by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 4:14 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Sony has
rolled out new PlayStation Store content starting with the Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Gift Pack (free, includes three new maps), double dose of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rush (including the special guitar solo edition of Working Man) tracks for Rock Band, and no less than four demos (Siren: Blood Curse, Monster Madness: Grave Danger, WALL-E, and Spiderwick). Of course there are the usual game/movie trailers, PS3 themes and wallpapers.
by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 1:36 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Call of Duty: World at War, using the Call of Duty 4 engine, completely changes the rules of engagement by redefining WWII gaming and thrusting players into the final tension-filled, unforgiving battles against a new ferocious enemy in the most dangerous and suspenseful action ever seen.
by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 1:35 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Microsoft is bringing E3 home to its Xbox LIVE members across the globe by providing breaking Xbox 360 news directly from the event to their TVs, including the surprising announcements at the Microsoft E3 keynote, as well as various demos such as for Silicon Knights' Too Human.
by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 1:29 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Introducing a more lethal and cunningly efficient Bond, Quantum of Solace blends intense first-person action with a unique 3rd person cover combat system that allows players to truly feel what it is like to be the ultimate secret agent as they use their stealth, precision shooting and lethal combat skills to progress.
by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 1:19 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Vivendi and Activision announced the completion of the transaction announced on Dec. 2, 2007 to create Activision Blizzard, as the world's most profitable pure-play online and console game publisher.
by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 1:08 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Mechanic Master is a fun problem-solving game for creative minds where you use the stylus as a weapon to rid the Earth of alien invaders that have scattered across the planet. Become the ultimate Master of Mechanics by creating crazy contraptions to free humans, keep the mechanics in motion and defeat those pesky foes.
by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 12:57 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Digital download portal GamersGate announced that renowned games publisher and producer Microïds has made its current catalog including upcoming games, available for digital download on the platform.
by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 12:55 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Natsume announced a new original IP, Princess Debut, a rhythm and adventure game for girls, offering the chance to step through a portal into a magical world where they become a princess.
by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 12:49 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Perimeter 2: New Earth is a real-time strategy game built on the concept of territory seizure using detailed terraforming and on the subsequent encircling of these zones with a special protective perimeter.
by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 12:42 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Atlantica Online is bringing back turn-based and strategic gameplay to give a fresh face to the MMO world. A thinking person's game, Atlantica Online gives players the chance to really strategize using the combat, mercenary and city/country management system.
by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 12:29 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Last year Riot Games, comprised of former EA, Sony, Microsoft, Sega, Atari, Konami, Activision, and Midway employees, bagged $1.5 million independent equity funding, and today it announced that Benchmark Capital and FirstMark Capital has invested $7M to finance development of its, still unannounced, new action RPG/RTS hybrid title.
by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 12:15 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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In Aksys Games' rhythm-based ice skating simulation game Princess On Ice players will be able to pick and choose which girl to skate and dance their way through the world’s premier ice skating stadiums, perfecting all the moves and striving to be crowned as the next Princess On Ice!
by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 10:04 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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2K Games announced that it has signed Cryptic Studios’ MMO action game, Champions Online, based on the pen-and-paper Champions RPG, giving players the power of total customization of their hero experience while they explore a vast universe of richly detailed 3D environments.
by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 9:59 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Salvation is a third-person shooter game set in the near-future where the world government has staged Judgment Day, replicated Christ and Antichrist in order to kill them off and assume ultimate power. Any dissidents are killed or sent to a cybernetic virtual Hell, causing a human to suffer unbearably.
by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 9:25 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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CD Projekt revealed its newest project, GOG.com, acronym for Good Old Games, is a new games-on-demand platform that allows you to buy some of the best PC games of all time – many of which just can't be found in stores anymore – and play them on modern hardware, completely free of intrusive DRM.
by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 8:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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SEGA announced Stormrise, an innovative real time strategy console title offering fans of the classic RTS genre an immersive and dramatic twist whilst challenging the conscience of the gamer. Experience the heat of the battlefield by leading your troops from the front line, instead of the traditional way of controlling the units from a detached view point.
by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 8:15 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Brave: A Warrior's Tale brings players expansive exploration and in-game interactivity on their quest to protect their tribe from the sources of evil, continuously offering a significant challenge to players as they advance through a world of untamed wilderness.
by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 7:37 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Mirror's Edge is a new take on the first-person action adventure category, where you are Faith, a 'runner' in a world where communication channels are highly monitored and the movement of human traffic is closely watched. When Faith's sister gets framed for a murder she did not commit, Faith finds herself on the edge of the city, on the wrong side of the law.
by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 7:22 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Deep Silver's Ride to Hell, produced by their internal development studio, is set in the last years of the roaring 1960's, a time of Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N Roll. The biker movement, rock music and the hippie counterculture all add to the fascinating atmosphere to be experienced in Ride to Hell.
by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 7:13 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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TNA stands for Total Nonstop Action, so you can expect TNA iMPACT! to be more extreme and action-packed than competing WWE titles. TNA has a few little tweaks compared to regular wrestling, such as a six-sided arena, with game modes involving a cage and race for the belt.