Archive for October, 2006
Written by admin on 18 October 2006
RPG players will enjoy this upcoming release
Atari and Obsidian Entertainment announced today that Neverwinters
Nights 2 has gone gold. The game is scheduled for North American
release of October 31 and European release on November 3.
The game is developed by Obsidian Entertainment, and is said to feature
new extensive single player gaming. Also, the characters are said to be
more developed and players will have available a new powerful toolset
meant to help them to create their own universes, storylines and quests.
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Written by admin on 18 October 2006
Reports point to similar deal for PS3 version, Rockstar stays mum.
When Microsoft announced that GTA IV would have exclusive, episodic
content at X06, we wondered if that meant that the PS3 version of the
game would have its own exclusive content. Eurogamer reports that an
unnamed Rockstar North employee told the news outlet that PS3 owners
could expect some exclusive downloadable content of their own.
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Written by admin on 18 October 2006
No exclusivity confirmed, Nov. 21date targeted.
Bethesda Softworks indicated the additional content being worked into
the PlayStation 3 version of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for the
hardware launch in November would not remain exclusive to Sony, and
this afternoon’s announcement from the studio confirms it. The "Knights
of the Nine" content will be made available for Xbox 360 via the Xbox
Live Marketplace and on the PC via download or retail on November 21st.
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Written by admin on 17 October 2006
What
we heard: Given the amount of hype that is going into the launch of the
Xbox 360 game Gears of War, it would seem that pumping out a demo would
be a priority for Microsoft Game Studios. The marketing team behind the
game has already held public events for common folk to try the game out
before its release in November, so it also make sense that a demo would
be appearing on Xbox Live Marketplace soon.
Unfortunately for those eagerly anticipating a free trial of the game
before it is released, it doesn’t appear that a demo will be out before
the game hits stores. In early August, Mark Rein, president of Gears
developer Epic Games, said, "I don’t see any way we could do a demo
before the game comes out." He went on to explain that making a demo
would take up valuable time that could be spent polishing up the retail
version for its release.
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