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Oldman, Harris to appear in Call of Duty: Black Ops
Sep 7th
Activision has made an announcement this morning about some of the voice talent which will be appearing in Call of Duty: Black Ops. It’s now officially confirmed that Treyarch has brought Gary Oldman back to reprise the role he played in World at War, Victor Reznov. Ed Harris (The Abyss) will be providing his voice More >
Swords & Soldiers also headed to PC
Sep 6th
Following the announcement that it would be bringing Swords & Soldiers to PlayStation Network, indie developer Ronimo Games has revealed that it’s coming to PC as well.
The PC version of the game will ship with all of the features you’ll find on PSN, including online leaderboards, crisp “HD” graphics, along with a new soundtrack. More >
Amnesia: Dark Descent out on Sept. 8, remember fear
Sep 5th
Horror games can be a tough sell, because it’s hard to tell someone that a game is sooo scary without raising their expectations so high that they’ll never actually be scared. Thus, I’ll try to stick to the facts when I talk about Amnesia: Dark Descent.
It’s out on September 8th, and was developed by Frictional, More >
Red 5 announces FireFall for PC, lets you shoot bugs
Sep 4th
Red 5 Studios announced today a new team-based shooter, FireFall, due to be released some time in 2011. And it has bugs. Nasty, disgusting bugs. I can only assume that they must all die.
The game is being developed by a team made up of designers from the Tribes series and the lead designer of World More >
Impressions: Shogun 2: Total War
Sep 3rd
Recently Sega invited me over to its San Francisco offices to take a peek at the latest game in the Total War series: Shogun 2.
As a return to the original Total War game Shogun: Total War, Shogun 2 is the latest in the real time/turn-based fusion strategy game. Sega and developer The Creative Assembly were More >
Bejeweled turns 10, PopCap sends us… this
Sep 2nd
So, PopCap Games massively successful match-three puzzler Bejeweled has turned ten. In 2000, the company launched Diamond Mine, which was later renamed Bejeweled.
I know all of this because I received a celebration package in the mail today, and inside the box was… you know, I don’t even know what this is. But happy birthday to More >
New images as reports point to Arkham City multiplayer
Sep 1st
According to a preview in the latest issue of PSM3, Rocksteady’s forthcoming sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum, called Batman: Arkham City, will feature a multiplayer mode.
The details on what this can mean are scarce, as the preview only reads “Multiplayer is a certainty, but [there are] no details on this yet.” Whether or not this More >
Mafia II ‘Jimmy’s Vendetta’ coming September 7
Aug 31st
Despite UNICO’s outrage, 2K Games launched Mafia II last week without a hitch. A week later, it’s announcing the release date for the first bit of downloadable content, “Jimmy’s Vendetta.” Out on September 7, the pack will cost players $9.99 for PlayStation 3 and PC, and 800 MS Points for Xbox 360.
“Jimmy’s Vendetta” puts More >
EA registers TheSims4.com, TheSims5.com, The Sims6.com…
Aug 30th
Hey, are you sitting down? I’ve got some shocking news for you, and I don’t know if you’re going to be prepared for it — Electronic Arts has folks working on The Sims 4. It hasn’t been announced yet, and while I have them, I don’t need sources to back this one up. Why? Well, More >
That’s a wrap: Super Meat Boy is now content complete
Aug 29th
[Update- Header image changed to this pic found on Super Meat Boy's Twitter. What could it mean?]
Well, it’s not really a wrap. The hard working men of Team Meat still have to plenty of testing to do, then there are the PC and WiiWare versions of Super Meat Boy to worry about. Still, it’s exciting More >