by Rainier on Aug. 28, 2007 @ 12:12 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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After making its 2006 debut in Asian arcade halls, scanned pages from Japanese magazine Arcadia reveal that shoot'em up Trigger Heart Exelica will be making an appearance on Xbox Live Arcade. Released on Dreamcast earlier this year, Trigger Heart Exelica allows you to capture enemy ships and use them against waves of attackers. No further details are available at this point ...
by Rainier on Aug. 28, 2007 @ 9:58 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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SEGA Rally Revo will set a new benchmark in its genre with a high-tempo driving experience that will challenge the racing skills both on and off-road, with revolutionary dynamically deformable terrain, proprietary next-generation graphics, bone-jarringly realistic physics, and competitive bumper-to-bumper racing.
by Rainier on Aug. 28, 2007 @ 9:53 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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An overview of Arkane Studios' CEO Raphaƫl Colantonio LinkedIn profile reveals that the French development studio is not only working on its Source-powered shooter The Crossing, but also an unannounced new project. No further details were revealed about whether this is in the works at its Lyon headquarters or its recently formed Austin, Texas-based studio.
by Rainier on Aug. 28, 2007 @ 9:26 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Black Bean announced that Milestone’s fast paced racing game SBK-08 Superbike World Championship, the officially licensed WSBK, will storm the next-gen consoles with brand new features and enhancements.
by Rainier on Aug. 28, 2007 @ 9:24 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Until Nov. 30, DIRECTV is offering Blizzard's MMORPG World of Warcraft, to its new customers across North America. New players will be able to download a trial copy of the game, upgrade that to a full version at no cost, and receive 11 months of free game time.
by Rainier on Aug. 28, 2007 @ 9:05 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In 07 Commando, a slick, 2D, side-scrolling, action shooter, you assume the role of ‘Storm’, who is extremely agile with a plethora of actions, players will battle against arch enemy hoodlum organization ‘Rattlesnake’ and its henchmen.
by Rainier on Aug. 28, 2007 @ 9:02 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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GRAW 2 will feature changing climate, improved AI, an advanced Cross-Com system, air strikes from jet fighters, new weapons and a new soldier class, the Medic. Ubisoft has released a new patch, tweaking various minor multiplayer/server aspects.
by Rainier on Aug. 28, 2007 @ 6:45 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Turok is an epic, story-driven first-person shooter set on a dark, mysterious planet in the near future. Players take on the role of Joseph Turok, a former Black Ops commando, now part of an elite Special Forces squad on a mission to take down a war criminal on a genetically-altered planet.
by Rainier on Aug. 28, 2007 @ 6:41 a.m. PDT | 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 v4.1 (requires v1.2 patch installed) and addresses a number of known issues, gameplay tweaks, bug fixes and so forth.
by Rainier on Aug. 28, 2007 @ 5:51 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Empire of Sports is an MMORPG built entirely around sport, designed to allow millions of players around the world to simultaneously exist in an online universe, where their alter egos socially interact, train, compete, attend events and acquire the goods and services they need to build a parallel sporting existence.
by Rainier on Aug. 28, 2007 @ 5:45 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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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:
by Rainier on Aug. 28, 2007 @ 5:00 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Experience the thrill of white-knuckle aerial combat with bone-crunching armored assaults and high-intensity infantry combat in a 32-player, all-out war fought both on the ground and in the skies. Warhawk launches exclusively for the PS3 today, Tuesday, August 28th!
by Rainier on Aug. 28, 2007 @ 4:36 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Designed to increase the diversity, tactical depth and replay value, Sword of the Stars: Born of Blood will unleash a new alien race, a new form of strategic movement, new ship sections, new weapons, new technologies, new scenarios and new unknown menaces.
by Rainier on Aug. 28, 2007 @ 4:25 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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As promised last week, after EA released the latest v1.07 patch for its 3D sci-fi RTS C&C3: Tiberium Wars, yet another bug was discovered which apparently required a v1.08 hotfix to be released.
by Rainier on Aug. 28, 2007 @ 3:32 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Dead Island is a FPP shooter that combines elements of the survival horror genre and adventure games. The game tells the story of acouple being tossed ashore onto the sandy beaches of a desolate, zombie infested, island.
by Rainier on Aug. 28, 2007 @ 3:29 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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EA Tiburon, known for Madden NFL Football and NCAA Football titles, has developed the latest installment in the Tiger Woods franchise. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 will include two new features, GamerNet And Photo Game Face. EA has released a 733mb playable demo on Xbox Live Marketplace.
by Rainier on Aug. 28, 2007 @ 3:02 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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RE: The Umbrella Chronicles combines first-person, light-gun style combat with interactive pathways, multiple weapons and new enemies to create an entirely new RE experience, revealing the back story behind the fall of the Umbrella Corporation.
by Rainier on Aug. 28, 2007 @ 2:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Mr.Bean is a platform/adventure made up of 3D levels avoiding tricky traps and problem solving along the way to find his missing Teddy with the help of Bean's girlfriend Irma Gobb.
by Rainier on Aug. 28, 2007 @ 1:55 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Without giving many details, EA confirmed at last week's Leipzig Games Convention that EA Canada is working on a new iteration in the FIFA Street franchise. Scheduled for 2008, FIFA Street 3 will appear on current consoles, as well as make its next-gen debut on PS3 and Xbox 360.
by Rainier on Aug. 28, 2007 @ 1:52 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Singapore-based game studio Mikoishi, known for Capcom's Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, announced that it' working on three original franchises: SteamIron, DropCast and Blunt Force Trauma, all of which will be first previewed at GCA Games Convention Asia 2007 (Singapore, 6-8 September 2007).