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Rainier's Articles


Wednesday, October 15, 2008 Shipping Announcements

by Rainier on Oct. 15, 2008 @ 5:16 a.m. PDT | 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:

Splash Damage Recruits Ninja Theory, Bioware, Massive Ent. People

by Rainier on Oct. 15, 2008 @ 4:59 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Splash Damage has been on a recruiting spree and managed to snag several experienced industry figures who worked on projects like Heavenly Sword, World in Conflict, Harry Potter, Mass Effect, and Timesplitters 2.

'Pirates of the Burning Sea' Gets Revamped Combat, Missions, UI, And More...

by Rainier on Oct. 15, 2008 @ 4:09 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Pirates of the Burning Sea is an MMORPG set in the Caribbean islands of the 18th Century. As a bold sea captain, master of your own ship and crew, you seek glory and adventure across the trackless deep. Flying Lab has quietly been revamping the avatar combat system/missions, revising sword fighting animations, UI and the particle effects; and the sounds of avatar combat.

'Exit' (NDS) Gets Euro Release Date - New Screens

by Rainier on Oct. 15, 2008 @ 3:56 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

In Exit you assume the role of Mr. Esc, a masked individual tasked with rescuing people from buildings under a time limit, avoiding various traps and solving puzzles.

'World of Goo' - Demo Available NOW

by Rainier on Oct. 15, 2008 @ 3:17 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

World of Goo is a physics-based puzzle/construction game where you drag and drop living, squirming, talking, globs of goo to build structures, bridges, cannonballs, zeppelins, and giant tongues.

'Still Life 2' Gets Further Delayed

by Rainier on Oct. 15, 2008 @ 2:39 a.m. PDT | 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. Originally scheduled for Nov. 2008, then pushed to Q1 2009, North American publisher Encore has now delayed Still Life 2 until Q2 2009.

'Stargate Worlds' - 12 New Screens

by Rainier on Oct. 15, 2008 @ 2:36 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Stargate Worlds, an MMORPG use Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 technology, provides players with a form of ranged combat unique to MMORPG that will take full advantage of modern and science fiction weaponry, cover and terrain.

Zoë Mode Expands Its Studio With 60 Employees

by Rainier on Oct. 15, 2008 @ 2:06 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

In the last 9 months Zoë Mode, known for SEGA's Crush and currently working on Konami's Rock Revolution, has taken on a wide range of new staff; from graduate programmers, right up to highly experienced senior managers, diversifying its workforce in age and including a number of new female developers.

'Age of Empires: Mythologies' (NDS) - New Screens

by Rainier on Oct. 15, 2008 @ 2:01 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Age of Empires: Mythologies allows players to strategize as legendary heroes, commanding massive armies and shaping the destinies of three unique cultures in both single and multi-player campaigns.

'The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft' (ALL) Patch #1 Available NOW

by Rainier on Oct. 15, 2008 @ 1:45 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft is an adventure game that remains true to the original stories and characters with varied environments, challenging and thought provoking puzzles in an easy-to-use gaming interface. This patch fixes some issues with onboard gfx cards.