by Rainier on March 10, 2005 @ 3:50 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Eidos UK's latest six-month result shows that the long time fledging developer/publisher continues to be in bad financial shape as it posted a £29.2 million operating loss. Shares dropped to an all time low, and while a new buyout proposal made on March 2nd is under consideration, no decisions have been made yet. Even further bad news was came to light as it was confirmed that Hitman: Blood Money, 25 to Life, Just Cause and the new Tomb Raider are being delayed due to a 'strategic decision' and are being pushed back fiscal 2006, meaning not earlier than July 2005. Previously only announced for PC and PS2, the new Tomb Raider is now also scheduled for Xbox 2 and PSP.
by Rainier on March 10, 2005 @ 3:39 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Cossacks: Napoleonic Wars returns one of the most successful strategy games of the past years to the real-time battlefield - with reinforcements: Meet Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France and probably the most ingenious strategist in European history! Enter the battle on the side of one of 10 great European nations and rewrite European history in six exciting campaigns.
by Rainier on March 10, 2005 @ 2:41 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Another day, another batch of game trailers were released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for :
- Trackmania Sunrise - Trailer #4
- Act of War: Direct Action - Trailer (2)
- Soldner: Marine Corps - Exclusive Trailer
- Dungeon Lords - Trailer #7
- SCAR: Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo - Trailer
by Rainier on March 10, 2005 @ 1:57 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Bet On Soldier is a first-person shooter which presents something considerably different in order to stand out from the crowd. With a corporation-takes-over-the-world-style plot, Bet On Soldier allows players to do exactly what it promises with its title - that is, bet on the outcome of encounters with specific enemies. Before entering battle, players can wager on which particular enemy soldiers they are going to kill.
by Rainier on March 10, 2005 @ 1:43 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Based on an updated version of the same engine technology used in Bungie's first person shooter "Halo," "Rebel Without a Pulse" puts players in control of a wisecracking zombie named Stubbs, "who takes on an ultra-modern city of the future using nothing but his own carcass and the weapons of his possessed enemies." The game is rife with tongue-in-cheek humor, a strong storyline and innovative combat techniques.
by Rainier on March 9, 2005 @ 11:15 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Valve's
SteamPowered website has been updated with details regarding yet another update for Counter-Strike Source, the Source Engine and its Source SDK. This update fixes various exploits with CS: S and implements some game server changes to the Source Engine, while the Source SDK gets some bug fixes and added materials. Restart Steam for the changes to take effect. Read more for details ...
by Rainier on March 9, 2005 @ 11:00 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Now, gamers no longer need to choose between maximum speed and optimum precision for that edge. They can have it both ways with the new Logitech MXTM518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse, which Logitech unveiled today at CeBIT. The mouse puts quick-shift controls at gamers' fingertips – with one click, gamers can instantly increase and decrease mouse resolution from as high as 1600 dots per inch (dpi) to as low as 400 dpi. And, no software is required.
by Rainier on March 9, 2005 @ 10:42 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Today is the first official day of the Game Developers Conference where various publishers and developers show their latest technology. Of course Nintendo is present where they show various of their upcoming titles and we have screens for :
- WarioWare: Twisted! (GBA)
- Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (GBA)
- Puppy Times (NDS)
- Polarium (NDS)
- Geist (NGC)
- Donkey Konga 2 (NGC)
- Yoshi's Touch & Go (NDS)
by Rainier on March 9, 2005 @ 10:01 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Today is the first official day of the Game Developers Conference where various publishers and developers show their latest technology. Of course Vivendi is present where they show various of their upcoming titles, and we have screens for :
- F.E.A.R. (PC)
- Scarface (PS2/XBox/PC)
- SWAT 4 (PC)
- The Bard's Tale (PC)
- Empire Earth 2 (PC)
- The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction (NGC/PS2/Xbox)
- Flatout (PS2/Xbox/PC)
by Rainier on March 9, 2005 @ 8:39 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Tannhauser Gate announced today that it will shut down its post-apocalyptic MMORPG
Mimesis Online. "Mimesis Online has been a great journey that we started back in 1998, and released in 2002. It was a very ambitious project and one of the first Massively Multiplayer Online Games set in a post-apocalyptic world. Mimesis Online was a pioneer in the genre in many ways. We now feel it is time to use all the experience and technology to move to next projects. Goodbye!" (
thanks Blues)
by Judy on March 9, 2005 @ 8:15 p.m. PST | Filed under
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NIS America today launched the official North American website for its PS2 exclusive RPG Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana. The Atelier Iris website will be the location to get all the latest alchemy info. Visitors can learn about the game features, story, history, and view character profiles. Those who are interested in media files can download various screenshots and movies from the site.
by Judy on March 9, 2005 @ 7:49 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Cold Fear is the first action-horror title to be published under the Ubisoft brand and combines the popular elements of both action and horror releases, delivering an action-packed, tension-filled gaming experience. Read more for new screens and weapons renders ...
by Judy on March 9, 2005 @ 4:25 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Supremacy: Four Paths to Power is a unique turn based strategy game of interplanetary combat. The game casts the player in the role of one of four Commanding Officers (CO), each with their own abilities and strategies. No matter which CO is selected the goal is the same – conquest of the galaxy! They will have to manage resources, produce units, capture planets and space stations, and ultimately, defeat their enemies.
by Judy on March 9, 2005 @ 4:23 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Gamers can dominate the tuner racing underground with new features and gameplay only made possible by the Nintendo DS. Utilizing the handheld’s touch screen technology, gamers can create their own custom vinyl designs in the "Design Studio" and apply them to the car for a unique tuner racing look.
by Judy on March 9, 2005 @ 4:20 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Crave's World Championship Poker: Deluxe Series recreates the style of play familiar to fans of televised poker tournaments and puts players in the fast and freewheeling world of high-stakes poker on their own next generation console and handheld system.
by Judy on March 9, 2005 @ 4:17 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Brace yourself, the Digimon are back and they're ready for another adventure! All access to the Real World has been terminated, security has been breached, and in the process of the investigation a new mysterious world has been discovered. It's up to you, the Digital Security Guard to investigate and bring peace back to the Digital World.
by Judy on March 9, 2005 @ 2:25 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Majesco today released its financial results for Q1 2005, and the included release schedule reveals that Glyphx's epic action game Advent Rising is once again getting pushed back. Initially scheduled for fall 2004, it was
pushed back to Q1 2005, and now it has been further delayed until Q3 2005. Other Majesco titles are still on track: Psychonauts (Q2 2005), Jaws (summer), Infected (fall 2005), Advent Shadow (Q3 2005), Phantom Dust (March 2005), and last, but not least, Raze's Hell (Q2 2005).
by Rainier on March 9, 2005 @ 12:50 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Frogger makes his debut on the Nintendo DS in a "ribbit-ing" platformer game Frogger where he finds himself called upon to stop an evil force that threatens his home, Firefly Swamp, and the nearby kingdom of Bunnington Hollow. To stop the insidious Dr. Wani and his destructive mining efforts, Frogger must use all of his hopping and dodging skills, along with many new talents, to infiltrate the mastermind's lair and bring his evil plans crashing down.
by Rainier on March 9, 2005 @ 12:33 p.m. PST | Filed under
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In Pac-Pix, Namco's iconic hero finds himself facing off against his perennial foes - the Ghosts. With the aid of mysterious "Ghost Ink," a mischievous wizard has drawn meddling Ghosts from thin air. Armed with only his mighty Magic Pen, Pac-Man rushed to defeat the Ghosts and to lock them into a book. But in the process of turning them back into Ghost Ink, our hero finds himself trapped inside. Using the DS stylus, players must resume Pac-Man's quest by drawing him into life and directing his movements on the lower screen.
by Judy on March 9, 2005 @ 12:27 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Epic Games today announced that its Unreal Engine 3 technology and tools will be used in games developed by and published by Microsoft Game Studios.
