by Rainier on April 8, 2005 @ 8:29 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Microsoft Corp. today unveiled its all-star lineup of award-winning publishers committed to making the leap into the HD Era on Microsoft's next-generation Xbox platform. Read more for details ...
by Rainier on April 8, 2005 @ 8:26 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Deep Silver and Stormregion are delighted to announce their cooperation on a real time strategy title using the latest version of the Gepard Engine. Stormregion the creators of the award winning title Codename: Panzers are developing a new AAA game that is to be published worldwide by the expanding games label Deep Silver and exclusively presented to press at E3.
by Rainier on April 8, 2005 @ 12:56 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Martin Mystére is an international comic character that is finally making his debut in the video game market. An emiment professor of MIT has been found murdered, and someone is working on a revolutionary machine capable of changing the world's destiny, making this the most dangerous mystery yet for Martin Mystére!
by Mike Davila on April 8, 2005 @ 12:42 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Nexus: The Jupiter Incident is a story-based single player strategy game. Starting in 2040, you are in control of the fleet of a multinational cooperation fighting a rivalling cooperation. The discovery of foreign technology leads to expeditions into space. When you return to Earth you find it occupied by Aliens. Only one colonizing spaceship with humans escaped. Your task is to find this ship, use it to build colonies and to finally gather enough strength to take back Earth.
by Rainier on April 7, 2005 @ 4:20 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Another day, another batch of game trailers were released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for :
- Pacific Storm - Trailer
- Goldeneye: Rogue Agent [NDS] - Trailer
- Pariah - Trailer #6
- World Racing 2 - Trailer #2
- Sniper Elite - Trailer
- Still Life - Trailer #6
by Rainier on April 7, 2005 @ 3:33 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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CDV has released an extra campaign for Nival's WW2 RTS Blitzkrieg expansion pack 'Rolling Thunder.' This Bonus Pack adds the all-new Grey Tigers campaign to your English Blitzkrieg: Rolling Thunder retail game (
thanks GameSpot). Read more for details and download links ...
by Rainier on April 7, 2005 @ 10:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In the ongoing drama surrounding the Eidos take-over, it now seems we may finally be coming to a close. Where initially Eidos announced a deal with
Bono's Elevation investment group, SCi quickly made a counter offer which is gaining more and more momentum. Today Board of Eidos plc has undertaken further discussions and due diligence with both the Board of SCi Entertainment in relation to SCi's share offer of one SCi share per six Eidos shares and Elevation Partners, L.P. in relation to Elevation's cash offer of 50 pence per Eidos share.
by Rainier on April 7, 2005 @ 8:55 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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MVC UK is reporting that Scottish developer VIS Entertainment has gone into administration - its Dundee office closed with immediate effect, and work suspended at its Edinburgh studio. The developer's 96 employees were informed of the situation earlier today. Twenty-six staff at Dundee have been made redundant, and 28 at Edinburgh - with the remainder of the staff sent home (
thanks ve3d). It remains uncertain what will happen to its recently announced Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer product. Last year BAM! acquired VIS Ent. so it seems that did not turn out well either.
by Rainier on April 7, 2005 @ 8:48 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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American Civil War: Gettysburg brings this legendary and epic battle to life on your PC. Lead the Confederate army as they fight their way into the heart of the northern aggressor or take command of the Union forces as they hold fast against the rebel invaders.
by Rainier on April 7, 2005 @ 8:27 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Built in partnership with the U.S. Army, and developed by Secret Level, America's Army: Rise of a Soldier offers the most true-to-life Army experience, allowing you to create a soldier and take him through the thrills and adventure of an army career. Intense single-player missions and high-adrenaline multiplayer action build the skills of your soldier and advance him through his career.
by Rainier on April 7, 2005 @ 12:58 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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SCEA announced the release of its PS2 exclusive title Rise of the Kasai. The sequel to the critically acclaimed The Mark of Kri is developed by BottleRocket Entertainment, who set out to make Rise of the Kasai stand out from other games by offering a unique single-player cooperative fighting system and a rich story that spans different time periods told through new playable characters and beautiful watercolor painted in-game movies.
by Rainier on April 7, 2005 @ 12:44 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Space Rangers 2 is a mix of intense space RPG laced with 3D RTS action planetside. 200 years after the first chapter of Space Rangers, a new, even more dangerous threat arises in the galaxy. A key planet in producing war androids has become self-aware with their own intellect and force of will, bent on conquering the galaxy one planet at a time.
by Thomas Leaf on April 7, 2005 @ 12:14 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Set during the famous airdrop before the invasion at Normandy, Sgt. Matt Baker and his squad of 101st Airborne paratroopers were scattered over the French countryside. As the story unfolds, the player (Baker) must choose between the success of his mission and the lives of his men – his brothers in arms.
by Rainier on April 6, 2005 @ 11:58 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Another day, another batch of game trailers were released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for :
- World Racing 2 - Trailer #2
- Auto Assault - Trailer #4
- Castlevania [NDS] - Trailer #2
- Dungeon Lords - Trailer #8
by Rainier on April 6, 2005 @ 11:47 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Sony Online has continued efforts since launch to keep the EverQuest II game world free of players who use exploits to gain an unfair advantage, especially with bots and macros. Over 700 accounts were banned for various forms of cheating and exploiting during the past 2 weeks alone. It is our goal to continue investigations into suspicious in-game activity and ban accounts with violations. "A few hundred 'bot subscriptions just aren't worth the money when compared to keeping the game fun for hundreds of thousands of people" said EverQuest II Senior Producer Scott Hartsman.
by Rainier on April 6, 2005 @ 1:42 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Mania has spread across the land as people have turned traditional motocross racing into an intense blood sport. Furious combat mixes with fast paced racing through deadly courses that range from populated city street to harsh open environments. Mania is here and ready to fight. The winner is the one to make it across the finish line still in one piece.
by Rainier on April 6, 2005 @ 1:31 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Universal Combat: A World Apart gives hardcore fans an enhanced "Battlecruiser" experience, keeping the flavour of combat, but utilizing newer technologies. Universal Combat: A World Apart, the second title in the Universal Combat series will be published by Dreamcatcher and released globally for PC in May 2005.
by Rainier on April 6, 2005 @ 8:25 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Ener1 Group announced today that its affiliate has signed an agreement to acquire Moscow-based Nival Interactive. Ener1 Group plans to integrate Nival Interactive's creative studio of 140 artists, designers and programmers with its US operations to develop next generation console and wireless games.
by Rainier on April 6, 2005 @ 8:14 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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SN Systems today announced that it start offering a new service to improve relations between Japanese developers and western publishers. While usually Japanese game developers sell few games outside of Japan and western publishers have sold few western-developed games into Japan, SN Systems Match-Making service hopes to contribute to the increase in Japanese consumer's appetite for all things western.
by Rainier on April 6, 2005 @ 1:10 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Matrix Games released a new patch for its tactical war game, Flashpoint Germany. This update brings your retail game to v1.02 adds new AI enhancements, improved off-map counterbattery fire, expanded equipment-specific unit silhouettes, a new map rendering system and other new features.
by Rainier on April 5, 2005 @ 11:59 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Another day, another batch of game trailers were released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for :
- Unreal Championship 2 - Melee Trailer
- Killer 7 - Trailer #6
- Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie’s Revenge - Trailer #2
- Sacred Underworld - Trailer #3
by Rainier on April 5, 2005 @ 4:27 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Splinter Cell Chaos Theory offers a high adrenaline experience thanks to never seen before close range attacks, a totally open level design, a completely immersive and interactive environment, and challenging advanced AI. In addition, it will offer the best graphics in this generation of games and a unique, collaborative multiplayer mode available for online and offline. Now you can even extend the fun by making your own maps and level with the just released map editor. Read more for details and download links ...
by Rainier on April 5, 2005 @ 2:59 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Turbine Entertainment is developing and publishing its first expansion pack for Asheron's Call 2, called Legions. The expansion will continue the ever-evolving epic adventure that was begun with the graphically groundbreaking massively multiplayer online role playing game Asheron's Call 2.
by Judy on April 5, 2005 @ 2:39 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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ER cast members Noah Wyle (Dr. John Carter), Sherry Stringfield (Dr. Susan Lewis) and Mekhi Phifer (Dr. Gregory Pratt) will star in the first interactive game based on the Warner Bros. Television series. Shipping this fall for PC, the ER game is licensed by Warner Bros. and will be published by Legacy Interactive and distributed by Vivendi.
by Rainier on April 5, 2005 @ 2:06 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Atlus U.S.A. announced today that its latest RPG, Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga, has shipped to retailers nationwide.
