by Thomas Wilde on July 14, 2007 @ 12:56 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Silent Hill Origins reveals many of the series' most hallowed secrets. Assuming the role of a lone truck driver trapped in Silent Hill while making a routine delivery, players must escape the city's horrific inhabitants and confront the strange hallucinations that have haunted him since childhood.
by Geson Hatchett on July 14, 2007 @ 12:25 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Call of Juarez is situated in 19th-century Wild West featuring fast-paced revolver duels using historically accurate firearms, horseback riding, and memorable locations combined with top-notch graphics and an enthralling soundtrack to immerse both casual and hardcore players.
by Rainier on July 13, 2007 @ 12:08 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Microsoft has released the summer backwards compatibility update, adding 61, and 4 updated ones, original Xbox games that you will be able to play on your X360. At the time of writing it is not yet available on Xbox Live, so you need to
download it here, and burn it to DVD. Titles of note are WE 8, PGR 1/2, Outrun, Full Spectrum Warrior, DOOM 3, America's Army and plenty more...
by Judy on July 13, 2007 @ 12:04 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Ubisoft released screens and trailers for its upcoming titles:
by Judy on July 13, 2007 @ 11:58 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Nyko has unveiled a prototype of the
Wii Party Station, which has all of the necessities for a Wii-themed gaming session. The station, which is tentatively priced at $24.99, features four Wiimote slots, cup holders, and LED score displays, and atop it all, a bowl for chips and dip — which is being redesigned to hold more grub.
by Rainier on July 13, 2007 @ 11:02 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Gary Grigsby’s World at War: A World Divided gives you complete control over the production, research, and military strategy for any of the major powers during WWII. The v1.011 patch brings several rule changes, a few interface improvements, and tons of new mod-ability improvements.
by Judy on July 13, 2007 @ 10:55 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Two additional games will become available this Xbox LIVE Arcade Wednesday: Bomberman Live, mixing social gaming excitement with high definition graphics, and Yie Ar Kung Fu, a classic fighting game with enhanced graphics, hand painted backgrounds and new achievements.
by Rainier on July 13, 2007 @ 10:54 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Infinite Interactive's has released a new patch for its strategy title Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria. This upgrade brings your retail game to v1.05 and adds bug fixes and balance changes, along with new items, skills, spells, improved AI and even a special set of 10 scenarios that link together to form a new story.
by Rainier on July 13, 2007 @ 8:28 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Mercury Games today announces that it has secured the European publishing rights from Ertain BV for its fantasy action RPG Warriors of the Lost Empire, known in Japan as Lost Regnum, on the PSP.
by Rainier on July 13, 2007 @ 8:21 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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French developer Kylotonn, known for Ironstorm, the Bet on Soldier trilogy, and currently working on Speedball 2 remake, announces the development of Crusaders: Invasion of Constantinople, an all-new next-gen action/adventure title.
by Andrew Hayward on July 13, 2007 @ 2:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Buckle up and prepare to unleash automotive anarchy in the ultimate burner's paradise. 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.
by Andrew Glenn on July 13, 2007 @ 2:05 a.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. A highly story driven semi-dynamic Campaign, from the US perspective, offers a completely new experience for "Combat Mission" fans.
by Andrew Hayward on July 13, 2007 @ 1:23 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Everyday Shooter is an album of games exploring the expressive power of abstract shooters. Dissolute sounds of destruction are replaced with guitar riffs harmonizing over an all-guitar soundtrack, while modulating shapes celebrate the flowing beauty of geometry.
by Judy on July 13, 2007 @ 12:39 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle is the follow-up to the hit adventure title Runaway: A Road Adventure. Featuring 3D characters with a cartoon look, the game's high-impact visual features incorporate 2D and 3D in an unmatchable style.
by Judy on July 12, 2007 @ 5:02 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Disney Interactive announced The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian for the PS3, X360, Wii, PS2, PSP, NDS, and PC; the game will hit stores when the movie is released in May 2008. Traveler's Tales are returning to work on the sequel, while Disney's Fall Line Studio will develop the NDS version.
by Judy on July 12, 2007 @ 4:59 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Disney video game fans can connect to each other throughout the world with DGamer, which will launch for North America in May 2008 in all Disney Interactive Studios NDS titles. DGamer will provide a game community for Disney video game players to interact, customize and share between NDSes, and on PCs via the Disney.com web site.
by Rainier on July 12, 2007 @ 4:50 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Disney Interactive Studios announced it has acquired Warren Spector's Junction Point Studios, currently working on a yet to be announced next-gen project. As part of DIS it will create new franchises and also bring some of Disney's most beloved franchises to next generation gaming platforms.
by Rainier on July 12, 2007 @ 4:16 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Disney Interactive announced that Kyoto-based Jupiter Corp. is developing Spectrobes II, continuing the adventures of Rallen and Jeena, planetary patrol officers sent to investigate the mysterious fossilized creatures known as Spectrobes. Spectrobes II will feature a new enemy known as Krux and new Spectrobes as well as the opportunity to play as both Jeena and Rallen.
by Rainier on July 12, 2007 @ 4:04 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Red Octane has released the 4th downloadable content pack for GH 2 on Xbox Live Marketplace, offering 3 new songs (Wanna Be Sedated/The Ramones, Smoke on the Water/Deep Purple, and You've Got Another Thing Coming/Judas Priest) for 500 points ($6.25). So far more than 300,000 downloadable song packs were sold, and despite outrage from a lot of game fans, Red Octane's head of publishing Dusty Welch said it will not lower the price.
by Rainier on July 12, 2007 @ 2:33 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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After a couple of years on hold, the development of the game Campfire: Become Your Nightmare, a survival horror game dropped by Sony in 2004, is back on track as a result of Nordic VFX Company’s acquisition of the intellectual property rights from Gamefederation.
by Judy on July 12, 2007 @ 2:05 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Microsoft released screens and trailers for its upcoming titles:
by Judy on July 12, 2007 @ 1:13 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Signature Devices and Graffiti Entertainment announced today that they have begun development on Mazes of Fate DS, an Action-Role Playing Game for the Nintendo DS. They're planning to have the game on shelves in October of 2007.
by Judy on July 12, 2007 @ 1:04 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Ubisoft announced its Imagine series of games, which will allow girls aged 6 to 14 to explore their favorite interests and hobbies. The first games will launch in October 2007 for the Nintendo DS: Imagine Fashion Designer, Imagine Animal Doctor, Imagine Babyz and Imagine Master Chef. Imagine Figure Skater will follow in early 2008.
by Judy on July 12, 2007 @ 12:23 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Electronic Arts today announced the upcoming release of Orcs & Elves to the Nintendo DS. Orcs & Elves is a first-person fantasy role playing game created by id Software and developed exclusively for EA by Fountainhead Entertainment.
by Rainier on July 12, 2007 @ 11:23 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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At its E3 briefing earlier today, Ubisoft announced it will release Nitrobike, a high-speed dirt bike game, exclusively for the Wii this holiday season. Players will navigate rocket-propelled motorcycles and opt to race against the clock or against worthy opponents in multiplayer or online mode.