by Rainier on April 8, 2002 @ 6:35 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Activision, Inc. is taking gamers on a mysterious journey to confront a malevolent force that threatens the future of the world in Lost Kingdoms, the first real-time action RPG for the Nintendo GameCube. Sceduled for this spring. Njoy!
by Thomas on April 8, 2002 @ 5:51 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Today we recived a new issue of the Project Entropia Global News containing updates on the Development and the Commercial Trial areas amongst others. If you’d like to read about what’s going on inside MindArk, then just click read more below..
by Rainier on April 8, 2002 @ 4:55 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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THQ Inc. and Marvel Enterprises, Inc. today announced a worldwide agreement naming THQ exclusive interactive game licensee of some of Marvel's hottest comic and entertainment properties including ``Captain America,'' ``The Punisher,'' and ``Nick Fury.''
by Thomas on April 8, 2002 @ 4:42 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Tiscali has joined forces with French online game developer-publisher Sismoplay to offer DuelField to European gamers. Together they will establish new grounds for quality Internet gaming aimed at a broad audience.
by Rainier on April 8, 2002 @ 3:30 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Hailed widely as "video game of the year" and recipient of multiple industry awards for excellence, "Halo: Combat Evolved" has earned the distinguished honour of being the fastest million-unit seller ever for any next-generation console. According to NPDFunworld, the definitive source for toy and video games industry sales data, "Halo: Combat Evolved" recently crossed the magical 1 million mark in sales in the United States and Canada. Statistically, this means that more than six copies of "Halo: Combat Evolved" have been sold every minute of every day since its launch on Nov. 15, 2001.
by Rainier on April 8, 2002 @ 3:10 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Ask someone to describe a typical computer games enthusiast and many will paint a picture of kids in the back of a car playing with a GameBoy or teenage boys in their bedroom on their PlayStation. Few will think of the "twenty- and thirty-somethings" that actually make up the largest game-playing group. (I just think its a natural process of the "first" REAL gaming generation simply getting older .. nothing "new" ed.)
by Rainier on April 8, 2002 @ 2:51 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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The original Lara Croft outfit, one of the rarest and most desirable items in video game history, is up for sale on eBay.co.uk. Donated by Eidos Interactive, the world exclusive sale runs from 26th April and will last for 10 days. All proceeds from the auction will go to UNICEF, United Nations Children’s Fund.
by Rainier on April 8, 2002 @ 1:51 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Lilo & Stitch takes the player into the story of Disney’s major upcoming Summer 2002 feature film release. Players explore locations and situations taken directly from the film, and in some cases, beyond what is actually seen in the movie. The game features a variety of gameplay mechanics, including: running, dodging, jumping, hiding, races against the clock, forced-scroll chase sections, and end-level boss combat.
by Rainier on April 8, 2002 @ 12:55 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Sports Interactive and Eidos Interactive are proud to confirm that Championship Manager: Season 01/02 will be making its console debut on Xbox™ in April.
by Rainier on April 8, 2002 @ 11:46 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Based on the major picture from Dreamworks set to release from June, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron tells the rousing tale of a wild and rambunctious mustang stallion named Spirit and his journey through the untamed American West. After a sudden and violent Thunderstorm hits Homeland scattering the herd, it is up to you to help get them home safely and discover what has happened to Spirit…
by Rainier on April 8, 2002 @ 11:17 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Today we serve up some screens from Microsoft's Midtown Madness 3 for the XBOX ... Looks like we're heading down to Paris to wreck the place .. Fun!
by Thomas on April 7, 2002 @ 11:59 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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We collected a few preview links today and here they are!
by Thomas on April 7, 2002 @ 11:20 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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I noticed following news on the official site for
The Lost Paradise: Outcast II.
Because of new development opportunities the development of Outcast 2 has been momentarily suspended.. "thats all"
by Thomas on April 7, 2002 @ 10:41 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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We just tossed up 2 movies from Microsofts title, Asheron's Call 2. The movies show some combat animations for the Lugian warrior. "Asheron's Call 2 is the sequel to the original Asheron's Call massively multiplayer game. A revolution of the MMORPG genre, Asheron's Call 2 continues the saga set in the unique fantasy world of Dereth."
- movie 1 here "784 KB"
- movie 2 here "355 KB"
by Thomas on April 7, 2002 @ 9:41 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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XBOX IGN tossed up the first Quick Time video of TriLunars
recently announced action and exploration of classic platform game, Dragonkind, for XBOX and PS2. The movie is 6.27 MB to grab and you find it
here. Our earlier posted Q/A with Trilunar is available
here.
by Thomas on April 7, 2002 @ 7:54 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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JD from Tiscali Games send us a note about that they talked with Randy Pitchford from Gearbox Software about Condition Zero, their upcoming single-player version of the popular Counter-Strike Half-Life multiplayer mod. Topics in 17 questions include improvements and compatibility between Condition Zero and normal Counter-Strike, time needed for completing objectives, visibility of gas mask, hardware requirements, bots, plans for demo and more.
Full interview here!
by Thomas on April 7, 2002 @ 7:52 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Sorry about slow posting this weekend, but it hasn't been so much news to post anyway. I have most of the time been out spending some time with the family and i know that Rainier has been busy checking out some games, for example Army Men RTS, Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza and a few others "expect screens and some reviews soon". We also made a cleanup in our
forum this weekend. If you have any game cheats, questions, gaming rumors and etc. that you feel you would like to share with us and our readers, just drop over to the
forum and toss them up.. Stay tuned for more and happy gaming..
by Thomas on April 6, 2002 @ 11:31 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Blizzard Entertainment is looking for Modelers/Texture Artists with an eye for color, shading and detail, who are adept at creating texture maps for environments and structures. 3D Artists also assist with the design and creation of objects and characters that populate the World of Warcraft, using programs such as 3D Studio Max, and participate in game design with the rest of the team. An Ideal candidate would be an Illustrator with experience modeling and texturing objects and environments, and has the ability to conceptualize worlds and architectures.
Read more here!
by Thomas on April 6, 2002 @ 10:21 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Nihilistic Software Inc. is looking for a full time Texture Artist/Modeler to join their team. They are creating a next generation Action/Adventure console game based on an extremely popular property. They are looking to round off their team with an additional artist to help model and texture detailed environments. Read more below!
by Rainier on April 6, 2002 @ 2:23 a.m. PST | Filed under
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GameSpot offers yet another
Delta Force: Task Force Dagger Q&A with NovaLogic Producer Wes Eckhart talking about the upcoming standalone expansion in the Delta Force series. An interesting interview on MacGamer with
Bill Roper producer for Blizzard talking about his work on "WarCraft III", amongst other things (thanks ZenGamer). Action Vault has a
Unreal Tournament 2003 Q&A #1, starting yet a new chapter in their home made format of "one question, many answers". Today the Digital Extremes team is at bat. The Gaming Lounge offers
a Q&A with Irrational's Jonathon Chey discussing their just released superhero game "Freedom Force".
by Rainier on April 5, 2002 @ 11:53 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Yesterday we announced that Serria was up to no good and mentioned some stuff about a possible Tribes 2 re-release. Homelan picked up the phone and decided to give Sierra a call to find out more dirt on this event ..
Go check it out!!
by Rainier on April 5, 2002 @ 11:45 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Dreamcatcher just informed us that
Agassi Tennis Generation has a
new site including game features and screenshots for Game Boy Advance, PC, and PlayStation2. Agassi Tennis Generation 2002 is a fast paced tennis simulation game based on one of the world’s top seed tennis players, Andre Agassi. Play as Andre Agassi himself, or play against him, as you win your way to the top ranks of tennis stardom. There are also 2 trailers available showing off dear Andre at his best ... a first trailer in
avi format (45seconds, 30megs) and the second is
a quicktime mov (13mb).
by Rainier on April 5, 2002 @ 9:11 p.m. PST | Filed under
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DreamCatcher lets us know they just released their demo for Starmageddon, a full 3D real-time strategy in space. The gameplay takes the best and proven elements of RTS genre, where both quick thinking and long-term strategies are important. The user interface is intuitive and very easy to get into and use, with some never before seen features (e.g. for the first time in 3D space RTS the player has a complete freedom of the camera movement).
Get it at 3DGamers while its hot (a whopping 106 megs)!
by Rainier on April 5, 2002 @ 8:39 p.m. PST | Filed under
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CDV today announced "Cossacks: Art of War," the highly anticipated expansion pack to the popular hit "Cossacks: European Wars," is now available in retail stores. An expansion pack for the PC, "Cossacks: Art of War" extends the story of the historical real-time strategy title. With more than 30 missions and an impressive array of new elements, the expansion pack enhances gameplay for devoted Cossacks fans as well as first time gamers.
by Thomas on April 5, 2002 @ 7:39 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Sabotain "Sabotage" is a genre mix: A First person shooter with 3D action and RPG elements. It is a mission-based adventure packed with interaction between persons and locations. The gamer has to fulfil several missions such as sabotage, espionage, rescue missions, information missions, theft, reconnaissance, assassination and combat. Sabotain includes a role-playing-style character-development system that lets players build their ordinary character into the ultimate assassin.