Mass Effect - DLC Now Available

Mass Effect’s promised “Bring Down the sky” DLC is now available on PC. Unlike Xbox360 version, this DLC is completely free.

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Leading video game developer BioWare, a division of Electronic Arts Inc., has announced that “Bring Down the Sky,” the first piece of downloadable content for the award-winning space epic Mass Effect, is now available for PC gamers to download free1 of charge.

Fully optimized for the PC, “Bring Down the Sky” is the first in a series of planned downloadable content that will further expand the Mass Effect story and universe. It includes a new uncharted world that introduces the deadly Batarian alien race, approximately 90 minutes of new gameplay and an original soundtrack. Instructions on how to download and install the new content is available at http://masseffect.bioware.com/downloadablecontent/. “Bring Down the Sky” is currently available for international languages including English, Spanish, Italian and German, with additional language versions coming soon. Read more

Southpeak to Publish Raven Squad, Screenshots

Southpeak games will be publishing Raven Squad, a FPS-RTS hybrid where you play as Mercenaries that are behind enemy lines in a jungle. Yeah, sounds fascinating….

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SouthPeak Games today announced that it will distribute Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC this Autumn. Published by Evolved Games, Raven Squad is set in the near future. The game is a unique blending of real-time strategy and first-person shooter genres. Read more

Alone in the Dark gone Gold

Atari survival title has gone gold; coming to a store near you on 20th/24th June.

Atari today announced that development is complete on the highly anticipated action survival game Alone in the Dark, and the game is on track to ship 20 June in Europe and 24 June in North America for Xbox 360 game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PC, Wii and PlayStation 2 . The PLAYSTATION 3 version is scheduled for autumn 2008.

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Venetica Announced Plus 4 Screenshots

Deck 13, A German games developer, has announced it’s latest project; Venetica. A Roleplaying game featuring clevage-showing heroine and some random amazing fantasy plot…

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Deck 13, one of Germany’s most successful game developers, has teamed up with dtp entertainment to present Venetica, a visually stunning role-play game with a cryptic storyline. Venetica mixes emotions and action in a unique free roaming and living sixteenth century world full of surprise.

In the era of Venetica, Death walks among the living as a flesh & blood being, carrying out the deeds of an ancient council known by a few as Corpus. Each generation of the Corpus is set with the task of selecting the next predecessor of the bringer of death. Unfortunately, the most recent council had unwittingly selected a crafty necromancer who is determined on bringing death and destruction to the world. Read more

Mass Effect Gone Gold

BioWare’s PC port of their successful RPG Mass Effect has gone gold. The game has completed development and has been sent to DVD-replicating facilities to ready it for retail.

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BioWare announced today that the award-winning action role-playing game (RPG) Mass Effect for PC, published by Electronic Arts, has gone into manufacturing. Mass Effect will be available in North America on May 28, 2008 and June 6, 2008 to European retailers.

Gamers can still take advantage of pre-order specials1 and should check with their preferred retailer for information. Alternatively, gamers who pre-order Mass Effect through the Electronic Arts online store at www.eastore.ea.com will receive bonus items2 from the game Dead Space™, the highly anticipated sci-fi survival horror game by EA, including the first issue of the Dead Space comic book and a Dead Space poster while supplies last. Read more

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition Gone Gold

Capcom’s upcoming title has gone gold.

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Capcom® Entertainment, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, announced today that Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition COLONIES EDITION has gone gold. Lost Planet COLONIES EDITION will be available for the Xbox 360® video game entertainment system from Microsoft, as well as Windows-based PCs that support Games for Windows – LIVE®. The suggested retail price is $29.99. Capcom plans to ship Lost Planet COLONIES EDITION on May 27, 2008. Read more

Two Worlds: The Temptation Announced

SouthPeak Games has announced that it will be releasing a sequel to Two Worlds, its popular open-world role-playing game. Entitled Two Worlds: The Temptation, this second episode from the world of Antaloor is set for release on PC and the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft®. Due on the shelves in autumn 2008, Two Worlds: The Temptation will build on its prequel by including a host of improvements and new features, including a completely overhauled graphics engine. Full press release and 4 images after the jump. Read more

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition announced plus screenshots

Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced that Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition is in development for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft as well as a version for Windows-based PCs that will support Games for Windows - LIVE. Scheduled for Platinum Hits release this June in North America, Lost Planet Colonies Edition extends the acclaimed Lost Planet experience by delivering fresh new content and gameplay options, as well as online cross-platform play between both the Xbox 360 and Windows-based PCs using Xbox LIVE and Games for Windows - LIVE. Both SKUs of the game will offer excellent value, with the Xbox 360 version achieving Platinum Hits status. Lost Planet Colonies Edition is rated T for Teen by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) and will be released on both Windows PCs and Xbox 360 on May 27 for the Platinum Hits value price of $29.99. Full press release and 24 images and the windows box art, after the jump. Read more