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Omega Five Release Date, Achievements & Interview (Omega Five - Xbox Live Arcade)

Jan 1, 2008

On the 9th January, the XBLA will be blessed with what is tipped to be one of the most hardcore shooters available. Omega Five allows the gamer to step in to take control of one of the games' heroes on the way to stopping a evil galactic force.

x360a managed to get an exclusive achievement list and an interview with someone off the Omega Five team. Prepare to be tested!

Hudson Entertainment Reveals New Character & Assets for Omega Five on XBLA (Omega Five - Xbox Live Arcade)

Nov 1, 2007

Hudson Entertainment today unveiled details and new screen shots of Ruby, a well-rounded warrior who's both nimble and deadly-if just a bit under-dressed. With a stockpile of awesome weapons and dangerous attacks, Ruby is a formidable foe.

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 Darkness Demo Is Out On Xbox Live Marketplace (Operation Darkness )

Apr 24, 2008

Operation Darkness Demo is out on Xbox Live Marketplace the demo is free the size of demo is 492.68 MB it is rated M for Mature here some information about the demo: Enter an alternate WWII-era world where history and fantansy collide leading an army of ruthless officers and unearthly creatures.

Operation Darkness 360 demo incoming (Operation Darkness )

Mar 26, 2008

If you haven't heard of Atlus' tactical RPG Operation Darkness (and let's face it, not many of us have) then there's a chance to have it running in all its anime World War II glory via the 360 demo, arriving May 5.

Atlus plugs into Xbox 360 (Operation Darkness )

Nov 17, 2007

RPG-centric publisher to bring Operation Darkness and Spectral Force 3 to Microsoft's console in 2008.

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.

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."

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!

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."

Orange Box petition: EA replies and says NO to a patch (The Orange Box)

Jun 20, 2008

With nearly 2000 signatures and over 15000 visits, the Orange Box petition seems to be coming to an end. Mike Seedon, the guy handling the petition, knows something for sure: EA will never ever bring a patch.

At EA support, employee John D has replied:

"Honestly, EA will not create the patches. EA did not engineer/program the game. Valve did."

For the full reply, hit the jump.

As for the Orange box petition website:
http://www.orangeboxpetition.com/

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.

The Orange Box: 100 Awards and Counting (The Orange Box)

Mar 10, 2008

The 2007 award season is coming to a close and The Orange Box - the unique multiplatform, multi-game offering from Valve, creators of Half-Life® 2 and Counter-Strike® - has racked up over 100 first place awards, comprised of more than 50 Game of the Year honors plus over 50 craft awards for special achievements in gaming.

Coming Orange Box Patch Changes Outlined (The Orange Box)

Mar 5, 2008

A Valve representative has updated us on what to expect in the coming Orange Box patch for the Xbox 360.

Eurogamer: Valve hopes to keep TF2 content free (The Orange Box)

Mar 4, 2008

Valve has reiterated that it hopes to release extra maps for Team Fortress 2 as free downloads for PS3 and 360 owners.

"The maps will come to the console versions," VP of marketing Doug Lombardi told Eurogamer at a recent Left 4 Dead event. "There's a bit of work that makes sense for us to bundle them up and release them as packs."

Asked whether that still meant for free, Lombardi said: "Oh, for free, definitely, as much as we can. You know, we don't have full say over that, but we have some say over how that works.

Orange Box 2 takes shape? (The Orange Box)

Mar 3, 2008

With a game as stupidly popular and successful as Counter-Strike, the question is not 'Will there be a sequel?' but rather: 'When?' Valve Software, the developer housed in a red building entirely comprised of $50 bills (it could happen), knows this too: "We will never abandon Counter-Strike," marketing man Doug Lombardi told Shack News, explaining why the online shooter hasn't received a major update since the release of Counter-Strike ...

No word on console TF2 updates (The Orange Box)

Feb 15, 2008

CVG writes:

"Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Team Fortress 2 continue to be left in the dark when it comes to content updates for the game.

With Valve releasing its "largest update" ever for TF2 on PC yesterday, we dropped the developer a line to find out what the score is with new stuff for the consoles."