by Rainier on Dec. 28, 2007 @ 12:54 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Deforestation, pollution, global warming and industrialization are just some of the many important themes in Majesco's new NDS exclusive real-time strategy Eco Creatures: Save the Forest.
by Rainier on Dec. 28, 2007 @ 12:50 p.m. PST | Filed under
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The Orange Box includes Half-Life 2, Ep. One & Two, where Dr. Gordon Freeman, armed with new weaponry and vehicles, must race through a countryside riddled with an increasingly fierce Combine threat. Also included are TF2, a class-based multiplayer addition, and physics-focused puzzle game Portal. All flavors of The Orange Box as well as the official soundtrack are available for huge savings this weekend from leading online and retail outlets around the world.
by Rainier on Dec. 28, 2007 @ 3:01 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:
- Devil May Cry 4 [PS3/X360/PC] - Trailer
- Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatoskr [Wii] - Trailer
- Battle Rage - Trailer
We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...
by Rainier on Dec. 28, 2007 @ 3:00 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Gumpanela Entertainment's Refusion fully combines FPS and RTS, running on a unique and completely new engine. Bringing top FPS graphics and physics quality allows Refusion players to engage hundreds of diverse units in extensive, borderless battlefields.
by Rainier on Dec. 28, 2007 @ 12:44 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Atari announced that it has received a notice from Nasdaq advising it has until March 20, 2008, to regain compliance with the minimum $15.0 million market value of Atari's publicly held shares required for continued listing on the Nasdaq Global Market.
by Rainier on Dec. 28, 2007 @ 12:40 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Storm Region's Codename: Panzers series leaves the World War II stage to take the story into Cold War East-West conflicts fought on fictitious battlefields, with a special emphasis on deep story lines and rich battle effects.
by Rainier on Dec. 28, 2007 @ 12:34 a.m. PST | Filed under
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EgoSoft has released yet another upgrade patch for its space-combat exploration game X³: REUNION. This update brings any retail game to v2.5, and adds the new UPLINK facility to compare scores online, Mission Director (MD) mission development tool, fixes, and general improvements.
by Rainier on Dec. 28, 2007 @ 12:31 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Enlight has released a new update patch for EgoSoft's sci-fi flight sim X²: The Threat. This update brings your retail game to v1.5 and adds the new UPLINK facility to export your game statistics to a file which can then be uplinked to the Egosoft servers for display and comparison.
by Rainier on Dec. 27, 2007 @ 1:47 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Frogwares' Dracula: Origin is a gothic adventure game, where you, as Professor Van Helsing, are devoted to the elimination of Dracula. Preventing Dracula from finding and using the antediluvian manuscript; you must help everyone who crossed paths with the count and refused to serve him.
by Rainier on Dec. 27, 2007 @ 1:37 p.m. PST | Filed under
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X Motor Racing is an arcade racing game with next generation physics model, including all classes of cars from old RWD to modern sports cars, physics, and various graphical features. This demo includes 3 tracks, one car and is now updated with improved 3D tire simulation and engine code, customizable physics accuracy etc.
by Rainier on Dec. 27, 2007 @ 7:52 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Haze puts you in the boots of a new recruit in the privately run Mantel army. Your conflict begins in a war-torn country where you have been sent to fight a vicious rebel faction, the Promise Hand. At first glance, all is well, but things quickly begin to look a little strange.
Recently pushed back until the first half of 2008, Ubisoft's webstore
product page now lists an August release.
by Rainier on Dec. 27, 2007 @ 7:38 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:
- Yakuza 3 [PS3] - Trailer #4 [JAP]
- Devil May Cry 4 [PS3/X360/PC] - Prologue Trailer
- Star Ocean 4 [ALL] - Teaser Trailer
- Age of Decadence - Trailer
We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...
by Rainier on Dec. 27, 2007 @ 7:37 a.m. PST | Filed under
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He is the world's most popular astronaut, more famous than Neil Armstrong, Yuri Gagarin or John Glenn. Now, for the first time, the fictional hero will appear in his own adventure.
by Rainier on Dec. 27, 2007 @ 7:26 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom will take the franchise in a new direction as developer BLUESIDE and series director Henry Lee plan to create a truly next-generation action-RPG, departing from their well-known action-RTS formula. Microsoft has released a 1.2GB demo, now on XBL Marketplace. If you haven't yet, check our recent
KuF: CoD preview ...
by Rainier on Dec. 27, 2007 @ 7:10 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Sudden Strike 3: Arms For Victory will push the boundaries of the RTS genre with some notable interface innovations, huge troop numbers and enormous map designs that will demonstrate that size does matter. This v1.2 patch contains numerous improvements and bug fixes, as well as two multiplayer maps (all control points can be captured only one time) and a single-player mission.
by Rainier on Dec. 27, 2007 @ 6:53 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Art of Murder: FBI Confidential, created by by the team who made Schizm, Sentinel and Reah, is a point & click adventure where the player takes on the role of an FBI agent, whose task is to solve a series of macabre murders of wealthy, well-to-do citizens.
by Rainier on Dec. 27, 2007 @ 1:56 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Amazon.com announced the 2007 holiday season finished as its best ever, with its busiest day being December 10. In the run up to Christmas, Amazon sold Wii systems at a rate of approximately 17 per second when they were in stock, with the top-selling games being Super Mario Galaxy (WII) and Call of Duty 4.
by Rainier on Dec. 27, 2007 @ 1:41 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Bleach: Heat the Soul 5 is the latest installment in the anime fighting franchise. The PSP version features 3D cell shading graphics, new characters such as Battle Characters' Senna and Ulquiorra, as well as the ability to select multiple characters as allies, and use the Tag feature to have them participate, and not just be strikers.
by Rainier on Dec. 26, 2007 @ 2:05 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Devil May Cry 4 is the 4th installment in Capcom's series starring Dante, the gunslinging demon hunter, and introducing a new hero, Nero, who possesses a demonic arm that can pull in enemies or use them as projectiles.
Last week Sony revealed its special DMC 4 bundle, and now Microsoft announced it also will be releasing a special bundle (37800 yen/230 €/$331) which will include a 20Gb Xbox 360, HDMI support, remote and a wireless controller, on top of the actual game itself of course.
by Rainier on Dec. 26, 2007 @ 6:23 a.m. PST | Filed under
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At Jump Festa 2008 in Japan, Namco Bandai unveiled its newest title in the Tales Of franchise, scheduled for release in 2008. Apart from the apparent cel shaded graphics, no details were revealed, not even the platform(s) it will appear on, although it is known that Kôsuke Fujishima, credited for Tales of Phantasia, Symphonia and The Abyss, will be in charge of the character design.