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'Star Wars Galaxies' Rolls Out New Content, Wants Old Players Back

by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2010 @ 4:00 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Star Wars Galaxies immerses players in the rich Star Wars universe featuring dynamic adventures across multiple planets in the classic Star Wars time frame and offering a unique combination of combat, exploration, social interaction, specialized missions, and daring quests.

'Trauma Team' (Wii) Shows Off Conceptual Work - New Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2010 @ 2:48 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Encounter unprecedented depth across six distinct fields of medicine: play as a general surgeon, diagnostician, E.M.T., orthopedic surgeon, endoscope technician, and medical examiner. Follow the story as never before with all-new dynamic story sequences inspired by Japanese animation and comics; each dramatic chapter comes vividly to life with distinct style!

'Spec Ops: The Line' (ALL) - Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2010 @ 1:51 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Spec Ops: The Line is a provocative and gripping third-person modern military shooter that challenges players’ morality by putting them in the middle of unspeakable situations where unimaginable choices affecting human life must be made.

'FIFA World Cup 2010' (ALL) Revealed

by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2010 @ 12:52 p.m. PST | Filed under News

EA is developing the next installment in its FIFA series to coincide with the 2010 World Cup. One cool feature will be the first-ever full and authentic 2010 FIFA World Cup online tournament. Compete online instantly - day or night - as your favourite country against other gamers around the world in the group stage through the knockout rounds to the World Cup Final and the chance to be crowned champion. The game features all 199 nations that took part in qualification.

'Dead Rising 2' (ALL) Launch to Coincide With Cheesy Movie in 2010 - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2010 @ 11:17 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Dead Rising 2 will take the franchise to a new level of zombie-killing fun with tens of thousands of zombies, the all new gambling paradise of Fortune City to explore and conquer plus a host of new in-game objects that can all be used as deadly weapons to stave off the zombie assault.

'Red Dead Redemption' (ALL) Lets You Vote For Your Pre-order Bonus Outfit

by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2010 @ 11:00 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Red Dead Redemption is a Western epic, set at the turn of the 20th century when the lawless and chaotic badlands began to give way to the expanding reach of government and the spread of the Industrial Age. The story of former outlaw, John Marston, Red Dead Redemption takes players on a great adventure across the American frontier.

'Red Steel 2' (Wii) - New Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2010 @ 9:30 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Red Steel 2 returns with an artistic style and flair created just for Wii. Set in a desert-bound, high-tech metropolis, Red Steel 2 is a revolution in the action-fighting genre, taking full advantage of the capabilities of the Wii MotionPlus accessory.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Shipping Announcements

by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2010 @ 9:23 a.m. PST | Filed under News

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:


We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

'Interstellar Marines' (ALL) - New Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2010 @ 9:16 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Interstellar Marines is an FPS, sci-fi, action and adventure game with an original and unpredictable storyline featuring single and cooperative gameplay, with heavy focus on realism.

'Runes of Magic' Players Donate 40,000 Euros to Children in Adversity

by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2010 @ 9:03 a.m. PST | Filed under News

With an extensive range of features Runes of Magic prepares to redefine the standard of free-to-play MMO games. Even at the beginning Runes of Magic conveys its absorbing story in over 2,000 quests embedded in an atmospheric world.

'Supreme Commander 2' (ALL) Gets Euro Date - New Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2010 @ 6:47 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Set 25 years after the events of the original game, Supreme Commander 2 begins with the assassination of the newly elected president of the Colonial Defense Coalition. The CDC members – the United Earth Federation, the Order of the Illuminate, and the Cybran Nation – deny involvement, blame each other, and a galactic war ensues!

'Darksiders' (ALL) Screen Tearing Patch Coming Tomorrow

by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2010 @ 6:43 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Darksiders is an action/adventure game that gives players the ability to experience the supernatural destructive power of WAR, one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, as he explores a demon ravaged world -- seeking revenge and ultimate redemption with a vast array of modern and mythical weaponry. Vigil Games revealed that a patch for the X360 screen tearing will be released tomorrow ...

'Halo: Reach' (X360) - 17 New Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2010 @ 6:10 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Step into the boots of a Spartan III, as Halo: Reach charts the story of Noble Team in their heroic stand to defend the planet Reach, its people and secrets against a ruthless assault by an alien collective known as the Covenant. A leaked beta footage video does not show much beyond the title/loading screen, but does show a "Murder Mode" perk, to stealth kill feature.

'Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey' (NDS) Pre-Order Incentive

by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2010 @ 5:54 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey, a first-person science fiction RPG for NDS, is a startlingly original entry in the award-winning Shin Megami Tensei universe, Strange Journey takes the heralded RPG franchise to exciting new frontiers.

'Star Ocean The Last Hope: International' (PS3) - 30 New Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2010 @ 5:25 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Science fiction and fantasy meld in this continuation of tri-Ace Inc.'s RPG franchise. The refined gameplay features team-oriented combat, while improving upon the innovative real-time battle system that has become a trademark of the Star Ocean franchise.

'Pony Friends 2' (NDS/Wii/PC) Announced, Dated

by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2010 @ 5:10 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Pony Friends 2 welcomes players back to the stables with all new features that let them become best friends with their perfect pony. As part of a comprehensive pet simulation experience, pony lovers can customize their ponies and explore tricks, trails, quests, racing and much more.

Capcom Dates Lost Planet 2, Final Fight, SSF IV, Brings Monster Hunter to X360

by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2010 @ 4:54 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Capcom announced release timing for their Spring titles including Monster Hunter Tri, Lost Planet 2, Final Fight: Double Impact and Super Street Fighter IV. Additionally Capcom  revealed that Gears of War icons Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago will make be playable in Lost Planet 2 through DLC, while also bringing the Monster Hunter series to Xbox 360 as Monster Hunter Frontier, currently only scheduled for Japan.

'Darwinia+' (ALL) - New Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2010 @ 4:40 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Combining fast paced action with strategic battle planning, Darwinia features a novel and intuitive control mechanism, an '80s retro classics graphical style, and a story concerning a tribe of video game sprites trapped in a modern 3D game world.

BlackBox Developing Third-Person Action Game

by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2010 @ 12:00 a.m. PST | Filed under News

According to BlackBox studio's technical animation director's CV the former Need for Speed studio is working on a third-person action game featuring one-on-many fighting, tightly choreographed interactive on-on-one melee and “fatality” animation, raycast-based world navigation over arbitrary surfaces (including vaulting, climbing, jumping and ledge clinging), interaction with destructible elements in the environment and more (thanks SA).

'Dante's Inferno' (ALL) - 11 New Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2010 @ 12:00 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Dante's Inferno is a 3rd action adventure adaptation of the medieval epic poem "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri, telling the tale of Dante who journeys through the twisted, menacing nine circles of hell in pursuit of his beloved Beatrice.