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Press Release
WizKids®
And NCSoft®
Team Up For City of Heroes HeroClix®.
WizKids Inc.,
makers of the best-selling HeroClix®
game , and NCsoft, makers of the runaway hit
City of Heroes™
massively multiplayer online roleplaying
game, have teamed up to create a Limited
Edition HeroClix figure.
The first Limited
Edition figure of the City of Heroes main
"character," Statesman, will be
available through various WizKids and NCsoft
promotions, including being featured in
NCsoft's City Of Heroes Collector's Edition
Box Set, slated to be on shelves this
winter.
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GenConIndy!
GenConIndy taking place in Indianapolis on
Aug. 19-22 has a floorplan available for
review at the GenCon website.
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Metal Gear Solid 3 -- Everything We Know
Given the extreme change in setting over the
previous games, you can expect a very
different gameplay experience from Metal
Gear Solid 3. This will be accomplished
through a variety of new systems and ideas.
How does one hide in a jungle while
remaining relatively mobile? The answer is
camouflage, which is, for the combat
dictionary-challenged, "a garment dyed in
splotches of green, brown, tan, and black so
as to make the wearer indistinguishable from
the surrounding environment." At first
glance, camouflaged clothing might not sound
too effective. But the human eye works best
at detecting motion, not patterns. Thus, an
uneven assortment of appropriately colored
splotches can be quite effective in hiding a
prone or slowly moving figure, and to a
surprising degree.
In MGS3, Snake will have to make full use of
camouflage to sneak unseen through the
jungle and other environments.
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PS2 has had its chips
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has just
won a landmark High Court case and secured a
ruling that the modification or chipping of
PS2s is illegal.
SCEE had taken Mr David Ball to the High
Court over the selling of 1500 Messiah 2 mod
chips, which circumvented Sony's copy
protection measures and allowed the playing
of pirated, unauthorised and unlicensed
games on UK PS2s.
The judge, Mr Justice Laddie, also ruled
that using mod chips to bypass the PS2's
technical protection is also unlawful, thus
criminalizing anyone who knowingly uses PS2
mod chips.
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High-Class Football
Madden's one of those games that just keeps
raising the bar…on itself. This 2004 edition
maintains the traditional love affair with
the NFL that football gamers have come to
expect from the series while adding some
dynamite new features.
Hardcore Franchise players, for instance,
are going to party hearty with the new Owner
mode. At last, you can take a shot running
every aspect of your football operation.
Winning the Super Bowl is one thing, but how
about turning a profit? You can set ticket
prices, adjust parking fees, and spend cash
on advertising to put butts in the seats.
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X-Men Legends - Developer Diary #2 (PS2)
Rob Gee, project lead at Raven Software,
discusses the initial concept for X-Men
Legends and significant superhero game
influences.
Designing games with superheroes isn't an
easy task. Gamers are demanding and want
their heroes to replicate their beloved
fantasies as closely as possible. It takes
research, focus groups, and testing,
testing, testing. However, as the X-Men
Legends team makes headway into finalizing
the code for its upcoming action-RPG, it
looks like the daunting task is about to
become a reality.
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Katamari Damacy coming to the US
Namco Hometek has confirmed that Katamari
Damacy, the little Japanese oddity we got so
excited about last month, is now set for
release in the USA this September on PS2.
Although there's still no word on a European
release, we're hoping that a Western
translation will inspire more PS2 owners to
try and play it.
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Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (PS2)
The Hawkman, his faithful companions, and
you head back to the underground. With
better storytelling, loads of new features,
and ample refinement, THUG2 should trump the
original in every way.
Lots of new features; mindful level design
that makes the non-skating features more
fun; more Tony Hawk brilliance. Too soon to
tell if the new features hold up over the
long haul; only one level shown at this
juncture.
Every year Neversoft releases another Tony
Hawk game and every year it's a lovely
improvement over the last one ... save for
last year when the company redefined
everything gamers could expect from an
action-sports title.
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BAM! Entertainment, Inc. Announces
Bujingai: The Forsaken City(TM) Video Game
Has Gone Gold: Ships on July 22, 2004
BAM! Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFUN)
today announced that Bujingai: The Forsaken
City for the PlayStation 2(R) has gone gold
and will be shipping to retailers across
North America on July 22, 2004.
"In a time period where consumers are
looking for exciting new and
graphically beautiful product, Bujingai
delivers," said Senior Vice President
Len Ciciretto. "The press has given the game
great reviews and rates it as one
of the best sword-slashing games for the
PlayStation 2."
The game begins in another time. An isolated
island-city stands as home
to much of what remains of the human race.
The ancient technology, which
annihilated most of the earth, has now
opened a gateway to a hellish
dimension, unleashing a horde of demons upon
the city. One warrior, armed with
a pair of swords and an arsenal of magic
spells, goes to battle the army of
demons. The warrior's name is Lau, and
thousands will die by his hand.
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Huge Update on WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw For
PS2
I can reveal, that the new match type on
this years WWE SmackDown game, will be The
Parking Lot Brawl. This will be the only new
match type for this year.
Also, THQ confirmed the following superstars
for the game:
John Cena, Randy Orton, Booker T, Ric Flair,
Batista, Triple H, Chris Jericho, Rico, and
Charlie Haas.
Additionally, we learned that Jim Ross,
Jerry Lawler, and Eric Bischoff will also be
in the game in a greater capacity than they
were before.
Finally, THQ touched on some of the more
presentational aspects of Smackdown! vs. RAW
and revealed that for the first time in the
series' history, the game will receive
all-new music for the menu screens and
in-game wrestling matches.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
EA busts out a Japanese-style
role-playing game that's developed in the
west and firmly rooted in Middle-earth.
Cool crossover with the movies' events; fine
use of materials from New Line and WETA;
popular gameplay style. Some may find the
gameplay too derivative; the battles shown
lack the flare of the ones found in many
modern RPGs.
I know what some of you are thinking. You're
all, "Here it is. EA is slapping The Lord of
the Rings on a Japanese-style role-playing
game (RPG). There's no way an American
developer can do this right." And while The
Lord of the Rings: The Third Age does indeed
appear to be Final Fantasy X-3: Gimli's
Adventures, it's shaping up to be a really
strong RPG that makes excellent use of the
source material. Furthermore, the team
behind it contains several ex-Square
talents. There's a very good chance that The
Third Age will be one of the best
Japanese-style RPGs made by westerners.
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Trading Card Game Pros From All Over the
World Headed to San Francisco for $1 Million
Weekend at the MAGIC: THE GATHERING World
Championship
The annual MAGIC: THE GATHERING® World
Championship, the most prestigious
international tournament of trading card
game players, will be held in the U.S. this
year and is expected to draw players from
more than 50 countries, rivaling the most
organized, most established sports
competitions in the world. Scheduled to take
place September 1-5 at the Festival Pavilion
at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, the
event will draw 300+ individual and team
competitors, as well as thousands of fans
and casual players participating in side
events and checking out the top player
action throughout the championship weekend.
A whopping $1 million (USD) will be awarded
to players competing in the World
Championship and concurrent "Player of the
Year" race over the course of the weekend.
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New study follows up on ‘Pokemon’
seizures
1997 show did not cause long-term damage
Updated: 6:34 p.m. ET July 21, 2004NEW
ORLEANS - Japanese children who had seizures
during a “Pokemon” cartoon in 1997 have
generally not had another one unless they
already had epilepsy, researchers say.
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Official Pokemon Emerald Site is Unveiled
Nintendo recently announced that they have
opened the official site for Pokemon
Emerald. This title will follow the combined
stories of Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire while also
featuring many new additions not found in
the original two titles.
Team Magma and Team Aqua are preparing for a
huge battle. The winner of this battle will
determine who win the powerful Pokemon,
Rayquaza, and in turn control the skies. The
site also unveiled Deoxys, a new Pokemon
whom has three forms but his name remains
unchanged. There is a Pokedex on the site
that now lists him as Pokemon #386.
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Nintendo announces Pokémon Emerald
An all new Pokemon game is in the works.
Nintendo is working on an all new Pokémon
game, Pokémon Emerald.
This will be the third installment in the
Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire series and will have
Rayquaza as well as two other new Pokemon as
the main characters.
There will be a few differences between this
game and its predecessors; you will now
battle against both foes from the previous
titles, Team Magma from Pokemon Ruby, and
Team Aqua from Pokemon Sapphire. They'll
however, wear Emerald-colored outfits.
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Magic the Gathering
