Blizzard hype for Diablo 3 makes Diablo II Top Selling PC Game on Amazon..
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Microsoft and LucasArts have premiered “LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures,” a game based on the Hollywood film franchise, at GamesforWindows.com.
Microsoft announced Thursday that an exclusive playable demo of the upcoming Games for Windows-branded “LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures” is available on the official Games for Windows Web site, which can be reached by visiting http://www.lucasarts.com/games/legoindianajones/demo or http://www.gamesforwindows.com/.
The game’s debut came a week before “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” the fourth installment in the film series, is set to hit theaters.
The game will be available in stores June 3.
The U.S. gaming giant Electronic Arts said Wednesday it is celebrating the sale of its 100 millionth unit of “The Sims” games.
Electronic Arts said that since it debuted in 2000, “The Sims” games have gone on to become the best-selling PC game franchise of all time.
The company said it is sold in 22 languages and 60 countries around the world.
“At this milestone, we want to thank players of ‘The Sims’ everywhere for making ‘The Sims’ such a worldwide phenomenon,” Rod Humble, studio head for games label, said in a statement posted on the company’s Web site. “‘The Sims’ has been an interactive experience for people around the globe to explore their passion for creativity and we’re thrilled to be a part of that.”
Label President Nancy Smith said the line of games “truly unique in the world of interactive entertainment because it attracts creative people around the world of all ages and both genders.”
Matrix Games has announced that is giving away its wargame development toolkit, The War Engine, for free. Simply head over to fan gaming, gamershell, or strategy informer to download.
Official Release:
Today is tax day in the United States and since the government is going to take something out of your pocket, Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com) and Boku Strategy Games are going to put something back in. With The War Engine Tax Day Giveaway, gamers can download and play the full version of The War Engine for free! The download for this powerful wargame development tool kit is available from fan gaming, gamershell, or strategy informer.
The War Engine is the latest addition to the Matrix Games free games catalogue, but don’t forget to check out the other free products we have available like Titans of Steel, Pacific War, Steel Panthers: World at War and War in Russia.
David Heath, Director of Operations at Matrix Games, said “I don’t think there are many wargamers out there that look forward to tax day. So why not soften the blow a little bit with a completely free product that brings tons of versatility and hours of fun?”
The War Engine is the ultimate table top war game simulation and replication kit. Limited only by your imagination, all units, weapons and terrain are fully configurable in artwork and stats. Ready made worlds range from sci-fi to fantasy to space to World War 2.
Features include:
• Highly tactical – watch your tracks, destroy key terrain, find the objectives!
• Seven full games in one
• Individual scenarios as well as linked campaigns
• Move your army from one battle to the next!
• Weapons, terrain and units are all fully configurable
• Use our graphics or your own
• Excellent AI performs well under the wide variety of situations.
So now that all three races are out of the bag, you may have thought you’ve seen it all- nope!
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Exteel Tutorial Information and New Screens
NCSoft has released some information regarding the tutorials in their upcoming free mech game, Exteel.
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The 160MB download includes Unreal Tournament 3 versions of the classic UT maps Morbias and Facing Worlds, as well as an all-new Capture the Flag map titled Searchlight.
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In case you haven’t heard, Alan Wake is a psychological action thriller from Remedy, the developer of successful titles including Max Payne and Max Payne 2. The game is due for the Xbox 360 and PC - and has been re-confirmed once again for September 2008.
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The Fakefactory Cinematic Mod 7 is out, and it delivers something that the original Half-Life 2 is not capable of: HDR-Rendering in the way Valve does it.
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