Archive for August, 2006

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic Limited Edition announced, also available on Steam. Trailers inside

31 August 2006
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Fans of the Might & Magic series will be happy to know that not only will the newest game in the series, a first-person game with RPG elements, be released digitally via Valve’s Steam service (the same service that helped push games like Half-Life 2, SIN Episodes and Darwinia), which isn’t surprising since the game…

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Madden 07 sets new Madden sales-record

31 August 2006
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Once again a new Madden game is selling like mad in the US of A. EA has announced that they believe the newest Madden game, Madden NFL ’07, has sold over 2 million copies across all platforms in just it’s first week of release! This will have the game entering the hall of fame in…

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Capcom interview clears up Lost Planet Xbox 360-exclusivity confusion

31 August 2006
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GameSpot recently posted an interview with Jun Takeuchi, a veteran developer of the Street Fighter, Resident Evil, and Onimusha series, about Capcom’s plans for Lost Planet. Lost Planet: Extreme Condition is one of two exclusive Xbox 360 titles that Capcom developed for the system in it’s show of support, Dead Rising, which was just released,…

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Oblivion magic users get Spell Tomes update

31 August 2006
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It can be hard on the pocketbook of any spell-caster in Bethesda Softwork’s epic masterpiece The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (available for both PC and Xbox 360) as it can cost an arm and a leg to get new spells via guilds. Today Bethesda announced Spell Tomes, a new download for the random treasure generator…

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Rainbow Six Vegas behind the scenes

31 August 2006
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This update is all about the developer diaries that go behind the scenes at developer Ubisoft Montreal. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas is coming to Xbox 360 on November 7th and to PS3 on November 17th. The team behind the game did some interviews to show how the game is being made. First up is…

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Gamers to Microsoft: “We want our 2 BILLION Xbox Live hours back!”

31 August 2006
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Nah, just kidding of course It’s fun to read, those Xbox Live online numbers Xbox team member Major Nelson just released. * The Xbox Live Marketplace just passed 50 million gaming and entertainment content downloads. That is double the 25 million mark from just three months ago. * In the first week of Madden NFL…

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Ridge Racer 7 for PS3 gets loads of new online features

31 August 2006
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Namco Bandai revealed in the latest Famitsu magazine that Ridge Racer 7 on PS3 will support up to 14 players to have online head-to-head races or team up for co-op races with relay, time attack, team battle and pair attack options. There will be 22 courses and a 160 races in the main Ridge State…

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Saints Row review video (Xbox 360)

31 August 2006
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Welcome to Stilwater, a city where the streets are everything but tranquil. Divided by rivaling gangs, you’ll need to adopt savvy street smarts to build respect, make money and gain notoriety, let alone stay alive. As a member of the 3rd St. Saint’s, you need to push back against a city looking to wipe you…

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Codemasters announces FPS game Fall of Liberty for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3

31 August 2006
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Codemasters (third game announcement from them this week) will publish the FPS game Fall of Liberty for developer Spark Unlimited (makers of Call of Duty: Finest Hour) as a major Q4 2007 title on PS3, Xbox 360 & PC. Fall of Liberty will take players to new battlegrounds in World War II – ones born…

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Hazy Haze hints in Free Radical Designs interview

31 August 2006
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Haze is an FPS game coming out for PC, Xbox 360 & PS3 early in 2007. Developer Free Radical’s Rob Yescombe, who’s the screenwriter on the game did a big interview with PS3Land. Aside from the already known key Haze features it seems the developer is still testing the PS3′s tilt function, framerate and 1080p…

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Children of Mana DS preview and gameplay video

31 August 2006
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The upcoming Nintendo DS RPG game Children of Mana will arrive in the US on October 30th. A Square-Enix action adventure game with gorgeous 2D art, Children of Mana boasts real-time combat, two to four-player co-op (multiple carts required), and plenty of World of Mana storyline aspects involving a gigantic sacred tree, a magical sword,…

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Nintendo DS Lite goes Black in Australia soon, total Ozzy DS sales over 300,000

31 August 2006
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I have a couple of friends in Australia, so I feel obligated to let them know they no longer have an excuse not to own a DS Lite. Because Australia’s highest selling gaming handheld, the Nintendo DS Lite, is about to get a boost with the arrival of a new colour Black! Retailing for SRP$199.95,…

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Game Openings – Soul Blade

31 August 2006
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Before there was Soul Calibur, the highly acclaimed weapon-based 3D fighting game that made a huge splash when it debuted on Sega’s Dreamcast console (and would go on to spawn the equally great Soul Calibur II), there was Soul Blade. Released for the original Playstation (an updated port of the original arcade game) way back…

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