The very first screenshot from Call of Duty 3 has been leaked. Enjoy (courtesy of Xboxyde):
Nintendo, riding on the wave of its excellent E3 2006 showing, has today revealed its Fall lineup for Gamecube, DS and GBA games until the release of Wii during the fourth quarter. So, without further ado…
Nintendo DSTM
June 5: Big Brain AcademyTM
June 5: MagneticaTM
June 11: Nintendo DSTM Lite
June 26: Sudoku Gridmaster
Aug. 28: Star Fox DS
Sept. 18: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team
Sept. 25: Mario vs. Donkey KongTM 2: March of the Minis
Oct. 9: Clubhouse GamesTM
Oct. 30: Children of ManaNintendo GameCubeTM
Sept. 25: Baten Kaitos OriginsTM
Oct. 9: Super Paper MarioTMGame Boy Advance SP
Sept. 18: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team
Nobilis has announced Atlantis V, a point & click adventure game set for release during Q4 2006.
The year is 1937. Howard Brooks, a young aeronautical engineer, finds himself on the tracks of a mysterious atlantean vessel. The latter is coveted by a clandestine group desirous of getting it for harmful purpose. In order to carry out his mission, Howard has to track down the brilliant archaeologist Miss Sullivan and the former captain Nathaniel Blackwood. Those two strange characters will prove to be the only people who can help him in his quest. However, once on-board the famous Zeppelin “Hindenburg”, our heroes may be leaded to making some discoveries for himself beyond imagination…
The game will retail for €40 once released in Europe.
Microsoft has revealed that the Xbox Live Vision camera will be hitting stores on September 19. It will include gesture recognition technology that will allow gamers to control games such as snowboarding and volleyball by moving different parts of their body, similar to what Sony did with the EyeToy.
The Xbox Live Vision camera will be released simultaneously in US and Europe and will allow players to personalize their gamertag picture, send photo messages and chat over Xbox Live. It can also be used to play Xbox Live Arcade games such as Uno and Texas Hold ‘Em Poker.
Bungie’s latest Weekly Update talks about Halo 2 for Windows Vista in the same comical manner. Important information is given out (IT’S NOW PLAYABLE IN COLOR! w00t!) and a Sin City version of Master Chief is included…
Funcom sends word that it has extended its agreement with Conan Inc., giving the former the exclusive rights to develop any and all MMO games based on the Conan license. This right will be applicable on PC, present and future gaming consoles, portables and mobile systems until 2018. Additionally, Funcom has the option to prolong the agreement with five additional years.
Age of Conan is currently being developed for PC. It has earned the E3 2006 award as the “Best MMO Game of Show” from IGN, Gamespot and Gamespy.
These titles went gold:
- Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War
- City Life
- Hitman: Blood Money
- Rush for Berlin
- Birth of America v1.07 on AGEOD Forums
- Hitman: Blood Money v1.1 on 3D Downloads, 3D Gamers, Boomtown, FileFront, Gamer’s Hell, VGPRO and Worthplaying
- The Longest Journey v157 on the Official Website
- PureSim Baseball 2007 v1.1 on Matrix Games
- Tomb Raider: Legend (Euro) v1.2 on 3D Downloads, 3D Gamers, FileFront, Gamer’s Hell and Worthplaying
Nokia, after two failed attempts at breaking into the portable market, has killed off its N-Gage hardware and will instead be focusing on a “virtual console” network to provide games for its phones.
GamesFirst reports that the new N-Gage is now a gaming network available exclusively to Nokia phones, letting users download games available through it. Nokia is also actively courting third-party developers, as well as encouraging independent developers with a program called 4 Room Nokia, letting indie devs get their games on the N-Gage network.
The article goes on to talk about games on the service which have a high-level of graphical detail, comparing those titles to that of PS1 games. Only time will tell if the N-Gage network is a success, but for now it seems like a smart move from Nokia.
Following Ubisoft, German publisher CDV has publicized that it has ditched the notorious Starforce copyright protection system and will be migrating to TAGES copy protection for future titles.
TAGES will first be integrated into the retail release of Glory of the Roman Empire which is scheduled to hit North America on June 26. The publisher will continue to integrate TAGES on a case-by-case basis after the release of the game.
GFI has announced Jagged Farm: Birth of a Hero, a RTS featuring the pigs’ mutiny against us humans.
What would happen if one day one little pig grew wiser? Erm-mmm… In fact, nothing serious. Troubles to everyone don’t count. So once upon a time, a little witty pig called Pigius decided that his brothers are oppressed. To say more, they are in danger… Com’ on, this is the same old story! All rights to pigs! Pigs rule! Viva the snouts! You know this.Alarm! Pigs are attacking! People are in panic. Who’s gonna to save them? Who will save the humanity? The hero has come and her name is Gluk’Oza. She bravely leads her forces, her faithful infantry. Links! Links! Links! 2! 3! 4! Do you hear them march on? It’s a march of freedom.
This page has more information on the game, along with high-resolution screenshots; a video can be downloaded here (direct link).
IMDB’s page for the Halo movie currently lists the upcoming film for release sometime during 2008, delayed from its original summer 2007 schedule. The film, which is being executive produced by Peter Jackson, and whose script was written by Alex Garland (28 Days Later), is yet to gain a director and the rest of the production team.
Bungie has stated that Halo 3 and the Halo movie will not affect each other in terms of release dates. So, don’t sweat it - just wait for a good movie to hit theaters… and the game to hit stores sometime next year.
Coming as another exciting new feature to the Wii is the inclusion of face-capture technology. E3 attendees got the chance to see Shigeru Miyamoto, Satoru Iwata and Reggie Fils-Aime play Wii Tennis on-screen which featured their faces in a cartoon-style on their character’s faces. This feature was not a one-time gimmick, but will be available to all Wii players (and across other Wii games), confirmed Miyamoto in an interview to MTV News.
As expected, he did not reveal details on how it will be done, or which games will feature support for the technology. Further information is expected soon.
In an investigative report, IGN claims that the PS3 will receive downloadable titles through its online network similar to how Xbox 360 users get access to casual games.
Apparently, That Game Company is looking for a superstar engineer with a strong graphics background to develop an unannounced downloadable title for the PS3 launch in Novemberthat has led IGN to contact the company to clarify the details. It seems that the game will be for a service which will offer downloadable casual games similar to Xbox Live Arcade, and that itll be available on day one. The companys president then went on to say that it will be a port of the companys currently free-to-play web game “flOw“.
Sony would not comment on the matter, but it was only a matter of time before the media giant added a casual games service to its forthcoming console.
First off, I’d like to thank you for making the time to read this site and specifically this post.
Anyways, BDGamer wasn’t updated in the last few days as you can see. Well, my finals will run from June 8 through 28 and, as you can probably guess, I’ll have to give my full time to studies for these days.
Still, BDGamer will be updated whenever I get the time, but I really wanted you to know that updates will be irregular until June 28.
– Rajiv
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