For a complete
list of changes, fixes, and improvements to The Matrix Online
in patch version 7.3614 please follow this
link for all the details."
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Massive E3
Preview
Author: Nick Haywood
" With
E3 just around the corner, everyone is making a noise about what
they’ll be showing in LA come May. Here, in no particular
order, is the first of what could be several roundups of what’s
hot in the run up to the show."
Read
the full article here
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Hard Truck:
Apocalyptic Wars - First Look
Author: Nick
Haywood
This third
person action/RPG is set in the post-apocalyptic environment full
of menacing mysteries and unfriendly inhabitants. Explore the
new world using your heavy truck. The truck is your ultimate shelter,
armor and a mean to earn your living.
Read
the full review here
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E3 2005 Show
news
Author: Nick
Haywood
More than
1,000 computer and video games and related products will make
their debut at the 11th annual Electronic Entertainment Expo 2005
(E3) being held between May 18 – 20.
Read
the full article here
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Nintendo DS
Tops 200,000 UK Sales
Author: Nick
Haywood
Following
its undoubtedly successful UK launch with 87,000 units sold in
two days, the Nintendo DS, news reaches us today that over 200,000
units have shifted during the six weeks since launch.
Read
the full article here
April
21, 2005
Sony Playstation
Portable
Author:
Nick Haywood
"Holding
the PSP up against the DS and Gizmondo, I’d say that there’s
more on the PSP for the older gamer. The WIFI function makes it
an attractive proposition for mobile surfing if Sony do a deal
with a UK based ISP with national wireless coverage. How many
early teen kids are going to want to bother converting MPEGs to
copy onto their PSP? Or music or photos for that matter? No, given
the complexity of the PSP, it’d be better used and give
more satisfaction the older gamer… say late teens onwards."
Read
the full review here
April
13, 2005
Jade Empire
Author:
Will Tuttle
"Crafted
with excellent storytelling, exciting combat, gorgeous visuals,
and heaps of replay value, BioWare has created the best RPG ever
to hit the Xbox. This five-star, editors' choice game will have
you begging for more."
Read
the full review here
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Jak X: Combat
Racing
Author:
Phil Theobald
"Preview:
Jak and Daxter have returned, but this isn't the adventure they
expected. It's time to hit the road!. (PS2)."
Read
the full preview here
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SWAT 4
Author:
Sal Accardo
"Walkthrough:
From the game creators, 5 exclusive videos of the different levels.
(PC)."
Read
the full walkthrough here
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Ratchet: Deadlocked
Author:
Phil Theobald
"Preview:
The old Ratchet is gone. He is now armored and ready to play.
(PS2)."
Read
the full preview here
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Haunting Ground
Author:
Nich Maragos
"Preview:
The big, demented freak roaming the castle will stop at nothing
to get you -- and your little dog, too. (PS2)."
Read
the full preview here
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Silent Hunter
III
Author:
Tom Chick
"Review:
Dive! Dive! Dive! Into one of the best submarine simulations ever
to grace the PC."
Read
the full review here
April
11, 2005
Jade Empire
(Xbox)
Author:
Will Tuttle
"BioWare
combines excellent storytelling, exciting combat, and gorgeous
visuals to create the best RPG ever to hit the Xbox."
Read
the full review here
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Game of the
Month
Author:
GameSpy Staff
"What
title occupied most of our time in March? Find out who won (and
then some)."
Read
the full article here
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Unreal Champ
2: The Liandri Conflict
Author:
Justin Leeper
"The
new union between Epic and Midway looks like it'll be the FPS
to beat in 2005."
Read
the full preview here
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Shin Megami
Tensei: Digital Devil Saga
Author:
Benjamin Turner
"The
latest Shin Megami Tensei RPG is a dark treat for fans, but hews
surprisingly close to the last one."
Read
the full review here
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DOOM 3 (Xbox)
Author:
Will Tuttle
"The
most popular FPS series in history is finally on the Xbox, and
it's a truly terrifying experience."
Read
the full review here
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Sims 2 Nightlife
Expansion
Author:
Dave 'Fargo' Kosak
"The
Sims are taking to the streets: the just-announced expansion pack
will feature nightclubs, dancing, dating, and a new life's goal..."
Read
the full review here
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Midnight Club
3: DUB Edition (PS2) (Xbox)
Author:
Benjamin Turner
"Come
for a quick tour through the excellent multiplayer features of
Rockstar's Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition."
Read
the full review here
April
8, 2005
RTS Philosophy
According to EA
Author:
Allen Rausch
"Interview:
We chat with Louis Castle to discuss the future of EA's RTSs."
Read
the full interview here
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Iron Phoenix
review
Author:
Christian Nutt
"Fighting
and FPS meet in a bizarre mix that doesn't live up to its promise."
Read
the full review here
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Tomb Raider:
Legend screenshots
"Lara
Croft is back in a new game in the series."
Check
out the screenshots here
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Metal Slug
4 & 5 preview
Author:
David S J Hodgson
"Going
old school to teach new 3D gamers how to do it."
Read
the full preview here
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TrackMania:
Sunrise
Author:
Nick Haywood
"All
in all, TrackMania:Sunrise is what I’d call a ‘coffee
table’ game. It’s perfect for a quick blast and its
pick up and play attraction with only the direction keys and reset
key to worry about meant my 9 year old was zooming about after
30 seconds of tuition. Graphically it’s great with some
nice visual effects and the music rocks my boat in a big sonic
bow wave. It has a hidden depth in that fine control of each car
type is essential in progression, but that’s hindered by
the repetitive nature of repeating races over and over in order
to get good enough to progress… Nadeo have done pretty much
everything right here."
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the full review here
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The Eidos take
over saga
Author:
Nick Haywood
"For
anyone who might read the more high-brow broadsheet newspapers,
there’s been an interesting wrangle going on that concerns
us gamers. Eidos, that UK publishing house that brought us Lara
Croft’s undisputed assets to delight our joysticks as well
as big games such as the Thief series, Championship Manager and
the soon to be released Lego: Star Wars, have been in a take over
battle for the last two weeks following their announcement earlier
this year of an operating loss of £29.2 million up to the
end of 2004."
Read
the full review here
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Auto Assault
Author:
Miguel Lopez
"While
it's not a huge surprise that Auto Assault incorporates many of
functionality-based innovations introduced to the genre by games
like World of Warcraft and EverQuest II, it sure is a pleasant
one. And given the game's focus on minute-to-minute action, nothing
else would really suffice. In civilized areas, for instance, quest
givers are clearly demarked, and whether you're behind the wheel
or on foot, getting a task is as easy as moving to them, commencing
a dialog, and hitting "accept." Concessions were even
made for those less prone to reading blocks of text: the quests
descriptions have keywords bolded out, so as to make the particulars
of the task at hand skim-friendly."
Read
the full review here
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Destroy All
Humans!
Author:
Will Tuttle
"Try
on the shoes of the little grey man. Beware the anal probe!."
Read
the full review here
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Splinter Cell
Chaos Theory
Author:
Will Tuttle
"Sam's
new adventure hits the 'Cube with mixed results."
Read
the full review here
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NFL Street
Unleashed
Author:
Russ Fischer
"The
PSP takes to the street and comes through with style."
Read
the full review here
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Ninjas, Tongues
& Balls
Author:
Joel Durham Jr.
"New
Column: Three unique concepts in the downloadable gaming scene!"
Read
the full review here
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Metal Gear
Acid
Author:
Raymond M. Padilla
"Snake
is back in a very deep game that's very different from what fans
know."
Read
the full review here
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The Movies
"Make
the flicks, make the stars and make a career in Hollywood. Action!"
See
it all here
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WWE Day of
Reckoning 2
Author:
Justin Leeper
"One
great wrestling release deserves another tour de force."
Read
the full review here
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Kanpai!
Author:
Jonti Davies
"New
Column: Our peek at Japanese gaming culture finds just
how deep Nintendo's roots go."
Read
it all here
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MIDNIGHT CLUB
3: DUB EDITION Only One Week Away... Site Update, Online Play
Details and MORE
Official
site update...
Exotics and Concept Cars
All
Floors Now Unlocked
"Who
says money can't buy love?
Ask anyone fortunate enough to own a Saleen SR, a Lamborghini
Murcielago, or a '95 McLaren F1 LM
- and they'll tell you they are completely and utterly enraptured.
The last floor
of the Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition official site's garage is
now unlocked...
featuring exotic sports car rarities - the type that draw oohs
and ahhs wherever and whenever they appear - plus spectacular
concept cars straight off the convention floor.
Access screenshots,
info and exclusive customization profiles at www.rockstargames.com/midnightclub3
- as well as all-new movies of these stunning beauties wreaking
breakneck racing havoc through the streets of Atlanta, San Diego
and Detroit.
While you're
there, make sure to explore all of the other floors of the now
fully-unlocked Midnight Club 3 garage. Acquaint yourself with
import tuners, SUVs, trucks, luxury coupes, sportsbikes, choppers,
and classic muscle cars you'll be attaining, suping up, and burning
out the competition with in just one week's time."
Official
Website
Online
Play Details Revealed
The final,
and practically boundless, frontier of Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition
is also its ultimate challenge...
online play.
Xbox®
Live and PlayStation®2 Online users can take the perfect rides
they've won, customized and
mastered their skills with - to the virtual streets, facing off
against opponents from around the world.
Go for self, making your name infamous across the Midnight Club
3 circuit - or participate in the all new "Clubs" feature,
where you and your friends can form your own team to collectively
disgrace the competition.
Online gameplay
modes of Midnight Club 3 feature returning favorites like Circuit
Racing and Capture the Flag
- as well as a wide range of addictive new ones, such as Autocross
- an intense race against the clock;
Tag - a high-speed, high-performance variation on a childhood
classic; and Frenzy - where you can test your ability to stay
calm under pressure with no brakes and a nitrous blast going off
every 15 seconds.
Plus giant
steps forward in online play innovations including features like
Host Migration to ensure the action can continue uninterrupted
even if the host of the session quits, Buddy Lists so you can
always find your friends when they're playing online, and Online
Stat Tracking - a robust world-wide leaderboard of statistical
rankings.
For full details
on all of the new features and gameplay modes - check out the
newly launched Online Play section of the Midnight Club 3 site
at www.rockstargames.com/midnightclub3/onlineplay
now.
Sweepstakes
#2
WIN
A CHRYSLER 300C
Courtesy
of Rockstar, Atlantic & BET
The second
of three official Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition sweepstakes offering
a chance to win a vehicle as featured in the game is now launched
at www.rockstargames.com/midnightclub3/contests.
Rockstar,
and partners Atlantic Records and BET, present The Midnight Club
3 Fat Joe Win My Ride Sweepstakes - a chance to win the shiny
black, dubbed out and fully customized Chrysler 300C flaunted
by Fat Joe in the video for his latest smash "So Much More",
presently blowing up the charts on BET's 106 & Park.
Enter now
- and stay tuned for info on our third sweepstakes, launching
very soon.
April
5, 2005
Doom 3 Expansion
Author:
Brad Shoemaker
"It's
been an eventful time for new releases on the PC. First up, we've
got a full review of Resurrection of Evil, the expansion pack
to Doom 3, which was one of the biggest releases of last year.
Given how huge of an event Doom 3's release was, I was surprised
by how quietly the expansion pack materialized on store shelves...just
as I was pleasantly surprised to learn that it lived up to the
quality of the original. Mr. Brad Shoemaker's review has all the
details, so go check it out."
Read
the full review here
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SWAT 4
Author:
Bob Colayco
"SWAT
4, an excellent tactical shooter that's the sequel to one of the
genre's most significant games. SWAT 4 and Doom 3: Resurrection
of Evil are actually about as different as two games involving
guns and a first-person perspective can be, which goes to show
how far this style of gaming has evolved over the years. At any
rate, if you prefer a little more forethought in your action games,
then be sure to look into SWAT 4. Our guys were having a great
time playing it in co-op, in particular."
Read
the full review here
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The Matrix
Online
Author:
Greg Kasavin
"I
filed my review of The Matrix Online, the latest entry in the
extremely competitive massively multiplayer online role-playing
category. I liked a lot of the ideas that the game brought to
bear, but the devil's in the details with games such as this,
and a lot of the details just didn't sit well with me. I warmed
up to the game to some extent after my first 20-or-so hours, but
I think games should take less time than that to turn fun."
Read
the full review here
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Medal of Honor
European Assault Web Site Launched
"Europe
1942. These are desperate hours for Allied forces as the Nazi
war machine rages across a devastated European landscape. You
are US Army Lieutenant William Holt, hand-picked by William "Wild
Bill" Donovan to be the first field agent of the newly formed
Office of Strategic Services-the OSS. Medal of Honor European
Assault™ makes you the driving force in the struggle to
liberate Europe.
Check
out the official site for Medal of Honor European Assault which
contains game information, screenshots, blogs and more!."
Go
to the Official Website
April
4, 2005
AMD In Game
Ads In Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Author:
Chris Tom
"Gamers
who play high-impact games like Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos
Theory refuse to compromise on their PC technology, so our AMD
Athlon(TM) 64 FX processor is a natural fit for the game,"
said Marsha Fatino, director of consumer marketing strategy at
AMD. "Gaming enthusiasts care about squeezing every bit of
performance from their PC and we are reaching them through the
game to promote mind-blowing 32- and 64-bit performance."
Read
the full review here
