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Verizon Offering Broadband Customers PC Games for $9.99/Month

by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 6:25 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Verizon is starting a new trial project by giving broadband customers (currently only in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York), a reason to play games with their broadband service this summer -- at home or on the road, 1,400 games for $9.99/Month

SEGA President Bails for Mobile Phone Publisher

by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 6:19 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

iPhone/iPod touch developer/publisher ngmoco has named former SEGA of America president and COO Simon Jeffery as its chief publishing officer to helm the company’s new Plus+ Publishing group.

'Supreme Commander 2' (X360/PC) - New Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 5:03 p.m. PDT | 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!

'Wrestling Spirit 3' Announced

by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 4:57 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

WreSpi3 is the third version in the Wrestling Spirit line and adds new options and features. Like the prior two, you to take control of the career of a professional wrestler, guiding his career through the world title wins, the tough matches, and the rivalries.

'Myth II: Soulblighter' - v1.7 Patch Available NOW

by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 4:55 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Myth II: Soulblighter is Bungie's 1998 real-time strategy but as support has been halted many years ago, Project Magma has been releasing several recent patches. This v1.7 adds support for accelerated hardware rendering, improving game responsiveness, fixing crashes/bugs and out-of-sync issues, but also adding support for hi-res cutscenes, a dialog that locates missing plugins on the train, a resizeable overhead map, transferable unit trading if a team captain drops, and a new detail texturing system.

'Deca Sports 2' (Wii) - New Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 4:06 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Deca Sports 2, known in some parts of Europe as Sports Island 2, is an athletic offering, pulling together ten sporting events and pushing the player to their limits, fully using the Nunchuk/Wiimote to control your Mii like characters, including multiplayer.

'Aliens: Colonial Marines' (ALL) Coming to NDS, RPG Still Alive

by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 4:01 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Based on the Aliens movie, Aliens: Colonial Marines, developed by Gearbox Software, is a squad-based first-person shooter where players are part of a United States Colonial Marine squad and must prepare to face an Aliens assault more intense and horrific than ever before. When SEGA announced Aliens vs. Predator and delayed Colonial Marines, speculations were that it got canceled, but SEGA confirmed that it's still in development, as well as Obisidian's RPG. The reason for neither game's appearance at E3 was that AvP is coming this year, the others most likely not, with CM getting a DS version but not by Gearbox.

'echochrome' (PSP/PS3) v1.02 Patch Adds New Features

by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 3:46 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

echochrome is a puzzle game featuring 56 exclusive levels on each platform, designed to match each platform's characteristics. You are challenged to play within 5 simple laws of perspective that govern how one advances through each stage.

'Final Fantasy XIII' (PS3/X360) - 8 New Screens

by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 1:32 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

FF XIII provides tangible, intuitive controls while delivering seamless transitions between real-time gameplay and stunning in-game cinematics. The latest in cutting-edge technology has been utilized in development of Final Fantasy XIII, thus making this newest addition to the Final Fantasy series worthy of the title next generation.

'Brutal Legend' (PS3/X360) Fans Set World Record Air Guitar

by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 1:14 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Brütal Legend is a 3rd person Action/Adventure game starring Jack Black in the role of roadie Eddie Riggs, who sets on an epic quest to build an army of rockers with only a broad axe, a big block V8 and his faithful guitar in hand. At the Download Festival in Donington Park, 440 metal fans rocked out to smash the world record for most people playing air guitar at one time.

'Need for Speed Shift' (ALL) Adds Driver Profile, Details - Trailer

by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 12:36 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Designed to deliver a true driver’s experience that reflects contemporary motorsports, Need for Speed Shift is built by racers for racers, delivering an authentic and immersive driving experience.

'Monster Hunter 3' (Wii) - 10 New Screens

by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 12:25 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Expected to make an appearance on the PS3, Capcom surprised everybody in Japan by announcing Monster Hunter 3 for the Wii instead. MH Tri-, pronounced as "try," is an action RPG series where you hunt down fantastical monsters.

'World of Mixed Martial Arts 2' - v1.1 Patch Available NOW

by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 12:17 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

WMMA 2 will bring mixed martial arts to your PC allowing you to control every aspect of a mixed martial arts company. The player is in charge of just about everything to do with its running, including hiring fighters, match making, marketing, and so on.

'Metal Gear Solid 4' (PS3) Celebrates Anniversary With Week-long Announcements

by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 11:53 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

MGS4 is set in a war-torn future where huge conglomerates, including those in the Middle East and South America, fight for supremacy using armies of hand-picked mercenaries. To celebrate its first anniversary Konami will release Metal Gear announcements all week long. Each day this week Metal Gear fans can expect to receive game updates and other announcements.

'Strength & Honour 2' Announced - Screens

by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 11:48 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Strength & Honour 2 is an empire building turn-based and real-time battle strategy war game that is set in the ancient world. The game allows the player to take the seat of an ancient ruler, featuring eight civilizations to choose from with over 25 nations

Monday, June 15, 2009 Shipping Announcements

by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 11:36 a.m. PDT | 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:

  • Jagged Alliance DS (NDS)

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

Video Game Consoles Dominate In Delivering Web Video to TV

by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 11:30 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

The range of connected consumer electronics devices, such as pay TV set top boxes, Blu-ray player/recorders, HDTVs and media-center PCs, delivering web video into the living room is growing, but networked video game consoles are currently the most utilized devices, and will remain so through 2013.

'Arcadia: Guild of Heroes' - New Screens

by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 11:24 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Arcadia: Guild of Heroes is a strategy/management RPG game in which you can recruit adventurers, view detailed stats on their abilities, age, birthday, height, weight, everything. Build a camp of 6 adventurers, and put together parties of 4 and send them on dangerous quests to many realms, in search of riches.

'Rock Band Country Track Pack' (ALL) Setlist Revealed

by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 11:03 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Rock Band Country Track Pack is a standalone software product that allows owners of Rock Band) and Rock Band 2 to keep the party going with 21 songs from an outstanding mix of country artists, including Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Shania Twain, Rascal Flatts and the legendary Kenny Rogers.

'Magic: The Gathering' And 'Sam & Max' This Week's XBLA Titles

by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 10:59 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Duels of the Planeswalkers lets players simulate the Magic: The Gathering trading card game through lush interactive 3-D environments, while in Sam & Max Save the World you join canine crime-fighter Sam and his hyperkinetic rabbity-thing partner Max to investigate a string of baffling mind-control cases.