Over the Hedge trailer (WMV, 8.11MB) - right click to download Thursday 6 April 2006 Pavement golf, fairway destruction derbys and remote control street races are all in the offing for players of Over the Hedge, Activision's fast approaching cartoon adventure based on the latest film from DreamWorks - and we've got a video showing these multiplayer minigames in action. Over the Hedge enables players to take control of the urban-dwelling animal stars - RJ the raccoon, Verne the turtle, Hammy ...
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6 Apr 2006

Rayman returns

GC News | Rayman Raving Rabbids

Thursday 6 April 2006 Publisher Ubisoft has announced that it will release Rayman 4 this Christmas for next-gen and current-gen machines. Michel Ancel, superstar creator of platforming hero Rayman and the excellent Beyond Good & Evil, will spearhead the development of the latest game in the cartoon action series. Ubisoft expects the new Rayman "to sweep players off their feet," an ambitious leap for the decade-spanning Rayman series. But with Ancel at the creative wheel, we're hoping Rayman ...
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3 Apr 2006

Lara Croft in cozy Nintendo threesome

GC News | Tomb Raider Legend

Eidos has revealed that Lara Croft will be strutting her sassy style of adventuring on Nintendo machines later this year. That's right - Tomb Raider: Legend will be released for GameCube, DS and GBA. The news, which was excavated from a riveting financial report, will be particularly welcomed by GameCube owners who - faced with a meager offering of games between now and the release of Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - will be glad of any new titles to keep them ...
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31 Mar 2006

New shots of Lego Star Wars II

GC News | LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

Okay, okay... the news on Lego Star Wars II is supposed to be all about how LucasArts is adding over 50 new characters to the already expansive 50 playable Lego Star War-riors from the first game. The press release issued today shouts about how the resulting library of more than 100 characters gets even more massive thanks to their character customization system. It continues at length to describe the individual abilities available through each character like Boba Fett's thermal detonators, ...
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31 Mar 2006

More monsters touching down

GC News | Rampage Total Destruction

In what's slowly becoming an ongoing saga of video updates, Midway's dropped another set of monsters you'll see in the upcoming basher Rampage: Total Destruction. We've neatly packaged this release, plus the previous four for your viewing pleasure. Just click the "Movies" tab ...
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27 Mar 2006

Buried with Lady Deathstrike

GC News | X-Men The Official Game

Even though she was pumped full of liquid adamantium in 2003's X2, Lady Deathstrike appears to be alive and ass-kickin'. Scope out the Kelly Hu-flavored Deathstrike in our new screens, artwork and trailer for X-Men: The Official ...
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23 Mar 2006

Lego Star Wars II image trio

GC News | LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy

Activision has rushed over a batch of brand new images for Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, with Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker making a welcome appearance. Lego Star Wars II will up the action from the original game by adding more characters, vehicles, abilities and giving you loads of new Force powers to play with - Vader's got his choke, as you can see if you click the image tab above, and the Emperor will shoot Force lightning from his fingertips. Characters like ...
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22 Mar 2006

More off-the-wall software en route

GC News | Odama

Yoot Saito, the creator of nutty Dreamcast title Seaman is about to begin work on a Nintendo DS title. "Nintendo DS is a wonderful handheld," Saito told Nintendo's European website. "I'm glad it comes with a built-in microphone. That's why we have things planned for it. We're working on a title that will use the network and microphone, but unfortunately I can't really discuss it ...
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22 Mar 2006

From DC to DS

GC News | Odama

Yoot Saito, the creator of nutty Dreamcast title Seaman, is about to begin work on a Nintendo DS title. "Nintendo DS is a wonderful handheld," Saito told Nintendo's European website. "I'm glad it comes with a built-in microphone. That's why we have things planned for it. We're working on a title that will use the network and microphone, but unfortunately I can't really discuss it yet." Saito's currently completing development of Odama, a curious and long-standing GameCube project that mixes ...
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17 Mar 2006

Bigfoot and Gamera get it on

GC News | Rampage Total Destruction

Sometimes you just don't need or want a riveting storyline or cutting edge, senses-shattering graphics. You want mindless destruction. How about Total Destruction, then? Weve got another reel of Midway's monsters trashing various cityscapes around the globe. Move your mouse over the "Movies" tab up there and take a ...
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