This top-view fantasy role playing/adventure game promises state-of-the-art animation, art, level design, and game play. This book aids players in mastering the game.

DESCRIPTIONReturn to the dark intrigue of Nosgoth, where the vampire Kain pursues his fallen creation Raziel. Unravel the mystery of the two heroes' destinies with LEGACY OF KAIN: DEFIANCE. The fate of the world hangs in the balance.GAME STRENGTHSLEGACY OF KAIN: DEFIANCE is the next blood-sucking chapter in the Nosgoth vampire saga. Players can utilize powerful telekinetic abilities to hurl enemies into breakable obstacles, impale them on sharp objects, or throw them off ledges. Engage in amazing combo moves using physical agility telekinesis, and the formidable Reaver blade to destroy hordes of human and undead foes. Play as both Kain and Raziel feed your dark hunger by sucking the blood and devouring the souls of enemies. Increase the power of the Reaver blade with new enhancements like fire, lightning, ice, and more.

Destiny or Free Will? Hero or Pawn? Now, it's time to find Kain. Play the role of Raziel in this stunning Action-Adventure series installment of the Legacy of Kain thriller. In Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2 -- Prima's Official Strategy Guide, you'll learn to navigate the currents of time to pursue Kain, discover the best way to make allies, uncover plot schemes and intrigues, and find out the truth behind the mysterious extinction of the vampire clans. It's up to you to return to Nosgoth, conquer Kain, and provide the underworld with fresh souls.

This BradyGAMES strategy guide includes a detailed walkthrough, packed with all the secrets of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. Features solutions to every puzzle encountered, and strategies to defeat every boss. Includes a comprehensive bestiary and listings of weapons and spells.

NOW IN PAPERBACK-FROM THE AUTHOR OF MARSBOUND Grad- school dropout Matt Fuller is toiling as a lowly research assistant at MIT when he inadvertently creates a time machine. With a dead-end job and a girlfriend who left him for another man, Matt has nothing to lose in taking a time-machine trip himself-or so he thinks.

The cross-cultural interactions of Japanese videogames and the West—from DIY localization by fans to corporate strategies of “Japaneseness.” In the early days of arcades and Nintendo, many players didn’t recognize Japanese games as coming from Japan; they were simply new and interesting games to play. But since then, fans, media, and the games industry have thought further about the “Japaneseness” of particular games. Game developers try to decide whether a game's Japaneseness is a selling point or stumbling block; critics try to determine what elements in a game express its Japaneseness—cultural motifs or technical markers. Games were “localized,” subjected to sociocultural and technical tinkering. In this book, Mia Consalvo looks at what happens when Japanese games travel outside Japan, and how they are played, thought about, and transformed by individuals, companies, and groups in the West. Consalvo begins with players, first exploring North American players’ interest in Japanese games (and Japanese culture in general) and then investigating players’ DIY localization of games, in the form of ROM hacking and fan translating. She analyzes several Japanese games released in North America and looks in detail at the Japanese game company Square Enix. She examines indie and corporate localization work, and the rise of the professional culture broker. Finally, she compares different approaches to Japaneseness in games sold in the West and considers how Japanese games have influenced Western games developers. Her account reveals surprising cross-cultural interactions between Japanese games and Western game developers and players, between Japaneseness and the market.

At the end of Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, you're given the choice to either sacrifice yourself and bring peace to Nosgoth or become its evil dictator. "Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver" picks up a millennium after Kain's dark decision to rule the world; you play as Raziel, one of Kain's vampire followers and now his sworn enemy. It's up to you to return to Nosgoth, conquer Kain, and provide the underworld with fresh souls.

“The best book I’ve read in years.” —Christine Feehan The incomparable C.L. Wilson brings her phenomenal Tairen Soul novels to Avon Books! Lord of the Fading Lands is the first book in the epic romantic adventure that combines sweeping fantasy with breathtaking paranormal romance. USA Today and New York Times bestseller C. L. Wilson dazzles with a magnificent, heart-soaring tale of passion and great destiny—of the tormented Fey King Rain, the woodcutter’s daughter Ellysetta, who would be queen, and their eternal quest for true love in the mystical Fading Lands.

Remember the thrill of tearing open a gift on Christmas morning, discovering a brand-new Transformer in a shiny new box? While the toys were amazing in their own right, what made the packages stand head-and-shoulders above the myriad competing action figures on shelves was the stunning box art. Transformers: Legacy collects hundreds of beautifully airbrushed paintings from the iconic first decade of The Transformers. Hasbro, Takara, and private collectors opened their archives, yielding an unparalled level of quality. Essays and interviews from the original illustrators give unprecedented insight into the process behind the art. This book is chock-full of extras, including never-before-seen artwork from toys that never were, original design sketches, catalog artwork, and more.