by Rainier on June 21, 2007 @ 1:38 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Epicenter Studios announced its Wii exclusive Real Heroes: Firefighter, putting players in the soon-to-be soot-stained boots of a rookie firefighter who has just been assigned to a busy metropolitan fire station. Players will undergo a “baptism of fire” in an escalating array of emergency situations.
by Rainier on June 21, 2007 @ 1:35 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Phantom EFX's Darkest of Days, using 8Monkey Labs' proprietary Marmoset game engine, is a story-rich, first-person shooter presenting an intriguing story of time-travel to some of the darkest periods in the history of mankind.
by Rainier on June 21, 2007 @ 12:40 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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StarCraft II will feature the return of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg races, overhauled and re-imagined with Blizzard's approach to game balance, designed to be the ultimate competitive RTS game. Blizzard confirmed that demo stations will be set up at the convention, and attendees can sample the new units and gameplay elements for themselves in multiplayer battles.
by Rainier on June 21, 2007 @ 12:16 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Hour of Victory allows you to play a key role in the pivotal and cinematic battles from the European and North African theaters of World War II, using the skills and gameplay style you choose.
by Rainier on June 21, 2007 @ 12:10 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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It's the year 1914 and you are the commander of a submarine in the German Emperor's fleet during WWI. For the first time you have the opportunity to play exciting underwater missions in the first world war, to work out strategies, to use your powerful weapons and to take care of your submarine!
by Rainier on June 21, 2007 @ 12:05 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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EA announced an all new Wii exclusive intellectual property, Boogie, a unique music/rhythm-based game that takes advantage of the Wii controls to get gamers off their couch, playing and dancing to a new beat.
by Rainier on June 21, 2007 @ 11:59 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Doritos brand is partnering with Xbox 360 challenging people in the United States to design the first-ever consumer-created Xbox LIVE Arcade video game. Five finalists will get to work side-by-side with Xbox LIVE Arcade development teams to build playable versions of their game concept, and win a prize package, valued at over $6,000.
by Rainier on June 21, 2007 @ 11:46 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, will be a comic adventure game, the first chapter of the planned episodic series which will feature characters from Penny Arcade, including the well-known Gabe and Tycho.
by Rainier on June 21, 2007 @ 11:41 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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GameTap announced a new episode in Myst Online: Uru Live, picking up where last month’s "Scars" left off. "A New Light" immerses players in another piece of the adventuresome, puzzle-focused gameplay.
by Rainier on June 21, 2007 @ 11:37 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In development at Japanese studio d'Artoon, Vampire's Rain is a survival horror action game set in Los Angeles where you play as John Lloyd, an AIB special agent who has to fight his way past hordes Night Walker zombies.
by Rainier on June 21, 2007 @ 9:21 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The BIGS adds more explosive excitement to baseball video games than ever before. This over-the-top baseball action title puts an entirely new spin on MLB as it blends outrageous visuals and intuitive gameplay mechanics.
by Rainier on June 21, 2007 @ 9:11 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Race Driver: Create & Race has been designed from the ground up for NDS and lets players thrash the most formidable sports cars through closely-fought races on the world’s most prestigious circuits… and then lets players create their very own circuits with a full track construction kit.
by Rainier on June 21, 2007 @ 9:04 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Atari announced the signing of a new deal with Asterix licensor Les Editions Albert RenĂ© and with film production company La Petite Reine to produce the video game of the forthcoming full length feature film ‘Asterix at the Olympic Games’.
by Rainier on June 21, 2007 @ 8:54 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Stranger combines epic role-playing with some of the best elements of real-time strategy. The never-before-seen spell and item enchantment system allows a never-before-seen flexibility as players simply have to swap the amounts of used crystals to adapt to their enemies' strategies.
by Rainier on June 21, 2007 @ 8:47 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Intel showed off a research project into
anti-cheat technology during its Research@Intel Day at Intel headquarters. The idea is that Intel and the PC gaming industry would build technology into gaming rigs that could detect when common cheats, such as aimbots or wall hacks, are used in an online gaming session, and notify the server's admin.
by Rainier on June 21, 2007 @ 8:32 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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SEGA and Canada-based developer BioWare Corp. announced a partnership to create a new NDS video game based on the classic SEGA flagship icon Sonic The Hedgehog. The exact name of the game is undetermined, and it will ship in 2008.
by Rainier on June 21, 2007 @ 8:31 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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World in Conflict is a strategy game that delivers intense action and coordinated team play amidst the war the world feared most – an apocalyptic showdown between the Soviet Union and the United States, with completely destructible 3D battlefields, aggressive team-based multiplayer action and a focus on fast, hard-hitting battles.
by Rainier on June 21, 2007 @ 8:07 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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It’s an exotic line-up of furry, feathered and ferocious patients in Majesco's Zoo Hospital. Developed by Torus Games, the lets players diagnose and treat more than 40 different species of birds, mammals and reptiles while interning at a world-famous zoo.
by Rainier on June 21, 2007 @ 8:00 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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SimBin announced that its RACE 07 racing title sequel comes loaded with new features and game modes, more than 200 cars in 11 different car classes and host 20 different circuits from all over the world, several of them being city racetracks never before featured in a racing game.
by Rainier on June 21, 2007 @ 7:58 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Atari Europe announced today that it has signed a publishing agreement with Namco Bandai to bring two of its Xbox 360 titles to PAL territories. Flgith sim Ace Combat 6 makes its debut on the Microsoft's latest console, while Eternal Sonata is a promising looking RPG.