Valve announced today that S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, the prequel to the famous to the survival FPS S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, will be released exclusively as a digital download on Steam before hitting retail outlets later this year.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is set in 2011, one year prior to the events of the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game.
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Set to release in October 2009, in conjunction with the next installment of the film series, SAW the videogame from Brash Entertainment will give fans of Jigsaw and these films a reason to live. Collaborating closely with Lions Gate and Twisted pictures, the game will have its own unique storyline, while answering questions left unanswered by the SAW films. In an effort to stay true to the movies, Brash is working closely with creators of the SAW franchise, Leigh Whannell and James Wan, ensuring the game pulls no punches, and delivers the horrifying suspense and disbelief that has floored fans worldwide. The SAW game is currently in development for next-gen platforms and will be built using the Unreal 3 game engine.
The SAW franchise, which has emerged as one of the most inventive and popular franchises in the horror genre, has grossed out audiences around the globe and grossed more than $500M worldwide, including selling over 15 million DVD’s.
SHADOW HARVEST is set in the year 2025. The player takes control over two ISA agents (Myra Lee and Aron Alvarez) which are are deployed as elite black-ops agents on various current and future points of conflict around the globe to cooperatively complete covert operations. Both characters are very different from each other and also have very different special skills. To optimally achieve all mission goals, the player needs to combine Myra’s stealth skills, cleverness and athletic abilities with Aron’s blunt open battle approach.
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Good news for the N64 classic, GoldenEye has been confirmed for Xbox LIVE Arcade.
The bad news is that it has been delayed indefinitely, due to a licensing disagreement between Microsoft and Nintendo.
The game is almost finished with less than two months left in development. The XBLA port will be a faithful incarnation of the original N64 release with the addition of multiplayer support over Xbox LIVE.
Nintendo and Microsoft are disputing whether Nintendo should receive a onetime royalty fee or a continuing cut of the XBLA revenues.
Take-Two Interactive announced today the acquisition of Illusion Softworks.
Illusion Softworks from main Central Europe grounded on the inhabitant, studio which plays compilation with operations in Brno and Prague, the Czech Republic. Illusion Softworks has approximately 200 employees and will join Take-Two’s 2K Games publishing label as its newest studio, 2K Czech.
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Children under seven should be kept away from videogames, a new study claimed.
Educational psychologist, Jane Healy, explained that “the rapid pace of computer games is only stimulating basic “fight or flight” sections of the brain rather than parts responsible for higher reasoning”. This, she concludes, makes their brains develop differently and can be linked to a rise in the diagnosis of attention-deficit disorder in children.
“If you watch kids on a computer, most of them are just hitting keys or moving the mouse as fast as they can. It really reminds me of rats running in a maze,” said Jane Healy.
Two weeks ago we have studied a play following Tomb Raider game, for the Tomb Raider: Underworld. This month, PLAY magazine managed to score an exclusive preview of the game.
Tomb raider: the Underworld is prepared by Crystal Dynamics speakers and will be released in 2008 for a PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
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The player of the international award-winning “Halo 3″, receives even better as “Halo 3″ Heroic Map Pack launches today on Xbox 360 ’ s Xbox LIVE Market. After launch to an improbable discernment and fanaticism, it is more than five million “Halo 3 players can use now in the whole world a packet of three completely new maps for several players. The Heroic Map Pack - first in a progression of downloadable the informational contents of Bungie Studios.
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Detailed reviews of the truth and morals start on February, 12th when “Lost Odyssey” starts in the USA. To help with players to be prepared for their flight, Microsoft today called, that the advanced order for an expected high title acts, has started, offering encouragement the contents which has been not blocked only by the accessible information only by the program in width. Fans can purchase now “Lost Odyssey” boards widthway on the firms attending to a home shopping service.
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2K Sports announced today that New York Mets shortstop Jose Reyes will be the cover athlete and official spokesman for Major League Baseball 2K8.
“This year we have signed one of the players, more receiving in Major League Baseball® as our official sportsman of a coating,” have told about Ben BRINKMAN, the Executive manufacturer, league Supérieure Baseballj 2K8. “Jose Reyes is a multi-talented player – a great baserunner, fielder and hitter, making him the perfect spokesperson for Major League Baseball 2K8.””
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