by Rainier on Sept. 12, 2007 @ 3:00 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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SNK Playmore USA announced that it will release several of its greatest NEOGEO arcade games via the Virtual Console feature on Wii, such as Fatal Fury, World Heroes, and Art of Fighting. Each title is expected to cost 900 Wii Points, so users can download these classic games through the Wii Shop Channel.
by Rainier on Sept. 12, 2007 @ 8:58 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Sequel to Tantalus Interactive/Kemco's 2003 GBA racer Top Gear Rally, Top Gear: Downforce brings the speed and fury of strategic racing to the DS with a new top-down viewpoint, boasting 3D models, robust vehicle physics, and the ability to place hazards on the track surface using the touch screen.
by Rainier on Sept. 12, 2007 @ 1:17 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Logitech announced its Cordless Vantage Headset and Cordless MediaBoard Pro Bluetooth Keyboard for PS3, giving gamers the freedom and reliability of Bluetooth wireless technology for their PS3 gaming experience.
by Rainier on Sept. 11, 2007 @ 11:15 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Valve announced that people who pre-purchase The Orange Box (features Half-Life 2, HL 2: Ep. Two, Team Fortress 2, and Portal) before Oct. 10th will save 10% off the $49.95 regular price. If you pre-order through Steam, you additionally get exclusive access to the Team Fortress 2 beta, which launches next week.
by Rainier on Sept. 11, 2007 @ 8:51 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Deadline Games has concluded a major three-year deal with game publisher EIDOS to develop ten titles based on cartoon characters from the Hanna-Barbera studio licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.
by Rainier on Sept. 11, 2007 @ 4:11 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”.
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.