All Posts by: GamerNode Staff

Publishing Deal Dissolved for Jagged Alliance Series

By GamerNode Staff, September 2, 2006 0 GN

The partnership between developer Strategy First Inc. and publisher Game Factory Interactive over publishing rights for the upcoming Jagged Alliance 3 and Jagged Alliance 3D dissolved today. Even though a new publisher has not been announced yet, Strategy First maintains… Read More »

Savage Released For Free

By GamerNode Staff, September 2, 2006 0 GN

S2 Games announced their 2003 FPS/RTS action game Savage: The Battle for Newerth is now available for download, free of charge. The game takes place in the far future, where man has rebuilt society but is now threatened by beasts…. Read More »

PS3 Will Fight Cancer

By GamerNode Staff, September 2, 2006 0 GN

In a somewhat altruistic move, Sony has struck a partnership with Folding@home, a distributed computing project, similar to the well-known SETI program. Both use a small segment of a processor,s leftover power for number crunching. Only instead of searching for… Read More »

Blue Laser Shortage May Effect PS3 Quotas

By GamerNode Staff, September 1, 2006 0 GN

Sony,s plan to produce at least 4 million PS3 units by the end of the year may have hit a snag. A report by DigiTimes has indicated that the manufacturers of the blue laser diodes, a crucial component for Blu-ray… Read More »

Bully Renamed for Europe

By GamerNode Staff, September 1, 2006 0 GN

The controversial Bully is slated for release this December, but the European edition of the game has been renamed for distribution. The new title will be Canis Canem Edit–in Latin, Dog Eat Dog. The name change was not confirmed as… Read More »

Mark Rein: LGC is the Next E3

By GamerNode Staff, September 1, 2006 0 GN

With the surprise announcement of E3 being cut back to a smaller and more compact event, many game industry professionals have wondered who would take over as the industry’s biggest showcase. Epic’s Mark Rein has speculated that the Leipzig Game… Read More »

Sony President Upbeat On PS3's Future

By GamerNode Staff, September 1, 2006 0 GN

SCEA’s Kaz Hirai was interviewed by CNET and delivered some candid answers to hard-hitting questions about the upcoming PS3, offering his take on the status and future of Sony’s next gen console. Hirai remarked about the expected longevity of the… Read More »

Vivendi Docs Detail BattleStar Galactica Game, Dev. Partnerships

By GamerNode Staff, September 1, 2006 0 GN

A presentation to Vivendi Universal investors has divulged an ambitious new plan for VU’s strong lineup of franchises. Along with pointing out their current successful endeavours–World of Warcraft, Diablo, Warcraft, Starcraft, and Spyro the Dragon–the presentation points out new strategies… Read More »

Neverwinter Nights 2 Preview

By GamerNode Staff, September 1, 2006 0 Previews

A game like Neverwinter Nights tends to appear once in a blue moon. Four years later, and the NWN community is still pumping out daily custom content for the public. To satiate the fans’ appetite, even canceled premium modules are… Read More »

Bomberman Act: Zero Review

By GamerNode Staff, September 1, 2006 0 GN, VG Review

Act: Zero could have been to Bomberman what X was to Mega Man–a complete revision of a much beloved series which could attract a new generation of fans while retaining the basic elements of gameplay that longtime supporters have come… Read More »