Bioware & Sega team up for a Sonic DS RPG
Posted by inpheaux on June 21st, 2007 at 12:21 pm. . . . . What?
No, seriously. What?
"SEGA© of America, Inc., SEGA® Europe, Ltd., and Canada-based developer studio BioWare® Corp. today announced a partnership to create a new video game based on the classic SEGA flagship icon Sonic The Hedgehog. The exact name of the game is undetermined, and it will ship in 2008.
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"We're thrilled [...]
Steam to get community features next month
Posted by inpheaux on June 20th, 2007 at 7:43 pmHaving first effectively created the concept of unified online game distribution and then conquered it, Valve is looking to branch out. Next step for Steam? Community. Next month, Valve is planning on rolling out "Steam Community", a major upgrade to the Steam platform which intends to kill Xfire, and maybe take a stab at Teamspeak [...]
Geometry Wars now available on Steam
Posted by inpheaux on June 18th, 2007 at 11:37 pmI don't think I need to give Geometry Wars much of an introduction. It's the runaway hit Xbox Live Arcade game about zooming around and killing neon squares that want you dead. We've previously covered one of the several freeware PC clones, but now the real deal is available on Steam for the bargain-basement introductory [...]
Quake Wars public beta details announced
Posted by inpheaux on June 16th, 2007 at 3:21 pmLast night, while we were experiencing our lovely downtime, quite a few people got all excited when it appeared that Fileplanet had posted a public beta for Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. There was no announcement, no details about it on the front page, and nothing about it being limited to subscribers or anything. Oh, [...]
Half-Life 2: Episode 2, Portal and Team Fortress 2 dated - 09 OCT 2007
Posted by inpheaux on June 15th, 2007 at 8:20 amShacknews got the scoop. We've finally got a date for the highly highly highly highly anticipated trio from Valve, and it's less than four months away. On October 9th, 2007, "The Orange Box" will be released for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.
In case you haven't been keeping track, "The Orange Box" is the first multi-platform [...]
Planned downtime coming up tonight
Posted by inpheaux on June 15th, 2007 at 4:01 amOur hosts at 1&1 have apparently decided that our colocated server isn't where they want it to be, so our box is getting moved around tonight. So when you can reach us tonight, between 11:00 PM and 06:00 AM EDT, that'd be why.
We'll be back soon enough.
Game Informer Exclusive Bonanza Part 2: Rock Band
Posted by inpheaux on June 15th, 2007 at 1:39 amLips have been pretty tightly sealed over at Harmonix regarding Rock Band, the most incredibly complex music game in the history of music games, but they absolutely let loose in this interview.
First, lets get some track announcements out of the way. These are all original recordings, as it's expected most of the tracks in Rock [...]
Game Informer Exclusive Bonanza Part 1: Fallout 3
Posted by inpheaux on June 15th, 2007 at 12:12 amWe knew Game Informer's July issue would be ridiculous as soon as they flaunted the cover a week and a half ago. Fallout 3 and Rock Band exclusive first-looks? In the same issue? Seriously?
The issue is starting to show up in mailboxes around the country (and, of course, not in mine yet), so summaries of [...]
New Starcraft 2 video out
Posted by inpheaux on June 13th, 2007 at 6:59 pmApparently Blizzard gave PC Gamer a new exclusive video of SC2, and it - as is required by law - has found its way onto YouTube. It shows off a couple new Protoss things we hadn't seen previously.
Watch it here.
Here's an overview of the new Protoss units and buildings it shows off:
Soul Hunter - Seems [...]
Assassin’s Creed: Worldwide Release this November
Posted by inpheaux on June 8th, 2007 at 1:40 pmWe had heard previously that after several delays, Ubisoft's latest third person epic Assassin's Creed would be finally dropping some time this fall. Today they narrowed the window significantly.
November 2007.
Not sure what day in November, but some time in there. And it'll be a "worldwide release" (which probably just means North America/Europe) and it'll be [...]