GamingShogun writes, "Gas Powered Games and SEGA have officially released Space Siege, the spiritual successor to the Dungeon Siege series. This action-RPG is said to feature a dynamic storyline where the player affects the game's outcome, enhancing replayability. It also features a co-op game..."
Nvidia owned site nzone announces that demo of Space siege, new game by Chris Taylor (maker of Dungeon siege and Supreme commander), will be available in 4 days 1 hour.
Rumors of Space Siege and Demigod, two of Gas Powered Games' upcoming projects, being announced for consoles have been whirling for a while now. At GDC 2008 in San Francisco, IGN had a chance to ask GPG's Chris Taylor if there were any status updates.
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Aeropause writer Joe Haygood gives a summary rundown of some of the vendors and booths that were visited on the first day of CES 2008. Some of the highlights include visiting the Microsoft booth, the lack of 360 games on the main show floor and no Live for Windows games.
Following a lackluster CES keynote, Microsoft sent out a press release this morning touting the "powerful momentum" of Games for Windows and the addition of nine new Games for Windows-branded titles including Alone in the Dark and LEGO Indiana Jones.
In years past, publishers have used the Electronic Entertainment Expo to announce new games, taking advantage of the global audience tuned in to the trade show. However, as it did last year, Sega has played the bricklayer, paving its road to E3 well in advance with announcements for games such as Mario & Sonic at the Olympics, Ghost Squad, and NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams. However, while the publisher isn't using the annual trade show as a venue for its big reveal, Sega's lineup includes many games whose details have been sparse at best.
The action role-playing game genre is almost interchangeable with the phrase "dungeon crawler," having exploded in the wake of Blizzard's successful Diablo series. Now the creators of one of the more notable post-Diablo dungeon crawlers are looking to bring the genre into the far-flung future.