Developer Playbrains first released Madballs in Babo:Invasion for the Xbox 360 but the PC version of the unusual action game has gotten a ton of extra content since its release on Steam. This week the game got not one but two small pieces of paid downloadable content along with a major free update that adds clan support.
The clan support allows player clans to set up multiplayer matches on dedicated servers along with clan leaderboards and more. The free update also has some gameplay balance changes and bug fixes. The new downloadable content releases include the $1.49 Campaign Pack which lets people skip the single player campaign and level up just with multiplayer matches. It also adds some new player skins. The 99 cents Turkey Coma Skins Pack adds more player skins.
Another classic reborn - Jaeger-LeCoultre is due to release a brand new retro styled version of its famed Memovox alarm watch. In the 1950s the original Memovox was popular for being and alarm watch with an automatic mechanical movement. The new Master Memovox will also have an automatic movement - the newer Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 956. It has a power reserve of 45 hours, ceramic ball bearings for the automatic rotor that needs no lubrication, and the time, date, and alarm of course.
The watch itself will come in 18k rose gold or steel in a 40mm wide case. Styling is classic of course - maybe too much so. It doesn't feel "different" enough in the current lineup in my opinion. The alarm function is easy to operate using the a separate crown that rotates an inner ring. The alarm most likely needs to be pulled out for the alarm function to be turned on. I would feel very excited about the watch is the geniuses at Jaeger-LeCoultre were able to give the alarm a snooze function. Until then, you'll have to keep a butler around for that need. "Just five more minutes Alfred!" The new Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Memovox watch will be officially announced in 2010 at SIHH.
Evo takes a 911 Turbo and a Coke from 0-100 - Click above to watch video
When the Porsche 997 Turbo first came out and it was discovered that you could get from 0-60 mph in 3.4 seconds in the Tiptronic automatic transmission (which was quicker than the manual gearbox), that was incredible enough. In the updated 997 Turbo with PDK, however, you can apparently get to 100 mph in less than eight seconds with just three fingers on the wheel and a bottle of Coke at your lips.
Things coming out of Stuttgart are no longer incredible, they're outrageous. Follow the jump to watch Chris Harris do a bit of drinking and driving.
It's an online MMO with trapping of Tribes, Unreal Tournament 3 and Guild Wars. Today Eurogamer is reporting that Global Agenda from indie game developer Hi-Rez Studios will officially launch on February 1. Previously the game had a less specific first quarter 2010 release. The February 1 launch date puts it in direct competition with Star Trek Online, an MMO which will also official launch on that date.
Hi-Rez has already announced their business model for the game, letting folks purchase the title and play online for free. They cal also choose to add an optional monthly subscription fee that adds more online gameplay modes and content.
It's been a while since the Medal of Honor franchise has found its way on to store shelves, but we're interested for what the series will bring to the crowded realm of modern shooters. At tonight's 2009 Video Game Awards, the first footage of the recently revealedMedal of Honor impressed with solid visuals and a metric ton of explosions.
Not enough for you? The gameplay trailer concluded with one NPC kicking a booby trapped prisoner through a high rise window. Now we're not marketing pros, but that should be the first bullet point on the back of the game's box. Check out the trailer -- in all its YouTube quality glory -- after the break.
Increasingly, people are choosing to put their money where their values are, and that sentiment isn't lost on money managers. Just this week, the first of three exchange-traded funds targeted at Christian investors hit the market. Two more will launch next week.
The securities held in each of the funds, FaithShares Catholic Values Fund , FaithShares Methodist Value Fund and FaithShares Christian Values Fund, are tailored to each denomination's teachings and recommendations for investing. FaithShares Advisors worked with the FTSE Group and KLD Research & Analytics, a provider of environmental, social and governance research and indexes, to create the series of custom indexes on which the funds are based.
Increasingly, people are choosing to put their money where their values are, and that sentiment isn't lost on money managers. Just this week, the first of three exchange-traded funds targeted at Christian investors hit the market. Two more will launch next week.