by Rainier on Dec. 18, 2003 @ 3:57 p.m. PST | Filed under
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LucasArts is proud to unveil the fantastic, deadly world of Wrath Unleashed on its
new official website! Wrath Unleashed is an exhilarating action-strategy game that mixes the best elements of classic strategy games with fast-paced and fierce creature combat. The game introduces players to a unique and spectacular fantasy universe where players engage in both single and multiplayer battles with more than 30 fierce, mythological creatures from four realms. Each character has special attributes, powers and attacks...but all characters have the power to unleash their wrath to defeat opponents and dominate the universe!
by Rainier on Dec. 18, 2003 @ 11:37 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Interplay Entertainment Corp. and Vivendi Universal Games announced today that Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel will ship to retail on January 13, 2004. The action-adventure game will be available for the PlayStation2 and the Xbox.
by Rainier on Dec. 18, 2003 @ 9:38 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Slitherine Strategies are pleased to announce that Spartan has been nominated as a finalist in the 2003 Game of the Year competition hosted by the Independent Games Festival. The winner will be announced at the show in March 2004. Spartan has just about everything that you would expect from a Grand Campaign TBS strategy game and with the added spice of the interactive battles we're sure it will be a winner with the gamers and the judges alike. Worthplaying.com has described Spartan as: "Civilisation with a 3D battle engine.", and one of our aims as a company is to grow our audience to draw in some of those gamers who can't get enough of Civ, or who are just looking for something a little different.
by Rainier on Dec. 18, 2003 @ 9:03 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Rockstar Games is pleased to announce Red Dead Revolver for the PlayStation2 and Xbox. Developed by Rockstar San Diego, this stylish, western gun-fighting extravaganza is expected to hit retail shelves in Spring 2004. Read more for details ...
by Rainier on Dec. 18, 2003 @ 1:18 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Enlight has sent out notice that there is a new patch for X2: The Threat Update 1.1 is available for download exclusively at Egosoft’s website. Since there are several different versions of the patch out already and many will follow once the European territories have released, Enlight is directing everyone to download the patch from www.egosoft.com. This way, EgoSoft can monitor that customers are receiving the correct version of the patch through their registration key. Read more to check a detailed fix list...
by Rainier on Dec. 17, 2003 @ 4:15 p.m. PST | Filed under
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From the far corners of Middle-earth, new adventures come forth to face the growing evil in the East. The forces of Mordor are mobilizing as the Nazgül hunt for the One Ring. The land itself is in peril and its fate lies in the hands of those who possess it. Adventuring alone or in groups, join thousands of players online in the massive world that is Middle-earth. Support the forces of good in an epic struggle to drive back the forces of Sauron. This is Middle-Earth Online, your home in the world of Tolkien. Read more to check some screens ...
by Rainier on Dec. 17, 2003 @ 12:35 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Spread holiday cheer in Electronic Arts/Maxis' SimCity 4 for the PC this December. Just in time for this season’s festivities, players can download a replica of New York’s magnificent Rockefeller Center and the famous Christmas tree that adorns its plaza. The download is available now for product-registered users at www.simcity.com.
by Rainier on Dec. 17, 2003 @ 10:51 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Pirates is broadband only, with high-end hardware specifications for graphics -- a GeForce 3 or better is required in at least a 1GHz machine, and the game is optimized for the latest DirectX 9.0-class cards. Pirates is being published on-line directly to gamers using Valve's new Steam technology, the same delivery system used by Half-Life 2 and Counterstrike 2. Check out the new seaworthy screens ...
by Rainier on Dec. 16, 2003 @ 12:46 p.m. PST | Filed under
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The main hero of the game, the lumberman from the introduction, comes from Earth. He came to this planet with the whole earth civilization when the Earth resources started to exhaust. The mankind was forced to leave the Earth and leave for another planet (thanks GenGamers). Read more for details & screens ...
by Rainier on Dec. 16, 2003 @ 2:59 a.m. PST | Filed under
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In Tribes: Vengeance's single-player campaign, gamers become immersed in a roiling galactic thriller. Throughout the game, the player catches glimpses of other, interrelated stories that are unfolding behind-the-scenes. In addition, gamers are given the opportunity to experience the full scope of the single-player story through multiple viewpoints and characters. Powered by an enhanced version of the Unreal Engine, the world is brought to life with characters that have facial expressions and fully-realized personalities, vehicles that kick up dust as they pass by, and weapons that display spectacular effects. Check out these new screens ...
by Rainier on Dec. 16, 2003 @ 2:46 a.m. PST | Filed under
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In Wrath Unleashed, powerful beings called overlords fight for supremacy in a striking and imaginative ethereal void as they struggle to become gods and maintain dominance and magic. Overlords and their minion creatures battle for control of magical floating islands represented by a beautiful world map comprised of terrain tiles. Each tile on the map is imbued with an elemental affinity of fire, earth, water or wind. Unleash your wrath and may the best beast win! Read more for a fresh batch of screens ...
by Rainier on Dec. 12, 2003 @ 4:29 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Mafia is a 3D action game, seen through the eyes of third person. Player assumes the role of a gangster in an American town of the thirties, and gets a chance to live through gangsters rise and fall. In a spell-bounding story of human hunger for power, he will be able to live through everything that was taking place in underworld during this stormy period: mad car chases, bootlegging, assassinations, and bank robberies. Read more for some new screens ...
by Rainier on Dec. 12, 2003 @ 2:44 p.m. PST | Filed under
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MLB 2005 is the game baseball enthusiasts have always wanted. Eleven extensive gameplay options including Historical All-Time Greats, an all-new Franchise Mode that allows you to control every aspect of running a baseball franchise, an all-new Career Mode that takes you from Class A ball to the Fall Classic, all-new Simulation Mode where you can watch games unfold as you call the shots or jump in and close out a tight one, and Online playability through 989SportsOnline.com with 32-man tournaments make this the deepest baseball videogame ever produced.
by Rainier on Dec. 12, 2003 @ 9:21 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Manhunt, a computer video game that encourages players to kill everyone in sight in ever more gruesome ways has become the first such product to be banned in New Zealand. The Office of Film and Literature Classification has banned Manhunt, a DVD-ROM console game produced in Playstation 2 format, from distribution in the country. Read more for details ...
by Rainier on Dec. 11, 2003 @ 9:00 p.m. PST | Filed under
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1C and G5 Software companies will develop a new 3D RTS on motives of the Caribbean crisis. Game engine will be a modified Blitzkrieg engine. But game will not carry a historical reliability, in this Caribbean crisis the USSR and the USA will exchange nuclear attacks. In game there will be 4 campaigns: for the USSR, France, Germany, China, the USA and Great Britain. Read more for a few screens ...
by Rainier on Dec. 11, 2003 @ 5:17 p.m. PST | Filed under
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The Nintendo GameCube version of Goblin Commander: Unleash The Horde ships to stores today (Friday), Jaleco Entertainment announced. Goblin Commander: Unleash The Horde is an action-strategy video game designed specifically for next-generation consoles. Experience the rush of amassing hordes of goblins under your control, embark on thrilling adventures, and engage in spectacular battles with enemy clans.
by Rainier on Dec. 11, 2003 @ 11:04 a.m. PST | Filed under
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A chance to see two of the most highly anticipated online games awaits attendees at the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) Winter Championship, December 16-20 in Dallas, Texas. NCsoft Corporation will demo the latest pre-release versions of City of Heroes and Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle at CompUSA’s CPL exhibit booth. Gamers will get a chance to try out the games on three new Compaq X09 Gaming PCs which will be unveiled for the first time at the CPL event.
by Rainier on Dec. 11, 2003 @ 10:21 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Acclaim has released the first update patch for their recently released action/hack'n slash title 'Gladiator: Sword Of Vengeance'. This upgrade is labelled USK18 (for German version of the game only) and addresses some issue with the blood effects as well as fixing the inability to perform certain finishing moves. Read more for details and download links
by Rainier on Dec. 11, 2003 @ 9:57 a.m. PST | Filed under
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1C Company and Pointsoft Interactive have signed a Pan-European distribution deal for Vivisector: Beast Inside. Vivisector: Beast Inside developed by Action Forms (creators of Chasm and Carnivores series) is a unique mixture of 3D Action/Horror. The game blends a thrilling interactive story with intense, high-adrenaline action and immerses players in a rich and fascinating storyline. Mysterious Dr. Morhead built a laboratory on the remote Soreo Isle and resumed his hideous experiments... Violating the very foundations of nature, his work was aimed at the creation of a new form of living being - animals that look, feel and behave more like humans. Read more for some new screens ...
by Rainier on Dec. 11, 2003 @ 9:46 a.m. PST | Filed under
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While we have seen Race Driver 2 screens the past few months, Codemasters never really disclosed details as to what we can expect in the game, until today. Slated for release in Spring 2004 for the Xbox and the PC, Race Driver 2 will provide gamers the most diverse and thrilling range of motor sports ever seen in one game. Designed as the definitive racing experience, the game will feature complete head to head Xbox Live and PC online functionality. Read more for details ...
by Rainier on Dec. 10, 2003 @ 9:33 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Mythic's Matt Firor has revealed their next "free" addon for Dark Age Of Camelot. It is time to officially take the wraps off our next big project, codenamed "Frontiers". This is Dark Age of Camelot’s long-awaited RvR overhaul; where we take the lessons we’ve learned from the last two years of RvR combat and make appropriate changes. This will be a free expansion, available via download. It is currently scheduled to go into a limited beta in February. Read more for details ...
by Rainier on Dec. 10, 2003 @ 5:58 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Hang on for your life in Wakeboarding Unleashed featuring Shaun Murray as you get ripped across a lake by a high-powered speedboat and trick through dangerous terrain. Feel the rush as you crash into houseboats and catch huge air in nine exotic levels with seven world-class wakeboarders. Tired already? Then drive the boat and help your friend pull off challenging technical tricks on the most realistic looking water ever. Check the new screens ...
by Rainier on Dec. 10, 2003 @ 11:54 a.m. PST | Filed under
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EA has released a new patch for their WWII First Person Shooter Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Breakthrough. This upgrade brings your retail game to v2.40b and adds 2 new multiplayer maps (Bizerte Fortress and Stuckguter), as well as the new Italian Breda Heavy Machine Gun, several new multiplayer skins, Pixomatic support, and several game tweaks and bug fixes (
thanks 3DGamers). Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...
by Rainier on Dec. 10, 2003 @ 11:22 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Thought SARS spread fast? Think again. Millions of Asians are addicted to a massively multiplayer online game that is about to hit Europe: BiosFear (also known as Laghaim, Eternal Chaos and Chaotic Adventure in various Asian countries). Developed by South Korean company Nako Interactive, Tiscali Games is about to bring the game to Europe. Read more for details & screens ...
by Rainier on Dec. 10, 2003 @ 3:14 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. and Rockstar Games, Inc. wish to express our sincerest apologies to the Haitian people and Government of Haiti for any offense that may have been caused by statements made in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. As its name implies, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is a virtual crime world, in which characters are involved in criminal activities, including fictional gang warfare between rival groups. In creating the game, it was not our intention to target or offend any group or persons or to incite hatred or violence against such groups persons. Take Two issued a statement promising to "remove the objectionable statements from future copies of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City."