Electronic Arts has revealed that they will be expanding the Command & Conquer franchise once again with the announcement of Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath . The new expansion will be hitting the PC and Xbox 360 in 2008 and follow the rise to power of Kane after the second tiberium war.
Funcom has announced that Age of Conan – Hyborian Adventures has been delayed till 2008 from its already delayed time of October 2007. Originally scheduled for second half of 2006 the title will now be beheading all who come by on March 25, 2008. According to Funcom CEO Trond Arne Aas the delay was caused by a large amount of feedback streaming from the beta participants and wanting to deliver on the game's "massive expectations." The title's director, Gaute Godager added "We are h
Electronic Arts has joined Sierra Entertainment in axing support for older online titles. EA will be closing down a handful of titles across multiple platforms in two sets. The first closing will come on September 1 (with the 2008 sports line coming shortly after) followed by another batch on November 1. Most of the titles are from their 2006 sports line-up and/or the defunct Xbox and aging PS2. Se
God, I can't see into the future yet, they didn't announce that till after I posted the article.
Midway has announced that its latest addition to the Area 51 series will be delayed, putting the title squarely into the holiday rush of the September-December quarter which includes the just delayed Crysis . BlackSite: Area 51 was originally set for September release but has been pushed back (conspiracy!?) for unknown reasons to November 5th in North America and October 26th in Europe. The m
Crytek, the developer behind Ubisoft's smash-hit Far Cry has delayed their latest game from a September to a November release. The three month period before the holidays is already chock full of triple A titles for every platform imaginable and now will include the confirmed release of Crysis for the PC. Formerly the title was tentatively scheduled for September release, although publisher Electronic Arts never officially commented on the speculation. Update: Electronic Arts
Games Convention in Leipzig has given us the announcement of THEY , a first-person "mystery shooter" set for release on the PC and consoles even though the convention doesn't start for another month. At any rate the title is slated for a 2008-2009 window currently and promises to make you "love your weapons." More from Leipzig when it drops.
Get this, I actually finished a game that came out in the last year, this one I didn't even buy! No, I didn't pirate it, well, okay I guess in a way I bought the game, it came with my 8800 GTS that I got a few months ago and after finishing F.E.A.R.: Extraction Point I figured I might as well take
The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed reports that Ubisoft will be bringing a game based on the popular NBC sci-fi Heroes . Heroes is scheduled for release "as soon as late 2008" and will be a third-person action game bringing the story and locales of the series to the PC. "We're very excited to be making the 'Heroes' video game with Ubisoft," said Tim Kring, executive producer and creator of "Heroes." "Time and again, Ubisoft has proven they can turn licensed properties
Techland has delayed its upcoming modern-FPS Warhound just before it releases its other project, Call of Juarez . Warhound was announced last January with an expected delivery date of late 2007 for PC and Xbox360. The title has now been pushed back to the wide-open range of 2008 for both platforms. No reason was given by the Polish developer for the delay.
Ubisoft has announced that the latest entry into Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell series has been delayed. Splinter Cell: Conviction has been moved back to early 2008 to allow the superspy some recuperation time. The title was originally scheduled for release between October and November 2007 but was delayed on the PC and Xbox360 as part of Ubisoft's first quarter fiscal results. Conviction is now in the same release window as another Tom Clancy property, the new End War wh
Publisher/Developer Ubisoft has finally announced the direct sequel to their jungle-laden FPS Far Cry . Far Cry 2 will be heading to the PC in Spring 2008. Crytek, the independent German studio that developed the original title will not be returning for the sequel. With them busy on Crysis and Ubisoft owning the intellectual property, the French publishing house has decided to develop the sequel internally at their Montreal studio. Few details were announced other than
Perpetual Entertainment has announced that famed RPG-developer BioWare has licensed their online technology for BioWare's upcoming MMORPG. As last reported BioWare was using the StreamBase technology for the game, the status on that technology was not mentioned along with Perpetual's announcement. "We evaluated numerous technology solutions to serve as the service backbone of our first MMO title and feel Perpetual's online platform is the best fit," said Gordon Walton, Co-Studio Di
Sierra has officially declared the end of support for a slue of their titles, both popular and not so popular. The biggest name on the list by far is Starsiege: Tribes and along with all the other games will have its support for for patches and updates, as well as any online servers closed on August 16, 2007. Full list: • 3-D Ultra Cool Pool • ARC (Attack Retrieve Capture) • Lords of Magic • NASCAR Legends • NA
The newly created Green Monster Games is no more but thankfully the Curt Shilling, Todd McFarlane and R.A. Salvatore backed studio hasn't shutdown. Instead the development house supported by a Red Sox Pitcher, a Toy designer and Spawn creator, and a sci-fi/fantasy writer will now be known as 38 Studios. <BR< < partnerships.? strategic and commitment team?s the through reached be will entertainment interactive conventional redefine to goal Our that?. done there ?been already have individuals b
Microsoft, Peter Moore and Electronic Arts have all confirmed that Peter Moore has left Microsoft to head up EA Sports. The rumors started yesterday via Kotaku and were confirmed late in the day by all parties involved. Moore resigned from Microsoft for personal reasons, stating that he wanted to head back to Northern California with his family. The shake up has caused Robbie Bach, president of Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft, to put Don Mattrick, whom is a former executive
D3Publisher has announced that their hit handheld title Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords will be branching out much further than the already announced Xbox360 version. The company will now be bringing the popular puzzle game to PCs, PS2s and Wiis this fall along with a mobile version in early 2008. "The lightning quick acceptance and praise we received from fans and press for the fun, deeply immersive gaming experience we created by mixing RPG elements with puzzle gameplay w
Iron Lore Entertainment, the developer behind 2006's Titan Quest and the expansion Titan Quest: Immortal Throne , announced some internal changes at the studio yesterday. Jeff Goodsill will now be President of Iron Lore and in charge of running the day to day operations. Goodsill along with company founder Brian Sullivan has production experience from his work on the Age of Empires franchise. Along with the newly appointed President comes the hiring of Steve Marv
The only reason I even have Xbox Live Gold is because someone bought it for me. I refuse to pay for something on a console that I have gotten free for years on the PC, and even other consoles (Dreamcast 1999).
The Microsoft PR team via Gamerscoreblog.com has released a few more details pertaining to the newly announced Gears of War for Games for Windows Live. The team first trumpeted up the how jaw-droopingly awesome the title looks in 1280p before asserting that the controls have been moved to PC flawlessly. The juiciest information comes at the end of the post, indicating that GoW will be hitting Windows XP and
PopCap Games has made another acquisition today, the second in the span of under a week. Hot on the heels of their Retro64 purchase comes the absorption of SpinTop Games that includes the online consumer portal, game catalog and the Vancouver-based development house. SpinTop will continue to be managed by its co-founders Craig Hamilton and Duncan Magee. "We're happy to be adding SpinTop's strong roster of casual games, a Vancouver studio and a direct-to-consumer
The official website for CD Projekt's The Witcher has been updated to reflect a delay in the action-RPG. Previously stated by publisher Atari as arriving September 14 the title will now be landing in October. As to the reason for the delay, our translator wasn't much help in that area but due to the short delay it was probably selected for added polish and quality assurance issues.
Frank Pearce, founding member and senior vice president of product development for Blizzard Entertainment revealed that the development house has a third team working on an unannounced project. Pearce revealed the existence of the third team and its project as part of a discussion with Gamasutra on the company's workforce. Pearce stated that, "Our global headcount is 2,700. And most of that is customer service for World of Warcraft! In terms of development staff it’s probably around 350. World o
Monolith Productions has shown their direct sequel to 2005's F.E.A.R. in a super secret meeting with Computer and Video Games. CVG was not allowed to bring any recording devices into the meeting but were allowed to drop some details on the upcoming official/unofficial sequel. The confusion behind the officiality (yes, that is a made up word) is due to the fact that Monolith Productions, the game's developer, owned the intellectual property to all the characters and the universe. But publi
Finally some news that didn't come straight from E3. PopCap Games has announced that they have acquired Retro64, developer of retro-arcade action and puzzle titles. The move will boost PopCap's already impressive game portfolio and expand its number of internal developers once again. The purchase, which was for an undisclosed sum, came about due to PopCap's impression of numerous Retro64 titles. Mike Boeh, Retro64 founder and chief producer is now tasked with running a satellite developm
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