A Clive Barker's Jericho Demo is now available from Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox™ 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft®.
Burbank, CA – Thursday, September 27, 2007 – Action, shooter, horror and Clive Barker fans – prepare yourselves to take on the darkest evil from the depths Clive Barker’s mind – and then blast its face off with a hail of gunfire and supernatural powers as Codemasters announces the release the playable demo for Clive Barker’s Jericho™.
Clive Barker’s Jericho dispatches players to the Middle-Eastern city of Al-Khali, where the most ancient of evils has resurfaced; causing intense paranormal activity that has caught the eye of the military. Controlling the Jericho squad, an expert strike team skilled in both conventional and paranormal warfare, gamers fight their way through slices of time on a grueling journey as they make their way toward the heart of the evil.
Thrusting into the middle of this unique horror/FPS, the Clive Barker’s Jericho demo starts gamers off in the Crusades time slice of Al-Khali’s past. A vicious attack has cut the squad in half, leaving players in control of Sgt. Frank Delgado, Lt. Abigail Black and Sgt. Billie Church, and with the other half of the squad presumed lost. As the spirit of Cpt. Devin Ross, the fallen squad leader who’s remaining entity is able to possess and jump between surviving members of the team, players will take advantage of Delgado, Black and Church’s special weapons and paranormal talents.
Delgado, a pyromancer and heavy weapons expert, can unleash a parasitic flame spirit to incinerate nearby enemies and wields a 7.62 caliber mini-gun. Black possesses astonishing telekinetic powers, which let her guide bullets fired from her customized XM-110 sniper rifle with pinpoint accuracy through multiple targets. Church, a blood scribe, casts powerful wards, enchantments and banishments through the ritual of drawing her own blood, and also comes equipped with a customized Nodachi katana for ruthless melee attacks.
Only by combining the unique paranormal abilities of the Jericho squad will gamers survive this hellish nightmare and inch closer to discovering the truth behind the evil rooted in Al-Khali. Right from the beginning of the Clive Barker’s Jericho demo, players face a vicious onslaught from an army of grotesque crusader-era warriors. These twisted and tormented enemies, with armor fused to their rotting flesh and limbs replaced with axes and swords, are powerful, shocking realizations of monsters spawned straight from the mind of Clive Barker.
Developed by Mercury Steam Entertainment, Clive Barker’s Jericho is set to unleash its supernatural assault on October 23, 2007 for the PLAYSTATION 3 system, the Xbox 360 and Games for Windows, and is rated “M” (Mature 17+ - Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, and Strong Language) by the ESRB.
Activision today announced that they have acquired Bizarre Creations, along with this announcement, they have detailed that PGR4 will be the last title published for Microsoft, many people are speculating that Activision will spread the further sequels to this successful franchise over to other systems, but for now it should just be a rumor.
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Project Gotham developer snapped up by US publishing giant
Activision has bought UK-based Project Gotham Racing developer Bizarre Creations for an undisclosed fee.
“Activision continues to grow and drive greater value for our shareholders by broadening our portfolio and entering new gaming categories with strong global appeal,” Activision chairman and CEO Robert Kotick stated.
“Bizarre Creations is the leading independent developer with a proven track record in developing highly successful and influential original properties, especially in the racing field. They are one of the most innovative and creative studios in the industry, and we are very excited to welcome this talented creative team to Activision.”
Bizarre Creations is about to release the fourth installment in its Project Gotham Racing franchise, and is currently working on next-gen shooter The Club for Sega.
Martyn Chudley, Bizarre Creations MD, said of the deal: “Our goal at Bizarre Creations has always been to do all we can to nurture our creative and passionate teams, who excel at and enjoy what they do. Activision’s independent studio model will continue giving us creative freedom to build exciting new brands.
“Their financial support and marketing prowess will also enable us to build upon the commercial success that we currently enjoy, and take the company – and our games – to an even higher level.”
Activision has stated that the first software to emerge from the partnership will not appear until fiscal year 2009, and that Bizarre will remain in Liverpool. It also added that Project Gotham Racing 4 would be the studio’s last game for Microsoft.
Well seeing as how Halo 3 is upon us, I thought it nessesary to put up a few sources of information to make your Halo 3 experience that much more fullfilling. After all it is time to Finish the Fight.
Lets start off with a wiki on Master Chief. Came across a nice wiki, and am pretty sure you will enjoy it as well. Head over here for the wiki.
Not sure how all the functions work, or would like a little more in depth information on all things Halo 3. Head over to Bungie.net'sHalo 3 how to.
Also, HQ has a Halo 3 clan in the making so if your really a true Halo 3 gamer and would like to get involved with a team of other cool gamers from HQ please check out our clan thread for Halo 3 from the link below.
Lastly been tearing it up on Multiplayer eh, well why not keep track of your stats. Bungie.net also features quite a hefty amount of stats, both multiplayer and single player. Head over here, sign in and check those stats.
Update: Here is a link to the Halo 3 Online Manual too.. Thanks once again to endless on HQ.
EA LAUNCHES PLAYERS INTO A CHILLING UNIVERSE OF SCI-FI HORROR WITH DEAD SPACE.
New Original Intellectual Property from EA Will Send Shivers up Gamers' Spines
Chertsey, UK. – September 24, 2007 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that the award-winning EA Redwood Shores Studio has been developing an original intellectual property that will introduce a new experience to the sci-fi horror genre. In the brilliant, bold and often-bloody "Dead Space™" gamers will step into a third-person sci-fi survival horror experience that promises to deliver the ultimate in psychological thrills and gruesome action.
Set in the cold blackness of deep space, the atmosphere is soaked with a feeling of tension, dread and sheer terror. In Dead Space, players step into the role of engineer Isaac Clarke – an ordinary man on a seemingly routine mission to fix the communications systems aboard a deep space mining ship. It is not long before Isaac awakes to a living nightmare when he learns that the ship’s crew has been ravaged by a vicious alien infestation. He must fight through the dead silence and darkness of deep space to stay alive.
Executive Producer Glen Schofield commented, “This team has worked on some tremendous properties but we have always wanted to work on something that was darker and creepier. We are all such huge fans of the horror and sci-fi genres; we wanted to create the most terrifying game we could, and keep the player on the edge of his seat the entire time.”
THQ today announced Saints Row 2, sequel to the multi-million unit selling title that redefined open-world gaming for next-generation consoles, is scheduled to deliver all new, genre-defining features and game play for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system in 2008.
Developed by THQ’s critically acclaimed internal studio Volition, Inc. using their proprietary open-world engine, Saints Row 2 will offer vastly expanded customization options, a totally transformed and expanded city of Stilwater, all new vehicles, sandbox tools and toys as well as both online co-op and competitive multiplayer. More information on the game can be found on the official Saints Row 2 web site at www.saintsrow2.com.
“Saints Row set the bar for next-gen open-world development, earning praise for its unmatched customization, controls, and the genre’s first-ever online multiplayer,”
said Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of sales and marketing, THQ.
“The team at Volition, Inc. is leveraging invaluable experience gained on Saints Row to build Saints Row 2 into a game that sets the standard for combat, player freedom, customization, vehicle game-play, team-based co-op and the most compelling online open world experience to date.”
“Saints Row 2 has a much darker and more sinister story that leads your character down a path of betrayal, revenge and redemption against the city that has left him for dead, although we’ve blended that with the same light-hearted humor from the original.”
said Greg Donovan, lead producer, Volition, Inc.
“Couple that with the most robust open-world feature set ever developed in the genre, and Saints Row 2 promises a gaming experience that will offer players the perfect balance of gripping narrative and compelling gameplay options.”
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