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Microids has announced Return to Mysterious Island 2, a point-and-click adventure game which will continue the action of the game Return to Mysterious Island.
The game will be launched in March 2009 and will be available for PC and iPhone.
Based on Jules Verne books, the adventure game will place players on a mysterious island, close to being destroyed by an ecologic disaster.
Valve Software has announced that the PC version of Grand Theft Auto 4 can be pre-ordered through Steam.
Players can purchase it for $49.99 and will be rewarded with a free copy of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
The estimated release date for the game is the 3rd of December.
According to Bethesda Softworks, their recent post-apocalyptic role playing game Fallout 3 has been sold to over 4.7 million customers, bringing them a revenue of over 300 million dollars.
Valve has issued a new set of system requirements for the PC version of its cooperative zombie shooter Left 4 Dead.
The requirements are with one exception identical with the previous announcement, only the amount of video memory is lowered from 256MB to 128MB.
Here are the complete system requirements:
- OS: Windows XP, Vista, Vista64
- CPU: 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 or AMD64X2 (or higher)
- RAM: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
- Disc drive: DVD-ROM Drive
- Hard drive: At least 7.5 GB of free space
- Video: Direct X 9 compatible video card - Video card must be 128 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for pixel shader 2.0 (ATI 9600 or higher, Nvidia 6600 or higher)
- Sound: Direct X9.0c compatible sound card
Activision has announced the launch of a new game, Secret Service.
The tactical action game will be launched by the end of this year and will be available on PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360.
Players will have the job of protecting the political leaders of the United States of America from extremist groups and terrorists.
On the 15th of October, Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment will launch the closed beta test for their MMO called Stargate Worlds.
The official site allows anyone interested to apply for an account.
Stargate Worlds is scheduled to be launched in 2009.
After several ban threats from Australian organizations, Bethesda Softworks made several alterations to the post-apocalyptic RPG, Fallout 3.The updated version giving fictional names to all drugs available inside the game has been later approved for sale in Australia
Pete Hines, the vice-president of Bethesda Studios, has announced that this censored version will be sold globally and that there will not be any other regional versions, in order to prevent rating issues or other content related "misunderstandings".
Blizzard Entertainment studios have officially confirmed the release date of the second expansion for World Of Warcraft, Wrath of the Lich King.
The game will be released on the 13th of November, in a 39.99 Euros standard version and a 69.99 Euros Collector's version.
The Collector's edition will include:
- the Art of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, a 208-page book featuring never-before-seen images from the game
- a Making-of movie
- the official soundtrack CD, containing 21 epic tracks from the game, along with exclusive bonus tracks.
- World of Warcraft Trading Card Game March of the Legion™ starter decks, along with two exclusive cards available only in the Collector’s Edition
- a mouse pad featuring a map of the newly opened continent of Northrend
- An exclusive in-game pet: Frosty, the baby frost wyrm
According to Ubisoft, the first person shooter Far Cry 2 will be available in retail stores starting from the 24th of Octomber.
Along with versions for PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox360, there will be a collector's edition, which will be sold in an exclusive wooden box, with a t-shirt, an art book, a map and a "Making Of" DVD.
During the NVISION 08 event, Electronic Arts has announced the system requirements for the action game Mirror's Edge, currently under development at DICE studios.
The game will run on Windows XP or Windows Vista, will need at least a Pentium 4 at 2.4 Ghz and 1 GB of memory. The recommended video cards should be at least as powerful as a GeForce 6 series card, with 256 MB of memory.
According to GSC Game World and its publishing subdivision GSC World Publishing, the first person shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is now Gold.
However, the game's launch date has been delayed to the 5th of September 2008, from the previous date of 29th of August, 2008.
At Games Convention 2008, Electronic Arts has revealed the launch date for The Sims 3, the 20th of February, 2009.
Electronic Arts and Crytek studios have announced that the first person shooter Crysis Warhead will be available in European retail stores starting from the 12th of September. In the United States of America, the game will be sold starting from the 16th of September.
Along with the release date, the system requirements were presented:
- Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz (3.2 GHz for Windows Vista), Intel Core 2.0 GHz (2.2 GHz for Windows Vista), AMD Athlon 2800+ (3200+ for Windows Vista) or better
- Memory: 1GB (1.5GB on Windows Vista)
- Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Radeon X800 Pro for Vista) or better, with at least 256MB of video memory and DirectX 9.0c/DirectX 10 compatible
- Disk space: 15GB
- Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible
- Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Microsoft Windows Vista
The game will feature sergeant "Psycho" Sikes, the action of the place taking place in parallel with the story of Crysis but presents the events from another perspective.
Rockstar Games studios have officially announced that Grand Theft Auto 4 for PC will be released on the 18th of November in the United States of America and the 21st of November in Europe.
The PC version will include an extended multiplayer mode, unlike console version of the game.
dtp entertainment has officially announced that the Belgian studio Larian is currently working on the new action-RPG called Divinity 2: Ego Draconis.
The game's action will take place in Rivellon. Players take part as dragon hunters, improving their abilities and choosing various specializations, aiming to become a Dragon Lord.
Besides the high number of available guns, the quests will be different compared to previous games in the series, in order to offer various techniques of solving situations.