by Rainier on Oct. 30, 2008 @ 9:14 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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FIFA Manager 09 gives you full control over the management of a football club. You are responsible for the line-up, the tactics and the training of your team – as well as for signing the right players, improving the club facilities and the stadium.
by Rainier on Oct. 30, 2008 @ 3:04 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena is a remake/upgrade of 2004's Escape from Butcher Bay in high def., as well as adding the Dark Athena chapter, expanding the original game with a new campaign, new gameplay features, and online multiplayer. Caught up in the
Activision Blizzard merger earlier this year, Atari announced it has signed Starbreeze's enhanced Riddick experience, now scheduled for spring 2009.
by Rainier on Oct. 29, 2008 @ 4:01 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Empire: Total War, the new installment in The Creative Assembly’s Total War RTS franchise, will maintain the series 3D battles, grand turn based campaign map and rich historical flavor while for the first time introducing 3D naval combat into the series. The Special Forces Edition includes a range of exclusive elite units and a detailed print of the globe-spanning Campaign Map. Steamworks adds downloadable content, friend-list support and achievements.
by Brad Hilderbrand on Oct. 29, 2008 @ 2:12 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Psyonix Studios announced Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars, an arena-based online vehicle sports game for PlayStation Network that brings together animated vehicles in sports-like gameplay.
by Rainier on Oct. 28, 2008 @ 10:02 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Supreme Ruler 2020 is a strategic and tactical geo-political game where direct control of the military and the policies of a nation becomes the key to survival. The Global Crisis add-on adds new single- and multiplayer maps, new sandbox map, improved UI/AI/graphics, and plenty more.
by Rainier on Oct. 28, 2008 @ 5:08 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix will make its downloadable debut on the XBLA and PSN by utilizing the original game code, while creating a fresh upgraded experience with new artwork and high resolution 1080p graphics.
by Rainier on Oct. 27, 2008 @ 3:47 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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With the holidays approaching, the hunt for the perfect gift begins anew, and ever since its launch, the Wii has been a hard-sought, and even harder to find, item. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime recently told the
L.A. Times that production is going full speed ahead. It currently has 33% more Wiis rolling off the belt than a year ago, and it will further ramp up production to 50% more units than the 2007 holiday season.
by Rainier on Oct. 25, 2008 @ 3:33 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Buckle up and prepare to unleash anarchy in the ultimate burner’s paradise as Burnout Paradise gives players license to wreak havoc in Paradise City, the ultimate seamless racing battleground with a massive infrastructure of traffic-heavy roads to abuse. With the
recent Bikes pack released, Criterion revealed that over the next few weeks it will release details on the next
scheduled for release Spring 2009.
by Rainier on Oct. 24, 2008 @ 5:16 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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The New Xbox Experience will give X360 owners a completely new experience that is fun, social and simple to use -- and puts more entertainment at their fingertips than any other device connected to the TV.
Sign up now for an early at the NXE as Microsoft is looking for a few thousand people (only Gold and Silver members) to test drive their new dashboard ahead of its Nov. 19 launch. All you need to do is
sign up, complete the survey and keep your fingers crossed.
by Rainier on Oct. 24, 2008 @ 12:44 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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In PowerUp Forever you have to grow to survive - and to grow you must destroy! Hunt and defeat enemy Guardians to harvest their glowing energy cores, gaining power to grow your ship and expand your weaponry. As you evolve you attract the attentions of ever-larger enemies, and your fight for survival goes on.
by Rainier on Oct. 24, 2008 @ 11:12 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Hellgate: London is an immersive first-person perspective RPG with a completely randomized world that offers a unique experience every time you play, introducing a demon-ridden place where the last survivors of the human race must meld science and magic to survive. After the demise of Flagship Studios, Namco Bandai confirmed it will continue to support Hellgate: London player with online server support and play through Jan. 31, 2009 after which it will shut down.
by Rainier on Oct. 22, 2008 @ 2:43 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Former Ubisoft and Gameloft developers who worked on titles such as Far Cry 2, Prince of Persia, Ghost Recon, Brothers in Arms decided to take matters into their own hands and form a new studio, trapdoor. Located in downtown Montreal, the studio is currently working on a multiplatform (X360/PS3/PC) original IP, but no further details are available at this point.
by Rainier on Oct. 22, 2008 @ 10:20 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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PixelJunk Monsters takes the simple RTS concept of building, researching and having base defenses and wrap it all in a completely different style and mode of gameplay
by Rainier on Oct. 21, 2008 @ 5:30 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix will make its downloadable debut on the XBLA and PSN by utilizing the original game code, while creating a fresh upgraded experience with new artwork and high resolution 1080p graphics.
by Rainier on Oct. 20, 2008 @ 3:45 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Call of Duty: World at War completely changes the rules of engagement by redefining WWII gaming and thrusting players into the final tension-filled, unforgiving battles against a new ferocious enemy in the most dangerous and suspenseful action ever seen. Fans interested is participating in the PC beta need to sign up on
the official Web site. Everybody will be allowed to join.
by Rainier on Oct. 20, 2008 @ 12:06 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Football SuperStars is a free-to-download online game, developed by Monumental Games, allowing players to meet within a utopian soccer-styled virtual world and take part in 3, 5, 7 and 11-a-side football matches. Reebok has signed on with in-game ad provider IGA Worldwide to become an integrated partner.
by Rainier on Oct. 16, 2008 @ 1:16 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Sword of the New World is a free-to-play MMORPG modeled after Europe’s exploration of the New World, allowing players to create and simultaneously control a family of characters utilizing its Multiple Character Control system. This new update brings new events, items, characters, systems, and includes a brand new item advancement system: Jewel Socketing.
by Rainier on Oct. 16, 2008 @ 4:23 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Bestway group, a privately held group that was formed in May 2008 in the merger of Russobit-M and Game Factory Interactive, has acquired Russian publisher/developer Play Ten Interactive. Game Factory Interactive will take over Play Ten's titles (White Gold: War in paradise, Battle of Atlantis, Precursors, The Wall) which in part will henceforth target online games licensing.
by Rainier on Oct. 15, 2008 @ 5:35 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Check out the following new screens and trailers from KOEI Japan/America's Tokyo Game Show 2008 lineup:
by Rainier on Oct. 15, 2008 @ 1:29 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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PS3 v2.50 adds advanced voice chat features for the Official Bluetooth Headset, the ability to capture screenshots in-game, Flash 9 support, and a more intuitive PlayStation Trophy interface. PSP v5.00 will enable you to browse the PlayStation Store and download games whenever you're at a Wi-Fi hotspot.
by Rainier on Oct. 14, 2008 @ 4:42 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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SCEA has teamed up with online video community YouTube, to create a PlayStation branded channel that delivers exclusive video content to the worldwide PlayStation community. In the future, users will be able to take advantage of the PS3’s interface to create game mode videos, starting with LittleBigPlanet.
by Rainier on Oct. 14, 2008 @ 8:00 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Supreme Ruler 2020 is a strategic and tactical geo-political game where direct control of the military and the policies of a nation becomes the key to survival. One of the innovative new features is the wide-open "Super Sandbox" mode, which allows players to take control of nearly any country or region of the world.
by Rainier on Oct. 13, 2008 @ 5:20 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Check out the following new screens and trailers from Sony Japan/America's Tokyo Game Show 2008 lineup:
by Rainier on Oct. 13, 2008 @ 12:41 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Cryptic Studios' MMORPG Champions Online is based on the popular pen-and-paper Champions RPG, giving players the power of total customization of their hero experience while they explore a vast universe of richly detailed 3D environments. Fans interested in participating in the closed beta test can now
sign up.
by Rainier on Oct. 11, 2008 @ 2:16 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Check out the following new screens and trailers from Tecmo's Tokyo Game Show 2008 lineup: