by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 12:38 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Square Enix's NDS exclusive The World Ends With You, previously known as It's a Wonderful World, made by the team behind Kingdom Hearts, is an anime-inspired game set in modern day Tokyo, from the team that made Kingdom Hearts.
by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 11:15 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Bully: Scholarship Edition tells the story of 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he experiences the highs and lows of adjusting to a new school. Eight new missions, four new school classes (biology, music, math and geography), new unlockable items and clothing, new two-player off-line minigames, new awards and Achievements.
by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 11:08 a.m. PST | Filed under
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FM2008 is fully updated for the new season and allow players to select their favorite club or international team and guide them to glorious success by putting them through Cup matches, Leagues, Euro Championships and major international tournaments. This v8.0.2 patch (for FM08, WSM08 and Futboll Manager 08) includes all of the transfers from the January transfer window.
by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 10:54 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Activision announced the next installment in the classic vehicular-combat franchise Vigilante 8. Vigilante 8: Arcade for Xbox Live Arcade, licensed and developed by Isopod Labs, is an all new remake of the original game, featuring online play with up to eight players and a host of new content, taking full advantage of next-generation technologies.
by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 10:54 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Saga is a new MMORTS game, bringing persistency to RTS gaming. You build cities and armies to defend and manage a persistent online kingdom in a persistent fantasy world.
by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 9:44 a.m. PST | Filed under
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EA is introducing a new Need for Speed version that drives the series in a new direction. ProStreet is a ground-breaking Need for Speed experience where you’re thrust to compete head to head against the best street racers in a multitude of showdowns.
by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 9:40 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Patapon is a 2D platform/action adventure game that transforms players into a mystical leader in charge of guiding a tribe of small, quirky warriors called Patapons through an innovative use of musical beats. SCEA has released the Patapon demo, which is now available for download on the PS3 Network, or the PC store.
by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 9:34 a.m. PST | Filed under
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To commemorate the first NCAA Football title on Wii, the video game’s packaging will feature a platform exclusive NCAA college team mascot, selected by fans. The Wii edition also includes the Family Play feature seen in recent Madden & FIFA titles.
by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 8:20 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Featuring 150 tracks and five distinct musical styles: rock, funk/hip-hop, country, marching band and Latin, Band Mashups combines fast-paced combat with customizable bands in the fight for musical supremacy, fully utilizing the Wii Remote controller’s highly intuitive control scheme to deliver a unique game-play experience.
by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 8:13 a.m. PST | Filed under
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In Pipe Mania you must lay down a pre-ordained set of pipes on a tiled grid in order to keep the constantly flowing Flooze moving for as long as possible without it spilling out. The game requires quick thinking, hand-eye co-ordination, forward thinking and keen spatial awareness.
by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 8:04 a.m. PST | Filed under
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The Witcher is an action RPG, combining features of games such as Dungeon Siege, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Gothic and Neverwinter Nights, incorporating a simple-yet-interesting game system, along with a complex plot and attractive 3D graphics. CD Projekt RED's debut title, The Witcher, has sold more than 600,000 copies worldwide in just three months.
by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 6:09 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 takes players on an epic adventure to a breathtaking alternate future spawned by time travel run amok. Developed by EA Los Angeles, Red Alert 3 breaks new ground in the RTS genre, featuring a fully co-operative campaign while bringing back the series' light-hearted style and classic, action-oriented gameplay.
by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 5:59 a.m. PST | Filed under
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World in Conflict is an RTS that delivers action and coordinated team play amidst a showdown between the Soviet Union and the US, with destructible 3D battlefields, team-based multiplayer and a focus on fast, hard-hitting battles. WiC on PS3 and X360, now scheduled for fall 2008, will get additional single/multiplayer content, which will be made available to PC users as addon.
by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 5:52 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Begin your odyssey at the dawn of life as a simple microbe just trying to survive, then evolve the creature from its microscopic origins into an intelligent, tool-using race, becoming a global civilization and choose whether to hunt or forage, attack or trade, be nice or play rough!
by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 5:45 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Since Troika is no longer amongst the living this patch is not official, so use at your own discretion. This update brings Activision's Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines retail game to v4.7 (requires v1.2 patch installed) and addresses a number of known issues, gameplay tweaks, bug fixes and so forth.
by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 5:23 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Storm Region's Codename: Panzers series leaves the World War II stage to take the story into Cold War East-West conflicts fought on fictitious battlefields, with a special emphasis on deep story lines and rich battle effects.
by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 5:18 a.m. PST | Filed under
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After the ESA filed for assistance
earlier this week, Nintendo of America has asked the U.S. Trade Representative to encourage specific governments around the world to take a more aggressive stance to combat piracy of Nintendo video games and systems.
by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 4:47 a.m. PST | 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. Featuring never-before-seen, vertigo-inducing massive aerial jumps in real-world quad locations, Pure delivers heart-pounding off-road racing unique to the genre.
by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 4:30 a.m. PST | Filed under
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With the world plunged in eternal darkness and the Gods rendered powerless, Kratos will face the most feared creatures of Greek mythology, and ultimately be forced to choose between his own personal redemption and saving the ancient world from certain destruction.
by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 4:28 a.m. PST | Filed under
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THQ announced Deadly Creatures, an original Wii exclusive 3rd person action thriller title developed internally by THQ’s Rainbow Studios. Deadly Creatures throws players into a venomous world of desert terror, where the greatest victory is survival.