The Rundown: Dec. 12, 2008
What happens in NY doesn’t always stay in NY…
Mythic Entertainment is celebrating the holiday season with a new holiday live event called Keg End. Beginning December 17th and running until January 5th, players can celebrate the Dwarf New Year festival with beer, boasting and things that explode. See what these festivities will bring to WAR by checking out www.warhammeronline.com.
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S2 Games announced that its online action strategy game, Savage 2: A Tortured Soul, has moved from a subscription-based game to a completely free model. Now users can simply download the game client and jump right in without spending a thin dime. If you’re interested check out savage2.s2games.com.
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Ughh. DQ Tycoon has been released at retail today and as a digital download. The game, as you can probably guess, lets you run a Dairy Queen. Yeah, I know that’s the game I want my son to be inspired by. I want my son to come to me one day and say “hey Dad, when I grow up I want to run a DQ.” Get it at Target or at Big Fish Games.
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Paramount Digital Entertainment’s Iron Man: Aerial Assault for the iPhone and iPod touch is available on the Apple App Store. This game based on the film released by Paramount Pictures earlier this year offers 12 levels of airborne combat, upgradeable armor and lots of high tech weaponry. Iron Man: Aerial Assault is available for $7.99 from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch and at www.itunes.com.
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ngmoco’s Dropship for iPhone and iPod touch is now available on the Apple App Store. Dropship 3D action game featuring a full campaign with 18 missions, downloadable levels (3 available now) and an unlimited Free Play mode. The game is available for $1.99 from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch.
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LucasArts and BioWare’s first video documentary for Star Wars: The Old Republic will be posted on the game’s official website today. The video promises to give an overview of the this Star Wars story-driven massively multiplayer online PC game set in the timeframe of the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic franchise and provides the public with its first look at some in-game footage. Find it at www.StarWarstheOldRepublic.com.
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For all you closet Pogo.com players out there comes word that PICTUREKA! MUSEUM MAYHEM, a game based on Hasbro’s board game PICTUREKA!, is now available on EA’s casual game portal. Tell your mom, I’m sure she’ll take some time away from her Slingo addiction to check it out.
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D3 Publisher has released desktop wallpaper related to its upcoming game adaption of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline. Click “save as” on this link to download it directly. The game, which is coming to the Wii, DS and PlayStation 2, is based on Neil Gaiman’s international best-selling and Hugo Award-winning book and Focus Features’ upcoming film.
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Gog.com is offering gift certificates to its site so that consumers who want to buy their loved ones a specific classic game can do so with ease. The classic gaming site also announced that it has added Simon the Sorcerer, Simon the Sorcerer 2, and Port Royale 2 . Visit gog.com for the details. they are also offering a wekend special, but you’ll have to hit the site for more details..
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A new maps has gone live for the online action game War rock. The new map, Disturm, is set in a small naval port. Along with the new map, the Stamina PX Item and Double Up PX Item have been added to the game. War Rock has also recently put Hackshield into place as the games newest weapon against hackers. Find out more at warorck.net.
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SouthPeak Games has released a playable demo of Ninjatown for Nintendo DS via the Nintendo Channel on Wii. The Ninjatown demo includes the first six maps from the game. The retail version will feature thirty-six maps, and over a dozen abilities and tokens to use on the evil masses.
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Sign-ups for the indie developed action game, Plain Sight, are now open. The Plain sight beta gives players a taste of this 3D multiplayer arcade game featuring robots, bombs, swords and messed up physics. Hit the Plain Sight Beta signup page to get started. Beta testing will begin before Christmas and continue through into January.
