FIFA 10: Be a pro mode impression

Being in Indonesia, there was only one game for soccer. That is Winning Eleven or Pro Evolution Soccer, not so much for FIFA.
But FIFA since 09 was doing quite well globally, in fact FIFA 09 was clearly superior than PES 09, I downloaded FIFA 10 demo in PS3.
After a while, I decided to give FIFA 10 a go. And so far I tried different mode, and since I already stopped playing soccer games since PES 08 I haven't been updated with the new modes.
Currently I was hooked with Be a pro mode. Be a pro lets you create your own avatar and progress through your team as in real live. In the field, you only control your own player, the rest will be controlled by computers. However, there is an option to enable full players control should you want it.
Your statistics will improve depends on what actions you take. There will be some sort of throphies to achieve for that. For example: If you score sucessfully scored a hat trick in a match, you finishing stats will improve by 2 points.
You are set objectives by your coaches, such as get a goal, win the match, or get a rating of 7 in the match. All of those will contribute to your reputation.
Firstly you will play in reserve team. If you manage to keep your performances, your reputation, ultimately you'll be in first team and England national.
You can also compete online, and make a team among your friends to compete online.
To sum up, its like a soccer RPG, and it definitely give more content than traditional soccer games.

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US Playstation store update, 5th Nov 09

Games & Demos for PlayStation 3
Military Madness: Nectaris ($9.99)
Numblast ($4.99)
PSone Classics: Gex ($5.99)
Trine demo
Military Madness: Nectaris demo

Games & Demos for PSP
Ben 10 Alien Force ($19.99)
Ben 10: Protector of Earth ($14.99)
Crimson Room: Reverse ($7.99)
Class of Heroes ($39.99)
Creature Defense ($7.99)
Dissidia Final Fantasy ($39.99)
Dungeon Maker: Hunting Ground ($14.99)
Ghostbusters The Video Game PSP ($29.99)
Numblast PSP ($4.99)
Star Wars Battlefront Elite Squadron ($29.99)
Star Wars Clone Wars: Republic Heroes ($29.99)
MotorStorm Arctic Edge demo (free)

Expansions & Add-ons
LittleBigPlanet Anniversary Birthday Cake Costume (free)
LittleBigPlanet Spaceman Costume (free)
Dragon Age Origins - Stone Prisoner DLC ($14.99)
Dragon Age Origins - Warden's Keep DLC ($6.99)
Brutal Legend - Tears of the Hextadon Map Pack (free)
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Character and Mission Pack ($9.99)
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Character Compatibility Pack (free)
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Juggernaut Playable Character ($1.99)
Topatoi: The Great Tree Story Arcade Style (free)
Way of the Samurai 3 Weapons pack (free)

Rock Band tracks

* "Best of You" by Foo Fighters ($1.99)
* "The Pretender" by Foo Fighters ($1.99)
* "Wheels" by Foo Fighters ($1.99)
* "Word Forward" by Foo Fighters ($1.99)
* "Foo Fighters Pack 03 ($6.99) – "Best of You," "The Pretender," "Wheels," and "Word Forward" by Foo Fighters.
* "Fake Friends" by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts ($1.99)
* "About a Girl" by Nirvana ($1.99)
* "Blew" by Nirvana ($1.99)
* "School" by Nirvana ($1.99)
* "Nirvana Bleach Pack ($5.49) – "About a Girl," "Blew," and "School" by Nirvana.

Game Videos
Qore Episode 18: November 2009 ($2.99)
Pulse 11/5 Edition
God of War Collection Trailer
PlayStation 3 TV Commercial – "Candle"
PlayStation 3 TV Commercial – "Montage"
Assassin's Creed 2 Dev Diary 4
Dragon Age: Origins City Elf Trailer
Dragon Age: Origins Dwarf Commoner Origin Trailer
Dragon Age: Origins Mage Origin Trailer
Numblast Trailer
NIER TGS 2009 Trailer

Themes & Wallpapers
Tekken 6 – Returning Characters Theme (free)
Tekken 6 – The Fight Card Theme (free)
Tekken 6 – The New Faces Theme (free)
Family Guy Theme ($1.99)
Roadkill Theme ($1.99)
DarkMatter Quadrilogy Theme Pack ($5.99)
FIFA Soccer 10 Wallpaper
Let's FIFA 10 Wallpaper
FIFA Soccer 10 Blanco Wallpaper
FIFA Soccer 10 Rooney Wallpaper
FIFA Soccer 10 Rooney Wallpaper 2
Tekken 6 Alisa Wallpaper
Tekken 6 Asuka Wallpaper
Tekken 6 Hwoarang Wallpaper
Tekken 6 Jin Wallpaper
Tekken 6 Kazuya Wallpaper

Source: Kotaku

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David Kim profile: A Starcraft 2 balancer

You have seen the Starcraft 2 battle reports. All have been won by David Kim. So who is exactly this guy?
David Kim is a Blizzard's employee. His korean name is Kim Tae Hyun. He was born in Korea and went to college in Vancouver, majoring in computer science. He was going to work for programming for "Company of Heroes" and "Warhammer 4000" but later became a balance designer for Relic.

He is now working with Blizzard as a balance designer for Starcraft 2. Means that his job is to make sure what units is appropriate to which races and situations. Maybe some balance tweaking to even out units between those three races. Designing terrain and counter units between races also part of his job.
David Kim is a competitive Starcraft player, and his favorites TV show was.. Starcraft. Figures.
To those people who just raised their eyebrow, yes, Korea has its own TV network for Starcraft where viewers can watch battle from past tournaments and everything about Starcraft. To Koreans, Starcraft is like chess that everybody just play it casually or hardcore. Some companies even sponsor a Starcraft team to compete in the tournaments.
Hell, they even provide Starcraft tutorial by pro gamers should you want one.

David Kim switched to Warcraft 3 when it came out, but Starcraft remains his favourite RTS.
He said that currently he is the no 1 Starcraft 2 ladder, but admits that he might be beaten by other Koreans when the game came out. Judging from the way he plays and will still get ass whooped by other Koreans, it is unbelievable to imagine the level of competition in Korea. 

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Tekken 6 update coming to improve online lag

Tekken 6 is a great game, but it is horrible to play it online. Without a superb connection, online match is a pain to play especially since Tekken is associated a lot with timing.
However Namco Bandai promised to update with a patch to improve online fight lag. It is currently in testing phase and hope it will not be long. It is certainly a great news to all Tekken fans.
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Super Street Fighter IV will have enchanced online play?

This Famitsu magazine scan might not mean anything to you because.. well.. it's in Japanese. And a lot of people may not understand Japanese. Nevertheless, this scans confirms a quite number of enhanced online play mode that is going to be available in the new Street Fighter IV series installment. So anyway here is the summary.

8 Player Support: From what can be seen, Super SF4's online modes will support up to 8 players.
"Endless Battle": Could be a mode for 2 players to play while the rest spectate and comment.
"Team Battle": Its a 2 vs 2 and 4 vs 4 in Super Street Fighter 4. Maybe ala KOF?
"Replay Channel": There will be a channel where players can watch match replays with other players. Voice chat will be enabled so players can discuss replays.

Well this is a great news. I always wanted to be able to watch my friend's battle and comment it live, just like playing in a room. But I'm afraid that lag will take its toll, cause our internet connection here is not so great. Nevertheless its a welcome news for all SF fans.

Source: SRK

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Scans from Famitsu said that Super Street Fighter IV will feature bonus stage

Famitsu released scans for Super Street Fighter IV, and seems that the old school bonus stage is back.
God, how I miss those bonus stages, and the looks of it, we get S class to crush this time.

Source: iplaywinner
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Starcraft II battle report #4

Here is Starcraft II battle report between David Kim (Terran) and Yeon-Ho Lee (Protoss). And its another great victory by David Kim. The Terran seems in control through out the game, and it is amazing macro with tank and dropship. Seriously, can anybody beat this guy?
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