by Rainier on Sept. 19, 2007 @ 2:56 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Namco Bandai Games America announced Active Life: Athletic World (working title) for the Wii. Combining the motion sensing Wii Remote™ with a custom mat controller, the game lets players use their whole body to participate in more than10 fun and unique activities and multiplayer challenges.
by Rainier on Sept. 19, 2007 @ 2:53 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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NBA 2K8 will elevate the game of basketball to new levels never experienced before for the next-gen systems. NBA 2K8 will also continue to build and expand the groundbreaking Signature Style feature that will include hundreds of new shooting, passing, and dribbling animations. This demo delivers a four-minute exhibition game of NBA 2K8...
by Rainier on Sept. 19, 2007 @ 2:52 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Uncharted: Drake's Fortune brings players into a world ripe with realism and unexpected juxtapositions. A fallible hero akin to those depicted in pulp-adventure genre films, Nathan Drake brings a humanity and believability never seen before in video gaming, enabled entirely through technology advancements.
by Rainier on Sept. 19, 2007 @ 2:17 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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European Street Racing is a fast and furious new street racing game. Test your driving skills and race through the streets of seven of Europe’s principal cities including Moscow, Warsaw, London, Paris, Madrid, Berlin and Hamburg.
by Judy on Sept. 19, 2007 @ 1:15 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Shadowgrounds Survivor tells the story of three survivors who join forces with the last remaining human resistance in the heated battle against the ongoing alien onslaught. The acclaimed atmosphere and gameplay mechanics of the original make a triumphant return armed with a new feature set!
by Judy on Sept. 19, 2007 @ 11:21 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In the MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea, you play a bold sea captain in the 18th century Caribbean as you seek glory and adventure. Those who pre-order starting Tuesday, October 23rd, can access the game up to 15 days before launch, get a parrot sidekick, a special weapon and a CD with the original game soundtrack. (A European pre-order date has not yet been set.) Quite fitting for
Talk Like a Pirate Day....
by Judy on Sept. 19, 2007 @ 10:53 a.m. PDT | 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 Sept. 19, 2007 @ 10:20 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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World Forge has revealed it is working on an expansion for its 3D RTS Ancient Wars: Sparta. The Fate of Hellas will feature an updated engine with improved visuals, two new campaigns with 7 missions each, and a new playable faction, the Macedonians. More details to follow shortly ...
by Rainier on Sept. 19, 2007 @ 9:55 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In Halo 3, Master Chief returns to finish the fight, bringing the epic conflict between the Covenant, the Flood and the entire human race to a dramatic, pulse-pounding climax. Last week, some stores in Norway leaked the game, and now
UK retailer Argos has gone ahead and sold copies prematurely. Microsoft, however, will continue to use the ban hammer, blocking anybody who plays the game ahead of its Sept. 25/26 release date off Xbox Live, for life. Disconnecting the X360 from the Internet
does not safeguard you, as the console collects data to be transmitted later.
by Rainier on Sept. 19, 2007 @ 9:30 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In The Simpsons Game, Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa use exciting, all-new powers to save the world from rising chaos. To help the Simpsons, gamers at home must journey through all of Springfield (as well as vast worlds beyond!), vanquish an amazing array of villains, and fight their way through parodies of multiple popular games.
by Rainier on Sept. 19, 2007 @ 9:23 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Anime-style animation continues to demonstrate its multi-media appeal with today’s launch of audience-favorite titles from Starz Media’s large video library, such as Ghost in the Shell, Street Fighter II V, on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace..
by Rainier on Sept. 19, 2007 @ 9:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Sports Interactive's Football Manager Handheld 2008 will include a host of new features, which will enrich the portable management experience.
by Rainier on Sept. 19, 2007 @ 9:09 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Since Troika is no longer amongst the living this patch is not official, so use at your own discretion. This update brings Activision's Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines retail game to v4.2 (requires v1.2 patch installed) and addresses a number of known issues, gameplay tweaks, bug fixes and so forth.
by Rainier on Sept. 19, 2007 @ 9:03 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Hudson announced Bomb-Up Pack 2, the second add-on pack for the Bomberman Live game which will launch launch on Xbox LIVE Arcade, Sept 26 for 250 Microsoft Points ($3.13). This new add-on pack features over a dozen additions, including ten characters, two levels, two leader boards, and a brand new game mode
by Rainier on Sept. 19, 2007 @ 6:15 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Tarr Chronicles is an arcade-style space combat sim where you, lost in space and deep behind enemy lines, must defend the galaxy's last hope using dozens of high-tech fighters bristling with cannons and rocket launchers.
by Rainier on Sept. 19, 2007 @ 6:08 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Atari announced that it will publish Downstream Panic!, an unpredictable, fast-paced, tactical puzzle-action that places players in the position of a sea-creature preservationist out to save the world from a fantastic cyclone that has blasted the world's fish into the Earth's atmosphere.
by Rainier on Sept. 19, 2007 @ 5:34 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Conan is an action adventure game featuring a story of epic brutality, sheer evil and visceral combat. Players will follow the journey of Conan the Cimmerian as he fights a vicious battle against a variety of enemies and an elusive power that threatens to consume the Hyborian world.
by Rainier on Sept. 19, 2007 @ 5:26 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Combining RTS, resource management and exciting, in-your-face combat action, Pacific Storm Allies drops players into the thick of battle, playing as the US, Japan, and a new playable nation, the UK. This expansion brings new units to construct, new historical locations to visit and a brand new version of the engine with better graphics than ever before...
by Rainier on Sept. 19, 2007 @ 3:43 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Rail Simulator will offer the opportunity for players to take charge of steam, diesel and electric trains on real routes in the UK and Germany. Challenging and fun gameplay will even enable players to design their own ideal journey routes.
by Rainier on Sept. 19, 2007 @ 3:24 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for: