by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2006 @ 10:34 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Become a motor racing master on the move as Codemasters announces Race Driver 2006 for the PS. The title, a massively expanded edition of the smash-hit European PSP system title TOCA Race Driver 2, will launch exclusively in North America in May.
by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2006 @ 10:29 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Koei today announced the European release date for its fantasy RPG Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana in Europe, March 17th. The sixth instalment in this series is the first to be released in Europe giving gamers the opportunity to immerse themselves within a world of alchemy, monsters and the most incredibly extensive selections of items and item creating possibilities ever to appear in an RPG.
by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2006 @ 10:20 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Crashday puts you in a world of stunts, dents and adrenalin. Your task is to scrap your vehicle with breathtaking stunts or to wreck cars in aggressive street races, showing your opponents that they made a fatal mistake in choosing you as their enemy.
by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2006 @ 9:35 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Destineer Publishing's Bold label has announced today a global publishing agreement with Tripwire Interactive, winners of the NVIDIA $1,000,000 Make Something Unreal Contest, that will bring the highly-anticipated World War II first-person shooter: Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 to PCs this March.
by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2006 @ 9:29 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Tourist Trophy offers players more than 80 licensed motorcycles to race in various game modes amongst more than 35 international courses. Featuring gameplay for up to two players, Tourist Trophy captures the fluid movement of man and machine like never before with game physics and graphics for an authentic true-to-life motorcycle riding simulation.
by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2006 @ 9:01 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Atari and Marc Ecko today announced that Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure has gone gold and is on schedule to ship to stores nationwide on February 14 in North America and on February 17 in Europe.
by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2006 @ 9:00 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Combining an optimised driving engine with an innovative concept, Black Bean and the Italian software house, Milestone, are ready to deliver an electrifying racing title for fans of the genre. Evolution GT is set to hit the streets this spring, featuring an expansive single player career mode and other unique features.
by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2006 @ 8:54 a.m. PST | Filed under
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VU Games today announced that 50 Cent: Bulletproof has sold through more than one million units. In Bulletproof, 50 gets caught in a web of corruption, double-crosses and shady deals that lead him on a bloody path through New York's drug underworld.
by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2006 @ 8:36 a.m. PST | Filed under
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They Hunger: Lost Souls is a commercial game powered by Valve Software's Half-Life 2 Source engine. Based upon the highly popular They Hunger mod series, the upcoming title features a completely new horror-survival adventure.
by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2006 @ 8:20 a.m. PST | Filed under
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GMX are today announcing the release of a new expansion pack for the critically acclaimed flight simulation title IL-2 Forgotten Battles for February 4th 2006.
by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2006 @ 8:08 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Age of Empires III is an RTS set in 1500 A.D. and chronicles the Age of Discovery that started around the time that Columbus discovered the new world. Ensemble has released the manual version of the v1.04 which includes improve auto update, refresh button, resume button, bug fixes, and exploit fixes.
by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2006 @ 2:28 a.m. PST | Filed under
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When assassins from Agent 47's contract agency, The ICA, are systematically eliminated in a series of hits, it seems a larger, more powerful agency has entered the fray. For Agent 47 it's business as usual, until suddenly he loses contact with The ICA. Sensing that he may be the next target, he travels to America, where he prepares to make a killing.
by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2006 @ 2:07 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Variety is reporting that Ghost House Pictures has acquired the film rights to Sony's PS2 exclusive horror game Siren. Michael Gordon has been hired to write the screenplay, and he will work close together with Siren director Keiichiro Toyama. The Siren film version will focus on an American med school student searching for her missing sister in Japan. She begins her investigation in the remote mountain village of Hanuda, only to find herself trapped with an unspeakable evil that can no longer be contained.
by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2006 @ 2:03 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Task Force 121 is a covert unit comprised of Navy Seals, Green Berets, Army Rangers and USMC Recon personel. Now you have the chance to join this elite force as they do battle against the Marxist rebels who threaten to damage U.S. interests.
by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2006 @ 1:58 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Guild Wars: Factions offers players an incredible gameplay experience with many new choices, including new regions, professions, skills, missions, and monsters, along with expanded options for both Cooperative and Player-versus-Player (PvP) play, and enhanced features for guilds.
by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2006 @ 1:40 a.m. PST | Filed under
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GMX are today announcing the release of a revolutionary flight simulation title Pacific Storm. Scheduled for release in March 2006, Pacific Storm is a ground breaking fusion of a real time strategy gaming with all the best elements of a flight simulation title.
by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2006 @ 1:38 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Combine fully-automatic, weapon-equipped vehicles with highly detailed and interactive urban environments and you have Full Auto, the most destructive racing action ever experienced in a video game. This racer allows players to choose from a wide selection of unique vehicle designs and arm them with any combination of machine guns, cannons, and other deadly weapons.
by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2006 @ 1:16 a.m. PST | Filed under
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KnightBlade: Line Of Defense is an episodic (three titles are planned in the series) game which tells the story of a band of renegades in a stolen experimental GALCOM craft - the GCV-KnightBlade who - against overwhelming odds, are the last line of defense against an embattled Earth.
by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2006 @ 12:29 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Urban Chaos : Riot Response, previously known as Roll Call and Zero Tolerance: City Under Fire, is an FPS that lets you play as Nick Mason, a member of the newly formed G18 Counter Gang Division; an elite enforcement unit granted special emergency powers over all other public services and tasked with securing the city and its citizens at all cost.
by Rainier on Jan. 23, 2006 @ 11:41 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Founder & CEO of Linden Lab, Philip Rosedale, and Jesper Juul, author of Half Real, will headline the Serious Games Summit (SGS), hosted by the 2006 Game Developers Conference (GDC). The GDC will dedicate two full days to the SGS, in an effort to advance and promote the use of video game technology in non-entertainment industries.