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'Rock Band' (ALL) to Get Fan Favorite PAX Pack

by Rainier on Aug. 31, 2008 @ 1:05 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Harmonix and MTV Games announced a very special set of downloadable content to celebrate the three day Penny Arcade Expo. The “PAX 2008 Collection”, launching on September 2, 2008, contains tracks from celebrated nerd-folk artist Jonathan Coulton, nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot, and lovecraftian doomsayers The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets.

'Darkfall' Now Accepting Beta Sign-ups - Trailer

by Rainier on Aug. 30, 2008 @ 1:24 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Enjoy the smooth and flowing gameplay, the fast paced action, and the highly responsive controls. Darkfall is a next generation MMORPG that combines real-time action and real-time strategy in a fantasy setting.

'Killzone 2' (PS3) - 16 New Screens

by Rainier on Aug. 30, 2008 @ 6:29 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Killzone 2 throws players back into the midst of a hostile and dramatic ongoing battle between the ISA and Helghast army, delivering intense warfare with lifelike character animations, detailed and destructible environments, realistic physics, and advanced levels of AI.

'Demigod' Beta Launching in September

by Rainier on Aug. 30, 2008 @ 6:05 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Set in an future-fantasy world, Demigod is a team-based action/RPG/RTS hybrid game that casts you as a hero waging war to obtain a position within the pantheon of gods. Stardock revealed it is currently testing DemiGod internally, and plans on releasing the beta somewhere in next month.

'Silent Hill: Homecoming' (PS3/X360/PC) - 9 New Screens

by Rainier on Aug. 30, 2008 @ 5:50 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Silent Hill: Homecoming is a psychological horror game thrusting players into a shadowy world of chaos and terror with atmospheric HD graphics, an all-new iconic and chilling soundtrack by Akira Yamaoka, and an original storyline that sheds new light on the desolate, fog-shrouded town of Silent Hill.

'Ninja Gaiden II' (X360) Gets Patched, Fixes Freezing Issues

by Rainier on Aug. 30, 2008 @ 5:36 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Ninja Gaiden 2 has players once again assuming the role of Ryu Hayabusa as they guide the ninja hero on a quest to avenge his clan and prevent the destruction of the human race. Team NINJA have released a new patch for NG2, fixing various freezing issues (chapter 10, 12, and 14), smoothens gameplay, and faster game-to-cutscene transitions.

'Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?: Make the Grade' (ALL) Announced - Screens

by Rainier on Aug. 29, 2008 @ 8:59 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

In Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?: Make the Grade, contestants of all ages must prove their smarts in a game where every question is based on grade school curriculum and the answers are “elementary, ” as your skills are tested in over 23 subjects.

Gears of War 2' (X360) Gets Updated Achievements, But No PC Version

by Rainier on Aug. 29, 2008 @ 8:47 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, thrusting players back into humankind's epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde. After last week's leak Microsoft has issued updated achievements, while Epic's Cliff Bleszinski revealed that "we're not going to do a PC version this time around."

Various Game Trailers #1422

by Rainier on Aug. 29, 2008 @ 6:39 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:

  • Fallout 3 [ALL] - Gameplay Trailer (5)
  • Far Cry 2 [ALL] - Immersion Trailer
  • Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway [ALL] - Bazooka & Machinegun Trailer
  • City Life [NDS] - Trailer [French]
  • SOCOM Confrontation [PS3] - Extraction Trailer


  • We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...

'Penny Arcade Adventures: Ep. 2' (ALL) Announced - Facts, Features & Screens

by Rainier on Aug. 29, 2008 @ 6:15 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, will be a comic adventure game, the first chapter of the planned episodic series which will feature characters from Penny Arcade, including the well-known Gabe and Tycho.