15:01. The LucasArts logo is very cool, with the little yellow guy throwing the light saber right at you and then going for a bit of Force lightning.15:03. Ahhh, loading times, how I hate them! Give me the Force!15:10. Force training is interesting, but the throwing mechanic seems a bit complicated. I suspect most throwing properly in the game will be done with low accuracy and with just a general idea of where you want the thrown object to go. The camera surely does not help and the inversion mechanic is somehow wrong.15:20. The idle animations of the apprentice are very nice. Too bad he says nothing interesting while playing around with h... [read more >>] Paradox Interactive voice, hot on the heels of the Hearts of Iron 3 announcement, that they are developing an expansion for their most recent launch Europa Universalis: Rome, a grand strategy game which spans the history of the Roman Empire. The expansion will be called Vae Victis and will sell for just 9.99 dollars when it launches close to the end of 2008.Paradox have a history of providing excellent support for their games, with comprehensive patches to address most major bugs and with expansion packs which are reasonably priced and provide extra depth to the original game. Europa Universalis III and Hearts of Iron 2 are both now much be... [read more >>] The Electronic Software Association, which aims to represent the interests of videogame makers, has hailed the sentencing of two individuals who had been involved in software and videogames piracy as a big step towards creating a secure environment in which the industry can operate and generate profits.Kifah Maswadi is one of the two people sentenced. He entered a guilty plea on charges of criminal copyright infringement and he was sentenced on August 15 to serve fifteen months in prison, then three more years of supervised release, during which his Internet activity can be monitored, and a further fifty hours of community service. He ... [read more >>] Halo rumors are always nice especially because there's a huge number of fans of the franchise that can't wait to hear something interesting about the Halo universe and the new games set in it. For the moment, we know that there's only one game related to the multi million selling first person shooter which is in development and that is Ensemble's real time strategy called Halo Wars.There was talk that Bungie, which is now an independent company, was going to announce something related to Halo at the E3 trade conference earlier this year but Microsoft pulled the announcement because it feared it would overshadow their who... [read more >>] Diablo 3 was announced just a few months ago and after the first trailer, Blizzard did not reveal too much new information about the game. Many people were thinking that in Leipzig, we might hear more, but apparently there are only a handful of new screenshots of the game you can take a look at below.The new screenshots are showing us characters we already know from the trailer that accompanied the initial announcement of Diablo 3: the Barbarian and the Witch. There are three more classes which will be featured in the game but Blizzard is not yet ready to offer details on them.The Witch Doctor is a surprising appearance and he seems to be t... [read more >>] Rumors are bad, bad things. On the one hand, they make you interested and excited regarding supposed products which look like the Holy Grail of gaming, while on the other hand, they set you up for the almost inevitable disappointment which follows when the said products fail to become concrete gaming realities. But there are those rumors which seem so genuine that you have to take a closer look at them.Now it seems that Microsoft might be planning a surprise release for this holiday season. In a nutshell, we're talking about a 199 dollar-Xbox 360 Arcade console which has a motion tracking controller included, along with a few demonstra... [read more >>] Electronic Arts says that it is entering a confidentiality agreement with Take Two today, which is aimed at prohibiting the two companies from revealing any detail regarding the face to face talks that are due to take place in the near future.Take Two is set to present Electronic Arts with guidance information regarding projects and expected financial results for the next three years. The data is supposed to let EA make an analysis regarding the opportunity of taking over the publisher.One of the final obstacles for a deal between the two sides has recently been cleared when the Federal Trade Commission, which is tasked with seeing that no ... [read more >>] Your trusted war correspondent again brings news from the scorched battleground of music games. As the Guitar Hero: World Tour offensive is nearing, with the twin columns of all instrument play and music creation ready to strike at enemy lines and sales numbers, the Harmonix generals that are preparing the defense of camp Rock Band are getting ready to unveil their new secret weapon: a game that is completely devoted to music creation.John Drake, who is part of the public relations department of Harmonix, has talked to MTV's Multiplayer Blog and said that the company he represents considers a music creation game "a full-on project" whi... [read more >>] A few months after release, GTA IV seems to be creeping back into public attention. Not so long ago, Take Two announced that it would be porting the game to the PC and we recently saw some screens of the PC version of the game, which look downright amazing. And now Microsoft is trying to reassure Xbox 360 gamers that the much promised DLC is really arriving during the fall of 2008.Microsoft has sent a press release from the Leipzig Games Convention saying that "In autumn there will be news from Liberty City; the first episodes of GTA IV will be available for download exclusively on Xbox LIVE, underlining Xbox 360's leadership role in t... [read more >>] A new super chart is born, aiming to track the worldwide success and sales of videogames. The NPD Group, which tracks sales for the North American market, has joined forces with GfK Chart-Track Limited, which hails from London and focuses on Europe, and with Enterbrain from Tokyo, which provides data on the Japanese market. The new product they have created is called Top Global Markets Report and it will provide unit sales, share, dollar sales and other stats on the videogames that have a global outreach. John Pinder, who is the managing director of GfK Chart-Track Limited, said, "We are excited to be working more closely with NPD and Enter... [read more >>] | 
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