More chunks of the Oblivion world are being made available for download through Xbox Marketplace for 150 Microsoft Points and directly from the Oblivion site for $1.89. This latest addition encompasses a tower in the Jeral Mountains called Frostcrag Spire that, once downloaded, can be used as a home-base for wandering adventurers. Geared towards the more magically minded Obliviots, the Wizard's Tower can be upgraded to house an Enchanting and Spellmaking station and a laboratory that buffs ...
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25 Apr 2006

Prey and display

PC News | Prey

• Prey (WMV, 31.0MB) - right-click to download Tuesday 25 April 2006 2K Games has released a new trailer of its trippy first-person shooter, Prey, which will be released for PC and Xbox 360 this summer. The game follows the story of Tommy, a Cherokee car mechanic who is abducted by aliens and must fight his way to safety. While the idea of smacking up extra-terrestrials isn't particularly new, Prey's way of doing it definitely is: the ship Tommy is taken to is 'living', so is constantly ...
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25 Apr 2006

Voice talent confirmed for X-Men

PC News | X-Men The Official Game

• X-Men - Iceman movie (WMV, 8.00MB) - right-click to download • X-Men - Silver Samurai movie (WMV, 5.78MB) - right-click to download Tuesday 25 April 2006 Activision has confirmed that all the major X-Men characters in upcoming X-Men: The Official Game will be voiced by the stars of the movie, and has released new game trailers showing Iceman and baddie the Silver Samurai in action. Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Alan Cumming and Shawn Ashmore will provide the voices for ...
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25 Apr 2006

Everything looking Ship shape

PC News | The Ship

Monday 24 April 2006 Edinburgh based developer Outerlight is working on a commercial PC release for The Ship this September, a game that originally started life as a Half-Life mod. Set on a 1930's steam liner, the game works as a target specific Deathmatch where every player is given the name of a certain character that must be killed. This means the target must be stalked, hunted down and taken out with whatever weaponry is available. The winner of the game is either the last hunter to ...
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24 Apr 2006

Moscow to Berlin: Red Siege

PC News | Moscow to Berlin: Red Siege

Here's a first peek at some screenshots and a trailer from the Hollywood-inspired real-time strategy romp, Moscow to Berlin: Red Siege. Set in World War II on the Eastern Front, Moscow to Berlin puts history and action in the same room and lets them fight it out. This pick-up-and-play explosion-fest will enable you to break the stalemate in the east as the commander of the Russian or German forces. This budget-minded title will be priced nicely at $29.99, and looks like an RTS recharge for ...
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24 Apr 2006

EA needs help for its RPG

PC News | Lord of the Rings: The White Council

Monday 24 April 2006 EA's Redwood Shores studio is currently developing a next-gen RPG under the working title Project Gray Company and is inviting gamers to offer comments on the design of the game as more details are revealed. Few details with regard to format choice and gameplay style have been released to date. Instead the game is described as a next-gen RPG providing an "experience that allows the player to be the hero in an expansive open world". We also know that the game will use the ...
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21 Apr 2006

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic

PC News | Dark Messiah of Might & Magic

First-person fantasy role-players may think that they have everything that they need to make it through the long summer with Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. But Oblivion is so engrossing that we've already burned through even that mountain of content, and have no multiplayer to extend our gameplay. Worry not; there is a fireball-hurling, swashbuckling savior on the way. Just in time for summer, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic promises to be the second coming of first-person fantasy adventure on the ...
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21 Apr 2006

Hitman: Blood Money

PC News | Hitman: Blood Money

Today, Eidos released these shots supposedly from Xbox, PS2, PC and 360 ... but we're pretty sure that these are actually from development hardware and not necessarilly indicative of what the game will look like on Xbox and PS2. Still, you can get a flavor for the game, so peep to your hearts content. April 21, ...
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21 Apr 2006

Activision goes Over the Hedge

PC News | Over the Hedge

Activision has snapped up the rights to publish games based on the upcoming DreamWorks film Over the Hedge, a computer animated feature from the makers of Shrek and Madagascar. Despite releasing several screenshots, there's very little information available about the game, not even which format it will appear on. But as the Madagascar game appeared on every handheld and console, we can most likely expect a similar multiformat release. As for the film, it has Bruce Willis providing the voice ...
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21 Apr 2006

THQ's new super-shooter

PC News | Frontlines: Fuel of War

Friday 21 April 2006 THQ has announced first-person shooter Frontline: Fuel of War for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC, which offers up cutting-edge military tech in order to let you experience the "frontlines of tomorrow". And they're not talking about Saturday's shopping crush. The team behind the game, Kaos Studios, had some fundamental input into Battlefield 2, so it's little surprise to see that Fuel of War offers some 60 vehicles and weapons, including next-gen assault tanks and remote control ...
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