by Rainier on March 30, 2010 @ 11:44 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Encounter unprecedented depth across six distinct fields of medicine: play as a general surgeon, diagnostician, E.M.T., orthopedic surgeon, endoscope technician, and medical examiner. Follow the story as never before with all-new dynamic story sequences inspired by Japanese animation and comics; each dramatic chapter comes vividly to life with distinct style!
by Rainier on March 30, 2010 @ 7:12 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Red Dead Redemption is a Western epic, set at the turn of the 20th century when the lawless and chaotic badlands began to give way to the expanding reach of government and the spread of the Industrial Age. The story of former outlaw, John Marston, Red Dead Redemption takes players on a great adventure across the American frontier.
by Rainier on March 30, 2010 @ 6:36 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Hearts of Iron III will follow the series' tradition of most detailed and complete strategic game on WW2 while focusing on satisfying veteran players through a multitude of new features and systems, including a huge map with more than 10,000 provinces.
by Rainier on March 30, 2010 @ 6:08 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The game is an extension and expression of Green Day’s most-defining albums and key moments throughout their career to date. It will feature likenesses of Green Day members Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool, as well as select venues and art specific to the band's history.
by Rainier on March 30, 2010 @ 5:20 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Arc Rise Fantasia is a new turn-based RPG with a beautiful, anime-inspired Japanese art style. Players will jump into the shoes of L’Arc, a calm and composed mercenary, who sets out to defend the Meridian Empire from an impending invasion of ferocious creatures.
by Rainier on March 30, 2010 @ 5:13 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Naughty Bear is a cheeky action game featuring a unique blend of comic mischief and astonishingly bad behavior. You take on the role of Naughty Bear, a bear driven to seek vengeance after the other bears don’t invite him to the big birthday party, and is now hell bent on manipulating and terrorizing the blissful bears inhabiting the Island of Perfection.
by Rainier on March 30, 2010 @ 4:19 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Frazer Nash has obtained the exclusive worldwide rights to develop and publish interactive entertainment games based on the British-made Parkland Pictures film The Heavy, directed and created by Marcus Warren, a political crime thriller about family rivalry and betrayal.
by Rainier on March 30, 2010 @ 3:53 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Iris Online is a 3D MMORPG set in a fantasy world where three races, human, spirit, and half-beast co-exist. While cute and charming on the exterior, Iris is a fully-featured MMORPG, including instanced dungeons with special PvP areas for players to explore and conquer, 22 dungeon themes and a monster summoning system!
by Rainier on March 29, 2010 @ 6:11 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Based on the first four Harry Potter books and movies that tell the story of Harry’s first four years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 offers an engaging mix of magical gameplay and light-hearted humour.
by Rainier on March 29, 2010 @ 2:45 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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After Burner Climax is an arcade-style flight combat title that features fast and frantic feats, putting you in the cockpit of the world's top fighter jets. Players dodge planes, rockets and bullets while trying to target multiple on-screen enemy aircraft to relive the experience of the classic After Burner arcade game.
by Rainier on March 29, 2010 @ 9:28 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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MorphX is a 3D action/adventure game, where the player will face the challenge of surviving in a wasted Moscow that shows the scars of the alien attack, defending himself against other humans looking for scraps of food, and from the dangerous aliens.
by Rainier on March 29, 2010 @ 9:22 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Returning to Grant City, a boom town gone bust that is falling to the worst excesses of crime, greed and corruption; Dead to Rights: Retribution follows vice cop Jack Slate as he fights to expose shadowy figures that will stop at nothing to exert their deadly influence over the crumbling metropolis.
by Rainier on March 29, 2010 @ 6:29 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Leaf Valley is in trouble! The heartless Funland corporation is going to bulldoze the town and replace it with an amusement park unless its citizens can find a way to stop them! Players will need to grow crops, raise animals, and mine ores and gems to help save Leaf Valley and their family farm.
by Rainier on March 29, 2010 @ 5:30 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The next system software update for the PS3 will be released on April 1, 2010, and, citing security concerns, will disable the “Install Other OS” feature that was available on the PS3 systems prior to the current slimmer models, launched in September 2009.
by Rainier on March 29, 2010 @ 4:51 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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L4D2 promises to set a new benchmark for cooperative action games, adding melee combat to enable deeper cooperative gameplay, with items such as a chainsaw, frying pan, axe, baseball bat, and more. A
YouTube video reveals that The Passing DLC (priced at 560 Microsoft Points or $7.00) won't be released before its previously targeted late March, 2010 date but is now set for a rather vague "spring."
by Rainier on March 26, 2010 @ 4:36 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Lost Planet 2's story has advanced beyond Wayne Holden as players will now follow the exploits of their own customized snow pirates on their quest to seize control of E.D.N III. Players will move their heroes through different stories creating a truly unique and interactive experience.
by Rainier on March 26, 2010 @ 3:47 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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In R.U.S.E. players use their brain as the ultimate weapon, fighting a war of perception, where the ability to deceive and mislead the enemy determines success. A first in a strategy game, R.U.S.E. reinvigorates the genre by using deception to give new-found depth to the gameplay.
by Rainier on March 26, 2010 @ 3:22 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Breach is a first-person multiplayer shooter that literally blows the floor out from under conventional military shooters, introducing new kinds of destruction that haven't been seen in any other game
by Rainier on March 26, 2010 @ 12:00 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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We have a confession to make ....
Last night, we watched Dancing With the Stars. Admittedly a shocking revelation, but when it has a real-life American hero such as
Buzz Aldrin, Beverly Hills 90210 star
Shannen Doherty, Olympic gold medal skater
Evan Lysacek, and last but not least, Baywatch sex symbol
Pamela Anderson, how can you NOT watch that?
Last day of the week, so let's get it over with ....
by Rainier on March 25, 2010 @ 6:21 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Splatterhouse combines visceral, adrenaline-soaked combat with horror elements to deliver an original gaming experience that defies the boundaries of the traditional action category with over-the-top gore and shocking new gameplay mechanics.
by Rainier on March 25, 2010 @ 9:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Mafia II immerses players in the mob underworld of a fictitious late 1940s-early 1950s scenario by fusing high-octane gunplay with white-knuckle driving and an engaging narrative. Players will easily become engaged in the game's cinematic Hollywood movie experience with strong, believable characters in a living, breathing city.
by Rainier on March 25, 2010 @ 3:43 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Frazer Nash has obtained the exclusive worldwide rights to develop and publish interactive entertainment games based on the British-made Parkland Pictures film The Heavy, directed and created by Marcus Warren, a political crime thriller about family rivalry and betrayal.
by Rainier on March 25, 2010 @ 3:20 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Howling Sword is a 3D free-to-play fantasy MMO that features a uniquely character-centric quest following one of the four main characters: Alfonso, Chris, Merlin and Ruinell. The game heavily focuses on battle action that specialized with Combo Skill and Transformation System.
by Rainier on March 25, 2010 @ 12:00 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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So we got our NDSi XL in the office yesterday and quickly tested it out, and once you have it in your hands, it's quite a bit bigger & clunkier than the old model. Even the stylus is bigger...
Our work ran a little later than expected in the evening so we did not get as much couch time as we had hoped, but managed to squeeze in an episode of the Amazing Race and Human Target.
Yesterday an interesting document dropped in my lap, a future update to
CrimeCraft will add gang operated "night clubs" to the game, and while that may not seem all the special, it;s what the developers plan to let gangs do in those "vip" clubs what made me read it twice. Without giving away details, let's just say it involves half naked women, poles, and "special services" provided. Interesting ...
by Rainier on March 24, 2010 @ 7:43 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Magic World Online II, sequel to the 2006 original, is a 3D Massively Multi-player Online (MMO) RPG game using Emergent’s Gamebryo engine.