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Blinx (Xbox) - Screens

by Rainier on Aug. 16, 2002 @ 9:48 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Blinx: The Time Sweeper is a fast-paced action game featuring a cool, clever new character in wild, warped worlds. The ability to control the flow of time provides a totally new gaming experience only possible on Xbox. Blinx is a cat on a mission to fix glitches in time. With the aid of his trusty and powerful Time Sweeper, the TS1000, Blinx recovers lost time crystals and fights Time Monsters in his attempt to rescue a kidnapped princess and return order to the world.

Brute Force (Xbox) - Screens

by Rainier on Aug. 16, 2002 @ 9:42 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Players can instantly take control of any one of four highly specialized super-commandos in "Brute Force," a new action-packed sci-fi squad-based shooter game. Whether the encounter requires stealth, tactics, sniping or just "Brute Force," the team is ready and able. Gamers experience the intensity of a shooter game with the cunning strategies of team-based tactical combat. "Brute Force" can be played solo through six worlds in the extensive single-player campaign, or gamers can have up to three friends jump in on the fly in Dynamic Co-op mode or to battle it out in a multitude of competitive death-match modes. "Brute Force" is the first Xbox title from world-renowned developer Digital Anvil.

Aliens Vs. Predator 2: Primal Hunt Ships to Stores

by Rainier on Aug. 16, 2002 @ 2:37 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Sierra Entertainment, Inc. and Fox Interactive announced today Aliens versus Predator* 2: Primal Hunt expansion pack ships to computer retail outlets worldwide. Aliens versus Predator 2: Primal Hunt continues the nail-biting terror and suspense from the award-winning Aliens versus Predator 2. With all new weapons, player characters, single-player and multi-player levels, this original interlocking story is an all out bloody battle of three of the deadliest species in the universe as the Aliens versus Predator 2 saga begins.

'WarCraft III' Update Patch Available NOW

by Rainier on Aug. 16, 2002 @ 1:16 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Blizzard just informed us that they have released a new update patch for their recently released 3D RTS, WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos. This patch upgrades your WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos to v1.02. Simply connect to Battle.net to download the patch. A standalone version of this patch will be available soon. The V1.2 patch fixes 2 gameplay issues and has a few balance changes. For details, go here.

'Dark Angel' Site Goes Live

by Rainier on Aug. 15, 2002 @ 11:59 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

It's post-apocalyptic Seattle and you are Max, a genetically enhanced super-soldier on a quest to reclaim her past by finding her sister and fellow genetically altered escapees. Can Max overcome the battle that rages inside her, as the soldier she has always been is confronted by the woman she wishes to become? PlayStation2 and Xbox fans can check out the details on James Cameron's Dark Angel with the debut of the teaser site on Thursday, August 15, 2002, at 1:00PM PST and the first James Cameron's Dark Angel trailer available for download.

Combat Mission 2 - New Screens

by Rainier on Aug. 15, 2002 @ 8:40 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

When playing Combat Mission 2, you will be introduced to an extensive variety of detailed vehicles and combat units, in more than fifty vast missions and operations. The photo realistic appearances of the units are down to the fact that they have been modelled from their real counterparts from the second world war – details were noted with authenticity in mind. In some missions you will have to face the Russian army, which although enormous in size at the time, was mainly made up of farmers. These farmers were basically in good physical shape, but completely unskilled in the art of war. Check the Russian Army screens...

'Medieval: Total War' Goes Gold

by Rainier on Aug. 15, 2002 @ 8:13 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Activision, Inc. and The Creative Assembly announce today that Medieval: Total War, the sequel to the award-winning Shogun: Total War, has gone gold and is on its way to manufacturing. The highly anticipated PC strategy game challenges players vie for control of Europe through epic battles of conquest that span more than 400 years of savage medieval combat.

Superman / Battle Engine Aquila / Master Of Orion 3 - Screens Gallery

by Rainier on Aug. 15, 2002 @ 8:06 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Infogrames just flooded us with a slew of screens from their upcoming titles. We got screens & art from Battle Engine Aquila (Xbox), screens from Superman: The Man of Steel (Xbox) and art & screens from Master of Orion III (PC). Check them out & Njoy!

Star Trek Elite Force II & Doom III - Screens

by Rainier on Aug. 15, 2002 @ 7:11 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Activision just released a few Star Trek Elite Force II screens and while they are at it also dropped us some Doom3 screens revealing a new enemy/creature, whatever you want to call it .. njoy!

'Celtic Kings: Rage of War' - Demo Available NOW

by Rainier on Aug. 15, 2002 @ 6:54 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Strategy First just let us know that they have just released a playable demo of Haemimont Multimedia's isometric real-time strategy game, Celtic Kings: Rage of War. The place to be is their usual Gigex (direct Gigex link). The demo features a tutorial, the first mission from the adventure mode, a single player map and weighs in at 90 MB. (Thanks Blues).