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'Bully: Scholarship Edition' (Wii/X360) Fix in the Works

by Rainier on March 7, 2008 @ 11:17 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Bully: Scholarship Edition tells the story of 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he experiences the highs and lows of adjusting to a new school. Eight new missions, four new school classes, new unlockable items & clothing, new two-player offline minigames, new awards and Achievements. Embarrassed by its own lack of quality, Rockstar is working on a fix for the freezing/crashing issues with the X360 version, scheduled for release somewhere next week.

'Disgaea DS' (NDS) Officially Announced - Screens

by Rainier on March 7, 2008 @ 10:21 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Revealed a few days ago, Nippin Ichi America confirmed that a new edition of Disgaea: Hour of Darkness will be released for the NDS featuring several key improvements will be made to the user interface and game system.

'Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath' (X360/PC) Goes Gold

by Rainier on March 7, 2008 @ 10:14 a.m. PST | Filed under News

The C&C series continues to thrive with Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. As the expansion pack to C&C 3 Tiberium Wars, this RTS game returns to the Tiberium universe with Kane at the center of an epic new single player campaign.

Microsoft Moving Forward with Blu-ray Support

by Rainier on March 7, 2008 @ 9:53 a.m. PST | Filed under News

During a Q&A session at the Mix 2008 web developers event, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer revealed that the software giant plans to support Sony's Blu-ray HD disk format now that Toshiba's HD-DVD has thrown in the towel. Steve Ballmer said, "... as the industry moves forward, obviously we're going to support Blu-ray in ways that are important. I want to make sure there's the right support. We've already been working on, for example, in Windows device driver support for Blu-ray drives and the like."

'Far Cry 2' (PS3/X360/PC) - 3 New Screens

by Rainier on March 7, 2008 @ 8:56 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Far Cry 2 immerses players in a new kind of gaming experience, featuring a new game engine built from the ground up. Players will discover a true open world gameplay set in one of the most beautiful environments in the world, Africa.

'Europa Universalis: Rome' Nations Revealed #3

by Rainier on March 7, 2008 @ 8:54 a.m. PST | Filed under News

EU: Rome will cover the time period from the first Punic War to the start of the true Empire, offering a thousand of gameplay choices ranging from country, culture, provincial and character options etc., making each and every game infinitely customizable and unique. While the game sports 50 playable nations, 5 are more likely to succeed than others ...

'Edna and Harvey: The Breakout' Announced

by Rainier on March 7, 2008 @ 8:50 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Daedalic Entertainment has announced Edna and Harvey: The Breakout, a new point & click adventure game that will make do without real-time particle effects, parallax occlusion mapping or integrated physics engine.

'Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon' - 8 New Screens

by Rainier on March 7, 2008 @ 8:00 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Microids has signed an agreement with Kheops Studio to develop Dracula 3, an adventure game inspired by the world of Bram Stoker, and sequel to 1999's Dracula: The Resurrection, followed by Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary in 2000.

Midway Extends Credit As Losses Mount

by Rainier on March 7, 2008 @ 7:56 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Midway released its 2007 and Q1 2008 financial numbers, revealing net revenues are down (from $96.9M to $77.6M), while Q4 losses increased from $2M in 2006 to $29.7M in 2007. To brace itself for impact, Midway has dropped its $30 million credit with Wells Fargo Foothill and instead opted for a $90 million deal with National Amusements, Inc.

'Pipe Mania Puzzle Madness' (ALL) - 13 New Screens

by Rainier on March 7, 2008 @ 7:28 a.m. PST | Filed under News

In Pipe Mania you must lay down a pre-ordained set of pipes on a tiled grid in order to keep the constantly flowing Flooze moving for as long as possible without it spilling out. The game requires quick thinking, hand-eye co-ordination, forward thinking and keen spatial awareness.