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Rainier's Articles


Monday, October 23, 2006 Shipping Announcements

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2006 @ 11:53 a.m. PDT | 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:

'World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade' - 4 New Screens

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2006 @ 11:50 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the exciting new expansion to Blizzard's massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It expands the game by tremendous bounds, adding new races, quest, lands, Battlegrounds, professions and items, raising the level cap to 70, and more.

Pandemic Studios Australia Creates 2nd Development Team

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2006 @ 10:44 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Pandemic Studios announced today the creation of a 2nd development team at its Brisbane, Australia studios. Pandemic is poised to build on the success of its Australian operation, which has grown over its six year history from a dozen to nearly one hundred employees.

'UFO: Afterlight' - 24 New Screens

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2006 @ 10:03 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

UFO: Afterlight is a mixture of squad based tactical action and global strategy with the gamer controlling the actions of elite ground troops, and the running and construction of an intricate network of interlinking bases while collecting resources.

'Tenchu: Dark Secret' (NDS) Coming to Europe

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2006 @ 9:35 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Strike down your enemies from the shadow as you don your dark clothing and become one with the night. Tenchu: Dark Secret puts you in the role of a ninja as you battle to quell an uprising against your clan and guard the life of the princess.

'Rainbow Six Vegas' (ALL) Demo On Xbox Live

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2006 @ 9:04 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Rainbow operatives take to the chaotic streets of Las Vegas as an escalating terrorist siege in "Sin City" threatens to take world terrorism to new, uncontrollable heights. Ubisoft has released a 477mb singleplayer demo, now available on Xbox Live Marketplace, although North America seems to be excluded!

'Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened' - 7 Screens

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2006 @ 9:02 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened rises to the challenge of being entirely in 3D; while the creators have kept classic game mechanics, the game benefits from the freedom and the immersion brought by a superb animated and detailed real time 3D environment.

'DEFCON' - v1.1 Patch Available NOW

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2006 @ 6:26 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

DEFCON, inspired by the 1983 cult-classic Wargames, is an online, competitive, multiplayer strategy game based around the theme of global thermonuclear war. This tiny v1.1 patch adds browser enhancements and options, and several other tweaks.

'ProStroke Golf: World Tour 2007' - v1.12 Patch Available NOW

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2006 @ 6:16 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

ProStroke Golf: World Tour 2007 is destined to capture the player's imagination by fusing the features of real-world golf, high-end graphics, accurate animation and a unique control system.

'Prince of Persia: Trilogy' (PS2) Revealed

by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2006 @ 6:06 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Ubisoft plans to release a Prince of Persia bundle in time for the holidays. Prince of Persia: Trilogy will combine Sands of Time, Warrior Within and The Two Thrones in one package. Scheduled for release October 27, 2006, all for the standard price of a regular game, it unfortunately only seems to be on PS2.