News Roundup: Two Worlds in Flames

by: Randy - posted: 8/25/2008 11:03:00 PM

Demos, Patches

• X Motor Racing v1.08.3 Demo
• PreVa v1.1 Patch
• Arcanum v080823 Unofficial Patch
• Zu Online v1.4.07 to v1.5.03 Patch, v1.5.03 Client

Videos

• Two Worlds: Epic Edition Trailer (QT)
• Tornado (DS) Raccoon (MP4)
• American McGee's Grimm - Ep. 4 Puss in Boots (WMV)
• InFamous GC 2008 Trailer (WMV)
• Samba de Amigo (Wii) Song Pack (WMV)
• GTi Club+ GC 2008 Trailer (WMV)
• Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars Gameplay
• Vampire Rain: Altered Species GC 2008 Gameplay #1, #2 (WMV)

Screenshots

• Halo Wars (360)
• Fracture [multiplayer]
• Supreme Commander (360) [Aeon Land Assault]
• Cosmic Sunder: Elements (PC)
• Culpa Innata 2: Chaos Rising (PC) [art]
• Left 4 Dead (PC)
• Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (PC)
• Red Faction: Guerrilla
• Combat Mission: Shock Force - Marines (PC) [T-90 SA tank]
• Yakuza 2 (PS2)
• Golden Axe Beast Rider (360, PS3)
• Stormrise (360, PS3)
• Majesty 2 - The Fantasy Kingdom Sim (PC)
• Empire: Total War (PC)
• Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (DS)
• Igor The Game (DS)
• Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures (PC) [upcoming free content]

Articles

• Defunct Games' Comic Book Mods -- "Game Boy: In the Palm of Your Hand - Ep. 4" -- unleashes the power of Ron Paul.
• Xbox America posts a "Whoops! We forgot one" E3 2008 article on NyKo.
• Cryptic Studios (Champions Online) has made public their plans for PAX.
• Cryptic -- also busy on Star Trek Online -- has posted their first round of community Q&A.  Find out whether or not you can "trick out your Bird of Prey with green flame decals to show off when I decloak to 'pwn Federation nubs.'"
• BurnOutPC posts impressions on the XtracPads Hammer mouse pad.
• Holy cow, Too Human pulled in 4 out of 5 stars from The Hachiko.  That's a first for this title.
• The frustratingly difficult (though still wildly popular) Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 earns an A- over at AtomicGamer.
• Lucid HYDRA Engine Multi-GPU Technology "might very well render SLI and Crossfire ineffective."

Thanks to Defunct Games, Xbox America, Cryptic Studios, AtomicGamer, BurnOutPC, The Hachiko, and Techgage for today's News Roundup.