by Rainier on Jan. 31, 2009 @ 3:53 a.m. PST | Filed under
News
The Last Remnant is Square Enix's latest single-player RPG game, powered by the Unreal Engine 3, with two main characters, each one appealing to a specific territory. Want to know whether your PC will be able to run The Last Remnant, or will you need an upgrade? Try the benchmark tool and find out.
by Rainier on Nov. 24, 2008 @ 3:29 p.m. PST | Filed under
News
Tomorrow Microsoft will debut a series of eight comedic short films from some of the world’s most renowned horror directors including James Wan (Saw), David Slade (30 Days of Night) and James Gunn (Slither), as well as Season 2 of the The Guild, a web sitcom about a group of online gamers and how they interact online and offline.
by Rainier on Aug. 22, 2008 @ 11:25 a.m. PDT | Filed under
News
Emergent’s Gamebryo Casual was designed to meet the needs of casual game developers’ limited budgets, timelines and high expectations by providing developers with the same powerful production software and design tools used by big budget AAA titles.
by Rainier on July 29, 2008 @ 12:07 a.m. PDT | Filed under
News
Asia-Pacific's online content services market continues to see robust growth, thanks to online gaming. Even as it battles piracy concerns, revenues for paid online content rose 25.6% in 2007 and are expected to grow by 21% this year, reaching a market size of US$4.67 billion by end-2008.
by Rainier on Dec. 14, 2007 @ 11:31 a.m. PST | Filed under
News
Consumer analysts at Turner Investment Partners
concluded that casual games are catching the eyes (and fingers) of women, baby boomers and even seniors, giving video games the potential to be "one of the few retailing success stories in what may be a lackluster holiday shopping season." The company fails to mention the real casual games from companies like PopCap and Bigfish Games, and instead touts several high-profile companies of which it just happens to own shares.
by Rainier on Oct. 8, 2007 @ 2:58 a.m. PDT | Filed under
News
Conan is an action adventure game featuring a story of epic brutality, sheer evil and visceral combat. THQ has released a 483mb demo (aprox 15 mins gameplay) for Conan, while EA made available a 442mb demo for The Simpsons Game.
by Rainier on Oct. 1, 2007 @ 3:07 a.m. PDT | Filed under
News
LucasArts' theme park sim Thrillville will open its gates for a whole new season in Off the Rails, featuring some of the most outlandish roller-coaster concepts ever imagined, as well as new ways to talk to park guests and a wider array of carnival games.
by Rainier on Sept. 21, 2007 @ 3:57 p.m. PDT | Filed under
News
PT Boats is the first simulator of the Mosquito-fleet, created with the use of technologies of a level never seen before in naval combat simulator games. Patrol Torpedo Boats were used in WW2 mainly to attack large cruiser due to their maneuverability and speed. Earlier this year we reported PT Boats was getting a DirectX10 makeover, and Akella is now showing off the result in a non-interactive/rolling demo.
by Rainier on Nov. 16, 2006 @ 7:17 a.m. PST | Filed under
News
The Mark is an FPS about the real 21st century threat, terrorism. US Marine corps officer Steve Fletcher and top-rated mercenary Austin Hawke join up in a thrilling battle against international terrorism. JoWood has released 2 demos, each a different mission (Iraqi Village, Siberia) with different characters.
by Rainier on Nov. 14, 2006 @ 9:34 p.m. PST | Filed under
News
The Mark is an FPS about the real threat from today, terrorism. The war of the 21st century is now being fought; and it’s here. US Marine corps officer Steve Fletcher and top-rated mercenary Austin Hawke join up in a thrilling battle against international terrorism. JoWood plans to release a demo on Thursday which we ofcourse will have available on our
fileserver networkby Rainier on Oct. 24, 2006 @ 10:19 a.m. PDT | Filed under
News
The Mark, a first person shooter, is about the real threat from today – terrorism. The war of the 21st century is now being fought; and it’s here. US Marine corps officer Steve Fletcher and top-rated mercenary Austin Hawke join up in a thrilling battle against international terrorism.
by Rainier on Oct. 19, 2006 @ 2:33 a.m. PDT | Filed under
Interviews
The Mark is about the real threat from today – terrorism. The war of the 21st century is now being fought; and it’s here. US Marine corps officer Steve Fletcher and top-rated mercenary Austin Hawke join up in a thrilling battle against international terrorism. Developers Andrzej Wilewski and Jacek Matuszewski gives us more details ...
by Lee Berlik on Oct. 8, 2006 @ 1:08 a.m. PDT | Filed under
Previews
The Mark, a first-person shooter, is about the real threat from today – terrorism. The war of the 21st century is now being fought; and it’s here. US Marine corps officer Steve Fletcher and top-rated mercenary Austin Hawke join up in a thrilling battle against international terrorism.
by Rainier on Sept. 28, 2006 @ 6:51 a.m. PDT | Filed under
News
The Mark, a first person shooter, is about the real threat from today – terrorism. The war of the 21st century is now being fought; and it’s here. US Marine corps officer Steve Fletcher and top-rated mercenary Austin Hawke join up in a thrilling battle against international terrorism.
by Rainier on Sept. 8, 2006 @ 8:58 a.m. PDT | Filed under
News
The Mark, a first person shooter, is about the real threat from today – terrorism. The war of the 21st century is now being fought; and it’s here. US Marine corps officer Steve Fletcher and top-rated mercenary Austin Hawke join up in a thrilling battle against international terrorism.
by Rainier on Sept. 7, 2006 @ 5:58 a.m. PDT | Filed under
News
The Mark, a first person shooter, is about the real threat from today – terrorism. The war of the 21st century is now being fought; and it’s here. US Marine corps officer Steve Fletcher and top-rated mercenary Austin Hawke join up in a thrilling battle against international terrorism.
by Rainier on Aug. 28, 2006 @ 4:22 p.m. PDT | Filed under
News
Starting today, you can download Battlestar Galactica: The Story So Far available FREE to all connected X360 gamers in the U.S. Courtesy of the SCI FI Channel, Battlestar Galactica: The Story So Far is a one-hour recap special incorporating footage from the original SCI FI miniseries and the show's previous two seasons. To check it out head to Xbox Live Marketplace today.
by Rainier on Aug. 23, 2006 @ 12:22 a.m. PDT | Filed under
News
The Mark, a first person shooter, is about the real threat from today – terrorism. The war of the 21st century is now being fought; and it’s here. US Marine corps officer Steve Fletcher and top-rated mercenary Austin Hawke join up in a thrilling battle against international terrorism.
by Rainier on Aug. 21, 2006 @ 9:01 a.m. PDT | Filed under
News
The Mark, a first person shooter, is about the real threat from today – terrorism. The war of the 21st century is now being fought; and it’s here. US Marine corps officer Steve Fletcher and top-rated mercenary Austin Hawke join up in a thrilling battle against international terrorism.
by Thomas on Nov. 25, 2003 @ 2:30 a.m. PST | Filed under
News
Konami Corporation announced today that it is moving forward with its plans to deliver mobile phone games to the U.S. market. Konami started providing Frogger, an action game that enjoys enormous popularity in the U.S., to a major U.S. wireless carrier, AT&T Wireless, (headquarters: U.S.A. CEO: John D. Zeglis) for its newly enhanced mobile phone content service, "mMode" in time with its relaunch on November 20, 2003 (U.S. time). mMode is AT&T Wireless' consumer internet service which has more than one million subscribers throughout the U.S. mMode offers its users e-mail, games and other entertainment services on mobile phones.
by Rainier on July 8, 2003 @ 6:46 p.m. PDT | Filed under
News
KOEI Corporation announced today that sales for the company’s Dynasty Warriors franchise has reached 5 million units worldwide. The original Dynasty Warriors game was released for PlayStation in 1997, and the series continues on the PS2 and the Xbox.
by Thomas on April 15, 2003 @ 6:34 a.m. PDT | Filed under
News
Nintendo's greatly anticipated release of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, exclusive to NINTENDO GAMECUBE, launches across Europe with the support of a €5 million marketing campaign. This latest title in the hugely successful Zelda series launches on 3 May 2003 with support from TV, print and online advertising, plus limited editions for retail.
by Thomas on July 22, 2002 @ 12:41 p.m. PDT | Filed under
News
The Mark of Kri offers a combat system like no other, in which the player can attack enemies in all directions while performing fluid animated combinations. Whether in stealth or combat mode, players use the right analog stick to "lock-on" to up to nine challengers at a time and can perform numerous dynamically detailed combinations to defeat increasingly persistent enemies. Using four powerful weapons, including a broadsword, bow and arrow, battle axe and the authentic and sacred Taiaha (spear) from New Zealand, Rau must defeat each enemy before advancing to the next area.
by Thomas on May 1, 2002 @ 10:13 a.m. PDT | Filed under
News
Sony America Inc. announced today the July 30, 2002 release of 'The Mark of Kri', exclusively for the PS2. Featuring gorgeous animation sequences with an immersive storyline and a unique combat system, The Mark of Kri is the first fully internally designed and developed title by Sony America’s San Diego development studio.