by Rainier on March 14, 2002 @ 5:55 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Commercial messages are set to appear on gravestones across the UK as the first advertising campaign to take place on memorial plaques is today announced by video games company Acclaim Entertainment. Tombstone advertising will form a key element of the marketing campaign for its ShadowMan: 2econd Coming game being released this week on PlayStation 2.
by Rainier on March 13, 2002 @ 8:38 p.m. PST | Filed under
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TimeGate Studios, Inc. announced today that it has been nominated as “Rookie Studio of the Year” by the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) for their March 21, 2002, Game Developers Choice Awards ceremony in San Jose, California.
by Rainier on March 13, 2002 @ 6:03 p.m. PST | Filed under
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VideoLogic Systems – a division of Imagination Technologies – is showing its new ZXR-500 5.1 channel surround sound speaker system, their PowerVR MBX core for embedded graphics applications, VideoLogic Vivid!XS Elite performance graphics add-in card (based on KYRO II SE™ PowerVR graphics processor) and the KYRO II SE™ PowerVR graphics processor itself at the 2002 CeBIT in Germany (one of the oldest and best shows in Europe).
by Thomas on March 13, 2002 @ 3:30 p.m. PST | Filed under
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THQ Inc. today announced Power Rangers Wild Force for Game Boy Advance. The Power Rangers TV show celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2002 with the release of its new series, “Power Rangers Wild Force.” The show airs Fridays at 8:00 AM ET/PT on ABC Family. THQ’s Game Boy Advance title based on “Power Rangers Wild Force” from BVS, formerly Saban, will mark the third installment of Power Rangers for the Nintendo handheld systems since 2000. In development by Natsume, Power Rangers Wild Force is scheduled to launch in summer 2002.
by Rainier on March 13, 2002 @ 1:48 a.m. PST | Filed under
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MadOnion.com™ today announced the immediate availability of its free and newly released PCMark™2002 Benchmarking tool, available for download from
this link. PCMark2002 provides consumers and business users with a unified benchmarking tool that reliably measures and compares performance of laptops, desktop PCs and workstations, across multiple Win OS's. An integrated online result browser allows instant results comparison against the world's largest performance database. With PCMark2002's ease-of-use, professional calibre benchmarking software is now available to even novice PC users. Major corporations - including AMD, Intel, Microsoft and Nvidia - participated in the development and testing of the product and are impressed by its ease-of-use and its reliable and impartial benchmarking methodology.
by Thomas on March 12, 2002 @ 6:43 p.m. PST | Filed under
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THQ Inc. today announced interactive publishing rights to Hey Arnold! The Movie, Nickelodeon's first animated feature film based on their hit show. Hey Arnold! The Movie for Game Boy Advance is scheduled for release concurrent with the movie in June 2002.
by Rainier on March 11, 2002 @ 10:19 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Playnet.com today announced details of a limited offer to international gamers who want to experience the virtual battlefield of World War II Online- Blitzkrieg, the award winning massively multiplayer online game. The program, which kicks of Monday March 10th, provides players from outside North America the ability to purchase an activation key online. The purchase of the key for $9.99USD is followed by a full, no-cost download of the Windows-based game and a 7-day FREE trial. Once the free trial expires, a monthly subscription for $9.99USD is needed to continue play.
by Rainier on March 11, 2002 @ 7:21 p.m. PST | Filed under
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According to Irrational Games's Jonathan Chey (project manager) the eagerly awaited Freedom Force has gone gold! He had the following to say on their message board :
"Good news everyone, Freedom Force has "gone gold", i.e. been approved for manufacturing! This means that it will be in stores soon. I don't have the final on-shelf date but I believe it will still be around the last in week of March. It's been a long road but the results are worth it. The game is cool and I think you will all have a lot of fun with it. We are working on a demo which should be available before the game hits the shelves, i.e. real soon now. Stay tuned for further info."
by Rainier on March 11, 2002 @ 5:57 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Only weeks after unveiling its European marketing and operations headquarters, VisionTek, a leading provider of advanced graphics and memory solutions for PCs, today announced that it is the first company in Europe to deliver GeForce4 Ti4600, NVIDIA Corporation’s flagship GeForce4 product, into the European retail channel. Working with retailers in the UK and Germany, VisionTek began shipping its Xtasy GeForce4 Ti 4600 AGP graphics accelerator board on March 1st.
by Rainier on March 8, 2002 @ 8:08 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Just added a few more Cheat codes to our PC GAMES cheat section on the
chat forum... head over there if you want cheat codes for "Starwars : Starfighter", "Return To Castle Wolfenstein" and "Medal of Honor : Allied Assault"... Cheat away ;)
by Rainier on March 8, 2002 @ 5:18 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Entertainment software publisher NovaLogic, Ltd. today announced a co-development partnership with Zombie Studios on the next Delta Force release for the PC. Delta Force: Task Force Dagger is scheduled for a June 2002 launch and is the fourth game in the successful Delta Force franchise that has sold over 3 million units worldwide to date.
by Rainier on March 8, 2002 @ 5:09 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Microsoft Corp. today announced that six world-class design studios plan to create exclusive games for the Xbox video game system, all of which will be published under the Microsoft label. The game companies, which join 18 other studios that are creating first-party games for Microsoft, are Blitz Games Ltd., Curly Monsters Ltd., Double Fine Productions Inc., Radical Entertainment Inc., Vision Scape Interactive Inc. and Yeti Interactive. These alliances further demonstrate the game community's confidence in Xbox and in Microsoft's commitment to becoming a leading video game publisher.
by Rainier on March 7, 2002 @ 5:54 p.m. PST | Filed under
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THQ Inc. today announced Scooby-Doo based on the upcoming motion picture for Game Boy Advance. The game, scheduled for release in conjunction with this summer’s highly anticipated, live-action movie, is based on the mystery-solving adventures of Scooby, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne and Velma. Scooby-Doo for Game Boy Advance will be available day-and-date with the movie.
by Thomas on March 7, 2002 @ 8:36 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Codemasters has executed a massive coup by signing computer and video game rights deals with 15 of the most successful football clubs across Europe. The licenses will be used to make a major impact in the valuable football action games market with what is set to be the biggest development and publishing project in Codemasters’ 16-year history.
by Thomas on March 6, 2002 @ 4:54 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Games outsourcing specialist Babel (
www.babelmedia.com) has broken new ground after being appointed by Nintendo Europe as the main content provider for the Game Boy Advance website. It is the first time that Babel has provided editorial services for a major publisher and continues the expansion of its outsourcing package for the games industry.
by Thomas on March 6, 2002 @ 3:09 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Nintendo luminaries Shigeru Miyamoto and Satoru Iwata participated in a roundtable discussion at the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit. The subject of the discussion was "Games for the Rest of the World." Mr. Miyamoto and Mr. Iwata were joined by other key industry figures, including Bruno Bonell from Infogrames, Brian Farrell from THQ and Larry Probst from Electronic Arts.
by Thomas on March 6, 2002 @ 12:46 p.m. PST | Filed under
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EA SPORTS, now in the 11th year of an exclusive partnership with the PGA TOUR is pleased to announce the involvement of Colin Montgomerie, the first world class UK golfer to feature in Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 2002 golf simulation for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system and PC.
by Rainier on March 6, 2002 @ 1:31 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Rage's "Mobile Forces" is closing in on its scheduled April release date. The experienced team – previously been key members of Grand Theft Auto 1,2 and 3, Wild Metal Country, Silicon Valley, Strikeforce, F1 Championship 2000 and Lemmings - is going full speed ahead and here are some of the latest screens!
by Thomas on March 5, 2002 @ 2:26 p.m. PST | Filed under
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THQ Inc. today announced it will publish Disney/Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. (working title) for Nintendo GameCube. Scheduled for fall 2002 release, the game will be based on the Academy Award-nominated animated film, Disney/Pixar’s Monsters, Inc.
by Thomas on March 4, 2002 @ 6:04 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Rage, the computer games publisher and developer, today announces that it has launched a new dedicated
web site for its forthcoming PC title, Mobile Forces.
by Thomas on March 2, 2002 @ 8:25 a.m. PST | Filed under
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The official website for Mobile Forces is now online. Mobile Forces is an offline/online multiplayer-only action shooter that offers an explosive combination of traditional FPS combat with realistically modelled player vehicles. You can decide to play offline against highly skilled AI bots, or go online and take on the Mobile Forces community.
Take me there!
by Thomas on March 1, 2002 @ 9:34 a.m. PST | Filed under
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BAM! Entertainment today announced that it will publish Way of the Samurai for the Sony PlayStation 2. Way of the Samurai, a 3D action-adventure game, is a weapons-based combat game with an interesting story element that follows a sizeable cast of characters. Way of the Samurai is being developed by Japan-based Acquire, the developer of the first two titles in the acclaimed Tenchu series, and will ship later this spring.
by Thomas on Feb. 28, 2002 @ 9:02 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Ubi Soft Entertainment, one of the world's largest video game publishers, today announced that Dark Planet: Battle for Natrolis, its futuristic Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game has gone gold and is expected to ship to U.S. retail stores on March 19, with an MSRP of $39.99.
by Thomas on Feb. 27, 2002 @ 3:45 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Activision Value Publishing, a division of Activision Publishing, Inc. has launched an assault on gamers everywhere with Shadow Force: Razor Unit, a newly released first person action game for the PC.
by Thomas on Feb. 27, 2002 @ 9:34 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Gamers will be immersed into a world of terror that comes vividly to life in JowooD Productions latest PC title AquaNox, which utilizes NVIDIA's innovative new technology GeForce3. Aquanox, which is due for release in March 2002 is set in the ocean after Earth's surface has been shattered by nuclear warfare. This underwater, action shooter is one of the first to demonstrate GeForce3's enhanced graphics with photo-realistic environments, creating a visually stunning world submerged under the sea.