by Rainier on April 17, 2007 @ 5:46 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Enemy Territory: Quake Wars pits the armies of Earth against the invading alien Strogg in the ultimate online strategic shooter. Featuring strategic team play, persistent character promotions, day and nighttime combat missions, and the universe's most powerful weapons and vehicles.
by Rainier on April 17, 2007 @ 5:41 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Microsoft announced that Certain Affinity's remake of the two most popular Halo: Combat Evolved maps (Desolation and Hang'm High) to work with Halo 2 are now available as premium downloadable content ($4) for Xbox and X360. Since original Xbox titles do not work with Microsoft points, you are advised to
read these instructions first ...
by Rainier on April 17, 2007 @ 5:34 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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An internal letter from SCEE's senior executive David Reeves reveals that in order to further its market leadership, management has concluded that it needs to streamline and strengthen its business operations, including reducing its cost base. In order to do so,
160 redundancies in the UK offices, WWS studios in Europe, and territory offices need to be cut, and staff across all areas of the business are likely to be affected.
by Rainier on April 17, 2007 @ 4:59 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End video games from Disney Interactive Studios invite players to "live and die by the sword" as they venture to the worlds of the films and beyond while playing as Captain Jack Sparrow, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann.
by Rainier on April 17, 2007 @ 4:52 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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EA has signed an agreement with APM Music to make game scores from its video games such as The Sims, Medal of Honor and Tiger Woods PGA Tour available for use in television, films and other media, expanding on a nine-year relationship between the two companies.
by Rainier on April 17, 2007 @ 3:50 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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You are the leader of a primitive village. If you want to survive life in a hostile world, you must evolve! In The Adventures of Darwin, you will drive the evolution of your village from a small group of simple primates to a powerful, intelligent colony of humans.
by Rainier on April 17, 2007 @ 3:48 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The BBFC today published the results of a research project involving video games players ranging from children as young as seven through to players in their early 40s; parents of young games players; games industry representatives; and games reviewers.
by Rainier on April 17, 2007 @ 2:57 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Last week, forumite michi.be over at the
MapCore chatboards raised questions about certain DOOM 3 / Half-Life 2 assets being used in GSC Game World's action/RPG S.T.A.L.K.E.R. As it turns out, those particular assets are indeed being used by both titles, but are part of
a package sold by Marlin Studios, which lists both Valve and Activision as its customers, and confirmed its pre-made textures are being used in Half-Life 2.
by Rainier on April 17, 2007 @ 2:43 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Opoona is a "lifestyle RPG," where you, as Opoona, descendant of brave warriors, known as Cosmo Guards, must adapt to a new environment, meet new people, get a job, all while becoming aware of the precious world and people surrounding him.
by Rainier on April 17, 2007 @ 2:05 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Jam Sessions is Ubisoft's groundbreaking NDS exclusive music title exclusively in which players actually strum a guitar via the Touch Screen to make music.
by Rainier on April 17, 2007 @ 2:01 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Former Electronic Arts Canada, industry veterans announced today the formation of Jet Black Games, a video game development company that will focus on developing original and licensed intellectual properties for the Nintendo DS and Wii.
by Rainier on April 17, 2007 @ 2:00 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Saga is a new MMORTS game, developed by Wahoo Studios, bringing persistency to RTS gaming. You build cities and armies to defend and manage a persistent online kingdom in a persistent fantasy world. Wahoo Studios is seeking a limited number of new applicants for the final stage of the
private online Alpha test.
by Rainier on April 16, 2007 @ 7:58 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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UFO: Afterlight is the next installment in the UFO: Aftermath and UFO: Aftershock series, bringing a completely new insight to the story of Aftershock, this time from the perspective of lonely human inhabitants on Mars. In order to implement full vista compatibility Topware Interactive has delayed UFO: Afterlight's ship date from May 1, to May 15.
by Rainier on April 16, 2007 @ 5:51 p.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 April 16, 2007 @ 5:27 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:
- UFO: Extraterrestrials - Intro Trailer
- Legend of the Dragon [ALL] - Trailer
- Spider-Man 3 [PS3/X360] - Sandman Trailer
We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...
by Rainier on April 16, 2007 @ 3:49 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Call of Juarez is situated in 19th-century Wild West featuring fast-paced revolver duels using historically accurate firearms, horseback riding, and memorable locations combined with top-notch graphics and an enthralling soundtrack to immerse both casual and hardcore players.
by Rainier on April 16, 2007 @ 3:34 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Eidos' Zendoku, developed by Zoonami, is a new puzzle game for NDS, blending exciting puzzle battle action with addictive Sudoku gameplay.
by Rainier on April 16, 2007 @ 2:41 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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One Piece: Unlimited Adventure is based on the popular anime series, allowing you to reincarnate yourself into one of the characters, set on a mysterious island filled with treasure.
by Rainier on April 16, 2007 @ 2:35 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Authorities in Texas are building Villa Muse, a $1.5 billion mixed-use development including residential, retail and commercial spaces anchored by the $125-million, 200-acre Villa Muse Studios, developed for the film, television, advertising, music and videogame industries.
by Rainier on April 16, 2007 @ 12:05 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Transformers: The Game lets gamers control the outcome in the battle for Earth as they choose to protect it as Autobots or destroy it as Decepticons. Players will also experience the unstoppable power and massive scale of their favorite Robots in Disguise such as Bumblebee, Barricade and others.