Posted by: Cybermario @ 2:05 pm 
Instead of giving away one code i decided to throw in 2 different codes this time. First we have StarDrone, the winner can pick if they want it for the PS3 or the Vita (we have codes for both consoles). Second, a great PS2 game that returned to XBLA with a good HD makeover, Beyond Good & Evil HD!
Please specify in your comment which game you want to win, Stardrone for the PS3/Vita or Beyond Good and Evil HD for XBLA.The day of the giveaway there will be two winners, one for Stardrone and the second for Beyond Good and Evil HD, fair enough?
As usual the competition is easy, 3 ways for you to Enter and Win.
Congratulations to the winners: Grant Lilleston (@Gram_Cracker) wins Beyond Good & Evil HD and @WilliamRLBaker #StarDrone!
Entry 1: Comments
Let us know why you would you like to win, post a comment in this page, simple as that! If you do follow us on Twitter and facebook. Be sure to add that in your comment to give you an extra entry.
Entry 2: Twitter
Follow @animecourtyard and tweet this message:
RT and follow @animecourtyard will #giveaway #stardrone & Beyond Good & Evil HD details at http://bit.ly/IXCD32 #acgiveaway
Entry 3: Facebook
Head on over to www.facebook.com/animecourtyard and be sure to Like us if you haven’t. There will be a competition post “Like it†and that will be a third entry, optional you can make a comment with your twitter name or anything you like.
Rules and Information
- The competition deadline is 08:00:00 GMT wednesday 25th April 2012.
- The winners will be picked at random from all valid entries after the deadline.
- The winners name will be posted after the competition has ended in this competition post. Prize will be sent within 24 hours.
- You may only enter each entry method once.
- Winning a previous competition does not affect your chances of winning again.
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April 19, 2012
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November 29, 2011
Assassin’s Creed Revelations costume in Final Fantasy XIII-2
If you like Assassin’s Creed Revelations and Final Fantasy XIII-2 this is great news, Square Enix announced there will be an Assassin’s Creed Revelations DLC for the game.
The costume worn by Ezio Auditore, the main character in Assassin’s Creed Revelations will be available as an optional outfit for Noel Kreiss, one of the main characters of FINAL FANTASY XIII-2, via downloadable content.
No release date for this DLC yet, but by the look of it it will be available shortly after the game launch, not sure about you people but im totally delighted with this. Love Final Fantasy and Assassin’s Creed and love to see both universes interacting, even as a DLC costume! nice cross-promotion guys, keep them coming.
September 28, 2011
Rayman Origins Around The World Trailer
Ubisoft released a new Rayman Origins trailer that looks so eye candy! the video shows gameplay of this new Rayman adventure with a very unique style. Dont ask me why but one of the music tracks in this new video remind me “The Three Amigos” hehehe.
When the Glade of Dreams is overrun by “nefurrious” Darktoons, the Fairy Council hastily invokes Rayman to save the day; but the hero of light isn’t quite all there…To help him, Rayman teams up with his best friend, Globox, and two crafty wizards, the Teensies. Together, the world’s most hilarious team of heroes will need to restore peace to the Glade or watch as their beloved home vanishes like a bad dream.
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August 4, 2011
From Dust Review (XBLA)
Games where you play the role of a deity will make people recall memories of classics such as Black & White. Highly influenced by aboriginal and tribal details, From Dust comes to the Xbox 360 with a concept quite original.
With magnificent scenarios that remind us of why Mother Nature has been feared and revered by many cultures. Ubisoft gives us a very pleasant game.
Expand the life across the land
Story
Simple yet delightful, in the middle of the ocean in a small piece of land the aborigines in search of the memories of the tribe, create “The Breath”, a mystical deity to help them in their journey through the world. “The breath” helps them to discover new lands and recover the memories of the ancients to guide them to their final destination.
Although it might seem like the typical managment game, this is not a game where you manage tasks for the people of the tribe, or in which you build houses for them. Part of the goal includes building villages yes, once you find a totem they will travel there and build a village.
But building villages is not the objective in the game. After all the secondary objectives like building villages and finding memories has been completed you have to guide your people to sanctuary guiding them to strange new lands in search of the ancients.
With the help of “The Breath” you can move huge amounts of sand, molten lava or water which you use to help the tribe. Whether creating dams made of hot lava to divert rivers, bridges made of sand or expand the vegetation where only barren rock existed before or protect the village from terrible tsunamis.
And how do you solve the challenges you encounter in every level leaves alot of freedom to the player to decide and make their own strategies.
The game does not have a lot of music, with the exception of tribal music you hear when a tsunami is getting closer. Reminds me a lot like the kind of music australian aboriginals play. i’m sure i’m not mistaken to think the designers had them in mind when they worked the concept for this game.
Find a totem and guide your men to build a village
Campaign
The campaign, with 13 unique levels where you must face and master the powers of nature to overcome the different challenges. From the most basic to the most difficult challenges in the last levels, the campaign, is varied and quite entertaining.
Challenges
This game mode offers more than 37 different challenges, need more? If you finished campaign mode and want more, these challenges are what you crave for! In some of these challenges “The Breath” will be able to use only one the powers such as lava or water (to name a few) in which the tribes must survive natural disasters or that a certain number of Aboriginal reach a totem fighting against the elements to build a new village, some are easy and some not so.
Use The Breath to move water, lava or sand
Downsides
Entertainment as it is From Dust feels somewhat short, the first time not knowing much about the level you play you can take some time to complete the challenge but once you finished the game and go for a second run of the campaign, you can see the game ends quite fast as you use the learned strategies for each level.
No co-op at all, and although it would have been nice to have for challenge mode specially, it’s not really needed that much and is nothing to miss.
Extras
The game includes an award for our avatar, a tribal mask that looks great! Unfortunately it is the only award for your avatar on the game.
A tsunami it's coming, the ancient powers protect us
Overall
From Dust offers a different concept that looks and feels fantastic, a game that tells us much about the delicate balance of our world in a unique way. Graphics are good, controls and gameplay arent bad either. Available for 1200 Microsoft Points, a good game with a unique style everyone should try.
We give the game 8.5 out of 10
~Mario
March 2, 2011
Beyond Good & Evil HD Review (XBLA)
Beyond Good & Evil was originally released for different platforms including PC, Xbox, Game Cube & Playstation 2 back in 2003. the game makes a sweet comeback after a High Definition makeover. Beyond Good & Evil HD is the third title part of the Xbox Live Arcade, House Party promotion.
Created by Michel Ancel, best known for Rayman. Beyond Good & Evil the action-adventure game returns with overhauled character models, textures and music. So if you missed the chance to play this back in 2003, you can’t let this excellent game pass!
Story
Set in a remote galaxy, in the futuristic mining planet Hillys. You play as Jade, a photo journalist and martial artist, along with Pey’j an inventor. In your place you give refuge to orphans that lost their families in hands of the invaders known as DomZ.
After an attack and needing money to keep the forcefield of the lighthouse working to protect the kids, you take a dangerous and fishy job request, knowing there will be perils but ignoring the real danger and the magnitude of the problem faced by the entire galaxy.
Jade and Uncle Pey'j ready to kick some alien scum
The IRIS Network is a wanted organization by the government and the Alpha Sections that have been keeping the peace and defending the planet from the DomZ.
Recruited by the IRIS, Jade discovers the Alpha Sections may be colluded with the DomZ. Who’s telling the truth and who is lying? It is up to you and old good Pey’j to unveil the mystery.
Gameplay
This is an action-adventure game with a twist of puzzle solving, by solving the puzzles you progress through different levels and of course the storyline.
You control Jade and the AI takes over Pey’j, but it’s up to you to co-ordinate the attacks of both, to create combos and defeat enemies, take actions to solve puzzles by opening doors, pull levers and more.
I probably make it sound more complicated than it really is. Pey’j and the other AI controlled characters attack or performs an action by pressing Y, it is easy and it’s well implemented.
There’s different ways to get credits, one by taking photographs of animals and insects to send to the institute, the amount of the credits you earn depends on the kind of photo. This includes taking shots in the middle of boss fights.
You can also gain credits, by obtaining shards of crystals you encounter in mines and by defeating monsters. By winning races with your hovercraft, or by playing and betting the mini games in the local bar to increase your credits even more.
travel, fight and race in your hovercraft
Either by buying in stores, searching in the maps or defeating bosses you can collect pearls. Pearls can be used to upgrade your hovercraft in the garage. This dandy vehicle will take you all over the islands and around the town. Transport is not the only use for it, the hovercraft will also serve as a defense with its integrated weapons when you come under attack and helps to defeat the invading threat.
The soundtrack for Beyond Good & Evil HD, nothing but praises! Music tracks are varied and of excellent quality, ranging from Caribbean music in Mammago garage or an alternate style in the local bar. The music perfectly complements the style of the characters and provides a unique environment to the different areas of town.
The DomZ, a terrible threat for the entire galaxy!
Overall
Beyond Good & Evil HD is a great game with lots to offer! The game returns to our consoles paving the way for the upcoming release of the sequel Beyond Good & Evil 2.
With good gameplay, an entertaining and eclectic twist for both story and characters, plus a great soundtrack! This is a game well worth the 800 Microsoft Points. Beyond Good & Evil HD shows that good classics never get old!
If you are a playstation 3 owner feat not, the game will be released on the Playstation Network later this year.
We give the game a 9 out of 10!
~Mario
