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Turok review
Posted: 18.02.2008 11:07 by Comments: 10
Turok, based on a comic book that has been around since the early 1950's, has been circulating in game form since 1997 (Nintendo 64 title). What does this latest installment in the 11 year Turok game evolution cycle have to offer? Emmanuel Brown shares his opinion.

Read the full Turok review.

Lost Plant demo reappears on PSN
Posted: 15.02.2008 08:00 by Kres Comments: 0
We reported early this week that a demo for Lost Planet was removed from the PlayStation Network due to problems with connecting to lobbies online. Capcom has now fixed the demo and PS3 users can once again download it from the PSN.

Eidos confirms Death Jr: Root of Evil for Summer 08
Posted: 15.02.2008 05:48 by Kres Comments: 0
Eidos Interactive has confirmed that Death Jr: Root of Evil, a platform shooter from Backbone Entertainment, will be released on the Nintendo Wii this Summer 2008.

The Far Cry movie trailer is set loose, communities braced
Posted: 15.02.2008 05:40 by Jamie Davey Comments: 5
Uwe Boll. That name either elicits sheer terror (for the wrong reasons) or general indifference within the games community, and amongst the horror movie buffs. Responsible for past misadventures bringing video games to the big screen (Bloodrayne, House of the Dead); Boll with the aid of Ubisoft is bringing the PC classic Far Cry to movie-goers.

The trailer, which has become available on YouTube, has already undergone a barrage of fact based critical analysis – “crap” I believe was mentioned many times. From the looks of the trailer, it’s bad, real bad and not in a ‘rebel you wanna love’ kind of way.

Gearbox title revealed: Aliens Colonial Marines, with Sega
Posted: 14.02.2008 16:03 by Comments: 3
Remember Gearbox said they had a big announcement coming soon not too long ago? Well, Game Informer just released the cover of their March issue. Guess what it is.

That's right, we're getting an Aliens FPS. It took long enough. The original movie is getting close to its 30th birthday and the number of games on it, while high, haven't really lived up to their promise

But with Sega and Gearbox behind the wheel on this one, we may just be getting the first taste of a great Aliens game. Can't wait to find out more on it.

Ghost Squad review
Posted: 14.02.2008 05:02 by Kres Comments: 1
Emmanuel brown has published his review for Ghost Squad, Sega's recently released arcade shooter that is available on the Wii. In this review Emmanuel tells us about the gameplay elements and suggests that it could serve as a stop-gap until the House of the Dead series are re-released.

Read our exclusive review here.

Riff: Everyday Shooter coming this Thursday to PSN
Posted: 12.02.2008 06:26 by Jamie Davey Comments: 0
Sony have confirmed that indie developed "Riff: Everyday Shooter" will be arriving onto PS3 via their PlayStation Network this Thursday, February 14th. Developed solely by Jonathan Mak, Everyday Shooter won three awards at the Independent Gaming Festival at the 2007 Game Developers Conference.

It will be available in the States for USD 9.99 and GBP 4.99 in the UK.

Resident Evil 5 promised to "flip out" gamers
Posted: 12.02.2008 05:23 by Jamie Davey Comments: 5
Capcom are letting the hordes loose onto the next-gen consoles. There's no official release date but Chris Kramer, the senior director of communications and community, has said Capcom have an exciting year ahead that will include Resident Evil 5.

"Just being able to see Resident Evil 5 running, I'm like 'Oh my god!'", Kramer said.

Rockstar will "experiment" with downloadable content for GTA4
Posted: 12.02.2008 04:49 by Kres Comments: 1
Rockstar Games have told Kotaku that they'll be experimenting with the downloadable content that is released for Grand Theft Auto 4 on the Xbox 360.

"RockStar doesn't seem sure that there are enough users with access to online content on the 360 to make it worthwhile for them to continue pumping out episodes” Kotaku reported.

Crytek's future movie plans
Posted: 12.02.2008 03:32 by Kres Comments: 5
The Imagina 2008 3D Technology Conference was held and Cevat Yerli, co-founder, president and CEO of Crytek, was the guest speaker. He talked about the Crysis Franchice, Far Cry movie, Crysis movie, and the CryEngine 2.

Crytek is working on presenting the CryEngine 2 Cross-Platform at the Game Developer's Conferrence.
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