http://www.nineoverten.com Video Games Reviews and News, Collectibles and Figurines, Movies, Homebrew, Imported Games and So Much More Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:15:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I don't know how true is this but I heard that retailers and importers alike got together to fix the price of the first batch of Region 3 God of War III at about RM 200 a copy. This is significantly higher than a typical Region 3 version of a ... http://www.nineoverten.com/2010/03/21/god-of-war-iii-price-fixing/ Ah, the number of Final Fantasy XIII merchandise keeps on increasing week by week, taking up various shapes and sizes, so much so you can't blame Square Enix for being boring. The Final Fantasy XIII Arts Museum Trading Cards , yup Trading Cards, are sold in packs of 10 cards. While ... http://www.nineoverten.com/2010/03/20/and-now-final-fantasy-xiii-the-trading-card-game/ I think plenty of Professor Layton fans have been waiting for the release of the Professor Layton action figure from Revoltech (Kaiyodo). The good news is it's out on sale now. Retailing at USD 31.90, this 125mm action figure comes with 12 joints in his body and various face and hand ... http://www.nineoverten.com/2010/03/19/highly-poseable-professor-layton-revoltech-action-figure-out-now/ Modern Warfare 2 caught some flak with the release of its ill-fated spoof video titled Fight Against Grenade Spam (a.k.a F.*.G.S). Heh, I don't know what people have against grenade spam (I personally like doing so in Halo and Red Faction), but I guess it's the not so P.C. acronym ... http://www.nineoverten.com/2010/03/18/bad-company-2-shows-hows-it-done-in-fighting-grenade-spam/ My pal Aleksi created Clay Hunt as a clay shooting game offering unique gameplay and the most realistic (clay shooting) experience available on the iPhone and iPod Touch. The app has received pretty good ratings with an overall 4 out of 5 stars and sells for 99 cents on the ... http://www.nineoverten.com/2010/03/18/clay-hunt-developer-announces-free-version-for-iphone/ Thanks to Konami, not only you can enjoy the arcade classic Frogger on Facebook, you can do so on the go with Frogger Inferno on the iPhone/iPod Touch. At 99 cents, the game is a real bargain, especially for those retroheads and arcade enthusiasts. Check out the press release below for ... http://www.nineoverten.com/2010/03/18/frogger-inferno-now-out-for-the-iphone/ What's coming in a couple of days, costs USD 10 and lets you drive 7 exotic racing cars in over 50 racing events? It's the Need for Speed: SHIFT Exotic Racing Series DLC! Released for both the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 consoles, you get to race some iconic cars like ... http://www.nineoverten.com/2010/03/16/need-for-speed-shifts-exotic-racing-pack-brings-new-cars-18th-march/ There's this particularly nasty bug going around the office comprising of a triple threat of cough, high fever and sore throat.  It was so bad that when yours truly got infected, he didn't even manage to turn on his PS3 for the past three days at home! Good thing that I ... http://www.nineoverten.com/2010/03/15/of-nasty-bugs-and-red-faction-guerrilla/ The person who directed or wrote the script for Lady Gaga's latest music video, Telephone, must be a computer gamer. In one scene where Lady Gaga is preparing poison, one of the ingredients used was Tiberium! LOL, the fictional mineral, found in the Command & Conquer RTS games is lethal to ... http://www.nineoverten.com/2010/03/13/lady-gagas-telephone-music-video-features-tiberium/ There's a social media wave going on and even games for smartphones like the iPhone can't escape it. While mobile based social networks like OpenFeint were create to address the needs and demands of mobile games, traditional social media sites (I never thought I would use traditional to describe something ... http://www.nineoverten.com/2010/03/12/oberon-media-brings-social-connectivity-to-smartphone-games/