by Rainier on July 21, 2008 @ 2:07 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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SC2: Weapons and Warfare incorporates many fan requested new features, including a bigger world map, new units, enhanced naval movement and combat rules, a deeper weather model, additional terrain types and resources, the simulation of roads and railways and am extended editor. This v1.05 patch user requested changes, bug fixes, editor/game performance enhancements, and also addresses a Vista config file update issue.
by Rainier on July 21, 2008 @ 1:13 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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LittleBigPlanet is a community-based game where players meet on a blue and green planet scattered with individual plots, and use their character's abilities to play, create and share what they build with other gamers throughout the world via PS Network. SCEE's David Reeves
revealed that LBP will have free user content at launch, but eventually will give 'approved' gamers the chance to charge for their creations by launching an iTunes meets Ebay service.
by Rainier on July 21, 2008 @ 1:07 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Dragon Age: Origins represents BioWare’s return to its roots, delivering a fusion elements of existing fantasy works with emotionally-driven narrative, heart-pounding combat, powerful magic abilities and credible digital actors.
by Rainier on July 21, 2008 @ 12:03 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Summer Athletics brings sports right into your living room: exciting competitions in over 25 of the most popular summer sports disciplines, such as sprinting, hurdles, cycling, archery, javelin, hammer throw, and swimming, will provide long-lasting fun.
by Rainier on July 21, 2008 @ 11:40 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 July 21, 2008 @ 11:31 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Activision's next installment in the GH franchise will feature vocals, drums, the ability to create your own songs (and upload them on GHTunes), 4 player on/offline co-op, and an 8 player battle of the bands multiplayer mode (4vs4).
by Rainier on July 21, 2008 @ 11:26 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Dungeon Party, developed by Cyanide, is a free MMOG where two teams of up to 5 players compete over one or more rounds and victory is only assured when one of them gets out of the dungeon with the treasure.
by Rainier on July 21, 2008 @ 11:14 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Gears of War blends tactical action with survival horror, thrusting gamers into the harrowing story of humankind's battle for survival against the Locust Horde.
Earlier this year it was revealed Gears of War would be getting a novel, but as it turns out there will not be one but three instead, written by #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Traviss.
by Rainier on July 21, 2008 @ 10:25 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop follows the harrowing tale of Frank West, an overly zealous freelance journalist on a hunt for the scoop of a lifetime. In pursuit of a juicy lead, he makes his way to the small suburban town of Willamette only to find that it has become overrun by zombies.
by Rainier on July 21, 2008 @ 10:08 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In Go! Go! Break Steady, choose a character and make them dance by following visual cues on the screen, while in 1942: Joint Strike, a World War II flying shooter, you take to the skies with your newly updated 3D HD plane as you blast enemies below to smithereens.
by Rainier on July 21, 2008 @ 9:51 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Portal: Still Alive features the full Portal single-player game plus a new challenge mode. Designed to change the way players approach, manipulate and surmise the possibilities in any given environment. Solve physical puzzles and challenges by opening portals to maneuvering objects, and yourself, through space.
According to Valve the added content is taken from Hen Mazolski's Portal: The Flash Version MapPack,
freely available on PC.
by Rainier on July 21, 2008 @ 9:47 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In Atlus' RPG Persona 3: FES, you lead a group of high school students with a dangerous extra curricular activity: exploring the mysterious tower Tartarus and fighting the sinister Shadows during the Dark Hour, a frozen span of time imperceptible to all but a select few. The standalone expansion adds 30 hours of gameplay!
by Rainier on July 21, 2008 @ 9:28 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Crytek announced that it has acquired Bulgaria-based Black Sea Studios, known for Knights of Honor, and the recent Worldshift. Under the terms of the acquisition, Black Sea Studios will remain in Sofia, Bulgaria and become Crytek Black Sea, a wholly owned studio.
by Rainier on July 21, 2008 @ 9:26 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Monster Madness: Grave Danger follows in the footsteps of Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia with 4 player co-op gameplay, an all new polished look and a number of new/improved features. Based on fan feedback from the original every Zombie, Werewolf and Vampire has been recalled to square one.
by Rainier on July 21, 2008 @ 9:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Project Origin continues F.E.A.R.'s supernatural suspense story of an escalating paranormal crisis that threatens to destroy a major American city. Alma now has free reign, and the consequences will be unimaginable. While no release date was given, WBIE will release a demo.
by Rainier on July 21, 2008 @ 9:11 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In Cooking Mama 2: World Kitchen, featuring hot new recipes and all-new 3D graphics, players use the motion-sensitive Wii Remote to cook a variety of recipes by simulating the actions of a real-life chef.
by Rainier on July 21, 2008 @ 6:14 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Having expired July 18, 2008 at midnight New York City time, EA announced that it has once again extended its tender offer for all of the currently outstanding shares of common stock of Take-Two to 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on August 18, 2008, unless further extended.
by Rainier on July 21, 2008 @ 6:11 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Foundation 9 Entertainment announced that it is clarifying the branding for its three Amaze Entertainment studios. The move comes as a result of the company's studio-focused strategy to foster individuality and studio autonomy within the company.
by Rainier on July 21, 2008 @ 6:05 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Reprobates, a classic third-person point-and-click adventure, is based on the enhanced engine of Black Mirror and Nibiru and will again stun the players with beautiful graphics, highly detailed 3D character models and a thrilling atmosphere and story.
by Rainier on July 21, 2008 @ 5:39 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Black Prophecy is an Action-MMO where you will not only be fighting epic multiplayer battles and fulfilling exciting single-player missions, but also experience a fascinating story from the pen of prize-winning German science-fiction author Michael Marrak.