Mar 15
Ubisoft USPTO filing reveals likely name of next installment in its tactical Tom Clancy shooter series, due out after Q1 2010.
Ever since it was first revealed in January–and officially announced in April–Ghost Recon 4 has been shrouded in mystery. No details on the next installment in the Tom Clancy-inspired tactical shooter series have been revealed other than its release window, which will be sometime after March 2010.
Even the game’s name is a working title, obscuring whether it is a direct sequel to the last installment in the series, 2007′s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2. That mystery deepened in October, when the Australian Classification Board classified a game called “Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Predator.”
GRAW2 already had non-deployed military technology. Will Future Solider do the
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Mar 14
Square Enix’s hotly anticipated JRPG busts platinum sales marker in 24 hours on PS3, franchise sales surpass 92 million.
It almost went without saying that Final Fantasy XIII would be a massive success in Japan. Any doubts to that were squelched in April, when Square Enix released a short demo for the game in Japan for the PlayStation 3–the only console that Final Fantasy XIII is available for in the region–and system sales nearly quadrupled on a weekly basis, according to Media Create.
FFXIII sales are officially fast as Lightning.
With Final Fantasy XIII officially available on retail shelves in Japan yesterday, the game’s selling potential has snapped clearly into focus. Citing internal figures, Square Enix announced today that Continue reading »
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Mar 14
In Dirt 2, you assume the role of an up-and-coming race driver who’s competing on the off-road circuit against such pros as Ken Block and Travis Pastrana for the first time. That’s a daunting prospect, but one of the many great things about Codemasters’ latest racer is that you can have a lot of fun with it and end the lengthy Dirt Tour career mode a champion regardless of your skill level. Your opponents aren’t pushovers; in fact, they put up a believable fight from start to finish, but the vehicle handling and damage is forgiving, the difficulty level can be altered before every event, and a slick flashback feature gives you the option to instantly replay portions of a race if you make a mess of them. Dirt 2 isn’t as realistic as some of the other excellent off-road racers that have come before it, but it’s as accessible and exciting as any of them.
The AI opponents are great, but you’ll still find the most competitive races online.
Your career gets off to an auspicious start when you’re presented with your first car: a Subaru Impreza that belonged to the late, great Colin McRae. Like all of the 35-plus cars in the game, its performance is measured in ratings from one to 10 for acceleration, top speed, and handling. Your rides are relatively slow as your career gets underway, but as you move up through the ranks, you get to upgrade them; not one part at a time, but with the purchase of kits designed for different event types. Those upgrades are mandatory, but you also have the option to tinker with settings before each race, and the good news is that even if you don’t know your downforce from your differential, there’s a good chance that you can do Continue reading »
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Mar 13
Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are pleased to announce Sins of a Solar Empire – Trinity today. Trinity is a compilation bundle which includes the award-winning Sins of a Solar Empire along with the Entrenchment and Diplomacy micro-expansions. As a special incentive, those who pre-order Trinity will gain access to the current Diplomacy beta via Impulse.
Sins of a Solar Empire – Trinity takes players through 25 years of warfare beginning with the real-time strategy game that started it all. In Sins of a Solar Empire, the independent Trader Worlds are forced to unite in order to defend themselves from the alien Vasari menace and the return of their exiled brethren, the Advent. The Entrenchment expansion jumps forward 15 years to a time of stalemate between the factions when they fortify the territories they control with powerful starbases, mine fields and advanced defenses. Diplomacy takes the player to the current day, when the constraint toil of war has taken its heavy toll. Some speak of peace, while others see such Continue reading »
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Mar 13
The Revered Survival Horror Game Franchise Makes Its Debut on Wii
Konami Digital Entertainment Inc., today announces that it has shipped the highly anticipated Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, the latest release in the renowned horror game franchise, which has spawned a long list of video games, books and movies. Winner of several “Best of E3″ awards, the game is the first Silent Hill title to be released on Wii.
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories begins much like the beloved original. The game opens to the scene following a car accident where the central character, Harry Mason, wakes to find his daughter Cheryl missing. Harry sets out into the snowy streets of the haunted town of Silent Hill to find her, and that’s where his living nightmare begins as he not only discovers the truth about his daughter, but also about himself.
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