by Rainier on Aug. 7, 2008 @ 6:14 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Sims 2 Apartment Life brings the adventure, fun and drama of close quarters of apartment living to your Sims.
by Rainier on Aug. 7, 2008 @ 2:59 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Ubisoft has filed a lawsuit against Optical Experts Manufacturing, the North Carolina-based company it had used to makes copies of Assassin's Creed on PC. OEM failed to follow its own security measures and allowed an employee to take home a copy of the game, who then uploaded it on the internet six weeks before its official release.
Ubisoft claims the leak was downloaded 700,000 times, costing the publisher millions of dollars, and is suing for breach of contract and negligence, asking for $10 million each.
by Rainier on Aug. 6, 2008 @ 5:13 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Back for another season of heart-pumping, bone-crushing, no-holds-barred football action, Blitz: The League II strips the rules and regulations from traditional football to enhance the fun by bringing the pain. Frank Caliendo — known for his impressions of legendary football broadcaster John Madden, President George W. Bush and Al Pacino — and former host of Last Comic Standing, Jay Mohr, have been recruited to join Lawrence Taylor in Blitz: The League II.
by Rainier on Aug. 6, 2008 @ 1:59 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Bionic Commando Rearmed is a makeover of the classic 8-bit game originally released 20 years ago, but with updated visuals, new weapons, online rankings, a reworked musical score and the addition of a 2-player co-op mode.
by Rainier on Aug. 6, 2008 @ 12:18 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Gears of War 2 picks up six months after the events of the original, thrusting players back into humankind's epic battle for survival against a nightmarish force of underground creatures known as the Locust Horde. According to
What They Play, Microsoft will implement optional filters that "turns the blood into sparks" and "takes out all the swear words," to offset the fact that GoW2 is more brutal/visceral than its predecessor.
by Rainier on Aug. 6, 2008 @ 11:29 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Created by the same team that developed Fight Night Round 3, FaceBreaker offers irreverent fun, immersive gameplay and eye-popping stylized graphics. In this in-your-face, arcade world full of ego-wielding characters, each boxer comes to life with unique attributes and distinct personal style.
by Rainier on Aug. 6, 2008 @ 4:29 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning will bring Games Workshop's fantasy world to life in a way that will allow players to create characters destined for great deeds and glory on the field of battle.
Last month EA Singapore revealed a Sept. 23, 2008 release date, EA confirmed the day of reckoning will start a few days earlier, on Sept. 18, 2008 in North America & Europe.
by Rainier on Aug. 6, 2008 @ 3:31 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Seize the moment and step into the glamorous life of a high stakes gambler! Phantom EFX announced its lineup of Reel Deal casino video games: Reel Deal Slots Blackbeard's Revenge, Reel Deal Casino Millionaire's Club and Reel Deal Card Games '09.
by Rainier on Aug. 5, 2008 @ 8:35 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Theatre of War 2 is a 3D RTS that covers events of 1943, the operations in Tunisia. Players will have the option to lead the German Afrika Korps of Rommel, supported by Italian military contingent, in their last full-scale attack or be at the head of the opposing English and American armies.
by Rainier on Aug. 5, 2008 @ 6:27 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Konami released its Q1 2009 financial results for the April-June quarter, revealing revenue went up 17% compared to the same period last year, while income jumped 65% dominated by the June 12 release of Metal Gear Solid 4, which has 3 million copies in two weeks. Kojima Productions' stealth action shooter boosted Konami's PS3 numbers from 1.3% last year to 57% this quarter, NDS, PS2 and PSP revenue dropped while Wii and X360 increased.
by Rainier on Aug. 5, 2008 @ 1:23 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Steel yourself to face foes that no captain has ever bested before, in this perilous adventure of the enchanted worlds. Collect weapons, pick up crewmen, amass great riches and explore un-chartered seas. Learn the secrets of dozens of enemies as you cast off and set sail on a daring voyage of adventure and battle.
by Rainier on Aug. 5, 2008 @ 1:09 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People is a story-driven series with a comic spin based on Matt and Mike Chapman's online animated series. The player uncovers each episode's comedic plot through character interaction, dialogue-based puzzles, and the use/abuse of inventory items.
by Rainier on Aug. 5, 2008 @ 9:52 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Tales of Vesperia combines real-time combat, captivating storylines and remarkable graphics while introducing original elements that set a new standard for role-playing gameplay and interactive storytelling. Packaged in a SteelBook case with original artwork by Tales series character designer Kosuke Fujishima, each copy of the special edition comes with a 10th anniversary soundtrack CD packed with some of the series’ musical highlights.
by Geson Hatchett on Aug. 5, 2008 @ 6:36 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Created by the same team that developed Fight Night Round 3, FaceBreaker offers irreverent fun, immersive gameplay and eye-popping stylized graphics. In this in-your-face, arcade world full of ego-wielding characters, each boxer comes to life with unique attributes and distinct personal style.
by Rainier on Aug. 5, 2008 @ 2:59 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed delivers an all-new sci-fi action gaming experience, where players control Crypto as he travels the world in the 1970s, unleashing massive destruction on foot, in his UFO and for the first time, in the Big Willy mech. Released on Wii earlier this year, Big Willy was also scheduled for PSP, which
according to THQ has been canceled due to the controls not porting over well to the PSP.
by Judy on Aug. 4, 2008 @ 9:33 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Check out the following new screens from Southpeak Interactive's E3 2008 lineup:
by Rainier on Aug. 4, 2008 @ 8:25 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 will feature dynamic, personalized gameplay via Tiger Woods' personal coach, Hank Haney, a more intuitive and customized EA Sports GamerNet++ experience as well as an all-new game engine powering online play.
by Rainier on Aug. 4, 2008 @ 5:30 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Zombies across America will meet their match as D3Publisher is not only bringing the popular bikini-clad samurai sisters Aya and Saki to our shores in Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers on the Wii, but also prepping an Xbox 360 version under the Bikini Samurai Squad name.
by Rainier on Aug. 4, 2008 @ 3:58 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Midway released its Q2 2008 financial results revealing net revenues dropped from Q2 2007's $31.8 million to $23.4 million, albeit ahead of the estimated $18 million. Losses more than doubled from Q2 2007's $14.3 million to $34.8 million.
by Rainier on Aug. 4, 2008 @ 12:00 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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According to the Office of Film and Literature, Australian equivalent of the ESRB, Tozai Games, currently already working on Lode Runner for Xbox Live Arcade, will be bringing R-Type Dimensions to XBLA as it has just been given a "general" classification. For the people not in the know, R-Type is Irem’s legendary coin operated side-scrolling shoot'm up (aka schmup) arcade game that has been around since the 80s.
by Rainier on Aug. 4, 2008 @ 8:59 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Paradox Interactive Dark Horizon is a stark and atmospheric space combat simulation that aims to hurl its audience through an action-packed adventure, piloting its own ship through the perils that only space could have to offer.
by Rainier on Aug. 3, 2008 @ 7:05 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Blade & Soul is an Asian Martial Arts MMORPG that breaks with traditional confined and monotonous gameplay, providing a completely new experience through game environment alteration, and expansion of tasks that a character can carry out.
by Rainier on Aug. 3, 2008 @ 7:02 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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FF XIII uses the latest in cutting-edge technology providing tangible, intuitive controls while delivering seamless transitions between real-time gameplay and in-game cinematics. At E3, Square Enix announced that it would be bringing FF XIII to the Xbox 360, but at its DK Sigma3173 event, series director Motomu Toriyama revealed that development has not started yet, as the team has yet to receive any debug units. PS3 fans will be able to try out a quite large demo in March 2009 on a bonus demo disc that will come with the Blu-ray release of FF VII: Advent Children.
by Rainier on Aug. 2, 2008 @ 6:30 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Set in a modern day survival-horror universe, the co-operative gameplay of Left 4 Dead casts four "Survivors" in an epic struggle against hordes of swarming zombies and terrifying "Boss Infected" mutants. According to the
latest issue of OPM, EA will be in charge of porting Valve's FPS to PS3, much like it did with The Orange Box.
by Rainier on Aug. 1, 2008 @ 4:13 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Guild 2: Pirates of the European Seas add-on provides a total new area – the seas of Northern Europe, where trading might be as promising as roaming the dangerous waters as a pirate. This v2.1 (also works for the Gold Edition) adds Guilds, special quests/rewards, Alderman title, fixes various bugs, including pathfinding, game logic, management of supply & demand of goods, stability issues, out of sync problems (multiplayer stability!) etc...