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'MLB 09 The Show' (ALL) Online Season Leagues and Improvements - New Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 23, 2009 @ 6:30 p.m. PST | Filed under News

MLB 09 The Show continues to set itself apart from the other MLB games on the market with its attention to detail and unparalleled gameplay. Looking to build on that reputation, the game has added several new features and subtleties that play a huge role in bringing the baseball experience to life.

'Takeda 3' - Demo Available NOW

by Rainier on Feb. 23, 2009 @ 6:26 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Takeda 3 is a game of epic Samurai action, set in 16th century feudal Japan, putting the player in the role of Daimyo, a feudal lord fighting for the title of Shogun, supreme military commander. You are in command of one of 25 clans in historical Japan, your mission is to recapture all of Japan’s provinces and remake history.

'Infinite Space' (NDS) - New Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 23, 2009 @ 5:05 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Infinite Space, previously known as Infinite Line, is an RPG that takes place in outer space and gives players the ability to control, build, outfit and customize more than 150 spaceships, offering over 200 characters and the ability to control multiple spaceships at any one time.

'Fallout 3' (ALL) Lead Designer to Keynote at GDC09

by Rainier on Feb. 23, 2009 @ 4:58 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Fallout 3 places a player in the role of a Vault-dweller, who ventures from his secluded, underground survival Vault into a post-apocalyptic world of mutants, radiation, gangs and violence. Fallout 3 game designer Emil Pagliarulo will be the keynote speaker for the GDC09's Game Career Seminar.

'The King of Fighters XII' (ALL) - New Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 23, 2009 @ 3:23 p.m. PST | Filed under News

'For the first time in the 15 year history of this 3-on-3 fighter game, The King of Fighters XII has undergone a complete graphical overhaul. All sprites used over the past 14 years have been dropped and replaced with new 2D high definition, high resolution sprites, on detailed 2D backgrounds, drawn 100% by hand.

'Halo Wars' (X360) Pre-Launch Tournament at GameStop

by Rainier on Feb. 23, 2009 @ 3:21 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Halo Wars is a strategy game based on the Halo universe where players will command armies of familiar and new UNSC units in its initial encounters against the Covenant, an alien coalition threatening to obliterate mankind. Prior to release Gamestop will organize pre-launch tournaments at approximately 1,000 of its U.S. GameStop locations on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009.

'Singularity' (PS3/X360/PC) - 50 New Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Feb. 23, 2009 @ 12:49 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Raven Software's new sci-fi shooter Singularity is set on a small, unnamed island occupied by the Russians, Cold War tensions rise once again when a U.S. pilot discovers the horrific truth that became of experiments with element E99 in the 1950s.

'Bounty Bay Online' Celebrates its Second Birthday, Gives Double XP

by Rainier on Feb. 23, 2009 @ 12:35 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Bounty Bay Online takes players into a 15th century historical setting where adventurers can start an online career as merchant, buccaneer, fisherman or one of many other professions. Fight on land and water, complete enthralling quests and start guilds with other players.

'Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (ALL) - 11 New Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 23, 2009 @ 12:26 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Using a new technology called the Pollux Engine, Square Enix has created a true cross-platform game as it will be identical on both NDS and Wii. Use the stylus to control your character on the NDS while the Wiimote will mimic the same actions on the Wii. The game requires only one copy of the game to work on both systems and will be multiplayer compatible on both platforms.

'Age of Conan' User Base Shrinks, Funcom Losses Mount, CFO Resigns

by Rainier on Feb. 23, 2009 @ 12:13 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Age of Conan is an Online Action RPG, mixing a deep, story-driven single-player experience and a massive and brutal multiplayer end-game that brings forth the ultimate representation of the Age of Conan. Since a promising launch in 2008, Age of Conan has seen a massive drop in users, after which its CEO resigned, merged its servers late last year, and once more a few weeks ago. After Funcom's CFO resigned, Norwegian financial group DnB NOR Markets estimates that there are fewer than 100K AoC subscriptions.