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'NCAA Football 09' (ALL) Announced, Wii Cover Contest

by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 9:34 a.m. PST | Filed under News

To commemorate the first NCAA Football title on Wii, the video game’s packaging will feature a platform exclusive NCAA college team mascot, selected by fans. The Wii edition also includes the Family Play feature seen in recent Madden & FIFA titles.

'Band Mashups' (Wii) - 10 New Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 8:20 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.

'Pipe Mania Puzzle Madness' (NDS/PSP/PS2/Wii/X360/PC) Announced

by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 8:13 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.

'The Witcher' 600,000 Copies Sold And Counting

by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 8:04 a.m. PST | Filed under News

The Witcher is an action RPG, combining features of games such as Dungeon Siege, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Gothic and Neverwinter Nights, incorporating a simple-yet-interesting game system, along with a complex plot and attractive 3D graphics. CD Projekt RED's debut title, The Witcher, has sold more than 600,000 copies worldwide in just three months.

'Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3' (PS3/X360/PC) Announced - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 6:09 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 takes players on an epic adventure to a breathtaking alternate future spawned by time travel run amok. Developed by EA Los Angeles, Red Alert 3 breaks new ground in the RTS genre, featuring a fully co-operative campaign while bringing back the series' light-hearted style and classic, action-oriented gameplay.

'World in Conflict' (X360) Further Delayed, Coming to PS3, With Extra Content

by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 5:59 a.m. PST | Filed under News

World in Conflict is an RTS that delivers action and coordinated team play amidst a showdown between the Soviet Union and the US, with destructible 3D battlefields, team-based multiplayer and a focus on fast, hard-hitting battles. WiC on PS3 and X360, now scheduled for fall 2008, will get additional single/multiplayer content, which will be made available to PC users as addon.

'Spore' (ALL) - 40 New Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 5:52 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Begin your odyssey at the dawn of life as a simple microbe just trying to survive, then evolve the creature from its microscopic origins into an intelligent, tool-using race, becoming a global civilization and choose whether to hunt or forage, attack or trade, be nice or play rough!

'Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines' - v4.7 Update Patch Available NOW

by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 5:45 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Since Troika is no longer amongst the living this patch is not official, so use at your own discretion. This update brings Activision's Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines retail game to v4.7 (requires v1.2 patch installed) and addresses a number of known issues, gameplay tweaks, bug fixes and so forth.

'Codename: Panzers - Cold War' Reinforcements - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 5:23 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Storm Region's Codename: Panzers series leaves the World War II stage to take the story into Cold War East-West conflicts fought on fictitious battlefields, with a special emphasis on deep story lines and rich battle effects.

Nintendo Asks U.S. to Address Video Game Piracy Problems Worldwide

by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2008 @ 5:18 a.m. PST | Filed under News

After the ESA filed for assistance earlier this week, Nintendo of America has asked the U.S. Trade Representative to encourage specific governments around the world to take a more aggressive stance to combat piracy of Nintendo video games and systems.