2007-02-23
Prince of Persia Movie Should Be Disney's 2008 Hit
Not a year went by after Ubisoft resurrected Jordan Mechner's classic Prince of Persia franchise, and someone in Hollywood already jumped on the prospect of making a film based on The Sands of Time. This was back in 2004, and that "someo ... (more)
2007-02-23
Nintendo Pulls The Plug On GameCube // UPDATE - Not!
As it stands now, the PlayStation 2 is the only "last-gen" console still left alive - and going strong. As you may remember, Microsoft pulled the plug on the Xbox production a long, long time ago (in July 2005), and now Nintendo acknowledges that they ... (more)
2007-02-23
PlayStation 3 Not So Backwards-Compatible In Europe
There hasn't been any great news concerning the upcoming launch of the PlayStation 3 in Europe for as long as I can remember, and this one is no different. As if the late launch and high price point weren't bad enough, Sony's latest press release bring ... (more)
2007-02-22
Kill Cliffy B & Co. In Gears of War
Think you've got what it takes to frag the hell out of Cliffy B, Mark Rein and other hot shots from Epic Games, in a manly match of Gears of War? If so, you'll get your chance to prove yourself this Saturday, February 24, in a developer showdown event ... (more)
2007-02-22
Lineage II: Interlude, New Chapter Coming This April
With the impending conclusion of the first major Lineage II chapter (The Chaotic Chronicle), a new one will begin this April on the game's European and US servers. The Chaotic Throne, as NCsoft calls it, will expand the Lineage II saga with a wealth of ... (more)
2007-02-22
SBK 07: Superbike World Championship Details And Screens
After having acquired the official SBK World Championship licence in November of last year, Black Bean Games have recently entered a publishing agreement with Koch Media. Over the weekend, they re-announced the new Superbike game currently in the makin ... (more)
2007-02-22
Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights Also Drifting On DS
A few days ago, it was confirmed by the Swedish Gamereactor magazine that THQ plans to continue its disappointing NFS-wanna-be series with Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights, a sequel set for release on the PC, PS3, Xbox 360, PS2, and PSP. Well, they got the ... (more)
2007-02-22
Violent Games Didn't Kill The Homeless, Psychos Did
An old murder case from 2004 was brought back to light this week by a disturbing BBC story that bears a vague, yet misleading connection to violent video games. Preceding an ample report about more and more teenagers "sport killing" homeless people in ... (more)
2007-02-22
Mercenaries 2 Confirmed For Xbox 360. And PC. And PS2!
Electronic Arts did more than just confirm the long-since rumoured Xbox 360 version of Mercenaries 2: World in Flames today. In a rather unexpected communique, they are announcing that Pandemic Studios' explosive sequel will be released not only on the ... (more)
2007-02-22
Sam & Max Episode 4 Starts Today
Abe Lincoln Must Die! Federally mandated group hugs, a pudding embargo... what's next, gun control? This will not stand, this aggression will not stand, man! Or so the dudes from Telltale tell us. In their latest Sam & Max: Season 1 episode, the hyster ... (more)
2007-02-20
War Front And Blitzkrieg 2: Fall of the Reich Invade America
CDV's US detachment launched a double invasion in North America this week, with the release of two noteworthy strategy titles, both of them themed around the second World War. These are War Front: Turning Point, and Blitzkrieg 2: Fall of the Reich - th ... (more)
2007-02-20
CryEngine 2 Hands-On Demo At GDC 2007
Right after posting the previous story about Epic's plans to show (off) their Unreal Engine 3 technology at GDC 2007, I noticed that Gamasutra also has a report about another major graphics engine that will be demonstrated at next month's Games Develop ... (more)
2007-02-20
Epic Demos Unreal Engine 3 At GDC 2007
With all the ramblings about a new N-Gage and Killzone 2 (not) being shown at this year's GDC, we nearly lost sight of the thing that truly matters in today's gaming industry: innovation graphics! Smooth, shiny, sparkly graphics! But since we haven't h ... (more)
2007-02-20
Lost Planet Expanding With 7 New Multiplayer Maps
Actually, just six of the maps will be brand spanking "new", but let's not get into details straight away. First things first: Capcom announced (or rather confirmed) that their Xbox 360 exclusive action game, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition will receive ... (more)
2007-02-20
Right after posting the previous story about Epic's plans to show (off) their Unreal Engine 3 technology at GDC 2007, I noticed that Gamasutra also has a report about another major graphics engine that will be demonstrated at next month's Games Develop ... (more)
2007-02-19
The Most Playful Games of 2006
Over the weekend, we have finally closed our "Best of 2006" polls, so it's now time to count the votes and announce the winners in each category. Once again, we focused heavily on PC games, with just a sole category dedicated to the best console games, ... (more)
2007-02-19
Eidos Montreal Development Studio To Open Soon
Late last week, Eidos announced their intention to open a new development studio, over the sea and far away, right in Canada. Québec. Montreal, more precisely. But don't ask us for the street address, because they guys are barely starting to form a new ... (more)
2007-02-19
LotR Online European Release Date, Public Beta Begins
The Brits from Codemasters sent word that the European release date for The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar has been set to coincide with Turbine's MMORPG release in North America - on April 24 - and that the public beta testing phase has n ... (more)
2007-02-19
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Details And New Tech Trailers
We kept on waiting for some official press release about Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, but since LucasArts didn't issue one last week, we now return to their game with what details we managed to find, after it was exclusively revealed by the Game Inf ... (more)
2007-02-19
X-COM To Be Revived By Irrational Games?
I don't think I have enough fingers on one hand to count all the times I wasted my enthusiasm on the idea of a UFO / X-COM sequel. And not just any kind of sequel, because there were plenty of mediocre ones, but one that would do justice to the classic ... (more)