by Rainier on May 8, 2008 @ 2:07 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Toki Tori's gameplay is a blend of two genres, while it looks like a platform game, it's a puzzle game by heart. Players will have to look and plan ahead carefully while using a variety of items, such as the Telewarp, Freeze-o-Matic and InstantRock to name but a few.
by Rainier on May 8, 2008 @ 2:04 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Speed Racer movie producer Joel Silver spoke about his and the Wachowski brothers' involvement in the development of Speed Racer: The Videogame, giving direction and assets to the development team directly from their Berlin set.
by Rainier on May 8, 2008 @ 1:43 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Beijing 2008: the Official Video Game of the Olympic Games will be an authentic simulation of over 35 events from the upcoming Olympic Games and will allow gamers to experience the thrill of competing in many of the official venues.
by Rainier on May 8, 2008 @ 1:33 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Witcher: DuelMail, based on its RPG The Witcher, is a free-of-charge web-browser game that centers around battles between two players digitally incarnated as one of three completely different character classes. Originally scheduled to launch May 9, the launch as been pushed back to dedicate some more time to polish elements connected with balance, items and animation.
by Rainier on May 8, 2008 @ 1:17 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Equipped with a variety of unique weapons and gadgets, players will hunt, fight and capture a wide range of supernatural villains in a funny and frightening battle to save New York City from its latest paranormal plague.
by Rainier on May 8, 2008 @ 12:57 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Matrix Games has released a new patch for its naval warfare sim Harpoon 3: Advanced Naval Warfare, adding a streamlined game interface, tweaked and improved gameplay, and reinforcing Harpoon 3’s level of realism.
by Rainier on May 8, 2008 @ 12:45 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Coming in twelve TV-style, suspense-packed downloadable episodes this summer, Siren: Blood Curse is a horror-survival title set in the Japanese village of Hanuda, where a TV crew from America arrive to research the legend of the ‘Vanished Village’ where human sacrifice is said to have taken place thirty years ago.
by Rainier on May 8, 2008 @ 12:42 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Spacetime Studios announced that it has acquired the rights to the Blackstar IP from NCsoft, who had canceled it a few months ago. Blackstar Chronicles is a space fantasy combat game based on the single-player traditions of Wing Commander and the multiplayer feel of Descent.
by Rainier on May 7, 2008 @ 11:59 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Battlefield 2142 is set in the future, the world is plagued by a second Ice Age, and wars have broken out over the remaining territories. EA has released a v1.50 beta patch adds new maps, widescreen monitor support, a no vehicle option, and of course the usual big and crash fixes.
by Judy on May 7, 2008 @ 11:59 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:
- Deca Sports [Wii] - Trailer #5
- Iron Man [Wii] - Behind The Scenes Trailer #1
- LostWinds [Wii] - Trailer #2
- NASCAR 09 [ALL] - Paint Booth Trailer
- Prince Of Persia Prodigy [ALL] - Speed Art Trailer
We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...
by Judy on May 7, 2008 @ 11:54 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Electronic Arts announced today that Fight Night Round 4 is in development at EA Canada in Vancouver under the EA SPORTS brand. EA SPORTS Fight Night is back with the most realistic "in the ring" experience to date, featuring some of the greatest boxers in history fighting in their prime.
by Rainier on May 7, 2008 @ 11:54 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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A Stroke of Fate is an interactive detective story set in the authentic surroundings of 1940s fascist Germany, giving you the unique opportunity to conduct a compelling investigation of the most mysterious secret veiled by the 20th century – Adolf Hitler's premature death.
by Rainier on May 7, 2008 @ 11:48 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Battlefield Heroes is an all-new Play 4 Free cartoon-style shooter that will bring classic Battlefield gameplay to an all new mass audience, featuring a built-in matchmaking system to ensure that players of equal skill are paired together for fair play. The closed beta that was supposed to launch May 6 has been
delayed until further notice.
by Rainier on May 7, 2008 @ 11:41 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Central to the appeal of Ghostlight's International Athletics, developed by The Code Monkeys, will be the immense variety of the ten gut-busting events and the innate need of man to compete and win against his fellow man.
by Judy on May 7, 2008 @ 11:27 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Take-Two announced that Grand Theft Auto IV has surpassed all-time entertainment records for day one and week one sales. GTA IV has sold approximately 6 million units globally with an estimated retail value of more than $500 million in the first week. The title sold approximately 3.6 million units on its opening day with a retail value of approximately $310 million globally.
by Rainier on May 7, 2008 @ 11:24 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Cyanide's PCM 2008 lets you manage one of the 65 teams, with improved AI, a better recruitment system, more realistic rider progression, extensive customization, and improved gfx. The 2008 edition will also introduce in-door circuit elimination racing, and the PSP version will feature 1vs1 wi-fi multiplayer.
by Judy on May 7, 2008 @ 11:24 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Gameforge, a German developer and publisher of browser-based multiplayer games, today announced the opening of a San Francisco office to house its newly formed U.S. branch, Gameforge Productions, Inc.
by Rainier on May 7, 2008 @ 11:17 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Boasting an exciting new storyline, multi-player modes and a unique real-time turned base-battle system, Code Lyoko: Fall of X.A.N.A offers a new role playing game experience and newly-designed characters.
by Judy on May 7, 2008 @ 11:15 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Bethesda Softworks announced today that Inon Zur has created the original musical score for Bethesda's highly anticipated post-apocalyptic video game, Fallout 3. Zur, an award-winning composer, has created numerous scores for films, television, and new media.
by Rainier on May 7, 2008 @ 11:06 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Shrapnel Games' War Plan Pacific, developed by KE Studios, is a turn-based computer wargame for one or two players (IP based multiplayer capability) covering the entire war in the Pacific from 1941 until 1945. Shrapnel Games is looking for a few good men to ensure smooth sailing.
by Rainier on May 7, 2008 @ 11:00 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Salvation is a third-person shooter game set in the near-future where the world government has staged Judgment Day, replicated Christ and Antichrist in order to kill them off and assume ultimate power. Any dissidents are killed or sent to a cybernetic virtual Hell, causing a human to suffer unbearably.
by Judy on May 7, 2008 @ 10:58 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Microsoft today revealed that the band Pendulum will be tearing up the track with gamers from across the UK in a unique Game with Fame event on Project Gotham Racing 4 on Monday, May 12.
by Rainier on May 7, 2008 @ 10:55 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes is a whodunit casual computer game of theft, espionage and murder in which the player must tap their own powers of observation to solve puzzles and identify the culprits.
by Thomas Wilde on May 7, 2008 @ 1:47 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In the culmination of the trilogy, players find Sypro teaming up with an unlikely ally - Cynder, his former enemy, to face his most challenging mission to date. As the Dark Master’s evil envelopes the world like a plague, Spyro must fulfill his destiny and unlock the true power of the purple dragon within him to stop the Dark Master in his tracks.
by Brad Hilderbrand on May 7, 2008 @ 1:39 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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WipEout Pulse is Sony's latest installment in its anti-gravity combat racing series, featuring 24 new tracks, eight teams, seven adrenaline-fueled game modes, wireless multiplayer, and more.