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'Samurai Warriors: State of War' (PSP) - 12 New Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 19, 2006 @ 12:31 a.m. PST | Filed under News

KOEI today announced that the Tactical Action game, Samurai Warriors: State of War for PSP, scheduled for North American release in March 2006. Read more for details and screens ...

Majesco Cutting Staff, Publishing and Cancels Titles

by Rainier on Jan. 19, 2006 @ 12:23 a.m. PST | Filed under News

2005 has not been a very good year for Majesco, after it earlier sold off Ghost Rider and The Darkness, its year-end results revealed all is not well. Across the board revenue, sales and income are all turning a loss, compared to profits last year. As a result Majesco announced it cut 20% of its workforce and is abandoning major publishing in favor of value and handheld video games. In its subsequent conference call it was also revealed that high profile titles such as Terminal Reality's Demonik and Taxi Driver, based on Martin Scorsese's cult film, have been cancelled.

'EverQuest: Prophecy of Ro' - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Jan. 18, 2006 @ 11:58 p.m. PST | Filed under News

EverQuest: Prophecy of Ro adds three new features, spheres of influence, a trap system, and for the first time in EverQuest, players can destroy objects in the world.

'EverQuest II: Kingdom of Sky' - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Jan. 18, 2006 @ 11:47 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Kingdom of Sky is 2nd expansion for EQ II, featuring a structured Achievement system of skills and abilities, expands the arena challenges with four deadly new arena champions and two new arena zones, ten new adventure zones, 25 new enemies and troves full of new treasures ...

Various Game Trailers #688

by Judy on Jan. 18, 2006 @ 9:35 p.m. PST | Filed under News

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 :

  • Final Fantasy XII [PS2] - Kiss Me Good-Bye Trailer
  • Ford Street Racing [PS2/Xbox/PC] - Trailerpack
  • Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams [PS2] - Tenkai Trailer
  • Rule of Rose [PS2] - Trailer #2
  • Super Monkey Ball Touch & Roll [NDS] - Trailer
  • Tycoon City: New York - Trailer #3


  • We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

'Counter-Strike Source' Gets Steamy Update #38

by Rainier on Jan. 18, 2006 @ 9:32 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Valve's SteamPowered website has been updated with details regarding the latest major update to Counter-Strike Source. This update adds cs_militia with HDR lighting, fixes various bugs, adds tweaks, and hostage changes. Just restart Steam for the effects to take place.

'Burnout Revenge' (X360) - 4 New Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 18, 2006 @ 9:04 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Burnout Revenge slams into the Xbox 360 with a suite of new online features set to define next-generation automotive anarchy, jaw-dropping high-definition graphics and the retina-searing speed that the Burnout series is famous for.

'Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45' - 15 New Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 18, 2006 @ 8:58 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 is a World War II PC game delivered through Vavels' online content delivery system Steam. The original Red Orchestra won Nvidia's "$1,000,000 Make Something Unreal" contest. Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 is a standalone follow-up, built on Epic's Unreal 2.5 Engine, that introduces new gameplay and features.

PAX 2006 Official Dates & Pre-Registration Announced

by Rainier on Jan. 18, 2006 @ 6:13 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Game-oriented comic strip creator Penny Arcade Inc. today announced the dates for the third annual Penny Arcade Expo. The three-day event, a nonstop celebration of videogames and gamer culture, will take place Friday, August 25th through Sunday, August 27th, 2006 in Bellevue, Washington.

'Hero's Journey' - 61 New Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 18, 2006 @ 6:01 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Hero's Journey is the new 3-D Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game from Simutronics, which is expected to be released somewhere in 2006. Simutronics will provide Hero's Journey players with frequent mini-releases as well as larger boxed expansions.

'Guild Wars: Factions' - 8 New Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 18, 2006 @ 3:44 p.m. PST | Filed under News

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.

'Battlefield 2' - More v1.2 Patch Details

by Rainier on Jan. 18, 2006 @ 3:38 p.m. PST | Filed under News

EA has once more revealed new additions to the upcoming Battlefield 2 v1.2 patch, in particular the fact that UAVs will now visible in the world so if you are being scanned, you can know about it and take action against it, officer ranks will become available to everybody, and a bug that allowed players in vehicles to contest a flag from outside the flag radius is now fixed.

Study Finds Playing 'Sudoku' Is Healthy

by Rainier on Jan. 18, 2006 @ 2:53 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Mastiff hopes to increase the longevity of GBA owners' lives with their upcoming release of "Dr. Sudoku." According to a recent study conducted at the University of Edinburgh, games such as Sudoku can awaken 'survival genes' that lay dormant in the human brain. These survival genes make the brain cells live longer and resist disease, strokes and the effects of drugs.

'Fight Night Round 3' (ALL) - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Jan. 18, 2006 @ 2:49 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Fight Night Round 3 brings the most intense boxing experience to gamers. Film-quality graphics showcase devastating punch impacts unparalleled in any game or film. On the way to becoming boxing's greatest legend, train to fight like the best including Muhammad Ali or create a boxing style unique only to your boxer.

'Stacked with Daniel Negreanu' (ALL) Pre-Order Incentive

by Rainier on Jan. 18, 2006 @ 2:35 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Myelin Media announced that people who pre-order its Texas Hold'Em game, Stacked with Daniel Negreanu, at select retailers throughout North America, will get a bonus DVD featuring interviews with the 7 professional poker players in the game and a behind the scenes look at the development.

'Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter' (ALL) - 3 Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 18, 2006 @ 1:08 p.m. PST | Filed under News

In Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 3, players will embody Captain Scott Mitchell as he commands the Ghosts and Special Forces allies equipped with the IWS in the quest to save the president of the United States, recover stolen nuclear codes and eliminate a vicious band of renegade soldiers hell-bent on unleashing catastrophe.

'MVP 06 NCAA Baseball' (PS2/Xbox) At Bat In Stores

by Rainier on Jan. 18, 2006 @ 11:32 a.m. PST | Filed under News

EA announced today that its college baseball game MVP 06 NCAA Baseball has shipped to retailers, celebrating everything that makes NCAA baseball unique -- aluminum bats, dugout clearing homeruns, relentless hustle and stadiums filled with passionate fans and school spirit.

'GTR 2' - 4 New Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 18, 2006 @ 11:11 a.m. PST | Filed under News

After its success with GTR and GTR Legends, swedish developer SimBin and publisher 10Tacle are already hard at work on the sequel, GTR 2.

Original D&D Creators Lend Their Voices For 'D&D Online: Stormreach'

by Rainier on Jan. 18, 2006 @ 10:13 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Turbine and Atari announced today that legendary Dungeons & Dragons co-designers Messrs Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, have agreed to provide some of the voiceovers for D&D Online: Stormreach.

'Keepsake' - 6 Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 18, 2006 @ 10:06 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Keepsake will immerse you into a journey beyond compare. Assisted by a dragon afraid of heights, Lydia takes on to explore the Dragonvale Academy's empty structures in search for her best friend Celeste. The Adventure Company will begin shipping Keepsake in North America in Feb. 2006.