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Rainier's Articles


Fluid Entertainment Developing Children's MMO

by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2008 @ 3:07 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Fluid Entertainment is creating an online world that encourages kids to explore their creativity, initiative and imagination, within an ecologically themed narrative. Fluid Entertainment's development experience spanning key children’s entertainment properties, including Harry Potter, Pokémon, Disney, and The Powerpuff Girls.

Havok Announces New Physics Suite, Cloth and Destruction Tools

by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2008 @ 3:04 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Havok unveiled Havok Cloth and Havok Destruction at the 2008 GDC providing artists with increased control over interactive cloth and destructible objects within games, as well as its Havok 5.5 development suite with improved Havok Physics and Havok Behavior.

'The Whispered World' - 8 New Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2008 @ 1:45 p.m. PST | Filed under News

The Whispered World is a fantasy point & click adventure game where you, playing as Sadwick and his companion, a little worm named Spot, are sent on perilous journey. Many challenges await Sadwick, for the world he knows so well is doomed...

'FIFA 08' (ALL) Update #3 Available NOW

by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2008 @ 12:38 p.m. PST | Filed under News

FIFA 08 will create a football experience that matches the complexity, finesse and beauty of the real-world game, challenging you to master the skills required to play like a pro football player, allowing you on the pitch to defy the odds, perfect your skills, elevate your game and rise up to win glory for your club. This patch brings your game up to date with all the latest transfers.

CryEngine2 Powered 'Blue Mars' Virtual World Makes Debut At GDC - Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2008 @ 11:59 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Set in Terraformed Mars in the year 2177 AD, Blue Mars will feature stunning graphics, realistic characters and endless gaming attractions that will allow players to build and simulate real-life scenarios by creating personalized characters, or avatars.

'Spitfire Heroes: Tales of the Royal Air Force' (NDS) Goes Gold

by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2008 @ 11:52 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Spitfire Heroes: Tales of the Royal Air Force is an air combat shooter brings the heroic actions of the RAF to NDS with intuitive flight mechanics, devious enemy pilots, and wireless support for up to four players. Players fly for the Royal Air Force through missions based on real events that shaped the outcome of the war.

'Mario Kart Wii' (Wii) - 5 New Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2008 @ 10:10 a.m. PST | Filed under News

At its Fall 2007 conference in Japan, Nintendo not only announced that Mario Kart Wii will be, freely, bundled with the Wii Wheel, but also that for the first time in the franchise, there will be motorbikes included.

Telltale Expands Studio With Former LucasArts/EA Developers

by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2008 @ 10:00 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Telltale announced that industry veterans Mike Stemmle (known for Monkey Island and Sam & Max Hit the Road/Freelance Police), Justin Chin (known for EA's The Simpsons Game), and Brett Tosti (know for Rogue Squadron, Lair) have joined the company as part of a sustained wave of growth that has nearly doubled the studio's size since this time last year.

'Quake Live' Officially Announced - Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2008 @ 9:57 a.m. PST | Filed under News

id Software's Quake Live, previously called Quake Zero, offers game players of all skill levels a totally free and easily accessible first-person multiplayer action game, with friends lists and communication, sponsored events and tournaments, matchmaking, stats tracking, and even the game itself accessible free of charge through the web browser.

Disney Online Creates New Virtual Worlds Team

by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2008 @ 9:22 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Disney Online announced the creation of a new team that will focus on building, operating and publishing an expansive line-up of games, virtual worlds and online social communities, Disney Online Studios, lead by newly appointed senior vice president Steve Parkis.