Today, EA officially announced the release date for Mass Effect on the PC. Touting new control schemes and interface set-ups, the PC game looks to improve on some shortcomings of the Xbox 360 version.
Will Wright's ever-growing, evolutionary game, Spore, has finally gotten an official release date. Anticipation and speculation has been growing over the title for a couple of years. However, today EA sent word that Spore is scheduled for release this fall. Both Mac and PC gamers, as well as DS owners, will be able to create life starting September 7. Full details from the release after the jump...
Come May, it looks like mouse-and-keyboard gamers will get their opportunity to engage in alien sexuality when Mass Effect debuts on the PC. This time, BioWare's hit will be published by EA and looks to include hotkey controller schemes and boasts inproved textures. The full release after the jump...
Ever since the sudden popularity of the Guitar Hero games, along with Rock Band, knock-offs are sure to be sold. However, Guitar Rising is different. In a nutshell, it's Guitar Hero with a real guitar. The video speaks for itself.
Saitek, a leading designer and manufacturer of consumer electronic products for PC and gaming, has announced the launch of its new Cyborg Mouse. The high end laser mouse is designed specifically for gaming and aimed at serious gamers who play intensely for long periods at a time.
Codemasters Online announced today that the company’s new blockbuster MMO game, scheduled for release in late 2008, will be unveiled at the forthcoming Connect 2008 online gaming event. The new MMO will be fully playable for the first time at Connect 2008 in a world exclusive for the event!
StreamMyGame.com announced today the release of its free Linux Player, an application that enables you to play any PC game via a PlayStation 3 running Linux.
The most recent Steam Hardware Survey (http://www.steampowered.com/status/survey.html)
shows more Steam gamers play on NVIDIA GeForce hardware than any other
graphics platform. In an effort to further support this popular PC
gaming configuration - Steam games plus NVIDIA hardware - Valve and
NVIDIA have entered into an agreement to collaborate on development,
distribution, events, and more.
Rockstar Games and Valve announced today an agreement to launch Rockstar Games' entire
PC catalog on Valve's software-delivery platform Steam. Starting today, gamers may purchase Rockstar Games' titles, including
the complete Grand Theft Auto and Max Payne series plus Manhunt and
Midnight Club II. To celebrate the launch, Rockstar is offering all its
Steam games for a 10% discount during launch week.
All gamers in Germany may experience what many are calling the best
multiplayer game of 2007 during the Team Fortress 2 Free Weekend,
offered exclusively to German gamers via Steam January 4th through 6th.
All flavors of The Orange Box as well as the official soundtrack are
available for huge savings this weekend from leading online and retail
outlets around the world.
Following the success of the Shatner and Mr. T ads for blockbuster MMO World of Warcraft, Blizzard has gone global with its new marketing strategy. This time, we see Belgian actor Jeane-Claude Van Damme and Spanish actor Guillermo Toledo.
Sega and Valve today announced an agreement to deliver a lineup of new
Sega titles to customers around the world via Steam, the leading
online platform for PC games.
For a limited time, Bioshock and Enemy Territory: Quake Wars are
available via Steam at a 20% discount off their regular price. That means you can get these games for $39.95 instead of their usual $49.95 price. These
two new action releases from 2K and Activision may be purchased from
Steam at this special price through Monday, November 26th at 10 am PST.
For more information, visit www.steamgames.com.
Having recently surpassed the 9 million paying subscriber mark, Blizzard seems set on expanding their empire with clever mass media advertising.
Blizzard unveiled the nationwide
commercials on late Tuesday that center around the "What's your
game?" theme, the obvious answer being World of Warcraft.
Both the Mr. T and William Shatner versions can be seen below. A Verne
Troyer (aka Mini Me) version is "coming soon."
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