News Roundup: Knights of the Nine to Five Elements

by: Randy - posted: 11/27/2006 10:42:00 PM

Demos

• Strategy board gamers will want to check out every component of Wu Hing: The Five Elements, which is based on the five Chinese elements of wood, fire, earth, metal, and water.
• Put down the Madden and demo the stripped-down Bowl Bound College Football v1.51 (or grab the v1.51 patch if you're already in the game).
  

Reviews, Interviews

• Not to be confused with Ninety-Nine Nights, Knights of the Nine falls in line for review over at Killer Betties.
• And they also forked over the money to review Pocketbike Racer -- getting a Burger King value meal somewhere in the transaction, too.
• Oleg Yavorsky of CSC Gamerworld speaks on Heroes of Annihilated Empires.
• Atomic Gamer monkeys around and gets their first Wii review out the door:  Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz.
• And they also post their overall views of the Wii.  Some good.  Some bad.
• Sanya Thomas of the Warhammer Online camp breaks bread with the online gurus at MMORPG.com
• Get an earful of Daron Stinnett, one of the folks taking Trekkies to the next level in Star Trek Online.
• Dan Fortier lays it down for MMO developers in his editorial, "MMOWTF: No Nos for MMOs."
  

Videos, Screens

• Even Hell comes with options:  View Hellgate London in high or low quality cinematics.
• Taste the rainbow ... Rainbow Six: Vegas gets out gameplay trailer #2.
• Diplomacy, militaristically, or economically; your three roads of conquest in Europa Universalis III.
  
• A long time in coming, Stargate Worlds divulges five exclusive screenshots to MMORPG.com.
• Screenshot grab bag:  Freakout: Extreme Freeride (PC, PS2, PSP), Collapse (PC), NFL Street 3 (PSP, PS2), HistWar: Les Grognards (PC), Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (Hot!) (PC), Bubble Bobble Double Shot (DS).
  

Thanks to Killer Betties, Atomic Gamer, Computer Games Online, and MMORPG.com for today's News Roundup.