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'Eve Online: Trinity' - 12 New Screens

by Rainier on Nov. 21, 2007 @ 4:22 p.m. PST | Filed under News

CCP's EVE Online: Trinity expansion not only features a next-generation DX10 graphics engine, but will also include a host of improvements that run the gamut from content to gameplay, giving you shiny new ships to play with, hundreds of new and exciting things to do with them, and a range of tweaks and fixes.

'The Orange Box' (ALL) Xbox Live Demo Coming Tomorrow

by Rainier on Nov. 21, 2007 @ 4:22 p.m. PST | Filed under News

The Orange Box includes Half-Life 2, Ep. One and Ep. Two, where Dr. Gordon Freeman,armed with new weaponry and vehicles, must race through a countryside riddled with an increasingly fierce Combine threat. Also included are TF2, a class-based multiplayer addition, and physics-focused puzzle game Portal. This first demo for The Orange Box is dedicated to H-L2: Ep. Two, coming to Xbox Live tomorrow, Nov. 22, 2007.

'Sinking Island' (NDS/PC) Gets Delayed

by Rainier on Nov. 21, 2007 @ 3:27 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Sinking Island is a dark detective adventure story set on a tropical paradise. At a millionaire's hotel a crime is committed, and while the island seems to be sinking for unknown reasons, you, as detective Jack Norm, have to find out who did it. Originally scheduled for release fall 2007, Microïds has delayed Sinking Island until Q1 2008.

'MX vs. ATV Untamed' (ALL) - New Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Nov. 21, 2007 @ 3:20 p.m. PST | Filed under News

MX vs. ATV Untamed features bigger, more populated outdoor open-world environments, an X-cross career mode showcasing all eight vehicles and the all-new EnduroCross mode pitting gamers against logs, rocks, mud-pits and more, and illustrating the full potential of the game's Rhythm Racing physics engine.

'Unreal Tournament 3' (PS3) Goes Gold

by Rainier on Nov. 21, 2007 @ 3:13 p.m. PST | Filed under News

In UT3, you assume the role of a futuristic warrior engaged in contests of intense shooting battles against skilled opponents, controlled by human contestants online or by AI, fought with the most powerful sci-fi weapons and vehicles. While the PC version shipped to retail earlier this week, Epic's VP Mark Rein let us know that the PS3 edition has passed Sony's certification, and could appear in stores as early as Dec. 10, 2007.

'Doomsday' - Demo Available NOW

by Rainier on Nov. 21, 2007 @ 12:05 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Doomsday is a classic shoot-'em-up game where your task is to defend our planet from attacks of terrifying aliens. The task is not easy - at the beginning you have only small arsenal of weapons and small amount of ammunition.

'Super Mario Galaxy' (Wii) Sells 500k Units In Its First Week

by Rainier on Nov. 21, 2007 @ 12:03 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Become Mario as he traverses a galaxy of gravities, traveling in and out of gravitational fields by blasting from planet to planet. Players experience dizzying perspective shifts as they run upside down through wild alien worlds that need to be seen to be believed.

'Yggdra Union' (PSP) - 24 New Screens

by Rainier on Nov. 21, 2007 @ 12:01 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Yggdra Union is a strategy role-playing game originally released in 2006 on the GBA, now being remade on the PSP with added features such as 16:9 widescreen, additional cut scenes, new maps, and extra playable characters. It's currently only scheduled for release in Japan ...

HB Studios Opens New Office

by Rainier on Nov. 21, 2007 @ 9:52 a.m. PST | Filed under News

HB Studios, known for NBA Live 08 on PS2 and PC, is expanding its operations in Nova Scotia with the creation of a new dev studio in Halifax - the provincial capital and largest city in Atlantic Canada.

'The Golden Compass' (ALL) - 4 Screens

by Rainier on Nov. 21, 2007 @ 9:50 a.m. PST | Filed under News

SEGA is developing the video game adaptation of the theatrical movie release, The Golden Compass, based on the first book in the award-winning His Dark Materials trilogy, by British author Philip Pullman.