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Dead Space: EA’s best looking new IP
Fittingly set for release on Halloween of this year, Dead Space is looking very promising. Mixing the third-person survival horror of the Silent Hill series with the sci-fi aesthetic and action of Doom, as well as the promise of zero-gravity gameplay, things are shaping up nicely for this big budget title. Sure it’s not the [...]
EA making an online Monopoly game…
EA is developing a new Monopoly game for the PC, Wii, PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360. It will feature both on and offline play with up to four players.
“EA is taking MONOPOLY’S core gameplay and bringing it to life in a way never before imagined,” said Chip Lange, Vice President and General Manager of EA’s [...]
Cry for me: Devil May Cry 4 coming to PC with extra content
Sometime this summer, the PC is going to have a reason to cry. That is, Capcom has announced that Devil May Cry 4 is going to be released on PC with bonus content unavailable in the console versions. Is this good news? Sure, I suppose if you loved the previous Devil May Cry games [...]
APB development in good hands
Realtime Worlds has bought back the global distribution rights to its forthcoming online game APB. They spent $50 million to get total creative control of the game.
“Owning the distribution rights to APB marks a major milestone in Realtime Worlds’ evolution into a premier online entertainment company,” explained David Jones, founder and CEO, Realtime Worlds.
This is [...]
Team Fortress 2: Meet the Scout
These videos are becoming really popular. In a small way it shows some of the Scouts’ advantages, like they can outrun turrets and can pretty easily take on the Heavys. But the best part of this video is it does it in a very funny way… so check it out.
Medic weapons and achievements for Team Fortress 2 revealed… and impossible
Yesterday Valve Software revealed to ShackNews the 3 new weapons that will be released for the Medic class for their game Team Fortress 2, and accompanying achievements required to unlock them. These new weapons are just the first in a series of downloadable content that will be released for the popular class-based shooter, and [...]
Legendary Map Pack hits Xbox Live
Ah, the day has come loyal Halo fans. Got your 800 points at the ready? Then head online and begin downloading the 3 new (or technically 1 new and 2 remakes) multiplayer-only maps.
The 3 maps on offer are Ghost Town, Avalanche and Blackout. Ghost Town is the completely new map, with it’s roots laying in [...]
GC Review - Jack Keane
The old point-and-click style of adventure games don’t come around much anymore. Maybe there’s a good reason for that, but for me it was still a pleasant surprise when Jack Keane showed up at my door.
The game is set sometime in the 19th century and revolves around a down on his luck adventurer named Jack [...]
Fallout 3 is looking S.P.E.C.I.A.L.
Among the many classic game series making a comeback this year is Fallout, an RPG set in a post-apocalyptic America. The first two games were developed by Interplay and released in the 1990s for PC. Now, Bethesda Softworks, the same developers that created Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, are working on part three, which looks to [...]
Daily Clarity from Hawkes: The good old days make a comeback
The Internet was still an early teenager. Nirvana was a long ago memory, and OJ was just about to get acquitted. My brother had moved to Virginia and had taken with him a rag tag group of mutual friends. One of them, Joe, I had only met on several occasions. [...]
