S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl Officially In 2007

Finish up your vodka and go back home comrades, there's no point in waiting for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl to come out this year anymore: GSC Game World's shooter is officially entering its 4th year of delays (after its initial 2003 date)! (...)

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The group of 37 publications voting for the Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2006 have completed their fine selection of nominees for the best games and hardware showed at this year's E3 2006, comprising 54 products from 20 different publishers. The most nominated game is Epic's Gears of War on the Xbox 360, (...)

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We all let out a big sigh of relief last month, when Ubisoft finally decided to throw away the troubled StarForce copy protection system, and we can't but congratulate all other publishers who will (hopefully) follow their lead. The first runner-up is now CDV Software, (...)

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More and more publishers are embracing GameShadow's automatic update and patch technology nowdays, and as the company's profits have been growing along with the system's user base, GameShadow decides that the time has come to do away with the subscription fee for the service entirely. The decision comes after (...)

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Nintendo Announces Wii Information, Worldwide Shipments

Following its overwhelming debut at E3 2006 - and a whole lot of speculations and media buzz, might I add - Nintendo today announced the current fiscal year unit shipment forecast for its new home game system, Wii. Nintendo also confirmed that the price of the Wii system, which incorporates unique freehand control, (...)

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Ubisoft sent out an interview with Michel Ancel, who talks about crazy rabbits, Nintendo's Wii console... oh, and about his return to his popular Rayman series, with Rayman Raving Rabbids: "The last Rayman I worked on was Rayman2 for Nintendo 64. Even if technically, we were beginners at 3d, it was a fantastic project, (...)

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Dark Messiah of Might and Magic Opens Closed Beta Sign-ups

Word on the official Might and Magic website is that Ubisoft has opened registrations for closed beta testing of Arkane Studios' upcoming Dark Messiah first-person action game. Places are said to be limited, so if you're interested in testing the online features of the game (and have some fun in the process), you might want to hurry up (...)

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A second demo version for Stormregion's latest RTS game Rush for Berlin has been released yesterday, and is now also available for download locally. Whereas the first demo that debuted earlier this month only contained one single-player mission on the German side, this multiplayer version brings in two new maps: (...)

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Rockstar Games Ships E-Rated Table Tennis On Xbox 360

You might not expect this kind of a next-generation title for the Xbox 360, and even more so when it's being published under Rockstar Games' notorious label. But as long as they manage to shock us... I suppose the end justifies the means. So here we have it: (...)

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Half-Life 2: Episode One Gone Gold, Premiering June 1st

It may have taken them a full year and a half to put together this expansionalized MOD, but now it's finally completed. Valve's Doug Lombardi sends word that Half-Life 2: Episode One has gone gold, and will be available via Steam and at retail stores in North America for $19.95 on June 1st. This solid price might be explained (...)

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