Archive for January 17th, 2007
Australian games industry sees highest sales ever in 2006
The Australian video games industry has always remained behind when it comes to video game releases, and like-wise, sales of video game hardware and accessories. But as the main three hardware competitors and software publishers continually trend towards worldwide releases, or at the very least, releases that are closer to the original dates of titles…
Refusion to be the PC’s first full FPS-RTS
Gumpanela Entertainment announced Refusion. It’s supposedly the world’s first game to combine full First-Person Shooter (FPS) and full Real-Time Strategy (RTS). The game is developed for the PC and will be released in December 2007. Singleplayer: The story takes place millions of years in the future, light-years away in the deep Universe. In the game’s…
Pursuit Force 2: Extreme Justice takes arms to PSP and PS2
Bigbig Studios and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe have announced a sequel to Pursuit Force titled Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice will be coming to PSP & PS2. The new game was given a summer 2007 European release date, with a U.S. release likely at the same time or before. The game will add multiplayer modes different…
Sam and Max: Episode 3: The Mole, The Mob and the Meatball first video
The third episode of Sam and Max, titled The Mole, The Mob and the Meatball, will be released at a price of $8.95 on January 25th on download site GameTap, and then on Telltale’s official website on February 7th. The story goes like this: The commissioner is looking into an underground operation at the Ted…
RACE: The WTCC Game free for the 3 day trial on Steam
Everyone is invited to try RACE: The WTCC Game free from January 18th through 21st. Go to the RACE game trial page on Steam and take these three simple steps: 1. Download Steam and install it; 2. Create an account; 3. RACE for free. Based on WTCC, one of only three official FIA world championships…
Heavy Weapon is the Xbox Live Arcade release this Wednesday
Microsoft announced that Heavy Weapon, a side-scrolling shoot-em-up arcade game, ported by PopCap from their PC version now for Xbox Live Arcade, which will arrive today. The game will be available for download worldwide (except for Hong Kong, Singapore or Taiwan) on Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360 after 0800 GMT (1AM PST), at a…
StarCraft remade in 3D by fans
Project Revolution is a mod that will convert Warcraft III into StarCraft: Brood War. So you’ll be able to play StarCraft in 3D. Sadly their FAQ says it’s only half complete after three years of development, but they will be doing a (closed) beta before release, possibly online via Battle.net. The team of fans, who…
Dead Rising in a real mall
Our past Mega64 favorites include the Tetris skit that showed what everyone’s been seeing. And call us sappy, but our favorite one in 2006 was the ICO skit. They’ve finally put up a new hilarious movie. It’s introduced as: “Welcome to Willamette Mall!” That’s right, the Xbox 360 exclusive zombie game from Capcom, Dead Rising,…
Did you know the unique PS Vita game Gravity Rush is helmed by the Siren series director? 
