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A new week, a new load of news, a new load of downloads. Check out the most important articles and most popular downloads of this week in our weekly summary. Welcome to Best of the Week 6-11 February.
Top Stories
Our week started off with some screens from Burnout: Revenge for the Xbox 360. You can view the screenshots and the original article here.
On Monday, publisher KOEI announced that the next game in the Dynasty Warrios series, Dynasty Warrios 5: Extreme Legends will be available in Europe February 10th 2006. Dynasty Warriors 5: Xtreme Legends is an expansion disc that can be played without the original Dynasty Warriors 5 (DW5). It features more than 18 untold stories in "Legend Mode," an expanded "Xtreme Mode" for up to two players, and an "Edit Mode" with 20,000 possible character combinations. You can check out the Press Release along with the article here.
Tuesday Vivendi Universal Games announced that Empire Earth II: The Art of Supremacy has gone Gold. The game features two new modes - Fealty Mode and Tug-of-War Mode -, three new globe-spanning campaigns, ten new combat units, including Zulu Warriors, Russian Howitzers, and Rafale Stealth fighters, a new editor and an improved multiplayer matchmaking interface. Check out the original article and a Video Developer Diary here.
Following the announcement of Vivendi Universal Games, Codemasters released new screenshots from their upcoming sports game, Sensible Soccer. Developed by Kuju Entertainment for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC, the game will feature a zoomed out camera and an intuitive control system, which delivers total 360-degree control over your players' kicks and movement. Release is scheduled for this summer. Check out the full article and Press Release here.
Valve announced Tuesday that everybody will be able to download Day of Defeat Source and play it during this weekend. The Free Weekend begins Friday at 12:00pm PST. Check out the full article here.
Late Thursday Electronic Arts announced that Black, Criterion Software’s First Person Shooter, has gone Gold. BLACK is a tactical squad that operates under the cloak of complete anonymity and deniability to protect the US from threats foreign and domestic. It answers to no one, allowing it to carry out brutal and overt operations around the globe. From manipulating politicians to controlling intelligence networks and militaries, BLACK operatives are trained at the highest level in psychological warfare, espionage, and lethal arts. Black will be released for the PS2 and Xbox later this month. Check out the original article and new screenshots here.
Friday was a hectic day which started early with the announcement of Halo 2 for the PC. Halo 2 will exclusively launch for the Windows Vista operating system. The offers includes the Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack, as well as a level editor to create your own multiplayer maps. There is no word on availability, but since Windows Vista should be available sometime late July, then we guess Halo 2 will show up around that timeframe too. Check out the Press Release and the original article here.
Nintendo announced that the new Nintendo DS will get new features which include a download service for demos and other goodies, Metroid Chat and a lighter body. Nintendo will launch next month a new version of the Nintendo DS, which is about two-thirds the size of the original and more than 20 percent lighter. You can find the Press Release along with some new screenshots and the original article here.
Crashday, the new racing game of Hell-tech has gone Gold and will be released throughout Greece, former Yugoslavia and South Africa at the end of this month. If you haven’t played the demo yet, be sure to give it a try. You can still download the demo from our servers. For a link to the demo and the original article follow this link.
Downloads of the Week
New demos, trailers, patches and much more have been released this week. Here is a list of the most popular files.
Demos:
LOTR: The Battle for Middle-earth II Demo
Keepsake English Demo
Patches:
World of Warcraft v1.9.3 Patch
Pacific Fighters v4.03 Patch
Black and White 2 v1.2 Patch
Dungeon Lords v1.4 English Patch Full Install
The Sims 2 Nightlife v1.2.0.355 Patch
Trailers:
SiN Episodes: Emergence Trailer (Hi-Res)
Neverwinter Nights 2 Trailer
Resident Evil 4 Alpha Movie
Splinter Cell Double Agent Trailer #3
Prey Gameplay Trailer
Game Clients / Programs / Drivers / Mods :
America’s Army: Special Forces (Link-Up) v2.6
ATI Catalyst v6.2
NVIDIA ForceWare 81.98 WHQL Drivers
Baseball Mogul 2005 Full Game
Top Stories
Our week started off with some screens from Burnout: Revenge for the Xbox 360. You can view the screenshots and the original article here.
On Monday, publisher KOEI announced that the next game in the Dynasty Warrios series, Dynasty Warrios 5: Extreme Legends will be available in Europe February 10th 2006. Dynasty Warriors 5: Xtreme Legends is an expansion disc that can be played without the original Dynasty Warriors 5 (DW5). It features more than 18 untold stories in "Legend Mode," an expanded "Xtreme Mode" for up to two players, and an "Edit Mode" with 20,000 possible character combinations. You can check out the Press Release along with the article here.
Tuesday Vivendi Universal Games announced that Empire Earth II: The Art of Supremacy has gone Gold. The game features two new modes - Fealty Mode and Tug-of-War Mode -, three new globe-spanning campaigns, ten new combat units, including Zulu Warriors, Russian Howitzers, and Rafale Stealth fighters, a new editor and an improved multiplayer matchmaking interface. Check out the original article and a Video Developer Diary here.
Following the announcement of Vivendi Universal Games, Codemasters released new screenshots from their upcoming sports game, Sensible Soccer. Developed by Kuju Entertainment for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC, the game will feature a zoomed out camera and an intuitive control system, which delivers total 360-degree control over your players' kicks and movement. Release is scheduled for this summer. Check out the full article and Press Release here.
Valve announced Tuesday that everybody will be able to download Day of Defeat Source and play it during this weekend. The Free Weekend begins Friday at 12:00pm PST. Check out the full article here.
Late Thursday Electronic Arts announced that Black, Criterion Software’s First Person Shooter, has gone Gold. BLACK is a tactical squad that operates under the cloak of complete anonymity and deniability to protect the US from threats foreign and domestic. It answers to no one, allowing it to carry out brutal and overt operations around the globe. From manipulating politicians to controlling intelligence networks and militaries, BLACK operatives are trained at the highest level in psychological warfare, espionage, and lethal arts. Black will be released for the PS2 and Xbox later this month. Check out the original article and new screenshots here.
Friday was a hectic day which started early with the announcement of Halo 2 for the PC. Halo 2 will exclusively launch for the Windows Vista operating system. The offers includes the Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack, as well as a level editor to create your own multiplayer maps. There is no word on availability, but since Windows Vista should be available sometime late July, then we guess Halo 2 will show up around that timeframe too. Check out the Press Release and the original article here.
Nintendo announced that the new Nintendo DS will get new features which include a download service for demos and other goodies, Metroid Chat and a lighter body. Nintendo will launch next month a new version of the Nintendo DS, which is about two-thirds the size of the original and more than 20 percent lighter. You can find the Press Release along with some new screenshots and the original article here.
Crashday, the new racing game of Hell-tech has gone Gold and will be released throughout Greece, former Yugoslavia and South Africa at the end of this month. If you haven’t played the demo yet, be sure to give it a try. You can still download the demo from our servers. For a link to the demo and the original article follow this link.
Downloads of the Week
New demos, trailers, patches and much more have been released this week. Here is a list of the most popular files.
Demos:
Patches:
Trailers:
Game Clients / Programs / Drivers / Mods :
Keepsake UK Demo
(221.92MB)
World of Warcraft v1.9.3 UK Patch
(24.27MB)
World of Warcraft v1.9.3 German Patch
(24.37MB)
World of Warcraft v1.9.3 US Patch
(24.27MB)
Pacific Fighters v4.03 Patch
(48.06MB)
SiN Episodes: Emergence Trailer (Hi-Res)
(121.31MB)
Neverwinter Nights 2 Trailer
(4.1MB)
ATI Catalyst v6.2 for Windows XP
(34.75MB)
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