by Rainier on Feb. 20, 2007 @ 5:25 a.m. PST | Filed under
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THQ's first title in the recently acquired Conan franchise, developed by Nihilistic Software. The new title, scheduled for Q1 2008, is totally separate from Funcom's MMO title, but rather inspired by the late Robert E. Howard barbaric character, and, similar to God of War, a hack'n slash action game with puzzle solving.
by Rainier on Feb. 20, 2007 @ 5:18 a.m. PST | Filed under
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In the Boxing Manager the player follows in the footsteps of legendary boxing promoters, as he walks the long and winding road to the top of the business. Starting out with a small stable and two unknown talents, he will be able to train and manage up to 30 fighters later in the game.
by Rainier on Feb. 20, 2007 @ 5:10 a.m. PST | Filed under
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NBA Street series expands on the fast-paced and larger-than-life 3-on-3 basketball gameplay, creating a hyper-real world that merges legendary courts with the hometown courts of your favorite NBA stars into one seamless city of streetball moments.
by Rainier on Feb. 20, 2007 @ 3:23 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Taking full advantage of the Nintendo DS's unique characteristics, KOEI's action-combat series Dynasty Warriors will be unlike any other Tactical Action game previously released on the NDS.
by Rainier on Feb. 20, 2007 @ 2:17 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Playing as a warrior riding a voracious dragon trained for deadly aerial and ground combat, and capable of scorching, clawing and smashing thousands of enemies, gamers must defeat countless armies to save a civilization. Together, the gamer and the beast will attempt to change the destiny of a world on the brink of extinction.
by Rainier on Feb. 20, 2007 @ 1:58 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Have a chance to participate in prestigious Ponyz Town beauty pageant: ‘Passion for Fashion’. This competition takes place over a year and will give you the chance to develop your artistic talent through a series of challenges based around fashion and beauty.
by Rainier on Feb. 20, 2007 @ 1:43 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Crackdown is an action-driving hybrid introducing a 3-dimensional persistent playground, highly innovative co-op gameplay and an extensive prop interaction system all while taking place in a massive and stylized urban center. Microsoft has released a four free agents pack, including a character with Sam Fisher style head gear, currently only available to Gold members, in all Xbox Live regions except Germany.
by Rainier on Feb. 20, 2007 @ 1:35 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Pogo Island includes five games, the colored-stone-grouping Phlinx, the balloon-popping Poppit!, the color-matching Squelchies, a card-based Tri-Peaks Solitaire, the scrambled-word challenge Word Whomp, as well as meta game that challenges players to find Pogo mascots across the backdrop of Pogo Island.
by Rainier on Feb. 20, 2007 @ 1:00 a.m. PST | Filed under
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SSX Blur is the newest version of the critically acclaimed snowboarding franchise. The huge air, blurring speed and insane tricks that SSX is known for return and the fun-factor is amplified by the unique capability of the Wiimote...
by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2007 @ 2:56 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 will feature changing climate, improved AI, an advanced Cross-Com system, air strikes from jet fighters, new weapons and a new soldier class, the Medic.
by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2007 @ 2:27 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Mythic Wars, known in Europe as Fantasy Wars is a turn-based strategy game set in a fantasy world. Combining both classic strategy gameplay and sophisticated 3D graphics players can experience epic battles like never before.
by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2007 @ 2:05 p.m. PST | Filed under
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On Tuesday, February 20th, from 2:00-5:00 AM PT, Xbox Live will be offline for maintenance. As a result, the "My Xbox" section of Xbox.com will be unavailable, and the Xbox forums will be in read-only mode, so you will not be able to post. This is for maintenance only; there will be no new features added to Xbox.com, your dashboard, or Xbox Live when service is restored.
by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2007 @ 2:02 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Dusk-12 is an FPS about a project to create the perfect soldier that ran out of control, and turned into the incurable virus. The whole city is now under quarantine as the inhabitants transformed into blood-thirsty assassins. A group of Spec Ops. soldiers are now trying to uncover the secrets of those aborted experiments undertaken 4 years ago.
by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2007 @ 1:45 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Ubisoft announced that it has signed a deal with OUAT Entertainment to publish Marathon’s Totally Spies! in PAL territories. Totally Spies! will launch on PS2, NDS and PC in holiday 2007 and on Wii in the first quarter of 2008.
by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2007 @ 1:40 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is coming to the PS2, in North America on March 6, 2007, and in Europe on March 9, 2007. It will give PS2 owners a big-screen experience of the same storyline and missions as the PSP version, which was released in October 2006.
by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2007 @ 1:12 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Frontline: Fields of Thunder is a new RTS series where players are taken to the frontline, where the gameplay is going back to its RTS roots - inspired by games like Blitzkrieg. With state of the art graphics and an overhauled interface, players will find themselves challenged in many different environments and settings.
by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2007 @ 12:31 p.m. PST | Filed under
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When Wario sees a television series about a thieving master of disguises, he dives through the TV screen, steals the thief's quick-change wand and takes over the whole show. Episode after episode, he breaks into exotic locations, like a luxury liner, watery ruins and an Egyptian pyramid!
by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2007 @ 12:19 p.m. PST | 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 Feb. 19, 2007 @ 12:15 p.m. PST | Filed under
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MotorStorm delivers brutal off-road racing, plunging players into a stunningly realistic - but frenzied and chaotic - environment awash with grit, mud and petrol, in a game that leaves the standard rules of racing in the dust.
by David Brothers on Feb. 19, 2007 @ 5:16 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection takes all the top elements from the latest arcade version, introduces a host of new features, and has the chance to be the first smash-hit downloadable game from the PlayStation Network. We've got the nitty gritty on it, so click through and read on.
by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2007 @ 5:10 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai Another Road will further give players the ability to experience intense WiFi multiplayer battles with the most thrilling aspects of DBZ combat, including counter-attacks, super high-speed bouts, flight and Ki (energy) management.
by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2007 @ 5:09 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Today Nintendo added yet another 4 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: Donkey Kong Country, The Legend of Kage, New Adventure Island, and Streets of Rage.
by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2007 @ 5:00 a.m. PST | Filed under
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505 Games announced it has signed the PS3 edition for European consumption. Armored Core 4 will allow you to create your own mech from a few hundred components, including color, to give it an exclusive looks. Successfully completing missions, and purchase even more powerful parts to make your mech stronger.
by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2007 @ 4:17 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Empire Earth III will let you battle across the entire globe as you make your bid for world domination. Gameplay will unfold in a richly detailed Earth made up of the equivalent of 40-80 normal RTS skirmish maps. Players will be able to battle from the frozen peaks of the Himalayas, through the scorching sands of the Sahara, and deep into the jungles of the Amazon.
by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2007 @ 4:08 a.m. PST | Filed under
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CDV and Stormregion have released a new patch for Codename: Panzers, Phase One, bringing all international editions of the game to v1.07, removing the StarForce copy protection, fixing a few hyperthreading problems and making the game compatible with Vista.