by Rainier on March 30, 2006 @ 9:32 p.m. PST | Filed under
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In Superman Returns: The Videogame, you explore and protect the truly living city of Metropolis, one that is not only expansive (with 80 sq miles and over 9,000 buildings), but also changes dynamically with you as you affect gameplay.
by Rainier on March 30, 2006 @ 6:44 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Penny Arcade today revealed the musical lineup for its PAX gaming fest, August 25th-27th. Artists expected to participate include architect of hip-hop culture Mike Relm, along with returning musical guests The Minibosses, MC Frontalot, Optimus Rhyme, The Video Game Pianist, and the Neskimos.
by Rainier on March 29, 2006 @ 3:25 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Grab your playbook and prepare to challenge your football knowledge in Bowl Bound College Football, featuring an in-depth recruiting process, an intuitive, streamlined interface, and the most thorough AI to meet sport management sims. This v1.1 patch adds a player editor, various menu options, and a bunch of fixes and tweaks.
by Rainier on March 28, 2006 @ 3:31 p.m. PST | Filed under
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GMX Media/Tri Synergy have released the first patch for Gameyus' upcoming modern warfare tactical 3D RTS Will of Steel. This update brings your retail game to v1.21 and resolves more pathfinding and AI issues.
by Rainier on March 28, 2006 @ 5:12 a.m. PST | Filed under
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With RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked! the park guests will catch rays and ride the waves on more than fifty new rides and coasters including super- splash flume rides, massive water slides, wave pools and more. Atari has released a patch for RCT3 Soaked! bringing it in line with the recent Wild! expansion pack, including some features like custom billboards and tunnels etc, as well as optimizing RCT3's first expansion pack.
by Rainier on March 28, 2006 @ 2:24 a.m. PST | Filed under
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2006 FIFA World Cup will feature stunning visual representations of the world's superstar players, 12 official stadiums that will be used at 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany and stadiums from each qualifying region. Gamers will be able to play as their favorite team from qualification right through to a virtual reproduction of the tournament in Germany. EA's Joe Nickolls gives us more details about what to expect and what's new...
by Rainier on March 27, 2006 @ 2:56 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Already dated a month ago, it seems Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth developers
Headfirst Productions has gone into administration which will lead to the company being dismantled and all its assets sold. A few months back Headfirst already sold its only remaining IP, the Simon the Sorcerer license went to Silver Style, and the
office space is up for sale, so there isn't much left. Several of the key developers had already left months ago, some went to Codemasters, Bioware, Eurosoft, and only a handful of people remain to finish the Call of Cthulhu port to PC.
by Rainier on March 25, 2006 @ 9:43 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Today 3D Realms posted their latest installment in the
weekly Prey update in which Human Head Studios Chris Rhinehart tells us all about the latest feature, GDC expereince, feature requests from 3DR and fixing bugs, plans for E3, explaining the QA process, and an updated changelog of items added/removed in the game.
by Rainier on March 25, 2006 @ 3:33 a.m. PST | Filed under
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EA will celebrate the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany with the launch of the event's only officially licensed videogame, 2006 FIFA World Cup. The videogame will ship on all platforms including X360 in April 2006 in anticipation of the real-world tournament which begins in June.
by Rainier on March 24, 2006 @ 11:02 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Puppy Luv is the perfect pet, no need to take him outside in the rain. He won't break anything or leave you little surprises around the house. Puppy Luv features real-time attributes that change depending on the dog’s mood. This demo allows you to try the game for 60 minutes ...
by Rainier on March 24, 2006 @ 9:53 a.m. PST | Filed under
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EA will celebrate the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany with the launch of the event's only officially licensed videogame, 2006 FIFA World Cup. EA today revealed the superstar players who will be featured on the front packs of the 2006 FIFA World Cup video game around the world.
by Rainier on March 24, 2006 @ 9:35 a.m. PST | Filed under
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NCsoft announced the opening of NCsoft China, a result of NCsoft’s acquisition of a 51 percent equity stake in NC Sina, a joint venture formed by NCsoft and Sina.com in 2003. NCsoft China will strengthen the company’s content development and publishing power in the ever-growing Chinese game market.
by Rainier on March 24, 2006 @ 2:08 a.m. PST | Filed under
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This latest enhancement to SOE's online role-playing game includes a special in-game reward for owners of the recently released expansion pack Kingdom of Sky, increased experience for high level players combat upgrades for select classes, and new merchant items in Norrath.
Aiai, MeeMee, GonGon, and Baby are back in true classic Super Monkey Ball style, in SEGA's NDS exclusive Super Monkey Ball Touch & Roll, with all-new gameplay control using the Nintendo DS stylus and wireless multiplayer modes!
by Rainier on March 22, 2006 @ 11:32 a.m. PST | Filed under
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In Superman Returns: The Videogame, you explore and protect the truly living city of Metropolis, one that is not only expansive (with 80 sq miles and over 9,000 buildings), but also changes dynamically with you as you affect gameplay.
by Rainier on March 22, 2006 @ 10:02 a.m. PST | Filed under
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War World is a fast paced, third person online shooter where you build and battle the ultimate mech warriors, working your way up the War World rankings ladder, unlocking upgrades and enhancements. This demo/patch brings your game to v1.09 and fixes two bugs.
by Rainier on March 22, 2006 @ 5:08 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Since Troika is no longer amongst the living this patch is not official, so use at your own discretion. This update brings Activision's Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines retail game to v2.2 (requires v1.2 patch installed) and addresses a number of known issues, gameplay tweaks, bug fixes and so forth.
by Rainier on March 21, 2006 @ 4:23 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Activision announced that it has released a new Xbox 360 title update for Infinity Ward's WW2 based FPS Call of Duty 2 offering significant enhancements, including improved multiplayer performance, the ability to reserve friend slots in private game lobbies, post-game lobbies so friends can play longer, configurable host options and more. Log into Xbox Live and the update will be automatically applied.
by Rainier on March 21, 2006 @ 9:28 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Majesco today announced they have shipped the first NDS fishing game Super Black Bass Fishing, utilizing the portable system's signature touch screen to reel in fish, trail lures and pull in the catch.
by Rainier on March 21, 2006 @ 9:14 a.m. PST | Filed under
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AGEIA Technologies today announced that City of Villains developer Cryptic Studios plans to supercharge the game's powers and effects for players whose PCs are equipped with Physics Accelerator add-in boards powered by the AGEIA PhysX processor.
by Rainier on March 20, 2006 @ 1:43 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Microsoft today delivered a pre-release version of the first XNA Studio tools and unveiled the XNA Framework to attendees of the GDC 2006. Microsoft also announced that the company is opening its Xbox Live Server Platform to game developers and publishers, allowing them to innovate and extend the Xbox Live experience in their titles.
by Rainier on March 18, 2006 @ 3:36 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Virtual RC Racing is the worlds most advanced and realistic r/c car simulation and on-line r/c racing community. This v3.1 still features the same RC Speedway and Oslo tracks, but now improves racing performance handling and login/password handling. You will need to sign up on the offical site to activate the game and play.
by Rainier on March 17, 2006 @ 4:24 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Today 3D Realms posted their latest installment in the
weekly Prey update in which Human Head Studios Chris Rhinehart tells us all about the latest feature, level, animation tweaking, bug fixing, hiring of a new animator, Michael Greyeyes redoing some voiceovers for the Tommy character, and also a changelog of items added/removed in the game.
by Rainier on March 16, 2006 @ 5:10 a.m. PST | Filed under
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An ongoing discussion in the
EA community forums regarding a stuttering issue in the PC version of Need For Speed Most Wanted concluded with the forum admin revealing there will be no more patches due to "time and resources." Although in early February the team was apparently doing some testing to investigate the issue, EA recently decided to drop all NFS Most Wanted support (
thanks ve3d). On the bright side, EA promises to do better in future releases ... really ...
by Rainier on March 15, 2006 @ 1:35 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Cyanide has released a new patch for its Olympic Wintersports based title WinterSports Pro 2006, aka Winter Challenge. This patch brings your English, French, Italian, Russian and German retail game to v1.03 but no details as to what it fixes are available at the moment. Read more for details and download links.