by Rainier on April 30, 2009 @ 3:49 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Cryostasis is a first person horror/action game where you play a meteorologist caught inside an old nuclear ice-breaker, frozen in the ice many years ago. This steel beast once fought for its country, but it fell into an ice trap as did every living thing on board.
by Rainier on April 29, 2009 @ 6:01 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Set in a modern day survival-horror universe, the co-op gameplay of L4D casts four Survivors in an epic struggle against hordes of swarming zombies and terrifying Boss Infected mutants. Valve is giving potential fans a chance to check out L4D for free on Friday at 12:01 am GMT, including the just released Survival Pack DLC.
by Rainier on April 29, 2009 @ 11:09 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Tripwire Interactive's Killing Floor is a first-person co-op survival horror, set in and around London after a mad scientist’s “specimens” have broken loose and gone on the rampage. Fans who pre-order the game today get 25% off ...
Check out the following new screens and trailers from Sony's Gamers Day 2009 lineup:
by Rainier on April 29, 2009 @ 10:32 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Ubisoft has just released the 2008-2009 full-year sales numbers, and it's no surprise that the French publisher/developer is still going strong, posting a 14% sales increase (€1,058 million). More importantly, a projected release schedule for the next 12 months reveals Ghost Recon 4, a new Arthur and the Invisibles title, and a new Wii sports game are in development.
by Rainier on April 29, 2009 @ 10:22 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Get ready for the return of some of Nintendo’s best-loved characters as Donkey Kong Jungle Beat has been added to the Wii’s New Play Control family, in which classic games are reinvented to take advantage of Wii’s unique motion sensing capabilities and new widescreen experience.
by Rainier on April 29, 2009 @ 9:16 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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SOE Austin is building a world where you feel like you've stepped into the DC Universe and become the ultimate super-hero (or villain) along side of Superman, Batman, or Ambush Bug.
by Rainier on April 29, 2009 @ 9:12 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Trine is a fantasy action game where the player can create and use physics-based objects to beat hazardous puzzles and threatening enemies. Set in a world of great castles and strange machinery, three heroes are bound to a mysterious device called the Trine in a quest to save the kingdom from evil…
by Rainier on April 29, 2009 @ 8:56 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Commemorating five years of Lineage II, NCSoft has rolled out a new expansion for its MMORPG. Gracia Final, the third part of the Gracia expansion series, brings players a brand new continent, refined PvP combat and arenas, expanded clan features, territory wars, and more.
by Rainier on April 29, 2009 @ 5:45 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Guitar Hero: World Tour will feature guitar, vocals, drums, the ability to create your own songs (and upload them on GHTunes), four-player on/offline co-op, and an eight-player battle of the bands multiplayer mode (4vs4).
by Rainier on April 29, 2009 @ 5:14 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Big League Sports: Summer focuses in on classic sunshine pastimes of tennis, beach volleyball, golf, soccer, baseball and football. Players will be able to customize their characters and play through a variety of exciting games in single player, and 4 people multiplayer, mode.
by Rainier on April 29, 2009 @ 4:49 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Announced last year and not heard of since, Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss adds a newly-playable Gargoyle race, never-before seen spells, powerful new weapons and armor, an expansive and dangerous dungeon, and a variety of new, tough-as-nails monsters.
by Rainier on April 29, 2009 @ 3:45 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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ArmA II is set in the near future, year 2009, in a fictional post soviet country called Chernarus. Players will be sent as members of a US Marine Corps Force Recon squad to this country to prevent further civilian casualties and ensure ongoing stability there.
by Rainier on April 29, 2009 @ 3:33 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Wheelie Breakers introduces players to a fast-paced twist on a racing game. Yusei and Jack duel in a new motor sport called "Wheelie Breakers" that combines card dueling with duel wheel racing.
by Rainier on April 29, 2009 @ 3:19 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Science fiction and fantasy meld in this long-awaited continuation of the franchise from developer tri-Ace Inc. The refined gameplay features team-oriented combat, while improving upon the innovative real-time battle system that has become a trademark of the Star Ocean franchise.
Players pilot a subterranean exploration vehicle to explore the interior of diverse cave-like complexes. The player must affect the surrounding and dynamic terrain to progress, and the goal is to safely navigate through each vivid stage and rescue survivors scattered about the cavernous environment.
Inspired by the popular and addictive “tower defense” genre in PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe, the player controls a defender-of-the-forest character in a lush 2D environment. The player’s goal is to strategically defend the pathway to his homebase from an onslaught of various threatening monsters.
MotorStorm Arctic Edge sees the music, the festival and the brutal off-road racing arrive in the breathtaking yet lethal and unpredictable setting of Alaska. With temperatures plummeting, sudden avalanches, broken ice bridges, and three different racing altitudes, this is possibly the most inhospitable environment the MotorStormers have ever had to deal with.
SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 lets you join forces with like-minded players to tackle an adventure of realistic military action, tactics and teamwork wherever and whenever you want.
White Knight Chronicles, developed by Rogue Galaxy/Dark Cloud studio Level 5, is all-new PS3 exclusive fantasy turn-based strategy/RPG, with a key differentiating element of a transforming hero, you can play solo, or in a group of up to 4 online.
by Rainier on April 28, 2009 @ 5:04 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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All Aspect Warfare chronicles the adventures of an “elite” team of combat marines who crash landed on the enemy planet they were sent to completely destroy. Stranded and left for dead with a deployed thermo-nuclear weapon ticking somewhere, their only chance of escape lies deep within hostile territory.
by Rainier on April 28, 2009 @ 3:12 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Batman: Arkham Asylum is a 3rd-person action game powered by the Unreal Engine 3, that exposes players to a unique, dark and atmospheric adventure that takes them to the depths of Arkham Asylum – Gotham's psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane.
by Rainier on April 28, 2009 @ 9:46 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is a survival FPS game based on a 'what-if' scenario of the second Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident. The game is created as a warning to mankind against mindless play with technologies.
by Rainier on April 28, 2009 @ 9:31 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Light of Altair is a sci-fi colony building game with a deep plot. Grow colonies from landing pod to metropolis, while sending off new spaceships to expand your territory to other worlds. You are not alone in space, 8 factions from different parts of the world are all following their own agendas in the solar system; diplomacy and orbital-combat are essential to learn.
by Rainier on April 28, 2009 @ 2:21 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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inFamous is an open-ended, free-roaming game puts you in the shoes of Cole, an everyday guy and urban explorer, in the aftermath of a huge disaster that destroys his hometown of Empire City. As Cole, you must first learn to use new found powers and then decide how you will use them.