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Tuesday, January 4, 2011 Shipping Announcements

by Rainier on Jan. 4, 2011 @ 9:42 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:


We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...

'Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed' (ALL) Gets Euro Date

by Rainier on Jan. 4, 2011 @ 9:26 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Shift 2 Unleashed builds on the true drivers experience by introducing the driver’s battle, an even more authentic and primal feeling of power and speed which elevates the fundamental competitive race into a struggle for supremacy against other drivers and even the track itself.

'Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s World Championship 2011: Over The Nexus' (NDS) Announced - Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 4, 2011 @ 9:23 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011: Over The Nexus delivers the ultimate dueling simulation to handheld fans. and features over 4200 cards for use in the game, and includes the new ‘Storm of Ragnarok’ booster and the ‘Lost Sanctuary’ structure deck.

Nintendo Sells 47 Million NDS Units In North America

by Rainier on Jan. 4, 2011 @ 9:12 a.m. PST | Filed under News

According to Nintendo's internal sales figures, the NDS systems have sold more than 47 million in the United States since the original model launched in November 2004, making it the nation's best-selling video game system of all time.

'World of Tanks' Surpasses One Million Registrations - Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 4, 2011 @ 3:31 a.m. PST | Filed under News

In World of Tanks 30-player teams are fighting action-packed PvP battles. The game features more than 150 armored fighting vehicles from the pre-WW2 era up to the Korean War: light, medium, heavy and super heavy tanks, tank destroyers, self-propelled howitzers and rocket artillery. The game includes American, German and Soviet tanks.

'Gemini Wars' Announced - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Jan. 4, 2011 @ 2:47 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Gemini Wars is a Real Time Strategy Game set in space, featuring an epic campaign controlling fleets of ships in massive battles.

'Puzzle Quest' (ALL) Developer Acquired By Firemint

by Rainier on Jan. 4, 2011 @ 2:41 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Games studio Firemint announced that it has acquired fellow Australian studio, Infinite Interactive, further boosting its strength in designing and developing original games, while providing the Infinite Interactive team with a channel for independent publishing.

'Rift: Planes of Telara' Beta 4 Resumes This Week, Shows Off Runic Descent - Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 4, 2011 @ 2:26 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Rift: Planes of Telara is a graphically stunning online game is set in a world being torn apart by dimensional “rifts” that tear into the land of Telara, releasing powerful forces that threaten the very existence of the entire universe.

It's The Devil We're Fighting, And The Scores Are Even

by Rainier on Jan. 4, 2011 @ 12:00 a.m. PST | Filed under MOTD

We finished up the Pillars of the Earth miniseries, and it's surprisingly good. I never really saw many ads for it on TV, but with actors such as Ian McShane, Donald Sutherland and Matthew Macfadyen, and with Ridley Scott and Tony Scott as executive producers, it can't be too bad.

My former "CrimeCrash" teammates and I have been looking around to see if we can find another MMO to get into, and after trying out Eve Online, Vindictus, and Stronghold Kingdoms, we ended up in Genesis A.D, the free-to-play MMOFPS from ijji.com. While it's still way too early to claim victory, the game has decent graphics and fast-paced combat, but it remains to be seen how the clan system plays out. The option currently seems grayed out, so either it has not been implemented yet, or I'm too low-level. Time will tell ...

'Bulletstorm' (ALL) - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Jan. 3, 2011 @ 6:24 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Bulletstorm brings new furor to first-person shooter action with its signature "kill with skill" gameplay, which is packed with blockbuster moments.