by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 6:25 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Verizon is starting a new trial project by giving broadband customers (currently only in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York), a reason to play games with their broadband service this summer -- at home or on the road, 1,400 games for $9.99/Month
by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 6:19 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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iPhone/iPod touch developer/publisher ngmoco has named former SEGA of America president and COO Simon Jeffery as its chief publishing officer to helm the company’s new Plus+ Publishing group.
by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 5:03 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Set 25 years after the events of the original game, Supreme Commander 2 begins with the assassination of the newly elected president of the Colonial Defense Coalition. The CDC members – the United Earth Federation, the Order of the Illuminate, and the Cybran Nation – deny involvement, blame each other, and a galactic war ensues!
by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 4:55 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Myth II: Soulblighter is Bungie's 1998 real-time strategy but as support has been halted many years ago, Project Magma has been releasing several recent patches. This v1.7 adds support for accelerated hardware rendering, improving game responsiveness, fixing crashes/bugs and out-of-sync issues, but also adding support for hi-res cutscenes, a dialog that locates missing plugins on the train, a resizeable overhead map, transferable unit trading if a team captain drops, and a new detail texturing system.
by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 4:06 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Deca Sports 2, known in some parts of Europe as Sports Island 2, is an athletic offering, pulling together ten sporting events and pushing the player to their limits, fully using the Nunchuk/Wiimote to control your Mii like characters, including multiplayer.
by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 12:36 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Designed to deliver a true driver’s experience that reflects contemporary motorsports, Need for Speed Shift is built by racers for racers, delivering an authentic and immersive driving experience.
by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 12:25 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Expected to make an appearance on the PS3, Capcom surprised everybody in Japan by announcing Monster Hunter 3 for the Wii instead. MH Tri-, pronounced as "try," is an action RPG series where you hunt down fantastical monsters.
by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 11:53 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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MGS4 is set in a war-torn future where huge conglomerates, including those in the Middle East and South America, fight for supremacy using armies of hand-picked mercenaries. To celebrate its first anniversary Konami will release Metal Gear announcements all week long. Each day this week Metal Gear fans can expect to receive game updates and other announcements.
by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 11:30 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The range of connected consumer electronics devices, such as pay TV set top boxes, Blu-ray player/recorders, HDTVs and media-center PCs, delivering web video into the living room is growing, but networked video game consoles are currently the most utilized devices, and will remain so through 2013.
by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 11:24 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Arcadia: Guild of Heroes is a strategy/management RPG game in which you can recruit adventurers, view detailed stats on their abilities, age, birthday, height, weight, everything. Build a camp of 6 adventurers, and put together parties of 4 and send them on dangerous quests to many realms, in search of riches.
by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 10:59 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Duels of the Planeswalkers lets players simulate the Magic: The Gathering trading card game through lush interactive 3-D environments, while in Sam & Max Save the World you join canine crime-fighter Sam and his hyperkinetic rabbity-thing partner Max to investigate a string of baffling mind-control cases.
by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 10:49 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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This latest PSP installment picks up where Metal Gear Solid 3 for the PS2 leaves off as players take control of the famed Naked Snake. Taking place in 1974, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker features original game design, story and scenario by Hideo Kojima.
by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 10:46 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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SF IV features a mix of returning favorites (Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li etc.) along with new characters created for this game, such as Crimson Viper, Abel, El Fuerte, and Rufus. Characters and environments are rendered in stylized 3D, while the game is played in the classic 2D perspective with additional 3D camera flourishes.
by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 9:54 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Aspyr Media has partnered with 1C Company to bring two new PC games to North America. Death to Spies: Moment of Truth and XIII Century Gold Edition, which includes both XIII Century: Death or Glory and the upcoming sequel XIII Century: Blood of Europe, will be available this summer, both DRM-free.
by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 9:33 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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With childhood obesity on the rise and video games among the causes, the new jOG body motion controller could be the answer, as a independent study shows that using the jOG increases energy expenditure and heart rate.
by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 9:29 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Hover Kart is a flash based multiplayer Kart racing game featuring 3D graphics, 16 bit sound, with over 20 tracks, multiple Karts, engines and drivers to choose from, playable for up to eight players at a time.
by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 9:25 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Zero Security takes hacking games to a new level. Gone are the days of Tandy-esque 1970s interfaces. The Zero OS is a realistic operating system which features a unique combat system, the ability to build your own hacks, minigames galore, and even an arcade which lets you play games such as Earth Type Defense, Donkey Punch!, and Redox.
by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 12:38 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Shattered Horizon is a multiplayer FPS where teams of players experience realistic zero gravity combat and fight to survive in the aftermath of a catastrophic Moon mining accident which throws billions of tons of rocky debris into near-Earth space.
by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 12:34 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Equipped with a variety of unique weapons and gadgets, players will hunt, fight and capture a wide range of supernatural villains in a funny and frightening battle to save New York City from its latest paranormal plague. According to
information on the box covers, the PC edition of the game will not feature any multiplayer capabilities, unlike the PS3/X360 versions, which have online and co-op.
by Rainier on June 15, 2009 @ 12:06 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Check out the following new screens from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment's E3 2009 lineup:
The grandfather of the rogue-like RPG, the legendary Shiren series (also known as Mystery Dungeon) is all about tough-as-nails battles, thrilling exploration, finding tons of items, growing in strength, and most important of all: staying alive!
by Rainier on June 14, 2009 @ 9:42 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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High Voltage Software's The Grinder is an online co-op FPS where your team fights werewolves, vampires, and other monsters.
by Rainier on June 13, 2009 @ 3:25 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Kivi's Underworld is a casual, hack and slash game where you can explore the mysterious underworld as a mighty Warrior, a dangerous Fire Mage, a sneaky Scout, furious Berserker, or adventure with any of the other sixteen playable characters.
by Rainier on June 13, 2009 @ 3:21 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In Golf Training with David Lead Better and IMG, supporting MotionPlus and Balance Board, individual direction is given by David Leadbetter who over the past 30 years has published more training manuals than any other golfer in the world.
by Rainier on June 12, 2009 @ 6:55 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Modern Warfare 2 continues the gripping and heart-racing saga with an unprecedented level of action as players face off against a new threat dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse. Scheduled for Nov. 10, 2009, Janco Partners' Mike Hickey predicts that the game could sell as many as 11.1 million copies in less than two months, based on its reputation, and the fact that the consoles have a larger install base than at the time of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.