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- Sacred 2: Fallen Angel preview -
ShackNews has posted its impressions of an early build of
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel:
"Sacred 2 is still in a fairly early state, but what has been shown so far
looks to be part of a solid and ambitious entry in a genre that could use
more such games. Ascaron has not yet announced a specific release
projection, but expect to see more from the game this year"
- Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles Interview - This spring a full
fledged expansion pack,
Elder Scrolls IV:
Shivering Isles will be released as a PC retail product and as a
downloadable expansion for Xbox 360 owners.
FiringSquad has conducted an interview with the expansion's lead
designer Mark Nelson to find out more about their plans for Shivering Isles.
- Attack on Pearl Harbor movie - Legendo Entertainment has released
the first movie trailer for Attack on Pearl Harbor, revealing more of
the World War II arcade combat flyer being developed at 3Division
Entertainment. Tora! Tora! Tora!
- City Life: World Edition movie - There is another new
movie trailer for City Life: World Edition, showing more of the imminent
expanded version of the modern urban management strategy game by Monte
Cristo.
- Space Empires: V demo v1.25 - Strategy First has released
another updated playable demo for Space Empires: V, bringing this sample
of the 3D turn-based 4X strategy game by Malfador Machinations to version
1.25.
- The Sims 2 Pets patch v1.6.0.273 - Maxis has released new
patches for the retail and
downloadable editions of The Sims 2 Pets, upgrading their virtual
life expansion pack to version 1.6.0.273. This patch implements a large
number of gameplay tweaks, bug fixes and other improvements.
- Updated Rainbow Six Vegas Patch -
The Rainbow Six Website has word on a new patch for Rainbow Six Vegas
addressing problems in the recent version 1.04 update. The new patch uses
the same version number as the previous patch, which, of course, ignores the
whole concept of version numbers.
- The Guild 2 Add-on Announced - JoWooD sent out
a press release announcing The Guild 2: Pirates of the European Seas, an
upcoming expansion for the strategy/management sequel focused on nautical
endeavors that's due in Q2 2007.
- 2K Announces New Football Title - Apparently 2k Games is going to
try their hand again at football.
According to Destructoid, 2k is going to release All-Pro Football 2K8.
The official website says the game will feature the "legendary gameplay,
innovative features, and outstanding visual quality sports gamers have come
to expect from 2K Sports." IGN predicted this in a recent article, including
speculation that 2K will sign up individual retired pros to get around EA's
stranglehold on the licensed football market.
- Sim 2006 Add-on available - Lighthouse Interactive announces
the completion of the add-on for Ship Simulator 2006, saying it is set
to ship to the U.K. and Scandinavia on February 16.
- Darwinia Vista -
The Vista edition
includes the expected Vista-ness, including a port of the graphics
engine from OpenGL to DirectX, support for the Xbox 360 controller, support
for Vista's parental controls, and more. The new version also offers three
new levels, and there's word that they are at work on a patch to bring new
features and enhancements to the previously released editions of the game.
- NHL Eastside Hockey Manager 2007 Series Cancelled -
The latest patch for this game is accompanied by
this forum post that offers the news that the series is ending with this
installment, at least for the time being. The reason is lukewarm sales,
which in SI's assessment, was due to how much the game was pirated.
- Spider-Man 3 website -
The website offers a
game trailer, movie trailers, and other resources, all behind an
Easter-eggy Flash interface. The game trailer looks to be the same from clip
from E306, which showcases little more than the "actual in game model" and
some very dark environments. In other words, watch this space for actual
updates. Spider-Man 3 The Game is currently scheduled for the PS3, Xbox 360,
Wii, PC, DS, PSP and PlayStation 2.
- Beta Test For BF 2142: Northern Strike Announced - Electronic
Arts has announced that closed beta testing has started for Battlefield
2142: Northern Strike, their upcoming "booster pack" for the Digital
Illusions developed multiplayer shooter.
This webpage has the
details on how people can sign up to play in the closed beta test. The
booster pack is scheduled to be released via download in March.
- Unreal Tournament May Still Support Console MODs -
Speaking to Game Informer, Epic's VP Mark Rein discussed why the company
had forgone announcing an Xbox 360 version of the game until just recently.
"One of our big concerns was the ability to bring mods to the platform, and
it's still a bit of an open issue, but we've had some pretty clear
indications that we'll be able to do it, and we're pretty excited about
that," he says. "That was kind of the one thing, we wanted to make sure we'd
be able to bring user-created content to the platform before we made a firm
commitment to it."
- GRAW 2 Demo Live (Xbox 360) -
The demo is available for free download on the Xbox Live Marketplace.
The GRAW 2 demo is set during the second mission of the game, and sees hero
Scott Mitchell journey to Mexico to clean a rebel camp on the outskirts of
the city of Juarez. Through the course of the demo, the player will acquire
numerous weapons and abilities including the UAV Cypher and M.U.L.E. support
drones.
- SSX Blur Trailer Online (Wii) - IGN just put up
a new trailer of the upcoming SSX Blur snowboarding game for Wii.
- 512MB Memory Card for Xbox 360 to Retail for $49.99 -
check it out!
- Wiinja installation (Wii) -
It
shows everything worth to know!
- Off-topic: Duke Nukem Forever - 2007 Trailer -
LOL,
Take it easy! ;-)
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