Cuatro semanas, ocho ciudades y centenares de participantes. Tras disputar ocho semifinales en algunas de las ciudades más importantes de España con el mejor simulador de fútbol del momento, FIFA 12 de PS3, ya está preparada la Gran Final del Torneo “EA Sports-Tiempo de Juego”, que se disputará el 3 de enero, a partir de las 11:00 en los cines Kinépolis de Madrid.


Allí se medirán los mejores futbolistas interactivos de España, e incluso de todo el mundo, ya que entre los finalistas está el Campeón Mundial de la FIFA Interactive World Cup 2008, la competición organizada por la FIFA a nivel mundial, y a cuya final nacional de la vigente edición, acudirá el ganador del torneo EA SPORTS – TIEMPO DE JUEGO.




Esta gran fiesta de los videojuegos, el fútbol y la música estará animada por El Pulpo, uno de los grandes comunicadores radiofónicos de nuestro país. También contaremos como padrino de todo el evento con una de las estrellas de la Primera División de fútbol, y como remate de una mañana llena de emociones, cerráremos con la actuación, dentro de la propia sala 25 de Kinépolis, de Huecco, artista que ha alcanzado cotas muy importantes de éxito gracias a temas tan famosos como Pa' mi guerrera o La Reina de los Angelotes.


Además de disfrutar del fútbol, la música y los videojuegos, todos los asistentes de la Gran Final del Torneo "EA Sports - Tiempo de Juego" podrán llevarse una Playstation 3, ya que se sortearán varias entre el público durante el transcurso del evento.

Para asistir, tendrás que ser rápido en conseguir tu invitación, totalmente gratis, en COPE Madrid, C/ Valenzuela, 1.

¡Ven a disfrutar del mejor fútbol interactivo, en directo!

Nintendo rocked the house at E3 2011 by unveiling its upcoming console, the Nintendo Wii U. As always, Nintendo aims to innovate and completely change the world of gaming with their latest console.

The Nintendo Wii U is the proper successor to the original Nintendo Wii. Most importantly the Nintendo Wii U will feature the original Wii’s exceptional motion controls but will be complimented by high definition audio and visuals (which is something the original Wii did not feature).

Considering the original Wii used dated graphics it wasn’t necessarily considered direct competition to the Microsoft Xbox 360, and Sony PlayStation 3 consoles. However it’s rather interesting to note that the technology and hardware said to be implemented into this Wii 2 will be far superior to Microsoft and Sony’s current consoles. Which basically means the Nintendo Wii U is not in direct competition with the current line of next-gen consoles but will instead be up against Sony and Microsoft’s new devices (when they launch of course).

Nintendo Wii U Hardware, Features & Specs

The Nintendo Wii U will be equipped with an AMD Radeon high-definition GPU and an IBM power based multi-core processor. The Nintendo Wii U will also feature internal flash based memory for media storage and game save data, however the system will also support external SD card and USB HDD support allowing users to expand storage capacity.

Not surprisingly, the Nintendo Wii U will also be backwards compatible with all original Wii games and software – allowing current Nintendo Wii owners a reason to upgrade when the console is released in 2012. This ultimately means that Wii U owners will not only have the entire arsenal of Wii U game titles to play but the entire library from the original Wii as well; so Wii Fit owners won’t be forced to buy a new game version or peripherals if they don’t want to.


This is also great news for current Wii owners who don’t intend to upgrade to the new system right away. Backwards compatibility means that the Wii will not be retired completely for some time and titles will continue to be developed for the system even after the release of the Nintendo Wii-U.


Nintendo has addressed their lack of mature and serious gaming titles on the current Wii system and has identified a need for more mature titles. This is great news for all gamers, because in the past Nintendo focused on family centric titles or those designed for young audiences for all of its consoles. This eventually led to more mature game enthusiasts turning away from the Wii and Nintendo’s products.

During the Nintendo press conference at E3 2011, the company expressed its desire to work directly with developers to provide first rate titles that take full advantage of the unique Nintendo Wii 2 features.

Nintendo Wii U Innovative Controller

Probably the greatest innovation of the Nintendo Wii U is the 6.2″ 16:9 LCD touchscreen display integrated into the standard controller. The unique controller allows players to experience games on both a large screen and a small screen simultaneously. The controller also includes a built in accelerometer, gyroscope, rumble/vibration feature, a camera, a microphone, integrated speakers, a sensor strip, and a stylus.


For those wondering what exactly a second screen could be used for, Nintendo showed off various product demos that addressed such a question directly.

A Zelda demo showed that players would be able to organize or interact with an inventory/backpack system on the smaller screen via touch controls, while the high definition television showed the current character location and surroundings.

Another demo showed a ninja like training game progressing through a target practice area on the television, meanwhile the player was using the smaller touch screen on the controller to throw shuriken stars in the proper direction.


In a traditional split-screen environment players can see the entire screen revealing things about other players like locations, hiding spots and even equipment which they normally wouldn’t see if each player had their own screen.


The new integrated controller screen can directly address this issue by allowing players to only see what the developers want them to see both on their small screen and on the television screen. Those who are interested in seeing a live demo of the new Wii U controller in action should visit the Nintendo network videos section.

Nintendo Wii U Release Date

 

There’s no specific release date for the Nintendo Wii U console, but Nintendo has expressed the console will be released sometime in 2012 – they’ve further stated the console will be released sometime between April 2012 and January 2013, which still leaves a pretty big window.

Judging by the actions of past Nintendo releases, the Wii U will likely be released in time for the holiday 2012 season. For more information on the Nintendo E3 press conference check out our article Nintendo Welcomes “U” to the Family. Stay tuned for the latest news and details on the Nintendo Wii U.

here is a speck of decency to be found in the unvarnished and churlish Serious Sam. It's right there in the name: despite all temptations and probable pleading from the marketing department, it didn't come out as "Shoot Many Monsters." That's exactly what you do, over and over again, but the important thing is how you do it.

Be careful what you call mindless. Serious Sam 3: BFE lacks the long-term mental overhead of equipment upgrades and character augmentation, and the only emergent gameplay is something slimy crawling out of a cocoon, but it does know how to commandeer concentration -- ruthlessly. You're so plugged in from moment to moment, fingers flitting over the keyboard as you sprint, dodge and shuffle weapons in an onslaught of snorting beasts, it's a lie to think you haven't thought. So involving is the instinctive, mechanical game that context becomes a luxury.

And there is context, for some reason, in the form of a pointless prequel plot that explains how a man ends up traveling back in time to thwart a messed-up menagerie of aliens in Egypt. Thank goodness, because that chronological inconsistency was really undermining the drama.

There just isn't much time to contemplate whether or not Sam's eye-rolling emissions are intentionally bad, or why he's the only soldier to show up in jeans and a t-shirt, or whether his intolerable sunglasses are a willfully inflicted accessory or some kind of douchebag tumor growing on his face. Mental effort is best expended on interfacing with the game, picturing your location in the environment, discerning between informative enemy sounds and picking apt weaponry in response to the game's merciless stream of targets.

Your improvised tactics need not be elaborate, only appropriate within seconds. You alternate between attacking and retreating, and often pray that the reload animation concludes before a screaming suicide bomber gets too close. It's primitive, direct stimulation that always keeps you in motion, and it channels id's classic Doom better than Doom 3 did.


Just as the action requires more thought than is obvious, the game's pacing is more considered than it seems at the height of trouble. There's a palpable sense of defiance when you're absurdly outnumbered (which is all the time) and pull through with just 11 points of health remaining. Serious Sam 3 makes you climb hill after hill, each one taller than the last, and lets you survey the immense destruction from the top.

That sounds an awful lot like every other Serious Sam game -- a third game seems almost redundant if you're not drawn to the well-lit attractions of Serious Engine 3.5 -- but it's a distinct exclamation mark at the end of a fabulous year of shooting. Even if Bulletstorm, Crysis 2 and Resistance 3 are smarter and healthier choices, sometimes all you want is a damn cookie. Serious Sam 3 is like a dam filled with cookies.

It goes without saying that you shouldn't eat them all in one go. As deliberate as the pacing is within levels, developer Croteam loses sight of the entire game's effects, letting it devolve into a grueling fight against one-upmanship. There's such an obvious climax: you defeat everything the game can throw at you at once, burn through all your bullets, rockets, and comically oversized cannonballs, and survive the craziest, most chaotic thing ever. And then, somehow, there's more.


our passion can't help but wither when the final level says you still have 1,750 kills to go. By the end of the game, I had amassed 6,311 kills. I had eaten 6,311 cookies.

It seems odd to slam Serious Sam 3 for a lack of restraint, especially if you've spent space arguing that it's not as mindless as it appears. So, a piece of advice, rather: play it in spurts, play it with friends in sixteen-player co-op, and shoot many monsters.