by Rainier on July 8, 2009 @ 6:33 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:
by Rainier on July 8, 2009 @ 6:31 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Sega's crazy puzzle series is coming back with a 7th installment, unfortunately only scheduled for release in Japan. Featuring five new characters (19 total) and a new gameplay mode (Great Transformation) Puyo Puyo 7 is a Tetris clone with online capabilities.
by Rainier on July 8, 2009 @ 6:04 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Witcher Enhanced Edition, CD Projekt's action/RPG, adds changes to the game's mechanics, better graphics, shorter load times, improved stability, the recently released D'jinni mod editor, two new adventures, making of DVD, two soundtracks, etc.
by Dustin Chadwell on July 8, 2009 @ 6:00 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Pangya: Fantasy Golf features beautifully rendered fantasy golf courses, thousands of character and equipment customization options and 18 playable characters, thrusting players into a world of golf gameplay filled with beauty and unlimited imagination.
by Rainier on July 8, 2009 @ 5:17 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Nerf: N-Strike Elite features a classic rail shooter style of gameplay and equips players with a cache of fresh features. With the Wii Remote snapped into the Nerf Switch Shot EX-3 blaster and the red reveal lens engaged, players will be able to detect enemy weak spots, solve puzzles and decode secret messages as they blast their way to victory.
by Rainier on July 8, 2009 @ 5:13 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Meridian4 has signed a four title North American digital publishing agreement with RTL interactive Games Publishing, the crime-solving action arcade racing game Crash Time 2, racing team management game Racing Team Manager, Biathlon 2009 and winter sports compilation Winter Sports 2009: The Next Challenge.
by Rainier on July 8, 2009 @ 5:09 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In Chronicles of Mystery: The Scorpio Ritual (formerly "Testament of Sin"), players' detective skills will be pushed to their limits as they travel the world in an attempt to unravel an ancient mystery and save a fellow archaeologist before it's too late.
by Rainier on July 8, 2009 @ 5:02 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Art of Murder: Hunt for the Puppeteer is a point & click adventure where the player takes on the role of an FBI agent, whose task is to solve a series of macabre murders of wealthy, well-to-do citizens.
by Rainier on July 8, 2009 @ 4:47 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Fuzzums is a fun action puzzler that puts the player in charge of rescuing all the Fuzzums that have been abducted and scattered across an alien planet. Fuzzums love to experience new things and seek out shiny objects, so it is your job to guide them to a matter transporter which will beam them to a safe planet where they can be studied further.
by Rainier on July 8, 2009 @ 4:40 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Monster Hunter Freedom Unite delivers over 500 hours of gameplay spanning 400 missions. Add in previously unreleased monsters, weapons and missions and you have the biggest Monster Hunter to date. Since its March of 2008 release in Japan MHFU has sold over 3.5 million units in Japan
by Rainier on July 8, 2009 @ 4:22 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The battle for Gold Medals and personal bests ignites excitement and healthy competition in Summer Athletics 2009. Athletes from all over the world run, throw, jump and swim for victory. Millimeters and split seconds will decide the winners. Summer Athletics 2009 will support Wii Balance Board, with a unique Balance Board Cup.
by Rainier on July 8, 2009 @ 4:09 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Acquire is developing the next installment in the Way of the Samurai series, currently only scheduled for release in Japan this fall, featuring over 100 weapons for you to wield in defense of the poor, lonely, while fending off rivaling samurai clans. Agetec revealed that it will publish the PS3 edition of Way of the Samurai 3 in North America, while UFO Interactive will do the X360 version.
by Rainier on July 8, 2009 @ 4:02 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Kombat forces friends to fight, worlds to collide, and unlikely alliances to be forged. In order to save all they know, the heroes and villains of Mortal Kombat must wage war against the combined might of the DC Universe. Midway's Ed Boon revealed that a planned DLC for MKvsDCU, containing two new characters, will no longer be released in the wake of the Warner Bros./Midway acquisition.
by Rainier on July 8, 2009 @ 3:58 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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A departure from the traditional online settings of high fantasy, outer space, or military, Global Agenda is a fast-paced action MMO using Unreal Engine 3 set in Earth's near future, a spy-fi world of advanced technology and player-driven conflict.
by Rainier on July 7, 2009 @ 7:17 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Might & Magic Clash of Heroes is a puzzle RPG in which, through five unique and epic quests, players will alternate exploration and turn-based puzzle battles in the game to save the world of Ashan from demonic chaos.
by Rainier on July 7, 2009 @ 5:55 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Tales of Monkey Island brings the adventures of pirate Guybrush Threepwood into a new era with an storyline that becomes deeper and more entangled during the course of the five-episode saga.
by Rainier on July 7, 2009 @ 5:03 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Dragon Ball: Raging Blast is the first video game in the Budokai Tenkaichi series to come to PS3/X360 and features stunning HD graphics and audio, destructible environments and enhanced character features, Dragon Ball: Raging Blast takes players far beyond the realms of the original anime series.
by Rainier on July 7, 2009 @ 5:00 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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When Microsoft
shut down Shadowrun studio FASA, founder
Jordan Weisman bought back the rights to MechWarrior, Shadowrun, Crimson Skies and the other properties in the FASA catalog, and formed Smith & Tinker. At that time, it was too early to announce any plans, but
earlier today several videos appeared out of nowhere showing off what is rumored to be footage from a new MechWarrior game under development at Piranha Games, who will reportedly officially announce a new title later this week.
by Rainier on July 7, 2009 @ 4:49 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Once you are tired of the recent Singstar titles, you can connect to the online SingStore, giving you access to more than 400 downloadable songs to add to your collections. In an effort to enhance the North American SingStore based on consumer feedback, dozens of new songs have been added, including two new Coldplay trackpacks, Radiohead, Gloria Estefan tracks and more...
by Rainier on July 7, 2009 @ 2:26 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Unknown Worlds announced Natural Selection 2, the next evolution in multiplayer action/strategy gameplay and will be targeted for both competitive and public play. New features include dynamically changing environments, a new resource model, flexible game scripting and modes, and new weapons, abilities and upgrades.
by Rainier on July 7, 2009 @ 1:08 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Fight Night Round 4 features an all new physics based gameplay engine that brings the most authentic boxing interpretation to the video game world. The action inside the ring will be faster than ever, delivering a true representation of the sport's incredible speed, accuracy, timing, and power. In August a DLC will add a new training gym, gameplay sliders and outfits including an updated Sugar Ray Leonard, while the Sept. DLC will update the Total Punch Control, but also add face-button control for punches.
by Rainier on July 7, 2009 @ 12:49 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Based on the legendary book series by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson, Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is a first-person fantasy role-playing game that takes players on an elaborate adventure through the Firetop Mountain Keep, the scene of the first entry in the renowned literary line.
by Rainier on July 7, 2009 @ 12:28 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Watchmen: The End is Nigh is a hardcore mature action brawler featuring bloody visceral combat in settings which are reminiscent of the film. While Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 1 takes place more than a decade before the film’s main story, part 2 has Rorschach and Nite Owl solving the case of a missing girl, Violet Greene.
by Rainier on July 7, 2009 @ 11:45 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Battlefield 2 features immense, richly detailed, destructible environments, from city streets to remote forests, in some of the most notorious hot spots around the world. This v1.50 BETA patch adds extra Vista support, a new map (Operation Blue Pearl) and various tweaks and bugs fixes.
by Rainier on July 7, 2009 @ 11:02 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Halo 3: ODST is a new game in the Halo saga that lets people experience events leading up to the epic story told in Halo 3 through the eyes of an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper, as they search for clues leading to the whereabouts of their scattered squad and the motivations behind the Covenant's invasion of New Mombasa.