News Roundup: Open Season On L.A. Noire

by: Randy - posted: 10/7/2006 12:00:00 AM

Muchas gracias to Ten Ton Hammer, Atomic Gamer, and MMORPG.com for keeping us in the loop.

Demos

• Atomic Gamer declares Open Season on this animated animalistic adventure's demo.  Scope out the trailer first to see if you're interested.
  
• Fast Lane Carnage.  Pretty self-explanatory there.  Wanna demo?
• Send in a demolition crew for Battlefield 2142.  Stay frosty, soldier.
  

Trailers, Screenshots

• So what else has Rockstar got up their sleeve?  Check out this trailer to L.A. Noire.
• The requisite kids' movie/game tie-in is in the works for Arthur and the Minimoys.
• Well, technically speaking, here's Dark Messiah of Might and Magic's tech video.
• Medieval II: Total War is storming the castle with this siege warfare trailer.
• Earache Extreme Metal Racing.  I think that about covers it.  Put trailer #3 on blast.
• Examine the cell structure of the "Covert Ops #3" trailer for Splinter Cell: Double Agent.
• Forget the gridiron, NFL Street 3's trailer brings a tire iron.
  
• Behold the marvelous Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Galactus, Mandarin, Scorpion, Shocker, and Spider-Man trailers.
  
• Screenshot galleries: Barrow Hill (PC), Rampage Total Destruction (Wii), Warhammer: Mark of Chaos (PC), and Ninja Gaiden Sigma (PS3).
  

Interviews, Reviews

• Dungeon delving is coming back to MMOs in a big way.  Ten Ton Hammer goes spelunking with Vanguard's Bill Fisher. [TTH]
• Nobody throws a block party like LEGO.  I have no segue from that punchline into this review of LEGO Star Wars 2: The Original Trilogy.
• GamersInfo.net is covering DragonCon and they've assembled a preview of Anarcy Online: Lost Eden, a preview for Agent Disco (an RPG/text adventure for mobile phones), and a preview and interview about NeverWinter Nights 2.