GAME OVER, YEAH'S LATE WEEK IN REVIEW - WEEK 44

WHAT A WEEK. We've had quite a big stash of games to run through and decide what's rubbish, as you can tell I'm currently loving Metroid Pinball.

We've also been privy to Top Secret Nintendo Revolution news as much as every other "gaming" site out there has and we've had our fun with it too. Not everyone was happy with this, but those who weren't have chosen to remain anonymous as they have no balls. No balls at all, not even fake plum fruit ones. However the more astute of you did get it and thankfully found it funny. You are good people and will get a free plate of assorted meats in 2052.

So without further ado lets see what happened in the last week...

Some News In Brief
- Bleugh. SPoNG said Revolution is out next June or something. The internet exploded.
- Half Life 2: Lost Coast was released, demonstrating some new technology.
- World of Warcraft players simultaneously masturbated
- People argued about XBox 360 allocation but nobody seems to have a clue
- Mario Kart DS is given a chat option - you can talk to actual people!
- Battlefront 2 got a weird pricing scheme
- Americans get GTA for the PSP, anyone not in the US downloads it
- XBox 360 launch titles get slight confirmation
- XBox.com gets a magnificent relaunch

Game Over, Yeah Activities
- We tried out Princess Peach but couldn't understand it. We played Where Do Babies Come From instead. Now we're mostly enjoying Metroid Pinball.

- Reviewed Star Wars: Battlefront 2, which is a hell of a lot of fun. We also managed to get our ranking pretty high while few people actually had the game. Its fun if you're not even into Star Wars that much, you can't get Battlefield on the XBox so try this instead.

- We noticed the rumblings of a blog war with UK:Resistance getting a bit miffed and some other blog getting worried that they were going to get sued by SPoNG. If a war does break out we will most likely be the ones selling rations to civilians while secretly arming both sides.

- We pissed some people off with our fake revolution story. At the same time we also managed to convince the French that it does actually exist, if you are from a country other than England (yes Scotland - you can write to us) and were also convinced then drop us a line. We'll remember to invade you should the war come.

Nintendogging
He's getting some decent items now. I gave Kev a meteorite on Friday cause I had two, and he gave me a luigi hat! What I didn't realise was that I already had one of these. It doesn't matter because I got the chopper from apocalypse now.

Marty is also getting much better at the frisbee contests with first in everything apart from the championships. We will get there because we have determination and ketchup. He's made me so much money its silly, I'm currently saving up for a new house - i think I'll end up getting one called Desktop if its worth it. We'll see.

Game's Played
Halo 2 - XBox Live
Have only had a couple of sessions earlier this week, but its still wonderful fun. Trying to even out the rank across the board now really so I have a backup in case I accidentally rank down.

Ninja Gaiden Black
Haven't got a review finalised yet, I'll get round to it if I can stop playing things. Its so wonderful though, its nice that they've paid more attention to showing players things they may have missed like the ability to run across water.

Star Wars: Battlefront 2
Got this on Friday. Its superb, check the review for more info - hope to see you all online with it sometime. Will be taking it to one of our gaming evenings on Wednesday to give the four player split screen a shot and to see how a room full of Star Wars fans react to it. I'm going to take an umbrella.

Half Life 2: Lost Coast
If you have Half Life 2 and steam and you haven't played this then you're playing WoW and need to sort yourself out quickly. Its only 30 minutes tops out of your time and we both know you're not going to level up in that time. If you're in china and you've been playing WoW for longer than 3 hours then you're going to get shot HA! Thinking about moving? There's no room in the inn at the UK. Sorry. PLAY LOST COAST.

Electroplankton
SEX

Metroid Prime Pinball
Just got it. Still playing it, go away.

Next Time On Game Over, Yeah
Still looking at rehauling the site, even though I'm starting to get more comfortable with the basic blogger look. We'll see. Got some more reviews, got that Nintendogs competition coming and I'm sure we'll manage to piss off some more blogs and "non-blogs" sometime soon. Look out for the tall fat ghosts when trick or treating, they're not big kids.

Import Report: Metroid Pinball

Now I warn all ye, I have not played a pinball game in a very long time. I even missed that Mario one on the GBA which someone told me was good.

Metroid Pinball is superb. People will bash it because it doesn't use the touch screen very much. Piss off. It doesn't really need to. We're emulating a pinball machine here, so what is the most logical thing to do with the screen? Make it nudge the bloody machine in the direction you move your finger! And it works, oh boy does it work.

The actual game is great too, you control the flippers with the shoulder buttons or you can use other buttons like left on the D-Pad and the A button. Either works but I've come to prefer the shoulder buttons. There's weapons too! Drop Bombs with B and Power Bombs with Y in a fashion that would make idiot DJ Westwood cry with joy.

During a normal pinball session you will find yourself collecting the regular power ups like multipliers and so on. But when you collect all of the 12 artifacts you can collect the special in the centre of the bottom screen. Here comes Samus out of her ball and starts automatically shooting dead ahead. You control her aim with the shoulder buttons and rip into anything that moves.

I cant stress how much I am enjoying this game at the moment. Don't go wondering off to get that princess peach we looked at last week.. THIS is the game to keep you occupied even if for 2 minute sessions or 2 hour train journeys. It does it all and I really want to try this multiplayer stuff - it supports eight people with one cart!

Final point, something a lot of people were stressing about after IGN complained that the supplied rumble pack was too noisy - well it isn't really. I don't get it. If you have the volume turned up you just don't notice. Given if you're wearing headphones on a bus then the local old person seated next to you may stir, but its unlikely. I really don't know what was wrong with them, they must have delicate hands.

VERDICT: Go get it, Play.com reckon its not out till January in the UK and that's just stupid. Its the only game that's pulled me away from Nintendogging, and has stopped me from even ripping the cellophane from my Revenge of the Sith DVD.

BOUGHT FROM: Lik Sang @ 27.56 including P&P

oh samus, let me count the ways...
hang on, isn't that buffy?
wondered where she'd gone to

Time Travel, apparently quite easy.

You know that Guardian supplement we mentioned earlier, well it was found under a pile of things and we thought we'd give it another read, make sure the quotes we used were accurate, and that we hadn't completely gotten the wrong end of anyone's stick.

But it was the other article that caught our attention this time out, Aleks Krotoski's Gamesblog, an piece of writing that would appear to have been lifted straight from 1995. She seems concerned that people regard her with shock and confusion when they discover she's a girl. Pardon us for being utterly brash and rude, but who gives a toss anymore, videogames have moved on since the days of Lara Croft, it's not really the lad culture it was ten years ago, and we've accepted that there are plenty of girls who DO play games, in the same way there are plenty of boys who DON'T.

We here at GameOverYeah have been round the block a few times, and on those walks we've come across girls who play plenty of games, normal girls who like things like Animal Crossing, Tetris and Zoocube, gothy girls who like Final Fantasy and Warcraft, and young girls who like The Sims. So, as with every statistic, we hugely doubt that any of the facts and figures that show that only 3 women have ever heard of a playstation, are actually representative of anything. We know this because we've never been asked whether we're boys or girls, by anyone.

In summary then, some girls play games, some boys play games, we're quite happy with this. Lets move on to more important topics of discussion, 'games as art' anyone?

Living the Pro Evo Life

So Pro Evo 5 has been out for a week and a bit, more than enough time to almost figure out what we think of it. We've played through the hatred barrier, and we're now in a limbo period, where we enjoy the playing, but don't enjoy the not winning.

It's been said many times before, but every time there's a new Evo we all get upset that the small tricks we had for scoring, the tactical changes and overall playing style don't work anymore, 3 star computer opponents seem to challenge us, and nil-nil draws become commonplace. a month goes by where we seriously consider shunning this iteration, and sticking with the last one. But of course all this will be forgotten soon enough, new tactics will be learnt, new styles adopted, and a new master league will invade our dreams.

This version does genuinely feel harder, opposing teams press for the ball at every opportunity, they can cut out passes with a newly acquired sixth sense, and seem to be stunning from set-pieces. It seems that number 5 isn't going to be winning over much of the FIFA crowd, as I imagine Evo vigins will be having a much harder time of it this year.

Looking over The Guardian's view of the game from this week's Technology Supplement, they seem to be missing alot of what's been added, citing only the polish the menu's have had, and the increase in toughness. The Memorial Match mode already has an amazing feel to it, being able to keep a record of EVERY game played against up to 20 of your friends will surely become a boasting tool unheard of before. 4 months down the line, when the game count is reaching a decent height, looking at the league tables will doubtlessly throw up some exciting results. Fans of the series will also have noticed less obvious, yet still significant changes. Off the ball fouls, the ref pulling the game back and issuing cards after having played 'the advantage', players shaking off injuries without being hauled off the pitch to name a few, more of which will come apparent as the year moves on.

They also seem to cite the lack of licensed players, and licensed music as ammo for the FIFA argument, surely we're all over this by now, we must have all realised that EA throwing money at the game to give it some razzamatazz in the menu's isn't going to make it a better game. I don't care that the FIFA commentators refer to the Championship players by name, all I want is the slight double-entendres Brooking and Brackley offer up, 'they need penetration'

We all know that Pro Evo doesn't have all the licensed names, but those who care can already download the 'max drive' update for this, a relatively painless and swift experience. But by the end of the article, it is still apparent that Simon Burnton does quite like Pro Evo, despite claiming Konami spent a year on their arse, give him a couple of months to learn to love again, and he'll be regretting those words.

All in all, Pro Evo is still the best, and it's getting better, we're now set up for another year of perfect multi-player grudge matches and tournaments. God only knows what the next-gen holds for us.

SHIT! Mario Kart DS could be out next week!

Someone somewhere on the internet said that shops throughout America have already got it sitting in their stock rooms next to the pickles and meat. This example from a shop with a rubbish logo proves it.

Apparently we could be looking at a November 7th release, and seeing as it will work in this country, is a FULL £10 CHEAPER than it is here, and is going to be the first proper Nintendo online game... theres absolutely no point in waiting.

XBox Review: Star Wars Battlefront 2

Its the Star Wars fan's ultimate dream game, with new stuff!

Looking at what was promised when announced, the ability to play as a hero - be it a Jedi, Sith or some other Star Wars character that we know and love. We were promised epic space battles with more space fighting and better mechanics to support this premise. Along with that we got the usual enhanced graphics, more levels and more players on screen. But did it fulfill this ambition? In short, yes.

Read the full review here

Battlefront 2 Pricing Weirdness

The day has come when its actually cheaper to buy an XBox or PS2 version instead of the PC counterpart. In world famous high street store Game we bought the XBox version for £34.99, yet they were tempting other customers with the PC version priced at £39.99!

We have no idea why this is, but slightly relieved because we buy more XBox games these days anyway. Maybe its because the PC has a slightly bigger box, maybe they don't want you to buy the PC version.


If we look at the descriptions for the games on the Game website we can see that the XBox and PS2 versions are actually SUPERIOR because they have this extra bullet point:

"The stellar online play that marked the original Star Wars Battlefront returns even bigger and better for Star Wars Battlefront II. Players can locate their buddies and track their stats as they battle alongside more players than ever."

It appears the PC chaps are being charged for having this feature removed. They don't care anyway, they're all playing Warcraft.

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast: A Simple Short But Sweet Treat

Its lovely. You're going to only need a bout 10-20 minutes to play it and any excuse to get back into Half Life 2 is worthy. Your going to have to have a pretty bullish PC, it didn't like the fact that I only have a 2.4ghz processor - it wanted 2.9!

This is what you're playing for anyway, the new lighting thing:

SUPER SEXY!

SUPER SUPER SEXY!

You begin by waking up along the beach and taking one quick look around reminds you how wonderful this game really is. A couple of yards away is a pier with that nice old man ready to let you in to deal with the naughty people who are fiddling around inside the church. In brief, you make your way up the cliff edge and take them on, as well as a chopper. Its traditional Half Life 2 fun. AND ITS FREE. Aftermath can't come quickly enough.

So there you have it. In one way its sad that its short because we love it. However we've gotta get into Battlefront 2 and walk Marty before we go to encounter Saw 2 tonight...

Yes we like films about people amputating themselves.

War Of The Weblogs

Its seems that a fury has broken out webwide today...

Cynical website (not blog, they cant be a blog otherwise they'd be hypocrites) and industry fave UK:Resistance has gotten slightly distressed about some of the blogs out there that are engaging in another blog war. Of course we have no idea what they're talking about because WE NEVER do "anything" they were talking about.

It would have nothing to with sites from the entire member list of blogger.com having their girly fits about SPoNG's recent Revolution rumor, or the other chap who decided that Nintendo would be releasing it in May. No, can't be.

I'm sure if we spend a couple of moments in their forum we'll find out exactly who's eating who.

Go Make Your XBOX GamerCard NOW!

Its up and running - go to live.xbox.com and setup your gaming card ready for the 360. Its nothing amazing, its just nice that we can do this stuff already! You should also get posting privaleges to the forums too!

We've done ours and it looks great, but there's not much in the way of images to choose for your profile, we'd like to upload our own. PLEASE

Grand Theft Auto Retrospective

UGO has provided for us a brilliant look at the Grand Theft Auto series and how it changed the gaming industry.

They look at the aspirations of the series - from the original top down version and how it moved forward with the PS2 hit GTA3. The article also looks at the controversy of the series, even the portable versions such as the GBC Grand Theft Auto. There's a brief look at what's coming next, but nothing too speculative!

Reading the section on GTA 2 reminded me that it was of course released on the Dreamcast as well as the PC. This led me to think - what if GTA3 would have been released on the Dreamcast first? Yes the machine was categorically dead by this point - but if times were different and the game had hit the DC before its dying days, (say around the time of Shenmue and MSR) would we be in a completely different world now? If the game had NOT come out on the PS2 AT ALL would Sony have had its bullish success, and even more would we be playing on a new Sega console right now? Speculation is fun, but unfortunately the real world beckons.

Vice City would have to be my fave of the series. Being a great lover of the 80's probably influences this choice, but the game took a step in the right direction with the addictive style of gameplay becoming more advanced and more missions that continued the interest of the story. Looking back, the game also represents a certain time in my life and also reminds me of the incredible success a young kevin and I had selling pre orders to every single man in Bournemouth, we broke records and flooded our basement.

I had more difficulty getting into San Andreas, and have no massive interest in Liberty City Stories at the moment at least. Hopefully a Vice City stories is in development and we shall be back in the safety of the 80's wonderland very soon.

Nintendogs Gives In And Finally Gives Us Some Decent Items

Out with those juice bottles, broken cameras and bloody tissues, we're finally getting the good stuff.

Time is something that really pays off with this game, we've been tending to our dog Marty when we can and spending those crucial moments brushing him down. Now when we take him walking we're getting the rarer items. Sadly no Mario Kart just yet but we did get an ATTACK CHOPPER!

OH YES! The best bit it when you take off - its actually plays the music FROM APOCOLYPSE NOW! Nintendo - adult? OH HELL YES!

STUPIDLY CHEAP DS GAMES!

WE JUST FOUND SOMETHING GREAT!

Need something to tie you over till Animal Crossing or Mario Kart arrives? OK you've got Nintendogs, but missed out on something in the past and want to expand your library of DS games?

Lik Sang have added a stack of DS games to their price crusher section MARIO 64 DS IS £12!

Mario for £11.22

Pac Pix for £14.04


Mr Driller for £15.17


Wario Ware for £15.17

Theres more DS stuff here, as well as PS2, Cube and XBox games.

The usually tend to shift pretty quickly so we've ordered our stockpile. Get yours now or we'll tell your dad the truth about that g-string he found under your bed.

Nintendo DS - What The Players Want

Dodgy site gameboy-advance.net recently ran a competition asking Nintendo DS gamers what they'd like to see out of the console, so that they could make them and sell them.

What the site probably didn't expect was a barrage of people asking for the most impossible things like a GameCube player, Satellite Tuner and a Vacuum Cleaner.

Our personal favorite would have to be the Thumb Thong, its actually a good idea.
What do we want? Animal Crossing will surfice.

Fans React To The Revolution "News"

The entire world was lost yesterday at the surprise revealing of the two tier model Nintendo have been prepping for their Revolution console. Emotions were at fever pitch with people in disbelief and shock.

Some people just didn't get it and most of these people reacted violently, while developers made themselves "unavailable" for comment. However we managed to get two reactions from within a well known publisher in the UK:

"We've been petitioning for a long time for a graphical feedback system for our many sports titles, the idea of a Bar Chart is inspired."

"Air? What possible use would we have for a console have that blew out air? Thats shit."


The fans provided more feedback. First lets see how France reacted, taken from blog.jeaxfrance.com (thanks to babelfish.altavista.com for the fantastic translation):

"C quite possible"

"nan but... y' has ball I swear you... it is a joke... you really believe that this thing is a 2e version of the revolution? I do not know too what it is but one would say a species of clim' finally a trick of refroidissemment of the air."

"Without joke! thank you to specify it! for this reason I is not put the image it does not prevent less than one second version of the revo seems to to me completely plausible."


Obviously, France appear to be slightly torn though its possible some of this has been lost in translation. What did the UK have to say? Well looking no further that our own comments box:

"hmmmm . . . i'll believe it when i see it . . . counting my chickens and all ;)"

"You are a cock"

"WTF!?!?!?!????None of this makes sense."

"You are a FUCKING cock"

Quite a different reaction to the other side of the channel, however a lot of good points have been raised.

If we had to pick one quote that sums up the entire thing we'd probably pick:
"You are a FUCKING cock"

Import Report: Super Princess Peach

ITS GREAT! NO WE'RE NOT GAY! YET!

Well its not too easy to understand, the menu and story text is in Japanese but so far it hasnt been too much trouble. We once again point you in the direction of GameFaqs for translation services!

The opening intro is nicely done, all 2D of course but it looks fantastic - lots of colour. We figured out Mario and Luigi got captured as theres a big image of them banged up. We actually believe it could be our fault as we had to shout at the mic during the intro ordering the koopa troopers to attack peach's castle.

Then lots of people ran round and the old mushroom man said a lot. While this was going on we had to use the stylus to knock toad into other toads, knock them off the screen and get points for it. It was fun but we're not sure what we were trying to accomplish. After that Peach's umbrella started talking to us and we ended up in a shop, pissed off toad several times, he growled at us and we left.

The game started, its pretty easy to control but nowhere near easy to understand. The top screen displays the action, so no touch screen control a la Kirby. The touch screen displays the lady's mood and four hearts. It seems the hearts give her temporary special abilities, at the moment its anyones guess really.

the fact that the umbrella talks to you is enough to drive you insane
and it only knows japanese - just enough to tip you over the edge

VERDICT: If you know japanese you'll be ok - otherwise wait for an american release. Its also likely if you are a gent then you will be teased by others and banished to a year full of handbag jokes.

BOUGHT FROM: Lik Sang @ £27.98 including P&P

Exclusive: Nintendo Revolution To Have 2 Versions

Yes we found it. Look, even small sites can have their own exclusive "news" too!

Thanks to our industry insiders we've discovered that Nintendo is prepping a second version of the console aimed at developers and gamers who find the controller revealed at TGS a little too much. Nintendo, much like Toyota with their Lexus brand have created a second, secret company called General Air Products who have already begun distribution of this hybrid machine, much like the Panasonic Q was to the GameCube.

Now THAT is something else.

We know what you're dying to ask - how does it perform? Well we can reveal already that its flow range is 10 to 35 CFM. Unbelievable power.

But what about the controller? Well for those who were turned off by the innovative design of the previously revealed controller you can use the supplied ELECTRONIC CONTROLLER. This baby will offer new precision previously unthinkable so you can adjust the hybrid however you see fit.

We know! Its the best news in the world, we haven't been able to sleep! But look, there's one final piece of information. Originally before the announcement of the actual controller, there were rumors of a 3D type interface. WRONG but very close. It was actually the DEW POINT DISPLAY! This is better than 3D and will render it obsolete because we're able to use Dew Point to instead display a LIVE BAR CHART which shows your performance and will allow for even simpler operation.

This truly is a Revolution in gaming and air distribution, undoubtedly providing the best experience available ever. Microsoft and Sony must be bricking it!

UPDATE: Fan reactions pour in, and a quick word from a publisher!

PSP GTA Liberty Stories: Out In The States And Into The Hands Of Pirates

These days a game seems to be on the internet before we can turn around, touch the ground and soil our finest pair of Jimmy Choo's.

It shot out into the shops in the USA today.

Frantic fans imported it to Sony's annoyance.

Cheap fans downloaded it to Sony's annoyance.

Its a no win situation for anyone that isnt American really, Sony's put it back another week in the UK so what are the PSP owners supposed to do? Buy Fifa? Too late.

HINT: BUY A DS - IT PLAYS GAMES TOO

What Is The Reason For The Electroplankton Limited Release?

THEY WANT YOU TO USE THE INTERNET MORE (OR GO TO NEW YORK)

Nintendo appear to be making a complete shift towards the online world. Its been announced that Electroplankton is making its way to the US on January the 9th, but only online.

Unfortunately this doesn't mean that it will be an online game, that would be bliss. It means residents will only be able to get the game from t'internet shops and the Nintendo World store in New York, but most of America don't live in New York.


Its only possible to guess right now what they're doing, its a shame they're using a game like this to test out the shopping power of the web. We'd like Nintendo to have an online store where you get stuff for buying things from it, like Nintendo tea-towels and spoons.

It doesn't really matter anyway, we've got our copy - get yours now on EBay or pray that it surfaces over here sometime.

SPoNG Risk Their Arse Again

Minutes ago SPoNG have spawned an EXCLUSIVE story. Wow.

Apparently Nintendo are releasing the Revolution next June - WORLDWIDE. Many questions arise from this, but we'll let every other Nintendo fanboy site on the web raise them. What is good about this date? Well it makes sense because it's a good time of the year to release a console - just around summer when the release schedule is crap and still riding on the good vibes of E3.

Its unlikely a simultaneous worldwide release would happen, a staggered one like the 360 is more likely. The problem is we have SPoNG's word alone to go by, and while thats been rubbish in the past they have been getting it right with Nintendo stuff of late. Hopefully Nintendo will reveal more soon, rumors have it they were going to have a full unveiling of the Revolution stuff around the 360 launch.


Its a double edged sword. We want SPoNG to be right because we want our Revolutions ASAP, but we want them to be wrong because they're annoying and escaped those console rape convinctions.

XBox.com Re-Opens: Welcome To The Future

Its back online and looks more shinier and professional than ever before!

The whole thing's looking pretty nifty, nice swish navigation, loads of info about the consoles you can buy and laughingly where to buy them from. Of course you're not going to be able to get one now this side of Christmas unless you have lots of money. EBay is swarming with people ready to rip you off. Information is still lacking on launch titles, with ALL 6 GAMES that are in the 360 section having TBD next to the release date.

TIP: We do however have it on good knowledge that Burnout Revenge is pretty much ready and will actually be out a week earlier than the console's launch.

Unfortunately the sexy new My Live feature isn't available yet and we haven't checked our XBox to see if anything's changed because we're not back home till 8pm. If anyone can check for us and drop us a comment then you may win a prize.


Its unlikely though.

Microsoft Delete XBox Live

No Halo 2 tonight chaps...

Its like that week when we thought we deleted the internet.

XBOX 360 / Windows Controllers: Live EBay Report - END

Well it went to lucky winner: tehuberdave...?

Good choice of name.

It went for just over 40 quid, we were expecting some cheeky outbidding at the last minute but nothing! It held its value and now the official cost of bragging is about 50 quid including postage.

The cats out of the bag now and every American household is queuing up to sell their pads, well 3 of them are anyway.

And so endeth the EBay report, its been an emotional few days - we enjoyed the bit where we encountered a Kiton suit worn by George Clooney.

We have no idea what Kiton is.

We Try To Find Out Some More On Princess Peach

The internet is a very scary place. Innocent eyes look away, for they may become as burnt and twisted as ours did when using Google's "i'm feeling lucky" button only 2 minutes ago.

There we were in a desperate hush wanting to find out more about the game we'd just bought (from... yes you guessed it EBAY!) frantically typing "Princess Peach" and after hitting the said button were instantly transported to the land of filth. The dark side of the web.

Peach Princess

Its far beyond wrong, but we kept moving and found overselves enlightened by something called Bishoujo and its ways. Girls with big eyes and breasts, a concept no to far from what we were actually looking for.


We're slowly being seduced by this inevitable darkness surrounding us. Next we'll be hooked on Hentai, or even worse..... J-Pop.

World Of Warcraft Expansion Pack Irony

ITS POSSIBLY CALLED THE BURNING CRUSADE

Sums it all up really doesn't it?

News is slipping out in front of the Blizzcon festival for the lifeless, this week in America that the expansion pack is going to up the graphics system slightly WITH MORE POLYGONS THAN EVER!

New features include:

- Jewellery making (no joke - we wish it was)
- New weather effects (this could include sunlight coming in through your window and ruining your pale complexion)
- One new race for each side (we believe this is an actual marathon of sorts, impossible by most real life players who now weigh more than their building)
- Something about cross-server battlegrounds (this has something to do with angry people or breeding)
- The icing on the cake - the possibility of getting to lvl 70 (they couldnt go as high as 100, it'd be the millenium bug all over again, plus they need something for the next 14 expansions)

All Warcraft fans stand up and say W00T, ROFLMAO or whatever it is you do, maybe skin a ferret, sell it and make a train. The pack will probably cost 15 quid or less, if its more then Blizzard are once more laughing at you from a big pile of cash they've called Edgar The Mighty (lvl 100).


We're just going to sit here and start the groundwork on our own graves.

In the meantime if you are / know the girl in THAT picture who is possibly photoshopped in there, can you contact me immediately (ratty@gameroveryeah.co.uk) because I'd like to show you something.

GAME OVER, YEAH'S WEEK IN REVIEW

ITS THE END OF THE WEEKEND. Bugger, that's never good really is it?

We've had a hectic time running round attempting to find what can only be described as Britain's most hard to find games. We could make a hour long TV show about it. We're not going to.

However we will be running like hell towards another week of news that's bound to have at least 14 Nintendo themed rumors, something about Jack Thompson's anal abuse and someone talking about how good their console is and how many units it has sold / will sell.

Some News In Brief
- SPoNG reported on Mario Paint, we laughed but secretly hoped it was true.
- XBox 360 compatibility wiggled into Media Centre 2005.
- Half Life 2: Lost Coast is announced ready for release next week.
- Rumble Pack gets confirmed for both DS Metroids and Mario and Luigi.
- Bill Gates said Blu Ray is crap.
- Mistress Chief got Hi Res.
- DS Wifi Hotspots announced for America.
- More developers talk about the Revolution Controller.
- Microsoft announced dead live for 1 day.(the wonders of English grammar)

Game Over, Yeah Activities
- The J Allard Photo Hostage Week went down like a lead balloon. We've had folks from Microsoft and several other associated people looking at the site, but we've heard nothing. Tears have fallen, blood has been shed and we have had a fantastic time revealing the biggest secrets that team MS have kept under wraps.

- The EBay XBox 360 controller watch continues through to tomorrow and possibly through the week as we look at how much people are willing to spend in order to have bragging power for a month.

- The DS has had no great offers although its been the most popular story on the site. At the moment we're slowly moving towards an EBay auction, but we're still waiting to see if anymore offers appear.

- We've looked at some pictures of people playing Animal Crossing DS which cant get released quickly enough! And we had a go at World Of Warcraft again.

Nintendogging
Marty's getting handier with the frisbee, someday soon we'll conquer the championships. He's getting a bit greedy - seems to want food A LOT. His sexuality is also under the hammer, it seems we now have a collection of 6 high heels, some boots and he's now made friends with notorious homosexual Murphy the chiuaua. He also finds bows, lilies and roses more than any good items, although in his favor he found a space shuttle which I can throw at him.

Game's Played
Halo 2 - XBox Live
I'd like to think I'll be playing this forever, its easy to pick up and play and you can just as easily mute those annoying American children. Team Sniper has been taking up most of my online time, its a good lark.

Ninja Gaiden Black
Got this little gem on Saturday, not going to say too much as I'm prepping a review for sometime during the week. In a few words IT IS GREAT, its a winner at 20 quid.

Quake 4
Not for me, people who liked Doom 3 will love it. I lost the love of Quake after the second one anyway. Id seem to be fascinated with single colours. Quake 3 was red, Quake 4 is green, will 5 be blue?

Space Invaders DS
Cost less than a tenner from EBay! Well worth the money, took it to my old man - he wouldn't let me have it back. Told me stories of him in the pub when he was 10 and how he'd come off the machine shaking. Oh to be 10.

Ridge Racers DS
Havent given it enough time. Once again a game for under a tenner from EBay, tried using the expert difficulty - controlling the steering wheel with the thumb strap. Not that simple!

Electroplankton
PURE JOY

Next Time On Game Over, Yeah
Over the next few weeks we're going to rehaul the site, get some critical reviews out and we have a stack of Nintendogs goodies we're going to be giving away. Stay away from old men, eat plenty of sweets and practice your aim.

How To Find A Copy of Fable: Lost Chapters In Southampton

GO TO HMV.

Its sad that in a town with a grand total of FOUR GAME STORES, a CEX, GameStation, Smiths, Woolworths and other upmarket videogame stockists, you will only find one of the more exciting new releases (or rehash) in a music store. Its good for their exposure though, they're not doing very well and their loyalty card system is better than Game's has ever been.

Yet again we thought we'd look for Ninja Gaiden black during the search and had no luck. Whats with the world?


Once again we're miffed due to box art anality.

XBOX 360 / Windows Controllers: Live EBay Report Teabreak

What other tat are people selling thats 360 related?

Well its E3 LIMITED faceplates, oooooh first they fitted ok - then a person with leprosy came out and said that they DONT FIT! Then they got their dad to check for them and corrected themselves.

But whats going on in the world of EBay where these things are concerned?


Someones selling one at a Buy It Now price of £212. WHAT? Some people dont earn that much money in A YEAR. A WHOLE YEAR. They're not exactly limited either - i've never understood the concept of 5,000 limited items, 5,000 is a lot.

If 5,000:
- People fell over at the same time
- Disillusioned pets invaded Italy
- James Bond movies get made
- XBox 360's were shipped to Europe by December 2nd
- People partook in an orgy
- Chavs were slaughtered

It would be newsworthy, eventful stuff. 5,000 is not a small amount. Limited should be limited to the number 12. And why is no one selling the X05 ones?

Oh hang on, there are EXTRAS. These being a can of mountain dew, some pins and their press invite. They even call it a party pack, arent descriptions supposed to entice the buyer, not completely piss them off?

"Look, heres what I did on a night that you couldnt possibly get to, and now I am going to charge you for it"

I dont know about you, but thats too much of a party for me, I'm off back to Ninja Gaiden. Have a look at the description for more japes and hilarity.

XBOX 360 / Windows Controllers: Live EBay Report 0x2A

ITS HIT THE 40 QUID MARK!

Remember thats even before postage, which i think is $14.

Theres some people that really want XBox 360 controllers, is it just for the bragging factor?

In 34 hours we'll discover the real cost of boastful conversation.

How To Find A Copy of Ninja Gaiden Black In Bournemouth

Dont bother.

There only were 2 copies that arrived in the delivery for the small GAME in Old Christchurch Road. Nothing at all in the big one on Commerical Road and a confirmed 0 copies in GameStation.

We didnt bother looking in Smiths or anywhere else.

Its depressing on 2 counts -
1. Nowhere has it and the town was rammed full of people
2. It comes in a horrid Classics Box


AND WHERE WAS FABLE: LOST CHAPTERS?
Nowhere had it!

Its ok if you want PES5, but I didnt. You can talk to kevin about that.

Quake 4: The GAME OVER, YEAH Verdict

2 hours of gameplay later. Feeling underwelmed.
Would rather be playing Half Life 2 if I had to play a PC game.
Or FEAR, if I had to play a new PC game.

Decided to go back to playing Halo 2 or DOA 2 on Live.


VERDICT: Its like Doom 3, but with a tint of green.

GAME OVER, YEAH OFFICIALLY BACKS CRAZY FROG RACER

Yeah you heard us.

We're fed up of people EVERYWHERE on the internet slagging off the Crazy Frog Racer game before its even had a chance. Yeah it'll annoy the crap out of you until it vanishes again. Yeah it'll be all over the telly and you'll feel forced to buy it. Yeah yeah yeah.

The internet is even gathering together the pitchforks and marching towards Ubisoft now, because they're publishing it. Ubisoft know a good deal when they see it and we're with 'em.

BUT we believe its got a dam good chance of being a fantastic karting esque game and we're backing it because its only going to be 20 quid and thats nothing really. Kids put it on your list, cause its on ours and if you dont we'll kidnap your parents.

The moral of the story? Dont judge a cook by his brother.

Higher Resolution Mistress Chief DOA4 Images

Because those scans from Famitsu were poor, Microsoft's released some decent images and we're showing two. If you want others go somewhere else because they're everywhere.

We're just going to focus on two of the best characters from games of recent time, one of which has had too many phetamins.


I am in love with Tecmo anyway and was going to get DOA4 on launch, but this just seals the deal really. Theres many people sitting there asking "wow is this what Halo 3 will look like?" the answer is simply no. Look at the arena, its just a hi res souped up map from Cairo Station at the start of Halo 2. It looks really nice and we're happy but Halo 3 should look LOADS better when it comes.

Nintendo DS For Sale - ANY OFFER CONSIDERED

THIS IS SERIOUS! I'm accepting any offers of any kind. Money and women take preference but anything else is seriously considered. Add your offer in the comments box NOW.