2006-07-17
Denzel 'Master Chief' Washington To Star In Halo Movie? // UPDATE
A very-very brief mentioning of the Halo movie on the Dark Horizons entertainment news rumours website brings unsubstantiated word that Fox / Universal's game tie-in will feature Denzel Washington as none other than Master Chief. The Oscar winning acto ... (more)
2006-07-14
Driver License Goes From Atari To Ubisoft For $24 Million
I think we can all agree that, ever since the first - and best - Driver game came out in 1999, the whole series went right down the drain. Reflections' sequel Driver 2 was a PlayStation exclusive, and reportedly a bad one at that. Then came Atari's Dri ... (more)
2006-07-14
Half-Life 2 On Xbox 360, PS3, With Team Fortress 2 And Portals!
In a press release from a couple of days ago, Electronic Arts briefly mentioned Half-Life as one of the big franchises that will see the release of new titles in the near future, but I don't think that anyone was prepared for what Valve's imposing Game ... (more)
2006-07-14
War Rock Open Beta Begins Today
Today marks the beginning of the open beta testing phase for the War Rock online modern military shooter, which has been in closed beta since late last year. Those who already got a chance to try it, know that it's a fairly modest alternative to Battle ... (more)
2006-07-13
PoxNora Online Strategy Open Beta
Announced just a short while ago by developer Octopi, PoxNora is one of those online web-based games that look great (relatively speaking of course), and sound even better, as the game promises to draw the best elements from trading card, tactical mini ... (more)
2006-07-13
Denzel 'Master Chief' Washington To Star In Halo Movie?
A very-very brief mentioning of the Halo movie on the Dark Horizons entertainment news rumours website brings unsubstantiated word that Fox / Universal's game tie-in will feature Denzel Washington as none other than Master Chief. The Oscar winning acto ... (more)
2006-07-13
The Godfather Shoots For September Release On Xbox 360, PSP
It's been out on the PC, PS2 and Xbox for over three months already, but Microsoft's Xbox 360 - and Sony's PSP for that matter - have yet to see a final version of The Godfather. Both of these were featured in Electronic Arts' "summer showcase" from ye ... (more)
2006-07-13
EQ: The Serpent's Spine Brings First New Race In 3 Years
If you happen to know exactly how many expansions the original EverQuest received up until now, then, by God, you deserve this new one as well. They say it's the 12th one or something - not that I care really - but some of you out there may be interest ... (more)
2006-07-13
Prey Day Has Come And Gone // UPDATE - In 5 Hours
This is it, boys and girls! We've been waiting for it for the past eight years or so (back in 1997, 3D Realms said it would be out in '98), and now that it's finally here... I can't help but wonder, how long will it be before it fades away. Available i ... (more)
2006-07-05
Hungarians Mad At Romanians In Space
Romanians and Hungarians... now there's an interesting topic for you. Sure, it may not be as popular as America vs. the world, or the world vs. Germany, but for some of us living in Eastern Europe, it's been a hot topic from day one. And for many politici ... (more)
2006-07-05
Sony Borrows $698 Million, Ordered To Pay $243 Million
A story on Bloomberg from a couple of days ago reported that Sony took out an ¥80 billion ($698 million) syndicated loan last week, its first bank borrowing in 10 years! Ironically, however, another report which surfaced on Japanese news site IT Media ind ... (more)
2006-07-05
Two New Heroes of Might and Magic V Maps This Month
You may argue about its gameplay, you may argue about its AI, or even about other aspects, but one thing that Heroes of Might and Magic V definitely lacks is more extra maps. Coupled with the continuing absence of a game editor, or at least a random map g ... (more)
2006-07-05
Pro Evolution Soccer 6 For Xbox 360 To Debut At GC 2006
After last night's unfortunate loss against Italy in the World Cup semi-finals, the Germans have probably had it with football for a while. But hopefully they'll recover by August 23rd, when Pro Evolution Soccer 6 will make its first public showing on the ... (more)
2006-07-03
FlatOut 2 Crashes Into Stores
Bugbear's original FlatOut was just one feature short of becoming one of 2004's (few) outstanding racing games - and that missing feature was online multiplayer. But fear not: no longer shall we emulate online LAN races, for FlatOut 2 is here! Once again ... (more)
2006-07-03
PlayStation 3 Official Website, Specs, Game Prices And Stuff
The official PlayStation 3 website has finally been launched for European and Australian territories, revealing general technical specifications for the two models (20GB and 60GB), both of which will apparently be released in the UK. Which is kind of odd, ... (more)
2006-07-03
A Vampyre Story Raised From The Grave
More than a year after parting ways with publisher Bad Brain (the same guys who won't be bringing us Sam & Max 2 after all), the Autumn Moon Entertainment team has finally inked a deal with a new publisher, to produce their debut Adventure game - A Vampyr ... (more)
2006-07-03
New Ubisoft Bulgaria Studio Doing PC Rayman Raving Rabbids
Ubisoft just keeps getting bigger and bigger! Their first studio established outside of France in 1992 was the Romanian studio from Bucharest (where Silent Hunter III, King Kong (PC) and Blazing Angels were developed, among others), and now a team from th ... (more)
2006-07-02
Eight NFS Carbon Race Modes Revealed
Aaron Lockard from Eternal Gaming sends word about a teasing update being posted on the Electronic Arts forums, with a tiny detail about their upcoming Need for Speed: Carbon arcade racer. As part of an interview with executive producer ... (more)
2006-07-02
Age of Conan Enters First Beta Phase
Funcom's barbaric MMORPG seems to be coming along according to plan. As previously hinted, the beginning of summer also marks the beginning of the first phase of beta testing, which Funcom is currently conducting with the help of a small ... (more)
2006-06-29
Yet Another Lord of the Rings Game In The Making At EA
Much like Bethesda's three-years-late Pirates of the Caribbean game, Electronic Arts announced that they are working on yet another Lord of the Rings title - thus continuing to squeeze every last drop from their LotR license, even three ... (more)