Monday 8 May 2006 Codemasters has announced that it will be bringing quirky action-puzzler Bliss Island to PC later this month as a try-before-you-buy downloadable game and will follow it up with a PSP version later in the year. Developed by PomPom - the people behind the excellent PC and Xbox Live Arcade shooter Mutant Storm - Bliss Island focuses on fluffy main character Hoshi the Zwooph and his unique ability to 'expel precision puffs of air at high velocity from his ...
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8 May 2006

A galaxy of Phantasy Star screens

PC News | Phantasy Star Universe

Monday 8 May 2006 Sega has released this horde of lovely screens from this autumn's big name online role-playing game, Phantasy Star Universe. Set to appear on PS2, Xbox 360 and PC, the game is the sequel to Dreamcast's innovative and much loved adventure Phantasy Star Online. But this time it will offer a strong story and a bolstered solo mode to match the immense worlds previously seen only online. And whatever way you decide to play, Phantasy Star Online will offer a huge cast of heroes ...
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5 May 2006

War Front: Turning Point

PC News | War Front: Turning Point

Looks like the German war machine has cooked up a new trailer for their "what if" effort to win World War II. War Front: Turning Point is the strategy gamer's dream shot at changing the outcome of the world's biggest conflict in history. The hook is that you'll get to join the fray yourself in first-person and crush the Nazi Wehrmacht (or help them, you ...
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5 May 2006

Vanguard to swap publishers

PC News | Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, the long-awaited massively multiplayer online role-playing game from EverQuest creator Brad McQuaid, is due out this winter - but who will publish it? Probably not Microsoft, as Sony Online Entertainment is currently snagging the publishing rights. In a press release, Sigil Games CEO Brad McQuaid said, “As the development process is ongoing and constantly shifting, it became clear that Microsoft Game Studios and Sigil had varying visions and direction for the ...
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5 May 2006

New Blood Money trailer

PC News | Hitman: Blood Money

We got our hands on a new trailer for Hitman: Blood Money late last night and have posted it here for you to check out. Featuring the "Wheelchair Man," the trailer highlights gameplay and cutscene footage while the creepy paraplegic rattles on about Agent 47's lesser qualities. Clearly, this weirdo has some beef with Agent 47 that goes well beyond your average grudge, but where exactly the hate comes from isn't revealed. There's still a bunch of great shots of Agent 47 killing people, ...
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5 May 2006

Joint Task Force

PC News | Joint Task Force

There is little fiction as immediate or engrossing as today's reality. Joint Task Force makes smart use of the current conflicts that burn across the world in a strategy title that emphasizes actual military hardware. JTF makers plan to fling us around the world in 20 missions that take place in hotspots that include the Middle East, Central Asia and the Balkans. Early screens of JTF look gritty and realistic to the last rivet, highlighting faithfulness to the licenses that the developers ...
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5 May 2006

F.E.A.R. Extraction Point

PC News | FEAR Extraction Point

The paranormal first-person action thriller F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon) returns to battle with an expansion pack, titled Extraction Point, that is set to ship this fall. Thrilling close-quarters combat and ethereal action will get a recharge when the First Encounter Assault Recon team returns to battle Alma (the creepy chick from the original) and her freaky crew across a destroyed city. In addition to the expanded single-player content, multiplayer aficionados get a free patch ...
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5 May 2006

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

PC News | Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

Since 1983, gamers have been monopolizing kitchen tables around the world playing Warhammer. Next year, this game of tabletop miniatures is set to go massive, when Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning becomes a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Today, we have a fancy new cinematic trailer that introduces four of the six races in Age of Reckoning. Check out the vertically-challenged Dwarf taking on a 'roid-raging Orc, and an armored swimsuit-clad Dark Elf join battle against an ...
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5 May 2006

Rome Total War spreads

PC News | PC

Friday 5 May 2006 The latest expansion pack for Creative Assembly and Sega's hit real-time-strategy game, Rome Total War, is called Alexander and will be available for download this June. Alexander will allow gamers to take part in the battles influenced by one of history's greatest generals - Alexander the Great - who conquered most of the world known to the Ancient Greeks before his death. The new pack offers up to 30 hours of gameplay thanks to a new campaign map which will chart Alexander ...
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5 May 2006

Interstellar Marines report for duty

PC News | Interstellar Marines

• Interstellar marines teaser (MOV, 17.8MB) - right click to save Friday 5 May 2006 Developer Zero Point Software has released a new trailer and shots of its PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC first-person shooter, Interstellar Marines. Previously known as Project IM, the game is set at the dawn of the 22nd century when mankind is slowly attempting to colonise space in search of more resources. Gamers will take the role of a marine on tour of duty protecting Earth's interest in the most ...
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