by Rainier on Sept. 10, 2007 @ 1:59 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Take-Two announced the formation of casual gaming label 2K Play, and signs an expansive licensing agreement with Nickelodeon, including top-rated properties Nick Jr. preschool television hits, Dora the Explorer and Go, Diego, Go!
by Rainier on Sept. 10, 2007 @ 9:34 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Kwari is an FPS developed by Australian MMO specialist Micro Forté, where players make money off each other in real-time. The game will be free to download online, but instead of being subscription-based it will use a unique free-to-play/pay-to-play model whereby Kwari sells the player ammunition in place of flat rate charges or monthly subscriptions.
by Rainier on Sept. 10, 2007 @ 7:25 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Uncharted: Drake's Fortune brings players into a world ripe with realism and unexpected juxtapositions. A fallible hero akin to those depicted in pulp-adventure genre films, Nathan Drake brings a humanity and believability never seen before in video gaming, enabled entirely through technology advancements.
by Rainier on Sept. 10, 2007 @ 7:22 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Deforestation, pollution, global warming and industrialization are just some of the many important themes in Majesco's new NDS exclusive real-time strategy Eco Creatures: Save the Forest.
by Rainier on Sept. 10, 2007 @ 4:31 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Red Stone, a Free2Play, episodic MMORPG, offers players a unique fantasy experience with a deep and compelling storyline set in a detailed and dangerous setting, where you need to seek to recover the lost shards of a powerful jewel in order to restore peace to the destroyed world.
by Rainier on Sept. 9, 2007 @ 1:06 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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At Austin Game Developers Conference, SOE's Austin studio presented the local Habitat for Humanity with a $10,000 donation to their efforts to end poverty housing in the area. The funds were raised as part of a Star Wars Galaxies in-game event where players were allowed to demolish abandoned or unoccupied player-created houses and buildings.
by Rainier on Sept. 8, 2007 @ 2:22 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Hellgate: London is a first person perspective RPG with a completely randomized world that offers a unique experience every time you play, and introduces a demon-ridden environment where the last survivors of the human race must meld science and magic to survive. EB/Gamestop, Best Buy, and Wal-Mart are offering a pre-order promotion. Depending on which retailer you pre-order from, you’ll get a different color dye kit, a beta code, and a chance to sign up for a lifetime subscription.
by Rainier on Sept. 7, 2007 @ 7:20 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Team Fortress 2 is a class-based, multiplayer team warfare game, delivering new game types, a signature art style powered by Valve’s next generation animation technology, persistent player statistics, and more. Continuing its series, Valve will release the Engineer trailer next week, as well as promising a major announcement on Tuesday..
by Rainier on Sept. 7, 2007 @ 4:15 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Game Factory is publishing a new animated high-tech action-adventure series, Code Lyoko, based on the fourth season of the popular series.
by Rainier on Sept. 6, 2007 @ 12:08 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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The US Army has released a new updated version for America's Army: Special Forces (Overmatch). This upgrade brings their team-based multiplayer game to v2.8.2 and includes two new Multiplayer Missions, new features, as well as the usual improvements, bug and crash fixes.
by Rainier on Sept. 4, 2007 @ 5:45 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Anybody who logs into his Xbox Live account during the course of the day will be notified that Xbox Live will be down for maintenance, starting at 2:01 PDT on September 10th, for approximately four hours. Whether it is for a fall dashboard update, or preparing for the Halo 3 launch, no further details were provided.
by Rainier on Sept. 4, 2007 @ 9:47 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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MotorStorm delivers brutal off-road racing, plunging players into a frenzied and chaotic environment awash with grit, mud and petrol. Sony has released a new v2.0 update addressing various issues with the game, but most importantly preparing Motorstorm for a new track on Thursday (reverse Coyote race), and two additional vehicle packs, available September 13/27.
by Rainier on Sept. 1, 2007 @ 4:13 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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UK based Outerlight announced it has signed a development agreement with a major international publisher to work on a sequel for The Ship, its Source Engine powered first person online murder game set aboard a fleet of 1930s steam liners. While no further details were provided, an
interview on Consolevania reveals the second installment will be on both PC and Xbox 360.
by Rainier on Aug. 31, 2007 @ 3:23 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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A heroic task awaits you. Just beyond your galaxy, an ancient malevolence has embarked upon a covetous rampage. This demonic juggernaut seeks nothing less than the total enslavement of every world it encounters. Your world could be next.
by Rainier on Aug. 31, 2007 @ 2:47 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Combat Mission: Shock Force is a tactical military simulation depicting a hypothetical near future conflict between NATO and Syrian forces in Syria. Paradox has released a new patch, bringing their download/retail version (not the Battlefront edition) to v1.03 and fixing bugs/crashes, various tweaks, AI and path finding improvements and plenty more.
by Rainier on Aug. 31, 2007 @ 1:27 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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THQ announced Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, add-on for Gas Powered Games' 3D RTS, following the epic story of the original game in the aftermath of the Infinite War.
by Rainier on Aug. 31, 2007 @ 5:41 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Uncharted: Drake's Fortune brings players into a world ripe with realism and unexpected juxtapositions. A fallible hero akin to those depicted in pulp-adventure genre films, Nathan Drake brings a humanity and believability never seen before in video gaming, enabled entirely through technology advancements.
by Rainier on Aug. 30, 2007 @ 5:16 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Combat Mission: Shock Force is a tactical military simulation depicting a hypothetical near future conflict between NATO and Syrian forces in Syria. Battlefront has released a new patch, bringing their download/retail version (not the Paradox edition) to v1.03 and fixing bugs/crashes, various tweaks, AI and path finding improvements and plenty more.
by Rainier on Aug. 30, 2007 @ 2:24 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Kwari is a first-person shooter where players make money off each other in real-time. The game will be free to download online, but instead of being subscription-based it will use a unique free-to-play/pay-to-play model whereby Kwari sells the player ammunition in place of flat rate charges or monthly subscriptions.
by Rainier on Aug. 30, 2007 @ 12:30 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Game Factory is publishing a new animated high-tech action-adventure series, Code Lyoko, based on the fourth season of the popular series.
by Rusty Bailey on Aug. 30, 2007 @ 1:35 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Transformers: The Game lets gamers control the outcome in the battle for Earth as they choose to protect it as Autobots or destroy it as Decepticons. Players will also experience the unstoppable power and massive scale of their favorite Robots in Disguise such as Bumblebee, Barricade and others.
by Rainier on Aug. 29, 2007 @ 4:13 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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EA is introducing a new Need for Speed version that drives the series in a new direction. Need for Speed ProStreet is a ground-breaking Need for Speed experience where you’re thrust to compete head to head against the best street racers in a multitude of racing showdowns.
by Rainier on Aug. 27, 2007 @ 2:35 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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FM2 features authentic simulation physics, bone-jarring damage, photo-realistic graphics, 300 of the world’s hottest cars for you to collect, licensed tuning and plenty of customization options. As promised, Turn 10 has rolled out a new patch, fixing the AWD glitch, bringing back the Lotus Elan, better ways to ban cheaters, hackers, and other miscreants, etc...
by Rainier on Aug. 23, 2007 @ 10:22 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Game Factory is publishing a new animated high-tech action-adventure series, Code Lyoko, based on the fourth season of the popular series.
by Rainier on Aug. 23, 2007 @ 8:01 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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dtp announced that it has signed two new $1 million development budget RPG productions, scheduled for 2009. One of them, an action RPG developed by the Germany-based team Deck 13, known for its adventure game releases Ankh and Jack Keane, while the second is being developed by a well-known Belgian team.