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Rainier's Articles


'Star Trek Online' (ALL) - 3 New Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 30, 2009 @ 12:58 p.m. PST | Filed under News

With customizable ships and characters from the Klingon Empire and United Federation of Planets, ground, space and shipboard gameplay and unique options for player-generated content set in the Star Trek universe, Star Trek Online is the MMOG that allows you to boldly go where no one has gone before!

'Rock Band' (ALL) to Get Thin Lizzy, Pretenders, Nikko and Pat Benatar

by Rainier on Jan. 30, 2009 @ 12:55 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Rock Band 2 builds upon the original to introduce co-op band gameplay, multiple instruments, online multiplayer, unparalleled downloadable content and raises the bar by delivering an entirely new level of depth, connectivity, authenticity and features.

'Still Life 2' - 9 New Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 30, 2009 @ 12:50 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Microïds' Still Life 2, developed by Gameco Studios, is a real-time 3D adventure game where you play FBI agent and profiler Victoria McPherson, investigating some of North America's most difficult and darkest crimes.

'DJ Hero' (NDS) Confirmed by Activision Blizzard CEO, Coming in 2009

by Rainier on Jan. 30, 2009 @ 12:48 p.m. PST | Filed under News

The existence of DJ Hero isn't exactly a big secret. It has already popped up a few times in the past few months, but a TV interview with Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick on CNBC is the first confirmation from the publisher that it actually exists. Kotick was quoted as saying, "We have this product called DJ Hero coming out later this year, which is a turntable that you actually can play competitively and spin discs and mix songs." Rumor has it that the game will come with a turntable controller.

'Crysis Warhead' - v1.1 Patch Available NOW

by Rainier on Jan. 30, 2009 @ 11:01 a.m. PST | Filed under News

More brash and aggressive than his Delta Force squadmate Nomad, you'll experience Psycho’s parallel story during the events of the original, finding that life on the other side of the island is even more intense and explosive than you could have imagined.

'Halo 3' (X360) Mythic Map Pack - Details & Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 30, 2009 @ 10:55 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Bungie is working on the Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack, which will include three new multiplayer maps (Assembly, Orbital and Sandbox), part of the Limited Collector’s Edition of Halo Wars, and most likely on XBL at a later date.

Good Old Games Selling 'Disciples' Series on the Cheap

by Rainier on Jan. 30, 2009 @ 10:55 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Good Old Games is launching its Friday weekend promotion. This weekend you can grab Disciples: Sacred Lands Gold and Disciples 2 Gold in a bundle (includes Disciples: Sacred Lands Gold and D2: Dark Prophecy, D2: Guardians of the Light, D2: Servants of the Dark, D2: Rise of the Elves, and the soundtrack) and it will only cost you $15.99 (DRM-free of course)! Anyone who already bought one of these games will receive a $1.50 discount for the other title.

'Buzz! Brain Of The UK' (PSP/PS2/PS3) Announced - Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 30, 2009 @ 9:02 a.m. PST | Filed under News

For the first time in Buzz!, the majority of Buzz!: Brain Of The UK questions cover topics specific to the UK. It’s not just kings and queens, though – you’ll find questions on diverse aspects of UK life: there’ll be questions on bands, cities, sports personalities, television favorites, wildlife, food and more.

'Mount & Blade' to Get Multiplayer Addon

by Rainier on Jan. 30, 2009 @ 8:54 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Paradox Interactive's Mount & Blade is a single-player, third- or first-person action/role-playing game with a focus on medieval combat. At a press event in Stockholm it was revealed that TaleWorlds Entertainment is working on a multiplayer expansion, which will focus on battles, not the campaign, and let up to 32 players (and bots) duke it out in a variety of modes such as DM/TDM and Siege. A closed beta will start in 3 months, but the plan is to make it mod friendly while also improving the game's AI, add better prospects for diplomacy and better rendering techniques (HDR).

'Precursors' (X360/PC) - 16 New Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 30, 2009 @ 8:36 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Precursors, developed by Boiling Point's Deep Shadow, is a sci-fi action game that leads you into unexplored regions of space, where he can fly with huge battle ships from planet to planet.