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		<title>Dive: The Medes Island Secret soundtrack available for free</title>
		<link>http://www.criticalgamer.co.uk/2010/09/30/dive-the-medes-island-secret-soundtrack-available-for-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony H</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cosmonaut Games, the studio behind WiiWare title Dive: The Medes Island Secret, have released the original soundtrack for download.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p><!-- 		@page { margin: 2cm } 		P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --><span style="font-size: medium;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Dive" src="http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz259/IUrbanFoxI/CG%20Pics/divesoundtrack.jpg?t=1285862775" alt="" width="426" height="240" />As a thank you to the positive reaction from their fans, Cosmonaut Games, the studio behind WiiWare title Dive: The Medes Island Secret, have released the original soundtrack for download.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">The pack contains 11 remastered songs from the game, as well as bonus tracks that have never been heard before.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">You can find the link to download the songs in Cosmonaut Games blog post <a href="http://02d5f17.netsolhost.com/blog/?p=202">here</a>.</span></p>
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		<title>Classic Command &amp; Conquer titles now available as freeware</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony H</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To mark the March 16 release of the new game, EA have made three of the Command &#38; Conquer series' land mark titles now available as freeware.]]></description>
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<p><!-- 		@page { margin: 2cm } 		P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --><span style="font-size: medium">Looking forward to Command &amp; Conquer 4 but want to know the roots of the series? If your answer is not a resounding ‘yes’, then please feel free to slap yourself hard across the face and pay attention.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium">To mark the March 19 release of the new game, EA has made Tiberian Sun and its expansion, Firestorm now available as freeware. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium">The games have been arranged for download <a href="http://www.commandandconquer.com/classic">on this web page</a> along with the original freeware releases of C&amp;C Tiberian Dawn and the original Red Alert, giving us a nice set of nostalgic options that are friendly on the pocket money.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium">If you haven’t played any of these classic titles then it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are trying to find games to run on an underpowered machine, such as a netbook or typewriter.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium">They are a tad bit ancient though, so you may want to read the installation instructions included with the download link <a href="http://www.commandandconquer.com/classic">here</a>, to see how compatible they are with your operating system.</span></p>
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		<title>Rumble Fighter: review</title>
		<link>http://www.criticalgamer.co.uk/2009/12/03/rumble-fighter-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony H</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rumble Fighter, a free 3D beat 'em up MMO supported by microtransactions. Is it a flying kick or a kung fu flop?]]></description>
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<li><span style="font-size: medium"><strong><img class="aligncenter" src="http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz259/IUrbanFoxI/rumblefighterlogo.jpg?t=1259747543" alt="" width="426" height="240" />Format:</strong><em> PC</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium"><strong>Unleashed:</strong> <em>Out Now</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium"><strong>Publisher:</strong> <em>OGPlanet</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium"><strong>Developer:</strong> <em>WeMade Entertainment, Nimonix</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium"><strong>Players:</strong> <em>1-8 (online)</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium"><strong>Site:</strong> <a href="http://www.rumblefighter.com">www.rumblefighter.com</a></span></li>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;line-height: 150%"><span style="font-size: medium">The words ‘MMO’ and ‘free’ often tread very lightly around each other, as if in a Mexican stand off that will last longer than the queues at Threshers on a Friday night.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;line-height: 150%"><span style="font-size: medium">Whilst Rumble Fighter is technically free, if you want to get anywhere without taking a long and mind numbing route that puts the Lord of the Rings trilogy to shame, you’re going to need to chip in with the industry’s new friend, microtransactions. </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;line-height: 150%"><span style="font-size: medium">There are two currencies in the game; the one that you buy and the one that you earn, with each allowing you to buy different in game items such as clothes and things that actually help you whilst fighting.</span></p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 436px"><img src="http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz259/IUrbanFoxI/rumblefighter2.jpg?t=1259747611" alt="" width="426" height="240" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Names have been pixelated so we don&#39;t remember who beat us</p></div>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;line-height: 150%;text-align: left"><span style="font-size: medium"> </span><span style="font-size: medium">The items that have the most impact are the ExoCores which transform your character slightly, giving you access to two whole new special moves. There are also Sacred Scrolls which can be equipped to teach your character new martial arts which affects your default fighting style.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;line-height: 150%"><span style="font-size: medium">The major disappointment with Rumble Fighter is how basic it all feels. The fighting aspect of this MMO brawler is very simplistic, restricted to block, kick and punch, with some very limited combo options. There are four different classes available with slightly tweaked stats making them better up close, at range, when transformed or for hit and runs, but nothing too in-depth. </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;line-height: 150%"><span style="font-size: medium">It feels like what Powerstone on the Dreamcast might have been if it was a browser based game you got free access to on the back of a cereal box. The 3D movement around arenas is nice, but the actual fighting bits are nothing that hasn’t already been done in Flash based games.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;line-height: 150%"><span style="font-size: medium">Being a massively multiplayer online game, the majority of brawls take place against other players, up to eight of them at once, in a few game modes that vary slightly to the vanilla ‘beat seven shades of snot out of your opponent’s lifeless corpse’.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;line-height: 150%"><span style="font-size: medium">Battle mode is your general free for all fist fest which comes in team and last man standing flavours, whereas Rumble mode has a few more game type options. These include king of the hill, potion mode (where you run around like a demented lab rat drinking suspicious looking potion vials), and a group battle mode similar to Super Mario Bros. where you must try and stay ahead of the screen as it slowly devours stragglers.</span></p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 436px"><img src="http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz259/IUrbanFoxI/rumblefighter1.jpg?t=1259747780" alt="Some transformations are more extreme than others" width="426" height="240" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Some transformations are more extreme than others</p></div>
<p><span style="font-size: medium">Even with the gameplay variety however, the simplistic controls make each mode feel almost identical, except sometimes you end up blocking, punching or kicking whilst defending one point or whilst trying to drink a potion.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;line-height: 150%"><span style="font-size: medium">Speaking of controls, for a PC based game it is not very keyboard friendly. The attack buttons are laid in a nice little row yes, but unfortunately due to the nature of keyboards, they are surrounded by other identical feeling nice little rows.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;line-height: 150%"><span style="font-size: medium">Thankfully, gamepads and joysticks are supported by the game, but they are not something we had the opportunity to test. By our futile attempts at keyboarding to victory though, we recommend you give other control options a try if you start to struggle.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;line-height: 150%"><span style="font-size: medium">Rumble Fighter is a very basic online fighter which will dissatisfy if you are expecting anything else. Unless you are willing to pump money in to this you will find yourself without many options when it comes to fighting against others who <em>did </em>commit their wallets. If you enjoy simple fighting games, then you may want to give this one a look; otherwise we suggest you move along, because it isn’t in the same league as Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, or Soul Calibur. It’s a different sport. </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;line-height: 150%"><strong><span style="font-size: xx-large">2/5</span></strong></p>
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		<title>League of Legends available to play for free</title>
		<link>http://www.criticalgamer.co.uk/2009/11/24/league-of-legends-available-to-play-for-free/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[League of Legends - affectionately known by its fans as LoL - is now available for you dear reader, completely free of charge. There are options for both a Collector's Pack and Champions Bundle, that give you extra champions unlocked from the beginning (though they can still be unlocked by free players) in exchange for some precious monies.]]></description>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">League of Legends &#8211; affectionately known by its fans as LoL &#8211; is now available for you to play dear reader, completely free of charge. There are options for both a Collector&#8217;s Pack and Champions Bundle, that give you extra champions unlocked from the beginning (though they can still be unlocked by free players) in exchange for some precious monies.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In case you&#8217;re not aware of League of Legends it is essentially a sequel to the uber-popular Warcraft III mod Dawn of the Ages (DotA), in which you take control of a champion and engage in some fast paced, competitive strategic role-playing. </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">At the price of free it comes highly recommended, head to <a href="http://www.leagueoflegends.com/">http://www.leagueoflegends.com/</a> to sign up.</span></p>
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