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Age of Empires III Collector's Edition in Game News Stardock Forums

Microsoft has announced a Collector's Edition for its newest Age of Empires game, Age of Empires III. The Age of Empires III Collector's Edition will be hitting the shelves the same day as the standard version, October 18th 2005, but will come with special packaging, a 210 page "The Art of Empires" book, making of DVD, the game's soundtrack and a poster from Craig Mullins. The Collector's Edition will set collectors back an extra $20, ringing in at $

Winning Eleven Coming to our Shores in Game News JoeUser Forums

Konami announced today that it will be bringing one of the most popular soccer games back to the North American populous. World Soccer Winning Eleven 9, which was released in Japan last month, will come to North America next winter. Konami stated that they have added some new teams to the mix including franchises from the Italian Serie A, Spanish La Liga, and Dutch Eredivisie leagues and also some new features including online tournaments and head

Eidos Delays Another in Game News JoeUser Forums

Eidos Interactive has quietly delayed yet another of its games. The delay of Commandos Strike Force hasn't met with as much fanfare as the previous ones. Eidos' push back comes from a date change on the game's product page, listing all versions as coming out Winter 2006. Earlier on the same page you would have seen that Strike Force was slated for a Summer 2005 release. Since the delay has been implemented so low-key, there has been no reason given

Lineage II Hacker Busted in Game News JoeUser Forums

According to the Mainichi Daily News, the Kagawa Police in Japan have arrested a Chinese exchange student who they say has been using a bot hack in Lineage II to steal items. The student then alledgedly went on to sell the items using auction sites in exchange for Japanese Yen. The auctioned items sold from anywhere between 2,300 to 8,000 yen; after the deal the characters would meet up in-game to receive their purchase and finalize the transaction.

Reply to JoWood Prepares Online Community in Game News Stardock Forums

No and I don't think there's an official release date yet.

Reply to Splinter Cell Movie Changes Hands in Game News Stardock Forums

God did you burn out your retinas? I mean this isn't a movie site but I think we can all put in our review of that movie pretty easily.

Reply to Splinter Cell Movie Changes Hands in Game News Stardock Forums

I don't even want to see that guys name, never speak of him again. I mean what he did to House of the Dead was a terrorist act...

JoWood Prepares Online Community in Game News JoeUser Forums

JoWood has teamed up with online gaming platform Xfire as part of a new marketing ploy. The new plan will market games directly to the consumers where they can join online games, get up to date information about JoWood titles and more. The first collection of games to be included in the deal are SpellForce 2, Gothic III, Panzer Elite Action, Hotel Giant 2, The Guild 2 and Ski Racing 2005, but no launch date has been released. "As Xfire has

Exent Digital Delivery Grabs Microsoft in Game News JoeUser Forums

Exent Technologies has announced that Microsoft has selected the company to digitally distribute its PC games including the Age of Empires, Age of Mythology, Dungeon Siege, Mechwarrior, Rise of Nations and Zoo Tycoon franchises. Games from Microsoft Game Studios have now joined a catalog that consists of Atari on Demand, Comcast Games on Demand, and Yahoo! Games. Analysts believe that digital distribution is the next big thing in the gaming industr

Reply to WoW is fun, WoW sucks! in WoW Stardock Forums

My ATR Guild had a huge party in Phili, in my house...It was great.

Reply to WoW is fun, WoW sucks! in WoW Stardock Forums

Im like 10 hours haha.

Reply to WoW is fun, WoW sucks! in WoW Stardock Forums

I really believe that the thing that pushes most people back to the game is the social interaction that you mention. For most of the long term/hardcore players in MMOs it isn't the loot (which is a nice bonus) but instead the friendship or comradery of playing with the guild. I personally feel that by missing out on numerous raids in a row or things of that nature that I let them down in some capacity. I also manage to keep my life around me and nor

Splinter Cell Movie Changes Hands in Game News JoeUser Forums

Variety reports that the movie rights to Splinter Cell have switched studios due to management changes at Paramount. Michael Ovitz, Clancy's longtime manager, is reportedly already close to a deal with Dreamworks and has Daniel Pyne, of The Manchurian Candidate, on board to draft the script. Former writer, Peter Berg left the project to work on another thriller, The Kingdom, while amazingly the executive producers, Tom Clancy and Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot,

EA Bags New COO in Game News JoeUser Forums

Late last week news broke that Electronic Arts has received a new COO. According to Gamespot, former THQ executive Philip Holt has moved into Ben Noel's former office, which he vacated after accepting a job to run the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy at the University of Central Florida. Holt has been part of EA in the past, working with the EA Seattle team after his parents sold that studio to EA in the 1980's. Source: <A href="http://www.ga

Reply to Game Design at College in Game Developers Stardock Forums

Drexel University has made a Game Design minor, I am taking it as my electives

Starship Troopers Delayed in Game News JoeUser Forums

Empire Interactive has announced via their forums that their upcoming FPS based on the Starship Troopers movie has meet with delays. Europeans will be getting the game first, on October 26th while players and Sci-Fi fans in North America will have to wait until November. Starship Troopers places players in Rico's Roughnecks squad as they try to destroy an insectoid alien race. No reason was given for the delay but Empire has said that a demo for Sta

Reply to Gameplay First - Graphics Later in Game Developers Stardock Forums

I think this topic reached a head when Nintendo first showed The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, how many people flipped out over the graphics? Damn near everyone, and yet it still won numerous Game of the Year/Console Game of the Year awards.

Killer of Three Police Officers Convicted in Game News JoeUser Forums

Devin Moore has been convicted of killing three Alabama police officers after stealing one's gun. The conviction comes after jurors ignored his claim that he didn't know what he was doing was wrong. Moore and his attorneys claimed that he was incapable of knowing right from wrong due to his hours of playing video games, like the Grand Theft Auto series, and an abusive childhood. <B

Dungeons & Dragons Online Alpha Testing Starts in Game News JoeUser Forums

Turbine Entertainment has announced that the alpha stage testing for their upcoming MMO, Dungeons & Dragons Online has started. Players interested in being part of the public alpha testing must register at the game's Official Site and those with forum accounts will get a better chance at being selected. Unfortunately at the same time, there is bad news. The release date for D&D Online has been pushed back

Reply to Quake IV Multiplayer Details in Game News Stardock Forums

Personally I can't wait for this, Quake got me into PC gaming...

Quake IV Multiplayer Details in Game News JoeUser Forums

Over at the 10th Annual QuakeCon, Activision managed to announce a few multiplayer details on the upcoming Quake 4. The fourth installment in the now legendary series will come from Activision's buddies over at Raven Software, makers of X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse and Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territories, who are making the Xbox 360 and PC version. Quake 4's multiplayer will include all the old favorites, deathmatch, capture the flag and

Serious Sam 2 Dated in Game News JoeUser Forums

Take-2 Germany has posted the release date for Serious Sam 2; get ready to be blasted October 14th. Along with the release date came the announcement that the Croteam shooter's PC and Xbox versions will come complete with multiplayer co-op for up to eight players on the PC by LAN or online, and four players for the Xbox via Xbox Live or system link.

GameTap On Track in Game News JoeUser Forums

Gamespot has gathered new information on TBS' upcoming gaming service, GameTap. The service is planned to allow consumers access to hundreds of games for a low monthly fee of $14.95. The service, which will carry games from numerous platforms from Atari 2600 to SEGA Dreamcast to PC, will run games using emulation and non-emulation methods to straight simulations. The broadband-only service has already collected a large library of games from

Reply to Michigan Joins GTA Voice in Game News Stardock Forums

LMFAO

Stargate SG1 in Trouble in Game News JoeUser Forums

JoWood has announced that they have pulled developer Perception off of the Stargate SG1: The Alliance game due to quality control issues. The decision was made after a reorganization of the company lead to a reevaluation of all of JoWood's current projects. JoWood did not feel that the 5 million Euro they had sunk into the project was being used wisely, citing quality issues along with fears that Perception would be unable to get the game fi