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| News archive - June 2006 - page 7 Buckle up, it's time again for another Bungie update. The developers of Halo 3 have finally decided to release a "making-of E3 teaser" trailer (what's next, the making-of's making-of?), documenting the team's production work at that time, showing some never before seen footage (and subtle hints for die-hard fans), (...) Continue reading 'Behind The Scenes Of Halo 3'...
GOA Secures Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning In EuropeThe first publishing deal for Mythic's Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning was announced yesterday. The second party involved is an obscure company named GOA - a France Telecom-owned publisher of online games, who took it upon themselves to exclusively publish and operate this MAMMORPG (that's (...) Continue reading 'GOA Secures Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning In Europe'... Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Unfolding NowFew games have sold so well on the PlayStation Portable, as Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories; and in fact, according to the press release they sent out last night, this is the all-time bestselling PSP game to date. Why the big marketing talk? Easy: Liberty City Stories has just been released on the PlayStation 2, (...) Continue reading 'Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Unfolding Now'... As expected, the return of our beloved Heroes franchise late last month has brought with it mixed reactions. But while some players would go to either extreme in flaming or praising Nival for their work on Heroes of Might and Magic V, most tend to agree that the Russians have done a pretty good job in keeping the spirit (...) Continue reading 'Heroes of Might and Magic V - Download Patch v1.1'...PlayStation 3 To Run PS2 Games By Hardware EmulationRunning PS2 games on a different hardware (and at a decent frame-rate) by the use of software emulation is something that hasn't been fully achieved yet, nor by fan-made applications such as PCSX2, and apparently not even by Sony themselves. You'd think that the PlayStation 3 would have enough processing power (...) Continue reading 'PlayStation 3 To Run PS2 Games By Hardware Emulation'... Perpetual's upcoming MMORPG Gods and Heroes: Rome Rising has been gaining a lot of support lately, and especially after last month's E3, when several websites gave it the "Best of Show" award - including MMORPG.com, who also commended the game with the "Best Graphics" award. Not too shabby, for a game that (...) Continue reading 'Gods and Heroes: Beta Rising'...Some five and a half years after it was (co-)founded by Age of Empires (co-)creator Brian Sullivan, Iron Lore Entertainment has finally finished work on its first project: the mythological Action-RPG Titan Quest. Publisher THQ announced that the game has reached the gold master stage of development (...) Continue reading 'Golden Titan Quest Enters Manufacturing'...Though still far from the "Duke Nukem Forever" syndrome (also known as the "S.T.A.L.K.E.R." syndrome), SEK's jurassic strategy game ParaWorld has suffered yet another delay. From its previous August 2006 launch window, the title was pushed back to early September. This change (...) Continue reading 'ParaWorld Demo Plans And Slight Delay'...I knew this game was buggy! According to a press release issued today by Electronic Arts, after using a simulation engine in their 2006 FIFA World Cup videogame, they were able to test all 32 teams in the competition and determine that the Czech Republic would come out on top. How about that! (...) Continue reading 'Czech Republic Wins The 2006 FIFA World Cup!'...New Final Fantasy XIII And FF7 Prequel Details EmergeFollowing Square's sketchy E3 announcement from a few weeks ago, more details about their new Final Fantasy XIII universe are finally starting to emerge from Japan, along with some teasing bits and pieces regarding Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - the upcoming PSP prequel (...) Continue reading 'New Final Fantasy XIII And FF7 Prequel Details Emerge'... |
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