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'Europa Universalis: Rome' Gets Release Date - Screens

by Rainier on March 28, 2008 @ 10:05 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

EU: Rome will cover the time period from the first Punic War to the start of the true Empire. Players will have thousand of gameplay choices ranging from country, culture, provincial and character options etc., making each and every game infinitely customizable and unique.

'WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009' (ALL) Announced - 20 New Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on March 28, 2008 @ 6:52 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 will unleash a new tag team experience, allowing players to build momentum and attributes, eliminate opponents with high impact double teams and finishers, as well as get the “hot tag” for the win. The franchise’s creation system offers a brand new Create-A-Finisher option, while a new Road to WrestleMania Mode lets players experience co-op storylines for the first time.

'Soulcalibur IV' (PS3/X360) Three More Characters Revealed - Screens

by Rainier on March 28, 2008 @ 5:17 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Swords will be honed and weapons optimized in Namco Bandai's Soulcalibur IV. Delivering new gameplay modes, characters and enhanced features with unprecedented 3D modeling and animation, Soulcalibur IV will be the definitive fighting game experience.

EA Clings On and Extends Take-Two Offer

by Rainier on March 28, 2008 @ 5:15 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Even after being turned down earlier this week, EA is not ready to give up just yet and has amended its tender offer for all of the currently outstanding shares of common stock of Take-Two. EA has also extended its offer until April 18, 2008, a day after the Take-Two's annual stockholders meeting.

'Zubo' (NDS) Announced

by Rainier on March 28, 2008 @ 5:08 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

EA's Casual Entertainment Label announced the development of a new intellectual property, created for 7-11 year old boys and girls, Zubo, a music-based rhythm-action game featuring a unique set of characters.

'Imperium Romanum' - v1.02 Patch Available NOW

by Rainier on March 28, 2008 @ 4:05 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Take the future of an empire into your hands in Haemimont's Imperium Romanum, a historical strategy that puts the player in the role of a governor of a province, where he or she must strive to build a well organized, prosperous and commanding settlement. This v1.02 update fixes major game crashes and contains the new Augusta Raurica scenario.

'Men Of War' - 5 New Screens

by Rainier on March 28, 2008 @ 3:55 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Men of War is 1C Company's latest RTS, taking place in Europe during the height of WWII. The story unfolds across three different campaigns played out through the eyes of Soviet, Allied and German soldiers.

'WH40K: Dawn of War 2' First Details Revealed

by Rainier on March 28, 2008 @ 3:46 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Belgian magazine PCGameplay has the first Dawn of War 2 details, revealing it uses an updated Essence 2.0 engine (used in Company of Heroes), Havok physics, optimized for DX10, multicore support, improved AI for awareness and pathfinding, as well as co-op campaign. Set in highly detailed city landscape, deserts, jungles, mountains and other cities, DoW2 plans to make units & squads unique (following you throughout the game) by giving them individual names, with armor, weapons, and rare objects being awarded for completing missions. So far Orkz and Space Marines races were revealed, but more will surely to follow.

'Galactic Command: KnightBlade' (X360/PC) - 28 New Screens

by Rainier on March 28, 2008 @ 3:11 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Galactic Command: KnightBlade brings total immersion to the space combat genre. Gamers will live out and experience their entire career within the confines of their assigned command carrier. All in first person perspective inside the 350m long CV-KnightBlade; the second carrier in the Engstrom class to be built by GALCOM.

'World of Warcraft' Arena Tournament Sign Ups Now Open

by Rainier on March 28, 2008 @ 3:10 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Blizzard is now accepting sign ups for its tournament competition using the Arena System in its MMORPG World of Warcraft. The tournaments will take place on special realms that focus on 3 vs 3 Arena competition allowing participants to instantly create level-70 characters with epic equipment and compete for cash prizes.