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Deep Silver announces the international launch date for RPG Risen [02-Jul-2009 17:34]

Deep Silver announced that the international launch date for fantasy RPG Risen was established for October 2.

According to Deep Silver Brand Manager Daniel Oberlerchner, the game already entered the beta phase, and all the dialogues have already been recorded. Risen is being developed by Piranha Bytes, creators of the Gothic series, without being linked to it.

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CCP announces November launch date for EVE: The Burning Life, a novel based on EVE Online [02-Jul-2009 15:56]

CCP Games informed us that the novel EVE: The Burning Life, based on the universe of space MMO EVE Online, will be published in November 2009 via partnerships with Tor Books and Orion Books.

The author of the book is Hjalti Danielsson, currently working as CCP's main creative writer; he is responsible for much of the background story of New Eden, and he wrote over 70 short stories and plays based on it.

The story recounted in The Burning Life's 400 pages will complement the one from the game, the same way as EVE: The Empyrean Age (written by Tony Gonzales) did in 2008.

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BIART moves U-WARS to 2010 [02-Jul-2009 15:28]

Russian studios BIART announced they will postpone the launch of squad-based shooter U-WARS for the next year, work on the project having started in 2007.

The story of U-WARS will take place in the near future, will have a 2-year span, and will focus on a conflict between the US / NATO and North Korea, China, Syria and Iran.

In U-WARS, players wil be able to control an elite squad during missions both on land and underwater. The PC version will make use of the NVIDIA PhysX technology.

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Eidos Interactive announced they will launch this month two new DLCs for strategy game [02-Jul-2009 14:22]

Eidos Interactive announced they will launch this month two new DLCs for strategy game Battlestations: Pacific, and both will be available via Games for Windows LIVE

The Mustang Pack will be launched on July 2 and will cost 160 points, while the Carrier Battles Map Pack will follow on July 23, priced at 800 points.

The Mustang Pack will allow players to customize both their single-player and multiplayer battles, also implementing several new units such as: the P-51 Mustang fighter (used mostly as bomber escort), Alaska Class warships (referred to as “cruiser killers”) and the heavy Super Yamato Class (which, in reality, never left the drawing board).

The Carrier Battles Map Pack offers four new maps for all five multiplayer modes avaialble in Battlestations: Pacific. This DLC adds these war theaters: the Midway Islands, the Philippines, the Leyte Gulf and the Aleutian Islands.

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id Software unveils minimum system requirements for Wolfenstein [02-Jul-2009 13:33]

Peter Sokal, id Software Community Manager, unveiled on the official forums the minimum system requirements for first-person shooter Wolfenstein which will be launched on August 4.

  • CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon(TM) 64 3400+ processor
  • RAM: 1GB RAM
  • Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA(R) Geforce(R) 6800 GT or ATI Radeon(TM) X800
  • Sound Card: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
  • HDD Space: 8GB (Plus an additional 800MB for Windows swap file)
  • Media: 100% Microsoft Windows compatible DVD-ROM drive
  • Internet: Broadband connection and service required for multiplayer

In the new Wolfenstein, players will enter once again the role of agent BJ Blazkowicz in order to fight against Nazi troops and a mysterious occult force, while the multiplayer mode will come with different classes and a team-based gameplay.

The game's soundtrack is written by Bill Brown, the one responsible for the background music of Return to Castle Wolfenstein, as well as several TV shows and movies, such as Any Given Sunday, Finding Forrester, Ali and CSI: NY.

The Gaikai team presents a Video Demo for Streaming Worlds technology [02-Jul-2009 13:05]

This technology allows users to play games from a browser as they would do with a video stream

Aspyr Media and 1C Company announce expansion Men of War: Red Tide [29-Jun-2009 16:12]

The add-on campaign focuses on the military operations of elite Soviet Marines unit during World War II

cdv Software Entertainment will publish Delta Force: Xtreme 2 in Europe [29-Jun-2009 14:23]

The new title will feature a multiplayer mode for up to 150 players

Cenega will publish Majesty 2 and Hearts of Iron 3 in Romania [29-Jun-2009 14:06]

The company has a partnership agreement with Paradox Interactive for Poland, The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania

SOE announces new expansions for EverQuest I and II [29-Jun-2009 12:16]

Underfoot and Sentinel's Fair will be launched in November 2009 and February 2010 respectively

The RPG based on the Aliens franchise was canceled [27-Jun-2009 19:18]

Studios Obsidian Entertainment confirm the canceling of the project

Update 1.3 for EVE Online: Apocrypha will be launched on June 29 [27-Jun-2009 17:42]

The new patch will implement certain modifications for space stations and economic production

Open-beta period for Champions Online will begin in August [27-Jun-2009 15:24]

The developers didn't offer an exact date

Trine can be preordered via Steam [27-Jun-2009 15:02]

The offer includes a free Shadowgrounds copy

Serious Sam: The First Encpounter HD will be launched on PC [25-Jun-2009 19:16]

This version will be based on the new Serious Engine 3

True Games and Petroglyph launch the official site for Mytheon [25-Jun-2009 18:37]

A trailer shows the power stones and other elements of the game's universe

DICE announces the start of the open beta period for Battlefield Heroes [25-Jun-2009 18:15]

Key not necessary

Electronic Arts launches patch 1.11 for Red Alert 3 [25-Jun-2009 17:51]

This update is the largest yet

The first details on the Weeping Coast, the new upcoming region in Runes of Magic [25-Jun-2009 15:39]

It will be implemented in August, as well as the new level cap (52)

20th Century Fox hires Kyle Ward as scriptwriter for the second Hitman movie [25-Jun-2009 14:55]

Ward also wrote the script for Kane and Lynch movie

Square Enix sued for irregularities linked to online fees for Final Fantasy XI [25-Jun-2009 13:53]

The plaintiff asks for 5$ in damages

Stardock announced that Majesty 2 will use anti-piracy protection system GOO [25-Jun-2009 13:22]

The security system developed by Stardock will ask for a single online validation

ACE Team announces the launch of free DLC The Pit for Zeno Clash [25-Jun-2009 12:45]

Also, the game will cost 50% less this week-end

There is Only War update for Dawn of War 2 will include the World Builder map editor [25-Jun-2009 11:58]

The patch will be launched in early July

Over 300 companies will participate to gamescom 2009 [24-Jun-2009 20:56]

The newest European video game fair already seems to be a success

ZeniMax acquires id Software [24-Jun-2009 20:26]

The merger will allow id to enlarge their internal teams

Mythic Entertainment merges with BioWare studios [24-Jun-2009 19:49]

The new group dedicated to MMOs and RPGs will be led by Ray Muzyka from BioWare

Activision Blizzard announces a massive advertising campaign for Modern Warfare 2 [24-Jun-2009 19:23]

The publisher intends to focus on an audience as large as possible

Publisher Mastertronic intends to launch indie games on the retail market [24-Jun-2009 18:55]

These titles are to be grouped under the Great Indie Games label

Funcom announces that patch 1.05 Gangs of Tarantia for Age of Conan is live [24-Jun-2009 18:23]

The update adds region Tarantia Commons and significantly changes item statistics

Scourge of Khazad-Dûm update for LOTR Online will be soon live in Europe [24-Jun-2009 12:02]

The add-on continues the story of wizard Gorothúl and introduces a series of crafting modifications

Treyarch presents detailed information about patch 1.5 for Call of Duty: World at War [23-Jun-2009 18:52]

The developers have not offered a launch date for this update

Deep Silver unveils German launch date for Risen [23-Jun-2009 18:25]

The RPG is being developed by Piranha Bytes, creators of the Gothic series

NCsoft announces the launch date for Aion [23-Jun-2009 18:09]

The developers have already unveiled the closed beta schedule

The first information on a possible Command & Conquer 4 [23-Jun-2009 15:03]

The title was apparently mentioned in an official survey sent by Electronic Arts to fans of the series

CD Projeckt announces the launch date of patch 1.5 for The Witcher: Enhanced Edition [22-Jun-2009 19:42]

Version 1.4 of the game is required for the installation of this update

Possible launch date for Max Payne 3 made public [22-Jun-2009 17:05]

Play.com confirms that the date was offered by the developers

Tripwire Interactive announces custom map creating contest Killing Floor Grindhouse [22-Jun-2009 16:21]

Tripwire, Nvidia and Logitech will offer $ 20.000 worth of prizes

Structure technology to facilitate the generation of interiors for virtual buildings [22-Jun-2009 15:20]

Unused interiors are deleted, and their state saved for a potential re-generation

Beautiful Game Studios unveils CM Season Live for Championship Manager 2010 [22-Jun-2009 14:06]

The game will be launched in September 2009

Freeware shooter Alien Arena 2009 now available [22-Jun-2009 13:16]

The latest title of the Alien Arena series comes with an improved engine

Anno 1404 can be preordered via Steam [22-Jun-2009 12:43]

The game will be launched on June 25 in Europe and can be preordered for 49.99 euro

Valve unveils novelties featured in the upcoming update for Left 4 Dead [22-Jun-2009 12:25]

The patch will be launched next week and will focus on custom campaigns

True Games announces the first major update for MMORPG Warrior Epic [19-Jun-2009 14:11]

The add-on will improve the PvP and will introduce a new region

Relic Entertainment announces the update There is Only War for Dawn of War 2 [19-Jun-2009 12:55]

The add-on will bring major improvements to the multiplayer component and 8 new maps

Call of Juarez Bound in Blood goes Gold [18-Jun-2009 21:46]

The game will be launched on June 30

Ncsoft unveils the official closed beta schedule for Aion [18-Jun-2009 20:01]

The next session will take place June 19-22

BioWare unveils new details about Mass Effect 2 [18-Jun-2009 19:47]

These are based on the E3 Expo 2009 demo

Kalypso Media unveil the characteristics of the avatar in Tropico 3 [18-Jun-2009 18:32]

Players will have the possibility to create an alter-ego for El Presidente

Creative Assembly announces patch 1.3 for Empire: Total War [18-Jun-2009 17:57]

The update will implement several technical improvements and 14 new units

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