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'Field Ops' - 11 New Screens

by Rainier on Dec. 1, 2006 @ 8:15 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Freeze Interactive's Field Ops, developed by Digital Reality and previously known as Ghost Wars, brings together, in a unique presentation, the two favorite genres of PC gamers; Real-Time-Strategy and First-Person Shooter.

Friday, December 1, 2006 Shipping Announcements

by Rainier on Dec. 1, 2006 @ 8:11 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

'SKATE' (PS3/X360) - 3 New Screens

by Rainier on Dec. 1, 2006 @ 7:40 a.m. PST | Filed under News

SKATE will deliver the feel of skating through innovative controls, authentic cameras and a fully reactive skateboarding city. The game features professional skaters such as Danny Way and PJ Ladd, as well as a reactive city and relevant in-game cameras that capture and deliver the most authentic skateboard videogame experience to date.

'Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines' - v3.2 Update Patch Available NOW

by Rainier on Dec. 1, 2006 @ 7:25 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 v3.2 (requires v1.2 patch installed) and addresses a number of known issues, gameplay tweaks, bug fixes and so forth (thanks 3DGamers).

'TrackMania United' Integrates Direct User Exchange of Tracks

by Rainier on Dec. 1, 2006 @ 7:18 a.m. PST | Filed under News

TrackMania United is the complete TrackMania game, regrouping all the TrackMania games released until now and all their add-ons. Ascaron unveils TrackMania United's new connected functionality, allowing players to directly exchange all their creations through the game, its interface and its closed Internet network.

'NBA Street Homecourt' (PS3/X360) - 8 New Screens

by Rainier on Dec. 1, 2006 @ 7:11 a.m. PST | Filed under News

NBA Street series expands on the fast-paced and larger-than-life 3-on-3 basketball gameplay, creating a hyper-real world that merges legendary courts with the hometown courts of your favorite NBA stars into one seamless city of streetball moments.

Introversion Adding amBX To 'DEFCON'

by Rainier on Dec. 1, 2006 @ 7:02 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Introversion Software announced that it was teaming up with Philips to produce an amBX version of DEFCON. In time, the company also hopes to amBX enable their two previous critically acclaimed titles: Darwinia and Uplink.

'Bullet Witch' (X360) - 10 New Screens

by Rainier on Dec. 1, 2006 @ 6:51 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Bullet Witch is an action adventure taking place in the exceedingly bleak near future of 2013. Civilization is on the brink of extinction after demons begin appearing on the earth, and the player wades into the fray as a witch named Alicia.

'Gran Turismo HD' (PS3) Cancelled, Becomes Demo Instead

by Rainier on Dec. 1, 2006 @ 6:39 a.m. PST | Filed under News

In a surprising turn of event, Sony Japan released an announcement that Gran Turismo HD will launch in retail stores, but instead as a free downloadable demo through the PlayStation Store. Shifting development focus to GT 5 instead, the demo, only confirmed for Japan, will be released on December 24th and include ten cars, two layouts of a single track, Time Attack and Drift Trial modes, with an online Network Ranking feature.

'Frontline: Fields of Thunder' - 5 New Screens

by Rainier on Dec. 1, 2006 @ 6:32 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Frontline: Fields of Thunder is a new RTS series where players are taken to the frontline, where the gameplay is going back to its RTS roots - inspired by games like Blitzkrieg. With state of the art graphics and an overhauled interface, players will find themselves challenged in many different environments and settings.