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Rainier's Articles


'Star Wars: The Force Unleashed' (ALL) Gets Playable Darth Vader

by Rainier on Feb. 7, 2008 @ 5:24 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Set between the largely unexplored era between Ep III and Ep IV, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed casts players as Darth Vader's "Secret Apprentice" and promises to unveil new revelations about the Star Wars galaxy. During a studio visit Vanity Fair witnessed Darth Vader being playable in a prologue mission to the Wookiee home planet Kashyyyk, to hunt down a recalcitrant Jedi.

'Alone in the Dark' (ALL) Official Web Site Launched - Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 7, 2008 @ 5:06 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Alone in the Dark returns with a heart-stopping survival experience realized through combining the use of real-time physics and environmental interaction to deliver an exhilarating action-orientated experience within a highly detailed, open environment. Head on over to the freshly launched website for more creepy details, or read more for some new screens...

'Band Mashups' (Wii) Announced - Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 7, 2008 @ 4:51 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Featuring 150 tracks and five distinct musical styles: rock, funk/hip-hop, country, marching band and Latin, Band Mashups combines fast-paced combat with customizable bands in the fight for musical supremacy, fully utilizing the Wii Remote controller’s highly intuitive control scheme to deliver a unique game-play experience.

'WorldShift' - 4 New Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 7, 2008 @ 4:44 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Black Sea Studios, known for Knights of Honor, announced WorldShift, a next-generation, cyber-fantasy RTS game set in a dark future of Earth, where today's civilization is only a fading mysterious legend.

'Gothic III' - v1.6 Patch Available NOW

by Rainier on Feb. 7, 2008 @ 4:38 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Gothic 3 is the third part of the RPG legend presenting an intense, living world and a non-linear, varied gaming experience. Spellbound has released a v1.6 patch implementing a new memory system to improve the game's stability and reducing the memory requirements, as well as fixing various bugs & crashes.

'Ninja Reflex' (NDS/Wii) - 27 New Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Feb. 7, 2008 @ 12:34 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Ninja Reflex uses a series of martial arts challenges to test gamers’ reflexes and measure their reaction times with millisecond precision. Players can also compete for ninja supremacy against their friends in fierce multiplayer battles with up to four players.

'Rubik's Cube Challenge' Announced

by Rainier on Feb. 7, 2008 @ 12:34 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Rubik's Cube Challenge is a casual PC game that features a fast-paced puzzle game focusing on the spinning and color-matching play that made the original Rubik's Cube the world's top-selling puzzle game.

'Blast Works: Build, Fuse & Destroy' (Wii) - 9 New Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 7, 2008 @ 12:27 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Blast Works: Build, Fuse & Destroy, is a frenetic geometric side-scrolling shooter that lets players craft the game to their liking by building their own levels, ships and enemy ships. In addition, players can absorb the pieces and weapons of destroyed enemy ships to bolster their own defenses during battle.

'Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World' (Wii) Coming to North America

by Rainier on Feb. 7, 2008 @ 12:27 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Namco Bandai is working on no less than four titles in the Tales Of franchise, one of them being Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, known in Japan as Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatoskr, for the Wii set two years later then the last installment, and Emile Castanie is the new hero.

'Rainbow Six Vegas 2' (ALL) - 10 New Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 6, 2008 @ 9:41 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 adds new gameplay features and even more stunning visuals. Players will encounter a solo campaign that uses new tactical possibilities in various locations around Sin City, co-op and adversarial modes, while providing unprecedented interaction between the solo and multiplayer experience.