News Roundup: Limbo Alone in the Dark Splatterhouse

by: Randy - posted: 6/1/2008 2:48:00 AM

Demos

• The action-RPG with strategy elements, Depths of Peril, gets a new Mac demo.
• The French demo for Dracula: Origin sees the light of day at AtomicGamer.  (Okay, fine -- here's the English demo, also at AtomicGamer, or you can grab it over at Strategy Informer; you're choice.)

Articles

• With only five episodes to go, all of our Ninja Gaiden questions are starting to be answered.
• Our own John Yan contemplates the possibility of having "One Online Network to Rule Them All."
• I4U published a review of the Radius Atomic Bass Earphones which promise deep bass from your iPod and iPhone.
• Cryptic Studios has updated their plans for Gencon and PAX this August, the Champions Online design team answers more community questions, all while Cryptic COO Jack Emmert has been named one of the most influential people in MMOGs in 2007.
• For a comfortable and great looking mouse, BurnOutPC.com just posted their review on the Cyber Snipa Stinger Mouse.
• ZEROtherm sent Legit Reviews their newest CPU Cooler:  The ZEROtherm Zen FZ120 CPU Cooler.
• AtomicGamer states in an exhaustive review that "...for the first game in a new series, Mass Effect is an excellent start."

Videos

• The Bourne Conspiracy Instinct Trailer (QT HD); Dead Space Animated Comic Episode 2 (QT HD); World in Conflict: Soviet Assault "First Wave" Norway (WMV HD); Kung Fu Panda Combat Vignette (WMV HD, WMV SD); Command & Conquer 3: Red Alert Gina Carano (QT); Don King Presents: Prize Fighter Historical Fights (WMV); Hellgate: London Patch 1.3 Video (WMV); NCAA Football 09 Homefield Advantage (WMV); Gary Grigsby's War Between the States Trailer (WMV); Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon Trailer (WMV).

Screenshots

• Street Fighter IV [El Fuerte and boss Rufus]; Alone in the Dark (X360); Splatterhouse (2009); Men of War (PC); Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory Add-On (PC) [British tanks]; Limbo of the Lost (PC) [Level 3: The Sewers]; We Love Golf! (Wii); Summon Night: Twin Age (DS); Hellgate: London (PC) [Patch 1.3]; The Political Machine 2008.

Thanks to Defunct Games, AtomicGamer, I4U, Cryptic Studios, BurnOutPC.com, Legit Reviews, and Strategy Informer for today's news roundup.