Interesting marketing strategy from Atari As the release of the second installment in the Neverwinter Nights series is getting closer and closer, Atari has decided to promote it by giving away some goodies along with every retail copy. Looks like every retail copy of Neverwinter Nights 2 will include a code to unlock seven days [...]
Archive for October, 2006
Neverwinter Nights 2 Includes Dungeons & Dragons Online Free Trial
Posted by temi on October 31st, 2006
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PlayStation 3 Too Low-Tech for Gears of Wars
Posted by temi on October 30th, 2006
Preston Thorne of Epic Games slips out some information Apparently, the Xbox 360 has reached its limits with Gears of Wars, hardware limits that is. Gears of War is a third-person tactical action game developed by Epic Games and using the 3.0 Unreal Engine. In an interview gave to Siliconera, Epic Games manager, Preston Thorne [...]
Gears of War Party Steps on Graveyard
Posted by temi on October 27th, 2006
Hollywood graveyard hosts Epic’s third-person shooter. There are dead people everywhere, but it doesn’t smell. We’re at a graveyard in the middle of Hollywood, the ghost of Biggie Smalls is burping out of speakers and a couple hundred people are resting their drinks on tombstones — they are here for Gears of War. The game [...]
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic Gets Steamed
Posted by temi on October 26th, 2006
Steam, competition for retailers Valve just announced that the first person RPG Dark Messiah was released today. The game just shipped today to US outlets and the retail price for the regular version is around US$ 50. The Collector’s Edition will set you back some US$ 60 but I bet gamers who have been waiting [...]
Get Your Music in God of War 2
Posted by temi on October 25th, 2006
FallOut Boy would totally compliment greek mythology. Aspiring Billboard musicians: landing yourself on the soundtrack for God of War 2 probably isn’t the big break you were looking for — but hey, it’s a start. Sony, in conjunction with EmoSpa…MySpace, is hosting a virtual battle of the bands in order to award one lucky artist [...]
Ubisoft Delays Assassin’s Creed; GRAW 2 En Route
Posted by temi on October 25th, 2006
An unannounced Wii game in-the-works, too. Expect the usual PR pizzazz in the coming weeks, but in an overview of Ubisoft financials during the first half of fiscal 2006-2007, the company both confirmed that Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2′s coming in the fiscal fourth quarter — which means it’s coming sometime before next March — [...]
Next Generation Multiplayer in Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent
Posted by temi on October 21st, 2006
DemonWare technology to be used in another game The fourth installment in the Splinter Cell series, Double Agent, will be featuring DemonWare technology for its multiplayer mode. DemonWare will power the online features of the game. Arnaud Carrette, Ubisoft Producer for Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent declared that his company needed the best technology [...]
Savage 2′s 2006 Release Postponed
Posted by temi on October 20th, 2006
Beta testing scheduled for December The release of the fantasy/Sci-fi computer game from S2 Games, Savage 2, has been postponed. The games’ developers affirmed that they need more time in order to polish the game and make some final adjustments. Is that how you say it when you didn’t get anything done? Savage 2: A [...]
Insomniac Confirms Resistance is 720p
Posted by temi on October 20th, 2006
They aimed for 1080p, but it didn’t work out. The number of PlayStation 3 releases supporting 1080p HDTV resolutions will undoubtably increase as the hardware matures, but for launch games, limited development time is an issue. Insomniac Games publicly stated they were aiming to include the option for 1080p in Resistance: Fall of Man, but [...]
Rockstar’s The Warriors Developed for the PSP
Posted by temi on October 19th, 2006
The brawler genre will have its PSP representative Rockstar’s game, The Warriors, based on the 1979 Paramount Pictures classic film, will also be developed for the PSP system. Previously, fans of the genre had to purchase themselves a PlayStation 2 or an Xbox in order to play this Rockstar title. The two Rockstar subsidiaries, Rockstar [...]
