Yea it was one of those lazy Sunday titles you can beat in one sitting. I did that to Gears of War Co-Op, although at least GoW has some fun multiplayer and hard mode.
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Variety is reporting that Batman will be the next franchise to get the LEGO based video game treatment after the rampant success of the LEGO Star Wars titles. Warner Bros. has signed a deal to garner the LEGO brand and has managed to tap the development house behind the previous LEGO games, TT Games, to make LEGO Batman . Other than the development, Warner will be doing everything in-house, including fully financing the title, publishing and distributing it in North Amer
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'300' Producer Founds Game Company, '300' For PC Already Being Developed
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According to the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Legendary Pictures CEO Thomas Tull has begun raising $150 million to co-found a new independent publisher/developer with Internet millionaire Bert Ellis. Tull, whom is hot off the success of '300,' which he was executive producer of, and having Legendary Pictures land the rights to the World of Warcraft movie , and Ellis have named the company Brash Entertainment LLC,
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RPG Vault discovered in a talk to developer S2 Games that Savage 2: A Tortured Soul has been delayed again. The RTS/FPS sequel, also called Real-Time Strategy Shooter, to Savage: The Battle for Newerth is now expected to ship in Summer 2007, back from the original Winter 2006, then March 2007 dates. Beta testing, which was scheduled to begin last summer will now begin in a few weeks, and for the time being, will be restricted to people who pre-ordered the title. Lead Des
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Agreed but then what propoganda would they use? I still don't see how they could truly be worried about an invasion...I am no political junkie or anything but I am pretty sure its no where near that kinda of turmoil.
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The Venezuelan Solidarity Network has called upon U2 frontman Bono to halt the production of Pandemic Studios' Mercenaries 2: World in Flames . The group has begun a petition in hopes of gathering the signatures of various religious leaders before submitting it to the artist. For those who haven't heard, Pandemic Studios merged with BioWare in November 2005 under the direction of the private equity firm E
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ArenaNet has announced that they will end the annoying chapter format of their popular MMORPG Guild Wars with the last chapter being the upcoming Eye of the North . Along with the abolishment of the old content format comes the confirmation of a direct sequel and that Eye of the North will include content to bridge Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 . Eye of the North will be the last chapter scheduled for release and is to be released during the 2007 hol
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Codemaster has announced a new title from inXile Entertainment set for release by Q4 2007 on PC and consoles. HEI$T will be a criminal enterprise game allowing players to take part in all the "job pullin’, bank robbin’ action-drivin’" that their heart desires. The title itself will be set in the seedy world of San Francisco circa 1969. Players will fill the shoes of Johnny, one of a long line of bigtime thieves, including his father who was gunned down during a job. Johnny w
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Capcom has joined other large publishing houses in removing a title from the list of PlayStation 3 exclusives with news that long time PlayStation franchise Devil May Cry will be going multiplatform. The news will see Devil May Cry 4 joining previous titles such as Grand Theft Auto IV and Assassin's Creed on PC, and Xbox 360 in addition to their PlayStation 3 incarnation. Capcom stated that Dante's newest adventure "will take advantage of each platform's hardwa
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Microsoft has announced the release date for the Vista only version of Halo 2 as May 8, 2007, the same day that the software giant expects to release its Live online service for PC gamers. The firm also announced an expected June release date for Shadowrun , explaining that it will be the first title to allow PC and Xbox 360 gamers to play across the platforms. Live will enable players to use one account for play on Xbox 360 or PC and will come in two flavors, following the X
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According to Gamespot, Midway has been sued over their 2004 title Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy for allegedly taking the plot and characters of a 1998 screenplay penned by William L. Crawford III called 'Psi-Ops.' Crawford hopes to have Midway's books checked to see how much the game has made, and expects to receive about $1.5 million from the title's sale for the use of his work. The suit was filed last month and explains that, "The premise for the Psi-Ops screenplay is govern
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CCP Games, makers of the EVE Online MMORPG have announced that they have acquired the most powerful supercomputer in the gaming industry for EVE 's server cluster. The upgraded cluster will sport "dual-processor 64-bit AMD Opteron-based IBM BladeCenter LS20 blade servers, as well additional enhancements to the clusters Internet backbone." The cluster will now be able to manage over 150 million database transactions per day thanks to the 64-bit architecture from IBM. Included
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Mayhem Studios recently changed the title of their upcoming vampire game from Vampire Story to Vampire World . The switch was made to avoid any confusion with the similarly named graphical adventure Vampyre Story from Crimson Cow and Autumn Moon Entertainment. Mayhem has also announced that Vampire World has already been signed for Russian distribution by Game Factory Interactive with negotiations still ongoing for other territories. The newly renamed <i
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Rapid Reality Games has announced Phylon an upcoming MMORTS which they hope to have out on April 6, 2007. The announcement also comes with the start of the closed beta, provided you are a subscriber to IGN or FilePlanet. Phylon will pit players against each other in FPS style Deathmatch and Domination modes while in a persistent world of three varied factions. Players can take part in the battle as a member of the Blobic Imperium, the Amphibian resistance, or the Ter
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Electronic Arts has announced an anthology package dedicated to its RTSs based on the 'Lord of the Ring' trilogy. EA will be releasing the package as The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth Anthology and it will include The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth , The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II Collector’s Edition and The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-King for the MSRP of $39.99. <
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Publisher Lighthouse Interactive has announced a follow-up to the 2006 title from VSTEP which was aptly named Ship Simulator 2006 . The sequel will follow the Madden franchise's naming scheme, incrementing the year to 2007 and keeping the rest the same, forming Ship Simulator 2007 . The title is scheduled for release in June for European gamers, no word for North America yet, with the biggest upgrade coming from the improved graphics. New Features include: - Ocean waves
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Good assumption on both points I would say.
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Micro Forté, former creators of the upcoming MMO Citizen Zero are no longer the creators because the project has been canned. The Australian developer has canned the PC and Xbox MMO in favor of a new intellectual property that will also be an MMO. The demise of Citizen Zero will not go wasted as Micro Forté "learned from the CZ experience" and will be applying the experience to the new "top secret spy-themed MMO" which currently still needs a publisher, as do other ti
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Ubisoft has narrowed down the release date for Call of Juarez along with the announcement that it will be heading to Xbox360 along with the PC version. The Western-themed shooter will head to both platforms this summer at $59.99 and $39.99 respectively. Call of Juarez is being developer by Techland, makers of the poorly received Chrome SpecForce .
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Take-Two has quietly announced via its earnings report that gamers can expect another entry into the Civilization franchise. The announcement comes as no surprise, since no company in their right mind would spend millions of dollars on a developer like Firaxis to not use its properties along with their talent. As for when gamers can expect the new title, or whether it will be Civilization V or another spin-off like CivCity: Rome remains unknown. The report sim
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THQ has extended their licensing deal with tabletop games publisher Games Workshop to work on a MMO based on the sci-fi universe of Warhammer 40,000. The companies and developer Relic Entertainment have already produced the successful RTS Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War and two expansions, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault and the recently released Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade since 2004. Austin based Vigil Games, a wholly owned developer
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Shiny Entertainment, the creators of the Earthworm Jim franchise and more recently the developers behind the recent Matrix titles, have signed up with SEGA to produce The Golden Compass based on the upcoming holiday movie. The Golden Compass is based on the first book in the 'His Dark Materials' trilogy. The game is currently scheduled for release in Q4 2007 on PC and active consoles. The title is to feature the likeness of the movie's stars including Da
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Creators of Operation: Flashpoint will be having their European-exclusive FPS ArmA: Armed Assault lose its exclusive status coming May 2007. Atari announced that they have signed a deal to publish Bohemian Interactive's ArmA: Armed Assault in North America under the new title of ArmA: Combat Operations . Like Bohemian Interactive's past titles, ArmA: Combat Operations will be based around the idea of realism. The title will feature both single- and multi-
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Greg Richardson has been given the reigns of CEO of VG Holdings, the operating company for BioWare/Pandemic, after his boss, John Riccitiello, left the company to takeover as CEO for Electronic Arts (like they will ever make it). "The BioWare/Pandemic alliance broke new ground with two of the top independent game studios coming together to collaborate on creative ideas and cutting edge technologies while
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John Riccitiello has left his position as CEO of VG Holdings, the operating company for BioWare/Pandemic, to step in for the departing CEO of Electronic Arts Larry Probst. Probst will remain the CEO until April 2nd, Riccitiello's official start date, and remain with the largest third-party publisher as executive chairman of the Board of Directors. Riccitiello is already very familiar with EA, serving as the company's COO until 2004 when he left to co-found Elevation Partners. "We'r
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