The phoenix that is Acclaim has announced that their robot-fighting MMO BOTS!! has reached the million-user milestone six months after its launch. The free and advertising based title launched last November just months after Howard Marks acquired the dead company's name and promised to reinvigorate the brand around the MMO genre. Acclaim will be holding a special in game celebration to congratulat
A new MMO studio has announced itself to the world boasting some pretty good resumes with employees having their hands in some of the markets biggest franchises. Colony Studios will contain industry veterans who have worked on everything from the MMO 800-pound gorilla that is World of Warcraft to the just released Lord of the Rings Online and the ancient Ultima Online . The new company is headed by former Eve Online senior producer Michael Wallis who had the fo
Diesel Games has announced itself along with their first project, a survival-horror FPS by the name of Deprived . Deprived will be heading to PC and Xbox 360, and will feature the new audio technologies from GenAudio called Astound Sound and Astound Stereo. The new technologies will allow the developers to create a more immersing soundscape, adding to the game's overall feel. The newly revealed Diesel Games is based in Tempe, Arizona and was founded in 2005 by Kevin Wooten (<
SEGA has decided to continue on with its cross platform MMORPG from the Phantasy Star universe announcing an all new expansion for the PC, PS2 and Xbox 360 title Phantasy Star Universe . Phantasy Star Universe: Ambition of the Illuminus will be available in stores for PC and PS2 while the Xbox 360 version will be downloadable. All versions will be coming this fall packing in a whole new storyline focusing on the human fundamentalist group the Illuminus. Subscription rates wil
EA Mythic has announced via its most recent newsletter that the anticipated MMORPG based in the Warhammer universe has been delayed. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning was set to ship in late 2007 until the 'Warhammer Online' newsletter broke the story, delaying the title till Q1 2008. Mythic CEO Mark Jacobs explained that they decided to delay the title to give it more polish. Hoping to keep their word with franchise creator Games Workshop "to make sure the game is polished, unforge
I just started diving into it with my girlfriend (it has Coop and I have heard good things thats why I was drawn to it) so I can't really form an opinion on it yet since I am maybe an 30mins in.
RTS: Warcraft 3: TFT Only TBS I am playing right now is Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance on GC and I just wrapped up Advance Wars: Dual Strike on Nintendo DS. Probably will get back into GalCivII though.
Again I will deviate on my gameplaying updates from days gone by, only this time its to cover a game I just wrapped up. Being that I can carry and play my DS almost everywhere I tend to get most of my gaming in via that machine, which has the best feature for handheld gaming since the introduction of the Backlight screen (with good battery life) some years ago. Of c
Please note the time that this was posted, that was by accident, I swear...
Ubisoft has released additional information on the latest entry into the Settlers franchise including the full title, The Settlers – Rise of an Empire . The sixth entry will be developed by the series creator, German-based Blue Byte and is currently on track for a September release. Once again players will be tasked with creating a burgeoning society set in medieval times through economics, namely res
Yes the price difference has been making me choose a little more carefully. Wii games for $50 are also nice, but of course you don't get the 720p option...or internet play at the moment but there really haven't been many cross-platform titles that hit Wii that were worth it yet. So hasn't really come up...
Electronic Arts has once again dated the latest entry into the WWII-based Medal of Honor franchise. Medal of Honor: Airborne was originally set to jump in Winter 2006 before quickly slipping to Q1 2007. With that time frame come and gone the EALA developed title has now received a firm date of August 28 for all versions. As the title suggests the game will be based around various paratrooper operations that were key to the success in Europe for the Allies. Each mis
As promised 2k Games has allowed gamers to pick what they wanted in the BioShock Limited Edition . After the close of the polls 2k Games has announced that the special edition will include a Big Daddy figurine, a "Making Of" DVD, and a soundtrack CD. The packaging will also sport an embossed graphic designed by the winner of the Cover Art Contest which is ongoing at the official website, <a href="http://ww
Battle for Wesnoth is a good game. free to. My boss has been addicted to that for the past few months. That lil piece of freeware has eaten up a ton of his time and it has some insane depth. Looks like its from the good ole SNES days but plays like a dream. Very well done. Speaking of SNES there are TONS of TBS for GBA (including many SNES remakes) or Nintendo DS if you or your kids have one. For s
I'm a fan of it, it does an excellent job of scratching the Diablo 2 itch. It's getting harder and harder to find a primarily SP, non-persistant world game that does that. I really couldn't agree more with your whole statement. Solid single player or coop titles that aren't persistent are getting hardier and hardier to come by on the PC. Another thing I would have liked TQ to have is some sort of cra
I'm not huge on scoring although I try and do something for those people who love numbers: "I would call this one out at about 80% if you want to use that kind of scale which is disappointing cause if THQ had given them more time to polish it could have been great." TQ looks great on my Athlon 64 with Geforce 7800 The single player is good the first time through the campaign, follows a lot of ancient mythology and stuff.
Blizzard has come out to speak on the BlizzCon versus QuakeCon issue that was created last week upon their announcement of the conventions dates. FiringSquad received a reply from a Blizzard spokesperson stating: I wanted to get back to you and let you know that we had actually booked the venue for BlizzCon last year, and at that time no other related events had been announced. When planning la
Creators of Supreme Commander Gas Powered Games have announced via a job posting that there is more in store for the title, indicating that it is becoming a franchise. A snippet of the posting reads: "Projects include PC titles within the Supreme Commander franchise, PC titles with original IP...." Other than that nothing is known, but since Gas Powered Games was founded by Dungeon Siege and Supreme Commander designer Chris Taylor, the title sh
Valve's PR junkie and director of marketing Doug Lombardi has come forward to speak on the recent reports of a hacker named 'MaddoxX' who claims to have gained access to some of Valve's customer information. Lombardi states flat out that "There has been no security breach of Steam." But adds that "The alleged hacker gained access to a third-party site that Valve uses to manage the commercial partners in its Cyber Café program. This Cyber Café billing system is not
Another PhysX-powered game has made recent news today with Eidos' dating the third-person shooter Infernal for a May 8 launch. Infernal places players at the right-hand of the devil, complete with the powers only that kind of position can wield. Developer Metropolis Software then leaves it to the player to decide where they stand, with heaven or with hell.
I figured that since I posted what I was currently playing a few weeks ago I should probably take a break from my long delayed and still in the works Gameplay updates and actually get into what I am currently tackling on the PC. First and foremost I tend to be a little addictive when it comes to PC games. Although I play a good amo
The Zombie based Possession from Blitz Games has been halted on all platforms. The title from Blitz's mature themed developer, Volatile Games, was to be released for PC, PS3 and Xbox360 and was going to feature an interesting twist on the common zombie story. Instead of fighting off hordes of brain munching maniacs the players would be placed in the opposite role, that as one of the 'Enslavers' who had the task of spreading the infection to all of humanity. Blitz's PR departm
Codemasters has revealed a triplet of new titles heading for the PC in 2008. The headline of the announcement is the sequel to the FPS franchise Operation Flashpoint . Operation Flashpoint 2 will continue the series' focus on realistic military combat and be built using the Neon game engine which is currently being utilized in the upcoming Colin McRae racing title. Another racing title that will also use the Neon engine is Codemasters' next game for the successful TOCA series
Recent reports have indicated that a hacker who goes by the name of 'MaddoxX' was able to break into the content distribution system run by Valve Corporation. The hacker has claimed via a post on an anti-Steam website that he was able to bypass the companies security and obtain a slue of sensitive data including customer's credit card information. Not stopping there the hacker also claims to have obtained screenshots of internal webpages, Valve financial data, error
According to the Civilization fansite Apolyton.net Soren Johnson, the Co-Lead Designer for Civilization III and Lead Designer on Civilization IV , has left Firaxis Games to re-join Electronic Arts. Johnson interned at the video game powerhouse as part of a programming team on the Knockout Kings franchise while at Stanford University. He will now work on the multi-platform Spore title with Maxis head Will Wright. Spore is scheduled t
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