by Rainier on Jan. 30, 2007 @ 5:50 a.m. PST | Filed under
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EA will celebrate Europe’s most prestigious club soccer tournament, May's UEFA Champions League, with the launch of UEFA Champions League 2006-2007, which will ship to stores worldwide on March 20, 2007.
by Rainier on Jan. 30, 2007 @ 4:13 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Killzone: Liberation is an all new, action-packed installment in the Killzone series, and features a new intelligent 3rd-person camera system. One of the best games of 2006 is getting even better as SCE is currently beta testing the Infrastructure Mode to possibly add Deathmatch multiplayer to Killzone Liberation.
by Rainier on Jan. 30, 2007 @ 2:08 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Sony released its 3rd quarter results revealing it has shipped 1.8 million units, and while revenue was up nearly 10%, its overall income dropped 5%. PS2 and PSP hardware sales dropped, and overall software sales also declined, although the sale of PSP titles in particular was up. As a results Sony Games division recorded a $455 million loss, compared to $570 million income last year.
by Rainier on Jan. 29, 2007 @ 5:53 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:
- Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 [ALL] - Dev Diary Trailer #1
- Two Worlds [X360/PC] - MoCap Trailer
- God of War II [PS2] - Trailer #3
- Def Jam: Icon [PS3/X360] - Trailer (2)
- Pirates of the Caribbean Online - Trailer #5
- Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle - Trailer #6
We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...
by Rainier on Jan. 29, 2007 @ 4:30 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Slitherine announced that it is to work closely with the Lordz Game Studio, a mod team turned professional developers, on its first commercial title, a historical strategy game set during the Napoleonic wars. Slitherine will assist in design, development and have signed up worldwide publishing rights for the title.
by Rainier on Jan. 29, 2007 @ 2:50 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Take 2 is looking for people who can come and play BioShock in the 2K offices in SoHo, for 3 hours a day, for 3 days in a row. You'll get $10 an hour, and get to play 9 hours of BioShock. Please
fill out the questionnaire if you are interested. Time blocks are a bit flexible: 3-6, 4-7, 5-8, or 6-9 are all possible. You must be able to come for all 3 days (i.e. Wed.-Fri. of this week).
UPDATE: Apparently Take 2 jumped the gun on the announcement.
F.E.A.R. Extraction Point kicks off where the original game ended – with a bang. The First Encounter Assault Recon Team (F.E.A.R.) returns to battle the now free Alma and her paranormal minions across a destroyed city.
by Rainier on Jan. 28, 2007 @ 6:56 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:
- Stranglehold [PS3/X360/PC) - John Woo Interview
- Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters [PSP] - Trailer #2
- Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar - Hobbits Race Trailer
- Ar Tonelico [PS2] - Worlds of Trailer
We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...
by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2007 @ 5:10 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years War [PS3/X360] - Trailer #4
- Bullet Witch [X360] - Trailer (3)
We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...
by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2007 @ 3:08 p.m. PST | Filed under
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EA will celebrate Europe’s most prestigious club soccer tournament, May's UEFA Champions League, with the launch of UEFA Champions League 2006-2007, which will ship to stores worldwide on March 20, 2007.
by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2007 @ 9:05 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Battlestations: Midway follows the story of naval recruit Henry Walker, whose first assignment as a gunner at Pearl Harbor is the starting point of an incredible career at the heart of the US Pacific Fleet in 1942, in what was to become one of the most inspirational military campaigns in history. This multiplayer demo features one map playable online or LAN.
by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2007 @ 3:48 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Derry-based Dark Water Studios currently consists of 10 programmers, artists and support staff, and looking to expand to 25 by the end of 2007. Currently working on a PC multiplayer title funded by the Department of Enterprise, the team is also in the early stages of prototyping an original title for PC and the next-gen console platforms.
by Rainier on Jan. 25, 2007 @ 4:16 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:
- Supreme Commander - Trailer #7
- Crysis - Realtime Random Lighting Trailer
- Battlestations: Midway [X360/PC] - Launch Trailer
- The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar - Trailer #9
- City Life: World Edition - Trailer
- Cooking Mama: Cook Off [Wii] - Trailer
- Rogue Galaxy [PS2] - Worlds Of Trailer
We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...
by Rainier on Jan. 25, 2007 @ 3:54 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Microsoft announced record revenue of $12.54 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2006, a 6% increase compared to last year, driven by Zune, X360 and its server applications. Despite increase in sales (from $1.69 billion to $2.96 billion) for the Entertainment and Devices Division, the Xbox has yet to make a profit as it currently has an operating loss of $289 million, slightly higher than last year ($286 million). With 10.4 million consoles sold Microsoft Games Division expects to turn a profit fiscal 2008 (second half of 2007).
by Rainier on Jan. 25, 2007 @ 12:57 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Nintendo DS now is in the hands of more than 10 million consumers in the Americas. Since launching in November 2004, nearly nine Nintendo DS or DS Lite have sold every 60 seconds. Nintendo also revealed 20 titles are lined up for Q1 2007.
by Rainier on Jan. 25, 2007 @ 6:17 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Front Mission the First, remake of the original SNES version, will use the main touch screen for tactical movement of troops, like we have seen in Advance Wars: Dual Strike. While other recent ports seem to have gotten a graphical upgrade, no such luck with FM The First.
by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2007 @ 9:38 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:
- Prince of Persia Rival Swords [Wii] - Controls Trailer
We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...
by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2007 @ 10:30 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Based on the 1979 cult classic film, The Warriors for PSP, developed by Rockstar Leeds in conjunction with Rockstar Toronto, expands the stylized cinematic journey of the film into a gritty, interactive experience set in 1970s New York City.
by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2007 @ 10:05 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Featuring an exciting mix of intense mecha combat, hand to hand combat, and aerial board racing, Eureka Seven: Vol. 2 is the second installment of the flying aerial combat series and serves as a prequel to the popular animated show, currently airing.
by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2007 @ 1:00 a.m. PST | Filed under
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H-Craft Championship is a classic sci-fi racer, where you get to control a H-Craft, a futuristic vehicle hovering above the ground driven by a gigantic rotor. It features 28 racetracks, a unique driving physics simulation, a fresh design, and a challenging Championship mode.
by Rainier on Jan. 23, 2007 @ 5:39 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:
- Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures [X360/PC] - DirectX10 Trailer
- Mortal Kombat: Armageddon [Wii] - Controls Trailer
- Spectrobes [NDS] - Trailer
We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...
by Rainier on Jan. 23, 2007 @ 9:02 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Aion is the ultimate MMORPG with strengthened interaction between players. Aion’s world consists of 3 realms - the heavens, the devildom and the dragon realm. Players will experience dynamic communications with the world of Aion as they conduct strategic battles.
by Rainier on Jan. 23, 2007 @ 6:15 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Wow expansion pack The Burning Crusade expands the game by tremendous bounds, adding new races, quest, lands, Battlegrounds, professions and items, raising the level cap to 70, and more. Blizzard announced that the expansion pack sold a worldwide total of nearly 2.4 million copies in the first 24 hours of availability.
by Rainier on Jan. 23, 2007 @ 5:19 a.m. PST | Filed under
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In preparation for their potential deployment to Iraq, the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade and other units of the Army's Southern European Task Force based at the U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza in Caserma Ederle (Italy) are learning Iraqi Arabic with the Tactical Iraqi Language & Culture Training System game, developed by Alelo, Inc.
by Keith Durocher on Jan. 23, 2007 @ 1:46 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Sandio Technology has engineered its 3D input technology into the 3DGame O', a 3D 6DOF Gaming Mouse. The Sandio 3DGame O' is a traditional 2D gaming mouse with advanced 3D gaming functions. PC users can now move forward, backward, sideways, yaw, pitch, jump, and crouch without using the keyboard.