by Rainier on April 15, 2009 @ 7:45 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim will focus on reinventing many aspects of the original game, updating the franchise for the 21st Century. A key element that will permeate the game is the charm and humor of the original Majesty.
by Rainier on April 15, 2009 @ 7:35 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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World Basketball Manager is a basketball strategy game. It uses the same game-play principles as most soccer management games do and covers all basketball action around the world with 89 national and international tournaments, 852 teams, 10.000 basketball players and 1.000 managers.
by Rainier on April 15, 2009 @ 5:49 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Darkness Within: The Dark Lineage is a sequel to last year's horror/thriller adventure game Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder and greatly inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. In The Dark Lineage Howard E. Loreid discovers his own horrible past is connected with the madness that is about to swallow him.
by Rainier on April 15, 2009 @ 5:40 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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NaturalMotion announced that THQ has licensed its morpheme animation middleware for use on future projects, including an unannounced title by Kaos Studios. THQ recently also licensed NVIDIA PhysX technology, which is tightly integrated with morpheme’s character animation to produce dramatic results.
by Rainier on April 15, 2009 @ 4:19 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The G.I. Joe video game will feature an exclusive storyline that picks up where the live-action movie leaves off, allowing players to re-create and re-live the greatest moments from the film, cartoon series and action figure toy line.
by Rainier on April 15, 2009 @ 4:11 a.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. We're still waiting for an official announcement, but 3DRealms'
George Broussard revealed that it has reached a new milestone this week, with 71 more tasks to complete from the original 800-900.
by Rainier on April 15, 2009 @ 4:06 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Having just finished the latest Valkyrie Profile and Star Ocean for Square Enix, developer Tri-Ace is jumping ship to SEGA for yet another RPG, End of Eternity. The game follows Zephyr, PMC employee Vashyron, and Subject 20 who is condemned to die on her 20th birthday. End of Eternity's battle system involves real-time gunplay elements, along with the aforementioned military theme.
by Rainier on April 15, 2009 @ 3:59 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Halo Wars is an RTS game based on the Halo universe where players will command armies of familiar and new UNSC units in its initial encounters against the Covenant, an alien coalition threatening to obliterate mankind.
Robot Entertainment is not only working on new content for Halo Wars, but also a Title Update that fixes some matchmaking bugs, balances a few things inside and outside of gameplay, and adds a small feature that fans have been asking for.
by Rainier on April 15, 2009 @ 3:54 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Whispered World is a classic point & click adventure game whisking the player away to a fascinating fantasy world. Sadwick is a young clown but often far from cheerful. One night, a strange blue creature speaks to him in a dream, and sends him on an adventurous journey.
by Richard Poskozim on April 15, 2009 @ 3:45 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Based on the feature film adaptation of the best-selling Cornelia Funke novel, Inkheart is the story of Meggie, a young girl whose father has a secret magical ability; he can bring book characters to life simply by reading the story aloud! It sounds like a wondrous gift, but evil lurks within the pages of a rare children’s fable…
by Rainier on April 15, 2009 @ 3:39 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Cities XL expands upon all that make city builders fun and interesting, with cities that are bigger, more realistic and sophisticated than ever before, while letting players take their game online, as they interact with others in a massive online environment.
by Rainier on April 15, 2009 @ 3:32 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Equipped with a variety of unique weapons and gadgets, players will hunt, fight and capture a wide range of supernatural villains in a funny and frightening battle to save New York City from its latest paranormal plague.
Amazon
is offering a Slimer Edition which includes the game, a Slimer bust, minimates, gamer graffix console skins, and an Ecto 1 key chain.
by Rainier on April 15, 2009 @ 3:16 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's President, CEO and Co-Coo, David Reeves, will retire as of April 30, 2009, and be replaced by Andrew House, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Group Executive of Sony Corporation as of May 1, 2009.
by Rainier on April 15, 2009 @ 3:10 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Revealed at last year's Tokyo Game Show, Another Code R is the latest point-and-click adventure game by Cing, known for Hotel Dusk: Room 215 and Little King's Story.
by Rainier on April 15, 2009 @ 3:01 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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MTV Games and The Beatles license holder Apple Corps are developing a new video game that will be an experiential progression through and celebration of the music and artistry of The Beatles spanning the UK band's entire discography. Gamestop's Limited Edition Bundle ($249.99) includes the game, a Höfner Bass controller, The Beatles branded Rock Band drums, microphone and stand, and additional special content.
by Rainier on April 14, 2009 @ 7:39 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:
- Trine [PS3/PC] - Trailer
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine [ALL] - Gambit Trailer
- Bayonetta [PS3/X360] - Story Trailer
- Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena [ALL] - Launch Trailer
- Major League Baseball 2K9 [Wii] - Trailer
We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...
by Rainier on April 14, 2009 @ 4:55 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Saints Row 2 offers vastly expanded customization options, a totally transformed and expanded city of Stilwater, new vehicles, sandbox tools and toys as well as both online co-op and competitive multiplayer. Volition is working on three DLC packages for SR2, with the first, Ultor Exposed, to add new missions featuring porn star Tera Patrick, achievements, new vehicles and more...
by Rainier on April 14, 2009 @ 4:52 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Conduit is a stunning action FPS that promises to provide some of the best visuals seen to date on the Wii, featuring terrifying alien creatures, an advanced AI System, and a rich, conspiracy-laden story.
by Rainier on April 14, 2009 @ 4:25 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Scratch DJ Game has filed legal action against Activision and 7 Studios and its CEO Lewis Peterson, alleging that Activision has engaged in intentional interference with contract, breach of contract, conversion and misappropriation of trade secrets obtained from Genius to purchase 7 Studios, developer of Scratch: The Ultimate DJ.
by Rainier on April 14, 2009 @ 3:39 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Virtua Tennis 2009 will again allow you to take on the world's top tennis players in some of the most realistic courts to be found on gaming consoles. Take on the likes of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, or play as Maria Sharapova against Venus Williams to recreate some classic court battles.
by Rainier on April 14, 2009 @ 3:33 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Crimson Gem Saga is a lovingly crafted exploration into the fundamentals of RPG fun, delivers lush hand-drawn visuals, an engaging fantasy tale, and an easy-to-use interface.
by Rainier on April 14, 2009 @ 3:29 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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According to the latest issue of Famitsu, Japanese film director Takashi Shimizu, known for The Grudge, is working on a new horror title, Feel, for the Wii. From the looks of it, Feel might be an adaptation of his 2003 horror movie, as various characters from the game look like the twisted persona from the movie, and further giving credence to that is the fact that
the teaser Web site sports the same name as the original movie title.
by Rainier on April 14, 2009 @ 12:57 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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SOE Austin is building a world where you feel like you've stepped into the DC Universe and become the ultimate super-hero (or villain) along side of Superman, Batman, or Ambush Bug.
by Rainier on April 14, 2009 @ 12:42 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Killzone 2 throws players back into the midst of a hostile and dramatic ongoing battle between the ISA and Helghast army, delivering intense warfare with lifelike character animations, detailed and destructible environments, realistic physics, and advanced levels of AI. The DLC includes 2 new multiplayer maps, Wasteland Bullet and Vekta Cruiser.
by Rainier on April 14, 2009 @ 12:34 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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ZEN Pinball sets a new standard for realistic ball physics and graphical detail in pinball games employing cutting-edge visuals, challenging tables, true-to-life ball and table physics, combining them with features not found in any other pinball game.