by Rainier on April 7, 2009 @ 8:56 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge is a game that best describes the life of risk and danger that you’ll lead in this action-packed turn-based tactical game where you’ll be in control of leading a group of seasoned mercenaries through the African countryside.
by Rainier on April 7, 2009 @ 6:55 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian players assume the role of Ben Stiller's character, Larry Daley, former night guard of New York's Museum of Natural History. Larry must rescue Jedediah and his other friends from Akhmenrah's brother who captured them while stealing a powerful Magic Tablet that can raise the Army of Horus to take over the world.
by Rainier on April 7, 2009 @ 6:51 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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An ancient, dreaming evil stirs. Dangerous creatures awaken. The Earth is in mortal peril. The wonders and horrors of the secret world are re-emerging in our world. The time has come to take up arms in the war between good & evil. Warriors and champions of Gaia, your training is about to begin. Rise. You have been chosen.
by Rainier on April 7, 2009 @ 6:50 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Grand Ages: Rome, previously known as Imperium Romanum II, is a city-building game where the player takes the role of a Roman patrician, a nobleman, who has just started his political career. His ultimate goal is to become the Governor of Rome.
The action-packed game, a hi–def re-imagined version of 2004's Escape from Butcher Bay, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena features an entirely new chapter in the Riddick Saga and for the first time, intense online multiplayer combat.
by Rainier on April 7, 2009 @ 6:02 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Trine is a fantasy action game where you create and use physics-based objects to beat hazardous puzzles and threatening enemies in a quest to save the kingdom from evil. Nobilis sent over a pre-canned Q&A with Frozenbyte desginer Lauri Hyvärinen
by Rainier on April 7, 2009 @ 5:54 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Vektor Tank is an original genre-mix featuring action-packed shooting gameplay, tactical tank combat in a destructible environment and lots of explosions.
by Dustin Chadwell on April 7, 2009 @ 5:45 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Ready 2 Rumble Revolution retains all the knockout features of best-sellers Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 1 and Round 2, while delivering a knockout punch of style and attitude. Tailored to take advantage of the motion-controlled realism of Wii, Ready 2 Rumble Revolution makes landing a punch more fun than ever.
by Rainier on April 7, 2009 @ 5:10 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Red Alert 3 takes players on an epic RTS adventure to an alternate future spawned by time travel run amok, featuring a fully co-operative campaign, the series' light-hearted style and classic, action-oriented gameplay.
by Rainier on April 7, 2009 @ 5:00 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor invigorates the series with an unprecedented RPG/SRPG combat system and more character customization options than ever before, all wrapped within a compelling, branching narrative.
by Rainier on April 7, 2009 @ 4:56 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Climate Challenge 2010 mirrors the challenges that face the planet as we struggle to combat and reverse the potentially cataclysmic effects of climate change.
by Rainier on April 7, 2009 @ 4:53 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Knights in the Nightmare requires players to throw out everything they know about RPG and strategy games and embrace something altogether new and fresh. Frantic, energetic action mixes with thought-provoking tactical gameplay, all within a beautifully-rendered fantasy setting and presented through a captivating, emotional narrative.
by Richard Poskozim on April 7, 2009 @ 4:49 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Timmy's Tan Army Men action figures have run amok, capturing his Green Army Men, and attempting to take control of his little slice of suburbia! It's up to you to defeat the enemy, save your toys and family, and restore order to your home!
by Rainier on April 7, 2009 @ 4:32 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Set in the year 1939, Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings follows the rogue archaeologist on an all-new globe-trotting quest. From San Francisco's Chinatown to the lush jungles of Panama, Indy must use his whip, fists and wits to fight through ruthless opposition as he spars with his nemesis, Magnus Völler, in a race for a relic of biblical proportions — the Staff of Moses.
by Rainier on April 7, 2009 @ 4:28 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Nintendo's new Nintendo DSi, the third iteration of its portable video game system, launched in the UK/Europe on April 2, 2009 (April 5 in the US), and GfK-ChartTrack has revealed that, in the UK alone, the DSi sold 92,000 copies during its opening weekend.
by Rainier on April 7, 2009 @ 4:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Atlus U.S.A. has secured the North American publishing rights for Class of Heroes for PSP, a first-person dungeon-crawling RPG adventure with more than 75 levels of deadly catacombs, hundreds of varieties of vile monsters, intricate art of alchemy, and over 1300 items, priceless treasures, and rare artifacts.
by Rainier on April 7, 2009 @ 4:11 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Resident Evil 5 promises to revolutionize the survival horror series by delivering an unbelievable level of detail, realism and control. As promised, Capcom has released a new "versus" multiplayer mode as paid digital content via XBL and PSN.
by Rainier on April 7, 2009 @ 4:10 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Based on the famous YS series originally developed by Falcom, CJ Internet Game Studio and Nihon Falcom have teamed up to convert the famous YS series to an online game.
by Rainier on April 7, 2009 @ 4:00 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 April 7, 2009 @ 3:50 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Atlus' Steal Princess is a puzzle/platformer hybrid on a mission to break the mold and redefine a couple of genres in the process. Over 150 levels of increasing complexity eagerly look forward to pushing your central processing unit (i.e., your brain) to its limits.
by Rainier on April 7, 2009 @ 3:47 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Dead Space Extraction is a prequel that reveals the events leading up to Isaac Clarke’s mission on the USG Ishimura in the original Dead Space game. Dead Space Extraction will marry the innovative motion controls of the Wii Remote with a frenetic first person perspective to create a new action-packed horror experience. One of EA's
twitter accounts revealed that the dev team is preparing a "super secret special Demo build," but whether it is meant for public consumption or to show off the game to the press/corp. overlords was not revealed.
by Rainier on April 7, 2009 @ 3:41 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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101-in-1 Explosive Megamix is a collection of 101 addictive mini-game types including: puzzles, sports, racing, cooking, shooting, balancing, juggling, and much more. There is practically no end to the fast-paced arcade action!
by Rainier on April 7, 2009 @ 3:32 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Project Aftermath is an arcade RTS where you command up to 4 squads of soldiers in exciting battles in a retro-futuristic world. Equip your troops to suit your playing style, researching new items using the spoils of war; choosing from over 100 different weapons, armor, power-up augmentations and spell-like special attacks.
by Rainier on April 6, 2009 @ 9:22 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 6, 2009 @ 9:11 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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And Yet It Moves is a puzzle-platformer, set in a unique world, made of ripped paper. Within the paper-collage you can jump, run and last but certainly not least: rotate the world. Learn how to apply the physical consequences of rotation to master the many tricky situations you may encounter.