fists and missiles and guns, humans often disastrously get in the way. The game is rated T for Teen, and it earns it due to the constant violence.
By the way, there are two DS versions: one where you're with the Autobots, another where you're aligned with the Decepticons. The objective, though, is pretty much the same as on the consoles: wear out your enemy. On the E-rated portable versions, violence is subdued, more Saturday-morning-cartoon-ish.
News and notes
2K Sports will release an anniversary edition of “NBA 2K10” this fall for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It will have special packaging and will include a video looking back on 10 years of the franchise.
Only 30,000 copies will produced. Hidden and randomly packaged inside 10 copies of the game will be an autographed Kobe Bryant fine-art print. Owners of the anniversary edition will get exclusive access to an online lobby, where celebrities and other VIP members will go to play.
The game can be preordered at Web retailers or wherever video games are sold.
Sony is considering developing a cell phone gaming device in a bid to better compete with Apple and its line of iPods and iPhones, according to the Nikkei Business Daily. Sony is hoping to develop a product that combines functions of its PlayStation Portable and Sony Ericsson's mobile phones, the newspaper said.
Today is the last day to order Dream Arcades' Dream Stick 360, a $139 limited-edition wireless controller that works with Xbox 360 games and features an old-school arcade-style joystick and buttons.
The Associated Press contributed.
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