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Archive for February, 2007



EA announces Wing Commander Arena (but don’t get excited)

Posted by inpheaux on February 24th, 2007 at 7:01 am

Earlier this week, there were reports that the ESRB had issued a rating for an unexpected title from EA: "Wing Commander Arena". It told us that it was from EA, it had fantasy violence, and it would be on the 360. The internet, of course, exploded with fanboy speculation. Is it going to be a [...]

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Mercenaries 2 announced, slated for multi-platform release

Posted by inpheaux on February 22nd, 2007 at 2:48 pm

Hey! Remember Mercenaries? That game from a few years ago which no one understood why Lucasarts was publishing it? That game that was far more fun than it really should have been? Well it's back and slated for a big cross-platform release This winter.
Oh, and now EA is involved.
IGN scored an interview with Pandemic's Senior [...]

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Followup: Clover Studios returns as SEEDS

Posted by inpheaux on February 14th, 2007 at 8:36 pm

Clover Studios being disbanded last October was some of the most depressing gaming news of 2006. They had just shipped their long-awaited and now critically acclaimed Okami, and Capcom showed them the door. Luckily, the rumors we brought up in the previous article - that Clover wanted to break from Capcom, and do stuff on [...]

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Supreme Commander Quickie: The Demo is out

Posted by inpheaux on February 6th, 2007 at 12:55 pm

Supreme Commander is still two weeks away, but if you've got to get your fix right this minute you can start downloading the demo.
It's 1.1GB, so it'll be awhile, but there's a good chance you'll be done before the retail release is out.
You can get it from all the normal places that host demos, but [...]

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