by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 3:19 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Burnout Paradise gives you license to wreak havoc in Paradise City, a seamless racing battleground, with massive traffic-heavy roads to abuse. The PC edition will have expanded online features, and community-driven content. The upcoming Cops and Robbers pack is said to bring the thrills and spills of cops and robbers car chases to the game.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 11:03 a.m. PST | Filed under
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QuantZ is a game with an interesting twist on an Action-Puzzler, Match-3 and Marble Popper genres. Simple yet addictive gameplay: with your mouse, you control a cube and drop marbles onto it to create explosions of colors, chain reactions and win special marbles. Travel through all levels, visit new shapes and unlock special marbles.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 9:27 a.m. PST | Filed under
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inFamous is an open-ended, free-roaming game puts you in the shoes of Cole, an everyday guy and urban explorer, in the aftermath of a huge disaster that destroys his hometown of Empire City. As Cole, you must first learn to use new found powers and then decide how you will use them.
by Adam Pavlacka on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 9:00 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II will take players to the brutal frontlines of war where they’ll experience intense action and visceral combat through a non-linear single player experience and a fully co-op campaign.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 8:06 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Dead Rising 2 is set several years after the infamous zombie invasion of Willamette. Unfortunately, the zombie virus was not contained at the conclusion of Dead Rising, spreading unchecked throughout the United States and Dead Rising 2 depicts a country where zombie outbreaks continue to strike.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 8:02 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Tomb Raider: Underworld – Beneath the Ashes sends Lara back to the remains of Croft Manor where she uncovers a massive series of never-before-seen caverns and age old crypts used to protect and hide a deadly source of power. An unexpected technical issue forced Eidos to delay the Feb. 10 launch of the Beneath the Ashes DLC, no new date was revealed.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 7:37 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Street Racer Europe is a new, exciting, intuitive and high speed arcade racing game set in the most beautiful cities of Europe. Feel the freedom of a desperate street racing enjoying the gorgeous views of Prague, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Warsaw, Amsterdam and Barcelona.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 3:40 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Halo 3: Recon is a new chapter in the Halo saga that lets gamers experience events leading up to the story told in Halo 3 through the eyes of a new hero in the Halo universe. All twenty-four Halo 3 multiplayer maps will be in the box, including The Heroic Map Pack, The Legendary Map Pack, Cold Storage, The Mythic Map Pack, and three brand new exclusive maps are included.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 3:37 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Heart of Eternity is a third-person action/RPG title, with a balance between action and role-playing elements. There are no levels in the game, and no new areas that require loading. The fantasy universe Sarcus is populated with humans, bloodthirsty orks, greedy dwarves, naughty elves, treacherous half-goblins, and powerful vampires.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 3:23 a.m. PST | Filed under
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WWE Legends of WrestleMania is poised to deliver an impressive lineup of Legendary Superstars and Managers, a new combo fighting system and a historically accurate representation of WWE telecasts during the '80s and '90s.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 3:10 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Zone Massacre is the story of how Rogue Trooper and his comrades are betrayed by a traitor general on their first mission to an area on Nu Earth known as the Quartz Zone. Only Rogue survives, and joined by his fallen comrades within his equipment, he begins a journey across Nu Earth to find the general and unleash his revenge!
by Dustin Chadwell on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 2:57 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Hunt the halls of the Beckett family mansion in search of mysterious hidden objects and solve a series of brain-bending puzzles to uncover the Spooky Manor mystery. What is this strange machine? Who shattered it into pieces? And what happened to Uncle Jerome? Only those with a keen eye for details will discover the answers hidden in Spooky Manor!
by Rainier on Feb. 8, 2009 @ 3:16 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Champions Online is an MMORPG based on the popular pen-and-paper Champions RPG, giving players the power of total customization of their hero experience while they explore a vast universe of richly detailed 3D environments.
by Adam Pavlacka on Feb. 8, 2009 @ 9:00 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II will take players to the brutal frontlines of war where they’ll experience intense action and visceral combat through a non-linear single player experience and a fully co-operative multiplayer campaign.
by Reggie Carolipio on Feb. 8, 2009 @ 6:07 a.m. PST | Filed under
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In Chronicles of Mystery: The Scorpio Ritual (formerly "Testament of Sin"), players' detective skills will be pushed to their limits as they travel the world in an attempt to unravel an ancient mystery and save a fellow archaeologist before it's too late.
by Rainier on Feb. 8, 2009 @ 5:15 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Gears of War blends tactical action with survival horror, thrusting gamers into the harrowing story of humankind's battle for survival against the Locust Horde.
Early February an expired digital certification problem rendered the PC edition of Gears of War unplayable, and Epic has now released a patch to resolve the issue.
by Rainier on Feb. 7, 2009 @ 1:00 p.m. PST | Filed under
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In June of last year, Anthony Puzo, son of The Godfather author Mario Puzo, sued Paramount Pictures for $1 million in damages for breach of contract over unpaid revenue from EA's video game adaptation of the movie trilogy.
Reports have it that Paramount has now settled the case out of court with the plaintiff, although no terms were revealed.
by Rainier on Feb. 7, 2009 @ 2:21 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor invigorates the series with an unprecedented RPG/SRPG combat system and more character customization options than ever before, all wrapped within a compelling, branching narrative.
by Rainier on Feb. 7, 2009 @ 2:04 a.m. PST | Filed under
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GameROCKERS is Power Chord Academy's exclusive 3-day cutting edge game-musician program for the new age of musicians who play Guitar Hero or Rock Band. Loaded with competitions and prizes, students play in bands, write songs, record songs, and play a final concert and Battle of the Bands!
by Rainier on Feb. 6, 2009 @ 7:20 p.m. PST | Filed under
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SEGA's The House of the Dead: Overkill, developed by London-based studio Headstrong Games, is an all-new pulp-horror reinvention of the light-gun shooter franchise, taking you right back to the beginning of this classic horror series.
by Rainier on Feb. 6, 2009 @ 6:20 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:
- ArmA II [X360/PC] - Citizens of Chernarus Trailer
- Major League Baseball 2K9 [ALL] - Trailer #2
- F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin [ALL] - FEAR to FEAR 2 Trailer
- Battlestations: Pacific [ALL] - Authenticity Trailer
- MadWorld [Wii] - 2009 Comic Con Gameplay Trailer
- Splatterhouse [PS3/X360] - 2009 Comic Con Trailer
We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...
by Rainier on Feb. 6, 2009 @ 3:21 p.m. PST | Filed under
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine, based on 20th Century Fox's upcoming movie, enlists players to experience the tormented origins of Wolverine, from his escape of the Weapon X facility to the jungles of Africa and beyond.
by Rainier on Feb. 6, 2009 @ 3:14 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Gearbox Software, known for the Brothers in Arms series, is searching high and low for more passionate gamers to help focus test one of its upcoming titles. Visit the Gearbox studio, play an unreleased title, and give feedback that will directly impact development. Applicants should visit
the official focus testing page and meet the guidelines (be 18 or older, get to the offices in Plano, TX, by yourself, and be available Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm).
by Rainier on Feb. 6, 2009 @ 1:54 p.m. PST | Filed under
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The action-packed game, a hi–def re-imagined version of 2004's Escape from Butcher Bay, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena features an entirely new chapter in the Riddick Saga and for the first time, intense online multiplayer combat.
by Rainier on Feb. 6, 2009 @ 1:40 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Burnout Paradise gives you license to wreak havoc in Paradise City, a seamless racing battleground, with massive traffic-heavy roads to abuse. The PC edition will have expanded online features, and community-driven content. Without giving details, Criterion confirmed that after the Legendary Cars, Toy Cars and Boost Specials, comes the Cops and Robbers premium pack.