by Thomas on June 13, 2002 @ 5:06 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Square Co., Ltd., (Square) and Disney Interactive today announced the all-star voice cast for KINGDOM HEARTS, the 3D action role-playing game for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system. The player will assume the role of the lead character, Sora, voiced by Haley Joel Osment ("The Sixth Sense," "A.I. Artificial Intelligence"). Osment will lead an all-star voice cast, which includes David Gallagher ("Seventh Heaven") as Riku and Hayden Panettiere ("Ally McBeal," "Remember the Titans") as Kairi. KINGDOM HEARTS will also feature the voice talents of Sean Astin ("The Lord of the Rings," "Rudy"), Lance Bass (member of *NSYNC), David Boreanaz ("Angel," "Valentine"), Mandy Moore ("A Walk to Remember," "The Princess Diaries") and Christy Romano ("Even Stevens," "Kim Possible"). In addition, many of the original film star voice actors are reprising their role for this project.
by Thomas on June 13, 2002 @ 12:51 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Bill Gates' buys into the British motor industry as Titus is set to release Lotus Challenge on Xbox this September. Petrol heads who have already joined the next generation of console gaming will be able to get their hands on Lotus Challenge on Xbox when it is released this September by Virgin Interactive.
by Thomas on June 13, 2002 @ 12:33 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Tetris Worlds places the player in a universe where Tetris is played in different ways on six different planets. Test your Tetris skills in the most popular versions of Tetris, or the latest cutting-edge variations, such as Hot-Line Tetris, Cascade Tetris and Fusion Tetris.
by Thomas on June 13, 2002 @ 12:27 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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In one corner stands the immortal Hulk Hogan. In the other stands the Undisputed World Wrestling Champion Triple H. Tensions mount, but suddenly Y2J’s music blares as he enters the arena and grabs the mic. Fans boo and chant “has-been”! Backstage, The Great One gets ready to layeth the smacketh down while Mr. McMahon sits with his personal assistant Stacy Keibler. It’s SmackDown! as you’ve never seen it before for the PlayStation 2. All-new Superstars, enhanced season mode and more matches then ever.
by Thomas on June 13, 2002 @ 11:25 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Electronic Arts the world’s leading interactive entertainment software company, today announced an agreement for the acquisition of Black Box Games, a 100-person game development studio in Vancouver, B.C. Under the agreement, Black Box Games will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Electronic Arts. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
by Rainier on June 12, 2002 @ 11:48 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Eidos announced a new golf title called Swingerz Golf which will make its way to the Nintendo GameCube this Fall. The game is an English version of Japanese development studio Telenet's game, Wai Wai Golf. Swingerz Golf offers six different courses, 14 insane characters, lots of mini-games, and four modes of play (1-4 players) including Tournament, Stroke, Match and Short Course. This is not your daddy's golf game.
by Thomas on June 12, 2002 @ 10:08 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Battle.net reports that an increasing number of customers are reporting that their computers have been exposed to viruses by running programs they downloaded from web sites claiming to offer hacks, item-duping programs, and non Diablo II related video files (movies). They have found that many of the programs these sites are distributing are actually designed to give hackers access to the Diablo II user’s Battle.net accounts and to other personal information stored on the user’s computer.
by Thomas on June 11, 2002 @ 9:42 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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BAM! Entertainment today announced that military action title Dropship: United Peace Force for the PlayStation 2 is arriving at retail this week in North America. Dropship: United Peace Force, developed by Sony Computer Entertainment of Europe's Camden studio, entered the sales charts at #4 in the U.K. market during the very competitive holiday season. As part of the ongoing strategic relationship between BAM! Entertainment and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Dropship: United Peace Force is the second of three European Sony titles for the PlayStation 2, which BAM! Entertainment is bringing to North America. In March, BAM! shipped WRC: World Rally Championship and in mid-June the company will ship WipEout Fusion to North American retail outlets; both titles were first..
by Thomas on June 11, 2002 @ 4:52 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Deathrow successfully combines the elements of third person action, aggressive close combat, and cooperative team play to create a unique gaming experience that will definitely pump up your heart rate. Check out seven new screens below!
by Thomas on June 11, 2002 @ 4:27 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Anarchy Enterprises and Unique Entertainment (creators of Moon Tycoon)
announce Beta Version 1.0 "31MB" of their latest PC-CDrom game, Deep Sea Tycoon. The development team has been busy working on their second 3D Tycoon title, which will take you to an incredible underwater realm you'll have to see to believe! Filled with tons of sealife, people and a full range of over 100 buildings to create your undersea empire, Deep Sea Tycoon is focused on fun, humor and rediculously enjoyable replay value.
by Thomas on June 10, 2002 @ 7:19 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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With Test Drive for PlayStation2 hitting the store shelves it's time to break out the cheat codes and experience some fun and exciting new cars. The game not only features SoundMAX SPX "animated audio" from Analog Devices, but three hidden SoundMAX cars that promise to tear up the tracks. The SoundMAX SPX audio rendering technology allows players to differentiate between the turbo charger on a V6 engine and the deep bass roar of a big block V8, thus bringing the game's engine sounds to life.
by Thomas on June 10, 2002 @ 6:30 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Wielding Anglo Saxon GBH on to 21st Century GBA, Barbarian looks set to become the undisputed heavyweight king of the handheld slash-‘em-ups when it is unleashed by Titus Software in October.
by Thomas on June 8, 2002 @ 1:24 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Planet Unreal today tossed up a new "15MB" medium-sized patch for Operation Na Pali. It fixes bugs throughout various maps and during Co-Op play.
Find out more and download here!
by Thomas on June 8, 2002 @ 11:21 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Darkfall Dev Team will be featuring in a Stratics sponsored House of Commons developer chat on June 13th at 6pm PST. Here is a cut and paste from the
Darkfall site:
"Join us June 13th at 6pm PST (9pm EST) on Stratics IRC in #DarkfallHoC to ask the Darkfall developers all those questions you've just been dying to ask! The servers are: stratics.frws.com irc.stratics.dhp.com irc.truefear.net and coldfront.gamers-irc.org. Once again the channel will be #DarkfallHoC - Until then join us in #Darkfall for chat about the game and anything else!" (thanks
Razorwax)
by Thomas on June 7, 2002 @ 11:25 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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On the day Codemasters launch "Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing" for PlayStation 2 and the eve before the Tyson v Lewis fight, Codemasters has revealed its Hard as Nails survey. [and other amusing findings as Codemasters launch "Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing" for PS2]
by Thomas on June 7, 2002 @ 8:06 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Infogrames, Inc.'s most recent releases for video game consoles are flying off retail shelves, with demand even outpacing supply in some cases, the Company has announced. Infogrames' Dragon Ball Z: Legacy of Goku for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance has sold through its initial shipment of 300,000 units in just three weeks in the stores, with orders for more than another 250,000 units having already been placed. Currently ranked the #1 Game Boy Advance title at all leading retailers of video game software in the U.S. and Canada, Dragon Ball Z: Legacy of Goku is also Infogrames' best-selling Nintendo title of all-time.
by Thomas on June 7, 2002 @ 7:55 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Comic book action comes to life in one of the most stunning shooters to appear on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox this November in Falcone: Into the Maelstrom. Come this November, console gamers will be pulling on foil eye-patches and spraying the pet parrot silver when Virgin Interactive's piratical space-opera boards Xbox and PlayStation 2 in December.
by Rainier on June 6, 2002 @ 9:14 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Marines are the military's reply to its detractors - those who'd like to see Congress replace human soldiers with combat drones. They're disciplined experts in combat and tough opponents. In the arena, they're out to prove that nothing can replace the Marines Corps on the battlefield. They're tough, they fight hard and they make the language coming out of a sailor's mouth seem tame. Check the screens!
by Rainier on June 6, 2002 @ 12:25 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Gnostic Labs, a startup formed to create better worlds, announced plans for their initial product. Evolving the genres of strategy and action games, Gnostic Labs is developing Eschaton, a team combat game. Check the screens!
by Rainier on June 6, 2002 @ 12:08 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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TimeGate Studios and Strategy First announced the release of an exciting new Kohan Mod Tool available exclusively to TimeGate newsletter subscribers in the upcoming June 17th, 2002 issue. Click and visit
HERE to join the newsletter distribution list.
by Thomas on June 5, 2002 @ 8:16 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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SONICTEAM tossed up an article about that they missing 5 prototype character models of "PSO CARD BATTLE" during E-3 days at Nintendo booth. These are just pre-production samples, and they were using them for their game development of "PSO CARD BATTLE". Now this is causing them the serious trouble for their game development, so they would really appreciate if you can let them know any information about this. If so, mail them at
mail@sonicteam.com.
by Thomas on June 5, 2002 @ 8:06 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Piranha-bytes tossed up a slightly modified version of the teaser video they revealed on this year's e3. The DivX trailer is available as low quality 50 MB and high quality 100 MB and runs for 2 minutes, showing ingame scenes and renderings.
You find it here!
by Rainier on June 5, 2002 @ 5:07 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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In October the high-praised real time strategy play BATTLE REALMS is extended by the ADD on WINTER OF THE WOLF. As the name already indicates, the fearless Wolf Clan will be the center of the official AddOn. The game features and all details of the extension will soon be announced on the official Battle Realms site!
by Thomas on June 5, 2002 @ 4:23 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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xaos.ru today updated their SeaDogs 2 gallery with three brand new and interesting screenshots. One of them demonstrating the character selection screen, second - dialog screen, and third - female hero on town street. You can find these screens in
top row here. They also added two new screens in their Paradise Cracked gallery. Hi-res screens shows new scenes from these sci-fi RPG actical game by MiSTland and Buka.
Here is the link!
by Thomas on June 4, 2002 @ 10:37 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Sierra today released a NASCAR Racing 2002 Season Update 1.1.0.2, that fix some bugs in recent released 1.1.0.1 patch, and some multiplayer, renderer and track work bugs. Read more and
grab it here!