by Rainier on June 30, 2006 @ 1:07 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Ahead of what we said
earlier today, Xbox Live Marketplace is now featuring a playable demo of Take 2's FPS PREY, literally turns the FPS genre upside-down by introducing innovative gameplay elements such as wall-walking, gravity flipping, and portals that allow enemies to appear out of thin air.
by Rainier on June 30, 2006 @ 11:16 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The game gives you the opportunity to play through the events of the film - leading up to and following the break down of the heist - from the perspective of each character. You get to experience those parts of the movie that were only suggested, delve further into the world of Reservoir Dogs and find out what happened at the diamond store.
by Rainier on June 30, 2006 @ 9:46 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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EA announced today that NASCAR 07 will feature NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series driver Elliott Sadler on the cover. The longtime gamer has been heavily involved in all aspects of EA's NASCAR franchise since he joined the Cup ranks in 1999, including taking home the championship trophy from last years' EA SPORTS Drivers Gaming Competition in Bristol, TN, making him the perfect driver to showcase on the cover.
by Rainier on June 29, 2006 @ 4:22 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Activision announced today that you can now download the Call of Duty 2: Invasion premium map pack from the Xbox Live Marketplace. This map pack features five new maps for multiplayer skirmishes (costs 800 points ) that include: Antoville, France (Crossroads), St. Louet, France (Newvillers), Amaye sur Seulles, France (Normandy), Alam Halfa, Egypt (Decoytown), and Rostov, Russia (Harbor). Just log on to Xbox Live and redeem your points ...
by Rainier on June 29, 2006 @ 9:09 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Groove Games announced today that the sci-fi first-person shooter WarPath has gone gold for the Xbox and PC. WarPath offers up a unique single player experience as well as multiplayer modes that will challenge any shooter fan who owns an Xbox, or a PC.
by Rainier on June 28, 2006 @ 8:49 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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World Tour Golf is destined to capture the player's imagination by fusing the features of real-world golf, high-end graphics, accurate animation and a unique control system. Oxygen Interactive announced that it has added Sergio Garcia and Justin Rose to the World Tour Golf's line-up of international golfing talent.
by Judy on June 27, 2006 @ 10:20 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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According to the
New York Daily News, Roger Hill, who played a big-time gang leader in the 1979 cult movie, "The Warriors," filed suit yesterday, claiming that Take-Two does not have the rights to use his likeness in the video game of the same name. Hill's demands include $250,000 and a court order preventing further use of his likeness.
by Agustin on June 27, 2006 @ 1:45 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The King of Fighters Neowave features three-on-three team fighting, along with improved graphics and an enhanced game system, as well as full Xbox Live online game service support, including online multi-player head-to-head fighting and Tournament Mode.
by Rainier on June 26, 2006 @ 8:49 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Aussies bring down the ban hammer once more, this time outlawing sales of Blitz Games and Eidos' upcoming movie to game adaptation of Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs. While exact reasons as to why Australia's Office of Film and Literature Classification decided to
not rate, thus banning the game, is unclear, but local publisher Atari Australia decided to not fight the decision. Earlier this year, Atari was also prohibited from selling Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure. After it initially being allowed, the sales license was revoked merely days before its actual launch.
by Rainier on June 26, 2006 @ 2:28 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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THQ has released a new, free, update for Relic Entertainment's 3rd person WWII action game. In addition to improved multiplayer performance, the Title Update also adds various game play improvements and several item cost changes and units balance tweaks. Read more for details ...
by Rainier on June 24, 2006 @ 11:54 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Hannibal: Vengeance of Carthage is a gripping 3rd-person tactical action game where players take the role of Hannibal Barka, commander in chief of the Carthaginian forces against the Roman Republic... it will not be a war of conquest, but a war of vengeance!
by Judy on June 23, 2006 @ 12:28 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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In Just Cause, you take on the role of the flamboyant Rico Rodriguez - an undercover CIA operative specializing in regime change - as he tries to overthrow the corrupt government of San Esperito. This rogue South American island is suspected of stockpiling WMDs and it's your job to negate the threat to world peace.
by Rainier on June 22, 2006 @ 4:42 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Tony Hawk’s Project 8 immerses players in the definitive skateboarding experience using ultra-realistic graphics, enhanced physics and extremely responsive controls that simulate the feeling of skating with every trick and bail.
by Rainier on June 22, 2006 @ 8:19 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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World Tour Golf is destined to capture the player's imagination by fusing the features of real-world golf, high-end graphics, accurate animation and a unique control system. Oxygen Interactive announced that it has added Sergio Garcia and Justin Rose to the World Tour Golf's line-up of international golfing talent.
by Rainier on June 21, 2006 @ 8:53 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Welcome to the fight, soldier… The deafening thunder of artillery fire echoes the pounding heart in your chest as you wade onto a beach littered with the bodies of your fallen comrades. In front of you - 8 square miles of rugged volcanic island, broken by the weapons of war, and occupied by hostile Japanese forces. Welcome to hell on Earth.
by Rainier on June 21, 2006 @ 12:13 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Tony Hawk’s Project 8 immerses players in the definitive skateboarding experience using ultra-realistic graphics, enhanced physics and extremely responsive controls that simulate the feeling of skating with every trick and bail.
by mister slim on June 20, 2006 @ 12:36 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix features all the cities, cars and music from Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition while taking the unprecedented move of adding entirely new content with 24 new vehicles, a new city (Tokyo), new music, new races and battle maps.
by Joe Keiser on June 19, 2006 @ 12:39 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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No guns, no violence, just straight up ping pong from the studio that brought us such games as Midnight Club and Red Dead Revolver. Rockstar San Diego's game takes advantage of the Xbox 360's graphic power and technology to capture the intensity, speed and excitement of Table Tennis.
by Rainier on June 16, 2006 @ 1:34 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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The scheduled Xbox STACKED Masters Showdown tournaments for STACKED with Daniel Negreanu scheduled for Sunday, June 18th, through Wednesday June 21st, have been cancelled until the release of a pending patch. The first Xbox Showdown tournament to be played will now be “MTV Showdown #5” scheduled for Thursday, June 22 at 7:00pm EDT.
by Rainier on June 16, 2006 @ 9:59 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Majesco today announced that consumer sell-through of JAWS Unleashed has exceeded 100,000 units in North America since its release on May 23rd, 2006 for the PS2, Xbox, and PC.
by Rainier on June 15, 2006 @ 6:42 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Xbox today named the team that will represent the United States later this month at the finals of the Xbox Cup in Berlin. The three lucky winners will fly out to Germany to compete against 31 other teams from across the globe on EA’s 2006 FIFA World Cup on the Xbox 360 console, in a bid to be crowned world champions.
by Rainier on June 15, 2006 @ 10:33 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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WarPath, developed by Digital Extremes, is new fast-paced Sci-fi FPS game offering up a unique single player experience as well as multiplayer modes that will challenge any shooter fan who owns an Xbox, or a PC.
by Rainier on June 14, 2006 @ 6:24 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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When Peter Moore revealed a new BC was in the works many gamers hoped for Double Fines' most awesome Psychonauts to be amongst the lucky 20. Alas Big Mutha Truckers beat it to the punch so now Tim Schafer is calling upon the community to
email Microsoft demanding them to make one of 2005's best selling titles work on the Xbox 360. Tim even offered Microsoft to fly his engineer and programmers to their offices to help with the conversion, but was turned down saying "Believe us, we have top men working on it now."
by Rainier on June 13, 2006 @ 11:47 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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David Douillet Judo will be a realistic representation of the competitive sport allowing you to work your way up through regional, national and international tournaments and qualify to face off against the reigning champion himself, who is technical adviser on the project.
by Rainier on June 13, 2006 @ 10:08 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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As promised
a few days ago by Peter Moore, Microsoft has released a new backwards compatibility update, now available over Xbox Live. This free update adds 21 more titles to the original Xbox games that can be played on your Xbox 360, such as Star Wars Battlefront, Lego Star Wars, Doom 3, Silent Hill 4 and several others ...