News Roundup: Mask of the Awakened Emotions

by: Randy - posted: 7/19/2007 11:26:00 PM

Demos , Betas

• Strategy fans, take up arms and download the demo to Civilization 4: Beyond the Sword.
• WarCry is holding a Fury beta key contest: Win 1 of 100 "All Week" beta keys.

Screens

• New Screenshots:  GEON: emotions (360), Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms (PC), Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (Wii), Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer (PC), Jenga (Wii), Godzilla Unleashed (Wii), Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (PC), The Witcher (PC), The Sims 2: Castaway (PS2)

Articles

• Killer Betties don't cry, despite their preview for Devil May Cry 4.
• The LOTRO Vault looks back to see what's gone wrong with player housing in other MMOs, and looks forward to Lord of the Rings Online getting player housing in a few months.  (And WarCry likewise takes a look at this gem of an MMO's future.)
• Some more E3 previews for World in Conflict, Stranglehold, Blacksite: Area 51, Akella's lineup, and Gamecock's lineup.
• The market for external storage continues to heat up, and The Tech Lounge is looking at the Synology Cube Station CS407 NAS.
• But for keeping in cool, Tech Gage reviewed the Noctua NF-R8 and NF-S12 Fans, NC-U6 Chipset Cooler.
• Atomic Gamer hands over a terse D+ in their PS3 review of Transformers.
• Take a sneak peek at those super nutty Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 for the DS.
• WarCry hands out their E3 2007 Awards: MMO of the Show, Brightest Future, and Game of the Show.
• Still going, here's some Q&A with new Star Wars Galaxies Community Manager Joe Pishgar.

Patches

• For Liberty patch 1.80.

Thanks to Atomic Gamer, WarCry, Killer Betties, Vault Network, Strategy Informer, Legit Reviews, MPOGD, GamersInfo.net, The Tech Lounge, and Tech Gage -- I think that's everyone -- for today's News Roundup.