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Friday, April 04, 2008

SAGA Launches 3rd-Party Online Distribution

SAGA, a new Massively Multiplayer Online Real-Time Strategy (MMORTS) game from Silverlode Interactive today announced availability in online stores.

Silverlode Interactive has made SAGA available in online stores. Until now, the full registered version of SAGA was available only from http://www.PlaySaga.com.

Sign up to play SAGA for free at http://www.PlaySaga.com.

Weekend fun: The Reawakening starts Closed Beta testing

It’s time to get busy! The Reawakening, Swedish online game developer Lockpick Entertainment’s follow-up to last year’s acclaimed MMO debut title Dreamlords, is commencing the Closed Beta test in exclusive co-operation with FilePlanet.com, a part of the IGN Entertainment network.

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Forget whatever weather you’re expecting for the weekend, the perfect excuse to stay in just arrived - and it’s free!
Long awaited, The Reawakening will start the beta testing today. Initially the beta test will be open exclusively to FilePlanet’s registered users, but will be public later next week.

So what is Dreamlords The Reawakening all about anyway?
The story continues where the original game left off: The world ended in a cosmic disaster (ouch) and the Cynos had to put the world to sleep to heal itself. Everything went black but after eons of silence, the Dreamlords slowly reawakens and begins to put the world back together.

Guess what, all is not what it seems though and it is not just the Dreamlords that has been awakened…

Amazing features in The Reawakening:

• Free to Play. No cost. Gratuit. Gratis. Yes, the rumors are true!
• Customizable features. Upgrades, items and gear that will boost your Dreamlord.
• Simplified rules system, yet the same complex and long-lasting gameplay.
• Unlimited oodles of fun.

Dreamlords – The Reawakening is a free-to-play MMORTS that will be available at www.dreamlords.com in a near future. Can you wait?

CyberSports Announce Football Superstars Goes Feature Complete

CyberSports, the games publisher focused on developing global world-class and cutting edge massively multi-player online sports games (MMOSG), today announced its premiere title, Football Superstars, has reached the ‘feature complete’ stage of its development and is now poised to enter the Beta testing phase leading up to the game’s imminent release this summer.

Reaching feature complete is an integral part of the game’s development where all the key areas and functionality of the game are now up and running, allowing the developers to begin Beta testing where all the fine tuning of the title is done in the run up to the launch of Football Superstars.

Malcolm Clark, CEO of CyberSports announced ‘I am absolutely delighted to have hit the feature complete milestone. As well as indicating the development is on track for the predicted summer release, now with all the elements of the game active, you can really get a sense of how Football Superstars is shaping up and what it is going to feel like to play. Players can now create their avatar, explore the in-game towns with all that they have to offer and immerse themselves in the football matches playing with up to 19 other players.

An MMOG game for the PC, Football Superstars will allow players to meet within a utopian soccer-styled virtual world and take part in 3, 5, 7 and 11-a-side football matches. Players will take control of a single footballer avatar and will interact on and off the pitch living the football superstar lifestyle whilst pursuing fame, glory and success, striving to join the best clubs, compete at the highest level and progress within the game through skill and sporting prowess. The player will exist in a persistent football-themed world and be able to join or form and manage their own teams and careers whilst engaging in various leagues, competitions, events and tournaments.

Rik Alexander, CEO of development partner Monumental Games, added ‘We are very pleased to have reached this stage of the development. The core of the game is now complete and it is everything we hoped it would be. We can now start the testing and we’re looking forward to the feedback we’ll be getting from our external testers as they immerse themselves in what will be the most realistic football gaming experience to date.’

In bringing the most realistic football gaming experience to life, Football Superstars has had to break a few of the old moulds and introduce new innovation previously unseen in football games. A new dynamic control system has been implemented that will allow the player to move around the pitch, easily know where his team mates are and intuitively pass, log and strike the ball while pulling off his skills. Also, several ranking systems have been tailor made for the game that will measure the success of the team during a match as well as the individual performance. Therefore, even if your team-mates have a bad day on the pitch, you’ll still be rewarded for your own good play.

The lifestyle area of the game will be a first for the genre too. Success on the pitch will bring the player the additional bonuses of experience and fame as well as monetary assets that can all be utilised in the lifestyle world. But while many extra skills and material assets can be gained in the towns within this area it is the non-player-characters (game controlled characters also know as NPCs) that will arguably bring the best rewards, tracking you down as your abilities improve and head hunting you for better and higher profile teams.

‘Football Superstars will be the best football game there is at launch’ added Malcolm Clark ‘and then over the coming months we’ll simply carry on making it better and better, keeping the game fresh and exciting no matter how long you’ve been playing.’

Football Superstars is scheduled for launch in the summer of 2008.

An Innovator in Online Game Rentals Expands

With the availability of the internet for virtually any consumer purchase, the options have become virtually limitless for delivery to a person’s home of almost any item that they choose. WhyBuyGames.co.uk started offering the ability to rent video games in 2005, and has quickly become the UK’s leader in games rental subscription services. Now offering Blu-Ray DVD’s, their selections and services have become even better.

“WhyBuyGames.co.uk was started by gamers, for gamers, aiming to provide the highest quality customer service, at the most affordable prices to consumers within the UK. We have become the UK’s leader in games subscription services, offering to all consumers excellent customer service with the ability to rent video games online at affordable prices,” says one of the company’s founders.

The ability to rent video games online is appealing to many gamers as they are able to try a variety of video games without the expense of purchasing them, or the risk of purchasing them only to find that they do not like them. WhyBuyGames.co.uk offers gamers the ability to rent Xbox 360 games, PlayStation 3 games and Nintendo WII games, three of the most popular video gaming choices available on the consumer market today. Nintendo DS games, PlayStation 2 games and PlayStation PSP games are also available, making their online video selection the largest in the entire UK.

For any rental gaming need, this company offers the solution. For just a nominal fee of £9.49 per month, gamers have the ability to rent video games from the site on an unlimited basis and the process is quite simple. The consumer is then provided with an innovative website, quality customer service and able to choose the video games or Blu-Ray dvd’s.

The games or Blu-Ray films are selected by the gamers online, they are shipped in a pre-paid envelope to the consumer’s home, they can return them at their leisure without the worry of late fees and they simply return the game in the pre-paid envelope so that they can receive another one within 1-2 business days. The process is as easy as that! The service resembles in concept to several international movie services, appealing to anyone who has the desire and wish to rent many video games on an affordable budget.

The WhyBuyGames.co.uk video games rental service offers anyone the ability to try the newest video games at an affordable price.

NFLAVOR Corp. partners with NIKITA.ONLINE to bring Rappelz to Russian speaking audience!

NFLAVOR Corp and NIKITA.Online today announce partnership on fantasy-based MMORPG “Rappelz”. According to the signed agreement between NIKITA.Online and NFLAVOR Corp the first Russian operator and publisher of online games becomes an exclusive official distributor and publisher of “Rappelz” in the territory of Russian Federation.

“It is very assuring to be a partner with NIKITA.Online, which is competitive and excellent company in this territory,” said Seung Hyun Park, CEO of NFLAVOR.Corp. “Rappelz has proved its attraction of raising Creatures and fantastic graphic through service in 7 countries over the world. We will do the best to localize Rappelz so that possible to meet Russian players in very near future.”

“Our partnership with NFLAVOR Corp. will provide Russian speaking audience an opportunity to travel the expanses of one of the biggest game universes in the world. We really hope that Russian players will like unique PvP system, which includes as clan wars, so and almost unlimited single battles,” said Stepan Zotov, CEO of NIKITA Online.

Rappelz is a free to play MMORPG set in a medieval fantasy world with features designed to appeal to both casual and hardcore players. Translating from French “Rappelz” means “Summon,” so the Creature System is one of the main features of the game. Rappelz comes with extensive lists of quests, characters customization with a deep job system and fighting with the support of pets tamed from various parts of the Rappelz world. All the tamed pets can be leveled up with their own talent and job skills. For more information about Rappelz in Russia, please, visit www.rzonline.ru .

NFLAVOR Corp. is one of the biggest PC online game developers founded 3rd of December, 2003 in Korea. Current development status is launching the first title, “Rappelz”, in Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, USA, China, Taiwan, France and Germany. Also MMO inline racing game “Street gears” and MO-RPG “Project IL” are developing to succeed popularity of Rappelz.

NIKITA.Online is the leading developer and operator of computer on-line games and services on the Russian market. In 2004 NIKITA.Online was segregated from NIKITA Company, the first Russian computer game developer since 1991, and became an independent enterprise. The major courses of its activity are development, operation and support of on-line projects. The games are meant to satisfy the requirements of all the strata of the playing audience in the Russian market. Currently catalogue of NIKITA.Online entertaining products counts more than 100 games of various genres created by the company and more than 50 foreign projects localized for the Russian market.

Emergency Service just flight mission pack video game expansion

The exciting mission pack series for Flight Simulator X is out!

Rescue Pilot – Mission Pack, the first in a series of exciting expansions from Just Flight is due for official UK release on 25th April and the identical download version is available now, exclusively from www.justflight.com

In Rescue Pilot Flight simulation fans will get the chance to put their virtual flying skills to use. You are a pilot of an air rescue service and your job is to respond to any emergency calls that are received at your home base. A typical day for a Just Flight Rescue Pilot could find him airlifting an injured person from a car accident, picking up a stranded mountaineer or flying a life-or-death dash with a vital medical cargo. The work is always challenging - but never dull - and the job satisfaction is immense!

Rescue Pilots must use their flying experience to the full in a variety of fixed wing and rotary aircraft to complete the missions but there is also a choice of settings to match an individual’s skill levels.

The twelve authentic missions with realistic ATC and convincing scenarios will keep virtual rescuers glued to their joysticks. It’s time to get airborne and do your bit!

Rescue Pilot product page link - http://www.justflight.com/product.asp?pid=234

Title: Rescue Pilot – Mission Pack
Label: Just Flight
Developer: Just Flight
Genre: Flight Simulation
UK Release Download – OUT NOW! (DVD-ROM - 25th April)
Price: – £19.99 / €29.95 / $39.99

Team6 presents the first screenshots of French Street Racing.

Story:
Once again you are challenged by the best of the best. This time you need to race throughout France to ensure your chance on the title. The showroom is filled with cars to meet your demands.

Five hometown streetrace champions are looking for a new challenge, and founded the official

"French Streetracing Competition"

. The No. 1 street racers from Nice, Paris, Marseille, Toulouse and Lyon came together and set dates to race against each other in the hometown of each contender. Winner of all 5 cities becomes the official "French greatest streetracer of the year”.

Features:

50 races to win!
Unlock all 15 cars (including police vehicles)!
Ghostraces, beat yourself to set the best times ever!
Multiplayer support

Buzz! Junior: Dino Den on PS2!

Having already produced intro animations for all games in the BAFTA Award winning Buzz! franchise, RealtimeUK were again commissioned by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) to produce an intro animation for the fourth title in the Buzz! Junior series, Buzz! Junior: Dino Den.

The brief from SCEE was to create a 60 second introduction which showcased brand new characters, four cheeky little dinosaurs, in their unique prehistoric world. As with the other three Buzz! Junior titles, the game is aimed at young children, with the focus on fun and mischievous school boy humour.

Initially our team visited SCEE to go over details of the project and to play a work in progress version of the game. From this we were able to gain an overall impression of the game; the varied environments and the kind of antics the dinosaurs were involved in.

RealtimeUK’s Animation Director, Chris Fenna, explains “as always there was a wealth of material for us to use in this animation, so we selected elements that would ensure that the intro was engaging and entertaining. We wanted to include as many environments as possible but had to be mindful of the budgets and timescales.”

An initial draft script was developed and sent to SCEE. With this approved, Chris set about producing a full storyboard for the intro which was then timed out as a 2D animatic. During this stage further refinement was made to ensure the content fitted the 60 second duration. From this a 3D blockout was produced to stage the animation in a 3D environment.

SCEE supplied us with in-game assets for the dinosaurs and the caveman. These needed modifying to raise the level of detail to a higher TV standard required for the movie.

One challenge of this project involved the creation of convincing prehistoric environments from volcanoes and lush vegetation to frozen lakes and snow-capped mountains. These were created with the seamless combination of matte painting and 3D modelling. The rapid transition from each of these environments required careful planning to subtly introduce hints of neighbouring environments in each of the scenes.

On completion of the animation a full sound track was added. This involved numerous sound effects, individual voices for each dinosaur and bespoke music directly scored to picture.

SCEE were thrilled with the final movie and felt it effectively introduced the characters and portrayed the style and content of the game

Tony Prosser, RealtimeUK’s Managing Director commented ”we were thrilled that SCEE again choose us to create the intro animation for Buzz! Junior: Dino Den. The particular attention paid to the final finishing and lighting stages ensured that we delivered an exceptional piece of animation.”

Harvest Fishing game for Nintendo DS

Title: Harvest Fishing
Release Date: 27.06.08
Genre: Fishing / Puzzle Game
SRP: €29.99/£19.99

Rising Star Games Announces Harvest Fishing

Rising Star Games is pleased to announce Harvest Fishing for Nintendo DS and available from Friday, June 27th 2008.

About Harvest Fishing:

With your sister having fallen into an endless sleep, it’s up to you to journey through rivers, swamps, ponds and hidden fishing spots in search of the River King. Being the biggest fish in the river, it is he who holds the secret to her mysterious slumber. But don’t worry because you’re not alone in this adventure. Make friends with the magical creatures of the valley and a host of colourful characters to unlock their abilities to help you along the way.

Key Features:

Innovative fishing engine using the Touch Screen
Amass a collection of baits, lures, rods and more!
Participate in a variety of fishing games
Have a fishing tournament with your friends via the Nintendo Wi-Fi

Connection or Nintendo DS Wireless for head-to head play for 2 to 4 players.

Nokia launch new mobile gaming system

Nokia has lifted the veil on its revamped mobile gaming service known as N-Gage.
Visitors to the N-Gage website can download software that connects their phone to the handset maker's growing library of games.

Nokia expects to have about 30 games available for playing on its higher end phones by the middle of 2008.
The launch of N-Gage marks one of the biggest moves by a mobile maker into the content market.

The official unveiling of N-Gage is due to take place on 7 April. However, Nokia announced on its N-Gage blog that fans of mobile gaming could get access a few days early.

By visiting the N-Gage site gamers can download the software package that sets up the service on their handset.
The April launch comes after two delays which pushed back its debut from 2007.

Nokia's original plans for N-Gage revolved around a gaming gadget that debuted in late 2003.

Source: BBC

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