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Rainier's Articles


'Haze' (PS2/Xbox/PS3/X360/PC) - Features & Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 1, 2006 @ 1:30 a.m. PST | Filed under E3 - E3 2006 May 12th

Twenty-five years in the future. Governments have outsourced military operations to private multinational corporations. As Jake Carpenter, a newly enlisted soldier in the Mantel army, you are seeking fulfillment and thrills by fighting for a good cause.

Thanks to their high-tech arsenal of vehicles, deadly weaponry, and performance enhancing bio-medical support, the Mantel Corporation’s ruthlessly efficient soldiers are the most feared by terrorists, dictators, and the corporation’s political enemies.

Your conflict begins in a war-torn country in South America, where you have been sent to fight a vicious rebel faction, The Promise Hand. At first glance, all is well, but

'Ninja Gaiden' (XB) - Features & Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 1, 2006 @ 1:30 a.m. PST | Filed under E3 - Pre - E3 2003

Features:

Xbox Live Compatible. Tecmo's "Team Ninja" development group has created a revolutionary new Xbox Live Compatible feature within Ninja Gaiden. This radical new feature is being developed specifically for Ninja Gaiden and is like nothing any gamer has experienced in an action game before it.

Increased skills and new weapons. Through the progression of the game the player's skill will increase, as this happens they will be rewarded with new weapons to fight their opponents with. As the

'Age of Pirates: Captain Blood' (X360/PC) - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Jan. 1, 2006 @ 1:30 a.m. PST | Filed under E3 - E3 2006 May 12th

Get the Age of Pirates: Captain Blood trailer off WP (12mb)

Age of Pirates: Captain Blood gives the gamer an extraordinary chance to live the life of the highly eccentric pirate created by Rafael Sabatini. The game is based on the story from his famed novel, "Captain Blood: His Odyssey".

In this game, the player assumes the role of brave and noble pirate captain, Peter Blood, and follows his intriguing and amazing adventures in 1685 on the Spanish Main. An English surgeon was framed and condemned to penal servitude on Barbados. After surviving some hard times, he got the chance to

Atari Introduces 'Magic: The Gathering - Battlegrounds' For (XB/PC)

by Rainier on Jan. 1, 2006 @ 1:30 a.m. PST | Filed under E3 - Pre - E3 2003

Under license from Hasbro Consumer Products, Atari has announced plans to take one of the most popular trading card games ever created to the Xbox videogame system from Microsoft with the release of "Magic: The Gathering - Battlegrounds." A PC CD-ROM version of the game was also announced. Currently in development by Secret Level, "Magic: The Gathering - Battlegrounds" is filled with faithful translations of classic creatures, spells and enchantments from the premier trading card game in a visually stunning 3D game environment rife with real-time strategic fighting, devastating wizard arsenals and intense creature combat.

"`Magic' represents one of the best

'Tanita: Plasticine Dream' - Features, Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Jan. 1, 2006 @ 1:30 a.m. PST | Filed under E3 - E3 2006 May 12th

Get the Tanita Plasticine Dream trailer off WP (20mb)

A plasticine game in a colorful setting allows you to see a plasticine dream of plasticine girl. In it, she meets many new but strange friends and tries to return to her home during a trip across plasticine islands and seas.

In that world, mechanical and live beings may be combined into fantastic things such as a palm-telescope that brings you to the very top and shows all future locations; a coco crasher that can crash any object... almost; a juice machine that is encapsulated into a door lock, and a funny volcano

'Numen' - Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 1, 2006 @ 1:30 a.m. PST | Filed under E3 - E3 2006 May 12th

'MU' - Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 1, 2006 @ 1:30 a.m. PST | Filed under E3 - E3 2005 May 18th

MU is Asia’s preeminent fully 3D MMORPG developed by WEBZEN Inc. Set in a medieval world on the legendary continent of MU, players embark on a fantastical adventure to save the continent through quests and missions. MU currently has over 50 million subscribers and a half million concurrent users from countries including Korea, China, Japan, Thailand and the Philippines.

Features:

• STUNNING GRAPHICS. MU’s rich 3-D graphics bring a high level of realism to the

'Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword' Missionpack Announced - Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 1, 2006 @ 1:30 a.m. PST | Filed under E3 - Pre - E3 2003

"Rainbow Six fans have given high praises to Raven Shield and have named it an instant classic." said Alain Corre, Ubi Soft's Managing Director for Europe, the Asia Pacific region and South America. "With new missions, weapons, multiplayer modes, and multiplayer levels, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword will deliver more of what they crave - the action, the realism, and the thrill of fighting clusters of really deadly terrorists as a team."

Developed by Ubi Soft's Milan studio, Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword boasts a host of standout features, including:

  • All-new, eight-mission campaign in locations including Italy,

'SUN' - Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 1, 2006 @ 1:30 a.m. PST | Filed under E3 - E3 2005 May 18th

Webzen introduces SUN, the first title to incorporate console-style game mechanics into a classic MMORPG. With action-packed intensity, stunning graphics, unique battle systems and a captivating cast of characters, SUN is an epic medieval tale in a world of emperors, armies, magicians and monsters set to an original soundtrack by Howard Shore, Academy Award® winner and world-renowned composer of the theatrical score from the acclaimed “The Lord of the Rings” films.

Under the reign of the Immortal Emperor, Schwarz, the Geist Empire has ruled the Blandis continent for five hundred years. Possessing secret knowledge of the essence of nature known as

'Tarr Chronicles' - Features, Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Jan. 1, 2006 @ 1:30 a.m. PST | Filed under E3 - E3 2006 May 12th

Get the Tarr Chronicles trailer off WP (35mb)

The game is set in the middle of a war between the human Alliance and the De-Hattae - strange creatures that have been changed by the Darkness. The Darkness advances; the populated systems, ravaged by the war with De-Hattae, turn desolate. The forces of the once powerful human Empire retreat to the far corners of the galaxy. The player is a pilot in an elite squad of space fighters. They are stationed onboard a Talestra battlecruiser, a human flagship. It has been sent to a distant star system where several