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Team Ninja Employees Leave in Droves

by Rainier on June 16, 2008 @ 1:31 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Earlier this month we reported that Team Ninja Boss Tomonobu Itagaki resigned shortly after finishing Ninja Gaiden II, and filed lawsuit against Tecmo for outstanding bonus payments on a prior game. As it turns out Itagaki is not the only one and according to recent reports as many as three dozen former Team Ninja employees have resigned and are filing lawsuit against Tecmo as well.

'Postal' Movie Wins Hoboken International Film Festival Award

by Rainier on June 16, 2008 @ 1:13 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

The Hoboken International Film Festival, held in New Jersey, was where Postal, Uwe Boll's dark comedy based on the video game franchise from Running With Scissors, walked off with the coveted Best of Festival Award.

'Bratz Ponyz 2' (NDS) Announced - Screens

by Rainier on June 16, 2008 @ 1:06 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

The Bratz Ponyz adventure continues, this time with different ponyz to play with, new mini-games and more fun activities! Take a trip to the magical archipelago and have fun with the hippest horse friends a girl could ever have!

'Mercenaries 2: World in Flames' (ALL) - 12 New Screens

by Rainier on June 15, 2008 @ 10:35 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Pandemic has constructed a whole new "playground of destruction" from the ground up, fully stocked with the hottest vehicles and weapons. Set in a new exotic hotspot, you can be your own boss in a wide-open world with only one rule: everybody pays.

'Spore' Creature Creator Demo Available NOW

by Rainier on June 15, 2008 @ 10:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Begin your odyssey at the dawn of life as a simple microbe just trying to survive, then evolve the creature from its microscopic origins into an intelligent, tool-using race, becoming a global civilization and choose whether to hunt or forage, attack or trade, be nice or play rough! The Spore Creature Creator gives fans the first hands-on opportunity to design their own species, share it with others, and imported them into the full retail version once released.

'Siren: Blood Curse' (PS3) Developer Q&A

by Rainier on June 14, 2008 @ 8:26 a.m. PDT | Filed under Interviews

Coming in twelve TV-style downloadable episodes this summer, Siren: Blood Curse is a horror-survival title set in the Japanese village of Hanuda, where a TV crew from America arrive to research the legend of the ‘Vanished Village’ where human sacrifice is said to have taken place thirty years ago. Siren: Blood Curse’s creator, Keiichiro Toyama, tells us a bit more...

'S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky' - New Screens

by Rainier on June 14, 2008 @ 8:06 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is a survival FPS game based on a 'what-if' scenario of the second Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident. The game is created as a warning to mankind against mindless play with technologies.

'Street Fighter IV' (PS3/X360/PC) Get Your Face in the Game

by Rainier on June 14, 2008 @ 7:43 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

SF IV features a mix of returning favorites such as Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li and Guile along with new characters created for this game, such as Crimson Viper, Abel, El Fuerte, and Rufus. Characters and environments are rendered in 3D, while the game is played in the classic 2D perspective. From today until June 18th, fans can submit pictures, video, dissertation, limerick, singing telegram explaining why you should be in Street Fighter IV, include your contact info, and you might just get picked.

'Imperium Romanum' to Get Downloadable Expansion #2

by Rainier on June 14, 2008 @ 7:43 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Haemimont's Imperium Romanum is a historical strategy that puts the player in the role of a governor of a province, where he or she must strive to build a well organized, prosperous and commanding settlement. A few weeks after the first Kalypso Media will released a second Value Pack next week which includes 4 new missions, many new tablets, and an improved art- and gamedesign.

'Project Origin' (PS3/X360/PC) - Art & New Screens

by Rainier on June 13, 2008 @ 7:26 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Project Origin continues F.E.A.R.'s supernatural suspense story of an escalating paranormal crisis that threatens to destroy a major American city. Alma, whose rage against those who wronged her triggered a chain of events that have spiraled completely out of control, now has free reign, and the consequences will be unimaginable.