Dance: UK

Description

Dance:UK takes the standard 'bemani' formula - arrows appear rhythmically on screen and the player must hit the corresponding button (on either a dance mat peripheral or the standard controller) in time with these arrows and the music. Points are awarded for accuracy with extras for making certain 'combos' (mini-routines within a song which are deemed especially difficult or long).

The PS2 and XBOX version of the game have over thirty tracks (around 20 of which are famous/original) by artists including Misteeq, Run D.M.C, Liberty X, Sugababes, Room 5, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Chic, The Trammps, 5ive, Junior Senior, Las Ketchup and DJ Sammy, while the Playstation version has a reduced twenty song tracklist.

There are initially three difficulty levels, and the player can either practice one song at a time (in Jukebox mode) or enter the Dance:UK Championship, winning which will unlock a 'Dance Recorder' mode in which players can record their own dance routines. In multiplayer up to 8 players can compete in succession or 2 players can compete head-to-head.

A karaoke mode is also provided for use with a wireless microphone (sold separately) whilst 'Aerobic' Mode calculates the number of calories you've burnt during play.

Dancing Stage Unleashed 3

Duke Nukem 3D

Destroy All Humans! 2

Description

Our "hero", Crypto 137, is back. Earth is under attack again in another alien invasion. The setting is now the '60s. You go around hunting Humans with your Zap-o-Matic, Ray Gun, or a new weapon. Occasionally there are probing missions where you can hypnotize a Human to do something to carry out your plans for the Furion Planet. There are also missions where you trick humans into being abducted by your ship. 

Crypto also has new weapons: The Dislocator, a gun that shoots purple discs and grabs anything (including tanks), and beats them up. There's also a gun that can bring down meteor strikes... and another gun is called Gastro, which is a hologram on a hover-ship that helps out Crypto. 

The side quests have fleshed-out stories now; in addition, there are cult missions where you convince humans to worship an Alien God. A Co-op mode has also been added. The entire game can be played through on a split-screen and the second player can join in or out of the action at any time through the pause menu.

Destroy All Humans!

Description

Greetings earthlings! I, Cryptosporidium 137 of the Furon Empire, happened upon your planet on the way back from destroying the martians. Due to some experiments with atomic weaponry, we lack genitalia and the quality of our clones has degraded. Since you pathetic humans all carry Furon DNA in your genetic code, I have been instructed to collect fresh samples. Survival is not an option, but you should be honoured to support the legacy of the Furon Empire!

Destroy All Humans! is a humorous action game with winks to the era of the goofy fifties' sci-fi movies. Crypto can hypnotize and scan people, and lift objects using psychokinesis. He can also control humans using the Hypno Blast to impose his commands. Extracted DNA can be exchanged in your mothership for new weapons and ability upgrades. Furon weaponry includes a Zap-o-Matic, disintegrator ray, abducto beam, quantum deconstructor and even the famous anal probe. Not to be overpowered, you have to disguise yourself using the Holobob. There are different alert levels, similar to the Grand Theft Auto games and if you are not careful, you will be hunted down by the police, military or the government.

You are constantly in contact with the mothership, where you can purchase upgrades, save the game and apply for new missions. Crypto does not have to run all the time, he can also use his flying saucer to abduct humans or animals, cause havoc or face bigger threats. Next to the story-based missions, you will also be instructed to collect specific samples or kill a certain amount of humans in a race against time.

Dead Man's Hand

Description

The Mexican gunslinger El Tejon once joined the dreaded Nine gang, hoping to become rich and famous. However, as he became disillusioned with the gang's murderous ways and distanced himself from it, he turned into a liability to the criminals. The gang's leader shot him and left him for dead; barely surviving, El Tejon was imprisoned by the authorities. In the prison, he meets a member of a revolutionary movement, and becomes determined to regain his freedom and exact revenge upon those who betrayed him.

Dead Man's Hand is a first-person 3D shooter set in the Wild West. The protagonist is armed with a fairly standard arsenal, which includes pistols, rifles, shotguns, TNT, bombs, etc. The game rewards the player for precise shooting and creative ways of killing enemies (e.g. by shooting a rock that drops on them): as the player practices these activities, the protagonist's "trick meter" is being gradually refilled. A full trick meter allows secondary shooting mode, unique for each weapon. Between levels the player can compete in poker to increase the protagonist's health and ammunition.

Delta Force: Black Hawk Down

Description

Delta Force: Black Hawk Down is a first-person action game that takes place in Somalia, where the famous Mogadishu operation took place. The game is based on real events that were also depicted in a book and a movie "Black Hawk Down". First half of the game consists of varied missions that Delta Force soldiers had to engage into, like defending UN food convoys, rescuing hostages or destroying weapon shipments.

Second half of the game covers the events of the mission Irene on October 3rd, 1993. It's goal was to capture two lieutenants of the Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid and was expected to last less than 30 minutes, but after two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down, it took US soldiers more than 16 hours to return to safety. 18 US soldiers, 1 Malaysian and hundreds of Somalis were killed. A 19th SFC. Matt Rierson died two days later in an mortar attack.

On most missions the player works as a member of a small Delta Force team, working in co-operation with US Army Rangers or UN forces. Some missions include the player riding as a machine-gunner on a Humvee or a helicopter (including Black Hawks).

DOOM³ (Limited Collector's Edition)

Description

The Limited Collector's Edition has a metal box cover and includes:

The Ultimate DOOM

DOOM II: Hell on Earth

DOOM³

Interviews with the id crew

A behind the scenes featurette

Concept and production art gallery

The Da Vinci Code (a.k.a. Da Vinci Code)

Description

The Da Vinci Code game is based on the movie directed by Ron Howard which is in turn based on Dan Brown's best selling novel The Da Vinci Code. In this third-person action-adventure game, players have to solve riddles, fight enemies, escape in high-speed car chases and in the meantime unraveling a murder and an ancient secret.

Harvard professor Robert Langdon is in Paris for a meeting with a curator of the Louvre. When he arrives, it turns out the curator is dead. With his own blood, he has written a cryptic message. French cryptographer Sophie Neveu arrives and they team up to solve the murder and discover that Leonardo Da Vinci has left clues to a secret in his paintings. This leads them to uncover a millennia-old conspiracy. A secret society tries to stop them from doing so.

DOOM³ (a.k.a. Doom 3)

Description

The third game of the DOOM series (now in full 3D) takes gamers through the depths of Hell, where technology and demons meet. But this time round, the game is more focused on horror elements than previous games in series.

Doom 3 is set in the year 2145, on Mars. You start as an unnamed marine soldier sent to the Red Planet, where a corporation named The Union Aerospace Corporation makes secret experiments based on ancient aliens' technology. People around the base are on the edge, & something is not right. You receive your first simple mission and when you depart, the game really kicks off.

This third major release of the Doom series is especially based on single player experience. As in most First Person Shooter games, you aim, you shoot, & you run... Enemies are zombified humans from the base or daemons straight from Hell. Doom 3 is much darker visually than previous games - you can use a flashlight in dark corridors, but you must choose between various weapons and the flashlight (the marine can't use them both in same time.)

The game has multiplayer with four game modes for four players.

Defender

Description

Defender is an updated version of the classic arcade game of the same name. The Manti bugs have invaded earth and the remaining human survivors now live in colonies throughout the solar system. As more swarms of Manti arrive, even the colonies are now in danger of being wiped out. You've been enlisted to help save the remaining colonists and destroy the Manti bugs! There are a total of six different ships to fly, each with its own flight characteristics and special weapons. Weapon and shield power-ups can also be found throughout the various missions. As in the original version of Defender, the Manti will try to capture any humans they can find to change them into mutants to increase their attack force. To increase chances of success you will need to rescue captured humans before this happens and bring them to a safe landing zone. Saving colonists will also earn you some credits, which can later be used to buy improved weapons or shields for you ship. Also included are several video extras detailing the historical perspective of and the making of Defender.

Dead or Alive 3

Description

Dead Or Alive 3 is a fighting game exclusive to the Microsoft Xbox. It features 16 characters (3 of them new), hidden extras, specular lighting effects, volumetric fog and grass, clothing and muscle movement that accurately responds and interactive environments.

Up to four players can fight in DoA3's Tag Battle mode.

Def Jam: Fight for NY

Description

Def Jam: Fight for NY is the sequel to the out-of-left-field Def Jam: Vendetta.

The game opens with the person you beat in the previous game, D-Mobb, being arrested. As the police are driving, an SUV comes out of nowhere and smashes into the car, setting D-Mobb free. After a quick cutscene, it turns out the person who was driving the SUV was you, and you have now joined D-Mobb's crew.

Fight for NY's story mode takes you through the ranks, and pits you against tougher and tougher fighters. You start off in D-Mobb's crew as a nobody, and will have to work your way up, fighting off people from other crews, including D-Mobb's rival, Crow. You'll take part mostly in one-on-one brawls, with the odd team match and free for all thrown in.

To aid you in fighting, you can use the environment to hurt your enemy. You can smash people into wooden/cement walls, fences, or just whack them off of a wooden pillar. Speakers, soda machines, garbage cans... All there to harm your enemy (or you). Some objects are interactive, such as flood lights, which will change the lighting of the ring once someone's been thrown into them. You have weapons at your disposal, usually a metal pipe, pool cue and broken bottle.

The crowd also gets into the action, which can be good or bad for you. You can throw an enemy into a crowd and have them push him towards you; you can knock a stunned enemy into the crowd, and they will hold him down, giving you free shots; or you can throw an opponent into a part of the crowd holding a weapon, and they'll use the weapon against him.

There are five fighting styles available to you. There is Street Fighting, which focuses on punches; Kickboxing, which focuses on kick attacks; Martial Arts, which focuses on speed, running, and acrobatic attacks; Wrestling, which focuses on standard wrestling moves, like bodyslams; and Submissions, which focus on wearing down a specific part of the enemy until that limb is damaged enough to earn a submission.

In addition to Story mode, you have Battle mode, which allows you to play with up to four players in different types of matches.

Fight for NY has lots of unlockables. Earning reward points from Battle matches, you can purchase new fighters or venues to fight in.

Digimon Rumble Arena 2

Description

Pick your favorite Digimon and battle your way to the top in this arena-style fighter based on characters from the Digimon TV show. You can play through various interactive (and dangerous) arenas for the championship, or you can rumble with your friends in 2-4 player multiplayer mode. Collect pickups and learn special moves to gain the advantage over your friends, and for the ultimate upgrade, you can evolve (Digi-volve) into bigger and better versions of yourself.

Daemon Vector

Description

Daemon Vector is set in medieval times where European adventurers recover artifacts from Asia. Now one of these artifacts turns out to bear a curse and transforms all nearby humans into zombies. The player takes the role of a hero to wipe out the zombies.

Daemon Vector is a a classical hack & slash game: The camera is fixed behind the player character which performs hits and combos by using the mouse buttons. Combo attacks can only be used when the player has enough special energy which is earned by performing regular attacks. The basic gameplay structure is that the player has to clear a room of all zombies. Then he receives a key to unlock the next room.

The player can choose between Asgard who fights with swords and Rhea who prefers heavy but slow weapons. The two have different combos and character values, e.g. health or armor. These can be upgraded with experience points which are earned by killing enemies. After every level the player can take one of two pieces of equipment, e.g. a ring or a sword, which give special abilities like poison resistance.

Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes

Description

Raised from the dead, four heroes gather. Together they pledge to defeat an ancient and evil power. Existence itself is threatened -- the ultimate showdown awaits.

Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes is an Xbox-exclusive RPG title based on the D&D 3.0 Edition ruleset. Play as a fighter, cleric, rogue or wizard in the quest to defeat the evil wizard Kaedin. 

Venture solo or have up to three friends join for co-operative multiplayer gameplay.

Dance Dance Revolution: Ultramix 4

Description

Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4 is the fourth game in the series to appear on the Xbox. The mechanics are the same as they have always been: step on arrows on a dance mat in time with arrows on the screen. The soundtrack has more variety than previous entries in the series and has quite a few licensed tracks. There are various modes available including arcade, practice and workout. Also in this entry is a quest mode which gives you a career-type series of dances to earn money.

Dance Dance Revolution: Ultramix 3

Description

The third edition of DDR Ultramix, the title of DDR for XBOX, brings new features like new game modes as the Freestyle, Quest mode or Jukebox mode:

Freestyle: allows players to dance just the way they want to any song in the game, while rewarding the completion of different combinations

Quest Mode: lets players travel “virtually” from city to city and build the ultimate dance team by completing challenging songs and routines along the way

Jukebox Mode turns your Xbox into a music machine allowing to listen the 65 default tracks and the downloables

Additionally, this edition includes 65 new songs (more knew, at least in EU) but DDRU3 is compatible with the downloaded song pack for the first and second part making more than 125 songs in total. 

Of course, the old game modes are present and you can still play the workout mode to make extra exercise or edit your songs to custom your playing. You can play trough Xbox Live until 4 ppls. 

Added the new features, this game improves the graphics, having now more 3D in view during songs.

Dance Dance Revolution: Ultramix 2

Description

This game is similar to other "DDR"s. There are 4 arrows on-screen: Up, Down, Left, Right. You stand on a mat, and stomp on those arrows in time to music, getting graded as you go and at the end of the song. Songs include:

Macho Gang by Anal Spyder

Love Heart; Shine by Riyu Kosaka

Brick House by The Commodores

Rubberneckin' by Elvis

And many more.

Dance Dance Revolution: Ultramix

Description

In DDR, the player stands on a pad with four arrows: up, down, left, and right. As arrows on screen collide with grey arrows at the top of the screen, you hit the corresponding arrow on the mat. This version includes:

Shiny Disco Balls by Who Da Funk

Put Your Faith In Me (Saturday Night Mix) by Uzi-Lay

Sana Mollete Ne Ente by The Togo Project Feat. Sana