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Rainier's Articles


'Ultimate Spider-Man' (ALL) - 14 New Screens

by Rainier on Aug. 31, 2005 @ 3:42 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Dive into an immersive adventure as you experience a living comic-book illustrated with 3D Comic Inking Technology. The game's expanded, free-roaming environments deliver a deep adventure with a variety of challenging missions, diverse game play and an improved combat system that allows players to face off against the largest number of characters from the Spider-Man universe ever assembled in one video game.

'Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green' (Xbox/PC) - Screens

by Rainier on Aug. 31, 2005 @ 2:49 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Developed by Brainbox Games and using the Unreal Engine, Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green is a FPS featuring zombies, frightening effects, and key environments seen in George A. Romero's Land of the Dead horror film.

'Extreme Ghouls 'n Ghosts' (PSP) Revealed

by Rainier on Aug. 31, 2005 @ 2:36 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

The latest Famitsu issue has word that Capcom is working on an all new Ghouls'N Ghosts title for the PSP. After its disappointing run on the PS2, the developers are turning their back on the 3d version and going for a retro 2D look, where the franchise has all its success. Extreme Ghouls 'n Ghosts will not be a port, but an all new, original, product. No release date has been announced.

'Romancing SaGa' (PS2) Gets Release Date

by Rainier on Aug. 31, 2005 @ 1:52 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Square Enix announced today that its PS2 exclusive Romancing SaGa will ship to retailers on October 11, 2005. Romancing SaGa, the latest in the legendary SaGa series, introduces a host of all-new game play elements and the most expansive story yet.

'Pirates of the Burning Sea' - 8 New Screens

by Rainier on Aug. 31, 2005 @ 1:33 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Pirates of the Burning Sea is a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game set in the Caribbean islands of the 18th Century. You play a bold sea captain, master of your own ship and crew, as you seek glory and adventure across the trackless deep.

'Dance Factory' (PS2) Announced

by Rainier on Aug. 31, 2005 @ 1:30 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Codemasters today announces the development of Dance Factory, a major mass-market PS2 exclusive that heralds a next generation in the dance mat game genre. Get ready to groove it to any tune you want because the global dance video game phenomena is about to undergo a revolution.

'Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure' (PS2/Xbox/PC) - 28 New Screens

by Rainier on Aug. 31, 2005 @ 1:28 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure combines combat, action, adventure and stealth, using a thrilling graffiti-driven framework to tell its story of self-expression and the fight for creative freedom. A thug, an outcast, a rebel...the lead character, Trane, is all of these in Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure.

'SWAT 4' Expansion Pack Revealed

by Rainier on Aug. 31, 2005 @ 12:30 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

A community post in the VUG forums reveals that Irrational (although its Australia division, not Boston as the original) is working on an expansion pack for SWAT 4. The yet untitled addon will feature seven new maps, missions (one in a warehouse with lots of sniper hideouts while you rescue people from an office bombing), new pistols and machine gune, but also long-range grenade launcher, sniper rifles (previously only for the squads' designated sharpshooter), night vision goggles, glow in the dark sticks, and 10-player coop. The expansion is scheduled for February 2006 (thanks 10-David). Official announcement expected soon ...

'Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Never Ending Tomorrow' (PS2) - 10 New Screens

by Rainier on Aug. 31, 2005 @ 12:03 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

In Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Never Ending Tomorrow, players delve into a future world in which humanity is divided into two warring factions, the genetically altered Coordinators, and unmodified Naturals.

EA Teaches Students How To Get Into the Video Game Music Industry

by Rainier on Aug. 31, 2005 @ 11:58 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Electronic Arts and the GRAMMY Foundation today announced GRAMMY Pro Session: Video Game Music And Sound Design. The GRAMMY Foundation's Pro Session series gives students an insider's view into careers in the music industry.