News Roundup -- Penny Arcade Empire: Total War

post from Gaming Nexus on 01 October 2008 11:55:00 PM. © Gaming Nexus

by: Randy Kalista
NEWS - DEMOS, UPDATES

Kudos 2 Demo
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 Demo
PURE Demo
Larry Bond's Harpoon - Commander Edition v2008.044 Patch

VIDEOS

Tom Clancy's EndWar Command Points (QT 720p, iPod)
Tom Clancy's HAWX Developer Diary Video #2 (WMV)
Shaun White Snowboarding Developer Diary Video #1 (QT 720p)
Jumpgate Evolution Introduction Trailer (WMV)
Bratz Kidz: Slumber Party Trailer (QT)
Penny Arcade Adventures Episode Two Trailer (QT)
Geon PSN Trailer (HD)
Gears of War 2 Meet the Horde (WMV)
Empire: Total War Land Battles Gameplay (QT 720p)
Build-A-Bear Workshop: A Friend Fur All Seasons Trailer

SCREENSHOTS

Cross Fire (PC) [team deathmatch]
SBK 08 Superbike World Championship
War World (XBLA)
Hearts of Iron III (PC) [alpha: world map]
Silkroad Online (PC) [Spartan costume]
Dead Space [art: pre-order-exclusive shots]
Moon (DS)
Master of the Monster Lair (DS) ["How to Play" shots]
Otherland (PC)
Bomberman Ultra (PSN)
Swords and Sandals III: Solo Ultratus (PC)
Days of Wrath (XBLA) [concept art]
My Dream Job: Babysitter (PC)

ARTICLES

Daniel Stahl's job, one of Champions Online's producers, is "to ask a lot of questions, keep track of the big picture, and never lose sight of our goals."
Silent Hill: Homecoming is reviewed over at AtomicGamer, who's really missed the faceless zombie nurses.
The Hachiko reviewed Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure and, in the end, isn't singing a happy tune.
Perhaps we've been approaching the question backwards. Instead, what will the DS and PSP do to keep up with the iPhone?
On that same note, OS X Reality straight up declares a winner: "16 reasons why iPhone is better than PSP."
Simple, classy, very-well built, and sporting a USB 2.0 hub: Tweaknews reviews the Das Keyboard Professional Premium Mechanical Keyboard.
Two reviews from Digit-Life today: the HD 4850 / 4870 / Golden Sample and Bliss 9600 GSO Golden Sample, and the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 in Real-Life Apps.
At a bargain for close to $40, I4U reviews the OCZ Dominatrix Laser Gaming Mouse.

Thanks to Cryptic Studios, AtomicGamer, The Hachiko, Legit Reviews, OS X Reality, Tweaknews, Digit-Life, and I4U for today's News Roundup.Comment

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Mr. Riddler - Another Story - Dragon Room Escape

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Mr. Riddler - Another Story - Dragon Room Escape is another Japanese point and click type escape[...]

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Puzzle Quest brokering a bundle deal for PSN

post from Gaming Nexus on 01 October 2008 11:41:00 PM. © Gaming Nexus

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NEWS - D3Publisher just announced that last year's Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (a GamingNexus contender for Game of the Year 2007) and the expansion, Revenge of the Plague Lord (more of a good thing), are working on bundling themselves together for the PlayStation Network. Though no price tag is printed out yet, this will officially put the highly-addictive match-three puzzler/RPG onto every now-gen system.Comment

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Dr. Ichie's Room

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Video of Wii games announced at Nintendo's press
conference

post from Destructoid on 01 October 2008 11:07:00 PM. © Destructoid

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It seems as though Nintendo was really trying to make up for their E3 presentation with the press conference tonight, doesn't it? Sure, we had to endure quite a bit of Wii Music stuff, but some of the other reveals have tickled even my cold, black heart.

The video above shows off some of the Wii's upcoming lineup. Footage of Taiko No Tatsujin, Sin and Punishment 2 and Punch-Out all make appearances here. We also get little glimpses of Animal Crossing and Dead Rising. Oh, and Endless Ocean 2! Well, they can't all be exciting.

I'm thrilled that Punch-Out is coming back (and that Little Mac is in it) because it's one of my favorite games both for NES and SNES, but I think Nintendo is going to have to work pretty hard to win back some of the hardcore audience that it has forsaken for so long. This is a step in the right direction, though. Let's just hope they keep walking that path.

What do you guys think? Is there enough here to make you dust off the old Wii again?

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DSi and DS games trailer from the Nintendo Press
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Nintendo showed off this trailer during the Fall Press Conference where we get to see the DSi and the new games coming out for the DS. Among the shots of the DSi and games, we see the new pedometer that was revealed earlier in the week.
As far as the games go, we see a mix of games that are just coming out, games that we’ll see later on and games we’ll never see here (officially) in America. The previews are pretty short, but some of the games in the trailer include Professor Layton 2, a new Wario Ware, something that looks like Mario Paint, Kingdom Hearts, a game that looks to use the Miis and give Miyamoto the scary K.K. Slider voice, and best of all, a new Mario & Luigi game! Once you’re done checking out the trailer, head on over to the official Nintendo DSi product page that talks about the new handheld. It’s all in Japanese, but there are pretty pictures to help you figure things out. So how about it, Dtoiders? Do you like the new DSi or hate it? Tell us what you think about it in the comments!
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Hearts of Iron III, first video and screens

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NEWS - Nearly four years after the detailed and overwhelming WW2 strategy title, Hearts of Iron II, and it's stand-alone expansion, Doomsday, Paradox Interactive is showing off the initial intel gathered for Hearts of Iron III. This video, backed by a simple but sweeping score, features concept art (though I'm not positive why concept art is required in a genre that's already had every possible concept fully drawn out for years now), the skinning of wireframe models, as well as those Risk-intensive maps.

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With more than 10,000 land provinces, part 3 is five times more detailed than part 2, which is saying a lot about a game already known for its veterans-only level of detail. These screenshots show you just how lonely a two-dimensional Germany can be, how frighteningly Communist the USSR looks when it's painted red, and how freedom-loving the US is when it's painted blue. (Okay, I'm kinda stretching at this point.) Hearts of Iron III is about a year away from its Q3 2009 launch.Comment

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