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Rainier's Articles


'Gratuitous Space Battles' Announced - Screens

by Rainier on April 30, 2009 @ 6:00 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Gratuitous Space Battles is a strategy / management / simulation game that does away with all the base building and delays and gets straight to the meat and potatoes of science-fiction games: The big space battles fought by huge spaceships with tons of laser beams and things going 'zap!', 'ka-boom!' and 'ka-pow!'.

'Parabellum' Accepting Closed Beta Test Sign-ups

by Rainier on April 30, 2009 @ 5:49 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Parabellum is a free-to-play MMO-FPS that combines the best elements of FPS and MMO games to create an fully customizable gaming experience. It also introduces the first interactive non-linear multiplayer campaigns in addition to an advanced character & weapon development system.

'Big League Sports: Summer' (NDS/Wii) - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on April 30, 2009 @ 4:01 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Big League Sports: Summer focuses on classic sunshine pastimes like tennis, beach volleyball, golf, soccer, baseball and football. Customize your characters and play through a variety of exciting games in single player, and 4 people multiplayer mode.

'Overlord II' (PS3/X360/PC) Gets Release Date

by Rainier on April 30, 2009 @ 3:51 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

In Overlord II, the new Overlord and a more powerful Minions horde take on the Glorious Empire, an advanced Romanesque nation, in a truly epic yet familiarly warped adventure.

'League of Legends: Clash of Fates' Champions #6 - New Screens

by Rainier on April 30, 2009 @ 3:48 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

League of Legends is a session-based online multiplayer game that combines elements of RPG and RTS genres with addictive battle action where rival teams compete against one another for victory on highly stylized battlefields and landscapes.

PlayStation Store Gets Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Demo, DLCs, Track Packs

by Rainier on April 30, 2009 @ 3:39 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Sony has rolled out new PlayStation Store content, starting with Marvel vs. Capcom 2 demo, DLCs for Killzone 2 Steel & Titanium Pack ($5.99), LittleBigPlanet Egyptian Mini Pack ($2.99), Burnout Paradise Cops and Robbers ($9.99), Disgaea 3, Need for Speed Undercover: Boss Car Bundle ($4.99) and Challenge Series Expansion (free), song packs for Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band, as well as the usual game/movie trailers and PS3 themes.

'Borderlands' (PS3/X360/PC) - 6 New Screens

by Rainier on April 30, 2009 @ 1:24 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Borderlands is an all-new sci-fi action game combining elements of first-person action titles with player customization and vehicular combat.

Valve Sues Activision, Who Threatens to Countersue

by Rainier on April 30, 2009 @ 1:17 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

A few years back, Valve sued Sierra/Vivendi in a copyright infringement case where it claimed that Valve was the only authorized party to license its games to cybercafes. In 2005, the two parties finally settled, and Sierra/Vivendi was ordered to pay $2,391,932, a debt Activision inherited with the merger, but which it now contests is too much, hence Valve's new lawsuit for not paying the court-ordered amount in full.

'Fuel' (PS3/X360/PC) Sweepstakes Gets You Goodies - Screens

by Rainier on April 30, 2009 @ 12:30 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Creating the ultimate competitive go-anywhere racing experience, Fuel will have players competing across wildly different terrain and executing spectacular death-defying stunts as they race dozens of varied two and four-wheeled rides and explore this epic world on an unprecedented scale.

'Texas Cheat 'Em' (PS3/X360/PC) Gets Release Date

by Rainier on April 30, 2009 @ 12:05 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Wideload Games' Texas Cheat 'Em is a new take on the classic Texas Hold ‘Em rules, turning an average online poker table upside down by layering party games and other gambling minigames on top of the basic rules, and allowing players to cheat to win!