by Rainier on July 5, 2007 @ 12:17 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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This summer's biggest tour, Family Values, have teamed up with RedOctane's Guitar Hero to sponsor a second stage this year with an additional five bands making a total of 13 acts on the tour, as well as the largest national Guitar Hero face-off competition.
by Rainier on July 5, 2007 @ 9:05 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Hot Wheels Ultimate Racing brings you amazing Hot Wheels cars, blinding speed, incredible tracks featuring death-defying jumps and insane obstacles.
by Rainier on July 5, 2007 @ 5:22 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Debuting in the Wii versions of Madden NFL 08, NBA Live 08 and FIFA 08, EA SPORTS Family Play enables players of all abilities to play with their friends and family without a competitive disadvantage, while also offering experienced players advanced controls, ensuring everyone can enjoy on the Wii together.
by Rainier on July 5, 2007 @ 3:33 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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WipEout Pulse is Sony's latest installment in its anti-gravity combat racing series, featuring 24 new tracks, 8 teams, 7 adrenaline-fuelled game modes, wireless multiplayer, downloadable packs including new tracks, ships and tunes...
by David Wanaselja on July 5, 2007 @ 3:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In addition to creating a unique ISS, the player acts in the role of the Chief Administrator of NASA, and creates astronaut crew members to live and work aboard the space station. Astronauts face mission critical situations, including fires and equipment breakdowns, while conducting micro gravity experiments and dealing with space tourists shipped aboard.
by Rainier on July 4, 2007 @ 12:30 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Elephant Entertainment & K2 Network is letting Sword of the New World: Granado Espada players level-up right out of the box by offering one unlocked character per game from among these four – Rescue Knight, Idge Imbrulia, Lorch Furuholmen, and Najib Sharif.
by Rainier on July 2, 2007 @ 7:38 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Speedball 2 transforms the futuristic game setting with the help of state-of-the-art technology into a high-speed online sports spectacle. Offering international leagues, a large-scale ranking system and a virtual marketplace, Speedball 2 pulls all the registers of modern multiplayer gaming action.
by Rainier on July 2, 2007 @ 12:22 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Bringing fast and furious bite-size gaming, Atari's PSP-exclusive Hot PXL is comprised of 200 deviously crafted micro-games based on a quirky and original story premise, drawing inspiration from street culture and the digital lifestyle. Atari's first PSP demo is now
available for free download.
by Rainier on July 2, 2007 @ 11:30 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In Namco Bandai's latest installment to the popular RPG Tales franchise, Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology, players will create a hero to embark on a valiant quest to save the land of Terresia from the gripping force of a powerful evil, set on destruction.
by Rainier on July 2, 2007 @ 3:07 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Wild Arms Crossfire, also known as WildArms XF, is a fantasy turn-based strategy/RPG that will test your reflexes by having you react within seconds depending on what enemy you will be facing next. No official announcement yet, Wild Arms XF is scheduled in Japan later this year.
by Rusty Bailey on June 30, 2007 @ 3:16 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Based on the feature film, Spider-Man 3 allows players to experience the actions of heroic red-suited Spider-Man and, for the first time ever, his darker, more mysterious black-suited persona.
by Rainier on June 29, 2007 @ 9:20 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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The OPM UK August issue is said to have a small article confirming that Free Radical is working on a
new Timesplitters title. With its current project, Haze, due to wrap up in the next few months, Free Radical is said to be "gearing up to insert monkeys and guns into all the wrong places," spoofing Gear of War, Halo and others. OPM is a PlayStation syndicated magazine, so it is not sure if TimeSplitters 4 will be on any platforms other than the PS3.
by Rainier on June 29, 2007 @ 9:02 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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With R-Type Tactics developer Irem is deviating from the usual shoot'm up genre into the tactical/RPG genre, giving fans of the franchise a chance to see all the units and enemies up close and personal, in 3D, while also adding 2 player versus mode.
by Rainier on June 29, 2007 @ 2:17 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Sword of the New World is modeled after Europe’s exploration of the New World, allowing players to create and simultaneously control a family of characters utilizing its Multiple Character Control system.
by Tim McCullough on June 29, 2007 @ 1:48 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Crush is a new PSP exclusive puzzle/platformer developed by Kuju Brighton. Reminiscent of Exit, Crush is a thinking man's game, allowing you to transform a 3D world into 2D in order to overcome obstacles and move on in the game.
by Rainier on June 28, 2007 @ 7:20 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Dead Head Fred draws players into an original alternative universe as they embark on a quest for vengeance to solve their own murder by using the decapitated heads of enemies to battle through environments designed to showcase each head’s unique abilities.
by Rainier on June 28, 2007 @ 3:49 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Ben 10: Protector of Earth puts you in the role of Cartoon Network's popular everyday-kid-turned-superhero, Ben Tennyson. Using the power of the Omnitrix, which has embedded itself on Ben's wrist, players will be able to battle as one of five popular alien heroes from the show - soon to be revealed!
by Rainier on June 28, 2007 @ 11:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Game advertising spending in the U.S. will grow from $370 million in 2006 to more than $2 billion in 2012, according to a new Parks Associates report. Over that time, game advertising will achieve a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 33%, much higher than that of other major advertising media, including TV, radio, print, and the Internet.
by Rainier on June 27, 2007 @ 5:12 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Sword of the New World is modeled after Europe’s exploration of the New World, allowing players to create and simultaneously control a family of characters utilizing its Multiple Character Control system. K2 Network announced that the open public beta for its MMORPG Sword of the New World: Granado Espada is now live...
by Rainier on June 27, 2007 @ 3:29 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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City Interactive's Overspeed, developed by Groove Games, gives the player an opportunity of participating in illegal street-races in the USA - the tracks invite you to speed down the L.A. avenues at night-time. A wide scale of tuning options is one of the most important game elements.
by Hank on June 27, 2007 @ 3:04 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords is a genre-bending style of gameplay rooted in a classic puzzle gameboard setting and incorporates role-playing and strategy elements, multiplayer gameplay modes and an engaging storyline that will immerse players in the richly diverse game world and offer a compelling gameplay experience.
by Rainier on June 27, 2007 @ 2:36 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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ValuSoft announced NHRA Drag Racing: Countdown to the Championship, featuring the most complete drag racing experience to date, console and handheld players will burn asphalt as they go head-to-head against the world's best drag racing champions.
by Rainier on June 26, 2007 @ 4:18 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Rockstar is bringing its open-ended crime series to the next-gen consoles with Grand Theft Auto IV. The GTA IV Special Edition comes in a customized metal safety deposit box, which will include the game in a special packaging, never-before-seen production artwork, selected soundtrack CD, exclusive Rockstar keychain, and a limited edition Rockstar duffel bag.
by Rainier on June 26, 2007 @ 11:07 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Atari hooked up with Valve to stress test the multiplayer portion of Iocaine Studios' "projectile-based tactical game" ThreadSpace: Hyperbol. Players battle each other on roads in space, called Hyperchannels, as they pilot Ships capable of firing a wide variety of weapons.
by Rainier on June 26, 2007 @ 7:26 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Sierra announced Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy, developed by one of Sierra’s internal developers High Moon Studios, combining seminal moments from the best-selling novel and hit film The Bourne Identity with all-new content developed in conjunction with Ludlum Entertainment.