411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include Fight Night Round 4, BlazBlue, Wii Sports Resort, Another Code: R, Mamoru-kun wa Norowarete Shimatta, PangYa: Fantasy Golf, Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor, The Conduit, Dawn of Discovery, Rorona no Atelier, and Overlord.
Edge writes: SouthPeak Interactive reported record sales of $40.2 million for its fiscal year 2008, an increase of 220 percent year-on-year, the company said Tuesday. The firm attributed the sharp rise in sales to the increased number of current generation releases. Net income was $1.6 million, up from a net loss of $866,000 a year ago.
Codemasters has today announced that there will be three new Overlord games coming out in 2009.First up, Overlord II is the direct sequel to the original evil-'em-up, in development at Triumph Studios and set for release on the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Extensions to the franchise include the more action-oriented title, Overlord: Dark Legend for the Wii, which will feature minion control through Wii remote movement. Overlord Minions, the third game, is a dedicated puzzle action title, being developed for the Nintendo DS.
David and Richard Darling, co-founders of Codemasters, were both made Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), which sounds like a real-time strategy Harry Potter game.
We've been big fans of Codemasters since the days of Dizzy and Brain Ache, but the UK firm is better known for ultra-realistic racing games these days and Lord of the Rings Online. The Darlings literally went from bedroom coders to business superstars, and
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Codemasters has told VideoGamer.com that the rumoured PS3 version of Overlord is merely rumour and speculation but has revealed that gamers haven't seen the last of the Overlord just yet. Reports that Overlord, a hack and slash with real time strategy elements that first appeared on Xbox 360 and PC in June last year, will be coming to the PS3 originated from Dutch website PS3 Party.
Overlord is comming to the PS3. The dutch gamestudio Triumph Studios sold almost 1.000.000 copies on the Xbox 360 and PC.
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Codemasters have today announced the release of new downloadable content packs for Overlord, including the game's single-player expansion Overlord: Raising Hell...
It was recently announced that the game Overlord will be receiving 10 achievements for a total of 250 points. The achievements are as follows:
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