Aug 16, 2007 Here's your first dose of gameplay action from Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, Codemaster's revisioning of history that pits your skyscraper-building New Yorker against a horde of invading Axis forces in WWII-era America. There's also some new shots in our gallery, so go ... » Read More

Tucked away at the bottom of a Codemasters press release comes the disappointing news that Turning Point: Fall of Liberty won't make its scheduled November 2007 release date. The game's now been pushed back to early next year.
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Gearbox Software is one of a number of developers to already take advantage of a new PC-PS3 cross-platform online play solution that's been integrated into Unreal Engine 3.

In a nutshell, Epic has licensed GameSpy online tech and squeezed it into its hugely popular UE3 technology, "enabling seamless PlayStation 3 and PC online functionality. Functionality available to Unreal Engine 3 licensees via GameSpy will include cross-platform gameplay, communication tools and competition applications."
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Kotaku's Luke Plunkett didn't quite believe the news yesterday, so thought he'd check with Gametap. Surely they couldn't be offering all of Codemasters new/upcoming titles, games like Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, Clive Barker's Jericho, DiRT and Overlord, for free? Seems they are, with Gametap confirming today that yes, as long as you're willing to put up with the odd commercial here and there, you can play them all for free on their ad-supported section.
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The first teaser trailer from Codemasters first-person shooter Turning Point: Fall of Liberty is available to view now on the interweb. Set in the early 1950s, Turning Point spins an alternate-reality yarn where the Nazis were triumphant in Europe in World War II and have launched an assault on the US. You play New York City construction worker Dan Carson, who turns reluctant freedom fighter in order to survive the invasion and fight back against the Nazi war machine. "Always outmanned and ... » Read More

Award-winning music composer Michael Giacchino, whose credits include TV biggies Lost and Alias and the Medal of Honor and Call of Duty series, is to score Turning Point: Fall of Liberty. Turning Point: Fall of Liberty is an alternate-reality WWII FPS in development at Spark Unlimited that we first revealed in April. So the game's storyline goes, the Nazis have achieved victory in the war and subsequently overrun the US, with the opening scene throwing you right into the heart of the Germans' ... » Read More

Codemasters announced today that film, television and award-winning interactive game composer Michael Giacchino will create the score for Turning Point: Fall of Liberty the upcoming alternate-reality WWII shooter in development at Spark Unlimited.

Giacchino's credits include the popular television series Lost, Alias, renowned game soundtracks for the Medal of Honor and Call of Duty franchises, as well as feature films such as Mission Impossible III, The Incredibles and Ratatouille. Giacchino last teamed with developer Spark Unlimited on the award-winning and multi-million unit selling Call Of Duty: Finest Hour game for Activision.

"I love working with Spark because they're a group that's focused on fusing innovation, quality and narrative into an intensity of game experience very few can create," stated Michael Giacchino. "For this game, we've taken an interesting approach that will allow the score to be more unique and emotionally personal to the player."
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A release schedule came out of Atari this morning with a couple of key games confirmed for 2007 releases, predominantly Alone in the Dark, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 and Turning Point: Fall of Liberty.
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Codemasters today revealed Turning Point: Fall of Liberty as the official title for the upcoming alternate-reality WWII shooter currently in development at Spark Unlimited.

Turning Point: Fall of Liberty is scheduled as a major Q4 '07 launch for Codemasters, and will be available for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.
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When World War II titles play it straight, the US gets a grueling but triumphant ride - but when developers try a little alternate history, things get pretty bleak for the nation. Previously, Freedom Fighters saw America invaded by the Soviet Union, and now upcoming PC and next-gen console shooter Fall of Liberty sees New York falling to the Nazi war machine. Prompted by a little history-tinkering - what if the taxi accident that hobbled Winston Churchill was fatal instead, and without him ... » Read More