NCsoft releases the first expansion to award-winning, subscription-free Guild Wars franchise, builds bridge to Guild Wars 2.
Bellevue, WA. Aug. 31, 2007-NCsoft® and ArenaNet® have launched Guild Wars: Eye of the North™, the first expansion to the Guild Wars® franchise of subscription-free, online role-playing games. Guild Wars players who purchase the expansion can access Eye of the North content through the multi-million-selling Guild Wars campaigns-Guild Wars, Guild Wars: Factions™, or Guild Wars: Nightfall™. The expansion also includes an innovative feature that allows players to take achievements they have earned over the years with them into the forthcoming Guild Wars 2™.
Guild Wars: Eye of the North, continues the subscription-free business model pioneered by ArenaNet. The expansion is now available at www.GuildWars.ph, as well as from retailers nationwide, for an expected suggested retail price of PhP2,200.
Eye of the North advances the story told in the original Guild Wars campaign, and is set in the unexplored area of the continent of Tyria. One of the highlights of the expansion is the Hall of Monuments, which allows players to preserve armour sets, pets, Heroes, and titles earned while playing Guild Wars, Factions, Nightfall, and Eye of the North, and take those accomplishments with them into Guild Wars 2. The expansion also contains a host of new features that will appeal directly to veteran Guild Wars players, including 18 multi-level dungeons, 150 new skills across all 10 Guild Wars professions, 10 new Heroes to aid them in their adventures, 40 new armour sets, and more items, weapons, and titles.
“We think fans will find a lot to love in Guild Wars: Eye of the North,” said Mike O’Brien, co-founder of ArenaNet. “Not only do we go back to the original Guild Wars lands and stories to wrap up plots and themes fans have clamoured to learn more about, but we’ve also built a bridge to the future through the Hall of Monuments. This will give loyal players a way to preserve what they’ve accomplished in Guild Wars over the past two years, and reclaim the legacy of their favourite characters in Guild Wars 2.”
The Guild Wars franchise recently surpassed four million units sold and is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed online role-playing game series of all time. Guild Wars 2 is expected to go into public beta in the second half of 2008.
For more information, visit the Guild Wars website at www.GuildWars.ph or www.GuildWars.com.
About AsianMedia
Established in 1999, Asian Media Development Group, previously known as AMDG, built up a nationwide sales and distribution network for licensed PC games, which penetrated more than 90% of internet cafes in the Philippines. Expanding into the online gaming market in 2007, the company adopted a vibrant new logo and re-emerged as AsianMedia to reflect its commitment to providing the best online gaming experience for regional gamers. To learn more, visit www.AsianMedia.ph.
About ArenaNet
ArenaNet, located in Bellevue, Washington, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NCsoft Corporation. ArenaNet has built a state-of-the-art interactive game network and develops premier multiplayer online games for dedicated game players. ArenaNet’s titles, Guild Wars, Guild Wars: Factions, Guild Wars: Nightfall, and Guild Wars: Eye of the North, are global online role-playing games that allow gamers to play with anyone, anytime, and anywhere in the world. More information about ArenaNet can be found at www.arena.net.
About NCsoft Corporation
NCsoft North America is headquartered in Austin, Texas and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Korea-based NCsoft Corporation. NCsoft, with its own development and publishing offices in Texas and California, also works with other NCsoft subsidiaries and third-party developers throughout North America to develop and publish innovative online entertainment software products. The company has successfully launched multiple online titles in the last three years and continues to support its franchises, which include Lineage®/Lineage II, City of Heroes®/City of Villains®, Guild Wars/Guild Wars: Factions™/Guild Wars: Nightfall™/Guild Wars: Eye of the North™, and Dungeon Runners™. More information about NCsoft can be found at www.plaync.com.
Follow-up to what might the Nokia's iPhone killer phone will look like, Sorry guys, still no info yet. UPDATE: Nokia has confirmed that this demo is strictly for the UI, not the device: the hardware is not real and the LCD's images are overlaid.
Gizmodo have discovered a 2001 controller prototype called GyroPod for Nintendo. It showed a detachable one-handed motion sensing controller from Gyration.
If you are a serious Nintendo fan, you know that Gyration is a company that holds most of the best motion-sensing patents. Nintendo licensed a number of those patents from Gyration in 2001, and brought the company on board that year to develop a one-handed controller. (Nintendo even became an investor in Gyration, which is now owned by Thomson.)
Dubbed as the "Biggest Console Gaming Event of the Year", GX-Con is the first ever console gaming convention in the Philippines. It's being organized by the newly established GamEX Magazine published by PSICOM:
GX-Con is the first-ever console gaming convention in the Philippines presented by GamEX Magazine. Kindly mark your calendars on October 7, 2007 at the SM Megamall Mega Trade Hall 3 at exactly 10:00 am as we bring you a never before seen gaming con for all gamers out there. Ticket price will be at Php 100.00.
Get to play your favorite consoles, compete with other gamers, and win prizes. We have lots in store for you. Various bands from the anime community will be there to perform music from your favorite games. Watch out for NeOtaku, Do’ahou, Progeny, Trance, Armada, PPF All Star, Ethereal Anthem, 3 Day Trial, and Harap sa Likod. Also we will be having contests like: Name that Tune, Game Trivias, Tournament Finals, Individual and Group Cosplay, and many more.
We will give out consoles and games to lucky ticket holders during our raffle. So if you want your very own Playstation 3 or Xbox 360, see you all there!
Nintendo, Sony, and Electronic Arts will all be present on this year's Games Convention Asia, with game titles and consoles on display.
Sony will display several PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable titles, while Nintendo will be using the event to launch the Wii console in the territory.
EA will also showcase over 15 titles on both PC and console, including Crysis, FIFA 08 and Rock Band.
Other publishers exhibiting games at the event will include Blizzard, 10tacle, Nokia NGage, AMD and Asiasoft.
Does this mean we'll get Sony and Nintendo to launch the PS3, PSP, Wii, and DS here in the Philippines? The Philippines is part of the upcoming conference that will be held in Singapore this September. Source
Love Nintendo's Family Computer and guitars? Have lots of spare time? If you answered yes to both questions, head over to this site for the complete tutorial on how to make your own Family ComGuitar. :~)
Remember those cheap water games our moms used to buy us when we're still kids? Well apparently, those toys are still being manufactured. This time, instead of boring looking cases, they're now housed on a case that resembles a Nintendo DS.
Very simple toy. Just press the button to generate some bubbles and get the coin, bricks, rings, or whatever is inside to a pole or hole. If you want to get electronic, then grab yourself one of this mini DS-like brickgame called Revolve Game or simply RG. Don't expect to play 3D games though. They're similar to those brickgames sold a few years back that includes 20+ brick based games (racing, pong, tetris, etc.)
They also come in different colors! The RG costs 580 Yen or roughly 237 Philippine Pesos at rakuten.co.jp
And of course, the ever popular (and crappy) Neo Double Games that was made popular by Dr. Ashen. I think this crap has a "Lite" version. Haven't seen one yet here. May I'll drop by at 168 Mall tomorrow. :~)
Get Half Life 2, use a level editor, copy Super Mario Bros. music and textures, add a little sugar and spice, mix... *poof* You have created a Super Mario Bros. FPS game.
Think of Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy and .hack, mix it and you'll have Brave Story: New Traveler. Pardon for comparing this game to these 3 top ranking games but this is the reason I like this game. A boy from another world using a sword that upgrades every now and then sounds like Kingdom Hearts to me. The multi racial concept (kitkin, waterkin, err goatkin?) and cinematic cut scenes sounds Final Fantasy to me, and finally the cross between the Anime / Novel and the Video Game is oh so .hack to me. You see, this makes this game a solid RPG. You get to collect tons of stuff and "Dark Arms" also known as ultimate weapons, You solve sub quests and battle birdbrawls using your captured goalfinch. There are lots and lots of things to do here and the battle system although menu driven is full of action. The only downside of this game is that random battles occur frequently and oddly enough, you cannot save on the world map. but overall this is one solid RPG
Jeanne D'Arc and Dragoneer's Aria, both are good role playing game, were released last August 21, 2007. Jeanne D'Arc is a strategy RPG and Dragoneer's Aria is a dungeon crawling RPG similar to Blade Dancer.
思わずファミコンしながら出た言葉ο Oops..my bad. っい②ドンキーコングにハマってて更新するの忘れてた(◎Д◎;)ャベッ ってな事で今日は普通にtime went by slowly..ο一日中家にいましたぁ(゜Д゜;)orz 皆はどぅしてましたかぁ？？☆ 毎日お仕事大変だね(>д<。)お疲れ様ッ♪ マリァは明日お仕事でぇす☆しかもカメラマンが超仲良しグンジさんだから楽しみぃ♪
I had to ask my mom to translate this one. Maria Ozawa said that she's been playing Donkey Kong the whole day and it's bad since she has work tomorrow but she's happy though. These girls would give Captain N a run for his money.
Zelda, anyone?
Maria Ozawa's classic pink Nintendo DS lite
Nintendo should consider entering the lingerie business...
Can't buy that Nintendo DS lite you always wanted? You can dream on this pencil case from J-list. More pics after the jump
Do you live, eat, sleep and dream Nintendo DS? Now you can study Nintento DS with cool Nintendo DS stationery. This tin pencil case is based on the DS Lite and actually opens up just like the real thing, revealing a faux screen inside! With all the details, like on off switch, buttons, lock, etc, this is exactly like the DS Lite except in an pencil case form. 4.25" x 8" and 1" long, this is made by Showa Note and is an official Nintendo product -- not a parody. The inside tray is removable for more pencil storage space below.
This girl is sooo in-love with her mac she made a song about it. Lyrics after the jump (adapted from James Blunt's You're Beautiful)
My Mac is brilliant. 12″ Powerbook But I went to the Apple Store just to take a look I mean I love my little G4 It's done so good I say But I saw the big Mac Pro and the 24 inch display
You're beautiful, you're beautiful, you're beautiful it's true The interface is such pretty taste And I don't know what to do Cause I'll never be with you
Yes it caught my eye and I can't help but sigh I could see that this processor would just fly And I don't think that I'll see it again But we shared a moment that would last til the end
You're beautiful, you're beautiful, you're beautiful it's true The interface is such pretty taste And I don't know what to do Cause I'll never be with you
We'll go international for this installment of GameOPS' Pirates 'R Us.
A well known Mexican Shopping mall has been selling NES (Family Computer) knock-offs bearing the name X-GAME 360 and PowerStation 3. The X-Game 360 even has a matching cheap XBOX 360 boxart.
The package sells for about $28 each.
"guys over at mexicanxbox.com must be furious because of this expose reaching other websites... oh noes!" - Alvin (GameOPS USA Contributor)
According to the press release from Nintendo of America, Mexican authorities have confiscated 15,000 counterfeit Nintendo products from a market in Guadalajara, Mexico.
August 17 2007 - Mexican authorities conducted raids today against 12 alleged distributors of counterfeit Nintendo® products in a major "fayuca" (contraband) market in Guadalajara. Authorities seized 15,000 counterfeit Nintendo products, including 4,500 counterfeit Wii™ game discs.
The Guadalajara raids follow other Nintendo actions in Mexico during the past few months. Last month, Nintendo worked with customs agents to stop a shipment of more than 5,500 counterfeit Nintendo products entering Manzanillo, exported from China. Prior to that, Nintendo assisted local authorities in a raid of the San Juan de Dios market in Guadalajara, where 23 stores were shut down and more than 56,000 counterfeit Nintendo products were confiscated, including 11,000 counterfeit Wii discs.
"Mexico is Nintendo's largest market in Latin America, where the problem of video game piracy is widespread," said Jodi Daugherty, Nintendo of America's senior director of anti-piracy. "Since January, Nintendo has worked with law enforcement agencies worldwide to seize 100,000 counterfeit Wii games."
Earlier this month, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents executed 32 federal search warrants in 16 states as part of an investigation into the alleged sale and distribution of illegal Wii modification chips designed to circumvent the security embedded in the hardware and allow users to play counterfeit Wii software.
Nintendo and its developers and publishers lost an estimated $762 million in sales in 2006 due to piracy of its products.
If you haven't heard it yet, some guys got irked when our Wii-GameCube article reached GamePro. One reasoned that our article could have affected how Microsoft, Nintendo, and other companies would deal with gamers in the Philippines. Blocking of credit cards, IPs, and racial discriminations are just the few effects our article has "supposedly" caused...
Posted by AngelsCircle
If you haven't realize it yet? Our gaming is affected by that article. Microsoft block our locally issued credit card in buying in xbox live marketplace and our IP are recognized already to be block in downloading video medias because they do not trust us anymore. That article reaching gamepro website will have an impact on Wii gamers using their credit card to pay for Virtual Games downloadable and other things an ordinary Nintendo Gamers usually have.
How many gamers in xbox live will have a negative feedback on their gamertags once the other foreign players learned they are filipinos because they have bad impression of us because some articles like that stating we are modders and we are reverse engineer even most of us are not? An article like that has a greater impact against xbox gamers locally than those of Nintendo gamers because of the online persecution are extended thru audio means also in xbox live.
Damage has been done and all of us has to live with it now, Another nail to our crosses and another nail for the coffin of our gaming recognition with Halo 3 is coming to the xbox and more online games coming for the Nintendo with our country is listed as one of the location that can be chosen as seen in Pokemon Battle Revolution but all of that will hang in balance after that articles impact.
Well this raid in Mexico doesn't affect my relations with my Mexican online buddies, and neither should yours. Regarding the blocking of credit cards, companies have been doing this before. Not just Microsoft. Heard or PayPal?
Game companies know how rampant piracy is in Asia, and our simple article wouldn't affect their decisions if they wanted to give official support to Philippine gamers or not. Nintendo knows how rampant piracy is in Mexico, so why do they still offer official support there?
A few hours ago, my father received a text message from someone he don't know. The SMS sender is asking my father to give him/her 8 pesos worth of prepaid credits because of some important thing he/she has to say. Here's the actual SMS:
meron ako importante sasabihen sayo di na ako makaka reply call ka nalang or share a load 8peso e2 new number ko,
My father texted the number using Globe's Text-Back-Mo-Libre-Ko service to ask who he/she is and so he/she could reply for free. The message sender didn't reply. I just told my father to wait for the reply since this might be one of those scams.
Just a few minutes ago, I received the exact SMS (yes, even the comma at the end of the message). My number and my dad's mobile number is almost the same, only the last 2 digits are different. If this person has no more credits, why waste his/her precious peso and ask me to give him/her 8 pesos? And why send the exact message to both of us? Scam artist alert. :~) BTW, here's the mobile number he/she used: +63(915)6006662... :~)
Historic Memorandum of Intent to be signed by 12 nations to build closer ties and networking relations between game associations, at the Games Convention Asia (GCA) 2007 event. Venture Capitalists and Business Angels also set to jazz up GCA 2007.
Singapore, August 7, 2007 — The Games Convention Asia (GCA) 2007 event will witness the signing of the first-ever Memorandum of Intent (MOI) between the national game associations of 12 countries in Asia Pacific.
The GCA 2007 event is a massive trade show that covers interactive entertainment, Infotainment, edutainment, hardware and technology.
There will be an expected 200 companies from around the globe converging to display the latest and greatest entertainment technologies. The 12 nations that are signing the MOI are:
1. Singapore 2. Malaysia 3. Thailand 4. Philippines 5. Vietnam 6. Australia 7. New Zealand 8. Japan 9. China 10. Korea 11. Taiwan 12. Hong Kong
The presidents of the national game associations from these countries will be in Singapore to attend the signing ceremony for the Memorandum of Intent.
All the 12 countries have thriving games industries at varying states of development.
The MOI will seek to promote greater understanding between the various national game associations, and the games industry in each country.
It will also pave the way towards closer networking and collaboration between the game associations and the member companies they represent. On the cards are proposed trade missions and partnerships.
Financial Heavies
In a sure sign that the games industry is getting a boost of confidence from investors, venture capitalists and business angels will be prowling GCA 2007 .
The GCA Games Convention Asia 2007 has received strong support from Venture Capitalists & Private Equity Associations based in Singapore, as well as the Business Angels Network in South East Asia!
The associations has formally confirmed their support for GCA 2007, and will be inviting their members who are keen in game investment to meet the attending games developers, who hail from all over Asia Pacific.
Regional strength
Game developers and their companies will be out in force at GCA 2007.
The regional neighbours of Singapore including Australia, Germany, Taiwan, Philippines and Thailand have all confirmed their participation in the GCA 2007 Business Centre.
Each country is setting up a pavilion that will feature between 8 to 10 companies each.
These companies will showcase their latest and hottest games, and related products and services, at the pavilions.
On the cards are Malaysia, Korea and China, which are now finalizing their plans to participate in GCA 2007.
Another Transformers in the making? The Transformers movie is actually good in terms of special effects. But when it comes to making the audience feel they're watching a Transformers movie, the film failed... "5 stars motel" as Rocky would always say.
The Voltron live-action movie has been announced by Mark Gordon Co. and according to them, it's almost a closed deal with 20th Century Fox.
The 20th Century Fox-based production entity is close to a deal with the Mark Gordon Co. to adapt "Voltron: Defender of the Universe" into a live-action film.
Marks' take is described as a post-apocalyptic tale set in New York City and Mexico. Five ragtag survivors of an alien attack band together and end up piloting the five lion-shaped robots that combine and form the massive sword-wielding Voltron that helps battle Earth's invaders
Wait... Voltron in New York? Mexico? Five ragtag survivors of an alien attack? Hey something's not right here! Unless this is a prequel to the original storyline of the Lion Voltron.
"From days of long ago, from uncharted regions of the universe, comes a legend. The legend of Voltron: Defender of the Universe. A mighty robot, loved by good, feared by evil. As Voltron's legend grew, peace settled across the galaxy. On Planet Earth, a Galaxy Alliance was formed. Together with the good planets of the Solar System, they maintained peace throughout the universe until a new horrible menace threatened the galaxy. Voltron was needed once more. This is the story of the superforce of space explorers. Specially trained and sent by the alliance to bring back, Voltron: Defender of the Universe."
Oh well... another of our childhood memories set to be destroyed...
This is possibly the first iPhone in the Philippines to work on a local network. We earlier posted a link to the procedure to clone your current SIM card to work with the Apple iPhone and apparently, the method works!
So if you have some spare 35,000 pesos, head over to Yugatech's blog and order one. We're also accepting iPhone gifts :~)
If you are a fan of the "Tales of" series, this one's a keep. You can choose between a male or a female "descender" and interact with "Tales of" character. One of my favorite is Stahn, I remember him as the lead character of Tales of Destiny and that brings back memories of the Playstation days The game is basically a dungeon crawler / grinding type of RPG with button pressing to execute actions or special moves / spells, which is, the trademark of the series. The voice acting is great and the bg music really makes you feel the game. Spend lots of hours grinding or mastering techniques, collect armor sets or just cook to your heart's delight. Yes, you can cook, forge, refine, create stuff that can help you finish quests or even save your arse during a fierce battle. The only chip on this gem is the repetitive quests that will suck all your gaming hours. Oh well, overall this one's a solid RPG
After the successful release of C&C3: Tiberiun Wars last year, EA decided to have an expansion pack for the game to be release on early 2008. The expansion game is set in the 20 years of Command & Conquer history, taking players from the end of Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun all the way through 2050 (three years after the events of Command & Conquer 3).
According to EA this game will bridge the gap between Tiberian Sun and Command & Conquer 3, expand on what actually happened during the Third Tiberium War, and then take players into the future--after the events of Command & Conquer 3's story. The arc of this story is epic in scope and the chapters set just after Tiberian Sun will give longtime fans of the series something special.
No this is not part of the ongoing drama of the Philippine Blogosphere, it's more like of a sitcom...
Two of GameOPS' recentposts have spread throughout the intarwebs that it even reached GamePro. This prompted an "angry" piracy supporter to email and flame us. Rocky said just ignore the fool and just go on with our lives. But I can't resist to "stalk" this n00b since he/she mistook GamePro as GameSpot. We didn't even emailed GamePro to inform them about our post. Geez.
From his IP, I managed to verify that the hater is from the Philippines and is using a Plan1995 DSL service from PLDT.
Since the info I've gathered will take me no where, I decided to stop. Until several incoming links from a Philippine community of XBOX owners came in. You'll be surprised with the comments they posted on their forum. Their comments and my reactions after the jump.
It doesn't follow that simply because we're Filipinos, we will condone the actions of people who steal copyrighted materials, in this case... selling of p*r*t*d video games.
We used to buy p*r*t*d games, and that was about years ago. During the Famicom era. Why couldn't you accept that some people still prefer to buy legit softwares?
If you have been following our articles about piracy, we have clearly stated that these p*r*t*d games either came from China or Malaysia. We never said it came from the Philippines.
The harsh reality is, we're exposing the truth in our society and the problem with some of you is that you're afraid of change. Some of you cannot accept the fact that something of value to you might be lost just because someone is telling the truth.
I don't want to point fingers but the logical source of that email could have come from the forum above. The GameOPS Response-O-Matic form is located on our About Page. The link that the one posted on their forum is the link to our About Page. And the incoming links and email were just minutes apart. Go figure.
One member even welcomed me to the forum. I've been a lurker there since early 2004 and registered an account on 2005. Funny thing is, the person who welcomed me joined a year after I signed up. :~)
A few days later, the same guy who posted the link to our about page posted another link. It's an entry where we recommended EYO Sales for modifying game consoles for import games. He reasoned that the only purpose of modchips is for piracy. O RLY?!
Karlo even joined the discussion. When our conversations started to go nowhere, I asked:
MMM...KAAY.
Atleast one person remembered GameOPS,
Oh well, you can't please everybody. Another point for my prediction #2 for year 2007.
Quoting my friend Alvin, "only in the philippines! ...were posting an article is a big f*cking deal"
NekoMiMi, created DeSmuME that emulates Nintendo DS to your PSP. The emulation is kinda slow but that'll expected because it's an early version. Wait for updates and do hope that this project will reach greater heights. How to use? Rename your ROM to “test.nds” and place it in the same directory as EBOOT.PBP. Download it here
Note: Emulation has some legal issues. Nintendo states that it is illegal to download ROMs on the internet even you have a legitimate copy. You may want to extract the game image from your NDS game yourself but proceed at your own risk.
GameOPS does not condone the use of emulators and ROMs for piracy.
Nintendo of Japan just released a new add-on for the Nintendo DS. The device which looks like an optical mouse, plugs directly into the GameBoy Advance slot of the DS. It basically allows you to slide your DS on a flat surface just like a mouse. The device is bundled with a new game called Slide Adventure: Mag Kid.
The DS add-on retails for ¥5,800 (approx Php2,240). Better buy additional Pledge cleaners to remove those table scratches :P Official commercial of the peripheral after the jump
You have to admire the Japanese for their creativity on creating these gadgets. I can't recall the term they use for the weird gadgets like these that are not for sale. Anyway, this USB Necktie Cooler is different and is currently on sale for Y2,980 (approx. Php 1,151.67). I don't know if you'll look cool or look like a dork when you wear one.
Remember the time when PlayStation 2s were banned in Iraq because clusters of them might be used to launch nuclear weapons? Well, lots of PlayStation 3s are being networked as servers for the PS3 game Warhawk that will connect gamers around the world. The PS3 servers are being built by the SCEA IT Team. Source
This is probably the weirdest fable and children's novel I've ever seen in my entire life. A talking dog sh*t. How... cute. Created by Korean Jung-Saeng Kwon in 1968, Doggy Poo now has his own DVD!
Everybody has a purpose...
Once upon a time, a little doggy poo lived on the side of a road. He felt all alone in the world. He believed that nobody needed him for anything, and that he had no purpose in life. If only Doggy Poo had a reason for being, then he wouldn't give up on his dream to be useful to the world.
One day, Doggy Poo meets a lovely dandelion sprout. Will she explain his purpose in life? Will she help make his dream come true?
After the trilogy on the bigscreen, Jason Bourne is still unstoppable, now conquering the consoles.
The Bourne Conspiracy is an upcoming video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game is set to be released in the summer of 2008. Developed by High Moon Studios, The Bourne Conspiracy is set to expand upon Robert Ludlum's character Jason Bourne, and immerse the player in a cat and mouse style espionage action adventure.
Think of getting the P35,000 iPhone? Then this procedure "might" enable the iPhone to work with Globe Telecoms or Smart Communications.
Checklist on what you need: 1. an iPhone 2. SIM Reader/Writer (Infinity USB Unlimited, Dynamite Programer ,etc...) 3. SilverCard 4. Your SIM card (must be a V1 ,U must be able to get Ki number) 5. Download these - SIM EMU, Woronscan Getting IMSI,ICCID & Ki number from your SIMs
Step 1 - Your(V1)SIM 1. Put your carrier SIM card in programmer 2. Run Woronscan 3. Click on "Tasks" tab then on "IMSI select" u will get a IMSI number, write it down. 4. Click on "Task" tab then on "ICC select" u will get a ICCID number, write it down. 5. Click on "Tasks" tab then on "Ki search", in pop-up window just click "Search", and wait,Ki extraction has began. When u get it, write it down.
Step 2 - Getting IMSI from AT&T SIM card which came with an iPhone 1. Put your AT&T SIM card in programer 2. Click on "Tasks" then on "IMSI select" u will get a IMSI number, write it down. 3. Close Woronscan 4. Remove SIM from programer
Aside from playing the best games on the planet, you can now turn your Nintendo DS into an mp3 player with a matching iPod interface. The software called LMP-ng, is open source and can be downloaded here. Via Marc
Even retro gaming pushes the limits of technology. The iPhone isn't supposed to support third-party client apps, much less third-party games. That's why this open-source iPhone NES emulator is just so damn cool. It even takes advantage of the iPhone's large multitouchscreen to include a classic NES joypad. It still has control issues and lacks audio, but it's a promising little work in progress.
Fortune Magazine recently reported that the title "richest man on the world" is no longer held by the Microsoft founder Bill Gates but is now given to Carlos Slim Helu, owner of Telefonos de Mexico Fortune Magazine said:
"By our calculations, the 67-year-old Slim has amassed a 59 billion-dollar fortune, based on the value of his public holdings at the end of July," Fortune magazine reported in its latest edition, due to hit newsstands this week.
"This number puts him just ahead of perennial number one, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, whose net worth is estimated to be at least 58 billion dollars.
Mexican financial website Sentido Comun reported last month that Slim had overtaken Gates, and put his personal fortune at almost 68 billion dollars.
"Gates is selling off his single greatest source of wealth, Microsoft stock, to fund his foundation, while Slim's fortune is growing at a stunning clip. His net worth jumped 12 billion dollars this year alone,"
Slim's family holdings represented more than five percent of Mexico's gross domestic product last year and companies under his control make up one third of the Mexican stock market, according to Fortune.
Slim's holdings include banking, automotive and especially telecoms interests. His Telefonos de Mexico controls 92 percent of Mexico's phone lines
The reactions are simply amazing! From adoring the fake box arts to as far as booking a flight to the Philippines just to buy one of those GameCube Wii games.
Rocky's post was just the tip of the iceberg. Amidst the typhoon, I went to a well known shopping mall in Manila this evening to look for the same type of GameCube Wii Games that Rocky found in Greenhills. But low and behold, I've found something new... The first game that I saw was this 4 in 1 Zelda game. The full sized DVD contains The Four Swords, Twilight Princess, Wind Waker, and the Ocarina of Time. This is better than the Master Quest compilation! The 4 in 1 Zelda game costs P400 or approx US$8.88
Dance Dance Revolution Mario? First Mario game for the WiiFit? Oh wait, the WiiFit hasn't been released yet.
What an offer, 3 Mario parties and you get to use the Wii controller to roll the dice. Online Gaming? The possibilities as endless. NOT!
Ahhh yes... Paper Mario... Wait. No Super? Almost got fooled there.
Where's Snake?
Remake after another? Oh wait, is that a Wiimote that Nemesis is holding?
WTF?! Another remake?
Believe me, Sonic isn't the fastest thing on this planet... it's the pirates.
Two sucky games in one. What more could you ask for?
Does this come with online play?
No comment :-|
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Baten? Is this a new baseball game for the Wii?
By the way, for those who own a modified GameCube and are thinking of playing the multi-in-one games, you might have some trouble. According to what I've read before, the GameCube's lens is only capable of reading a specified radius or area on the disc. Single games might work since it only encompasses a small portion of the DVD. Multi-in-1 games occupies almost all of the area of a full sized DVD.
Globe Telecom has just changed their logo from nice to worse. Just look how cluttered the new logo is!
They even spent millions of pesos just to promote their "new" brand on ABS-CBN and GMA-7's primetime spots. Globe Telecoms has also revamped their website's look and how the information is organized to match Smart Communication's new website.
Hey Globe, just give us P10/30 min rates for 3G/GPRS browsing and improve the capabilities of our MMS, just like with the ability to receive emails on our MMS emails. Smart has done that, why won't you? AND PLEASE OPEN YOUR INTERNET APN TO US PREPAID SUBSCRIBERS!
We've earlier reported that the success of the Nintendo Wii console have prompted the pirates to re-release their bootleg copies of Nintendo GameCube games. Nintendo GameCube wasn't popular among the masses here in the Philppines since the availability of pirated games and modchip just materialized on the last years of the GameCube's life.
I was just surprised to see the number of Wii games being sold in Greenhills especially this one store in Shopesville. The clearbook folder where they keep a list of their available games centainly contains lots of titles for the Wii. But upon closer examination, you would see that the games are actually Nintendo GameCube games, pressed on normal sized DVDs. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker is a GameCube game no doubt. The same goes to Tony Hawk Underground 2.
And there's this uber difficult Resident Evil 0 exclusive for the Nintendo GameCube. The only Resident Evil that I haven't finished. Return that damn storage box! Dammit!
Another Zelda game for the GameCube. I haven't played this one yet though.
Metroid 3 for the Wii won't be released until August 27, 2007. So what the hell is this game? The saleslady told me that this is the latest Metroid game for the Wii. OOOOHHKKKAAAAYYY...
The remake of the original Metal Gear Solid for the PlayStation came out for the GameCube and not for the Wii. Again, the saleslady told me that this is the latest MGS game that will also come out for the PlayStation 3.
People like me won't fall for these traps but how about moms buying a Wii for their kids? The store where I found these games is also selling a Nintendo Wii package for about P20,000+ (approx. US$444.44). The package includes a Japanese Nintendo Wii and about 10 of these supposedly Wii games. I acted like I don't know anything about games so I asked if the games they're selling are legit, and she said yes.
The vision. The dream, 1994 was the year the Internet boomed since the creation of the World Wide Web on August 1991. Look at what people dreamed on the things we took for granted today.
Based on Tolkien's fantasy story Lord of the Rings which spawned a hefty number of franchises which sold millions and Battle for Middle Earth 2 is not an exception. The gameplay reminds me of Command and Conquer Generals and Preatorians. Add them up and put some Tolkien fantasy and you'll have this game. I can say, the game is very addicting if you're into real time strategy. The campaign makes you choose between good and evil which I might say evil rocks. Heck most of your missions are destroying this and killing that. While the good side makes you defend this and escort that. Typical good and bad situations. The highlight of this game however is the War of the Ring mode. A turn based / RTS hybrid wherein you fight for the one ring that rules them all. Overall, graphics and sounds added the icing to this well crafted RTS.
Nintendo is sponsoring a car this year at NASCAR and it will Greg Biffle's #16 Ford Fusion car.
For the first time ever, Nintendo is sponsoring a car this NASCAR season and Greg Biffle will be the man behind the wheel of the #16 Wii-themed Ford Fusion. Take a break from racing on Wii™ and watch Biffle and the Wii team charge to the head of the race.
Look for the Wii-themed car at Watkins Glen International in New York on Sunday August 12th and then again at the Dover International Speedway in Delaware on Sunday September 23rd! The Watkins Glen race will be broadcast on ESPN at 1 p.m. EST, and the Dover International Speedway race will be broadcast by ABC at 1 p.m. EST.
Biffle has been racing in NASCAR for over a decade and has garnered so many trophies and accolades it's tough to keep track of them all. Biffle has performed exceptionally well in all three NASCAR series. His most recent win was the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Look for the Nintendo® Street Team at five upcoming NASCAR events as well as high-profile fairs, festivals, and other events nationwide! Fans can play the latest Wii and Nintendo DS™ games including Mario Strikers™ Charged and Pokémon® Diamond and Pokémon® Pearl.
Come out and visit the Nintendo Street Team at the marketing village at these NASCAR race locations:
July 13 - 15: Chicagoland Speedway
Aug. 17 - 19: Michigan International Speedway
Aug. 31 - Sept. 2: California Speedway, Fontana, CA
Sept. 21 - 23: Dover International Speedway, Delaware — be sure to check out the Wii-themed race car at Sunday's race!
Oct. 12 - 14: Charlotte Motor Speedway, North Carolina
Spiderpig, Spiderpig Does whatever a Spiderpig does Can he swing, from a web No he can't he's a pig Look out, he is a spiderpig
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Mattel has ordered a recall their toys manufactured in China fearing that the toys contains too much lead. These toys have already been removed from Toys 'R Us and Toy Kingdom here in the Philippines. For more information about these toys, please visit Mattel's website here.
Official statement from Mattel after the jump.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firms named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Sesame Street, Dora the Explorer, and other children’s toys
Units: About 967,000
Importer: Fisher-Price Inc., of East Aurora, N.Y.
Hazard: Surface paints on the toys could contain excessive levels of lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported.
Description: The recalled involves various figures and toys that were manufactured between April 19, 2007 and July 6, 2007 and were sold alone or as part of sets. The model names and product numbers for the recalled toys, which are all marked with “Fisher-Price,” are listed below. The toys may have a date code between 109-7LF and 187-7LF marked on the product or packaging.
Sold at: Retail stores nationwide from May 2007 through August 2007 for between $5 and $40.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled toys away from children and contact Fisher-Price. Consumers will need to return the product and will receive a voucher for a replacement toy of the consumer’s choice (up to the value of the returned product).
Consumer Contact: For additional information contact Fisher-Price at (800) 916-4498 anytime or visit the firm’s Web site at www.service.mattel.com
Product List: 33662 Elmo Light Up Musical Pal 33664 Big Bird Light Up Musical Pal 39038 Elmo Tub Sub 87946 Elmo Keyboard 90609 Elmo Collectible 90612 Zoe Collectible 90614 Big Bird Collectible 93068 Elmo Boom Box 93307 Press N Go Elmo 93492 Cookie Saxophone 93615 Splash Tub Puzzle
B7554 Count To Beat Elmo B7987 Elmo In The Giggle Box B9620 Dora's Talking House C6908 Dora, Backpack, Perrito Figure Pack C6909 Diego Figure Pack C6911 Boots, Tico Figure Pack G5112 Sing With Elmo's Greatest Hits H2943 Grow With Me Elmo Sprinkler H3344 Birthday Dora H5570 Elmo & Pals (Elmo, Zoe, Bigbird) H4628 Water Fun Tote H8237 Blue 3 Pack Figures In Tube H9124 Chef Dora H9186 Giggle Grabber Ernie
J0338 Diego Talking Field Journal J0344 Go Diego Go Deep Sea Rescue J0346 Go Diego Go Talking Rescue 4 X 4 J5936 Giggle Grabber Chef Cookie Monster J6537 Sesame Street Giggle Toolbelt J6763 Royal Boots And Tico J7983 Sesame Street Tub Pots & Pans J9692 Dora's Talking Pony Place K3414 Diego - Talking Gadget Belt K3580 Fairytale Adventure Dora K4140 Toucan Motorcycle Rescue
L3194 Surprise Inside Diego Eggs L3488 Sesame Street Birthday Figure Pack L3507 Sesame Street - Super Boom Box L5202 Birthday Dora L8905 Pablo & Pals M0352 Dora Figures Diego & Bear M0527 Sesame Street Giggle Doodler M2051 Lets Go Rescue Center
33663 Ernie Light Up Musical Pal 34658 Elmo Stacking Rings 39054 Sesame Street Shape Sorter 90267 Ernie Splashin' Fun Trike 90611 Cookie Collectible 90613 Ernie Collectible 90745 Construction Playset 93107 Action Fire Engine 93308 Rev & Go Cookie Monster 93493 Elmo's Guitar 93780 Music And Lights Phone
B7888 Shake, Giggle & Roll B7989 Silly Parts Talking Elmo
C6910 Swiper Figure Pack G3825 Dora Talking Vamonos Van G9717 Giggle Doodler H3343 Cousin Daisy H5569 Elmo & Pals (Elmo, Cookie, Ernie) H4187 Dora Figures In Tube H8236 Dora 3 Pack Figures In Tube H8238 Sponge Bob 3 Pack Figures In Tube H9125 Bedtime Dora H9188 Giggle Grabber Oscar The Grouch
J0343 Go Diego Go Antarctic Rescue J0345 Go Diego Go Mountain Rescue J5935 Giggle Grabber Soccer Elmo
J6762 Queen Mami J6765 Prince Diego J9518 Sesame Street Giggle Drill K0617 Twins Nursery K3571 Go Diego Go Mobile Rescue Unit K4139 Go Diego Go Dinosaur Rescue L0305 Dora Figure
L3215 Sesame Street Elmo Jack-In-The-Box
L5813 Diego Tub Trike M0351 Dora Figures Dora & Kitty M0524 Go Diego Go Talking Gadget M0732 Dora's Talking House M2052 Fairytale Castle
This is probably GameOPS' first exclusive scoop from one of the top companies in the Philippines in 7 years... Anyway, our old school friend Detective OPS has sniffed out some juicy information from one of the first broadband companies in the Philippines. They are apparently gonna launch 3 mobile phones this month for their subscribers and employees.
The phones are branded as myPhone. Features include a touch screen and simultaneous dual SIM capability wherein you could use two of your SIM cards at the same time. No more switching on which SIM to activate. If you ever saw one of those mobile phones made in China that has a stylus and dual SIM function, then that's basically 2 of the phones this company would release. Just a bit different on the physical appearance but the OS is the same. SRP of the two mobile phones is from P6,000 to P9,000.
The last model is a bit different and pricey though. It looks like an XDA and is powered by a Windows Mobile OS. It's priced at P18,000 each. I'll try to get my hands on these units in a few days to give more info on these phones.
Retro gamers are the target of a new computer worm making its rounds on the internet. An email containing a Super Mario Bros game carries the Romario-A worm and when executed, the worm is dropped to your system. Just a tip, don't open email attachments with file extensions like .exe, .pif, and .bat.
Rumors are all over the internet regarding the redesigned XBOX 360 code named Falcon. The main feature of this redesigned console, if there is any, will include the 45nm processor.
"We have customers' activity for products in the CPU space that goes into a video-game device," Chia Song Hwee, Chartered's president and CEO, said when discussing the company's 45nm manufacturing plans with analysts during a recent conference call. "As 65nm just started production in the last two quarters, you would expect 45nm to come on stream about 18 months from that time frame," said Chia, referring to when Chartered expects to begin production with the 45nm processor.
Ara Mina's younger sister, Cristine Reyes, is FHM Philippines' cover girl for August 2007. Also from FHM's August 2007 is Wowowee's own Luningning. More pictures after the jump.
When we relaunched GameOPS last April 2007, Rocky and I were excited to take some pictures of pirated Nintendo GameCube games in Greenhills. Too bad, GameCube was not too popular among gamers here in the Philippines that the supplier of these bootleg games from China decided to stop shipping the games to their merchants.
The success of Nintendo Wii around the world and the wide availability of Nintendo Wii units here in the Philippines may have prompted these suppliers to re-release their pirated GameCube stocks again. The picture above is taken at Shoppesville in Greenhills. Price for each pirated Nintendo GameCube game is at P150 each (approx US$3.33).
I know most of you have grown to love the super sentai series from Japan when we're all kids. Before Power Rangers, there were Bioman, Maskman, Fiveman, etc. Unfortunately, most new super sentai series that are shown here today are just Power Ranger spin-offs. Kinda cheezy if you ask me.
I'm gonna start a new mini series here at GameOPS and feature the beautiful girls that have starred in the super sentai series. For our first salvo, let me introduce my favorite super sentai girl, Ayumi Kinoshita of Dekarangers.
According to her Wikipedia profile, Ayumi Kinoshita (木下 あゆ美, born December 13, 1982) is a Japanese actress and model that has appeared in many Japanese commercials. She's famous for taking the role of Jasmine/DekaYellow in Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger. She also is involved in Guilty Gear franchising, such as having a video tutorial. Along with Mika Kikuchi, she sings the second ending theme of Dekaranger titled "Girls in Trouble!". In addition, the lyrics of Jasmine's character theme "Hard Rain" were written by Kinoshita. She has also appeared in small videos in the Solid Eye Theatre of Metal Gear Acid 2. Kinoshita's most recent work is the film "Master of Thunder" (マスターオブサンダー), an action film where she stars as one of the seven pupils of a martial artist.
Ayumi can also sing. She sung one of the closing themes of Dekaranger with fellow Dekaranger actor Mika Kikuchi.
If the gamers over the land of the free are having a hard time to find a Wii, the gamers here in the Philippines can have all the Nintendo Wii they want. Whether it's a Japanese or US version, Greenhills' V-Mall have them.
Filipino gamers also have a wide variety of colors to choose from for their Nintendo DS. Just like the Japanese exclusive Nintendo DS lite Sky Blue. Best of both worlds :) Only downside is the Wii consoles are priced way way higher than the SRP of $249. Each console retails for atleast P16,000 (approx US$355) or more.
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