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Fallout 3 gets final release date; new screenshots get bloody

Posted Aug 20th 2008 4:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: RPG, Screenshots, Fallout 3

Games Convention is underway in Germany and the folks at Bethesda Softworks are there letting the European press get their hands on a build of their long awaited RPG Fallout 3. They also just sent over three new screenshots from the game for and let us know that the final release date for the title has been settled. Fallout 3 is due for release on October 28 in the US and on October 31 in Europe

As you can see from the above new screenshot, Fallout 3 takes place in a very dangerous post-apocalyptic setting where danger lurks at every turn. You need weapons to explore the blasted landscape so that you can deal with the many, many mutated threats in the ruins of Washington DC. Fallout 3 is still scheduled for release this fall for the PC and other platforms.

Gallery: Fallout 3

New Mercenaries 2 screenshots have some co-op action

Posted Aug 20th 2008 12:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Action, Screenshots

The first really big game of the fall/holiday season has to be Mercenaries 2, the long awaited open world action game from developer Pandemic and their new owners Electronic Arts. One of the new features in the sequel is the support for co-op play with two players in the single player storyline.

New screenshots for the game released this week show off some of that co-op action in the game as you and a buddy can go hog wild shooting and blowing up everything that moves in a fictional near-future version of Venezuela. The game is only a few days away from release; it's currently schedule to ship to stores on August 31.

Gallery: Mercenaries 2

The Sims 3 gets firm release date and Collector's Edition

Posted Aug 20th 2008 9:30AM by John Callaham
Filed under: Simulation, Screenshots, The Sims 3

Get ready for the first in a long, long line of Sims 3 games from Electronic Arts. The publisher just announced that you can expect the next generation of people sim game to ship to stores on February 20, 2009. The new game will allow the Sims to explore their surrounding neighborhood instead of being stuck inside their home as well as lots of customization features for each Sims.

Along with a release date, EA just announced a Collector's Edition of the game which will include "additional collectible The Sims merchandise and a bonus in-game Italian-Style Sports Car unavailable elsewhere." People who pre-order the Collector's Edition will get access to yet another in-game vintage car and a poster that showed off the Sims 3 neighborhood.

Gallery: The Sims 3

New Sacred 2 screenshots show off game's creatures

Posted Aug 20th 2008 9:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: Action, RPG, Screenshots

It's a game that could become a sleeper hit in the US and this week new screenshots from the upcoming fantasy action-RPG Sacred 2: Fallen Angel were released showing off some of the creatures players will encounter in the title from developer Ascaron Entertainment and publisher CDV.

We've reported recently that the development team is making an extra push to make Sacred 2 run well and look good on the new Intel Centrino 2 notebook processors. In the meantime the game is being shown off in Germany this week at the Gamers Convention and you can check out the GC trailer for the game right here at Big Download.

Gallery: Sacred 2: Fallen Angel

New Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 screenshots emerge

Posted Aug 20th 2008 8:30AM by John Callaham
Filed under: RTS, Screenshots, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

With World in Conflict: Soviet Assault most likely not coming out this year it looks like the big RTS title of fall 2008 will be Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3. This week developer/publisher Electronic Arts released new screenshots from the game which once again is set in a campy alternative timeline.

EA is currently running a multiplayer beta test for Red Alert 3 for those folks who bought the expansion pack Command and Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. Unfortunately those beta testers are under an NDA at the moment so they can't legally talk about what they are experiencing while they play the beta. We should get some more hands-on time with the game before its planned fall 2008 release date.

Gallery: Command and Conquer Red Alert 3

Lego Batman introduces Batgirl

Posted Aug 20th 2008 8:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: Action, Screenshots

One of the bad things about the super-serious movie The Dark Knight is the fact that Robin and other members of the Batman family are not around. That's not the case for Lego Batman, the upcoming action game from developer Traveller's Tales and publisher Warner Bros. Interactive. This week the publisher released new screenshots from the game showing off their version of Batgirl.

This is the most well known version of Batgirl, a.k.a. Barbara Gordon, the daughter of Gotham City Police Commissioner James Gordon. This version hasn't been shot by the Joker yet (detailed in the incredible Batman graphic novel The Killing Joke) and then continue to fight crime as the wheelchair bound computer guru Oracle. You can check out the much less serious Batgirl when Lego Batman comes out in September.

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Heroes Over Europe gets Atari as European publisher; first screenshots

Posted Aug 19th 2008 10:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: Action, Screenshots

A while back it was announced that Red Mile Entertainment was going to publisher Heroes Over Europe, the sequel to the previously released WWII flying action game Heroes Over The Pacific. Since then there's been little info on the game but this week publisher Atari announced that it would co-publish the title with Red Mile in Europe while also releasing the first screenshots from the game.

Developed once again by Transmission Games (formerly IR Gurus) the press release for Heroes Over Europe claims the sequel will have a brand new graphics engine and new gameplay modes, including multiplayer for up to 16 players. The press release also claims the game will have detailed reproductions of cities like London and Berlin. The title is due out in 2009 but there's no word yet on a US release date.

Gallery: Heroes Over Europe

New ArmA II screenshots released; European publisher found

Posted Aug 19th 2008 8:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: FPS, Screenshots

A few weeks ago, developer Bohemia Interactive released the first in-game screenshot from ArmA II, the sequel to their 2007 released military shooter. This week the developer released even more screenshots from the game showing off more impressive visual details from the title that's set in the near future in the fictional country of Chernarus.

ArmA II is set for release for 2009 and this week the developer announced that it has secured a publishing deal in Europe with 505 Games for the game's release in that territory in the first quarter of 2000. ArmA I was first released in the US by Atari but there's no publisher in the US for the sequel as yet.

Gallery: ARMA 2

Team Fortress 2 Arena mode revealed

Posted Aug 18th 2008 10:30PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Downloads, FPS, Screenshots, Team Fortress 2

Revealed a bit later than other updates in the past week, Valve has finally revealed the all new gameplay mode they plan to include as part of the upcoming Heavy class update for Team Fortress 2. The multiplayer shooter will add an Arena mode to the game that will also include five maps. Three of the maps are reworked versions of previous TF2 levels (Well, Granary and Badlands) while the other two maps are all new (Lumberyard and Ravine).

Arena mode matches are being designed to be shorter in time span than other TF2 matches. Round end where one team has all of their players killed or one time has captured and unlocked the sole capture point which is located in the center of the arena map. There will be little to no health pack in Arena mode levels. The Heavy update for TF2 is scheduled to be released tomorrow via Steam.

Gallery: Team Fortress 2 Arena Mode

MacMonday: Big Kahuna Reef 2: Chain Reaction

Posted Aug 18th 2008 10:00AM by Akela Talamasca
Filed under: Downloads, Demos, Hands-on, Mac, Puzzle, Screenshots, Opinion

Now, before you get all reactionary and declaim this title as "yet another Bejeweled clone", let me just say two things right up front: 1) It is a Bejeweled clone, and 2) There's more to it than the standard Bejeweled swap mechanic. What's the big difference? Explosions. Read on for the full scoop!

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Godfather II web site launches; first screenshots released

Posted Aug 17th 2008 4:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Action, Screenshots, Strategy

Electronic Arts makes another go of making a game based on the Godfather movie franchise with The Godfather II. The game's official web site was recently launched along with the first public screenshots of the game's visuals. Most of the movie's actors (Al Pacino excluded) will have their likenesses in the new game which is being developed by EA's Redwood Shores division.

While The Godfather II will have open world gameplay like the first game in the series, this sequel will expand on first game's location as the player controls organized crime in the 1960s in not just New York City but also Miami and even Cuba. The screenshots show off not just the action portion of the game but also the strategic view which allows the player to get more involved in the business portion. The game is due for release in February 2009.

Gallery: The Godfather II

New Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir screenshots

Posted Aug 17th 2008 2:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: RPG, Screenshots

Atari may have generated a profit for the first time last quarter but if they want to continue to stay in the money they need to release games that people will actually buy. One of those titles that has a good shot of doing just that is Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir, the upcoming second retail expansion pack to the 2006 released D&D RPG.

Recently Atari sent out some new screenshots from the expansion which once again will be developed by Obsidian Entertainment. The expansion is set to feature items like a non-linear enviroment to explore, party creation, an economic system that you can influence while playing and more. The expansion is due for release this fall.

Gallery: Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir

New Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria screenshots

Posted Aug 17th 2008 1:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: MMO, Screenshots

Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online MMO has continued to be popular even after over a year of release. So much so that the developer is planning to release a full blown commercial expansion pack to the game titled Mines of Moria. Recently the developer sent out some new screenshots from the expansion showing off some of the new environments from the game.

As previously reported, the expansion will be released this fall as either a digital download for its current subscribers or as part of a new Lord of the Rings Online collection that will ship to retail stores this fall. That collection will have the original game, the expansion and all of the free downloadable content that has been released for the game prior to the release of Mines of Moria.

Gallery: Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria

New Civilization IV: Colonization screenshots released

Posted Aug 16th 2008 1:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Screenshots, Strategy

The console release of Sid Meier's Civilization: Revolution seemed to sell well last month according to NPD Group info but PC gamers are still excited to get their hands on Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization. The Firaxis Games developed title, which is basically a stand alone total conversion of Civ IV, is due out this fall.

The game's publisher 2K Games sent out some new screenshots of the title which is a (sort-of) remake of the 1990's PC game Sid Meier's Colonization with players heading out to the New World to meet the natives, establish colonies and trade and more. Look for multiplayer and mod tools to be part of the mix as well. 2K Games has yet to announce a specific release date beyond fall 2008.

Gallery: Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization

Batman: Arkham Asylum screens leaked

Posted Aug 15th 2008 3:00PM by David Craddock
Filed under: Action, Screenshots

A number of pleasingly dark and gritty screenshots from developer Rocksteady Studios' Batman: Arkham Asylum were leaked, found on the Rocksteady's official website via a gallery that has since been removed.

The screenshots were supposed to be a part of the recent Game Informer exclusive story on the game, but have since made their way onto a number of websites... including, of course, here at Big Download, home to a number of Bat-fans. We've assembled the screens in a gallery for your perusal. Enjoy them, bask in their dark and gothic aesthetics -- and pray that the gameplay can match up to their visual appeal.

Gallery: Batman: Arkham Asylum