by Rainier on April 15, 2004 @ 10:32 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Featuring exciting espionage action, "Spy Fiction" follows the exploits of two special agents in an underground spy agency. As members of the elite S.E.A. Phantom strike squad, Bishop and Sheila are dispatched to disable a diabolical plot that begins with an ominous message sent to world governments. To spare millions of lives from a new horrific biotech weapon, they must embark on missions spanning the globe to seek and destroy a shadowy terrorist organization. Read more to check out some new screens & trailer.
by Rainier on April 12, 2004 @ 1:55 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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ESPN Videogames is proud to announce the next chapter of its critically acclaimed, adrenaline-pumping football series - ESPN NFL 2005. The ESPN NFL series, known for its stalwart football realism exhibited in bold gameplay and stellar animations, will be unleashed in Fall 2004.
by Rainier on April 6, 2004 @ 5:06 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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ESPN Videogames today announced that ESPN Major League Baseball has shipped to major retailers across North America. Boasting stunning visual realism and unparalleled gameplay, ESPN Major League Baseball offers the most authentic baseball experience on the market. ESPN Major League Baseball is the only game to feature ESPN telecast elements and a variety of new features. ESPN Major League Baseball and all other ESPN Videogames titles are produced by Visual Concepts-Sega's sports studio.
by Rainier on April 6, 2004 @ 8:51 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Space Hack is a sci-fi RPG/action title with Diablo-inspired gameplay mechanics. The storyline puts you on board of a quite 'peculiar' spaceship, trapped inside a space warp. Being a tough guy, whose axe is almost as quick as his wit, it's not surprising that you promptly find yourself confronting angry monsters, one wave after another. Space Hack is scheduled to be released in first half of 2004.
by Rainier on April 2, 2004 @ 3:32 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Slitherine Strategies has released a singleplayer demo for their strategy game Spartan, featuring 30 turns (2.5 years of gameplay), no save option, limited number of units, buildings & playable ethnic groups available, 3 tutorials and 1 quickstart mission (you can query the 8 main game mission to "read" their info). Spartan focuses on one of the most influential civilisations in the history of mankind – the Ancient Greeks, and allows players to choose from 100 nations to lead to victory, including Sparta. Read more for download links ...
by Rainier on April 1, 2004 @ 11:07 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Ubisoft has released a new patch for their recently released stealth/action game Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow. This update brings your retail game to v1.1 (available for North American & European versions) and mainly addresses various multiplayer issues (
thanks Blues). Read more for details and download links ...
by Rainier on April 1, 2004 @ 9:04 a.m. PST | Filed under
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The U.S. Army announced today that it has teamed with Ultimate Arena to hold the AMD America's Army: Special Forces Tournament at E3. The tournament will be run by Ultimate Arena and supported by Even Balance's PunkBuster. The final match between a team of four civilians and four active duty U.S. Army Soldiers will take place at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) trade show in Los Angeles which runs May 12-14, 2004.
by Rainier on April 1, 2004 @ 2:29 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Jowood have now released a new patch for Phenomic Game Development's 3D RTS/RPG game SpellForce: the Order of Dawn. This update patch brings your retail game to v1.11 and adds additional convenience functionality to the game, which displays the number of existing buildings and buildings being build in the tool-tips of the selected buildings. It also patches a few issues appearing with the previous patch regarding bindstones and hot-swapping heroes. Lastly some quest bugs were fixed. Read more for detailed fix list and download links ...
by Rainier on March 31, 2004 @ 10:34 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Ubisoft and Microsoft are pleased to announce that an autoupdate is now available online to address the issues with optimatch that Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow players experienced. The game will automatically update itself the next time you connect to XBOX Live. The updated game will no longer freeze when displaying optimatch or quickmatch results. Read more for details ...
by Rainier on March 29, 2004 @ 11:37 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Wait `til you hear! On June 7, Nintendo is going totally retro with a classic collection of eight Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) games for the GBA and a tubular new GBA SP that looks like an itty bitty NES console. The `80s were, like, a long time ago. But everything from then is way cool again. Back then, games went from blocky bleeps and bloops to sweet side-scrollers like Super Mario Bros. And the most excellent NES saved the day for the video game industry. Bonus!
by Rainier on March 29, 2004 @ 10:25 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Last week gamers who purchased Ubisoft's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow for the Xbox, experienced an Xbox Live problem, today Ubisoft issued the following statement : "Some gamers who acquired the Xbox version of Ubisoft's critically acclaimed Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow have experienced problems using the game's online multiplayer features. Specifically, after logging onto Xbox Live and selecting the "optimatch" function, players discovered that waiting for more than about 10 seconds on the optimatch results screen causes the game to freeze indefinitely." Read more for the full statement...
by Rainier on March 26, 2004 @ 2:02 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Ubisoft has released a small patch for the Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow multiplayer demo from a few days ago. This patch will bring your demo to v1.01 and fixes a desktop crash that occured when connecting to a server when a game session is no longer available. A fully updated demo is now also available, with aforementioned patch included. Read more for download links ...
by Rainier on March 26, 2004 @ 10:25 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Publisher Graphsim Entertainment and developer Slitherine announce a publishing agreement for the North American release of Spartan, a new turn-based strategy game from an award-winning developer of strategy classics.
by Rainier on March 25, 2004 @ 10:37 a.m. PST | Filed under
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As announced Ubisoft has now released the Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow Multiplayer Demo giving you the chance to try out the Neutralization game mode in the Mount Hospital level. Shadownet spies must find hazardous units and neutralize them. Mercenaries must protect these units even if it means eradicate the intruders. Read more for download links ...
by Rainier on March 24, 2004 @ 5:32 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Ubisoft announced today that Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow has shipped for the PC, Xbox, and Game Boy Advance and will be on store shelves nationwide, March 27. Developed by Ubisoft's Shanghai and Annecy studios, Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow tells the conspiracy-ridden story of black-ops agent Sam Fisher as he explores the shadowy world of international espionage.
by Rainier on March 24, 2004 @ 9:32 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Ubisoft is proud to announce today that a multiplayer demo of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow on PC will be available on Thursday, March 25th at 6.00 pm. The MP demo will weigh in at about 60mb, features the Mount Hospital level, playable in Neutralization game mode. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow tells the conspiracy-ridden story of black ops agent Sam Fisher as he explores the shadowy world of international espionage. Read more for details ...
by Rainier on March 24, 2004 @ 2:38 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Xbox Live and Ubisoft announced today that the companies will participate in a two-part promotion involving Xbox Live and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow.
by Rainier on March 24, 2004 @ 1:14 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Sphere is a MMORPG which immerses players into the world of medieval Europe where they have complete freedom to shape their own destiny. Read more for details and screens ...
by Rainier on March 24, 2004 @ 12:48 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage and Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy are scheduled to ship on the GBA in second quarter 2004. For the first time, the two renowned characters will meet up in each other's respective adventures in these upcoming action platformers. Albany, New York based studio, Vicarious Visions, is developing the games. Read more to check out some screens ..
by Rainier on March 20, 2004 @ 2:40 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Rival-Species reaches the next stage of development with the release of R-S v1.123, the latest complete version of Rival-Species. Rival-Species is a HalfLife mod based around the popular Warhammer 40K universe, and pits you against three possible races, the righteous fury of Imperial Space Marines, the unquestionable evil of their Chaos Marine counterparts, and the technological superiority of the alien Eldar. Read more for download links ..
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow will bring back more of the single-player intrigue that made the original game a bestseller. With exciting new action scenes and a strong cinematic feel, the player will experience new and even more realistic surroundings. Building on Ubi Soft's strong commitment to online gaming, Pandora Tomorrow will the be the first stealth game ever to feature multiplayer online missions allowing several players to simultaneously share Sam Fisher's shadowy world of espionage.
by Rainier on March 19, 2004 @ 8:45 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Publisher Graphsim Entertainment and developer Slitherine announce a publishing agreement for the North American release of Spartan, a new turn-based strategy game from an award-winning developer of strategy classics. Read more for details or check the new cinematic trailer...
by Rainier on March 18, 2004 @ 7:08 a.m. PST | Filed under
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'Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow' will bring back more of the single-player intrigue that made the original game a bestseller. With exciting new action scenes and a strong cinematic feel, the player will experience new and even more realistic surroundings. Building on Ubi Soft's strong commitment to online gaming, Pandora Tomorrow will the be the first stealth game ever to feature multiplayer online missions allowing several players to simultaneously share Sam Fisher's shadowy world of espionage. Read more for some new screens...
by Rainier on March 17, 2004 @ 10:39 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Ubi Soft has released the single-player demo for Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow. This demo features the full 'Paris-to-Nice train' mission wherre you your objective is to locate and question a man called Norman Soth. Read more for download links ...
by Rainier on March 16, 2004 @ 1:02 p.m. PST | Filed under
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ESPN Videogames is proud to announce several new original features found only in ESPN Major League Baseball. Key features include Power Pitching, First Person Baseball, and online play. ESPN Major League Baseball will be available across North America on April 15, 2004.