by Rainier on July 25, 2007 @ 5:54 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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SWAT PSP is built upon the classic and highly acclaimed SWAT franchise. Penned by script writer Scott Rosenbaum (The Shield), SWAT: Target Liberty is set in New York City where the SWAT team is tasked with thwarting an ever increasing number of international terrorist threats.
by Rainier on July 25, 2007 @ 5:50 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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SCEA is showing off a diverse catalog of new games at Comic-Con 2007, ranging from the advanced military combat of SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strike to its trading card game called The eye of Judgment, which literally brings the deck to life using the next-gen PlayStation Eye camera.
by Rainier on July 25, 2007 @ 5:35 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Video Game Voters Network is a project of the ESA which empowers Americans who play video game to take action against stringent video game regulations. In order to help raise awareness of the regulation issues facing video games it has released
a trailer on YouTube explaining what we are facing ...
by Rainier on July 25, 2007 @ 3:12 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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StarCraft II will feature the return of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg races, overhauled and re-imagined with Blizzard's approach to game balance, designed to be the ultimate competitive RTS game.
by Rainier on July 25, 2007 @ 3:09 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Emergent Game Technologies introduced its Academic Program giving college students hands-on experience and training with its development tools and game engine, and providing colleges and universities with its leading development solutions.
by Rainier on July 25, 2007 @ 2:36 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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NHL 08 will feature an exclusive AHL license for the first time, with all 29 teams from the primary development league for the NHL fully playable in game.
by Rainier on July 25, 2007 @ 2:14 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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While Relic is working on the Company of Heroes expansion pack, it is also continuing to fine-tune the original. A new patch has been released, bringing you retail game to v1.71 fixing some DX10 issues, memory leaks, bugs, crashes and a tweaks of the Allied War Machine.
by Rainier on July 25, 2007 @ 1:13 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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MindArk has signed a license agreement with Crytek to use the CryENGINE 2 in its real cash economy based virtual world Entropia Universe. The transition is expected to be finished by mid-2008, and will be available to all Entropia Universe partners.
by Rainier on July 25, 2007 @ 1:06 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Rockstar is bringing its best-selling, open-ended crime series to the next-gen consoles with Grand Theft Auto IV. While details on the game are still slim, we now know that the franchise returns to New York.
by Rainier on July 25, 2007 @ 12:25 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Players will embark on a global quest to overcome an evil threat, by controlling Spider-Man and one of numerous Super Hero or Super Villain sidekicks, as they master unique fighting moves and styles while switching between characters to execute team combos and defeat foes.
by Rainier on July 25, 2007 @ 12:22 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Virtua Fighter 5 raises the bar for console fighting games including all the features fans know and love plus enhanced gameplay mechanics, additional characters and new fighting styles, as well as newly redesigned 3D environments.
by Rainier on July 25, 2007 @ 10:57 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Vivendi Games’ revenues were 68.9% higher than the same period last year, driven by the continued momentum of World of Warcraft in all markets, following the first quarter of 2007 release of WoW: The Burning Crusade. Within one, the expansion sold approximately 3.5 million copies in regions connecting to North American and European realms - a new one-month PC-game sales record.
by Rainier on July 25, 2007 @ 10:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Matrix Online is offering its players the opportunity to bring up to five buddies into the Matrix with the MxO Buddy Rewards Program. Players will have the opportunity to invite their friends to "Take the Red Pill" and join The Matrix Online for up to 14 consecutive days.
by Rainier on July 25, 2007 @ 10:15 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Xbox LIVE and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment are bringing Comic-Con 2007 Home to all Xbox 360 owners. To enjoy the show, gamers can connect to the Xbox LIVE online entertainment network and bring everyone together in the living room to enjoy Comic-Con 2007.
by Rainier on July 25, 2007 @ 10:13 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Konami unveiled MGS Portable Ops Plus, adding new multiplayer modes, characters, maps. While the focus is on multiplayer, the new version will also feature a singleplayer portion with familiar characters such as Roy Campbell, Raiden and MGS4's Old Snake.
by Rainier on July 25, 2007 @ 9:47 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Microsoft announced that new downloadable content for Project Sylpheed and Vampire Rain will be available via Xbox LIVE Marketplace at no cost, providing new challenges for existing gamers and an opportunity for new fans to join the fight against evil.
by Rainier on July 25, 2007 @ 9:45 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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As society succumbs to a worldwide energy crisis, a new global depression takes hold. Amidst this desperate backdrop, two superpower alliances emerge. Join the battle on the frontlines of tomorrow as the Western Coalition or the Red Star Alliance. Demiurge Studios has been enlisted by THQ’s Kaos Studios to optimize the gameplay experience in Frontlines: Fuel of War.
by Rainier on July 25, 2007 @ 9:25 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In Crysis shooter fans will face a new kind of gameplay challenge requiring adaptive tactics and customization of weapons and armor in dynamic, hostile environments as mankind struggles to survive in the face of a horrific alien invasion. EA has contracted with Even Balance to integrate PunkBuster Anti-Cheat software into the game.
by Rainier on July 25, 2007 @ 9:24 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Culpa Innata, developed by Turkish Momentum, is a story-driven, 3rd person game using the classic mouse in a point and click interface, featuring a wide variety of organic obstacles ranging from logic puzzles to hi-tech gadget manipulation to dialogue and inventory challenges.
by Rainier on July 25, 2007 @ 6:35 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Yesterday Ubisoft announced it signed a deal with FOX/James Cameron to develop a game based on the upcoming Avatar movie, but it seems the French developer/publisher is in the running for yet another blockbuster. Scheduled to be unveiled at Comic Con later this week, Ubisoft is reportedly closing a deal with NBC to develop a game based on the TV superhero series Heroes.
by Rainier on July 25, 2007 @ 6:26 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Six new developer (Gearbox Software, Zombie, Riot Games, Brain in a Jar, Invictus Games and Instinct Technology) have licensed Philips' amBX platform, expanding the 'sensory surround experience’ by using light, color, sound and even air flow through enabled devices.
by Thomas Wilde on July 25, 2007 @ 6:19 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Gamecock Media Group first person shooter Legendary: The Box, developed by Spark Unlimited, presents a world suddenly thrust into chaos and turmoil when ancient creatures of myth are unleashed into modern day society, and it is up to you, as the cause of it all, to stop it all.
by Rainier on July 25, 2007 @ 5:14 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 July 25, 2007 @ 5:10 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Increasing its market share to a record 13.7%, Activision was the #1 third-party U.S. console and handheld publisher for the first six months of calendar 2007, a 5.1% increase over the same period last year, according to The NPD Group.
by Rainier on July 25, 2007 @ 4:25 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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On your path to become the best-known pilot in space, through a yet unknown universe, you can fight, trade or smuggle to earn respect, wealth and fame.