News Roundup: Hell's Silkroad Highway

by: Randy - posted: 8/30/2008 2:36:00 AM

DEMOS

• Euro Truck Simulator Demo [European long haul simulation]
• Tank Universal Demo [virtual tank combat]

VIDEOS

• Fallout 3 GamersGlobal interview with Pete Hines
• Fallout 3 Escape, Megaton, The Wasteland, Super Duper Mart, and Tenpenny Tower gameplay trailers (WMV)
• Saints Row 2 Gary Busey "Costumes," Gary Busey "Flying," Gary Busey "Wieldable Props" (WMV 720p)
• Far Cry Immersion (WMV)
• Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway Bazooka and Machine Gun (WMV)
• Penumbra: Requiem Trailer (WMV)
• Black Mirror 2 GC 2008 (QT)
• Stoked Teaser (MP4)
• Pipe Mania PSP Trailer (QT)
• SOCOM Confrontation Extraction (MP4)
• Death Tank Trailer (WMV 720p)
• Dream Pinball 3D Trailer (WMV 720p)
• Age of Empires: Mythologies - Civilizations Trailer
• Hello Kitty Online Trailer #2
• Tank Universal Trailer (MP4)

SCREENSHOTS

• Saints Row 2
• Warhawk: Operation Fallen Star (PS3) [shots and art]
• Yakuza 2 (PS2)
• Supreme Commander (360) [Aeon and Cybran land battle]
• PT Boats: Knights of the Sea (PC) [night mission]
• Wizard101 (PC) [School of Death Magic]
• ACE Online (PC)
• Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach (PC)
• The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria (PC)
• Project Powder (PC) [new update]
• Tony Hawk's Motion and Hue Pixel Painter (DS)
• Animal Boxing (DS) [shots and art]
• Zu Online (PC) [flying]
• Silkroad Online (PC) [harlequin and carnival outfits]

ARTICLES

• Defunct Games has plenty of other things you should do with a spare 18 hours -- besides battle the now-infamous 18-hour boss in Final Fantasy IX.  One kicker is 18 hours of tantric sex.  (Uh, good luck with that.)
• This official short story is the first of a series that will advance the timeline of Star Trek Online from the events of Star Trek: Nemesis to the year 2409.
• Digit-Life examines two high-end coolers from Thermaltake:  BigTyp VP and MaxORB EX CPU Coolers.
• The Antec Twelve Hundred Gaming Case "corrected most, if not all, of the flaws of the Nine Hundred."
• AtomicGamer previews Battlefield Heroes, screaming "there's victory, glory, and a trucker hat with your name on it!"
• Apolyton draws up an article on what's up with formerly-Sid-Meier-co-founded MicroProse in "MicroProse Reincarnate: Products, People and Perspectives."

Thanks to Defunct Games, GamersGlobal, Apolyton.net, AtomicGamer, Cryptic Studios, Digit-Life, and Legit Reviews for today's News Roundup.