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Rise in Profits for Playlogic (Obscure: The Aftermath)

Aug 13, 2008

Edge writes: "Amsterdam-based Playlogic on Wednesday posted higher sales and earnings figures for the second quarter ending June 30, thanks to sales of games including Obscure II for Wii.

Q2 revenues rose 343 percent to $4.3 million, up from $1.1 million for the comparable quarter last year.

The firm said that Dragon Hunters for DS and Simon the Sorcerer 4 for PC helped drive sales. The firm released seven titles during the first half of its fiscal year."

Obscure: The Aftermath Goes Gold On Wii, Playstation 2 System and PC (Obscure: The Aftermath)

Mar 19, 2008

Ignition Entertainment Ltd., a worldwide publisher and developer of videogames, and co-publisher Playlogic today announced that Obscure: The Aftermath has reached Gold Master status! It is scheduled for release on March 25, 2008, for Wii home video game system from Nintendo ($29.99), PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system ($19.99) and PC ($14.99).

Obscure: The Aftermath to feature The Audition (Obscure: The Aftermath)

Feb 27, 2008

From the article: "Ignition Entertainment has partnered with Chicago-based music group THE AUDITION on the band's latest music video. The music video for "Warm Me Up," the pop-rock quintet's first single off their second album, Champion (Victory Records), features gameplay footage from Ignition's upcoming survival-horror videogame Obscure: The Aftermath (Wii, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, PC)."

Obscure II hands-on (Obscure: The Aftermath)

May 9, 2007

Survival horror can be a lot of hard work, especially when there's no light relief to break up the gore-filled barrage of trouser-filling frights. So just as the movie world has Scream and The Faculty to have fun with the formula, so gaming has Obscure - and we've been given hands-on access to a nearly finished PS2 build of its sequel, Obscure II. The game's unique in that its co-operative two-player mode runs for the entire game. We were impressed with the sheer number of dialogue lines as ...

Obscure II Survival Horror Announced For Wii, PC, and PS2 (Obscure: The Aftermath)

Apr 16, 2007

Today, Playlogic has announced that it will be releasing Obscure II for the PS2 and PC in Q3 2007 and for the Wii in Q4 2007. If you are into campy teen horror flicks and survival horror games, this game may just be for you, with a soundtrack performed by the Boston Symphonic Orchestra and the Paris Opera Children's Choir.

NWN2 Developer Chat (Obsidian)

Jun 2, 2006

IGN recently teamed up with the folks at Neverwinter Connections to chat with the Obsidian and here are the chat logs in case you missed it.

Open Season declared on all platforms (Open Season)

Apr 13, 2006

Before the hype machine for September's CG flick Open Season can even begin, Ubisoft is already letting people know about their video game adaptation. In the grand tradition of Ice Age, Madagascar and Over the Hedge, you control grotesquely disproportioned animals as they engage in wacky hijinks. This time, you're wild forest animals looking to give inept hunters a hard time. This from Ubisoft Montreal - yes, the same Ubisoft Montreal that creates the consistently fantastic Splinter Cell ...

Operation Flashpoint 2 revealed at last (Operation Flashpoint)

May 16, 2005

We have, at long last, uncovered screenshots of Operation Flashpoint 2 - the sequel to 2001's fantastic free-roaming shooter - which is as eagerly awaited as it is delayed. The game - currently in development at Prague's Bohemia Interactive Studio - was originally due to be released at the end of last year, but is now scheduled to hit shelves in 2006. Its mission-based campaigns take gamers through fictional conflicts based upon authentic events during the years around 1970 and it will, ...

GamersDailyNews: Codemasters draft in Image Metrics for Operation Flashpoint 2 (Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising)

Sep 3, 2008

It might not sound like much, but there's been a huge leap in animation technology recently thanks to Image Metrics' facial expression recording capabilities. Codemasters evidently thinks it's important, as it's drafted in Image Metrics to help with putting the horrors of war on the faces of Operation Flashpoint 2's characters.
GamersDailyNews takes a look at what Image Metrics are doing for the game's development, and provides a stunning example of what CGI facial expressions from Image Metrics can look like.

Confirmed: Operation Flashpoint 2 moves to 2009, first trailer this week (Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising)

Jul 9, 2008

VG247's reporting that Operation Flashpoint 2 has been delayed until next year, and that the game's first trailer will be released on Friday.

Operation Flashpoint 2 blown open (Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising)

Jul 3, 2008

Codemasters' elusive war sequel, Operation Flashpoint 2, has reared its head and is looking rather stunning in the pages of the latest PC Gamer UK, on shelves now. PC Gamer calls Codies' war zone "the most mind-bogglingly vast and mercilessly realistic battlefield gaming has ever known," which couldn't be higher praise if they tried, really.

"Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising is the sequel to the best soldier sim ever ...

Operation Flashpoint 2 confirmed for "winter" release (Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising)

Mar 19, 2008

VG247:

"Codemaster has just confirmed that Operation Flashpoint 2 is currently down for a winter release and a formal date announcement can be expected shortly.

The game's "launch timing to be revealed as a countdown over next couple of months," a spokesperson told videogaming247."

Operation Flashpoint 2 uncovered (Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising)

Aug 23, 2007

Aug 22, 2007 Weve known about the existence of Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising for some time now, and have been eagerly waiting new information about Codemasters' ultra detailed shooter ever since. Luckily for us, Germanys Leipzig game conference has come to the rescue. Point your sights south and you can witness the brief, but explosive trailer that was recently shown at the show for yourselves. After that hit the images tab for even more visual ...

Orange Box PS3, it seems, suffers from GHIII Wii syndrome (The Orange Box)

Jul 31, 2008

Aeropause writes:

"The importance difference being that Activision has fixed Guitar Hero III for Wii."

Full story after the jump!

Screens & video of new Half Life 2 texture mod (The Orange Box)

Jul 15, 2008

Fakefactory Cinematic Mod 8 has been released. There are screenshots and a video that show the modifications done to the original game.

The Orange Box PS3: Open Letter from Petitioners (The Orange Box)

Jul 9, 2008

SCRAWL writes:

"Toni T, one of the petitioners for the PLAYSTATION 3 version of The Orange Box has written an open letter to the world and has decided to share it exclusively with SCRAWL. His letter addresses the problems in The Orange Box on the PLAYSTATION 3 as well as the problems they've had in actually getting through to Electronic Arts and Valve. So here it is, for you to read. Hopefully someone will get through and help us Orange Box gamers out a bit."

Hit the jump to read the letter.

Half-Life 2 team takes crowbar to cyber thieves (The Orange Box)

Jun 30, 2008

Developer Valve, maker of PC hit Half-Life 2, has disabled 20,000 accounts belonging to users of its Steam online service on account of credit card fraud, theft of accounts and using cracked versions of Valve games.

Rumor: PS3 Gamers Suing Valve for Bad Orange Box? (The Orange Box)

Jun 23, 2008

SCRAWL writes:
"One of our readers, Toni T, has sent us in this saying that unhappy Orange Box gamers are going to sue Valve unless they receive a patch for the game before July 1, 2008. I know that is a short time, though when you think about it the game hasn't received any real support in seven months. We post this as a rumor because the thread posted was supposedly deleted and we have no real proof whether gamers will actually pursue the suing. The case is for false advertising and they are bringing it to the US Federal Trade Commission."

Pyro Unlocks And Achievements Detailed (The Orange Box)

Jun 19, 2008

The official website for the Pyro update has come online, and it contains all the information you need to prepare yourself for tomorrow's baptism of fire. Names and descriptions of the other two unlockable weapons (accompanying the Axtinguisher), the Flare Gun and the Backburner, all 35 of the new achievements, and the two community maps to be included in the update, cp_fastlane and ctf_turbine, have all been divulged.

CVG: Pyro unlockables next for Team Fortress (The Orange Box)

Jun 1, 2008

The Pyro class is next in line to receive an Achievement and unlockables upgrade in Team Fortress 2, Valve has confirmed.

The last class to receive the upgrade goods was the Medic, whom can now receive unlockable weapons for collecting specific Achievements based on its healing abilities.