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Launched on the App Store just last month, Fieldsystem Inc.'s newtonica has already gotten its first update. Besides adding a worldwide ranking solution, so players can keep track of how well they played compared to others, the new release also straps a “helmet” onto Astro Baby Bird's head. Bug ... |
2 October 2008
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Recently, a new site called GamerDNA emerged and it aims to uncover the patterns in behaviors and attitudes in the case of gamers, all this through a series of tests that focus on different kinds of genres like the all too popular MMOs, shooters or strategy games. It is also meant to be a different kind of social net... |
22 September 2008
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We have all heard about the Large Hadron Collider, it is the biggest and highest energy particle accelerator in the world. Essentially, it is a big ring, located beneath the border between France and Switzerland, with the central part on the outskirts of Geneva. Its purpose is to collide beams of prot... |
19 September 2008
03:33 GMT |
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, will be released worldwide on the 5th of September this year, after going gold, according to GSC World Publishing and Deep Silver. This highly anticipated prequel to the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. was initially slated for a late August release, but we all know that game developers generally te... |
19 August 2008
04:33 GMT |
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Space Trader is a really promising FPS action/trading game with eye candy visuals and a really interesting concept that lacked one major thing: a publisher. Fortunately, the problem has just been solved, since indie developers Hermitworks Entertainment have signed a distribution agreement with Meridian4 and I must sa... |
18 August 2008
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Classic first person shooter action, single- and multiplayer modes plus tons of fun: that is what CORE promises to bring exclusively on the Nintnedo DS. The game is the debut project from developer NoWay Studio and it will be released in October 2008, just before the Christmas sales.In the game, you take the role of ... |
14 August 2008
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The big unveil at Sony's E3 press conference was arguably Massive Action Game, a multiplayer oriented shooter which is due to revolutionize the way players approach team based online games. In an interview for Eurogamer, Sony representatives said that the game might be ready in time for a spring 2009 release. Th... |
21 July 2008
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If you remember, I first wrote about Combat Arms back in May, when the closed beta for this really promising MMOFPS was kicking off. Now, only a month and a bit later, developers Nexon America announce that their title is ready for open beta and invite everybody who's interested to join in and start shooting his... |
2 July 2008
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You probably have sweet memories when it comes to the Metal Slug series, ever since it was released on Neo Geo. If you were a fan of the title or you just love this run and gun type of games, we have some really great news for you: Ignition Entertainment and SNK Playmore have teamed up and decided to bring the Metal ... |
30 June 2008
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Post-apocalyptic massively multiplayer games that mix first person shooter action with RPG elements are really enjoyable titles, if done correctly. Fallen Earth might be one of these - and we're only one step away from seeing it for ourselves.The Fallen Earth team worked hard for the past six months for the game... |
20 June 2008
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Mac owners, gamers, and players of Albert Mayer's Sauerbraten should be happy to hear that a totally new version of their favorite game is available for free download straight away. Sauerbraten CTF Edition allows gamers to play both offline and online, and to enjoy dynamic map/geometry editing. Dozens of new add... |
19 June 2008
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City Interactive is planning to bring us the sequel to its first game in the Code of Honor series - this time, we'll leave together with the Foreign Legion and head straight to Conspiracy Island, somewhere in Guiana, in order to annihilate a group of terrorists who threaten the world (as always). The first perso... |
19 June 2008
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Philosophy is rarely an interesting source of inspiration for videogames and those who play them. With all that, a big part of Gas Powered Games' upcoming Space Siege game decides how human the main protagonist remains while fighting a bunch of genocidal aliens.The game begins as humanity is being obliterated by... |
18 June 2008
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We all know that the Nintendo DS handheld is a place where a lot of unexpected things can and usually happen. One of them is this new game under development by Gammick Entertainment: Little Red Riding Hood: Zombie BBQ, a title that will bring pure madness to your consoles. And honestly, I have absolutely no idea whet... |
10 June 2008
03:38 GMT |
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Capcom has finally decided it was time to give us more details about Dark Void, the new sci-fi action-adventure game they had announced late last year. The game will be released as a multi-platform on Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles, as well as PC systems. It is a really hardcore one that looks amazing - if we are to belie... |
4 June 2008
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Fracture, coming from publisher LucasArts, is getting its website and community portal, and LucasArts is talking a bit about the sci-fi shooter that Day 1 Studio is developing. The year is 2161 and climate change is not a distant prospect anymore, but rather a grim reality. Its most catastrophic (and dare I say, unli... |
2 June 2008
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Everybody is against Hitler - even the peaceful, family friendly Nintendo Wii. And starting this summer, you will get the chance to wreck havoc against his troops and eventually put an end to his suffering, thanks to Ubersoldier 2: The End of Hitler, a game coming to PC systems only. Developed by Burut Creative Team ... |
28 May 2008
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Blacksite: Area 51, the first person shooter published by Midway was, in many critics' eyes, a great disappointment. The game was highly anticipated, because it was meant to have a special political message: the first person shooter was supposed to bring a satirical look at the war in Iraq, at how war veterans a... |
28 May 2008
10:25 GMT |
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To be honest, it is just now that I've found out about this exciting online first person shooter (FPS) game and I can say that I am already impressed. Developed by Nexon America, the shooter is called Combat Arms and it will soon begin its closed beta stage, with the full release coming, hopefully, later this su... |
27 May 2008
03:11 GMT |
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Polish developers NoWay Studio have decided to bring the first person shooting action to the Nintendo DS, so they have started to work on CORE, which promises to become instantly familiar to all those who love classic FPS games - single player and team based. At the moment, we only have some really good looking conce... |
23 May 2008
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Whenever a newly formed developer announces a big project, you tend to take the news with a grain of salt, while praying to God to let the devs do their job as they should - flawlessly. But until we really get the chance to test the product, let's learn more about the facts: Gingerbread Studios, a new Polish dev... |
19 May 2008
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Every now and then, a small little game gets released and it offers you a few unforgettable hours: lots of fun, mad mouse clicking and countless enemies to destroy. It just happens that this week's game responsible for all the "during-breaks" fun is called Larva Mortus, coming from the Czech developers Rake in G... |
13 May 2008
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Just out of the blue, id Software has announced having started to work on another Doom title and used the occasion to post some job ads, too. Not the most exciting way to announce a sequel for one of the most important and beloved games in history, but somewhat understandable, having in mind the quality and overall r... |
8 May 2008
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If you wanted to explore the space and you were unhappy that neither NASA gives you the job, nor other game developers offer you viable solutions, you should be very happy to find out that Strategy First is preparing Exodus from the Earth and it is going to put you in charge! Of course, this is not exactly what you c... |
30 April 2008
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Ben Cousins is senior producer of Battlefield Heroes and he talks about how careful observation of the South Korean games market leads to the free-to-play model being adopted for Battlefield Heroes and about how the developers came up with a cartoon look for the MMO game. Cousins took some time to sit down with Gamas... |
3 April 2008
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We finally have a release date for the somewhat anticipated S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky title: the 29th of August 2008 and we do hope that the last Summer days will bring us a really worthy title to play. The game will be released worldwide by the game labels Deep Silver and GSC World Publishing. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear ... |
28 March 2008
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You'll go like: "Blam! Make that nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine billion, nine hundred and ninety-nine million, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine zombies..." and you will soon lose count and just press the damned trigger (or, mouse button, if ... |
26 March 2008
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Every now and then you hear the news about a project that really excites you and makes you hope you'll finally get The Game but most of the times you get nothing in exchange - if the game eventually makes it to the market. Hopefully, the newly announced project from the "young" Black Wing Foundation company will... |
12 March 2008
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I am rarely impressed when I hear about a game project from an unknown game developer, backed up by a publisher like Codemasters, which is not exactly a high scorer. But this time I am put under the spell of Damnation, the title that promises to revolutionize the shooter genre - the first game coming from Blue Omega.... |
7 March 2008
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It's no secret that gamers have saved the world or even the entire galaxy more often than Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone together - and we'll keep doing this for sure without ever getting bored, probably. We'll do the same thing in Capcom's RPG-styled shooter, Rocketmen: Axis of Evil, a game ... |
4 March 2008
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End of the week, what do we want to do? Relax of course, and relaxing to some (many) is playing a video game. This week, Softpedia is happy to present a retro-style shoot-'em-up title for Mac by Freeverse called Neon Tango. A demo is already available for immediate download.Players launch their cyberships into b... |
29 February 2008
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Dark Sector has an official release date of March 25, 2008, so it's about time to take another look at the sci-fi themed shooter from Digital Extremes. They are best known for their work on the early Unreal games, and are developing the game for D3, publisher of casual success Puzzle Quest.The story is pretty m... |
22 February 2008
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This year's GDC is, as always, a place where exciting new game prospects are announced. It is the same situation with Aliens: Colonial Marines, a squad-based, tactical first person shooter (FPS) that will bring back to our screens the feared, but beloved Aliens - inspired from the Hollywood franchise with the sa... |
22 February 2008
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A few weeks ago, Red Faction III was announced and everybody got pretty excited that the war on Mars will return, bigger, better and multi-platform. Unfortunately, except the fact that it was officially announced, we didn't know much else - we only hoped that it would be more like the first game in the series an... |
21 February 2008
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Although totally scary for the parents but a reason for ultimate joy for (some) kids, Eidos' newly announced Wii game will allow you to be a guy called Death Jr., the son of Grim Reaper himself. The game will be developed by Backbone Entertainment exclusively for the Nintendo Wii and this humorous platform shoot... |
15 February 2008
06:59 GMT |
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Fallen Empire: Legions is a first person shooter (FPS) for the recently announced online platform, InstantAction.com. The game is developed by GarageGames and it has only one goal: to set a new benchmark of what the future of gaming will be on the Internet. It would be great if something like that would really happen... |
21 January 2008
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Those who are into some serious poker, winning tons of cash, facing some hardcore chicks and most of all, having fun, will find in "Arctic Stud Poker Run" a great game. It can be called full-contact poker or, as others did: Twisted Metal meets Texas Hold'Em. One thing is for sure: it is more than the classic car... |
11 January 2008
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Artificial Life, a company from Hong Kong providing mobile technology and applications, announced it has signed a licensing deal with Paramount Digital Entertainment, a division of Paramount Pictures Corporation, to release two exclusive mobile games based on the multiple Academy Award winning movie "Braveheart" and ... |
7 December 2007
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June was the month when "TheAmazingAtheist", by his username, made a video rant in his garage entitled "Columbine Killers, Mental Midgets & Social Darwinism" that pointed to Pekka-Eric Auvinen, the Finnish High-School shooter as being a social threat and suggested that somebody report him to the authorities.Although ... |
9 November 2007
06:20 GMT |
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Vivendi has just announced that it will support the release of the "Urban Attack" game for mobile phones. This first-person shooter is set to hit the market before the end of the year and make an excellent holiday gift for many people."Urban Attack" follows a plot set in 2046, after the third war, in Ukraine. The Rus... |
9 October 2007
09:09 GMT |
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Shoot'em Poker has been launched by Best direction in order to combine all the aspects of being a true cowboy. The game helps the player develop skills both in playing poker and accurate shooting.Shoot'em Poker allows its user to choose between almost 10 different well known western characters such as Jane,... |
13 July 2007
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Call of Juarez is one of the most successful first-person shooters for PC use. Breakpoint is currently working on ways to bring this game concept on mobile phones too.Breakpoint seems to have managed to find ways as to adapt Call of Juarez to mobile gameplay too and be just as challenging as it has been known to all ... |
20 June 2007
10:03 GMT |
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In 2002, the Russian development team at Sigma Team offered classic third-person RPG and shooter fans a new option. A game that proposes a gameplay similar to what you're used to in Diablo-like titles, but which in turn features nasty aliens that you can blow up in a blood feasting quest. Two add-ons were releas... |
14 March 2007
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James Swallow is a British author, journalist and scriptwriter. He was the one behind the novel inspired by The Butterfly Effect. Among his writings there are a few Warhammer 40,000 novels, Halcyon (based on the Stargate Atlantis television series) and others. He even had a contribution to some episodes of the Star T... |
12 March 2007
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