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'Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Trail' Announced - Features & Screens

by Rainier on May 7, 2003 @ 10:33 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

ePie Games has announced their upcoming Vietnam War game, Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Trail (thanks VE3D). It is the year 1970. The flames of war in Vietnam burn on years after French troops are dealt a crushing defeat. American troops, sent into harsh terrain and dense jungle, find themselves embroiled in guerrilla warfare with a cunning enemy that uses the jungle to its advantage. The Ho Chi Minh Trail, a Vietcong transport route snaking through thousands of miles of dense foliage, somehow endures the American saturation bombing campaign, and men and armaments continue to reach southern forces down this vital supply line......

'Painkiller' - Screens

by Rainier on May 7, 2003 @ 10:22 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Painkiller is a nickname of a pretty unusual mercenary, who is dealing with supernatural. There are places on Earth where demons and other evil creatures have their nests: abandoned prisons, private castles, deep caves in the mountains... "Cleaning" those places is good money, and our hero needs a lot of it, since he loves living the life to its fullest. One day he gets what seems to be a pretty simple job: to retrieve a religious artifact from one of the nests. When after a furious battle he realizes he might have been tricked into the war between two competing clans of the undead, he tries to play his own cards. Readm ore to check out the new screens ...

'Arx Fatalis' (Xbox) - Screens

by Rainier on May 7, 2003 @ 10:17 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Arx Fatalis is a first-person RPG, which plunges players into an amazingly complex fantasy-world of trolls, goblins and ‘Snake-women’. Creating weapons, solving puzzles and completing amazing quests, gamers become heroes as they battle in an evil world. Players will also need to master a unique real-time magic system to cast more than 50 different spells based on 20 different runes. DreamCatcher has send us a batch of new screens, check them out!

'Deus Ex2: Invisible War' - Screens

by Rainier on May 7, 2003 @ 10:10 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Deus Ex 2 allows players to participate in the telling of a powerful story, rich in mystery, lies and intrigue. In addition to a host of new conspiratorial friends and foes, players can expect encounters with a variety of characters from the original Deus Ex game. And, once again, players visit a variety of real world locations made more exotic by the passage of time. Approximately 20 years after the events depicted in Deus Ex, the world is only beginning to recover from a catastrophic worldwide depression brought on by technology run amok and a secret conspiratorial war. Read more for some new screens ...

'Call of Duty' - Screens

by Rainier on May 7, 2003 @ 10:00 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Set on the battlefields of the 20th century's most monumental conflicts, the series will thrust players into gripping, cinematic, authentic warfare. As unsung heroes, players experience the war from the perspective of multiple characters from numerous countries, each with varying roles and duties and who fight along side fellow soldiers in epic battle sequences. The Call of Duty brand will support Activision's multi-platform strategy and include both console and PC games. Check out these 4 impressive screens ...

'EVE Online: The Second Genesis' - Update Patch Available NOW

by Rainier on May 7, 2003 @ 9:12 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Right after the initial patch, Crowd Control Productions has now issued the second patch for EVE Online: the Second Genesis, bringing their just-released MMO space game to build 1002. This patch can be used if the auto-updater doesn't work (you need to have the first patch applied as well), but there are no details on the changes in this patch. Read more for download links ...

'Inside Pitch 2003' (Xbox) - Screens

by Rainier on May 7, 2003 @ 1:21 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Gamers will be able to create their own superstar, hone their baseball skills and challenge their friends online using Xbox Live. Want to learn how to play the carom off of Fenway Park's Green Monster? "Inside Pitch 2003" will include special training sessions for each position to help gamers perfect their baseball skills. Check out the new xbox screens ...

'The Hulk' Demo Expected This Week

by Rainier on May 7, 2003 @ 1:12 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

VU Games will release a PC demo of its Hulk title Thursday morning. The product ships to North American retailers June 3. Canada-based Radical Entertainment is developing the third-person action game for all three next-generation consoles and the PC. Players will experience two types of gameplay as either Bruce Banner or The Hulk as they battle characters from the film and familiar enemies from the Marvel universe. The Hulk can smash through any physical obstacle and annihilate foes with over 45 attacks (thanks Avault). Of course we will have this puppy on our file servers as it becomes available ...

Daily Dose Of Boring Q&As

by Rainier on May 7, 2003 @ 1:10 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

'World Championship Pool' (PS2/NGC/Xbox) - Screens

by Rainier on May 7, 2003 @ 12:35 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Today we got screens from another one of Jaleco's upcoming title, World Championship Pool being developed on all platforms. No details are known at this point but at least we got some spiffy looking screens for you to enjoy! Read more to check them out!