Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers

Published by THQ, Inc.
Developed by Pandemic Studios, LLC
Released 2006
Genre Action, Strategy

Description :

Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers is the successor of Full Spectrum Warrior.

Although you killed the tyrant of Zekistan in the first game, the situation hasn't improved. A civil war begins to unfold and various insurgencies fight against the Western forces. Even ethnic hostilities erupt in violence. So once again squads of US Light Infantry are send into the country to secure the Tien-Hamir (or "Ten Hammers") Province. But this time they can call upon the assistance of the British elements of the Coalition Forces.

Like in Full Spectrum Warrior you are the commander of two Fire Teams called Alpha and Bravo. But now you can brake down a Fire Team to a Buddy Team consisting of the Team Leader with the Automatic Rifleman and the Grenadier with the Rifleman. In some missions you also have now access to a Bradley Fighting Vehicle which you control just like you control a fire team. In some missions you'll also find tanks or APCs which your Fire Teams can enter and use.

You can now also give orders to a specific teammate. So if you want to breach a door, you order the Grenadier to unpack the rocket launcher and make a nice hole. It is also possible to give orders to the Fire Team you don't control right now.

Unlike the first game, Ten Hammers doesn't feature a separate tutorial but you rather learn how to play in the very first mission.

The twelve missions of the campaign feature several different objectives like reaching a convoy or destroy a street barrier. Since your squads can now enter buildings you have a whole new tactical layer to use against the many foes that hide in the shadows ready to kill you. To support this new feature, you can now also deploy a sniper in a building and activate the sniper mode in which you can take out the enemies one by one.

The multiplayer-mode also got updated and features now the ability to play cooperatively with four friends or do a few 2-on-2 objective based missions.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIII
Min.OS Win 2000
Min.RAM 256 MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
CDROM Speed 24X
Keyboard
Mouse
Internet/LAN
Offline Players 1
Online Players 4
3D Accelerator

Cheats :

Select the "Bonus" option, then choose "Cheats". Enter one of the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function.

Effect	Code
All co-op multi-player levels	fullspectrumpwnage

The Elder Scrolls IV: Knights of the Nine

Published by Bethesda Softworks LLC
Developed by Bethesda Game Studios
Released 2006
Genre Action, RPG

Description :

Knights of the Nine is the name of a new faction for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, introduced in this expansion pack. The primary goal of these holy knights is to hunt special gear known as "Crusaders' Relics". Becoming a member is not an easy task. You have to go on a pilgrimage across Cyrodiil to visit the shrines dedicated to the Nine Divines. Membership also comes with a restriction: if you stray away from the good path and commit a crime, you have to do the pilgrimage again.

This faction brings along new locations, characters, enemies and items. The base of this new faction is in decline, and by becoming a member you have to gain fame to make other people join the faction. This culminates into the restoration of the base.

The Windows version also adds all previously released bonus content:

• Wizard's Tower: adds Frostcrag Spire which is a big tower which has many useful things for mages in it.


• Vile Lair: a dungeon in which a more evil character can heal himself from diseases, drink blood or collect herbs.


• Thieves Den: a big dungeon with an old pirate ship in it which functions as a base of operations for thief-characters once cleansed from the undead.


• Mehrunes' Razor: adds a huge dungeon in which you can find the powerful weapon called Mehrunes' Razor.


• Horse Armor: adds two kinds of armor you can buy for your horse.


• The Orrery: adds a short quest line in which you need to find new parts for a damaged Orrery in the Mage Academy.


• Spell Tomes: adds books to the world which increase your stats once you find one and read it.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV
Min.OS Win 2000
Min.RAM 512 MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
DVD ROM Speed 8X
Keyboard
Mouse
Offline Players 1
3D Accelerator

Cheats :

Press ~ during game play to display the console window. Then, enter one of the codes from the The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion to activate the corresponding cheat function.

Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge

Published by Atari Europte S.A.S.U
Developed by Spellbound Entertainment AG
Released 2006
Genre Action, Strategy

Description :

Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge is the sequel to 2001's Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive.Once again you play John Cooper and his gang of bounty hunters. Though it's possible to play Desperados 2, much like its predecessor, in an isometric view, the game is rendered in full realtime 3d this time around, so you are able to zoom and rotate the camera any way you want. You can even switch the camera to third person view and follow you characters around, which helps a lot if you're moving inside a building or are having a shoot out with the bad guys.

After John Cooper's brother gets brutally murdered during the intro sequence of the game, John sets out to uncover the killer's identity and get his revenge. During the course of the story players have the chance to team up with old friends from the prequel, like Doc and are joined by an entirely new character, the Native American Hawkey.

The game is divided into several challenging missions, that have to be solved by using the characters different abilities to overcome large numbers of enemies. Some examples include the sensual Kate seducing enemies with her charms, while Sam blows things up with his dynamite and Doc heals his comrades.

Requirements :

Min.CPU PIV
Min.OS win 2000
Min.RAM 512 MB
Min.DirectX 9.0C
DVDROM Speed 4X
Keyboard
Mouse
Offline Players 1
3D Accelerator
Hard Drive Space 4GB

Cheats :

Type arno during game play to enable cheat mode. No confirmation will appear. Then, enter one of the following codes to activate the corresponding cheat function. A confirmation will appear after successful code entry.

Effect	Code
Toggle freeze all	[Ctrl] + [F3]
Toggle God mode, more ammo and items; repeat for more ammo	[Ctrl] + [F4]
Invisibility	[Shift] + [F4]
Pointer position in X and Y coordinates	[Shift] + [F10]
Win current mission	[Ctrl] + [F12]