by Rainier on Feb. 1, 2008 @ 5:54 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Nintendo announced that it is adding a cool new color scheme to its NDS wardrobe on Feb. 10. Cobalt/Black marks the seventh color in the Nintendo DS Lite palette. It joins Polar White, Coral Pink, Onyx, Crimson/Black and the limited-edition Gold and Metallic Rose. Like a black T-shirt with a splash of color, the new Cobalt/Black version of the portable NDS will grab anybody's attention.
by Rainier on Jan. 25, 2008 @ 6:39 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Paradox Interactive's Penumbra: Black Plague, the final chapter in the Penumbra story, thrusts players into a creepy environment of psychological horror, as they are challenged in this unique action/adventure experience. in a recent announcement, Frictional Games revealed that the game has gone gold and its publisher has the final version in hand (and so do we...)
by Rainier on Jan. 23, 2008 @ 7:01 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Penumbra: Black Plague, the final chapter in the Penumbra story, thrusts players into a creepy environment of psychological horror, as they are challenged in this unique action/adventure experience. In this second developer diary, Frictional Games tells us more about the physics being used in the game...
by Rainier on Jan. 16, 2008 @ 9:06 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Paradox Interactive's Penumbra: Black Plague, the final chapter in the Penumbra story, thrusts players into a creepy environment of psychological horror, as they are challenged in this unique action/adventure experience.
by Rainier on Jan. 11, 2008 @ 2:38 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Spacetime Studios announced that its MMO project Blackstar has been canceled by NCSoft, and as a result the Texas based developer had to let go 12 staff members. Spacetime Studios gives no reason why it was canceled by stated that it has a complete MMO engine w/ networking infrastructure, tools suite, and next-gen rendering engine, and is dedicated to the IP.
by Rainier on Jan. 9, 2008 @ 9:23 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Paradox Interactive's Penumbra: Black Plague, the final chapter in the Penumbra story, thrusts players into a creepy environment of psychological horror, as they are challenged in this unique action/adventure experience.
by Rainier on Jan. 9, 2008 @ 1:23 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Penumbra: Black Plague, the final chapter in the Penumbra story, thrusts players into a creepy environment of psychological horror, as they are challenged in this unique action/adventure experience. Through specialized hardware such as the Novint Falcon HaptX enables gamers to physically feel their gameplay.
by Rainier on Jan. 7, 2008 @ 1:02 a.m. PST | Filed under
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According to the
Vancouver Sun Black Box Games co-founder Martin Sikes suddenly passed away on Christmas Eve at the age of 39. After he left the University of British Columbia with a degree in electrical engineering, Sikes went to work for Radical Entertainment. In 1998, Sikes co-founded Black Box Games, which was acquired by EA Canada in 2002. He was a programmer on various titles in the Need for Speed franchise and co-founded United Front Games, although he had recently left the company.
by Rainier on Jan. 3, 2008 @ 9:24 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Penumbra: Black Plague, the final chapter in the Penumbra story, thrusts players into a creepy environment of psychological horror, as they are challenged in this unique action/adventure experience. In this second developer diary, Frictional Games tells us more about the creation of the voice-overs, and the technical issues.
by Sanford May on Dec. 23, 2007 @ 4:31 a.m. PST | Filed under
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While other FPS titles claim to feature action-packed, highly realistic gameplay, BlackSite: Area 51 takes next-gen gaming to an all-new level integrating cutting edge technology, game design and story writing to create the ultimate entertainment experience.
by Rainier on Dec. 19, 2007 @ 6:43 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Paradox Interactive's Penumbra: Black Plague, the final chapter in the Penumbra story, thrusts players into a creepy environment of psychological horror, as they are challenged in this unique action/adventure experience.
by Reggie Carolipio on Dec. 8, 2007 @ 6:29 a.m. PST | Filed under
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While other FPS titles claim to feature action-packed, highly realistic gameplay, BlackSite: Area 51 takes next-gen gaming to an all-new level integrating cutting edge technology, game design and story writing to create the ultimate entertainment experience.
by Rainier on Dec. 4, 2007 @ 10:13 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Rock Band allows you to perform famous rock music with your friends as a virtual band using drum, bass/lead guitar and microphone peripherals, as well as online. Harmonix has released another downloadable song pack on Xbox Live with three Black Sabbath tracks (N.I.B., Sweet Leaf, and War Pigs, 160 points each, 440 for the bundle). It'll arrive later this week on PSN.
by Rainier on Nov. 30, 2007 @ 1:32 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Earlier this week, the Internet was on fiyah when Midway Austin's creative director Harvey Smith, lead designer of Ion Storm's Deus Ex titles, publicly criticized Blacksite: Area 51, for which he was lead designer, as being "f***ed up." Smith made the controversial statement at a Montreal International Game Summit lecture, blaming poor handling and pressure to share tech to get the title out before it was ready. Studio head Denise Fulton
confirmed that the dismissal was by mutual agreement.
by Rainier on Nov. 28, 2007 @ 6:45 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Paradox Interactive's Penumbra: Black Plague, the final chapter in the Penumbra story, thrusts players into a creepy environment of psychological horror, as they are challenged in this unique action/adventure experience. In this first developer diary, Frictional Games tells us more about the combat and how it differs from the prequel.
by Rainier on Nov. 24, 2007 @ 4:55 p.m. PST | Filed under
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While other FPS titles claim to feature action-packed, highly realistic gameplay, BlackSite: Area 51 takes next-gen gaming to an all-new level integrating cutting edge technology, game design and story writing to create the ultimate entertainment experience.
by Rainier on Nov. 23, 2007 @ 2:50 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Paradox Interactive's Penumbra: Black Plague, the final chapter in the Penumbra story, thrusts players into a creepy environment of psychological horror, as they are challenged in this unique action/adventure experience.
by Rainier on Nov. 21, 2007 @ 5:08 a.m. PST | Filed under
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BlackSite: Area 51 takes next-gen gaming to an all-new level integrating cutting edge technology, game design and story writing to create the ultimate entertainment experience. Midway released its second (988mb) Blacksite: Area 51 demo on Xbox Live.
by Rainier on Nov. 17, 2007 @ 1:19 a.m. PST | Filed under
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While other FPS titles claim to feature action-packed, highly realistic gameplay, BlackSite: Area 51 takes next-gen gaming to an all-new level integrating cutting edge technology, game design and story writing to create the ultimate entertainment experience. This v1.1 patch improves multi-language support, overall game performance and the usual bug/crash fixes.
by Rainier on Nov. 2, 2007 @ 12:59 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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While other FPS titles claim to feature action-packed, highly realistic gameplay, BlackSite: Area 51 takes next-gen gaming to an all-new level integrating cutting edge technology, game design and story writing to create the ultimate entertainment experience.
by Rainier on Oct. 19, 2007 @ 9:56 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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While other FPS titles claim to feature action-packed, highly realistic gameplay, BlackSite: Area 51 takes next-gen gaming to an all-new level integrating cutting edge technology, game design and story writing to create the ultimate entertainment experience.
by Rainier on Oct. 16, 2007 @ 6:12 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Fighter Collection and the Eagle Dynamics development studio will release the new benchmark in PC air combat simulation in 2008 with the release of Digital Combat Simulator: Black Shark, a simulation of the Russian Ka-50 attack helicopter and will be the flagship title of the new DCS series.
by Rainier on Oct. 15, 2007 @ 9:23 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Fighter Collection and the Eagle Dynamics development studio will release the new benchmark in PC air combat simulation in 2008 with the release of Digital Combat Simulator: Black Shark, a simulation of the Russian Ka-50 attack helicopter and will be the flagship title of the new DCS series.
by Rainier on Oct. 12, 2007 @ 1:49 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Paradox Interactive's Penumbra: Black Plague, the final chapter in the Penumbra story, thrusts players into a creepy environment of psychological horror, as they are challenged in this unique action/adventure experience.
by Rainier on Oct. 5, 2007 @ 12:09 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Paradox Interactive's Penumbra: Black Plague, the final chapter in the Penumbra story, thrusts players into a creepy environment of psychological horror, as they are challenged in this unique action/adventure experience.