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Playstation Store Gets Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Maps, Rock Band Tracks, Four Demos

by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 4:14 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

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.

'Call of Duty: World at War' (ALL) - 13 New Screens

by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 1:36 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

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.

Microsoft Brings E3 Home With Videos And Demos

by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 1:35 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

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.

'James Bond: Quantum of Solace' (ALL) - Facts, Features & Screens

by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 1:29 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

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.

Vivendi and Activision Merger Complete, Activision Blizzard is Born

by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 1:19 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

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.

'Mechanic Master' (NDS) Announced - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 1:08 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

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.

GamersGate Makes Microïds Portfolio Available for Download

by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 12:57 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

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.

'Princess Debut' (NDS) Announced - Screens

by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 12:55 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

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.

Strategy First Signs 'Perimeter 2: New Earth'

by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 12:49 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

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.

'Atlantica Online' Begins Closed Beta - New Screens

by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 12:42 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

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.

Riot Games Secures An Additional $7 Million in Funding

by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 12:29 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

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.

'Princess On Ice' (NDS) - 19 New Screens

by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 12:15 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

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!

2K Games Signs 'Champions Online' (PC) Also Coming to Xbox 360

by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 10:04 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

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.

'Salvation' (X360/PC) Developer Interview #3 - Screens

by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 9:59 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

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.

CD Projekt Brings Good Old Games to the Present

by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 9:25 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

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.

'Stormrise' (PS3/X360/PC) Announced - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 8:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

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.

'Brave: A Warrior's Tale' (PSP/Wii/X360) Announced

by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 8:15 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

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.

'Mirror's Edge' (PS3/X360/PC) - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 7:37 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

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.

'Ride to Hell' (PS3/X360/PC) Announced

by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 7:22 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

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.

'TNA iMPACT!' (PS2/Wii/PS3/X360) - 7 New Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on July 10, 2008 @ 7:13 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

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.