by Rainier on Dec. 20, 2005 @ 5:17 p.m. PST | Filed under
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AND 1 Streetball will raise the bar for sports videos game with its revolutionary I-Ball Controls, an intuitive control system that gives you fluid and precise command over every offensive and defensive move. Not only will you do it, you will also feel it, and it will feel good.
by Rainier on Dec. 20, 2005 @ 5:05 p.m. PST | Filed under
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U.S. prosecutors have charged three men with copyright infringement for selling modified Xboxs enabling them to play pirated games. The complaint alleges that ACME Game Store co-owners Jones and Bryant sold Xbox systems that Pei "Patrick" Cai modified with chips and hard drives. Undercover agents made the arrest after they paid $265 to have a mod chip, a hard drive and 77 pirated games installed on an Xbox. The 3 men face a maximum possible penalty of five years in federal prison.
by Rainier on Dec. 20, 2005 @ 2:25 p.m. PST | Filed under
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EA just announced the FREE Battlefield 2: Modern Combat Warsome Booster Pack which delivers 3 all-new maps, including new vehicles plus new character and weapon skins. As a special holiday thank you to all Battlefield fans, this pack,valued at $9.99, will be given away FREE on Xbox Live!, starting December 22, 2005.
by Rainier on Dec. 20, 2005 @ 12:00 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Officers is a 3D RTS game with RPG-elements, where the player acts as a military commander. Among key features of the game is interaction between the gamer and the environment. Taking advantage of the SpeedTree technology, the developers enhanced the realism of tree models and their behavior. Three-dimensional, high-poly trees react as the living ones. Leaves are swaying, branches are shaking when e.g. missiles fly or explode near by.
by Rainier on Dec. 20, 2005 @ 11:36 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Strategy First has released a small patch for the North American edition of G5 Software's Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath. This update brings your retail game to v1.1 and fixes a bug found in the game tutorial, which may cause some user problems. You will need to restart the tutorial for the patch to take effect.
by Rainier on Dec. 20, 2005 @ 11:02 a.m. PST | Filed under
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id Software has released three new multiplayer maps for Ravensoft's sci-fi FPS Quake 4 (Railed, Tremors and Campgrounds Redux). Read more for download links ...
by Rainier on Dec. 20, 2005 @ 10:21 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Today Ubisoft revealed that Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie features an un-lockable, exclusive alternate ending in which players can save the giant ape from his cinematic death, pilot an airplane and deliver Kong back home on his native Skull Island.
by Rainier on Dec. 20, 2005 @ 10:15 a.m. PST | Filed under
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For the first time, experience every moment of one of the most popular role-playing adventures ever created. The entire Neverwinter Nights catalog — every challenge, every battle, every update — is now available to RPG fans in one complete package, including Bioware’s Aurora Toolset for easy module creation.
by Rainier on Dec. 20, 2005 @ 9:14 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Ubisoft has released a new patch for Chessmaster 10th Edition. This update brings your retail game to v1.03 but no specific details as to what it fixes are available at this point. Read more for download links ...
by Rainier on Dec. 20, 2005 @ 9:09 a.m. PST | Filed under
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You are a soldier of U.S. Army Special Task Force, dropped behind the enemy lines with one and only goal – to eliminate the boss of Colombian cartel. During your mission you go through Colombian rainforest encountering on your way villages, towns and military camps. You have got different kinds of weapons at your disposal, from standard armament of an American soldier like M16 through a variety of pistols, sniper rifles to AT rocket launchers and grenade launchers.
by Rainier on Dec. 20, 2005 @ 9:04 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Ubisoft has released an new update patch for Blue Byte's 3D RTS game 'Settlers: Heritage Of Kings.' This patch brings your retail game to v1.06 and adds two "cool down" options along with addressing a map editor crash, a couple of other editor bugs, and a multiplayer issue.
by Rainier on Dec. 20, 2005 @ 5:27 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Monte Cristo today announced Silverfall, a fantasy style RPG under develop at its internal studio KievGames. Using advanced 3D graphics and fascinating storyline Silverfall features large free roaming environments, 4 customizable and playable races, 150 monsters, single and multiplayer (coop and PvP), ragdoll effect, day/night cycle, particle effects and the latest shaders.
by Rainier on Dec. 20, 2005 @ 5:25 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Football Manager 2006 is a comprehensive soccer management simulation offering a host of new features, including the ability for managers to negotiate with their board of directors. SIGames has released a new patch for its Football Manager 2006, bringing it to v6.0.2, which includes a ton of game fixes, enhancements, updated assets and match engine, and plenty more ...
by Rainier on Dec. 20, 2005 @ 3:48 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Aiai, MeeMee, GonGon, and Baby are back in true classic Super Monkey Ball style, in SEGA's NDS exclusive Super Monkey Ball Touch & Roll, with all-new gameplay control using the Nintendo DS stylus and wireless multiplayer modes!
by Rainier on Dec. 20, 2005 @ 3:22 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Kingdom Hearts II follows Sora, Donald, and Goofy on their continuing quest to find their friends and King Mickey. Sora and friends are joined by a vibrant new cast of characters, including the king himself! In the effort to help Mulan and stop the villain Hades' devious plots, they will encounter countless dangers both familiar and brand-new.
by Rainier on Dec. 20, 2005 @ 3:21 a.m. PST | Filed under
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UK Developer Rebellion has won the coveted Best PC/Console game of 2005 at the recent The Independent Game Developers Association (TIGA) awards for Sniper Elite.
by Rainier on Dec. 20, 2005 @ 1:59 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Continuing the series’ legacy, this newest Suikoden installment will take fans on an all-new epic adventure through never-before-seen continents located within the immense and exciting Suikoden universe. Read more to check some new, but low res, screens and trailer..
by Rainier on Dec. 19, 2005 @ 11:58 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 :
- Armed Assault - Trailer
- Faces of War - Trailer #2
- The Sims 2: Open for Business - Teaser Trailer #3
We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...
by Rainier on Dec. 19, 2005 @ 7:56 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Atari has released a new update patch for RollerCoaster Tycoon 3. This update is for the North American edition of the game and allows you to install addons in any order you want, better load times, ad-serving added, day/night transistion, custom shops and more ...
by Rainier on Dec. 19, 2005 @ 7:38 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Atari has released a new patch for the North American edition of RCT3: Wild!, which corrects any issues that may arise from installing the Wild expansion pack before installing Soaked. If you install the Soaked expansion before installing Wild there is no need to install this patch.
by Rainier on Dec. 19, 2005 @ 1:28 p.m. PST | Filed under
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ALTAR games, Black Element Software and Bohemia Interactive Studio, three independent game developers, announced the creation of the Independent DEvelopers Association today. The point of the association is to give indie developers a better change to compete with big publishers by combining resources.
by Rainier on Dec. 19, 2005 @ 10:09 a.m. PST | Filed under
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THQ and Massive Incorporated today announced plans to bring THQ video game titles to Massive's dynamic in-game advertising network.
by Rainier on Dec. 19, 2005 @ 9:16 a.m. PST | Filed under
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A little over three months ago Blizzard announced today that its subscription-based MMORPG World of Warcraft had reached more 4 million paying customers worldwide and today it has reached another milestone, 5 million and counting.
by Rainier on Dec. 19, 2005 @ 9:09 a.m. PST | Filed under
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With shipments of 64-bit machines expected to make their way into the homes of the nation's gamers this holiday season, global provider of security software for enterprises and consumers ESET issued a warning today that most of the machines being shipped could be vulnerable to significant threats without appropriate protection.
by Rainier on Dec. 19, 2005 @ 8:53 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Featuring 41 ski jump ramps including Worldcup venues, you can either compete or be a coach in one of three difficulties, or opt for management mode. After a hard working day, you can also relax with the integrated Quiz Games with over 500 topical questions.