F.E.A.R. Extraction Point Hands-On

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Picking up mere moments after the finale of F.E.A.R., the upcoming expansion, Extraction Point, seems to offer more of what made the original entertaining, but with some new twists. We got to play through three levels, including a church stage, a warehouse area, and a subway tunnel.

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Unreal Tournament 2007 GC Movie

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The GC movie trailer for Unreal Tournament 2007 is now online, revealing more of the futuristic multiplayer first-person shooter sequel in the works at Epic Games. This two-minute clip comes in medium and extremely high resolutions to offer a bit of in-engine fly-by footage and plenty of action-packed gameplay sequences.

Leipzig Games Convention Screenshots @ FiringSquad

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The Leipzig Games Convention has officially started and already there are a bunch of new screenshots to check out. We already have some new shots from Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, Warhammer: Mark of Chaos, Gothic 3 , Neverwinter Nights 2, Metal Gear Solid 4, Full Auto 2 , Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Call of Duty 3, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Unreal Tournament 2007 and Paraworld on display;

Team Fortress 2 Impressions

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Valve shows off a new Team Fortress 2 trailer exploring the strengths and weaknesses of the different playable classes.

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Half-Life 2: Episode 2 Preview

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At the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany, Valve is showing new content from all three parts of its upcoming Half-Life 2: Episode 2 release. For Episode 2 itself, that means we got to check out footage of the combat engine in two key locations and a new trailer showing off the game's story.

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Halo 2 PC Hands-on

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We get some multiplayer time with Halo 2 for the PC, but it's early. Oh man, it's early.

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Battlefield: Bad Company? Announced

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Throw out the rules of engagement, this is all-out war! Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that Battlefield: Bad Company? is currently in development for the Xbox 360&E153; video game system from Microsoft® and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. EA Battlefield 2

Halo 3 has Original Halo Feel

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No update per se, this week, since today is the Annual Bungie BBQ & Pentathlon. We'll be in an undisclosed location 'til 8pm. A few snippets for the hardcore, nonetheless, but nothing for the mainstream consumer, who demands more answers, dammit

Crysis Multiplayer Info

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ThinkPad has kindly summarised Crysis Multiplayer in great detail for inCrysis.

The list of 64-bit games

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Players have great expectations concerning 64-bit games. Following the release of the 64-bit version of Windows XP, some 64-bit games were produced. Since then, however, there is silence. Or is there?

Free: F.E.A.R. Combat Multiplayer Released

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Sierra has released the promised Combat version of F.E.A.R., the full free multiplayer component of this supernatural first-person shooter by Monolith Productions. Not for the bandwidth impaired, this monstrous download includes no fewer than 19 multiplayer maps playable in 10 game modes with a dozen different weapons, but it requires generating a free registration key at the FEAR Combat site to install.

Call of Duty 3 preview on the Nintendo Wii

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Call of Duty 3 is going to be the next in the Call of Duty series, to be released for all major next gen consoles, Xbox 360, PS2 and Nintendo Wii.

F.E.A.R. 1.07 Patch & SDK

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Sierra has released new patches for F.E.A.R. to upgrade all US and European retail editions of the supernatural first-person shooter by Monolith Productions to version 1.07. This update makes the retail game multiplayer-compatible with tomorrow's free Combat game, along with adding three new maps (Depot, Stockpile and Waterworks), new server browser features, other enhancements, bug fixes, and more. As usual the patches are accompanied by corresponding Win32 and Linux dedicated servers and an updated public tools kit.

Duke Nukem Forever

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According to Amazon.co.uk Duke Nukem Forever will be released on 29 September, 2007 and can be pre-order now for £24.99.

Pre-Gamefest XNA Game Studio Express Impressions

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Today at Microsoft?s Gamefest game developers conference in Seattle, the company will show off in its keynote address a different way to create console games that, if all the elements come together, will enable smaller developers, students and even game enthusiasts an easy and cheap way to make new games for its console.

CellFactor: Revolution Interview

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An impressive tech demo for AGEIA's physics card is now being developed into a full game. JCal goes one-on-one with the lead designer of Artificial Studios to talk about their upcoming title.

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An Unreal Next-Gen

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Next-Gen talks to Epic Games' Mark Rein, and three top dogs from Midway who have bet the farm on a studio-wide adoption of Unreal Engine 3.

Free: F.E.A.R. Multiplayer

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Sierra Entertainment today announced that the multiplayer component from the award winning PC title F.E.A.R.? (First Encounter Assault Recon), has been renamed F.E.A.R. Combat, and will be made available to the public as a free download on Thursday August 17th, 2006.

Halo Graphic Novel Review

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Bungie's much-anticipated graphic novel of the Halo universe is being released and JCal gets a copy for review. Read on to see what he thought of the effort.

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Paid To Play

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Many of you dreamed to be paid to play... well here's the good that will guide you through your path for sucsess. LucidLAN recommends 'Paid to Play' to all gamers and videogame enthusiastics to read this book if they are interested in the big world of gamin industry.

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Real Gaming Challenge Rematch: Intel vs. AMD

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About a year ago, we ran a feature called the Real Gaming Challenge. In it, we built a couple PCs using processors that typical PC users can afford, and measured their performance in games using a different methodology?real gameplay, instead of canned, recorded demo playbacks. Now, with the availability of new dual-core Athlon 64 CPUs and Core 2 Duo processors from Intel?both with very aggressive pricing?it's time for a rematch.

QuakeCon 2006

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As we speak, members of id Software and Splash Damage are giving QuakeCon attendees an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Enemy Territory: Quake Wars on our main stage. Earlier today NVIDIA had their usual crazy activities, with this year featuring man-on-man kissing, singing folk, and nerds doing the worm on stage.

Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter Patch 1.21

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Ubi Soft sends along the promised new patch for Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter, upgrading all retail and downloadable editions of the squad-based tactical shooter sequel by GRIN to version 1.21. This MP Pack #2 release adds the Team Deathmatch and Hamburger Hill game modes, a new "Death cameras" feature, other multiplayer enhancements, some bug fixes, and more.

Prey PC Game Review

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We should have seen it released in 1998 but now, eight years later, first-person shooter Prey is finally upon us. Was it worth the long, long wait? Elite Bastards take a look at the game and find out.

Quake 4 v1.3 Patch

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The new retail patches for Quake 4 are now online to bring the Win32 and Linux editions of Raven Software's sci-fi first-person shooter sequel to version 1.3. You can update from the previous v1.2 or any older version, and this release adds a new DeadZone gametype, the new Napalm Launcher weapon, eight new multiplayer maps, a new "Buy" mode server option, gameplay tweak, bug fixes and more. The corresponding Win32 and Linux version 1.3 SDKs are also available.

Shaking Up Quake 4 With All-New Content

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The version 1.3 point release for Quake 4 is set to ship with a copious amount of new content for the game, including several original maps and game modes created by Ritual Entertainment. For this feature, we sat down with two of the level designers involved in the project, John "HAL9000" Schuch and Todd "Mr.CleaN" Rose, for some comments on their creations, and have a bunch of exclusive screenshots, too!

Neverwinter Nights 2 Interview

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Obsidian Entertainment, headed by Feargus Urquhart, is developing another sequel for a BioWare original. Feargus takes time out of his busy schedule to talk about the exciting developments of NWN2 and how it's pushing beyond the boundaries of the original.

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Bleach Wii Scans

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These scans come from the Japanese magazine Nintendo Power, which has a preview of Bleach for the Wii in their latest issue.

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From Hitman... Comes Kane & Lynch: Dead Men

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Eidos Interactive, one of the world?s leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, is pleased to announce a new title from the award-winning creators of the Hitman series, IO Interactive.

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Call Of Juarez & Demo

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From the call for duty to the Call of Juarez. It's been a long and the attempts were a big unsuccesful to bring back the western in video games. The Call of Juarez will be the ultimate Western game that will make Clint Eastwood and Sergio Leone very jealous of your your PC.

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New Crysis Screenshots

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Here's some new Screenshots from the upcoming first person shooter Crysis. The screenies includes extensive in-game footage and suggests that we can expect a lot of things from Crytek's new game engine.

Half-Life 3 Engine Screenshots?

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So yea, these have been up on the internets for just about 10 minutes now, its being put up on most of the gaming sites right now got them from my inside source who will remain anonymous for now... You only have to wait another hour or so before its all over half the gaming sites though.

Build Your Own Gears of War Web Site

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Everything you need to build a Gears of War web site is available for download right here on GearsofWar.com. Follow the link to download a 102MB file containing concept art, forum avatars, screenshots, desktop wallpaper, and much more.

Star Wars Tech Demo Video

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A tech demo showing off Digital Molecular Matter technology, which will be used in the next generation Star Wars game, has been leaked onto the internet. Check out what LucasArts has in store for gamers.

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Crysis Minimum System Specs Revealed

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I get many emails from people asking if there system or these specs.etc will run crysis. There's nothing wrong with asking that and I'm happy to answer however, I think it would be better to share the questons and answers here on the forum.

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WOW Burning Crusade: New Classes Explained

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As we draw closer to the release of World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, more of the secrets shrouding the Draenei and Blood Elves are being revealed. LucidLAN.com has brought you some new screenshot and movies that will introduce you to the new expansion.

SiN Episodes: Emergence Update Released

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Updates to SiN Episodes: Emergence have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Battlefield 2142 Updated Hands-On

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Battlefield 2142 is set in a post ice age future, where great battles take place for control over the remaining land. EA had a 32-player Titan game during its summer press event, and of course we jumped in.

Prey Review

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Prey is another first person shooter based on the Doom III engine - it's a heart-warming family tale of one man's spiritual awakening. (And how his granddad got stabbed to death by giant robot stabby arms on an alien spaceship).

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Guild Wars Nightfall Announced

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ArenaNet, developer of the world?s leading subscription-free online role playing games Guild Wars, and NCsoft Europe, the world?s leading developer and publisher of online computer games, announce today the title of the next game in the award-winning franchise, Guild Wars Nightfall.

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