SEGA has beefed up its Marvel licensing deals, adding The Incredible Hulk, Thor and the recently deceased Captain America to their the Iron Man rights which they acquired from Activision almost a year ago. The new deal will see SEGA developing titles for each character, all to be launched in conjunction with their planned movies. The Incredible Hulk starring Edward No
After years of delays S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl finally reached the hands of gamers last month to good reviews. Not a month has gone by and reports began circulating over the weekend on the Internet that Kiev based developer GSC Game World may have lifted some of the art for the title from perennial favorites Doom III and Half-Life 2 . The reports gave texture examples that looked suspiciously close to the aforementioned titles from id Software and Valve respectivel
Following the horrific shootings at Virgina Tech has come the expected place of blame. The more credible than Jack Thompson TV personality of Dr. Phil McGraw went on Larry King Live last night to blame society and entertainment in general for the killings. McGraw via Larry King Live stated "the problem is we are programming these people as a society. You cannot tell me - common sense tells you that if these kids are playing video games, where they’re on a mass killing spree in a video ga
Topware Interactive has announced that the recent gold status of UFO Afterlight didn't really mean the title was completely ready. Topware has announced that the title will be taking full advantage of Windows Vista for its North American release, delaying the game two weeks to allow them enough time to make the needed changes. UFO Afterlight 's new release date is now May 15.
Eidos has expanded its media division again with the acquisition of another game related company. The firm first picked up casual studio Rockpool Games in February and followed that up with the acquisition of digital distribution group that runs GamePueblo.com, Bluefish Media in March. Along with those little known companies came today's acquisition of Morpheme, a developer of casual PC titles, cell phone and other mobile games. Morpheme is best known for their adaptation of the Hitman</
According to Kotaku's translation of the Japanese site Game Watch Impress Capcom has officially announced a PC port of its Xbox360 hit Lost Planet: Extreme Condition . The port began its run in the rumor mill during this year's Game Developers Conference and will reportedly be a Windows Vista exclusive title , taking full advantage of DirextX 10 and sporting a reported maximum resolution of 2,560×1,600. The price is still yet to be det
I guess they want to try and hold onto at least one IP (in some fashion) from there glory days? I still don't really like the idea of a Fallout MMO but if they get some good designers behind it who knows.
Blizzard has announced that their second annual BlizzCon event will go head to head versus the other big PC-centric convention, QuakeCon. QuakeCon was announced to be held August 2-5 in Dallas, Texas late last year and yesterday Blizzard announced their convention celebrating everything Diablo, Starcraft and Warcraft will go off between August 3-4 in Anaheim, California. BlizzCon will be open for gamers over the age of 4 and feature panel discussions and autograph sessions with the
According to this SEC filing Bethseda Softworks and Interplay have switched licensing position for their upcoming titles based in the Fallout universe. The filing details a transaction between the two companies with Bethesda outright purchasing the rights to the Fallout franchise for a reported $5.75 million. Previously Interplay held onto the rights so they c
Turbine and Midway have announced a Special Edition SKU to their upcoming MMORPG based on the works of J.R.R Tolkien. Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar Special Edition is now available for pre-order at $59.99 and will launch with the regular edition on April 24, 2007. "We have experienced unbelievable anticipation and support for The Lord of the Rings Online throughout the development process," said Jeff Anderson, President and CEO of Turbine Inc. "We knew that the
Atari has announced that their well-received Neverwinter Nights 2 will be getting an expansion from developer Obsidian Entertainment. Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer will again be set in the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms world created by Wizards of the Coast and made available in Fall 2007. Following the battle against the King of the Shadows the player awakens alone and stranded deep within the Earth. The player finds himself surrounded by forces of evil wh
French publisher Ubisoft has acquired the rights to one of the most successful strategy franchises, the Anno/A.D. series, by snapping up German producer SunFlowers. Along with Ubisoft's own The Settlers franchise and Anno/A.D. were the best known strategy titles in Germany, the Anno series selling over 5 million units itself. Mr. Adi Boiko, co-founder of SunFlowers stated, "I'm glad to confide Anno to Ubisoft, a company known for the innovation and creativity of its d
Samething, although I would rather see it on motherboards, video cards are expensive enough. By putting it on motherboards you won't need to buy it 2-3x for the life of that motherboard (depending how much you upgrade your video card and motherboard but I tend to get 1-2 cards for every mobo) which would save gamers money in the long run. Also to get more support for it they should make a feasible way to make a PhysX enabled game with the ability to have it run and play well
Development houses Immersion Games and Artificial Studios have announced that their PhysX-heavy CellFactor: Revolution will be made available FREE to players coming May 8th. The sci-fi FPS is based on the Reality Engine and will be mostly unplayable without the use of a PhysX Accelerator card if the second demo is any indication.
As promised I returned MUCH sooner than my previous posting, a man of his word. We left off with the completion of two solid, yet not without flaws, Co-op games and move onto the realm of handheld single player titles. I should point out that I am not listing what I have completed in any specific way, most of these titles are just what I have finished since my posti
My favorite feature is NO Starforce! Although I'd rather no protection but maybe a serial check but you can't win them all.
Ubisoft has announced what is considered as the conclusion to the Heroes of Might & Magic V story, Heroes of Might & Magic V: Tribes of the East . The new title will be a stand-alone release, unlike the previous Hammers of Fate expansion pack, and is targeting a Fall release. Ubisoft has handed the franchise back to Nivel Interactive who has developed the title since Ubisoft took over the rights from The 3DO Company in 2003. The stand-alone title will let players ta
THQ has officially announced the latest installment in their newly christened Company of Heroes franchise . Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts is scheduled to take on the RTS market this Fall with THQ has assigning the title to the series original creator, the talented internal studio of Relic Entertainment. Players will be tasked with the liberation of Caen, France as they fill the shoes
So I last updated you all on my gameplaying experiences almost a year ago so I figured that it was about time for another post. Hopefully now that I am completely done with school (go graduation) I will have more time to update this pitiful excuse for a blog along with playing games and just having more free time in general. For starters, I quit World of W
Codemasters has dated the latest in the 'Tycoon' series from UK-based Deep Red Games. The publishing house announced a Spring 2007 release date with the game's announcement and today narrowed down the date for Hospital Tycoon to cure the PC this June. Hospital Tycoon will put players in-charge of a hospital from the ground up as they try to cure patients and manage the core facilities at the sa
The Creative Assembly and SEGA's Medieval II: Total War will be receiving its first expansion pack this fall according to SEGA. Medieval II has enjoyed solid reviews along with solid sales since its release in November, pushing some 200,000 units, enabling SEGA to green-light the expansion pack. Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms will give players four all-new campaigns including The Americas, Teutonic Wars, Britannia, and an expanded Crusades. In total the expansi
2k Games has announced that there will indeed be a special edition of Irrational Games' BioShock which is set for an August 21, 2007 release for Windows and Xbox360. The announcement comes after 2k Games collected 5000 signatures in just over five hours to support the release of BioShock Limited Edition for both Windows and Xbox360. 2k Games has decided that since they have already received 14,000 signatures for the Limited Edition that they might as well go all the way
Electronics Arts has announced that they have renewed their license agreement to retain access to the billion dollar film franchise 'The Lord of the Rings.' Considering the shelving of The Lord of the Rings: The White Council last month the fate of the license had been in question with many believing that the title may be canceled and the license left unused until it ended. Instead EA restored hope among LO
So modest
Eurogamer has grabbed details on the new Civilization title reported on early this month. User Yarlen was correct in predicting that the title would be another expansion for Civilization IV although its doubtful he thought the title would be ready in July. 2k Games has corrected the reported title to Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword instead of Civilization IV: Beyond the Stars <
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