The most anticipated game of 2008 has officially gone gold, Take-Two announced today.
GTA fans across the globe, rejoice! The game you’ve all been waiting for is finished and ready to meet its April 29 deadline. Here’s what Take-Two top man Strauss Zelnick said at the company’s annual general meeting yesterday: “Trucks are rolling next week and there will be a lot of them”. So the GTA IV is hitting retailers soon, keep your eyes open, you might steal yourself a copy.
Pre-registrations for Rockstar Social Club have also been opened, so you’ll soon be able to record your stats in different Rockstar games, as well as compete to break other players’ records.
One last thing, Rockstar is giving out plastic keys to the first ten who complete the game 100%, so get ready.
April 18th, 2008
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Everyone’s favorite superhero, Spider-Man, will be swinging back into the video-game business in Activision’s next title, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows.
No details have been revealed about this upcoming Spidey title, not even what systems it’s being developed for, but it does have a neat teaser website, seizecontrol.com. As the name suggests, developers are giving players the ability to “control everything”. Although I’m convinced they’re exaggerating with that remark, it seems players will affect the outcome of the game, the way Spider-Man fights his opponents, which of his weapons get upgraded, his allies and the fate of the city of New York.
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows is being developed by Activision’s internal studios Treyarch (they’ve worked on a Spider-Man game in the past) and Shaba Games. The game is expected to be released sometime this fall.
April 18th, 2008
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Gearbox’s latest entry in the Brothers in Arms series finally gets a release date, and it’s not as bad as we thought.
After first being announced in April 2006 for a holiday release of that same year, developers pushed back the game for the last part of 2007, but it didn’t come out last year either, and although a new release was scheduled for early 2008, all we got was another delay, for fiscal year 2009 (which basically meant sometime between April 1, 2008 – March 31, 2009).
Fortunately we won’t have to wait until 2009 to experience more tactical FPS combat in the same WWII setting, or at least that’s what the latest trailer says. It hints towards an August release and this time I hope Gearbox mean it.
The game is being developed for the PS3, Xbox 360 and the good-old PC.
April 18th, 2008
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Funcom and Eidos have announced they are rewarding those who pre-order their upcoming MMORPG, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures.
Age of Conan will apparently be released in Europe on March 23rd and if you pre-order it now you will have access to the game on May 20th, that’s a 3-day head-start. The developer and publishers have another bonus for those of you willing to spend cash early, they’ll also include an exclusive mount: the Killer Rhino or the War Mammoth.
Unfortunately not all video-game retailers are participating in this pre-order deal, so your surest bet would be to go with Gamestop or Amazon.
April 17th, 2008
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The best selling PC franchise in the history of video games passes the unbelievable 100 million-sold units mark.
EA announced today that the simulator series continues to bring in piles of cash, even though the first game was first released back in 2000. Over this eight years period, The Sims has been translated into 22 different languages and sold in 60 different countries. Unbelievable figures, but not as unbelievable as the $4 billion dollars it cashed in during this time, according to analysts.
Very impressive for a series that only sports 2 core games and a numerous line-up of add-ons and spin-offs. The Sims 3 is scheduled for 2009 and the developers say players will have the chance to freely walk their characters through the neighborhood.
EA said that “If 100 million boxes of The Sims were lined up end-to-end, they would stretch from New York city to Moscow. And, with 100 million sold, one out of seven homes in Europe and one out of three homes in America would have a product of The Sims franchise.”
Way to go Sims!
April 16th, 2008
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Afro Samurai finally gets its already long announced video-game and it’s being developed by Namco Bandai, in the spirit of the manga and anime series.
Samuel L. Jackson will star in the game as Afro, the second-best samurai in the world, out to seek revenge for his father being killed by justice, a powerful fighter who cannot be killed by conventional means. So it will be up to the players to chase this Justice and his minions throughout a medieval imaging of Japan and leaving a bloody trail.
The game’s graphics will be cell-shaded, which I think befits it very well and you’ll be glad to know it’s going to have an M rating, which means you’ll enjoy plenty of bloodshed, dismemberments and beheadings.
As in the short anime series, the soundtrack will have hip-hop influences and it will be produced by Wu-Tang Clan veteran RZA. Music will have a great role in Afro Samurai, influencing the enemy AI and the gameplay (kind of like in Samurai Champloo?) says Namco Bandai.
Afro Samurai will be out in the US for the PS3 and Xbox 360, this fall.
April 16th, 2008
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A demo for the highly anticipated action game will be released sometime next month, according to CVG.
American Xbox 360 owners rejoice, a demo for The Bourne Conspiracy will hit Xbox Live Marketplace next month, says Vivendi. No dates have been revealed for Europe but it’s expected it will come a bit later, considering the game will first release in the US. Also nothing confirmed for the PlayStation Network either, strange.
The Bourne Conspiracy promises to be a mega crossover between the Bourne books and all the motion pictures, which should make for an interesting game…hopefully.
April 14th, 2008
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Well GTA IV must be a God-sent gift to all the video-games retailers in the world, as it looks like it will be the best selling video-game of 2008.
Several retailers have admitted that they are surely going to struggle to meet consumer demands when Rockstar’s GTA IV launches, on April 29. However, if you’re one of the lucky few that have preordered the limited edition version of Grand Theft Auto 4, you shouldn’t worry, retailers promise you will get your hands on a copy on day one. For the many who have preordered the standard version, the news aren’t that good- you may not be able to play GTA IV as soon as you’d wish.
Here’s what GAME had to say on the matter: “We cannot guarantee delivery on the day of release for orders placed on or after the 7th of April. We are currently sold out of this item. All orders will be dispatched on a first come, first served basis.”
Gamestation continues on the same note: “Due to unprecedented demand for the standard editions of Grand Theft Auto IV, we are no longer taking pre-orders for this version.”
With some analysts predicting GTA IV will sell up to six million copies in its first week, all this shouldn’t come as a surprise…aftar all Karl Lagerfeld is going to be in it 
April 10th, 2008
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After several push-backs PS3’s FPS finally gets a final release date, but for Europe only.
Although the game was announced for May back in February, but no one really believed it, and they had a pretty good reason, considering all the delays. Haze was originally planned for the first half of 2007, then it was pushed back to before March this year and then again to autumn.
Today Ubisoft announced that the PS3 exclusive sci-fi shooter, developed by Free Radical Design will reach European retailer shelfs on May 23. No official date was disclosed for North America by the publisher, but according to online retailers it will reach Americans on May 20.
What’s very interesting is that Rock Band for the 360 will hit European stores on the same date, May 23. Let the battle begin.
April 9th, 2008
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Relic has announced that it’s finally begun work on a sequel for the popular RTS series, Warhammer 40.000:Dawn of War.
The sci-fi side of Warhammer is definitely one of my favorite universes and Warhammer 40.000:Dawn of War is right up there with the greatest strategy video-games I’ve ever had the chance to play. And on this happy day, the guys at Relic have made an announcement I have been waiting for some time now, Dawn of War 2 is coming.
The game is developed for the PC only and it’s scheduled to hit retailers across the world, early spring 2009. According to THQ, Dawn of War 2 is “intense action and visceral combat through a non-linear single player experience and a fully co-operative multiplayer campaign.”
Those who bought the most recent expansion to Warhammer 40.000: Dawn of War, entitled Soulstorm get special treatment, they will receive invites for the multiplayer beta testing of the sequel.
April 4th, 2008
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One of the most anticipated games of 2008, Star Force: The Force Unleashed finally gets release dates for all major markets.
“Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is one of the most ambitious projects Lucas Arts has ever launched. The combination of a brand new Star Wars storyline with revolutionary new technology and gameplay means more fun than you’ve ever had in the Star Wars universe.” said Peter Hirschmann of Lucas Arts. We finally know when we’ll be able to enjoy all this, September 16 for the USA, September 17 for Southeast Asia and Australia and September 19 for Europe.
It’s about time Lucas Arts came-up with a release date, the game has been in the works for an awfully long time. Now let’s just hope it will be worth the wait.
April 3rd, 2008
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The highly praised PC space strategy game gets its first expansion pack.
Brad Wardell, CEO of Stardock, the game’s publisher revealed that the company is already working on an add-on for Sins of a Solar Empire, during an interview with Wired.
The much-awaited add-on will finally offer gamers a full campaign, a storyline and some new playable factions. It’s exactly what the original game lacked, and considering it got great reviews from all the major gaming sites, I wonder what score this expansion will get. We’ll find out in the “reasonably near future”.
April 3rd, 2008
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One of the most successful mobile games ever released, Guitar Hero III is ready to take on another challenge, the Blackberry platform.
In a press release, Michael Temkin, chief technology officer and EVP of operations at Hands-On Mobile, said: “With Guitar Hero III Mobile, we pushed the boundaries of innovation for mobile gaming and as a result are enjoying incredible success working directly with all of our distribution partners. We are thrilled to bring this game to the BlackBerry platform for customers around the world.”
Here’s the song list available for the mobile version of the game:
(1) Santana - Black Magic Woman
(2) Wolfmother - Woman
(3) AFI - Miss Murder
(4) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss
(5) Alice Cooper - School’s Out
(6) Pat Benatar - Hit Me with Your Best Shot
(7) Van Halen - You Really Got Me
(8) KISS - Strutter
(9) Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock
(10) Stone Temple Pilots - Trippin on A Hole
(11) Matchbook Romance - Monsters
(12) Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
(13) Black Sabbath - Paranoid
(14) The Allman Brothers Band - Jessica
(15) Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
There are another 3 songs being released this month, if you own a Blackberry and want to get the game, visit www.bplay.com/guitarhero
April 2nd, 2008
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Get ready to be thrown in the action-filled world of rogue agent Jason Bourne, as the Bourne Conspiracy gets a summer release date.
Developed by High Moon Studios, Robert Ludlum’s Bourne Conspiracy promises to deliver a mix of shooting, hand-to-hand fighting, car chases and “dramatic escapes”. The game focuses on the background of elite agent Jason Bourne and the conspiracy that surrounds his life.
The Bourne Conspiracy will be released for the Xbox 360 and PS3, on June 3 in North America and June 27 in Europe.
April 2nd, 2008
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Chris Taylor, head of Gas Powered Games, said current hardware is stalling his plans for the next entry in the Supreme Commander series.
Taylor said “I’ve been told by my engineers that for Supreme Commander 2, I don’t enough memory in a PC with 4Gb of RAM to have more factions.” He continued “We’ll return to the Supreme Commander universe again, but we’ll just have to see when that day is. Maybe when everybody has 64-bit processors…”
I guess we won’t be seeing a full sequel to the acclaimed RTS, and we have only technological progress to blame for that. And here I was thinking technology’s moving at an unbelievable pace.
March 31st, 2008
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