News Roundup: F.E.A.R. the Madden-ness

by: Randy - posted: 9/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

AtomicGamer, MMORPG.com, and GamersInfo fill in the missing links today -- Thanks, guys.

Free Games

• Alien Arena 2007 uses the Quake 3 source code, with big-brained aliens crashlanding from the Mars Attacks! FPS mothership.  And, hey, it's that good four-letter F-word.  Free.  Get your Windows version here, and your Linux version there. [AG]
  

Reviews, Previews, Screenshots

• Tekken: Dark Resurrection gets an uplifting review on the PSP. [AG]
  
• Screenshots shoot up the screen from upcoming expansion pack, F.E.A.R. Extraction Point. [AG]
  
• Who knew that Madden 07 would be the Halo killer on the X360?  Not really.  But it put forth a thoroughbred effort.  Scoop the review. [AG]
  
• GamersInfo slides in a bevy of reviews for Spellforce 2, Sly 3, Painkiller Hell Wars, and Battlefield 2. [GI]
  
• They also laugh up some Toonfest Coverage at the Disney Studios in Burbank, California. [GI]
• MMORPG.com is barking up the Priest feat tree in Gods & Heroes, simultaneously releasing three exclusive screenshots.
• Not to mention the developer journal they got ahold of for EverQuest II's Return of the Gods, Part II. [MMORPG.com]
  

Trailers

• Yeah, yeah, shooters rule the roost when it comes to pushing the graphical envelope, but here's a GC 2006 trailer for another RTS keeping the real-time genre pretty: Ancient Wars: Sparta. [AG]
  
• Blitzkrieg 2: Fall of the Reich fells a trailer across the ol' swastika standby. [AG]
  
• A couple annual sports title trailers:  a NASCAR 07 music video, and an Alpine Ski Racing 2007 trailer. [AG]
  
• We showed you this trailer for Team Fortress 2 over a week ago, but now you can see it bigger and in higher resolution.  Download it again for the first time.  It's that good. [AG]
  
• For the race rioters, Forza Motorsport 2 is dealing out their Damage trailer...[AG]
• ...As Test Drive Unlimited prays on an Audi-McLaren-Triumph triad of trailers. [AG]