This Week in Xbox: September 10-17, 2008
Games Editor Denny Atkin brings you all the latest in what's going on this week on Xbox.com. xbox.com |
Petz Crazy Monkeyz - Wii (E)
Petz Crazy Monkeyz Release Date:Tue, 18 Nov 2008 gamecrazy.com |
Imagine: Makeup Artist - DS (E)
When fashion shows take over cities like New York, Paris, and Milan, makeup crews actively compete to help style models for the coutre designers. There's an interesting dichotomy between person and persona. Makeup helps define the persona and acts as a side of the bridge that leads to the person. It is an important part of the social matrix that defines you to the world around you, and those others to you. Ubisoft's Imagine: Makeup Artist for Nintendo DS delivers palettes of makeup types and styles. Personas are very marketable. Whether you want to discover how to do your own persona or make a living at making up other people's personas, Imagine: Makeup Artist is a simply challenging and fun way to help you achieve your goals.Use the Nintendo DS stylus to apply makeup, including foundation, lipstick, eye shadow, blush and more! Receive requests from clients for particular makeup looks and then hit the town to ask friends and experts for advice on how to best achieve those looks.Play fun mini-games to earn money and go shopping for clothes, hairstyles, accessories, makeup and more! Practice your new makeup techniques on your character to get ready for dates. Share items with your friends or play mini-games with them via DS wireless communications. Release Date:Tue, 26 May 2009 gamecrazy.com |
Band Hero - PS3 (E 10)
With Band Hero, you can come together with family and friends to ascend the virtual stage and rise to fame. Brought to you by the makers of Guitar Hero, one of the biggest entertainment franchises of all time, Band Hero brings you a new genre of music focused on todayâs hottest hits and classic anthems that everyone will know. So grab your friends and take the stage with any combination of guitars, bass, microphones and drums, the road to stardom begins here. Band Hero supports all Guitar Hero instrument controllers, as well as other music/rhythm game controllers. Release Date:Tue, 03 Nov 2009 gamecrazy.com |
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth - DS (RP)
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth takes the Ace Attorney series from the courtroom to the crime scene, leaving the legal battle behind while bringing the action to various crime scenes. This time around, the player takes on the role of famed prosecutor Miles Edgeworth, a memorable rival of charismatic legal eagle Phoenix Wright. Edgeworth actively investigates crime scenes in order to pursue the truth behind each case. By solving the challenging puzzles presented him, Edgeworth will work with the police to bring criminals to justice.Users will be able to directly control the character avatarâs movement on the scene with the arrow key or touch screen and investigate the crime scenes freely. If, during the course of an investigation, users find contradictions, they will be able to obtain new information by presenting decisive evidence. In some cases, users will identify clues and conduct examinations of material witnesses. On these occasions, users will have to uncover the truth behind the crimes using collected information, the evidence, and logic. Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth is composed of several lengthy episodes. In the first episode, an argument in Edgeworthâs office results in a mysterious murder. Edgeworth, coming back from a one-month business trip, enters his office and encounters the body of the man who was shot. He is then threatened by someone who is presumed to be the suspect with a gun from behind. In the second episode, Edgeworth wakes up after being knocked out due to an air pocket accident inside a luxury airliner flying through turbulence. Shaken by the flashback of nightmarish past memories, he opens the onboard elevatorâs door, only to find a male corpse. At this very moment a cabin attendant witnesses the scene and Edgeworth is made a suspect of murder! Miles Edgeworth will have to confront suspects and get to the bottom of his cases by collecting information and evidence through detective work between key locations. Also, in the âlogicâ mode that symbolizes Edgeworthâs logical inferences, users can discover new information and evidence by combining two pieces of information out of the collected pieces. The real culprit that will be revealed through investigations and witnesses will be confronted in a battle similarly fought (Testimony â Pursuit â Press â Confront) to that of the âCourt Battleâ in the Ace Attorney series (Testimony â Cross Examination) to expose the contradictions.Starring Miles Edgeworth, the popular rival of attorney Phoenix Wright.Gameplay moves out of the courtroom and onto the crime scene.New investigative style using the Nintendo DS stylus to uncover evidence.Several unique cases to solve with over 15 hours of gameplay.New technique, such as âlogicâ mode assists you in uncovering the crime.Unique dialog trees and interrogation techniques let you question witnesses to discover the truth. Release Date:Tue, 16 Feb 2010 gamecrazy.com |