by Rainier on April 7, 2008 @ 9:20 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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THQ's Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance is an add-on for Gas Powered Games' 3D RTS, following the epic story of the original game in the aftermath of the Infinite War. GPG has released a new patch, fixing a memory bug and making a few balance tweaks.
by Adam Pavlacka on April 7, 2008 @ 6:43 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Volition, Inc.'s third-person shooter franchise will make its open-world, next-gen debut with Red Faction: Guerrilla. Set 50 years after the climactic events of the original Red Faction, this third-person open-world action-shooter will return to Mars and once again re-define the limits of destruction-based game-play.
by Rainier on April 7, 2008 @ 6:40 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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After having
signed the license, Playlogic announces Red Bull BC One, taking players to the international breakdance tournament that challenges B-boys and B-girls alike. Players control their break dancer by solving puzzles under strict time limits. Puzzles consist of drawing geometrical shapes, which will get more complex as the game progresses.
by Brad Hilderbrand on April 7, 2008 @ 6:38 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit is Namco Bandai's next title in the DBZ franchise. Burst Limit will be similar to the DBZ: Budokai Tenkaichi series (published by Atari in Europe and North America) and have online multiplayer, be cut-scene driven and support 16/9.
by Rainier on April 7, 2008 @ 6:37 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Create your own daring experiments with Crazy Machines 2! How will a toaster handle two whoopie cushions? How to watch TV with a steam engine? Build up insane chain reactions and pray that everything works or explodes with a big bang.
by Rainier on April 7, 2008 @ 6:34 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:
by Rainier on April 7, 2008 @ 5:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The City is alive! Goin´ Downtown,using Silver Style's new Toon shading technology, takes you to a futuristic metropolis to take up the challenge of an exciting point & click adventure. You are the charismatic hero Jake who earns his living as a mediocre and frustrated cop in the year 2072.
by Rainier on April 7, 2008 @ 5:11 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Today Nintendo added yet another 3 classic games to the Wii's Shop Channel. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet access can redeem Wii Points to download the following titles: Yoshi’s Cookie, and Bases Loaded.
by Rainier on April 7, 2008 @ 4:55 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Pyroblazer is a futuristic combat racing game set amidst the awe-inspiring locations of New Apeiron, where players get the opportunity to race through a multitude of environments using a wide selection of anti-gravity craft known as Blazers.
by Rainier on April 7, 2008 @ 4:52 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In UT3, you assume the role of a futuristic warrior engaged in contests of intense shooting battles against skilled opponents, controlled by human contestants online or by AI, fought with the most powerful sci-fi weapons and vehicles. Epic's Mark Rein said "We don’t have a particular release date yet but we’re going to be playing it with some members of the press in two weeks at Midway’s next Gamers Day in Las Vegas." We'll be there and report back!
by Rainier on April 7, 2008 @ 4:01 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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While Bleach was released late 2007 on NDS and Wii, Japanese gamers are already expecting the third installment in the strategy/rpg franchise. With a story written by the manga author himself, Bleach The 3rd Phantom is turn based, with pre-defined fight combos, and uses sprites when in combat mode.
by Rainier on April 7, 2008 @ 3:14 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Gauntlet is a modern reworking of the classic fantasy hack and slash arcade game from Midway. Choose from the four heroes, Elf, Warrior, Wizard, and Valkyrie, each with their own strengths, weaknesses and special abilities. Sash your way through demonic foes and gain up to four power move abilities to aid you in your battle with evil.
by Brad Hilderbrand on April 7, 2008 @ 2:59 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Ninja Reflex uses a series of martial arts challenges to test gamers’ reflexes and measure their reaction times with millisecond precision. Players can also compete for ninja supremacy against their friends in fierce multiplayer battles with up to four players.
by Rainier on April 7, 2008 @ 2:53 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Russian MI-45D Super Hind can out-manoeuvre and out-fight virtually anything on land, sea or air. You are pilot Warrant Officer Dante Griffin. In your hands is a weapon that can change the world. They gave you the power. Only one question remains: Do you give it back ?
by Rainier on April 6, 2008 @ 10:33 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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When Uwe Boll was
informed that a petition for him to stop making movies already had 18,000 signatures, he responded that "18,000 is not enough to convince me." Of course, Boll was asked how many it WOULD take, and he answered, "One million." So for all the people out there who think his Alone in the Dark, Bloodrayne, Dungeon Siege and House of the Dead are disgracing video games, here's your chance.
Vote en masse!by Rainier on April 6, 2008 @ 11:24 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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As society succumbs to a worldwide energy crisis, a new global depression takes hold. Join the battle on the frontlines of tomorrow as the Western Coalition or the Red Star Alliance. While Kaos Studios just released the
v1.02 patch, it recently revealed it would add
Punkbuster support to the game, although without giving a time frame. Late April v1.03 will be released which will include Even Balance's anti-cheat protection, spawn protection, new server browser and more ..
by Rainier on April 6, 2008 @ 11:15 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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It is no secret that Asia loves online games, and while tiles like
FreeStyle Street Basketball might be a hit over there, not so much in Europe/North America. That hasn't stopped EA from signing various agreements with companies like Neowiz for
FIFA Online, its upcoming
sequel,
Battlefield Online, and most recently NBA Street Online.
by Rainier on April 6, 2008 @ 9:55 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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After
yesterday's sad news about CastAway Entertainment there is more bad news as Pseudo Interactive, Canadian studio behind the Full Auto titles, is forced to shut down when Eidos/SCi canceled an in-development title. According to
1UP, all 50 employees were let go after last minute attempts failed to bare any results.
by Rainier on April 6, 2008 @ 9:49 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Huxley is an MMOFPS utilizing the Unreal engine 3 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 April 5, 2008 @ 11:08 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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2K Games' Mafia 2 features a deep mobster-driven narrative packed with both behind-the-wheel and on-foot action, developed by the original creators Illusion Softworks.
by Adam Pavlacka on April 5, 2008 @ 9:21 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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THQ's Saints Row 2, using Volition's proprietary open-world engine, will offer vastly expanded customization options, a totally transformed and expanded city of Stilwater, all new vehicles, sandbox tools and toys as well as both online co-op and competitive multiplayer.
by Adam Pavlacka on April 5, 2008 @ 8:58 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon follows Crypto on a journey of enlightenment and hi-fi destruction as he faces his most dangerous enemy yet and lampoons the pop culture of the Funked Out 1970s.
by Rainier on April 5, 2008 @ 8:40 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Alone in the Dark returns with a heart-stopping survival experience realized through combining the use of real-time physics and environmental interaction to deliver an exhilarating action-orientated experience within a highly detailed, open environment.
by Rainier on April 5, 2008 @ 1:21 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Over the years various Blizzard developers left to seek fortune on their own. After the
closure of Blizzard North Michael Scandizzo set up Castaway Entertainment, and recruited
studio lead Rick Seis. Credited with titles such as Diablo, Diablo II and Diablo II: Lords of Destruction expansion, Castaway
signed with EA for an action-RPG it was working on. Like several other projects things went sideways along the way, and since it was founded in 2003 only managed to ship one title, Yaris for Xbox Live Arcade. All this misfortune is taking its toll as
Scandizzo confirmed the studio has laid off 20 people and if no new projects surface, only has a few weeks left until it will shut down.
by Rainier on April 4, 2008 @ 6:53 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Check out the following new screens and trailers from THQ's Gamers Day 2008 lineup: