by Rainier on Sept. 3, 2008 @ 1:33 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Revealed earlier today, Lumines Supernova combines puzzles, block-dropping beats and video entertainment to create an addictively-fun gameplay experience that will keep you playing day after day, packed with brand new skins and new modes.
by Rainier on Sept. 3, 2008 @ 1:25 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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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. Play against Pandemic between Sept. 5 and Sept. 12, and get a chance to win the 50-point "Everybody Wants Some!!" achievement!
by Rainier on Sept. 3, 2008 @ 12:32 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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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. This v1.01 patch improves performance, overall stability, fixes potential load/save issues, and balances multiplayer.
by Rainier on Sept. 3, 2008 @ 12:30 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Buka's Chronostorm. Siberian Strike, developed by Ulysses Games, is a dynamic RTS game about the hot battles that could happen in the near future at the eastern boarders of Russia.
by Rainier on Sept. 3, 2008 @ 11:22 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Zoo Games, announces Calvin Tucker's Redneck Jamboree, a multiplayer party game featuring a comic, cartoonish art style, a healthy dose of redneck humor, and a series of ludicrously slapstick competitions.
by Rainier on Sept. 3, 2008 @ 11:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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2K Sports' MLB Superstars takes America's favorite pastime into a totally new realm by bringing fans’ favorite players and teams out of their natural environments and showcasing them in over half a dozen different mini games that speak to the kid in all of us.
by Rainier on Sept. 3, 2008 @ 10:52 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In anticipation of the Diablo III and StarCraft II launch, Blizzard is giving its longtime online matchmaking service, and community portal for all its multiplayer enabled titles, a next-gen overhaul adding new features such as achievements, in-game/voice chat, avatars, clan support, improved cheat detection and punishment, AMM-type matchmaking, friends/ignore lists with advanced management, general web community overhaul, and eSports support with automated tournaments. Whether it will be compatible with older titles was not revealed (
thanks DIII.net).
by Rainier on Sept. 3, 2008 @ 10:46 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Killzone 2 throws players back into the midst of a hostile and dramatic ongoing battle between the ISA and Helghast army, delivering intense warfare with lifelike character animations, detailed and destructible environments, realistic physics, and advanced levels of AI.
by Rainier on Sept. 3, 2008 @ 10:44 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Operation Flashpoint 2 will see the most realistic modeling of conflict scenarios in a new contemporary theater of war. By offering a multitude of military disciplines, gameplay will deliver warfare more realistic and intense then ever before, while an extensive multiplayer component will create battles on an incredible scale.
by Rainier on Sept. 3, 2008 @ 10:28 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Announced last year but not heard of since, Multiverse's Firefly MMO has been put on hold according to
online reports in favor of another Joss Whedon creation, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Claiming the Buffy property has more potential, the TV series-based MMO will be a fully immersive 3D environment or as a Flash-based 2D game, where both types of players can interact.
by Rainier on Sept. 3, 2008 @ 10:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Last month MindArk signed a license agreement with Crytek to use the CryENGINE 2 in its free-of-charge real cash economy based virtual world Entropia Universe.
by Rainier on Sept. 3, 2008 @ 10:02 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Atlantica Online is bringing back turn-based and strategic gameplay to give a fresh face to the MMO world, a thinking person's game, giving you the chance to really strategize using the combat, mercenary and city/country management system.
by Rainier on Sept. 3, 2008 @ 9:43 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Incredible Hulk features key moments from the film, as well as additional plot lines and characters from the character’s rich comic-book universe. Players smash through New York City, battling gigantic enemies amidst soaring skyscrapers in a massive open world. Originally scheduled for June, SEGA has released the promised multiplayer expansion adding two-player missions set in one of 5 large dynamic and fully destructible arenas.
by Rainier on Sept. 3, 2008 @ 9:35 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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From Monday Sept. 8 onward, the Good Old Games closed press beta will come to an end and the Early Access Beta will begin. Anyone who has
signed up will receive an access key during the next week, granting them access to the ever-growing catalogue of tantalizing classic games.
by Rainier on Sept. 3, 2008 @ 6:51 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Pure takes quad racing to a new level, featuring massive jumps and spectacular airborne tricks in memorable, photo-realistic settings all over the globe.
by Rainier on Sept. 3, 2008 @ 6:40 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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BlackFoot Studios has entered into an agreement with Epic Games to license Unreal Engine 3 for its upcoming military tactical action game Sky Gods, a complete co-operative game experience centering on Special Forces operations, specifically HALO (High Altitude, Low Opening) and helicopter insertion missions.
by Rainier on Sept. 3, 2008 @ 5:58 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Guitar Hero: World Tour will feature guitar, vocals, drums, the ability to create your own songs (and upload them on GHTunes), four-player on/offline co-op, and an eight-player battle of the bands multiplayer mode (4vs4). Guitar Hero fans will be able to unleash their inner rockstar with exclusive re-records by MC5’s Wayne Kramer, Motörhead and The Sex Pistols
by Rainier on Sept. 3, 2008 @ 5:37 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Sacred 2 is a action-oriented deep fantasy RPG where players are immersed in an epic journey through the medieval-like kingdom of Ancaria featuring pitched battles and a wide range of enticing quests.
by Rainier on Sept. 3, 2008 @ 5:30 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Crackdown pushes the action-driving hybrid genre into the next gen with the introduction of a true 3-dimensional persistent playground, co-op gameplay and an extensive prop interaction system all while taking place in a massive and highly-stylized urban center. Realtime Worlds community rep Chris Dye
revealed that there will be no more Crackdown DLCs, the studio has moved on to APB and other yet unannounced projects.
by Rainier on Sept. 3, 2008 @ 4:30 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The latest issue of Japanese magazine Famitsu reveals that Q Entertainment is working on a new installment in their Lumines franchise, coming to the PlayStation Network later this year. Lumines Supernova features new skins, stages, and a new Dig Dug mode where you have to clean preset blocks off the screen in order to win.