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'Monster Jam: Urban Assault' (ALL) U.S. Champion Crowned

by Rainier on April 3, 2009 @ 5:52 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Taking Monster Jam monster trucks onto the streets and other urban settings and being rewarded for the scale of the damage and destruction is one of the new key features of Monster Jam: Urban Assault. Feel the crunch of twisting metal underneath as you drive legendary and world famous monster truck favorites, demolishing every vehicle you see.

Interplay Teams With Masthead Studios to Develop Fallout Online

by Rainier on April 2, 2009 @ 6:24 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Interplay announced that it has signed a binding letter of intent with Masthead Studios, known for Earthrise, to fund the development of a massively multiplayer online game code named Project: V13, generally assumed as being Fallout Online.

'Kivi's Underworld' - v1.002 Demo Available NOW

by Rainier on April 2, 2009 @ 6:20 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Kivi's Underworld is a casual, hack and slash game where you can explore the mysterious underworld as a mighty Warrior, a dangerous Fire Mage, a sneaky Scout, furious Berserker, or adventure with any of the other sixteen playable characters.

'Team Fortress 2' Sniper Revamp Next, Biggest Update Yet

by Rainier on April 2, 2009 @ 6:18 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

TF2 is a class-based, multiplayer team warfare game, delivering new game types, unique weapons, a signature art style, persistent player statistics, etc... Valve is working on revamping the sniper, which is shaping up to be the largest TF2 update yet, with multiple new maps and a bunch of gameplay tweaks. Prior to that there will another update that will include new content for all classes. The X360 patch turned out to be technically more difficult than anticipated (memory wise) but is still in the works.

Various Game Trailers #1573

by Rainier on April 2, 2009 @ 4:47 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

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:

  • Unreal Engine 3 - GDC 09 Trailer
  • X-Men Origins: Wolverine [ALL] - Behind the Scenes Trailer #1
  • Virtua Tennis 2009 [ALL] - Making Of Trailer #1

  • We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

'Underwater Wars' (ALL) Adds PhysX - New Screens

by Rainier on April 2, 2009 @ 4:24 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

In Underwater Wars is a near future sci-fi tactical shooter where you and your squad are members of US Navy elite division. Your mission, to protect freedom and to provide peace and the law and order on all planet.

Playstation Store Gets Qore, Comet Crash, DLCs, and Tracks

by Rainier on April 2, 2009 @ 4:15 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Sony has rolled out new PlayStation Store content, starting with April issue of Qore (free), Comet Crash ($9.99), LittleBigPlanet Patapon Costume Pack ($1.99), PAIN: Brock Lee Character ($0.99), C&C Red Alert 3 Isles of Conflict Map Pack (free), song packs for Guitar Hero World Tour, and Rock Band, and the usual game/movie trailers and PS3 themes.

'Saw' (PS3/X360/PC) - First Screens

by Rainier on April 2, 2009 @ 3:05 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Using the Unreal Engine 3, Saw is developed with the creators of the SAW movies, Leigh Whannell & James Wan, and was recently picked up by Konami. In Saw, you find yourself locked in an asylum surrounded by horrific traps/devices set by Jigsaw. Throughout the game, you must either disarm/solve the puzzles to save people, or let them get mauled by the gruesome contraptions.

'Trine' (PS3/PC) Signed by Ascaron UK

by Rainier on April 2, 2009 @ 2:58 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Trine is a fantasy action game where the player can create and use physics-based objects to beat hazardous puzzles and threatening enemies. Set in a world of great castles and strange machinery, three heroes are bound to a mysterious device called the Trine in a quest to save the kingdom from evil…

'Clover' (XBLA) Coming in April - New Screens

by Rainier on April 2, 2009 @ 1:55 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Binary Tweed announced the return of the classic platform-puzzle adventure with Clover. Rendering a much-missed genre in watercolor, accompanied by melancholy piano pieces and laced with political themes, Clover embodies Binary Tweed's frank motto of "New games that are a bit like old games, but better."