Yulia Volkova's Space

 

 

 

 

 

 

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* Added The Ability To Post And Read Tweets As They Happen Using XFire

 

* Added The Ability To Broadcast Both Microphone And Game Audio

 

* Improved The Layout Of The Tools | Options Dialog Box

 

* Fixed A Problem Logging Into MSN After Changing Your MSN Password

 

* New Games Supported: Updated List

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We're Still On Holiday For One More Week But That Doesn't Mean We Didn't Cook Up Something Nice For You Ahead Of Time. Jason Stole Ryan's Camera And All Of AREA 5's Backup Drives To Construct An All-New Episode Of The J Show. Despite Our Wishes, Behind Our Backs, Jason Has Filled His Episode With Outtakes And Behind-The-Scenes Moments That The Rest Of The Crew Wishes The World Didn't Have Access To. Additionally, Bitmob.com's Dan Hsu And CO-OP Composer Paul Greenleaf Sat Down With Cesar To Chat About The Multiplayer Madness Of New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Sit Back, Relax, And Get Yourself A Plate Of Leftover Stuffing Burritos And Turkey Fries And Enjoy! We'll Be Back With Tons Of Game Coverage Next Week!

 

 

 

 

We're Going To Be On Our Thanksgiving Break Next Week, So Keep Your Eyes Out For A Special Episode Of CO-OP On December 1st That'll Be A Departure From The Norm. We'll Be Back On December 8th With Our Regular Programming. This Week, Though, Is An Almost-Special Episode Thanks To Our Long-Form Coverage Of Assassin's Creed 2. It's Just Too Big To Talk About In The Normal Time Constraints Of Our Show. Enjoy And Remember To Enjoy Your Holiday! And By "Enjoy," We Mean Catch Up On The Holiday Gaming Rush. It's Going To Be A HUGE 2010 And You Need To Get Started Now. :P

 

 

 

 

Midnight Launches Are Not For The Feint Of Heart. You Know, The Whole Staying Up Late, Playing A Game All Night, Trying To Go To Work The Next Day. But That's Part Of What Being A Gamer Is All About! We Were There For A San Francisco Midnight Launch Of Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 So That We Could Cover The Single-Player, At Least, On This Week's Show. It's The First Of A MW2 Two-Parter. We Believe It Takes Longer Than A Few Days To Evaluate Multiplayer So We're Going To Give It A Good Shakedown Before Talking About That Part Of The Game. The Epically Awesome Dragon Age: Origins And The Next, Big Rhythm Game DJ Hero Round Out This Week's Coverage.

 

 

 

 

The Words "Movie" And "License" Are A Anathema To Gamers When Paired And The Exception Is Rare. Fortunately, This Week's Coverage Of Jame's Cameron's Avatar May Show Us A Way To One Of Said Exceptions. We Were Invited To An Event At The Dolby Labs In San Francisco To Experience The Game Hands-On (In 3D No Less). Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad Of Gay Tony Ratchets Up The Excitement And The Better-Than-Diablo Diablo Clone Torchlight Receives Some Much Deserved Face Time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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* Added An Optional Webcam Overlay In XFire In-Game

 

* Fixed Some Performance And Crash Issues With Live Video Broadcast

 

* Reduced The Default Bandwidth Use Of Live Video Broadcast

 

* Fixed Search In The Forums

 

* New Games Supported: Updated List

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, Area5 Threw A Halloween Party! It Was Awesome! Best Costumes Ever! There's No Way Your Party Was Better Than There's! Is There Any Way Exclamation Points Can Denote Sarcasm As Opposed To Genuine Enthusiasm? Honestly, We're Better Gamers Than We Are Party-Planers. Oh, And We Talk About Some Games.

 

 

 

 

Believe It Our Not, It's Our First CO-OP: The Animated Series! Well... Sort Of. You'll See. We Have A Lively Debate On Whether Demon's Souls Is As Terrific As People Say Or Truly Awful, An In-Depth About The Ambient, Indie RTS Eufloria And An iPhone Round-Up Of Some Of Our Favorites: Canabalt, Geared, And Mr. Bounce!

 

 

 

 

It's Our Season 03 Premiere! In Our Longest Segment On A Game Yet, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Takes The Spotlight This Week. We Also Stop By Indie Developer Gaijin Games To Grab A Look At What Makes An Indie Studio Tick And To Get A Sneak Peak At BIT.TRIP.VOID. Also, Of Course, We Had To Share The Quickie Got With New Super Mario Bros. Wii!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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* Improved Performance When Broadcasting Live Video

 

* Added The Ability To Post A Poll In Community (Clan And Guild) Forums

 

* Added The XFire XO Toolbar As An Option In The Full Installer

 

* Fixed A Game-Hang That Could Happen With Some Older Games

 

* Fixed Icon-Drawing Problem On Windows Vista

 

* Fixed A Problem With Voice-Enabled Chat Rooms

 

* New Games Supported: Updated List

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since Area5's Cesar Was The Only One At TGS This Year, We Asked Him To Do Some Light Documenting Of Japan For Us So That We Could Live His Experiences Vicariously.

 

 

 

 

Only One Of Us Got To Go To TGS This Year, But That Doesn't Mean We Didn't Get To Bring Home The Goods! In This Special Episode Of CO-OP We Round Up The Big Announcements As Well As Dive Into Two Games: Dead Space: Extraction And Scribblenauts.

 

 

 

 

Camping. It's Cheap, Easy, And Thanks To The DS And The PSP We Can Bring Our Games With Us! It's An All-Portables Week As The Gang Goes Primal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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* Added Ability To Set A Descriptive Title When Broadcasting Live Video

 

* Improved Performance While Broadcasting Live Video

 

* Added Ability To Add Friends In XFire In-Game

 

* Fixed XFire In-Game To Work In Some OpenGL Games

 

* Fixed Messages To AIM Friends With Certain Unusual Characters

 

* New Games Supported: Updated List

 

 

 

 

 

 

 "The Zombie Shooter Returns Featuring Four

 

 

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Speaking About Upcoming CO-OP Zombie Shooter Left 4 Dead 2 At EA's Tokyo Press Conference Today, Valve's Kim Swift Announced Intentions To Release A Demo On November 3rd. Though No Platforms Were Explicitly Mentioned, We're Betting Pre-Orders On Both Xbox 360 And PC Platforms Will Be Getting First Dibs, As Valve Has Already Stated. From What We Understand, The Demo Will Feature Multiplayer, Though We're Not Sure To What Capacity This Will Extend. Either Way, Xbox 360 And PC Owners Will Get A Chance To Try Out At Least Some Of The 10 Melee Weapons Well Before The Game's November 17th Release. We'll Ask EA For More Details On The Demo As The Tokyo Game Show Continues This Week.

 

 

 

 

Area5 Stops By The XNA's Indie Games Booth To Chat With Microsoft's Kathleen Sanders And We Review The Fall's First Blockbusters: Halo 3: ODST And Beatles: Rock Band.

 

 

 

 

It's Been 10 Years Since The Launch Of The Much-Beloved Dreamcast And As Such We Had The Perfect Excuse For A Retrospective. Multiple Blasts From The Past Combine With A Bunch Of Memories Our Fans At PAX Shared With Us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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* Many Changes To Live Video (Beta)

 

* Fixed Problems With Logging Into @msn.com Accounts

 

* Fixed A Problem Logging In If You Have Over 5000 Remote Screenshots

 

* Fixed A Serious Problem Some Users Experienced If IE8 Is Installed

 

* Vastly Improved Community Search

 

* New Games Supported: Updated List

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Dark Knight Cometh, The iPhone Gets It's First Real, GTA Clone, And The Re-Release Of The Best, "This-Generation" Metroids Improves Upon The Best.

 

 

 

 "First Look At Final Xbox 360-Exclusive Grand Theft Auto IV Episode Is Loaded

 

 

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Over Three Years After It Was First Mentioned At Microsoft's E3 2006 Press Event, The Final Xbox 360-Exclusive Grand Theft Auto IV Episode Has Been Fully Revealed. Today, Rockstar Games Released The First Trailer For The Ballad of Gay Tony, Due Out October 29th As Both An Xbox Live Download And Part Of The Compilation Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City. Episodes From Liberty City Will Also Include The First GTAIV Episode, The Grungy Biker-Gang Saga The Lost And Damned. The Ballad Of Gay Tony Will Take A More Glamorous Tack Than Its Predecessor, Profiling The Right-Hand Man, Luis Lopez, Of Liberty City's Biggest Night-Club Impresario, Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince. The Trailer Also Shows A Packed Dance Floor And Prince Talking About Owning The "Hottest Gay And Straight Clubs" In Liberty City. However, It's The Action Of The Ballad Of Gay Tony That Is Most Eye-Catching. Rockstar Has Apparently Decided To End GTAIV With The Sort Of Over-The-Top Action Featured In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Lopez Is Seen Climbing The Equivalent Of The Empire State Building While Being Chased By Four Military Helicopters. In Another Scene, San Andreas' Skydiving Makes A Return, With Lopez Using A Parachute To Quickly Exit Another Helicopter. In Another, An Attack Helicopter Tears Up A Street With Rocket Fire.

 

 

 

 

To Know The Future You Must Know The Past And We Prove It This Week By Delving Into A Classic. We Keep It Current Thanks To Some Nazi-Zombie Killing And Insect-Adventure On The iPhone.

 

 

 

 

Drawing Obvious Inspiration From Games Like Metroid and Castlevania, It's Debated Whether Shadow Complex Is An Homage Or Rip-Off. David Ellis And Dan Hsu Came By To Discuss With Matt And Cesar That While This Revamped Side-Scroller May Feel Familiar, It's Scope And Gameplay Make It One Of Rhe Best Downloadable Games Of The Year. We Also Tread Familiar Waters To Check Out Wolfenstein RPG For The iPhone. Does Shooting Nazi's (In The Standard Forms Of, Soldiers, Zombies, And Skeletons) In Corridors Blend Well With Role-Playing Elements? Ryan And Cesar Take A Break From Laundry To Discuss. Matt's Been Taking Over The World One Territory At A Time In Little King's Story For Weeks. This Pikmin-Like Adventure Looked Simple At First But Ended Up Spanning Over Dozens Of Hours Of Invading, Building, And Decorating In Service Of Building A New Kingdom. Anthony Gallegos And Alice Liang Hoin Matt To Chat About Whether The Task Ended Up Being More Than They Bargained For.

 

 

 

 

HALO May Be Famous For Bringing The Big Guns (In Terms Of Sales And In The More Literal Sense), But Facebook And The iPhone Are 800 LB. Gorillas All Their Own.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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* Added Clan/Guild Favorite Game Servers To The Servers Tab

 

* When You Capture Video In-Game You Can Now Upload Videos In Real Time

 

* Changed The Live Video System As Part Of Our New Partnership With Livestream

 

* Fixed A Problem With Listing All Remote Screenshots

 

* Added The Ability To Embed Any Video On Other Web Sites

 

* New Games Supported: Updated List

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Old Tech, New Tech, It All Has The Same Capacity To Annoy Rob. That Didn't Stop Us From Downloading The Gears Of War DLC, Fat Princess And Wipeout HD Fury, Though.