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'The Club' (PS3/X360/PC) Location Details #4/5

by Rainier on Feb. 2, 2008 @ 6:19 a.m. PST | Filed under News

The Club is a 3rd person action shooter focused on addictive and rewarding gameplay, testing your skills to the limit and offers relentless, frantic, and fast paced gameplay with a unique style, tone and storyline that drips with energy, attitude and anarchy.

'Ancient Wars: Sparta - The Fate of Hellas' - 10 New Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 2, 2008 @ 5:58 a.m. PST | Filed under News

The Fate of Hellas is an expansion for World Forge's 3D RTS Ancient Wars: Sparta, and will feature an updated engine with improved visuals, two new campaigns with 7 missions each, and a new playable faction, the Macedonians.

'Hellgate: London' Rolls Out v1.1 Multiplayer Patch

by Rainier on Feb. 2, 2008 @ 5:43 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Hellgate: London is an immersive first-person perspective RPG with a completely randomized world that offers a unique experience every time you play, introducing a demon-ridden place where the last survivors of the human race must meld science and magic to survive. As promised, Flagship rolled out the v1.1 patch cleaning up a handful of issues after the recent Stonehenge update.

'Precursors' (X360/PC) - 6 New Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 2, 2008 @ 5:38 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Precursors, developed by Boiling Point's Deep Shadow, is a sci-fi action game that leads you into unexplored regions of space, where he can fly with huge battle ships from planet to planet.

'Title Bout Championship Boxing 2.5' Demo Available NOW

by Rainier on Feb. 2, 2008 @ 5:02 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Title Bout 2 is a complete boxing simulation that places thousands of fighters from John L. Sullivan to Wladimir Klitschko under your control, letting you control all aspects of the sport, from knockdowns to knockouts, from cuts to disqualifications, from trial horses to champions. Now updated with a new gfx engine, redesigned database, and even more fighters.

'SingStar '90s' (PS2) Final Tracklist - Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 2, 2008 @ 2:23 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Featuring the who’s who of 90s music icons such as MC Hammer, Sir Mix-A-Lot, REM and the Spice Girls, SingStar ‘90s will have you and your mates longing to wear Bum Bags all over again. Released in Europe in 2007, the North American edition is expected March 2008.

'Assassin’s Creed: Altair's Chronicles' (NDS) - 5 New Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 1, 2008 @ 7:32 p.m. PST | Filed under News

In Assassin's Creed Altaïr’s Chronicles you will discover more about the protagonist Altaïr and his deep history. The game features a full 3D world allowing you to travel and battle through four cities of the Crusade’s Middle East, using acrobatic moves and combo attacks that mix sword skills and high-flying kicks.

Video Games Can Resuscitate Actors' Careers

by Rainier on Feb. 1, 2008 @ 7:26 p.m. PST | Filed under News

Once known for starring alongside Kurt Russell in 1982's horror film The Thing, actor Keith David is probably more known for voicing the Arbiter in Microsoft's Halo than his acting career. According to Reuters, video games have helped resuscitate the careers of actors doing voice-overs as their status in Hollywood fades. Although they usually charge $760 for a four-hour recording session, one Hollywood celebrity asked for $750,000 and was turned down, but so far, the highest, unspecified payout has been $500K.

'Viking: Battle For Asgard' (PS3/X360) Goddess Hel Bio - Screens

by Rainier on Feb. 1, 2008 @ 7:15 p.m. PST | Filed under News

SEGA's Viking: Battle For Asgard, developed by The Creative Assembly, is a hack'n slasher where you, as Skarin, a new iconic gaming hero, get to experience the violent yet spectacular world of the Vikings and their gods.

'Burnout Paradise' Multiplayer Doesn't Work With Xbox 360 Core/Arcade

by Rainier on Feb. 1, 2008 @ 7:15 p.m. PST | Filed under News

After a customer complaint, EA confirmed that Burnout Paradise requires a harddrive because it needs "to store temporary data when playing online as the data transferred from one console to another requires storage space greater than what the memory card can contain." The person in question had just purchased an X360 Arcade, and wanted to play online with his son, but alas...