by Rainier on May 10, 2005 @ 1:44 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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GarageGames today announced that Marble Blast is available for download on Xbox Live Arcade. XBLA brings popular retro classics and broad appeal games directly to your Xbox over the Xbox Live service.
by Judy on May 9, 2005 @ 4:12 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Extensive details of Microsoft's newest video game console leaked out on the Internet on Monday, three days ahead ofthe console's formal worldwide unveiling on MTV. Read more for details on hardware specs, Xbox Live tiers, and more ...
by Rainier on May 9, 2005 @ 1:37 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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EA announced today that NBA All-Star Dwyane Wade will serve as cover athlete and spokesman for NBA LIVE 06, scheduled for release this fall under the EA SPORTS brand. Wade is in his second season with the Miami HEAT, where he set single-season franchise records for points per game (24.1) and total points scored (1,854) in helping to lead the HEAT to the top seed in the Eastern Conference Playoffs.
by Rainier on May 9, 2005 @ 11:09 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Spartan: Total Warrior puts the player in control of a heroic warrior, engulfing the player into the midst of titanic clashes between mighty armies, blending mythical beasts and legendary monsters into the fray. Brutal combat meets epic warfare on the battlefields of the ancient world as you fight for your life, your freedom and your honor.
by Judy on May 9, 2005 @ 9:59 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Rockstar Games today announced Bully for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. Bully brings groundbreaking, innovative, original gameplay and humorous tongue-in-cheek storytelling to an entirely new setting: the schoolyard. The title is expected to hit retail shelves in October 2005.
by Rainier on May 9, 2005 @ 3:17 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In The Incredible Hulk, players can jump anywhere, climb anything and smash everything -- even destroy entire buildings -- as the Hulk, the strongest hero there is! Gamers will create their own Hulk-powered weapons from anything they can rip out of the environment, unlock new moves to battle huge enemies in epic boss fights and experience deep and varied game elements by exploring free-roaming non-mission and side mission gameplay. Vivendi has just laucnhed the official
The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction website.
by Rainier on May 9, 2005 @ 3:03 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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A few weeks ago we ran a story that John Woo's Tiger Hill Games' is working on five new titles, revealing three at the time (ShadowClan, Burglar & Sinner). Today Majesco announced Demonik, a new horror-action game under development at Terminal Reality, co-published by Tiger Hill and written by nobody less than Clive Barker. More details during E3, no doubt ...
by Rainier on May 9, 2005 @ 1:50 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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With only a few more days to go until the official unveiling of Microsoft's next-gen console, the web has been flooded with news, photos, predictions, and other rumors. One of the possible launch titles will most likely be Project Gotham Racing 3. Without any explanation, developer Bizzare Creations, responsible for PGR 1 & 2, has updated
its website displaying a a big red 3, indicating that the third part of Microsoft's popular racing franchise may very well be on its way. Last week, a Microsoft product manager did confirm that they were working on several launch titles, one of them being a popular racing game.
by Thomas Wilde on May 9, 2005 @ 12:48 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Pariah focuses on a robust immersive storyline that weaves survival elements into the traditional run-and-gun style of first-person action games. Unsurprising will be the graphic marvel and fine-tuned gameplay of Pariah.
by Rainier on May 7, 2005 @ 1:36 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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SSX On Tour allows players to create their own boarder or skier and take them from a wannabe to a mountain rockstar. Players can get noticed in all-new shred challenges where they earn an invitation to The Tour where they'll face the best racers in the SSX cast. Fly down the all-new tracks, and master the new monster tricks for both boarding and skiing to make it to the top of The Charts.
by Rainier on May 7, 2005 @ 12:46 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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From the creators of the most successful drag racing games in the world comes the next generation of drag racing action - IHRA Professional Drag Racing 2005 (IHRA Pro). IHRA Pro takes this best-selling series to a new level with its outstanding graphics, realistic physics, presentation, and, most importantly, intense racing action.
by Rainier on May 7, 2005 @ 4:08 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Worms series recently diversified with Worms Forts Under Siege, a tactical RTS-like spin-off created for Sega. However, Worms 4: Mayhem is a return to the series' trademark gameplay and sees Team 17's core Worms design and development team regrouping for a game of explosive annelid annihilation.
by Rainier on May 7, 2005 @ 3:02 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Tomb Raider: Legend revives the athletic, intelligent and entertaining adventurer who won the hearts and minds of gamers worldwide. Lara comes alive with intricately animated expressions, moves and abilities. An arsenal of modern equipment, such as a magnetic grappling device, binoculars, frag grenades, personal lighting device and communications equipment, allows gamers to experience tomb raiding as never before.
by Rainier on May 6, 2005 @ 5:08 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Europe 1942. These are desperate hours for Allied forces as the Nazi war machine rages across a devastated European landscape. You are US Army Lieutenant William Holt, hand-picked by William “Wild Bill” Donovan to be the first field agent of the newly formed Office of Strategic ServicesĀthe OSS. Medal of Honor European Assault makes you the driving force in the struggle to liberate Europe.
by Rainier on May 6, 2005 @ 3:45 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Well here we have it. Earlier this week Microsoft head honcho Bill Gates himself let slip that the Xbox sequel would be coming "this year," which has now been further narrowed down by an
MTV on-air schedule advertising the Xbox 360 unveiling next week. "This special highlights the exciting new generation of XBOX. Packages include: Tours of the design labs Interviews with the designers Behind-the-scenes and inside scoop Never-before-seen footage of new videogames. Trailers of the newest games that are
due out in November for the new XBOX." We can further confirm this as last week a developer, working on an Xbox 360 launch title, said his product would ship in November. Time to get excited!
by Judy on May 6, 2005 @ 2:46 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Huxley is a massively multiplayer online first person shooting game (MMOFPS) utilizing the UNREAL3 engine that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. Human beings have mutated and are divided into two opposing races, Sapiens and Alternative, who are forced to battle against one another to gain control of the world and its resources.
by Rainier on May 6, 2005 @ 1:03 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Activision is not only working on a Call of Duty sequel for the PC, but also on a sequel to last years Call of Duty: Finest Hour. Call of Duty 2: The Big Red One will be set during World War 2, has a tentative holiday season release date. Previously Activision mentioned it would be showing "two" new Call of Duty products, so besides the CoD2 for PC, this may be the second one. Here are the first screens ...
by Thomas Wilde on May 6, 2005 @ 1:59 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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A free-flowing game during which players can assume the role of multiple characters and experience the game from multiple viewpoints, Indigo Prophecy allows players' actions to affect the plot by offering a scenario driven interactive experience. Through motion picture techniques such as actor direction, multi-camera views, motion tracking and a contextual music score, players find themselves intimately immersed in the game.
Red Ninja: End of Honor is an action-adventure title, developed by Tranji, which will feature a variety of innovative game-play features blending action, adventure, stealth, seduction and fighting. These elements have been placed in a historical Japanese environment with an event-driven story written by famed Japanese feature film director, Shinsuke Sato.
by Rainier on May 5, 2005 @ 9:19 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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LucasArts announced today that its 3rd person action game Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is now available in retail stores across North America for PS2 and Xbox. Deliver the ultimate Jedi action experience as Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi join forces in fierce battles and heroic lightsaber duels until one's lust for power and the other's devotion to duty leads to a final confrontation between good and evil.
by Rainier on May 5, 2005 @ 8:58 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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SSX On Tour allows players to create their own boarder or skier and take them from a wannabe to a mountain rockstar. Players can get noticed in all-new shred challenges where they earn an invitation to The Tour where they'll face the best racers in the SSX cast. Fly down the all-new tracks, and master the new monster tricks for both boarding and skiing to make it to the top of The Charts.
by Rainier on May 5, 2005 @ 2:35 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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6GUN is a third person, tactical-action, modern combat game. In 6GUN you are the leader of an assault team in the highly classified GUNSLINGER program operated by the Special Operations Command (SOCOM). When diplomacy fails, and the US government needs a "deniable" military solution to its problems abroad, they call on the Gunslingers.
by Rainier on May 5, 2005 @ 8:44 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Tampa Bay Lightning All-Star center Vincent Lecavalier has signed with EA to be the cover athlete and spokesman for its EA SPORTS branded NHL 06 game. The highly skilled assistant captain of the Lightning is the perfect choice for the 14th season of EA’s NHL franchise as shooting and scoring have never been so much fun.
by Rainier on May 4, 2005 @ 7:58 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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The series famous for relentless intensity is returning bigger, better looking and more frantic than ever before. Sam Stone is back to rescue the universe one bullet at a time against overwhelming hordes of time traveling enemies in Serious Sam 2. Built from the ground up with a completely new engine, Serious Sam 2 will be a shot of adrenaline to the hearts of first-person shooter fans across the world. This is serious!
by Rainier on May 4, 2005 @ 4:29 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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In KOTT2 players will join the ultimate battle of Paul de Raque, Grand Master of the Order of the Temple and hero of the first game, and the forces of Hell. Travelling the lands and kingdoms of 13th century Europe, Paul must unveil the secret of three mysterious ancient artefacts and fight the demon armies attacking our world.