by Thomas on July 5, 2002 @ 5:42 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Just Flight and Simflyers have teamed up to launch World Airports, a fantastic boxed edition of their acclaimed scenery upgrade for Flight Simulator 2000 and 2002. "Suspicious-looking shoes must be removed before downloading these screens," says Mungo, sensibly. Features and 26 screens below!
by Thomas on July 5, 2002 @ 4:41 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Fed up of British weather? Tired of the tennis? Too much spare time on your hands after the World Cup? Rather be on the beach listening to chilled tunes, drinking ice cold beer with your mates and charming the pants of a foxy chick? If the answer is yes to any of the above then it's time for you to escape these grey mornings and head for Beach Life!
by Thomas on July 5, 2002 @ 2:35 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Return to pre-industrial Europe for another leap into the Cossacks world.. Read more below to check out the very first preview screenshots of the second add-on to Cossacks: European Wars, Cossacks: Back to War.
by Thomas on July 5, 2002 @ 2:25 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Grom is a simplified RPG with real-time battles that are tightly woven into its intricate and non-linear plotline. Grom strives to recapture some of the feel of point-and-click adventures while following an RPG-style, character-focused plotline. The main character Colonel Grom is dedicated to fight the Nazis and to prevent them from obtaining a mysterious weapon that could enable them to take over world power. The smart colonel is not the only hero who has to stand up against the Nazis. Support is guaranteed by his fellow heroes and these will be presented in a short series as of today.
Take a glimpse behind the scenes.
by Thomas on July 5, 2002 @ 2:22 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Brand new screens from Nival’s masterpiece Blitzkrieg, the game that wargamer.com named Best RTS game of Show at E³ 2002. In fact, the 3D-real time strategy title definitively deserves these accolades as it is the latest development in WWII real-time strategy that will combine flexibility, historic accuracy and endless playability into one of the most captive and challenging strategy game you have seen. Today CDV presents
11 brand new screenshots depicting a German advance in France and an Allied advance in Libya. Watch and learn what it means to be a real strategist.
by Thomas on July 5, 2002 @ 2:19 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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A demo version of Imperium Galactica 3 has initially been posted on an Hungarian website and has been spread throughout the web. This version has been specifically designed for the Matrox Parhelia graphics card. CDV did not give out this demo and advises to abstain from using it for covermount or other press related services, as it does not run properly on other graphic cards. They are currently working on a new version, which will be made available in the next few days. Nevertheless CDV wants to share the manual with everybody who already downloaded and commenced the demanding demo mission! Beat the enemy spaceships and finish your mission!
Grab the manual here!
by Thomas on July 5, 2002 @ 11:58 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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At 5.6 inches, the incredible SPC601 5.6” LCD is the BIGGEST screen of its kind currently available in the UK! Take gaming on the move and use your Nintendo GameCube console anywhere. Simply slot the console into the screen’s mounting, click into place, connect the screen to the console and away you go!
by Thomas on July 5, 2002 @ 8:28 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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America's Army is the upcoming free first-person shooter and soldier career game by the U.S. Army. Check out some screens.
by Rainier on July 5, 2002 @ 1:54 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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French publisher Cryo and its Cryonetworks subsidiary have announced that they are folding, following a failure to negotiate a recapitalisation of the group with its principal creditors.
Pryzm Chapter One: The Dark Unicorn is a fast-paced, gothic fantasy action/adventure game that thrusts players into a world of Elves, Nymphs, Gnomes and Trolls. In this first and third person title the player assumes the roles of Pryzm, a noble young unicorn, and Karrock, a powerful troll mage, as they seek the cause of a plague of corrupt magic that has blighted the lands and hideously deformed the inhabitants. Read more, its verdict time!
by Rainier on July 4, 2002 @ 9:22 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Ambitious outsourcing games specialist Babel has announced the next stage in its expansion by launching a London sound studio aimed specifically at the games industry.
by Thomas on July 4, 2002 @ 9:55 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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UK Development Company, Vulcan Software, are proud to announce the release of Military World, the third installment of their simplistically complex puzzle game, Timekeepers, for the PC. Timekeepers is a conversion of the 1995 Amiga Classic with enhanced graphics, new sounds and music, and additional character animations. Compared to Lemmings in it's day, but instead of assigning commands to the characters, the command icons are pasted directly onto the level terrain. The Timekeepers obey the commands as they walk over them.
by Thomas on July 4, 2002 @ 9:28 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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FaitH is a massively multiplayer web-based strategy and role-playing game with 2-dimensional graphics and an interface that's out of this world! And you wanted quests? Read more below for full pressrelease!
by Rainier on July 4, 2002 @ 5:56 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The game is set in year 2010 where player's conscience is entrapped by an up-to-date virus-infected virtual reality-playing machine called FireStarter. The virus-caused failure resulted in computer changing the rules of the game - to break out of the trap, the player is to complete the game within 48 hours. Immerse in an unbelievable world, created by super-modern playing machine, where you are to make it a winner of the adrenaline-brimming action....
by Rainier on July 4, 2002 @ 3:35 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Activision released another batch of screenshots from the upcoming Soldier of Fortune 2 patch. The patch for Raven's First Person Shooter is to be expected somewhere mid next week. The screens show off some of the new maps that will be included. Njoy!
by Rainier on July 4, 2002 @ 3:20 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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NVIDIA jumped the gun and is first to offer the Recon demo of America's Army: Operations, the free first-person shooter game that was developed by the U.S. Army using the Unreal engine. Wonder why NViDIA was in a rush, sure a few other sites wont be too happy about this. Read more for details and links where to grab it ... (
Thanks Blues).
by Rainier on July 4, 2002 @ 2:01 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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What Claws, Super Speed and Body Armor can do for you. City of Heroes Powers Cryptic Studios has revealed three new powers that will be available in its upcoming online Super Hero role-playing game, City of Heroes Today the offer details on Super Speed, Claws and Body Armor. (thanks Gamespy)
by Rainier on July 4, 2002 @ 1:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Valve and the Day of Defeat team today announced an official partnership for continued development of the World War II-based Half-Life MOD. In addition, Day of Defeat 3.0 is due to launch next week, and will mark the introduction of new missions and gameplay types, a new player class, and more. First shown at the Third Annual Half-Life MOD Expo in San Francisco late last year, Day of Defeat is a team-based action game based upon the great battles, equipment, and scenarios of WWII. For more information, visit the
Day Of Defeat Mod Site.
by Rainier on July 4, 2002 @ 1:02 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Colin McRae Rally 3 is about giving gamers the professional rally driving experience in what’s being touted as one of the most anticipated games of the year. Today Codemasters reveals the full list of rally-spec cars and stages that will be featured in the game. Check these awesome looking new screens!
by Rainier on July 4, 2002 @ 12:00 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Chance Thomas, the award-winning composer most widely known for his innovative work in interactive games, has created the music for The ChubbChubbs, which is currently playing at 1500 theaters nationwide in front of this summer’s blockbuster movie, Men In Black 2. Released by Columbia Pictures, The ChubbChubbs is a CG animated short film developed and produced by Sony Pictures’ Imageworks.
by Rainier on July 3, 2002 @ 11:16 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Infogrames, Inc announced today that the wild water racer, "Splashdown" has shipped to stores for the Xbox. Published under the Company's Atari brand, "Splashdown" is already a smash hit on the PS2. "Splashdown" for Xbox boasts superior graphics and two never-before-seen levels to enhance the cast of crazy characters and Sea-Doo watercraft. Njoy the screens & expect a review soon!
by Rainier on July 3, 2002 @ 10:42 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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1C Company has just informed us that they released the first patch for Jazz And Faust (developed by Saturn Plus) bringing their just released 3D Adventure game to v1.1! Seems it mainly fixes some gfx card issues. Read more for details and links where to grab it!
by Rainier on July 3, 2002 @ 8:48 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Not that this came as a surprise but Blizzard just announced that Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos is now available at retailers worldwide. With initial orders of over 4.5 million copies, the release of Warcraft III represents the biggest worldwide launch in PC-gaming history. "We're really excited that people are now able to pick up a copy of Warcraft III and start playing the complete game," stated Mike Morhaime, Blizzard Entertainment president and co-founder. "We hope players will enjoy what they see, and we look forward to hearing their thoughts about the game."
by Rainier on July 3, 2002 @ 8:27 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Strategy First just let us know that they have come up with a new patch for Patrician II. There are 2 seperate patches, one for the US/UK version (upgrading Patrician II to v1.1) and one for the Dutch version (updating Patrician II to v1.2). If you dont know what Patrician II is about, click here to read our review. Otherwise read more for fix list and links where to grab the patches.
by Thomas on July 3, 2002 @ 6:17 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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3DGamers today tossed up the long-promised playable demo (65MB) of
Imperium Galactica III: Genesis. This demo offering you to try out this space strategy game that is in the works at Philos Entertainment. The demo contains one mission from the full game and "was especially developed for use with the new Matrox Parphelia graphics card, but also runs on any other modern 3D graphics accelerator board."