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'The Red Cross Game: Emergency Response Unit' - Screens

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2008 @ 9:33 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

The Red Cross Game: Emergency Response Unit is a strategy title where players manage relief efforts and race against the clock to try to help those in need. Created to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the Dutch Red Cross, half of the net income generated by game sales will be donated to the Red Cross.

'High Velocity Bowling' (PS3) Gets New Characters, Hallow's Eve Ball Pack

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2008 @ 9:24 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Using the SIXAXIS wireless controller to simulate a real bowling swing with lifelike lane environments, players will compete to unlock ten distinctive characters and progress through ten themed alleys on their way to bowling domination, complete with leaderboards and stats. Team RamRod is adding two new playable characters and six different Halloween styled bowling balls.

'Dead Space' (ALL) Sequel Already in Development

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2008 @ 7:01 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

In the bold and often-bloody Dead Space, gamers will step into a third-person sci-fi survival horror experience that promises to deliver the ultimate in psychological thrills and gruesome action. A recent interview with EA Games' Frank Gibeau and Dead Space executive producer Glenn Schofield reveals that, apart from novels and toys, a sequel is already in the early stages of development, but depending on the success or failure of the original, it could still get scrapped.

'Fishing Master World Tour' (Wii) - 10 New Screens

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2008 @ 6:57 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

The new Fishing Master World Tour offers over 200 different types of fish to catch and enables players to catch fish in over forty different locations across seven different regions. Fish on Easter Island, under the Golden Gate Bridge, on the Amazon River and many more exotic global locations.

'The Sims 3' Gets Soundtrack From Transformers Composer

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2008 @ 6:55 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

What if you had to live your whole life in one location, and then one day, suddenly, you could step outside and go anywhere in the whole neighborhood? The Sims 3 gives you the freedom to create unique Sims and immerse them in your own living neighborhood of endless possibility! EA revealed that Hollywood composer Steve Jablonsky, known for The Transformers soundtrack, will score the theme music.

'Crysis Wars' Patch in the Works

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2008 @ 5:55 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Crysis Wars is the multiplayer component for Crytek's FPS Crysis Warhead and features three multiplayer modes, 21 maps, vehicles and more. Crytek is currently working on the first patch, and while there are no specific fix details, it was revealed that the online authentication will be removed from the initial startup.

'Boingz' (Wii) - Game Details & Screens

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2008 @ 5:46 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Boingz introduces players to bendy, stretchy little critters who’ve found themselves scattered about an alien world. Players must help the Boingz free the rest of their friends and find their way back home by solving a series of addicting, mind-bending puzzles across thirty levels of fun.

'Skate 2' (PS3/X360) And 'Skate It' (NDS/Wii) Soundtracks Revealed

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2008 @ 5:25 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Set five years after the original, San Vanelona's been rebuild after it was hit by a natural disaster. Equipped with double the bag of tricks, gamers are tasked to rebuild their career and revive the New San Vanelona skate scene.

Thursday, October 23, 2008 Shipping Announcements

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2008 @ 5:16 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:

'The Sims 2: Apartment Life' - v1.16.0.194 Patch Available NOW

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2008 @ 5:11 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

The Sims 2 Apartment Life brings the adventure, fun and drama of close quarters of apartment living to your Sims.

'Nerf N-Strike' (NDS/Wii) - 10 New Screens

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2008 @ 4:38 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

In a world created to be the perfect landscape for Nerf pandemonium, players can become the master of mayhem, wreak havoc and perfect their blasting skills or challenge friends to clashes with both single and multi-player game modes.

'Pro Evolution Soccer 2009' (ALL) v1.10 Patch Available NOW

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2008 @ 3:11 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

PES 2009 has undergone a graphical update to ensure its players look and move even more like their real-life counterparts. Similarly, all-new options allow users to tailor the game to their own tastes, while new moves, innovative new control elements and key online elements will further the realism of the new game.

THQ Confirms '50 Cent: Blood on the Sand' (PS3/X360) Acquisition - Trailer

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2008 @ 2:48 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Revealed earlier this month, THQ has picked up 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand in which you play as one of the world's biggest hip-hop stars in an all-out battle to protect 50 Cent's assets and to collect payment from a crooked overlord.

'Street Gears' - New Screens

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2008 @ 2:45 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Based on a persistent manga-style universe, Street Gears is a massively multiplayer roller game where players can challenge each others in races or tricks contests.

'Fahrenheit 2' (PS3/X360) In Development?

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2008 @ 2:40 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Fahrenheit, known in North America as Indigo Prophecy, is a suspense-filled immersive adventure game using branching story lines and multiple character perspectives. According to French magazine Actugaming, Quantic Dream is not only working on Heavy Rain, but also developing a sequel to Fahrenheit, continuing the story of Carla, Lucas and their new child, featuring Matrix like combat. Currently only planned for PS3 and X360, the title is scheduled for late 2009.

'Collapse' - Russian Demo Available NOW

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2008 @ 2:20 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Set in 2096 A.D., Collapse immerses the player in an alternate future. The world as we know it is destroyed, creatures from another dimension emerged all over Europe, massacring every life form they found on their way… That was a century ago.

'WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009' (ALL) - 20 New Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2008 @ 2:15 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 will unleash a new tag team experience, allowing players to build momentum and attributes, eliminate opponents with high impact double teams and finishers, as well as get the “hot tag” for the win.

Wireless Guitar Hero Controller, Premiere Edition (PS2/PS3) Announced

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2008 @ 2:08 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Logitech announced the Logitech Wireless Guitar Controller, Premiere Edition for the PS3 and PS2, compatible with all Guitar Hero games, including the upcoming Guitar Hero World Tour, featuring an authentic wood neck, a rosewood fingerboard and metal frets, for gamers who truly want to flex their Star Power.

'Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein' Goes Gold - Screens

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2008 @ 12:38 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein brings together the classic top-down tactical gameplay from the original series and plenty of new features, expansions, and improvements, giving newcomers and veterans to the series alike a vastly improved and expanded version of the original experience.

'Tomb Raider Underworld ' (ALL) - 27 New Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Oct. 22, 2008 @ 8:25 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Crystal Dynamics has made Tomb Raider Underworld more realistic with fluid movements due to motion capturing. Set a few years after the last game, it also features persistent destruction and lush locales across the globe. Lara gets muddy in the game, but with the weather system, rain will wash it away.