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New Developer Riot Games Secures Funding

by Rainier on Dec. 18, 2006 @ 9:33 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Los Angeles based independent game developer Riot Games, Inc. announced the completion of its first round of independent equity funding, totaling $1.5 million. Riot Games is comprised of former employees of EA, Sony, Microsoft, Sega, Atari, Konami, Activision, Midway, and are working on a new action RPG/RTS hybrid title.

'Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales' - v1.5 Patch Available NOW

by Rainier on Dec. 18, 2006 @ 6:18 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Age of Pirates embodies the freedom of sailing, trading, fighting, colonization and the unlimited exploration of the real Caribbean, with 16 islands, and two main characters, each with their own spectacular story. This v1.5 improves performance and stability, overhauls and redesigns game interfaces, item and quest generator have been made more efficient, modders can now edit most of the scripts and create entirely new quests and maps, change interfaces to their liking, and give the game a whole new look.

'World Snooker Championship 2007' (PS2/PS3/X360) - 120 New Screens

by Rainier on Dec. 18, 2006 @ 5:39 a.m. PST | Filed under News

World Snooker Championship 2007 boasts 104 of the World’s best snooker players, with ten official tournaments all realistically modelled for the 2007 season.

One Million 'Lost Planet: Extreme Condition' (X360) Demo Downloads on Xbox Live

by Rainier on Dec. 18, 2006 @ 5:18 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Lost Planet is a sci-fi action shooter set within the merciless frozen tundra of a hostile planet, humans struggle for survival as conflicts arise between man, the surrounding indigenous creatures and the monstrous beings that have invaded. Capcom announced that the single-player and multiplayer demos have been downloaded over one million times by the global Xbox community.

'Virtua Fighter 5' (PS3) - 6 New Screens

by Rainier on Dec. 18, 2006 @ 4:36 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Virtua Fighter 5 raises the bar for console fighting games including all the features fans know and love plus enhanced gameplay mechanics, additional characters and new fighting styles, as well as newly redesigned 3D environments.

'Battlestations: Midway' (X360/PC) Gets Release Date

by Rainier on Dec. 18, 2006 @ 4:15 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Battlestations: Midway follows the story of naval recruit Henry Walker, whose first assignment as a gunner at Pearl Harbor is the starting point of an incredible career at the heart of the US Pacific Fleet in 1942. Battlestations: Midway will be released in North America on January 30, 2007.

'Kudos' - v1.21 Patch Available NOW

by Rainier on Dec. 18, 2006 @ 4:01 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Kudos is a turn based game 'life sim' game based on social relationships, like the Sims, but not set in a 3D world. Positech has given the game a major graphical overhaul, added a journalist career, and the usual bug and crash fixes and balance adjustments.

'Test Drive Unlimited' (PSP/PS2/PC) - 19 New Screens

by Rainier on Dec. 18, 2006 @ 3:30 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Test Drive Unlimited challenges players online to experience the most exotic and fastest vehicles on more than 1000 miles of diverse Hawaiian roads. Gamers win races, challenges, missions and tournaments to earn credits and purchase new cars, bikes, rare performance parts, clothes, apparel, homes and garages.

'Football Mogul 2007' - Demo Available NOW

by Rainier on Dec. 18, 2006 @ 12:42 a.m. PST | Filed under News

As the premier sports statistical-simulation game on the market, football fans will experience all the intense excitement and strategic challenge in Football Mogul 2007 that they have come to expect from the series.

'Cinema Empire' - 4 New Screens

by Rainier on Dec. 17, 2006 @ 3:45 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Cinema Empire is Comport Interactive's latest commercial sim products. Start small, work your way up and end up as the owner of the country’s largest chain of movie theatres.