Archived News:
AllHipHop.com reports on plans for Mathis "Detroit” Street Judge, a
Windows, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 third-person shooter. The game is a
collaboration with director Matty Rich's recently founded Matty Rich Games (187
Ride or Die) and the television judge. The game has a first-look deal with WBIE,
and the story involves a felon with one last chance to turn his life around.
Here's a bit: "I see this game as a way for young players to be part of
the glamorous thug life that is so popular in Hip-Hop culture without them
actually indulging in the life,” Judge Mathis explained to Yahoo.com. "Video
games allow you to obtain the fulfillment of their fascination with that
lifestyle without being in it. We're not going to stop the violent genre of
video games like Grand Theft Auto, so instead you try to engage it in a way that
allows them to obtain the fulfillment they're looking for but also give them the
choice of having a mainstream, successful life."
While blockbuster games like GTA add elements of satire and pop culture
references, Mathis is aiming to drive home the heavy emotional burden real life
gangsters carry due to their professions.
"The main difference between our game and Grand Theft Auto is that players will
have to deal with the justice system and consequences for their actions," Judge
Mathis stated. "When you go to prison, you gain credibility when you come back
on the streets. On the other hand, when you go to prison you can also be raped.
So take your chances.”
The "On Sale" link on the
Impulse Driven Store Page lists the weekend deals on Stardock's online
store. This weekend they are offering deals on
Restaurant Empire,
Nemesis of the Roman Empire,
GalCiv II - Ultimate Edition,
Warlords Battlecry III,
Capitalism II, and a non
game, their Object Desktop.
Meanwhile, the
48 Hour Madness Page on GoGamer lists a bunch of games on sale, many as low
as one dollar. The weekend
sale on Steam is 50% off the
Peggle Complete Pack.
GamersGate is offering
Prey and
Helldorado for 50% off.
The King's
Bounty: Armored Princess videos page now offers a pair of new movies from
the upcoming RPG sequel. The clips introduce Archdemon Baal and the Great Lizard
Ktahu, two of the game's bosses.
Thanks Mike Martinez and Ant.
Thanks Mike Martinez and Ant.
GSC Game World is apparently working on a new S.T.A.L.K.E.R. add-on
called S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat as well as a full-fledged sequel
to their irradiated first-person shooter. This is according to rough English
translations on ClanBase
and the TTLG Forums
of comments made in a
Russian-language chat with GSC Game World's Sergey Grigorovitch. A question
asking if the April "Call of Pripyat" entry on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. calendar was an
April Fools' joke was answered with the revelation that this is the name of
a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. add-on that they expect to release this autumn. He also
apparently says they are working on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2. Thanks Kincaid.
May Cover Story Revealed on the Game Informer Website shows the next print
issue of the gaming magazine will focus on Assassin's Creed II. If the
character in the cover art seems unfamiliar, that's because the stealthy sequel
features a new player character named Ezio. Word is: "In Assassin’s Creed 2,
players take on the role of Ezio, a young noble whose family was lost through
rival ruling families' betrayals. In addition to the new character, players are
going to get to explore a new setting: Renaissance-era Venice. What else is
going on? Well, you’re going to have to pick up the May issue of Game Informer
if you want the complete story on Ubisoft’s latest." There are also articles on
Kotaku and ScrewAttack
(thanks Chris) with information supposedly contained in that Game Informer
coverage, though this is all unconfirmed at the moment.
The Windows edition of puzzle/platformer Braid is now available, as
Playgreenhouse
is now offering PC owners digital distribution of Number None's indie success
story. The Braid on Steam
page currently says "This game will unlock in approximately 5 hours" and
Impulse lists today as its
release date, but the game is still listed as a preorder.
Greenhouse
also has a playable demo for the Windows edition, the demo is a 119 MB
download, but there is no word on what it offers. The demo download is now
mirrored on AtomicGamer.
Update: The game is now also for sale on
Impulse.
Dawn Of War 2 Community
Website has news that the long-awaited version 1.2.1 patch for Warhammer
40,000: Dawn of War II has passed through quality assurance, and is due to
be released at noon PST (actually PDT) on Monday. They also offer screenshots of
Tiber Outpost, the new six-player map the new version of the sc-fi RTS sequel
will include, and the full patch notes can be found on the
Dawn of War
II Community Forum.
There's a new BioShock 2
Gameplay movie on GameTrailers.com that just aired on GameTrailers TV on
Spike. The two minute clip is all gameplay footage, showing the wreckage of
Rapture, some glimpses of the big sister, a bit of underwater footage, as well
as some combat using the rivet, the magnum rivet, and the drill. No further
details about BioShock 2 were revealed, however, as the clip was the only
thing about 2K Boston's submerged shooter follow-up in the program.
East India Interview #2 on Pirates Ahoy! reacquaints us with East India
Company by discussing the real-time strategy game with lead designer Kim Soares.
Last summer we learned the game was delayed until Q1 2009, so it
is officially delayed again as of 10 days ago, but the Q&A discusses this,
saying, "Due to latest developments, release date for EIC is Q3 2009. I assure
you that the game will be that much better as to make up for the extra wait."
The conversation also reveals the game's system requirements: Minimum
System Requirements
OS: Windows® XP
CPU: 1,6 GHz Intel® Pentium® processor or equivalent AMD® Athlon™ processor
RAM: 1 GB (2 GB recommended for Windows® Vista™)
Video: 128 MB DirectX® 9.0c compatible or better video card with pixelshader 2.0
Drive: 4X PC DVD-ROM
Sound: DirectX® 9.0c compatible sound card
Available Hard Disk Space: Approx. 6 GB
DirectX®: 9.0c
Other: 3-button Mouse, Keyboard and Speakers. Internet connection for
multiplayer.
Recommended System Requirements
OS: Windows® XP / Vista™
CPU: 2,0 GHz Intel® Pentium® processor or AMD® Athlon™ processor
RAM: 2GB
Video: 512 MB DirectX® 9.0c compatible or better video card with pixelshader 3.0
Drive: 4X PC DVD-ROM
Sound: DirectX® 9.0c compatible sound card
Available Hard Disk Space: Approx. 6 GB
DirectX®: 9.0c
Other: 3-button Mouse, Keyboard and Speakers. 1 MBps Internet connection for
multiplayer.
The Blood Bowl Website is live as
home to Cyanide's fantasy-themed sports game. The site has information and game
media, as well as
word
that
registration is underway for multiplier beta testing: "Cyanide and Focus
Home Interactive are pleased to announce the opening of the registration to
participate in the Blood Bowl multi-player online beta. Indeed, the beta is
about to be opened! To make sure you will be one of the first to participate to
it, just complete the registration form! During this multi-player online beta
you will be able to trample the grass of the Human stadium by playing either the
Humans or Orcs teams!"
There's a Wolfenstein
Interview on [OC]ModShop talking with id software community manager Peter
Sokal about Raven's upcoming continuation of the World War II shooter series.
The conversation covers the basics about the game engine, weapons, AI, and more,
and includes the logic behind not pursuing co-op support: "Co-op was
discussed, but in the end we determined that Wolfenstein is the story of B.J.
Blazkowicz fighting against the Nazis and it didn’t make sense in terms of the
story to have two of him running around." There are also some new
Wolfenstein screenshots on
Skewed & Reviewed.
Mod DB
now offers version 1.0 of the No Escape modification for Half-Life 2.
Word is: "We tried to make the most of the Source engine so the mod is split
into 4 parts, each with a different gameplay, environment and effects. Depending
on your skills the game time can range from an hour to an hour and a half. Most
mods spend a lot of time on creating media but we wanted a mod that would be
playable after a short period of production and we believe we made it. Hope you
like it!" Thanks Ant.
How Fighting Robots Helped Wright Quit EA on Kotaku has some comments from
Mr. Wright about his departure from EA Maxis for the funner, stupider pastures
of Stupid Fun Club. Along the way he offers reassurances that he is not done
with gaming, saying, "some of the coolest things I'm thinking of working on are
new games," and that there will be "an almost unbroken lineage" between his past
and future work.
A new version 1.10 of the venerable
Eve of Destruction
Vietnam War modification for Battlefield 1942 is now available. The
update has tweaks and fixes as well as three new maps: Battle of Dien Bien Phu,
Dak Pek, and Surrounded. Thanks Ant and
Planet
Battlefield.
A new trailer is now available for Battlestations: Pacific, the movie for
the World War II action/strategy sequel is described thusly: "Beginning with
historical news reels from the onset of World War II, this trailer smoothly
transitions from real life battle footage to the life-like air and sea war
sequences in the game." The clip is posted on
AtomicGamer and
Gamer's Hell.
A new trailer for Zeno Clash is now available. Here's how ACE Team
describes the new clip: "In this trailer we show some of the unusual characters
that the player will encounter in our bizzare [sic] world. ‘The Corwid of the
free’ are a group of insane people that live in the woods, where they will
develop their obsessions and manias no matter how impractical or absurd these
may be." The clip can be streamed via the
YouTube and can be
downloaded from Gamer's Hell.
Al Lowe's Humor Site -
Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust. Thanks Janne.
"Thank you, VU Games, for keeping me completely away from this latest
disaster!"
Today is Good Friday, but I don't think you are supposed to wish a "happy" Good
Friday, in spite of all that goodness, so please accept whatever wishes are
appropriate to the occasion. And a good Friday it is for the superstitious as
well, since this second Friday of the month falls on the 10th, so now only half
the months of the year so far have had a Friday the 13th.
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