Sierra Entertainment has narrowed the release window of the game adaptation of Brian De Palma's Scarface. Scarface: The World Is Yours has been pinpointed to Fall 2006, from its previous timetable of '2006 release.' Online retailers have narrowed the release even further, with the guesstimated date set inside of September 2006. Source: Gamespot Article
Broken SS!
Majesco has responded to Trinad's offer to buy 2 million shares with a bit of anger. The firm accused the investors group of trying to perform a takeover without holding a majority share, stating that Trinad was "effectively seeking to acquire control of the company without paying any consideration, let alone a control premium, to our shareholders." Despite its
Ubisoft announced today that they have acquired the rights to all things FarCry including a "perpetual license" to use the game's underlying engine, CryENGINE. FarCry and the CryENGINE were both owned and developed by German-based CryTek. The agreement gives Ubisoft exclusive worldwide assignment of all property related to FarCry "including characters, likenesses, copyrights and environmental settings." This means that
Sweden-based publisher-developer Legendo Entertainment announced their new action title for the PC, Legendo's Dracula Twins . The vampire tale will be biting this spring. The title will see "Poor old Count Dracula" kidnapped by an investor who seeks eternal life and hopes the vampire blood will enable him to create an elixir of life. The twins, Drac and Dracana, must bite back to save their father and recover their castle from Dr. Life
Wolfpack, the developers behind the soon-to-be free MMORPG have received the pink slip from publisher Ubisoft. The closure of the Austin-based studio likely comes as part of Ubisoft's reorganization plan to focus more on the console market. Ubisoft acquired the studio almost two years ago and has yet to make an official announcement on the matter. The news of
Troubled publisher Majesco has a number on its head. A shareholders group including Trinad Capital Master Fund Ltd. made an offer to buy 2 million shares of the company at $1.50 a piece. The group already owns 12.4 percent of the firm and intends to appoint three people for election to Majesco's board. The group has also asked that Jessie and Joey Sutton, the sons of Majesco Chief Executive Morris Sutton, resign or be removed from the
24-year-old Brian Kopp of Bronson, Florida has taken Blizzard Entertainment, its parent company Vivendi Universal, and the Entertainment Software Association to court over their repeated attempts to halt sales of his unofficial World of Warcraft player's guide, "The Ultimate World of Warcraft Leveling & Gold Guide." Kopp had started selling the guide last August through eBay for approximately $15 per copy. The listed defendants quickl
I know they have the reason to ignore me, I never pretended they didn't. Seeing as they had already organized the HoMM community I figured that they would be able to help me and all the other people who don't want the game to have Starforce get together. I was simply asking for their support, not demanding it, I am also entitled to do that. We are not 'continuing to harass them' in any way. I have asked people to stop e-mailing them and a
I sent SaveHeroes.org a follow-up e-mail, lets see what they say. For the moment stop e-mailing them.
Feel the same way man, send over your email, it'll take you 5 minutes! EDIT: They have asked us to STOP e-mailing them. Instead I will be e-mailing the individual fansites to see if they will help.
Update : Another user has received the following response from the SaveHeroes.org team: From: [email protected] I am only going to state this once... get it to your "team". We at SaveHeroes.org did not create our petition to stop development or inclusion of StarForce. We do not condone the invasive procedures used by StarForce,
Ukrainian developer KievGames has announced their newest title, a PC RPG with very little information available in English. From what has been found, the title will be a fantasy RPG set in a 3D world with a "fascinating storyline." More as it is deciphered.
SEGA and Obsidian Entertainment have decided to "collaboratively develop" an all new RPG intellectual property for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The new title will help SEGA accomplish its goal of bringing Western developed titles to the world. "The development team at Obsidian has 'proven track record' stamped all over it," said Simon Jeffery, President and COO, SEGA of America, Inc. "When SEGA decided to create a fresh and captivating RPG franchis
PROFENIX STUDIO's has announced a budget priced FPS for the PC that will be based on a Nazi victory in World War II. As one of the German soldiers you will rise against the Nazi's using their own creations to destroy them and become a hero. Power of Destruction will be an old-style FPS in the likes of Operation Wolf , presented with advanced 3D technology. No release date has been announced. Official Site: <a href="http
Electronic Arts, and their soon to be wholly owned developer, Digital Illusions CE have announced the development of Battlefield 2142 . The latest iteration in the franchise is set to explode onto PCs this winter. "Battlefield has long been synonymous with innovative, best-of-breed online multiplayer action," said Sean Decker, Executive Producer, DICE. "By
I was referring to creting something like this Might & Magic Online Petition If we could get those fan groups to help out I would be at least HOPEFUL that it would work.
Electronic Arts and Digital Illusions CE have again entered merger talks. The publishing giant and Swedish developer have been in talks before and as last time DICE's board of directors has agreed on a joint merger plan with Electronic Arts EA Holding AB and is advising shareholders to approve. The deal is to offer shareholders a premium of 30 percent over the current value of DICE's stock, which would be paid in cash. The last deal was only 28 perce
We can't boycot Starforce, unless we are making a game, and want to use it as copy protection. I have always "boycotted" games that use Starforce, because I don't want that POS on my computer. I was going to buy Heroes of Might and Magic 5 until I found out that they use Starforce. I refuse to buy it now. It is not to hurt the pu
2K Games and Firaxis Games came out with a trifecta of announcements regarding new PC properties. First off, the companies announced an expansion to the popular turn-based strategy game, Sid Meier's Civilization IV and is planning to push it out this Summer. The all new expansion dubbed Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords , will pay "homage to some of history's greatest military leaders, delivering six new scenarios, giving players the ch
This kinda crap is also one of the main reasons I continue to revert back to console if I have a choice.
/me talks to his family about moving to Detroit
Never did get a chance to play this yet even though I liked the first one alot. WoW soaks up too much time for its own good... LMFAO, check out the Google Ads section for this page, I take it because the post mentions GOD a few times Google decided we MUST be talking about things like this: Swedenborgian Church Encourages a spirit of inquiry God in all people www.temenosretreat.org and Why G
Well once we see why they decided to make it free I will judge. They could be releasing a sequel and wanted to get more ppl into the original to garner interest...Will reserve my judgement till more is known.
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