This weekend only, save 75% off Universe at War: Earth Assault, the sci-fi real-time strategy game from Petroglyph, the award-winning studio comprised of team members who developed the original Command & Conquer and C&C: Red Alert.
With all the attention being paid to the vaunted New Xbox Experience interface that will launch later this month for the Xbox 360, Microsoft quietly updated the Games for Windows - Live client today. The update doesn't introduce any new functionality--that is planned later on with the release of a desktop client as well as the Games for Windows - Live Marketplace. However, the update does give the GFW - Live client a whole new look that's better suited for PCs...
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Gamezone writes: "The gauntlet has been thrown down and your challengers await! For the first time, Xbox 360 players will get their chance to take-on PC players in action-packed strategic battles thanks to Universe at War: Earth Assault. We've been touting the virtues of Xbox 360 vs. PC play since the announcement of UaW, and now that truly revolutionary feature has become reality. Pop in your copy of Universe at War: Earth Assault tonight and take on someone from the dark side. You'll unlock special achievements that can only be gained though playing someone of the opposite platform. To all combatants¿Good Luck!"
The latest patch for the PC version of Universe at War: Earth Assault has been released. Weighing in at 28.4megs, the patch adds new maps, balances the gameplay and fixes the bugs.
Sega has sent out a specific European release dates today, confirming the exact release dates of some rather anticipated games like Condemned 2, The Club & Universe at War.
True to word, a Petryoglyph community manager has posted on the game's official Web site that Universe at War has gone gold and will arrive in the coming weeks. "The game is at the manufacturer as I type this, and we'll be hitting store shelves soon!" read the announcement. A demo featuring a tutorial and the first two missions of one of the game's campaign modes is available for download through GameSpot.
Sega has teamed with Valve to bring more Sega-published titles to the PC download service, the companies announced today. The recently released offroad racer Sega Rally Revo (PC, PS3, PSP, X360) is available for download now, with titles like Petroglyph's Universe at War (PC, X360), Sports Interactive's Football Manager 2008 (PC), and Shiny Entertainment's The Golden Compass (PC, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, NDS, X360) coming soon to the service.
Sega sent out an email today, confirming the release dates for a number of their upcoming games. Among others, relase dates for such highly anticipated games like The Club (Feb 8th '08), Condemned 2 (Feb '08) and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nov 23rd '07) were confirmed.
Newly available at FileShack is a demo for Universe at War: Earth Assault, the upcoming sci-fi RTS game from Star Wars: Empire at War developer Petroglpyh. The 1.2 GB download includes a tutorial and the first two missions from the Hierarchy campaign.
Creative director Adam Isgreen returns to explain how adapting to the battlefield and thinking like an alien is the key to winning at this real-time strategy game.
Petroglyph's PC version of its RTS Universe at War: Earth Assault has been delayed. Originally the game was due out on November 2 for PC, but it's now been pushed back to January 2008
Much-anticipated Sega title The Club will miss the Christmas release window, after the publisher admitted that its release has slipped until next year.
The semi-official Gamerscore Blog run by Microsoft employees confirmed in the article "The Sixth Tech Myth" that Live Service will be available on Windows XP.
This morning, Sega has also unveiled it's Games Convention Lineup for this month, with less than three weeks away from the event, gaming publishers have been showing their line up of titles that will be present at LGC in Germany this month. They will be showing the online version of Virtua fighter 5 for the X360 for the first time along with other surprises and guests.