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Shiny & The Collective Merge in Game News Stardock Forums

Word has come out that Foundation 9 has merged two of their best known developers into one yet-to-be-named development studio. Foundation hopes that the merger of Collective and Shiny "will enable greater capacity to create large-scale games based on big licensed properties." The indie development collective has already moved the new team to a 60,000 square foot Irvine, California headquarters where Former Shiny studio manager Michael Persson will take the reigns as new studio head. Pers

'Pirates of the Burning Sea' Dated in Game News Stardock Forums

Flying Lab has announced that their long-time-coming swashbuckling MMORPG Pirates of the Burning Sea will be launching (for North America) January 22, 2008. Gamers who just can't wait can pre-order the game which will allow them to start playing two days earlier. Pre-orderees will also receive exclusive in-game weapons, a soundtrack CD and the much sought after parrot companion. PotBS has been in development since 2002 and has gone threw an incredibly long beta testing phase

DICE Canada Returns As TUSK Interactive in Game News Stardock Forums

Former members of DICE Canada, the development studio famous for Battlefield: Vietnam and Battlefield 2: Special Forces , have come together to form TUSK Interactive. The biggest name to make the move is DICE Canada's former lead designer Armando Marini, which most likely means that the company will stick with online multiplayer shooters for the near future. Currently there is a job posting for TUSK Interactive on Gamasutra looking for a Technical Director and no games have been ann

'Gears of War' PC Dated in Game News Stardock Forums

Microsoft has spilled the beans on Gears of War 's PC release date. The title will be out on November 9, perfect for playing during that weird American holiday of making each other even fatter than we already are. As stated previously , the title will receive your expected upgrades for a PC port, including higher resolutions and graphics. Aside from the aesthetics gamers who waited out the PC version will get an

Reply to Join The TotalGaming.net Gamers Team For Team Fortress 2!!!' in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

Ok recreated.

Reply to Join The TotalGaming.net Gamers Team For Team Fortress 2!!!' in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

SOB, I am so stupid. Lemme see if I can remake the group.

Join The TotalGaming.net Gamers Team For Team Fortress 2!!!' in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

Well I picked up The Orange Box pre-order last week while I was waiting for paint to dry. Okay actually it was the floor stain but really, its the same thing. Floors came out great though! Anyways my point is that I have decided to make a TotalGaming.net Gamers group (which is by no means officially supported by TG or Stardock) as a way to get some more inte

'Tabula Rasa' Delayed in Game News Stardock Forums

Destination Games' has announced that their highly anticipated MMORPG Tabula Rasa has been delayed despite reaching gold status a month ago. Starr Long has confirmed via the official website that Tabula Rasa will be missing the October 19 launch date, moving back a few weeks to November 2. Pre-orderees will still receive their extra play time starting on October 30. Long stated that the delay was to make sure that their game stuck with their mantra of "Stable, Fast, Fun. In th

Paradox Adds Another To 'Europa Universalis' In 2008 in Game News Stardock Forums

Paradox Interactive has announced another installment to the long running Europa Universalis series with plans for Europa Universalis: Rome . The title has already seen a good amount of development and will hopefully be ready for worldwide release in Q2 2008 for the PC. The newest title for the series will cover the first Punic War and will give players hundreds of choices to play with including country, culture, provincial and character options. "Europa Unive

'Universe At War' Peace Talks Hold Game To January 2008 in Game News Stardock Forums

SEGA has announced that the upcoming sci-fi RTS from Petroglyph Games has been delayed into the looking-better-than-ever Q1 2008 window. Universe At War: Earth Assault is now scheduled for a January 2008 release on the PC and still a Q1 2008 release for its Xbox 360 counterpart. The move will place the release of the two versions closer together, creating less of an advantage for PC players in cross-platform play. No official reason for the delay was given.

Worrisome Q4 For The Gaming Industry? in Gaming JoeUser Forums

So another bigger title has been added to the mix of the Holiday release schedule, which seems to now even include October and possibly even September with the recent releases of BioShock and Halo 3 . At the same time there have been a few titles that have been pushed back to Q1 2008 or

'Kane & Lynch' Coming November 20 in Game News Stardock Forums

Ubisoft has dated their upcoming new IP Kane & Lynch , adding it to the already crowded November release window. The upcoming IO Interactive title will drop November 20 for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

Bizarre Creations Bought Out By Activision in Game News Stardock Forums

Word is out that Activision has picked up famed racing game developer Bizarre Creations. The acquisition represents Activision's ongoing movement to break into new genres in hopes of keeping its reigning title of biggest third-party publisher. As many a gamer knows, last year Activision snapped up the smaller publisher, Red Octane, of the mega-popular Guitar Hero franchise to move into the music genre. Bizarre Creations is best known for their contributions to the racing genre,

Two New Races Coming In 'Dawn of War: Soulstorm' in Game News Stardock Forums

THQ has now officially announced Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm , the next stand-alone expansion from THQ's internal studio Relic Entertainment that we discussed last week . We mentioned in the previous announcement that there was a new race being added to the Dawn of War franchise, the Dark Eldar. Little did we know that there will actually be two new races in the expansion, the second still

Mad Doc Software Wrapping Up 'Empire Earth III' in Game News Stardock Forums

Sierra has partially shut the release window on the upcoming sequel to Mad Doc Software's Empire Earth II . The aptly named Empire Earth III , also from Mad Doc Software, will be hitting retail stores for PCs in November. Pre-order customers will receive access to three unlockable units, the Machine Mortar, Persian Mercenary and Urban Special Forces.

Ubisoft Announces New Clancy-Based Property in Game News Stardock Forums

Ubisoft has announced a new Tom Clancy property that they plan to launch in 2008. Tom Clancy's Air Combat will be developed by Ubisoft’s Bucharest studio for consoles and the PC. "Ubisoft has an unrivalled track record of creating and sustaining new brands," said Serge Hascoet, chief creative officer at Ubisoft. "Our commitment to refreshing our catalogue with regular introduction of new IPs is what keeps gamers coming back for more. With this new brand we’re redefining the aerial

Reply to PC 'Assassin's Creed' Pushed To Q1 2008 in Game News Stardock Forums

With all the games coming this quarter and into Q1 2008 I will probably hold off on this game despite how much I actually want it. I enjoyed the re-invisioned Prince of Persia franchise (despite its flaws) and AC comes off even better. Of course this doesn't solve the problem of whether I will get it for Xbox360 or PC...stupid choices, depends how good the PC port is I guess.

PC 'Assassin's Creed' Pushed To Q1 2008 in Game News Stardock Forums

Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed 's PC edition has been delayed till Q1 2008, just after the holiday rush that its console brethren will be rolling around in, likely selling tons of units. No reason for the delay was given by Ubisoft.

'Gears of War' Complete; Raid Toys R Us in Gaming JoeUser Forums

Well first things first you should notice that I am playing with the formatting of my reviews a little. Hopefully this will add a bit of structure to what can sometimes be described as rambling. Although JoeUser is incredibly annoying to format and test things with but hopefully I can figure it out soon enough. Secondly and more importantly, I encourage any gamer n

'Auto Assault' Devs Delivering Free FPS in Game News Stardock Forums

Just 19 days after closing their original MMO Auto Assault developer NetDevil has announced Warmonger, Operation: Downtown Destruction . The title was announced earlier this year as a proof of concept game but will be downloadable for free starting October 16. Warmonger is set in a post apocalyptic world with the entire environment powered by Ageia PhysX and Unreal En

New 'Warhammer 40,000' Expansion Coming in Game News Stardock Forums

The Games for Windows program has revealed another expansion for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War , bringing the total up to three. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm is shown in the October Issue preview by 1UP.com and includes almost no information. Oh, besides the fact that the new expansion will introduce another race, the Dark Eldar.

Colin McRae 1968-2007 in Game News Stardock Forums

As reported by numerous news outlets this weekend, Rally car driver and gaming icon Colin McRae died in a helicopter crash. The Rally driver, whom was reported as piloting the craft, also lent his name and expertise to Codemaster's rally series. Colin McRae DiRT was the latest entry into the franchise which started in 1998. The title was released for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 with a mobile phone version coming from Codemaster Mobile. Along with McRae the crash claimed his five year-o

Reply to 'Shadowrun' Developer Officially Closed in Game News Stardock Forums

Loved their MechWarrior titles though, so its not like they sucked or something.

'Penumbra: Black Plague' Announced As Final Chapter in Game News Stardock Forums

Paradox Interactive has announced plans to publish a single follow-up title to Penumbra: Overture cutting the former trilogy to just two installations. Developed by Frictional Games Penumbra: Black Plague is scheduled for release in Q1 2008 and will be the final chapter in the Penumbra franchise, which was originally designed as an episodic trilogy. "Penumbra: Black Plague is horrific, life-like, interactive and unique and we are thrilled to be working with Paradox I

'Shadowrun' Developer Officially Closed in Game News Stardock Forums

FASA Studios, the developers behind Microsoft Games Studios' mildly received Vista-only and Xbox 360 title Shadowrun, have officially closed their doors according to a forum post on the Shadowrun forums. Yesterday marked the last day of employment for employees who didn't transfer to another location inside MGS. The FASA team which stayed behind after learning about their studio's demise went on to create three separate patches for Shadowrun simply because it's "a gam