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'LotR: The Battle for Middle-earth' - v1.03 Update Patch Available NOW

by Rainier on Feb. 25, 2006 @ 1:56 p.m. PST | Filed under News

EA has released a new patch for it the original 3D RTS Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth. This update brings your retail game to v1.03 and a slew of unit tweaks and a few bugs/crash fixes. Read more for detailed fix list and download links.

'Sniper Elite' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - Demo Available NOW

by Rainier on Feb. 25, 2006 @ 1:52 p.m. PST | Filed under News

World War 2 is drawing to a close and the Russians and Germans are caught in a furious battle for a devastated Berlin. As a sniper, recruited by the OSS (former CIA), it is the beginning of a lonely stealth mission in the Russian territory. This demo features three mission. Read more for download links ...

'Mad Tracks' (PS2/Xbox/X360/PC) - German v1.1 Patch Available NOW

by Rainier on Feb. 25, 2006 @ 8:29 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Frogster has released the first patch for Load's miniature racing game Mad Tracks, bringing your German retail game to v1.1 and adding joypad support, bug fixes, and multiplayer optimizations.

'Ninety-Nine Nights' (X360) - 40 New Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Feb. 25, 2006 @ 6:53 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Ninety-Nine Nights is a fantasy game that mixes action with strategy elements. You control a massive army that is challenged by hordes of enemies, in a multi-angle scenario, where you can assume the role of various characters and see the game world from totally different points of view.

'The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion' (X360/PC) - 12 New Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 25, 2006 @ 5:38 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Oblivion is a single-player game that takes place in Tamriel's capital province, Cyrodiil. You are given the task of finding the hidden heir to a throne that sits empty, the previous emperor having been killed by an unknown assassin.

'The Godfather' (ALL) - 8 New Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 25, 2006 @ 5:08 a.m. PST | Filed under News

After a life of small-time jobs and petty thefts you've been accepted into America's most famous criminal organization, the Corleone family. Now it's up to you to carry out orders, earn respect, rise through the ranks, and make New York City your own. Play your cards right and you could even be running everything as the next, and most powerful, Don.

Various Game Trailers #718

by Rainier on Feb. 24, 2006 @ 11:42 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 :

  • Battle for Middle-Earth 2 - Collector's Edition Trailer
  • Commandos Strike Force [PS2/Xbox/PC] - Developer Diary #1


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

'Battlefield 2: Modern Combat' (X360) - 15 New Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Feb. 24, 2006 @ 9:01 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat will drop players into the heat of battle on the high tech frontlines, entering a new modern era of combat with more firepower and new expansive environments.

Xbox Live Not MMO Friendly?

by Rainier on Feb. 24, 2006 @ 8:48 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Comments made by ArenaNet's co-founder Jeff Strain over at Gameindustry.biz seem to indicate a change in formula is in order to make it suitable. "Their whole goal is to encourage people to go and buy games on the shelf, then there's an online component for it," he explained. "But for us, when you buy it on the shelf, that's just the beginning of our relationship with you - and we want a direct connection with our customer so that we're always giving you new content, always supporting you directly. Xbox Live just wasn't really built, from a business standpoint, to support that."

'Unreal Tournament 2007' (PS3/PC) - 5 New Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 24, 2006 @ 8:40 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Unreal Tournament 2007 is being developed by North Carolina-based Epic Games. The game promises to blow fans away with the gameplay, modifiability and visuals that Epic's Unreal Engine 3 technology will deliver.