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Rainier's Articles


Smash Cars (PS2) - Screens

by Rainier on July 3, 2002 @ 6:48 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

No rules radio-controlled racing through living off-road worlds with giant objects and giant people. Smash Cars puts you behind the wheel of RC cars in a high-speed race where daily life is in full-swing - people, animals, cars and a variety of other real-world obstacles interact with and hinder your tiny car. Super-realistic control, suspension and physics bring a level of game-play rarely seen in RC games. Looks like a promising, fun game! Check the screens.

DroneZ (Xbox) - Screens

by Rainier on July 3, 2002 @ 6:47 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Lead Sidd or Eva on a mission to free mankind from the V-Space network that controls the near-future. V-Space is dominated by DroneZ, cyber-insects who forbid people to disconnect. With the help of a hacker living in the "real world" you must move to and from network memory locations (platforms), avoiding lasers to stay alive. Defeat the computer enemy protections with rapid fire weapons. Down the DroneZ! Check the psycho new screens!

Daily Dose Of Boring Q&As

by Rainier on July 3, 2002 @ 6:12 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

RPGVault has a Q&A with Mark Zechiel and Peter Tyson of Codemasters talk about their upcoming fantasy massively multiplayer RPG, Dragon Empires . Computer and Video Games has a new Q&A with Black Isle Studios producer Doug Avery talking about their upcoming RPG sequel Icewind Dale II. Total Video Games has a Q&A with the Running With Scissors development team talking about their upcoming Unreal engine powered first person shooter Postal 2 (part 1 of 2). Action Vault has a new Q&A with various Burut Software employees talking about their upcoming first person shooter Kreed. Ferrago has a Q&A Elixir Studios' Ben Gonshaw talking about their upcoming strategy title Republic: The Revolution. Gamer's Hell has a Q&A with the creators of Tony Tough, an adventure puzzle game with the flavor of LucasArts' classic Monkey Island series. RPGDot has a new Q&A with Marko Dieckmann of Duplex System talking about their upcoming sci-fi massively multiplayer game Face of Mankind.

'WarCraft III' Update Patch Available NOW

by Rainier on July 3, 2002 @ 2:37 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

Blizzard just informed us that they have already issued the first patch for WarCraft III. This patch upgrades your WarCraft III game to v1.01 and fixes four minor game issues and a few balance changes with the characters. The game is not evne out yet and here we go already. Read More for detailed fix list and links where to grab this puppy.

America's Army - Trailer

by Rainier on July 3, 2002 @ 12:52 a.m. PDT | Filed under News

There is a movie trailer for America's Army available for download from Gigex, showing off this first-person action and role-playing game by the U.S. Army. The movie requires a 9.5 MB download and offers some two minutes of cinematic and gameplay footage in a self-running proprietary format. (Thanks Blues)

'Drug Wars' DVD-Video Game for Xbox/PS2 - Screens

by Rainier on July 2, 2002 @ 9:20 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Digital Leisure today announced its release of a remastered version of the American Laser Games' smash arcade hit Crime Patrol 2: Drug Wars. Digital Leisure, the leading publisher of interactive DVD adventures, has re-mastered Drug Wars into a fully interactive adventure for DVD movie players that is also compatible with PS2 and XBox. The remastered version is highlighted by spectacular video quality and all the shooting action of the original laser disc adventure. Players use their DVD remote controls to aim and fire, as the notorious Lopez and his South American Drug Cartel strive to ship their white powder across the border and into major metropolises. Check the screens!

Myst III: Exile (PS2/Xbox) - Facts & Screens

by Rainier on July 2, 2002 @ 8:59 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

The best-selling Myst franchise takes its award-winning Myst III: Exile to Xbox/PS2 this fall. Developed by Presto Studios, Myst III: Exile takes place 10 years after Riven: the Sequel to Myst and broken out into five ages, Tomahna, J'nanin, Amateria, Edanna, and Voltaic. The game begins with the Tomahna Age, where players meet Catherine and Atrus, and first encounter Saavedro. Check the Tomahna Age screens!

AGB Games's Racing Engine (GBA) - Trailer

by Rainier on July 2, 2002 @ 8:32 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

ABG games just send us a bunch of little video's showing off their updated advanced 3D racing game engine for Gameboy Advance and PDA. The engine allows the player to navigate at high speed around a mix of arbitrary indoor and outdoor worlds. The videos show various locations around a 4-mile track that we have up and running on GBA at around 30 fps. Some locations include river jump, canyon jump, urban area, desert area, tunnels, railway and inside a large multi-storey building. We have merged those files into 1 mpeg for your convenience. Read more for some screens and link to grab the trailer.

Klonoa (PS2) - Screens

by Rainier on July 2, 2002 @ 7:40 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Klonoa and his ten pals can each call on their own unique special attacks utilising their inner potential to dazzle opponents. The knockabout fun is given extra spice with these extravagant shots taking on the form of lightning blasts, light contrails and other atmospheric fireworks. Spiking the ball takes on a whole new meaning when balls turn oblong due to the mighty velocity with which they are launched resulting in some grand slam gameplay.

'THQ' Closes Acquisition Of 'ValuSoft'

by Rainier on July 2, 2002 @ 7:29 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

THQ Inc. today announced that it has completed its previously announced purchase of substantially all the assets of ValuSoft, Inc., a leading publisher and distributor of consumer-priced interactive entertainment and productivity software.