by Rainier on June 19, 2002 @ 11:05 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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As the leader of a small group of survivors of an apocalyptic inferno, it is all a matter of your personal tactical and strategic abilities. Find your place in this new world and discover the secret behind the destruction of mankind. The most powerful weapons of the past will aid you to build a new future. But keep your eyes open! If you underestimate your enemy, mankind will perish forever. Today we scored new screens & art of about every vehicle you will be able to play with in the game. Njoy!
by Rainier on June 19, 2002 @ 5:40 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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The newest installation in the acclaimed stealth ninja series, Tenchu 3: Wrath of Heaven delivers the most realistic, stealth-based, ninja-action/adventure game ever. Coming to the PS2, Tenchu 3: Wrath of Heaven features impressive new stealth attacks, an enhanced fighting engine, new weapons and tools, larger levels, improved character animations and new multiplayer options.
by Thomas on June 19, 2002 @ 1:06 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Yesterday Razorwax held an unannounced spycam event, with a webcam taking pictures of a PC running Darkfall Pre-Alpha. The webcam took pictures every 60 seconds from different locations of the Darkfall Pre-Alpha mini-world. Check out
webcam pictures from the event here.
by Thomas on June 19, 2002 @ 8:37 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The official site for Deep Sea Tycoon is updated with 20 new screenshots. These new screenshots feature a diverse cornucopia of sea life and people, ocean shaking disasters, and visually stunning lighting effects. You can check out these new
screens here.
by Thomas on June 18, 2002 @ 10:43 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Titus Interactive’s stunning Game Cube conversion of Top Gun: Combat Zones, its PlayStation 2 smash, will now take off in September 2002. The game, being developed by flight sim aces Digital Integration, is being held on the runway for a couple of months to allow the team to complete final preparations prior to take-off – ensuring that when it does take to the skies, Game Cube owners will be treated to one of the most explosive combat game on the format.
by Thomas on June 17, 2002 @ 6:31 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Drop those dice and pick up a controller, Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance is being released this September on Xbox. Adventurers who already own Microsoft’s new powerhouse console will soon be able to journey to the Sword Coast and the mythical city of Baldur’s Gate when Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance is released this September on Xbox.
by Thomas on June 15, 2002 @ 11:19 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The people over at ELiTeD tossed up an
interview with the Raven Shield team, Chadi Lebbos: Producer, Mike McCoy: Lead Designer, and Eric Begin: Lead Programmer. Here is a clip from it:
Will there be smarter AI than past Rainbow Six games?
Absolutely! We've put a lot of effort into all aspects of the AI. Your teammates work with you to cover your flanks and accomplish the mission. Terrorists work together as a team to defeat you. Finally, hostages react to being rescued and the anticipation of gunfire.
by Thomas on June 15, 2002 @ 10:54 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The MechWarrior 4: Inner Sphere Mech Pak is now available at local retailers. To coincide with the Mech Pak release; point release 3.0 is now available at the
official MechWarrior 4 site.
by Thomas on June 15, 2002 @ 8:44 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Paradox Entertainment and Pan Vision announce that they have entered a multiple-title publishing agreement for three of Paradox's upcoming titles for Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. The first game will be released in the third quarter. The titles in the deal are Legion, Crusader Kings and Hearts of Iron. Pan Vision published several of Paradox's previous games, among them Europa Universalis and Europa Universalis II. Paradox games have done extremely well in the nordic market, and have a firmly established customer base.
by Thomas on June 13, 2002 @ 6:25 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Based on the December 2002 movie from Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies, follow the Wild Thornberrys from majestic settings of the Serengeti to the proper streets of London. After an incident in Africa puts Eliza in grave danger, she is sent off to boarding school in London. Upon hearing about an evil plot by poachers to capture the wild elephants of the Serengeti, she escapes back to the wild to stop the catastrophic event and faces her biggest challenge yet. With her ability to speak with animals, Eliza gets help from her favorite chimp Darwin. But will Eliza get back to Africa in time to stop the poachers? Take a ride full of action and suspense with the Wild Thornberrys!
by Thomas on June 13, 2002 @ 6:21 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Got Game Entertainment, publisher of video games for PC and other platforms, today announced that upcoming PC action game, Tsunami 2265, will ship August 5, 2002.
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)