by Rainier on Feb. 12, 2004 @ 11:54 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Supreme Ruler 2010 represents the next generation of strategy game. Not another build and attack 'click fest', but a challenging simulation of political and military leadership. You control the agenda of your region as you maintain its economy, grow the support of your population, and strive to influence your neighbors. Through skilled management your influence and popularity will grow.... Will you be a successful diplomat, who can increase your power through an incredibly flexible diplomacy model, or will you be a ruthless and ambitious ruler that lets your tanks and missiles speak for you?
by Rainier on Feb. 12, 2004 @ 11:00 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Oxygen Interactive have signed leading racing-sim developer Brain In a Jar (previously known for Codemasters' Indy Car Series.) to develop an original Rally simulation. Due for completion in Q3, the game will be on the shelves ahead of Rally GB in September, on PS2 and PC. The game will include a selection of international stages, multi-player racing, accessible gameplay detailed physics and car-modelling.
by Rainier on Feb. 12, 2004 @ 9:38 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Ubisoft announced today that it has fostered the revival of the Prince of Persia brand by reaching 1.1 million units in Europe with its blockbuster title, Prince of Persia The Sands of Time, since its release last Christmas season.
by Rainier on Feb. 12, 2004 @ 9:09 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Enjoy the original story from the Xbox version, featuring characters and locations endorsed by famous author Tom Clancy, and inspired by his realistic world of terrorism and espionage. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow will push the original version to the limits of the stealth/action genre. Sam Fisher is now launched into a series of new adventures. The player will continue controlling Sam Fisher in a 2D Perspective Side-Scroller game.
by Rainier on Feb. 12, 2004 @ 8:28 a.m. PST | Filed under
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SEGA Europe Ltd and Sports Interactive today announced a partnership granting SEGA the worldwide rights to publish all output from Sports Interactive for the next five years. The partnership marks a significant step for both companies' plans for worldwide growth. Read more for details & screens...
by Rainier on Feb. 12, 2004 @ 12:22 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Majorem Ltd., developer of "Ballerium", today officially announced the performers to compose the music for the title. Majorem's announcement came as a surprise after previously signing up the well-known "Infected Mushroom" to compose the game's soundtrack. According to the agreement between the two, Uranium will compose seven different soundtracks, one for each race in the game.
by Rainier on Feb. 11, 2004 @ 4:06 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Dreamcatcher has revealed details regarding the pre-order deal they are offering for People Can Fly's upcoming FPS Painkiller. People who decide to pre-order the game at Gamestop or EBGames will be treated to a freee t-shirt, or if you opt for BestBuy & Futureshop (Canada) you will get a 3 level singleplayer demo (as soon as you put in the order of course, would be retarded if it shipped with the game now wouldn't it :) If that still doesnt sound good enough, CompUSA not only offers a t-shirt but also automagically allows you to enter an online Painkiller tournament ( April 26 - July 15) with no less than $5,000 cash to win or Alienware material.
by Rainier on Feb. 11, 2004 @ 3:55 p.m. PST | Filed under
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The official America's Army website has word that a new patch for the US Army's Unreal engine powered shooter will be released tomorrow. The update will be rather small as it only fixes a few minor problems such as correcting client and server-side flooding issues, Sniper rifle bug from the weapon selection removed, Admin Spectator Mode added, Community Game Server Support added, and a few other things (thanks Blues).
UPDATE : seems this update was a "wrong" date issue and a repost of an old article. No patch coming ...
by Rainier on Feb. 11, 2004 @ 10:03 a.m. PST | 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 :
- Ground Control 2 - Trailer
- Obscure - Trailer
- Gangland - Trailer
- Spy Fiction - Trailer
- Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm - Trailer
- Dangerous Waters - Trailer
- Red Ninja: End Of Honor - Trailer
We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...
by Rainier on Feb. 11, 2004 @ 9:24 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Publisher Strategy First is pleased to announce it has signed a deal with developer Paradox Entertainment to bring Crusader Kings to North American retail shelves this spring.
by Rainier on Feb. 11, 2004 @ 3:59 a.m. PST | Filed under
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The year is 2010 and the war for supremacy between the Autobots and Decepticons continues. On Earth, a group of kids find a Transformer ship that crash landed long before the dawn of mankind. Accidentally, they activate the ship's long-dormant cargo of Mini-cons, not knowing that the Autobots and Decepticons once schemed to keep this ship and its payload from ever being found.
by Rainier on Feb. 11, 2004 @ 2:57 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Ultimate Arena, Inc., the leading skill-based action game web site, today announced that gamers around the world can get a chance to play Team3D, one of the top Counter-Strike clans in the world, online on Sunday the 22nd by using Xfire.
by Rainier on Feb. 10, 2004 @ 1:35 p.m. PST | Filed under
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3000 AD has released the demo for their futuristic 3D action game Universal Combat. The demo features five scenarios which are based on several game careers - including the brain freeze inducing, slack jawed producing, highly advanced Commander career. Read more for details and download links ...
by Rainier on Feb. 10, 2004 @ 12:24 p.m. PST | Filed under
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TDK has released a second demo for Synetic's racing game Mercedes-Benz World Racing. This demo features Hockenheimring track drivable in the Mercedes Benz SLK 230 Kompressor. Read more for download link ...
by Rainier on Feb. 10, 2004 @ 12:12 p.m. PST | Filed under
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All-Star Baseball 2005 is the most realistic baseball simulation that’s easier and more fun to play. All-Star Baseball 2005 is packed with exclusive feature innovations and online head-to-head play plus the deepest franchise mode of any baseball video game. Read more to check out some new screens and the "fielder cam tutorial" trailer.
by Rainier on Feb. 10, 2004 @ 11:20 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Encore and JoWooD, an Austrian game publisher and developer, today announced that "SpellForce: The Order of Dawn" has begun shipping to retail stores in North America.
by Rainier on Feb. 10, 2004 @ 10:20 a.m. PST | Filed under
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ValuSoft today announced the release of NHRA Drag Racing: Top Fuel Thunder for PC. This intensely competitive racing game is rated "E" for Everyone and is now available at retailers throughout North America for $19.99.
by Rainier on Feb. 10, 2004 @ 10:12 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Three Hollywood heavy hitters have lent their talents to the much anticipated stealth-action game Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow. Joining the development team are Michael Ironside (Sam Fisher), Dennis Haysbert (Irving Lambert) and Lalo Shifrin (Composer, Original Theme). Read more for detailed information...
by Rainier on Feb. 10, 2004 @ 9:51 a.m. PST | Filed under
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3000 AD has released the first patch for their futuristic 3D action game Universal Combat. This release candidate will be superseded by the final patch later this week and addresses a ton of AI tweaks, interface improvements, content and gameplay revisions, multiplayer enhancements, bug fixes, and more. Read more for details and download links ...
by Rainier on Feb. 10, 2004 @ 9:38 a.m. PST | Filed under
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NCsoft Corporation announces the beginning of its pre-order retail box campaign for Lineage II: The Chaotic Chronicle and City of Heroes in North America. The boxes will begin to appear on store shelves this week at computer game retail outlets throughout the United States and Canada. Both games are expected to launch commercially this spring.
by Rainier on Feb. 10, 2004 @ 9:17 a.m. PST | Filed under
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European videogame publisher L.S.P. announced today that Hip Interactive Corp. completed the acquisition of all the issued and outstanding shares of L.S.P. Hip Interactive Corp. is a leading North American provider of electronic entertainment products. In fiscal 2003 Hip generated sales of Cdn $361,3 million, producing net income after taxes of $11 million.
by Rainier on Feb. 10, 2004 @ 3:54 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Digital Jesters has released the first patch for Nadeo's sailing simulation game 'Virtual Skipper 3'. This update brings your retail game to v1.1 and adresses a tons of issues suchs as creating of profiles, ISAF rules, various network code optimizations, graphics & sound issues etc. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...
by Rainier on Feb. 10, 2004 @ 3:26 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Sony Online Entertainment Inc. today announced that Champions of Norrath has shipped to North American retail stores. Champions of Norrath, available exclusively on the PS2, brings gamers into its immersive fantasy universe as they experience exciting hack-and-slash action. Champions of Norrath has more game features than any other game in the genre, including five playable character types, randomly generated dungeons and voice chat during online, four players co-op action. Champions of Norrath carries a suggested retail price of $49.99.
by Rainier on Feb. 10, 2004 @ 3:16 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Resolution Interactive has acquired full rights from Daydream Software to computer games Clusterball and X-Team Racing, and the game concepts Scarcefreak and Billion Dollar Disc. The agreement includes code, design and community servers, as well as customer databases. One exception is South America, where Daydream keeps the Clusterball and X-Team Racing rights for 3 years in order to complete unfinished business. Daydream is also allowed to use existing Autobahn code in its future production.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2004 @ 6:07 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Take 2 UK has now also released a multiplayer demo for Illusion Softworks' third person tactical shooter Hidden & Dangerous 2. You lead a small squad of Allied soldiers deep behind enemy lines, to carry out secret missions during World War II. The demo features an Occupation map called Normandy3 as well as an Objectives map titled Czech, which are compativle with the retail version of the game (
thanks 3DGamers). Read more for download links ...