Sean Hollister from GameCyte writes: Over three years in the making, and with just a single month before its commercial debut on August 31st, we thought we'd heard everything there was to hear about Mercenaries 2: World in Flames. The game's huge. It has online co-op. You can blow $#!^ up. But while exploring Pandemic Studios' next-gen playground of destruction at E3 2008, we noticed something new: lots and lots of billboards, with the word "Massive" embedded in placeholder text near the bottom of each.
"We're looking forward to welcoming new players to World of Warcraft with the release of the Latin American Spanish version next week," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment®. "In addition, we're pleased to now be able to offer our existing Spanish-speaking community a fully localized version of the game with dedicated realms and support.
At the E3 Media and Business Summit last week, Bethesda Softworks said it would be bringing Fallout 3 downloadable content exclusively to Xbox 360 and Windows, leaving buyers of the PS3 version out of luck as far as extra content is concerned.
Recently an old promotion resurfaced and was posted on major gaming sites and blogs and caused quite a stir due to a comment in the promotion which many people confused as confirmation that Alan Wake will be shown at the 2008 Tokyo Game Show.
Flagship Studios, the developer that insists that they are still in business even though they have zero cash flow, has halted all development on their free MMORPG "Mythos". Possibly because developing free games isn't economically viable when you're broke.
Despite moving back to its old stomping grounds in the Los Angeles Convention Center, E3 was kinder and gentler than year's past. Crowds were rarely seen and game journalists were, at times, able to form the semblance of a smile by the end of the show...thanks in no small part to some very enjoyable games and a distinct drop in the body odor factor. Anyway, here are UGO's picks for the best of the best of E3 2008.
There have been more than a few stories about people buying items from World of Warcraft over auction sites like eBay and Craig's List, but what about full characters? That's what one mid-Michigan WoW player tried to do, posting an offer online to sell two level 70 characters and a level 40 character for the ridiculous price of $500.
Empire Interactive has announced that FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage will be coming to the PC some time later this year. They estimate the European release to be on August 1st 2008 and the American release to be in the first quarter of 2009.
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