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Final Fantasy fan people can get excited with the news that Final Fantasy xII: Revenant Wings on the Nintendo DS will go on sale on the 15th of February in the UK. The title is brought to you by Square Enix, the PAL publisher. Picking up one year after the conclusion of FFXII, the new title answers what happens to lead characters Vaan, Fran, Balthier and Penelo. Ivalice will be the setting filled with new adventures to undertake and new characters to meet. A new innovation to the series is the newly...
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Popular chess title, Chessmaster: The Art of Learning is coming to the PSP from Ubisoft. Players will be coaches the intricacies of the game by Josh Waitzkin, International Master & eight time National Chess Champion. Impressive indeed. Features include: Single/Multiplayer modes: Compete against 24 advanced AI characters (ranging from easy to hard) or challenge real players via wireless. Guidance from champion Josh Waitzkin: Using the basics from his book, Josh puts players in his shoes during...
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Exciting news for Wii developers with the news that GarageGames, a provider for independent games along with Pronto Games have confirmed a bucketload of updates for their Torque Game Builder used in the development of Wii games. One of the tidbits that was revealed was support for 2D drag and drop functionality. This was first announced at the Nintendo Developer Conference along with support for compressed textures, interior support, extensible Wii remote support, hardward blending for terrain textures...
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Spooky adventure game, The Lost Crown: A Ghost-hunting Adventure, gets a release date in USA of next month. Mixing an interesting blend of adventure and suspense genres, this game should see itself race off the shelves. President of Got Game Entertainment, Howard Horowitz, had this to say about the impending game's release, "We know it's been a long wait for adventure fans, but care and precision are hallmarks of all Jonathan Boakes projects, and that often time-consuming attention to...
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The OFLC has struck again banning yet another game from release in Australia. This time the Office of Film and Literature Board has set their sights on Digital Extremes' violent title, Dark Sector, due for release on the Xbox 360. The reasons they are stating are numerous ranging from, "violent and sometimes gruesome game with a sinister storyline and ominous outcome. The violence and aggression inflicted upon the protagonist is of a high level, naturalistic and not stylised at all."...
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DS owners will soon have the chance to play one of the most original titles released yet, Robocalypse. The game sports bright and colourful images in what is quite a unique RTS (Real Time Strategy) title. The game has an instant SpongeBob feel to it, no doubt as the title was authored by SpongeBob screenwriter himself, Jay Lender. The game revolves around the Thermodoom Corporation and their manufacturing of household friendly appliances, they also make military grade robots. Of course the inevitable...
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Ign have given Wipeout Pulse a whopping 8.8 on their site. No surprise really when you consider how successful the first one with its silky smooth tracks, pumping soundtrack and realistic difficulty curve. The new title vastly improves on the first in that you don't have to progress through the slower classes first, you can just jump straight into the thick of it and hang on for the ride. There are 12 new tracks all with unique twists and hairpins and of course signature straights where you cam...
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EA recently piped up about its titles that are due for release this year and '09. Such titles included Mass Effect 2 & 3, Burnout Next and a new Lord Of The Rings game developed by Pandemic. Some tasty treat there indeed!
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Better lock and load those rifles and pistols, House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return is Wii bound. Hopefully this will be a better affair than the Umbrella Chronicles...disappointing that was. But still Sega is behind the reins so we have hope that they'll pull the magic rabbit out of a hat!
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Fans of the first Condemned better start sharpening your knives with the news that Condemned 2 is heading our way. The first epsiode was a dark, gritty and at times, scary affair as you tried to out manoeuver crazies who were out to get you with anything and everything that could be used as a weapon. Condemned 2 picks up where the first one finished where you as Ethan Thomas are in a very bad state popping pills and pretty much down in the dumps. The city that you once knew is now a twisted variant...