by Rainier on April 5, 2006 @ 9:58 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Funcom is proud to announce the release of two dedicated soundtrack CDs for Dreamfall: The Longest Journey. Having a constant focus on high production values and excellent in-game music, Funcom is once again going to great lengths to deliver original and unique soundscapes in one of their games.
by Rainier on April 5, 2006 @ 6:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Virgin PLAY announced today that it has signed a worldwide publishing agreement with the Dream On studio, for its upcoming NDS exclusive FPS Dead'n Furious.
by Rainier on April 5, 2006 @ 5:34 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Massive Incorporated, the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), MLB Advanced Media and 2K Sports today announced a worldwide agreement to deliver dynamic advertising into Major League Baseball 2K6.
by Kenny Bartlett on April 5, 2006 @ 2:50 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Dreamfall: The Longest Journey is an action-packed thriller set in a large and varied game world mixing gritty reality with imaginative fantasy. The game features three worlds, three distinctly different playable characters, and exciting action-adventure gameplay wrapped in a mature, exhilarating, and innovative storyline.
by Rainier on April 4, 2006 @ 1:55 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Sony Online Entertainment and Planetwide Games announced today that a web version of Planetwide's Comic Book Creator is under development for subscribers of SOE's Station Players service.
by Rainier on April 4, 2006 @ 11:12 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Telltale today announced a new pricing model for its episodic titles. Effective immediately, all episodes in the Bone series that sell through Telltale's digital distribution channel will sell for $12.99, to align with current models in other entertainment media.
by Rainier on April 4, 2006 @ 9:49 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Dead Rising has been pushed back from its May release date to September 2006. Dead Rising is survival horror game, in which you play a freelance photographer who has made his way to an idyllic suburban town to get his hands on the scoop. The town has been overrun with zombies, and while fighting off hordes of gruesome zombies, you have to discover the cause of the disturbing outbreak.
by Rainier on April 4, 2006 @ 9:01 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday is a stand-alone expansion pack for their strategy title Hearts of Iron II. The expansion will include the original game and boasts a World War III scenario, a complete scenario editor as well as an extended time line.
by Rainier on April 4, 2006 @ 8:55 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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An update on the Scarface product page reveals that Vivendi has narrowed down the release date from an ambiguous 2006 to Fall of 2006. Scarface is a third person action shooter in a complex world filled with excess and greed, players can take the role of Tony Montana, one of the most ruthless gangsters ever depicted on film.
by Alicia on April 3, 2006 @ 12:49 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Kingdom Hearts II is here after a long, long wait, featuring over 100 hours of giant boss fights, mini-games, and mook-bashing action. Picking up one year after the events of the Chain of Memories GBA title, Sora once again ventures out with sidekicks Goofy and Donald to try and track down his missing friend Riku. Battle across nearly two dozen special worlds that representing Disney properties from Winnie the Pooh to Tron.
by Rainier on April 1, 2006 @ 2:45 a.m. PST | Filed under
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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.
by Rainier on March 31, 2006 @ 11:33 a.m. PST | Filed under
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With the new baseball season just hours away, Sports Interactive announced that their latest masterpiece, Out of the Park Baseball 2006, will be released on May 31st.
by Rainier on March 31, 2006 @ 9:36 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday is a stand-alone expansion pack for their strategy title Hearts of Iron II. The expansion will include the original game and boasts a World War III scenario, a complete scenario editor as well as an extended time line. Paradox has released a demo allowing you to try out the game for 3 hours.
by Rainier on March 31, 2006 @ 6:02 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Paradox Interactive announced today that the latest addition to their award-winning strategy portfolio, Hearts of Iron 2: Doomsday, has gone gold.
by Rainier on March 31, 2006 @ 4:48 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Alten8 announced it has signed a deal with P.M. STUDIOS to publish Etrom : The Astral Essence in most European countries. Etrom is a 3D Action-RPG game has a Deep and involving Storyline set in a dark, futuristic, "neo-gothic" world where technology and a fantasy Middle Ages collide.
by Joe Keiser on March 31, 2006 @ 12:15 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Shadow Hearts: From The New World takes place in the US during the Great Depression. With an improved Judgment Ring System, a gripping and inspirational storyline, players can expect to run into a unique set of characters at famous, real-world locations including Chicago, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas and New York.
by Rainier on March 30, 2006 @ 10:03 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Alexey's Dwice is a game of action matching where you are on a race against the clock to save a village from an impending avalanche. Match together the icy blocks that are the same shape or isolate them from their chilly friends to eliminate them from the board.
by Rainier on March 30, 2006 @ 9:02 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Galactic Civilizations II takes place in the distant future, when mankind has become a space-faring civilization and must contend with other extraterrestrial powers for domination of the galaxy. This demo allows you to play as the human race, all weapons unlocked, 3 year (~140 turn) limit on gameplay, no campaign, no metaverse, no tutorials.
by Rainier on March 30, 2006 @ 3:31 a.m. PST | Filed under
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The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms is a real-time war game set in China, AD 189, featuring new detail castle siege warfares and level up character system, bringing you back to the history of the Three Kingdoms to experience a time of heroes and brotherhoods in China's late Han dynasty.
by Rainier on March 29, 2006 @ 2:24 p.m. PST | Filed under
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The Great Cow Race is the continuation of Bone: Out from Boneville, and will feature more quirky and colorful characters, as well as a deeper story.
by Rainier on March 29, 2006 @ 9:07 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Paradox Interactive's Europa Universalis III delves deeply into the areas of exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy, characterized by immense depth and historical content that charge its challenging gameplay with incredible replayability value.
by Rainier on March 29, 2006 @ 8:19 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Stoked Rider featuring Tommy Brunner' is an action-freesports game for PC, the first freeride snowboarding game inspired by Alaska's impressive peaks, presented in a unique 3D cel-shaded graphical style. This demo allows you to check out a limited area of the 64 square kilometer mountain.
by Rainier on March 29, 2006 @ 3:47 a.m. PST | Filed under
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In Broken Sword: The Angel of Death, gamers once again take the role of unwitting hero George Stobbart as he investigates dark secrets from a long-forgotten history.
by Rainier on March 29, 2006 @ 3:44 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Myelin Media today announced that its Texas Hold 'Em game, Stacked with Daniel Negreanu will feature interoperability between the PS2 and PSP, allowing you to play continue a single-player game, or multiplayer, cross-platform.
by Rainier on March 28, 2006 @ 4:45 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Silent Hunter 3: Seawolves adds sixty new cities across Europe, North America and the Pacific, new campaigns & missions (22 sp, 4 mp), and plenty of other enhancements. This v1.01 patch updates campaign files and a few other tweaks.
