CryENGINE 2 Coming to China
June 23, 2008 by Raj
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Crytek’s visually stunning game engine; CryENGINE 2 is hitting China and is now available to interested developers. The Engine will be at display at Chinajoy on 17-19th June in Shanghai.
Crytek will be presenting hourly at booth W2-19 in Hall 2. For appointments, e-mail chinajoy@crytek.com.
2K Games Announces Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization
June 10, 2008 by Raj
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Sid Meier’s Classic title Colonization is getting a remake as a stand-alone title. Developed by Firaxis Games, Colonization will take advantage of Civilization IV game engine. The game is scheduled to ship in Fall 2008, exclusively on PCs.
Press Release:
2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., announced today that Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: Colonization, the next offering in the award-winning Civilization IV universe, is currently in development at 2K’s world-renowned Firaxis Games development studio. Conceived from the ground up to take advantage of the Civilization IV engine, Colonization will be available fall 2008 exclusively for Games for Windows.
Full press release, 3 screenshots and a fact sheet after the jump.
Theatre of War shipped to North American Retail
May 22, 2008 by Raj
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CDV’s RTS has been shipped to retail stores. After going gold few days ago.
Press Release:
Theatre of War, the WWII battlefield simulation title from cdv Software Entertainment USA and Battlefront.com, has shipped to North American retail outlets today. This boxed retail version of Theatre of War will include all the patches and official content additions since the game’s previous download-only release. Theatre of War combines the look, feel and historical elements of World War II to create an unrivaled tactical battlefield experience spanning major campaigns from the Battle of Moscow to Normandy. With more than 50 missions spread across multiple campaigns and a rich do-it-yourself mission and map editor included, Theatre of War rewards armchair generals with tremendous gaming and replay value. For more information about the game, please visit
Project Offset may become PC exclusive
May 6, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Corporate, Development, Downloads, Miscellaneous, Newsbits, Videos
Project Offset, a visually stunning first person shooter in development by Offset software, may become exclusive to PCs if Intel has it’s way. Intel acquired Offset Software in Feb, 2008 and has been working on “next generation visuals” project ever since. Below is a video that features Remi Arnaud, Senior Graphics Architect and Manager of the Game Engine Technology team at Intel. Arnaud talks about the technology behind the engine, consoles as well as the game in-general.
Theatre of War gone Gold
May 2, 2008 by Raj
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CDV’s WWII themed RTS has gone gold. Expected to hit retail shelves on May 19th. Press release below:
Theatre of War, the WWII battlefield simulation/RTS title for PC, has gone gold today. Created by Battlefront.com, a leading developer of strategy games, Theatre of War offers an extensive real-time WWII experience. By combining the look, feel and historical elements of World War II, Theatre of War creates an unrivaled tactical battlefield recreation that spans major campaigns from the Battle of Moscow to Normandy. With more than 50 missions spread across multiple campaigns and a rich do-it-yourself mission and map editor included, Theatre of War rewards armchair generals with tremendous gaming and replay value. For more information about the game, which will be published by cdv Software Entertainment USA in North America on May 19, please visit
CDV Software Entertainment USA to Bring Theatre of War to North American Retail
March 28, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Action, Adventure, Corporate, Press Releases, Release Dates, Strategy
CDV Software Entertainment USA is pleased to announce the signing of an agreement with developer Battlefront.com to publish Theatre of War in North America. Slated for a May 2008 release on PC, Theatre of War offers an extensive real-time strategy experience. By combining the look, feel and historical elements of World War II, Theatre of War creates an unrivaled tactical battlefield experience that spans major campaigns from the Battle of Moscow to Normandy. With more than 50 missions spread across multiple campaigns and a rich do-it-yourself mission and map editor included, Theatre of War rewards armchair generals with tremendous gaming and replay value.
Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel Announced by Lighthouse Interactive
March 27, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Action, Adventure, Corporate, Press Releases, Release Dates
Leading Publisher Lighthouse Interactive today announced that they have signed a deal with Russian Publisher Akella Corporation, acquiring publishing rights for North America, Germany, UK, Scandinavia and Benelux territories to Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel; an intricate and shocking ‘whodunit’ mystery-style Adventure game for Windows®. Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel is a non-linear character-driven game inspired by award winning Russian sci-fi novelists, the Strugatsky Brothers. Scheduled to release in Q3 2008 for PC CD-ROM, players must solve the astonishing murder of one of the hotel’s guests and unveil the startling secrets surrounding the mystical Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel. Read more
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