Archive for June, 2007

SimCity Societies

Sunday, June 10th, 2007

Rumor of a New Sim City Game in the Works

“Games for Windows” magazine is reporting that EA revealed to them that a new Sim City game, Sim City Societies, is on the horizon. Scheduled for a winter 2007 release, this title will step outside usual Sim City format and take a slightly different direction. Gamestop has pre-orders available for $49.99.

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1894: The Pullman Conspiracy

Sunday, June 10th, 2007

Peter Nepstad announces the sequel to 1893: AWFM

 News from Peter Nepstad

Peter has announced a sequel to 1893: A Worlds’ Fair Mystery, tentatively titled, 1894: The Pullman Conspiracy. The game takes place shortly after the events of 1893, and reunites you with a few of the characters from that game and a few new ones in a story about the biggest business of the age of rail, the utopian town that Pullman built to house his workers, and the workers strike that left Chicago in chaos.

We will keep you updated with any new information as we receive it.

Release date: 2008

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Three New Games Coming From Kheops Studios

Sunday, June 10th, 2007

Three new games to be released in 2007.

Cleopatra - a Queen’s Destiny.
Nostradamus : Nostradamus the Last Prophecy.
A title based on Dracula’s world.

The official website promises to provide more information soon.

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Bon Voyage

Sunday, June 10th, 2007

New Expansion for The Sims 2

The next Sims 2 expansion has been announced. As the title suggests, it will be a vacation pack. Locations mentioned are a tropical hotel, camping, and the Far East . You can see screenshots here.
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Sims 2: Seasons

Monday, June 4th, 2007

Sims 2: SeasonsStill wondering if you want a dog or cat? Better hurry up and choose. Seasons, the next expansion for The Sims 2, is due out around the end of Feb. Your sims will now experience all four seasons and the activities that go with them. Also included is 6 new careers and a new reward object for each. And of course, new outfits.
Read more here: Sims 2: Seasons

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Shivering Isles, the expansion pack for the RPG Oblivion, contains a serious flaw

Monday, June 4th, 2007

The result of this bug is objects vanishing. After much research and a beta patch, an official permanent patch has been released. You can get the patch here.

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Got Game Entertainment Scratches and Cuts North America with ‘Scratches: Director’s Cut’

Monday, June 4th, 2007

Scratches: Director's CutGot Game Entertainment Scratches and Cuts North America with ‘Scratches: Director’s Cut’

WESTON, CT - March 16, 2007 - Got Game Entertainment LLC today announced a North American publishing deal for “Scratches: Director’s Cut”, an even more terrifying take on the successful atmospheric mystery adventure game for the PC, brimming with eerie twists and terrifying surprises. Set in and around a solitary Victorian mansion concealing a terrible secret, a long since forgotten story from the past emerges to haunt the present. With worldwide sales of the independently developed “Scratches” at over 150,000 units, legions of fans, plus brave newcomers, will experience an exciting new chapter, a much rumored alternate ending, over two additional hours of game play, new clues, higher supported resolutions, enhanced graphics, plus much more. “Scratches: Director’s Cut” is scheduled for a one-year anniversary release in April 2007 and will retail for $19.99 (USD). This game has been rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB for Alcohol and Tobacco Reference/Blood/Mild Language/Mild Violence. A Mac version of the game is scheduled for release in May.

In “Scratches: Director’s Cut”, a careful combination of inventory-based and deductive-style puzzles, integrated with a riveting storyline, non-linear gameplay, intricately detailed graphics, and an entrancing soundtrack, immerse you in an even more haunting gothic atmosphere. As a famed horror writer isolated by a washed out road at the dark and mysterious Blackwood Manor, you search for clues to a long-held mystery. Exploring every dark corner of the mansion and its untended grounds via point-and-click interface, you examine, probe, and hunt your way through musty rooms, an overrun greenhouse, a sinister chapel, and a forbidding crypt. As your investigation deepens, you slowly become aware of one terrifying fact: you are not alone.

In addition to a breathtaking conclusion to the story in a new chapter that will stay in your nightmares for months to come, “Scratches: Director’s Cut” also features new, revealing thoughts from the main character in “Michael’s Diary”, and an alternate control method with fixed mouse, FPS-like movement.

For more information, visit www.ScratchesMystery.com.

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Ghost in the Sheet

Monday, June 4th, 2007

Ghost in the Sheet- Point and click adventure game where YOU are the ghost. Your goal is to find out what happened in a spooky old factory. Best of all- the game’s website boasts “no dying, mazes, slider puzzles or timed sequences”. They are currently beta testing and are in talks with a publisher. Release date hasn’t yet been announced.

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Infinite Interactive is currently working on a new game, Galactrix.

Monday, June 4th, 2007

Galactrix


This will follow in the success of their previous game, Puzzle Quest. Puzzle Quest combined the fun of a “Bejeweled” type game with a detailed RPG. Galactrix will match a different puzzle game with a space theme. Unlike Puzzle Quest, this game will be released on the PC and should appeal to casual and hard core gamers alike. Screen shots and game details can be found here Galactrix.

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Evil Under the Sun – The Next PC Game in the Agatha Christie Series

Monday, June 4th, 2007

Toronto, Canada. March 22, 2007.

The Adventure Company, the leading publisher of adventure games worldwide, is pleased to announce that it will be releasing Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun for Windows® in October 2007. Based on the novel Evil Under the Sun by the world’s best-known mystery author, this is the third installment in The Adventure Company’s successful Agatha Christie video game series.

Famous detective Hercule Poirot is back in typical style, turning up at just the right time to begin an investigation into the murder of a famous actress during what should have been the start of a relaxing holiday. Taking on the role of Hercule Poirot, players can scour a stunning tropical island for clues and delve deeper into the mysterious relationships between over 20 unique characters to search out the killer.

There are a number of added features and improvements that have been made to Evil Under the Sun based on player feedback, including a more streamlined inventory system, character dialogue choices that will impact events as the player progresses in the game, less repetitive detective footwork, and more diverse environments and locales to explore.

“Agatha Christie fans will finally get the chance to step into the shoes of famous detective Hercule Poirot,” said Richard Wah Kan, President and CEO of The Adventure Company. “We are thrilled to continue the series based on another world renowned classic by the Queen of Crime.”

AWE Games and Lee Sheldon are teaming up once again. Their goal is to create even more stunning and varied environments for players to explore and enhance their experience by adding a host of new puzzles. Intriguing plot twists will be introduced based on how the player chooses to interact with the cast of colorful characters.

The anticipated ESRB rating is ‘T’ for Teen and the anticipated PEGI rating is 12+. Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun will be Windows® Vista™ compatible. adventurecompanygames.com

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