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Thursday, March 22, 2007, Shipping Announcements

by Judy on March 22, 2007 @ 11:19 a.m. PDT

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:

Baseball Mogul 2008 (PC)

The acclaimed baseball management simulation game allows players to manage and create a championship dynasty while using players from the past, present, and future. Baseball Mogul 2008 is rated "E" for everyone by the ESRB and will be available on March 20 at retail and via digital download for the suggested price of $29.99.

Baseball Mogul 2008 features the best simulation experience yet, with up-to-date lineups, a roster of over 18,000 current and former players, complete financial management control, and the ability to sign, trade, and release players. In this year's edition, players can watch the action on the diamond unfold like never before in Play-by-Play mode. As a general manager, enjoy the game from the luxury box and make the necessary power moves to keep your team in the pennant race. In manager mode, set up the proper defense to contain the opposition or instruct your batters to wait for a hitter's pitch. In Player mode, brush the batter back with a high and tight splitter, or swing at a fastball and aim for the fences.

New features in the 2008 edition include:

  • NEW Baseball Mogul Encyclopedia - Outputs over 30,000 interlinked HTML pages. Historical leaders tracked in over 70 stats by team and season; hitting, pitching, and fielding stats at every level; annual financial records; and more - Pitch-by-Pitch Mode - Fully interactive pitch-by-pitch mode puts you in complete control of the game
  • NEW Ticker Tape - Shows updated scores, stats, leaders and headlines, even in the middle of each at-bat
  • NEW Lefty-Righty Stats
  • NEW Expanded Scouting Report - More stats like OPS, GDP, intentional walks, ground ball percent, and DICE
  • NEW User Interface - Improves the visual appeal of each screen while also putting more stats at your fingertips
  • NEW 2007 Rosters
  • Exclusive licensee of the Sean Lahman Baseball Database, including complete stats and data for over 18,000 players going back to the 19th century

Silverfall (PC)

Silverfall,a dynamic 3D action role-playing game (RPG), casts players into a world torn between science and nature, forcing gamers to choose between the two in order to save the principal city from total destruction. The player must take on quests and defeat slews of opponents during the journey through the fascinating world of Nelwe. Two non- playing character (NPC) companions accompany and assist the player throughout the Silverfall adventure. Decisions made during each quest will be key as choices impact storyline, environment and accumulation of skills.

Silverfall offers a unique character building system of advancement and equipment that allows for complete customization of characters. Gamers can develop distinctive characters such as scientist troll magicians, elemental elf warriors, or mercantile goblins. Fighting and magic are employed throughout, and vary from melee, ranged, and technical, to light, elemental and dark. Gamers will play through a 25-hour main quest, numerous side quests and two multiplayer modes, player-versus-player and co-operative; and can further extend their experience with the included game editor, allowing would- be level designers to create their own adventures to play alone or with friends.

With four races to choose from, nine skill sets encompassing more than 130 individual skills, over 100 monsters, and advanced 3D graphics, Silverfall replenishes the RPG genre with a memorable hack-and-slash action adventure.

Developed by Monte Cristo Games, Silverfall is rated T for Teen and is available for the Windows platform at a suggested retail price of $39.95.

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