by Rainier on Sept. 30, 2008 @ 1:48 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Robomodo officially launched as a new game developer dedicated to producing top-tier products for current and next generation console platforms. Formed in January 2008, Chicago based Robomodo has entered into a development agreement to work on a title that will be published by Activision on multiple platforms.
by Rainier on Sept. 29, 2008 @ 6:11 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Age of Conan is an Online Action RPG, mixing a deep, story-driven single-player experience and a massive and brutal multiplayer end-game that brings forth the ultimate representation of the Age of Conan. With former game director Gaute Godager
resigning earlier this month, the MMORPG hit another snag as his replacement
revealed that Funcom will be merging servers in order to increase population and increase the game experience.
by Rainier on Sept. 29, 2008 @ 4:27 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Pirates of the Burning Sea is a MMORPG set in the Caribbean islands of the 18th Century. You play a bold sea captain, master of your own ship and crew, as you seek glory and adventure across the trackless deep. People interested in trying out Flying Lab Software swashbuckling, seafaring MMO can
get a free 14-day trial key and check it out.
by Rainier on Sept. 29, 2008 @ 12:43 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Duke Nukem Forever is the long-awaited follow-up to 1997's Duke Nukem 3D. While details are slim, longtime Duke voice actor Jon St. John returns, as well as music composed by Jeremy and Julian Soule.
by Rainier on Sept. 29, 2008 @ 6:06 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Former Rainbow Studios senior developers Panya Inversin, Patrick Bergschneider, and Daniel Pratt have started a new development house Coin App. With prior game credits such as the ATV Offroad Fury series, Splashdown, The Punisher, and Baja: Edge of Control, Coin App. is currently in production of its first console title.
by Rainier on Sept. 29, 2008 @ 5:10 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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EA Black Box's Need for Speed Undercover is an intense action racing title taking the franchise back to its roots and re-introduces breakneck cop chases, the world's hottest cars and spectacular highway battles.
by Rainier on Sept. 29, 2008 @ 3:06 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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300 movie director Zack Snyder, currently working on Watchmen, has signed an agreement with EA to develop three original games with EA’s Los Angeles studio in Playa Vista. While the IPs will be owned by EA, Snyder’s Cruel & Unusual Films will have the option to produce film adaptations based on those properties.
by Rainier on Sept. 27, 2008 @ 6:11 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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EA Black Box's Need for Speed Undercover is an intense action racing title taking the franchise back to its roots and re-introduces breakneck cop chases, the world's hottest cars and spectacular highway battles.
by Rainier on Sept. 27, 2008 @ 12:02 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Originally scheduled in 2000 as a DreamCast title, Thunder Force VI is a side scrolling shooter game in development for the PS2, directed by SEGA's Tetsu Okano, known for Segagaga, Astro Boy: Omega Factor and Gunstar Super Heroes.
by Rainier on Sept. 26, 2008 @ 10:20 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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So Blonde, written by Broken Sword's Steve Ince, is an adventure game based around beautiful (anti-)heroine Sunny Blonde, featuring jet black humor that goes far beyond trite clichés, gorgeous cartoon graphics, puzzling riddles and a ton of gameplay surprises.
by Rainier on Sept. 26, 2008 @ 9:51 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Georgia Game Developers Association will host a college fair for high school students on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008 (10 am–2 pm) at the SIEGE 2008 event in Atlanta for students interested in becoming game designers, programmers, artists and more, showcasing national schools such as SMU's Guildhall, AIA, SCAD, DeVry and Westwood.
by Rainier on Sept. 26, 2008 @ 3:20 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Today Floating Point Studios is proud to announce their formation as a new independent games development company in Swansea, Wales (UK). Floating Point Studios' focus is to develop new IP and is currently working on two titles codenamed Flight and The Elder, which will both be available through Valve's Steam digital download service at the end of 2008 and spring of 2009, respectively.
by Rainier on Sept. 25, 2008 @ 7:52 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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3D gesture recognition software developer Softkinetic is collaborating with EA at WIRED NextFest to show off a new gesture-based gaming experience that allows users to simulate shooting a basket against a professional basketball player.
by Rainier on Sept. 23, 2008 @ 7:18 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Back in 2007 Interplay
sold the Fallout license to Bethesda while retaining an exclusive license, under certain conditions, to use the IP for developing
a Fallout MMO. While not officially announced yet, its Project V13 MMO project reeks of Fallout only reinforced by the recruiting of original Fallout game designer Chris Taylor who will be Lead System Designer on the aforementioned project together with other former Fallout devs.
by Rainier on Sept. 23, 2008 @ 4:33 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Ever since Valve released The Orange Box, the PC edition has received numerous updates, especially the Team Fortress 2 portion, and a cumulative update is planned for the X360 version. In
a recent interview, Valve's Gabe Newell revealed that it has no plans to issue these updates for the PS3 version since it was not done internally, and EA is not working on anything. Newell also reiterated that there is no PS3 version of its zombie shooter L4D in the works simply because "We don't have the bandwidth," which means they do not have the manpower for it.
by Rainier on Sept. 23, 2008 @ 2:22 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Set between the largely unexplored era between Ep III and Ep IV, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed casts players as Darth Vader's "Secret Apprentice" and promises to unveil new revelations about the Star Wars galaxy. LucasArts announced that The Force Unleashed has sold more than 1.5 million copies, making it both the fastest-selling Star Wars game and LucasArts game ever.
by Rainier on Sept. 23, 2008 @ 10:32 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Xbox Live is having a scheduled downtime on Monday, Sep. 29 starting at 12:01am Pacific Time. It will be down for 24 hours as Microsoft prepares for the new stuff coming in the new Xbox experience. Xbox LIVE will be down as will those sections on Xbox.com that rely on the service such as "My Xbox", and while the forums will be viewable. you won't be able to post in them.
by Rainier on Sept. 23, 2008 @ 1:23 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Rockstar is bringing its open-ended crime series to the PC with GTA IV, returning the franchise to New York situated around the Eastern European protagonist Nikolai. The PC edition comes with a replay editor with Rockstar Social Club integration, expanded multiplayer, higher resolution, and match filtering.
by Rainier on Sept. 22, 2008 @ 10:03 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The non-nonsense, alien punisher is back and ready for action! Gear-up and save the Earth, and its babes, in the updated version of the classic game that helped jump start the FPS genre, featuring 8-player online co-op, a rewind function in single-player to relive (or redo) those climactic firefights, and the ability to capture multiplayer battles and share with other XBL users.
by Rainier on Sept. 20, 2008 @ 6:48 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Set in the north-west region of Central America, Delta Force: Angel Falls takes the player to the rural, sparsely populated, jungle areas of this exotic locale. Avoiding the over-exposed Middle Eastern settings; the South American environment provides a premise which is naturally beautiful and full of new millennium conflicts.
by Rainier on Sept. 20, 2008 @ 4:39 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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L.A. Noire is an interactive detective story set in the 1947 classic noir period situated in an exact recreation of mid century L.A. drawing players into an open-ended challenge to solve a series of gruesome murders, but also side missions based on real events from that period. While a
previous job listing said the game's in the final production phase, Tantalus' Tom Crago
claims the game is still a year out, while also confirming an earlier Lead Animator job listing claiming the
game went multiplatform.
by Rainier on Sept. 19, 2008 @ 3:01 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Need for Speed Undercover is an intense action racing title taking the franchise back to its roots and re-introduces breakneck cop chases, the world's hottest cars and spectacular highway battles. According to Need for Speed: Undercover producer John Doyle there are
no demo plans, Black Box wants to focus on the game instead.
by Rainier on Sept. 18, 2008 @ 5:08 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Daring stunts, spectacular crashes, thrilling criminal cases: All fans of the racing genre will easily fall in love with the newest game originating from the original RTL TV-Show "Alarm for Cobra 11." While the previous installment has
yet to be released in North America, Europe is already gearing up to burn more rubber.
Set between the largely unexplored era between Ep III and Ep IV, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed casts players as Darth Vader's "Secret Apprentice" and promises to unveil new revelations about the Star Wars galaxy.
by Rainier on Sept. 17, 2008 @ 12:56 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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All Games Network is bringing together championship gamers from the past, present, and future to participate in a one-of-a-kind classic video game event at the E for All in L.A. from Oct. 3-5, 2008.