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Archived News:
Soldak Entertainment
announces that Depths of Peril, their action/RPG is now on sale: Dallas,
Texas, September 05, 2007 - Soldak Entertainment today announced the
availability of Depths of Peril for Windows PCs.
Depths of Peril can be purchased at:
http://www.soldak.com/content/blogcategory/29/66/
Depths of Peril is a single player action role-playing game (RPG) with strong
strategy elements. You play as a faction leader protecting the barbarian city,
Jorvik, by destroying threatening monsters and completing quests. At the same
time, you compete with rival factions to see who will rule the city. Barbarians
choose their leaders by fighting to the death!
As a faction leader, you must deal with rival factions through diplomacy, trade,
and in time, war. Between battles and raids against other barbarian factions,
you build the most powerful faction possible, to withstand your enemies.
Building the power of a faction involves exploring a fantasy world, slaying
dangerous monsters, solving quests for the city, avoiding deadly traps, and
plundering loot to share within your faction.
But in this world, actions actually have consequences, so take care. Annoying
the powerful and aggressive Legion of Fear faction will cause them to declare
war and destroy you. Ignored orc uprisings in the Black Forest might lead to
attacks on the town or even more trouble. Protect ally covenants that are being
raided, because friends are hard to come by.
You can go to http://www.soldak.com/ for
more information about Depths of Peril and Soldak Entertainment.
A demo is also available at:
http://www.soldak.com/content/blogcategory/28/65/
Ensemble Studios now
offers new patches for the various language editions of Age of Empires III,
bringing the RTS sequel to version 1.12. The update offers balance changes, bug
fixes, and custom online scenario support for multiplayer games.
Ensemble also now
offers new patches for Age of Empires III: The Warchiefs, bringing the expansion
to version 1.04 with fixes, tweaks, and that custom online scenario support. The
downloads are mirrored on The Patches Scrolls.
The ijji Website announces the launch of
Drift City, a free-to-play cel-shaded online racing RPG: MOUNTAIN VIEW,
CALIF. – September 5, 2007 – NHN USA’s ijji.com, the US subsidiary of the
largest internet company in South Korea, NHN (KOSDAQ:035420), announced the
launch of Live Service for Drift City™ on ijji.com. A cell-shaded style racer
that incorporates role-playing game elements into a racing game environment,
Drift City allows users to customize their cars with various components and
performance parts to enhance their driving and assist them in completing their
race and missions.
The storyline for Drift City takes place in the near future, where the world’s
infrastructure has been hampered due to global shortages of oil. The focus of
the world has turned to the remote archipelago in the Pacific at Mittron Island
where an amazing natural resource, aptly named Mittron has been discovered. Due
to an influx of vehicles called HUVs that have invaded the island to terrorize
and disrupt the city and economy, the governing body of the island, the OMD has
called in elite drivers from around to world to restore order.
Players can play in Mission Mode and complete objectives assigned by the OMD.
Missions vary in their objectives and stipulations with some requiring speed
while other missions emphasizing safety. Delivery Service Missions is ongoing
and a battle of the clock. In the Battle Zone, players can take on other drivers
in individual or team races. Join up with friends or create your own Crew and
race against other teams. Completing your missions or racing in the Battle Zone
will earn you in game currency called Mito and Experience points which you can
use in the Driver Dome. At the Driver Dome, players can check out new cars at
the Dealership, the Parts Shop for performance upgrades or to the Garage where
you can store your vehicles. Drift City also includes an Auction House to
purchase or sell car and parts that you no longer need.
The Legend Forge: Your Destiny
Website is online as home to this upcoming throwback RPG from an indie
developer called addiktiveGAMING. The Flash site includes game information,
forums, screenshots, and concept art (thanks
Gamer's Hell). The site describes the
game as "The next evolution in freedom cause and effect based single/multiplayer
roleplaying games."
The official Death To Spies
Website is online, as a noisy Flash home to 1C Company's upcoming Smersh
game. Also fresh on the tubes is the multilingual
Fantasy Wars Website,
dedicated to the turn-based strategy offering.
Nerjyzed Game Studios announce BCFx
(Black College Football Experience), an Unreal-engine sports simulation based on
HBCU ( Historically
black colleges and universities) Football due for release this November:
BATON ROUGE, LA - September 5, 2007 - Nerjyzed Entertainment, Inc., a
privately held, African American owned digital entertainment company, announced
today the launch of its new sports videogame, Black College Football Experience.
An authentic, action-packed football game created using the Unreal 3.0 engine,
BCFx is a cultural experience that puts players and fans into the heart of black
college football. The game will be supported by a 12-week promotional road tour
to HBCU campuses, Classics and homecoming games. BCFx will be available for the
PC this November.
"Nerjyzed Entertainment was founded by a veteran team whose mission is to create
positive interactive products for the urban market," said Jacqueline Beauchamp,
chief executive officer of Nerjyzed Entertainment, Inc. "As HBCU alumni and
black college football enthusiasts, we're proud that BCFx honors our rich
tradition and provides an incredibly fun football game for the whole family to
play."
BCFx is a sports game that captures the unique culture of the black college
football experience, fusing advanced videogame design with music, and
entertainment. Nerjyzed has secured an exclusive 5-year licensing agreement with
three HBCU conferences including the SWAC, SIAC, and CIAA, several schools
within the MEAC as well as independent HBCUs. The game features more than 40
teams, bands and mascots; interactive halftime shows; realistic stadiums;
play-by-play commentary; and ten authentic Classics. For more information about
BCFx, the latest game trailers, fight song ring-tones, behind-the-scenes video
footage and the BCFx Road Show schedule, go to
www.nerjyzed.com.
EA/Mythic announces that over 400,000 applicants have expressed their interest
in beta testing Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, the upcoming Warhammer
MMORPG. In spite of this,
their beta center continues to accept applications: Closed Beta Test
of EA Mythic's Highly-Anticipated Massively Multiplayer Online Game Continues to
Grow
EA Mythic today announced that more than 400,000 players have signed up for the
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR) closed beta test, making it one of the
most successful betas in massively multiplayer gaming history. Slated for
release in early 2008, EA Mythic's long-awaited MMORPG continues to attract
legions of eager beta participants worldwide.
The overwhelming response solidifies WAR as one of the most anticipated PC
titles of 2008. WAR's Beta Center is currently open and accepting applications
at:
https://betacenter.eamythic.com/signup.php.
Based on Games Workshop's epic tabletop fantasy war game, WAR features
revolutionary Realm vs. Realm(TM) (RvR) game play and is scheduled for release
on the PC in the first quarter of 2008. For more information, please visit
www.warhammeronline.com.
'Industry' has a new player with Master P (thanks
FiringSquad) reports on a collaboration between rapper Master P and actor
Seth Green to create a role-playing game with a hip-hop musical theme to fill
the questionable void left by the demise of Hip-Hop Legends
( story). Details are scant at this point, but here's a
bit: The video game world is bringing together the unlikely duo of rapper
Master P and actor Seth Green.
Master P's P Miller Enterprises is partnering on the development of an original
hip-hop-themed role-playing game with Green and Matthew Senreich of Stoopid
Monkey Prods. ("Robot Chicken") and ShadowMachine Films ("Moral Orel").
"Play the Industry" will enable gamers to enter a 3-D world and then work their
way through up to stardom either as an athlete, power broker, hip-hop artist or
other character.
Many of the details are being worked out, including whether this will be a
disc-based or online-only game. But Senreich suggested that the final product
likely will be more akin to "The Sims," the popular online experience from
Electronic Arts, than a fighting or shooting game.
"You can play agent, you can play mogul, you play all sorts of different
characters," Senreich said of "Industry."
Although in its early stages, Stoopid Monkey and ShadowMachine already are
working on a script for the game, talking with developers about taking on the
project and lining up financing. The partners hope to have a developer on board
in the next several months and a release by late 2009.
Will id Tech 5 be All the Rage? on Next Generation is an article-format Q&A
with Steve Nix of id Software and Fleetwood Mac about id's new engine
technology. They discuss the engine, developer support, digital distribution,
publishing partners, licensees, and more.
Last night's report about the Medieval II: Total War Retrofit Mod
( story) was unclear about the fact that the Kingdoms expansion is
required to use this mod, which adds Kingdoms enhancements to the original
Medieval II: Total War. Apologies for any confusion this caused.
Well, a series of traffic mishaps put me over an hour late for my appointment
for my suture removal yesterday, but luckily this is a brief enough process that
they were able to fit me in nonetheless. What's the old joke about enjoying
hitting yourself in the head with a hammer because it feels so good when it
stops? Just like last time, the sutures didn't actually hurt, but it was only
upon their removal that I appreciated how uncomfortable they were.
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