Archive for February, 2006

Electronic Arts shipped The Simsâ„¢ 2 Open for Business, the heavily anticipated expansion pack for the best-selling PC game, The Simsâ„¢ 2 to retailers around the globe today.

The Sims 2 Open for Business builds on The Sims 2 experience, which allows players to create and control characters called Sims. Now, players who own The Sims 2 can install The Sims 2 Open for Business expansion pack to access a whole new type of gameplay that takes Sims out of their homes, and allows them to flourish at their dream business.
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Electronic Arts officially announced today that the highly anticipated, The Lord of the Ringsâ„¢, The Battle for Middle-earthâ„¢ II has shipped to retailers nationwide and will be in stores on March 2, 2006. The sequel to the critically acclaimed The Lord of the Ringsâ„¢, The Battle for Middle-earthâ„¢, this real-time strategy (RTS) game offers the chance to experience Middle-earth in a way you have never seen.

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Midway Announces Mortal Kombat: Armageddon

Midway Games Inc. A leading interactive entertainment industry publisher and developer, announced today that Mortal Kombat®: Armageddon™, the final franchise installment on current generation systems featuring the most extensive cast of playable characters in the series to-date and an all-new create-a-fighter mode, is currently in development for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox® video game system from Microsoft. Mortal Kombat: Armageddon is expected to ship Fall 2006.

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Commandos Strike Force is out to redefine World War II games by fusing the first person shooter and strategic stealth combat genres. To give you more insight into the development process, we are taking you behind company lines to meet some of the real life members of the Commandos Strike Force team at Pyro Studios. This first installment in the Pyro Studios developer video series features the CEO, Producer and Lead Designer as they talk about the design process along with what they set out to accomplish with the latest addition to the Commandos franchise. Go check it out now over at Eidos Interactive. Remember, Commandos Strike Force is set to ship in North America April 4th, 2006 for the PC, PS2, and Xbox!

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P.O.D. Steps Off the Stage and Onto Xbox Live

Multi – Platinum Rockers to Take on Gamers in Latest Xbox Live ‘Game with Fame’ Session

P.O.D, short for Payable on Death, kicked off 2006 with an explosive New Year’s Eve outdoor performance in New York City’s Times Square, heralded the release of their new album Testify with an appearance on MTV’s “Total Request Live”, and now the band mates will challenge lucky fans in the latest Xbox Liveâ„¢ “Game with Fame®” session. 

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TOCA Race Driver 3 hits the streets today and gamers can take a final test drive with the new multiplayer Windows PC demo, now available to download from http://www.codemasters.com/tocaracedriver3.

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TimeShift Developer IRC Chat Today 6 PM EST.

On Friday, February 24, 2006 at 6PM EST, the IRC channel #TimeShift on irc.enterthegame.com will host a live developer chat with Matthew Karch, CEO of Saber Interactive. A few Atari employees will be in the channel also!

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Turbine, Inc. announced today that Midway Home Entertainment Inc. (a subsidiary of Midway Games Inc.) will co-publish (along with Turbine) and distribute The Lord of the Rings Onlineâ„¢: Shadows of Angmarâ„¢ in North America. The Lord of the Rings Online is the world’s first and only massively multiplayer online (MMO) role playing game based upon the literary works of J.R.R. Tolkien.

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Full Auto Xbox 360 Review

It is no secret that I enjoy racing games and have enjoyed most of the ones that have recently come out. I also enjoy blowing stuff up. The trouble with most combat racers is they either offer great racing or great combat action – but rarely both. When news of Full Auto came out it sounded cool and the screen shots looked great. Who would not enjoy driving an old Chevy or a Jeep with front-mounted dual machine guns and rear mounted land mines?

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Andrew Bogut of the Milwaukee Bucks is stepping off the hardwood to bring his talents to Xbox Live®. Fans that are interested in going one-on-one with the big man from Australia will need to keep an eye out for the Xbox Live gamertag ‘BogutGWF’ on Thursday, February 23 from 6pm to 7pm CST to challenge him in NBA Live 06® for Xbox®.

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