After more reincarnations of than even the Dali Lama, Neversoft is ready to trade boards for horses in its new Wild West shooter, Gun.
Mixing first and third-person adventuring and horse riding, this frontier shooter will offer open-ended GTA-style gameplay in a tumbleweed-filled town, with numerous cattle rustling side-missions.
And these tasks will also allow you to build up your cowboy skills until you can discover who your real father is, and why someone in a dog collar bumped off your
From Electronic Arts with more of a brisk handshake than a gentle throbbing in the loins, comes this new batch of revealing screens of James Bond 007 From Russia With Love.
Famous as the only 007 flick in which our hero doesn't say "Bond, James Bond", these shots reveal just how far the game aims to drift from Fleming's original script by offering jet pack levels, battles around Big Ben and, yes, that famous line.
But then, with four-player split screen deathmatches and six modes including
Mario Kart DS looks set to nick a leaf from by offering the chance to draw your own stickers and slap them on to your souped-up vehicle.
Hideki Konno, the producer of Mario Kart DS, revealed the detail in a recent interview promising that the touch-screen and stylus will be used to design the decals, which will then be used to personalise the racers.
Players will also be able to change the colour of their character's clothes to avoid mid-race confusion, which could be vital when you need to
Official ELSPA Entertainment Top 20 Software Chart (all prices) - week ending 9 July1 (3) Juiced(PS2, Xbox, PC)2 (1) Medal of Honor European Assault(PS2, Xbox, Gamecube)3 (2) Destroy All Humans(PS2, Xbox)4 (5) Cricket 2005(PS2, Xbox, PC)5 (NE) God of War(PS2)6 (12) Madagascar(PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, PC, GBA, DS)7 (4) Grand Theft Auto San Andreas(PS2, Xbox, PC)8 (8) Lego Star Wars(PS2, Xbox, PC, GBA)9 (9) Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith(PS2, Xbox, PC, GBA, DS)10 (6) Battlefield 2(PC)11
Electronic Arts is advising gamers not to download the latest patch for Dice's , and for those who have already done so to delete it and reinstall the original game.
The v1.01 patch, which was originally designed to enhance the recently released FPS, has been reported to cause all sorts of new and unseen problems including team-mates who appear as enemies and the loss of any stats and rankings already gained.
In response to the problem EA has dropped the program from its servers and has
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The very first nine screens of the seventh instalment of the WWE Smackdown series have finally slipped out of THQ.
Parading under the full name of Smackdown vs Raw 2006, the PS2-only game has ditched the taglines but gained a whole new range of sophisticated features.
Now strategy will play a far more important role in the ebb and flow of the bouts with momentum affecting the power of your moves and stamina becoming a vital attribute of every fighter.
Similarly the new Hardcore stat
Burnout Revenge, the upcoming arcade-style fender-bender from Electronic Arts has revealed yet more of its new range of explosive Takedowns and vertical vehicular carnage in the Revenge and Traffic Attack modes.
As the fourth instalment of the adrenal gland tapping series and the second game since developers Criterion set up camp with EA, this incarnation includes the traditional mix of stomach churning head-to-head racing and suicidal bonnet-to-bonnet impacts.
But as you cast your eyes
Liverpool-based developer - and one of many jewels in Microsoft's gold-plated crown - Bizarre Creations has released four new development shots of Project Gotham Racing 3, showcasing some amazing scenery detail.
One of the shots was released last week, but was quickly dismissed by forum crowds. This prompted the release of three more images from Bizarre - two of which are wireframe development shots, provided to legitimise the others.
"As a small gift to all of you who still refuse to
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