Upcoming releases in the next months (Apr/May/Jun)

Games to be released in the coming months that we will keep an eye on...

Prison Break: The Conspiracy
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City
Rocket Knight
Split/Second
Shrek Forever After
Blur
Alpha Protocol
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Toy Story 3
Transformers: War for Cybertron
Singularity
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4

There seems to be quite a few good games being released in the next couple of months, the most awaited ones for the kids would probably be :

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
Toy Story 3
Transformers: War for Cybertron

and the rest will be enjoyed by us never ending teens... :)

Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight

This game is without gamepad support, so you have to use xpadder if you want to game with your pad. I did configure mine, and was able to play the game all to the end without any problems, just map the important keys, and off you go...

Being a past fan of Command & Conquer, I enjoyed the game, as well as some newcomers to this game might do. For multiplayer battle I asume keyboard / mouse might be the better option, as joypad do slow down the reaction time for this kind of game.

But if your not into these type of games, you might just leave this one alone, it's not your typical console game experience. It's fun while it lasts, takes around 2 days of playing to complete all the missions, after that it's not really interesting anymore, for single-players.

Just Cause 2

Looks like another great game, for the mature audience, square always been one of my favorite developers, this game will need the xbox 360 emulation patch in the following directory in order to work with logitech rumblepad 2 / dual action game pads.

\Program Files\SQUARE ENIX - Eidos Interactive\Just Cause 2

copy the files of x360ce vibmod 3.1.4.0 :

x360ce.ini
xinput1_3.dll
XInputTest.exe

And off you go, to a pure pad experience. I'm off playing and evaluating this game now, to see if it's going to make the top lists.

Metro 2033

Looks like a great game, if you want to get it working, you'll have to use the xbox 360 joypad emulation software x360ce vibmod 3.1.4.0, it works like a charm, copy the files :

x360ce.ini
xinput1_3.dll
XInputTest.exe

Into the installed directory where the metro2033.exe start file is located for example :

\Program Files\METRO 2033

I'm now off to evaluate this PC / XBOX 360 exclusive game, to see if it lives up to the hype. So far it looks very good.

Alice in Wonderland

Finally a game that works out of the box using your logitech rumblepad 2 and dual action game pads. And it's not a bad game either, it's quite good, and it's a must to enjoy it with your game pads. You'll need a friend and two pads...

This will take you on the amazing journey of Alice and her friends. Enjoy it as well as the movie available in 3D, Tim Burton always been one of my favorite story tellers, ever since Nightmare Before Christmas...

Off to enjoy this game...

Update : Just completed the game, and it's a wonderful story, and It's one you can enjoy playing with your kids, as it allows for two players to help each other on the journey. If you're looking for a game for you kids, or just some light entertainment for yourself, this is a sure bet. It's a game made to be played with game pads, so you'll need two of them.

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

Another cool racing game from SEGA featuring Sonic and the gang, this will be popular with the kids, and it's possible to play split screen up to 3 players, considering you got the pads.

It's easy enough to get working with the x360ce_vibmod_3.1.4.0, you can find the download link on this blog.

Copy the files into the directory :

Program Files\SEGA\Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing\

x360ce.ini
xinput1_3.dll

you can modify the x360ce.ini to make all you controllers work.

Oh yeah, now I'm off to play it in split screen. Don't forget to set the resolution / graphics levels using the config.exe file, there is no in game settings for those.

Aliens vs Predator

Another great game with partially working Logitech rumble pad / dual action pad support. I had some problems, with the controller setups. After playing around with it for a while I got it working...

You need to tweak the x360ce.ini as follows :

Set main option "FakeAPI" to 1
Get and set correct VID/PID for you gamepad in pad options

To get VID/PID of gamepad:

Open "Device Manager"
In "Human Interface Devices" find "HID-compliant game controller"
Double click to open properties, go to "Details" tab
From combo box select "Hardware Ids"
In listbox you will see a list of id like: "HID\VID_044F&PID_B323"
So you VID is a hex number after "VID_" ie. in upper example 0x044F and PID 0xB323
Write valuses to x360ce.ini

Then you may start the games, and it should work fine, Before when it was not working it said, press X to use options in menu. Now it will say, press A to use options in menu... I'm just posting this for you all before I dive into this great game.