Archive for January, 2008

Codename: Panzers – Cold War Screens and Video Show Weather Effects

Tweet Despite the silly name, Panzers looks mighty impressive. This media that we received in a press release today shows of the weather effects and explains how they’ll affect gameplay.

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Shadow Harvest Announced for PC & Xbox 360 – First Screens Revealed

Tweet Black Lion, a new German-based game developer, has just announced the existence of their new tactical action game, Shadow Harvest.

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Like Breaking Faces? New EA Game “FaceBreaker” Might Just Make Your Day

Tweet EA have today announced FaceBreaker, a brand new franchise being produced by EA Canada. Due for all current generation systems sometime this year, the arcade style boxing game will offer players “irreverent fun, immersive gameplay and eye-popping stylized graphics”.

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Play.com Live: First Major UK Gaming Event

Tweet Play.com Live have it covered this year for all you Brits. They will now let the general public get their hands on some of 2008′s games and entertainment, long before they arrive in the Play.com warehouse for sale.

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UK Government Backs Wii in Schools

Tweet I doubt Jamie Oliver had anything to do with this. For me, PE at School meant Dodgeball, Tennis, Football, and Rugby. Things have changed. The UK Government has formally endorsed the use of Nintendo’s Wii in Physical Education lessons.

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US and European Playstation Store Update: 01/31/08

Tweet It may be cold outside, but there’s no excuse for not turning on your PS3 and downloading some digital goodness. Europe gets a Devil May Cry 4 demo, the US gets a Conflict: Denied Ops demo and we all live happily ever after.

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GTA IV: Drive Drunk & Get Your Strip On

Tweet If you were on the fence about picking up the latest installment of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto series, maybe a little road soda and flesh-on-pole action will help.

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EA Sports Predicts The Giants/Patriots Super Bowl XLII Winner

Tweet Tom and Eli anxiously await the almighty EA Super Bowl prediction We received a press release today from Electronic Arts, announcing their official prediction for this years Super Bowl, featuring the 18-0 New England Patriots and the New York Football Giants.

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Valve: “There Will Be More Portal”

Tweet No rumour, this one’s straight from the horse’s mouth. Valve has confirmed that there will be a sequel to Portal. Valve’s marketing director Doug Lombardi assured gamers that a sequel will make an appearance, but true to form there’s no timescale on it whatsoever.

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Square-Enix Replies to Final Fantasy XIII Rumored Release Date

Tweet The release date rumors regarding Final Fantasy XIII received an official response from Square Enix via the press section of their North American website. The full statement can be found below.

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UK: Top 50 Best-Selling Games of 2007

Tweet Today we can present to you the top-selling UK games of 2007. Football and sequels rule, originality falls.

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‘Brain Age’ Creator is Freaking Crazy

Tweet Dr. Ryuta Kawashima, the man behind the popular Brain Age games for the DS, is a pretty strange dude. He refuses to accept any of the $11 million in royalties he’s entitled from his involvement in the games, and he doesn’t even really like videogames in the first place. All he wants to do [...]

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First Battlefield Heroes Screenshots

Tweet Planet Battlefield has posted the first screenshots of Battlefield Heroes, which is due out this Summer.

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Electronic Arts & Marvel Comics Part Ways

Tweet After nearly four years together, Marvel Comics will no longer be producing games under the EA Games label.

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Tecmo’s Fatal Frame 4 Published by Nintendo: “Wii-sclusive”

Tweet Tecmo announced last year that the next Fatal Frame would be coming to the Wii. No other console version was mentioned, even though the series had previously appeared on the Playstation 2 and Xbox. Many hoped that Fatal Frame 4 would make its way to one of these systems as well. These hopes have [...]

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