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'Burnout Paradise' (PS3/X360) Motorbikes Adding Update Delayed

by Rainier on Aug. 5, 2008 @ 1:02 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Buckle up and prepare to unleash automotive anarchy in the ultimate burner’s paradise. Burnout 5 gives players license to wreak havoc in Paradise City, the ultimate seamless racing battleground, with a massive infrastructure of traffic-heavy roads to abuse. Originally scheduled for August, Criterion's David update, adding bikes to the mix, complete with new modes, challenges, locations, as well as a night-time setting, is getting pushed until September according to producer Jeremy Chubb.

'Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad' (X360) Announced - Screens

by Rainier on Aug. 5, 2008 @ 12:52 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Zombies across America will meet their match as D3Publisher is not only bringing the popular bikini-clad samurai sisters Aya and Saki to our shores in Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers on the Wii, but also prepping an X360 version under the Bikini Samurai Squad name.

'FIFA 09' (ALL) Cover Athletes Signed

by Rainier on Aug. 5, 2008 @ 12:46 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

With over 250 additions and enhancements to core gameplay, FIFA 09 has been designed and customized to deliver a unique gameplay experience that takes advantage of the hardware specifications of each available platform. Toronto FC star Maurice Edu is taking his game to the cover of FIFA 09 where he will join Brazilian International Ronaldinho and Mexican national team goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa as cover athletes

2K Play Developing 'Dora the Explorer', 'Go, Diego, Go!' and 'The Wonder Pets!'

by Rainier on Aug. 5, 2008 @ 12:37 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Dora the Explorer, Nickelodeon’s flagship preschool brand, will debut on the Wii in Dora the Explorer: Dora Saves the Snow Princess; Diego returns in an all-new adventure, Go, Diego, Go!: Great Dinosaur Rescue; and The Wonder Pets! premieres exclusively on NDS in The Wonder Pets!: Save the Animals!

'Dark Horizon' - 9 New Screens

by Rainier on Aug. 5, 2008 @ 11:19 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Paradox Interactive Dark Horizon is a stark and atmospheric space combat simulation that aims to hurl its audience through an action-packed adventure, piloting its own ship through the perils that only space could have to offer.

'C&C: Red Alert 3' (ALL) Starring British Actress Gemma Atkinson

by Rainier on Aug. 5, 2008 @ 11:14 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Red Alert 3 takes players on an epic RTS adventure to an alternate future spawned by time travel run amok, featuring a fully co-operative campaign, the series' light-hearted style and classic, action-oriented gameplay. Actress Gemma Atkinson, known for starring in the Hollyoaks: In the City TV series and currently working on Boogie Woogie, will play Lt. Eva McKenna, a communications officer for the Allied coalition, in Red Alert 3.

'Cities XL' - Point, Shoot... Win! Contest Winner Announced

by Rainier on Aug. 5, 2008 @ 11:03 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Cities XL is a city building game pushing realism to the limit with cities that are bigger, more realistic and sophisticated than ever before, letting players take their game online to interact with others in a massive online environment. The "Point, Shoot... Win!" contest gave fans the chance to see their home or neighborhood buildings in the game, and Community member Isabella of the Philippines took the top spot with photos of her stunning villa.

'Memento Mori' - 7 New Screens

by Rainier on Aug. 5, 2008 @ 10:57 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Memento Mori is a new adventure game featuring two main characters, Larisa Svetlova and Maxim Durand. It's the player's task to disclose the secret of the St. Petersburg art theft, a mysterious Finnish order and its machinations.

'Halo' Movie Plans Revived, Gets New Script

by Rainier on Aug. 5, 2008 @ 10:30 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

The Halo movie roller coaster is picking up speed again, as Stuart Beattie, known for writing the Spy Hunter and Gears of War movies, has written a script based on Eric Nylund first Halo book, The Fall of Reach, which chronicles Master Chief's emergence from the other Spartans which eventually led to the discovery of Halo. Conceptual artist Kasra Farahani (known for Hancock, Spider-Man 3) has been given the green light to put together scenes as part of an eventual presentation to Microsoft.

'Guitar Hero III' (ALL) to Get Intercope Track Pack Threesome

by Rainier on Aug. 5, 2008 @ 10:13 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Guitar Hero fans will channel their inner rock god, experience new features and content including a new multiplayer action-inspired battle mode, grueling boss battles, unlockable content and authentic rock venues. The pack will include Flyleaf's Tina, Carcinogen Crush from hardcore-punk turned goth band, AFI, as well as a remix of Marilyn Manson’s Putting Holes In Happiness by Nick Zinner from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.