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Best of the Week 20-25 February
Bleach Contest; People Can Fly Dev Chat; Midway signs deal with LOTR deal; Battlefield 2 Euro Forces Delayed
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-Today GamersHell.com will be hosting an exclusive chat with the developers of Painkiller: Hell Wars, People Can Fly today at 4PM EST. You'll need an IRC client to join in. Just download and install it and click here to join in. Alternatively, you can type it in manually by using irc.chatspike.net as the server and #Painkiller as the channel. If you have any problems just contact kurt.k@GamersHell.com.
-GamersHell.com have teamed up with Lik-sang.com to give away one copy of Bleach, the anime fighting game for Nintendo DS. Bleach features a very in-depth fighting system, 27 playable fighters, and multiplayer up to 4 players via Wi-Fi. Bleach is out now for US $49.90 from Lik-Sang with free shipping worldwide. Visit this thread for details.
Top Stories
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 20-25 February.
Monday we added 23 new screenshots to our gallery from the game Dead Rising, illustrating this survival horror game which will be available in North America, Europe and Japan in 2006. The hero of the story is Frank West, a grizzled freelance photographer who has made his way to an idyllic suburban town to get his hands on the scoop. To his surprise, he soon discovers that the town has been overrun with zombies. As he fights tooth and nail against hordes of gruesome zombies, Frank must discover the cause of the disturbing outbreak. You can view the screenshots here.
Also on Monday Capcom released new screenshots from their newest Xbox 360 title, Lost Planet. Set within the merciless frozen tundra of a hostile planet, humans struggle for survival as conflicts arise between man, the surrounding indigenous creatures and the monstrous beings that have invaded. With a gripping single player campaign and numerous multiplayer modes, Lost Planet promises to deliver an intense cinematic gameplay experience when it is released next winter. You can view the screenshots here and the original article here.
On Tuesday Capcom released a new batch of screenshots from Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting, the first Capcom title for Xbox Live Arcade. Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting takes advantage of the online features of Xbox 360 with its exclusive mode, Quarter Match and will be available on Xbox Live Arcade in early 2006. Check out the Press Release and the original article here.
EA Games announced that Battlefield 2: Euro Force has been postponed until sometime after the release of the upcoming Battlefield 2 1.21 patch which will remove the issues introduced by the previous patch. Battlefield 2: Euro Force will offer three new maps (Operation Smoke Screen, The Great Wall of China and Taraba Quarry), seven new weapons (FNP90, Tactical Shotgun) and four new vehicles. Battlefield 2: Euro Force will be priced $9.99 (€9.99 in Europe and £5.99 in the UK). Check out the full article here.
Wednesday GameSpot reported that Monolith has plans to develop sequels to F.E.A.R.(First Encounter Assault Recon). Because Vivendi Universal Games owns the name F.E.A.R., the Monolith' sequel(s) will have a new, as-yet-unannounced title. But Monolith owns the rights to the game's characters, so their sequels should have same story and same universe as original game. Check out the article here.
Thursday Turbine, Inc. announced that Midway will co-publish The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar in North America. Lord of the Rings Online is the world's first and only massively multiplayer online (MMO) role playing game based upon the literary works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Check out the Press Release here.
After rumours of another Half-Life 2 Episode on Tuesday, Eurogamers reported that Half-Life 2: Episode 1 will be a Stand-Alone game which means it won't be required to own Half Life 2 in order to play Episode 1. “Half-Life 2: Episode 1 won't actually require Half-Life 2 to play, Valve's explained, and although the game will be four to six hours ong, marketing director Doug Lombardi reckons it's "markedly richer" in terms of content quality.” You will be able to get your copy from Steam for only $19.99 April 24th.
Bethasda Softworks announced that Fallout 3 won’t be showcased at this year’s E3. Bethesda Softworks public relations head Pete Hines told GameSpot: "Much like with Oblivion, we don't like to talk about games until we're a fair ways along in development and cannot only talk about it, but show it".
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:
Toca Race Driver 3 Multiplayer Demo
Battle of Europe Demo
Video Strip Poker Supreme Demo
Patches:
Pacific Fighters v4.04 Patch
Quake 4 v1.1 Beta Patch
Football Manager 2006 v6.0.3 Patch
Soldner Secret Wars v33669 Patch
LOTR: The Battle for Middle-earth II v1.01 Patch
Trailers:
Super Mario Kill Bill Trailer
The Godfather Movie #14
Guild Wars Factions Trailer
QuakeWorld Bedazzled Movements Movie
UFO Extraterrestrials Trailer
Game Clients / Programs / Drivers / Mods :
Khan: The Absolute Power v226 Full Client
ROSE Online 7-Day Free Trial US Client
Rocket Arena 4 Beta 1 Released
-Today GamersHell.com will be hosting an exclusive chat with the developers of Painkiller: Hell Wars, People Can Fly today at 4PM EST. You'll need an IRC client to join in. Just download and install it and click here to join in. Alternatively, you can type it in manually by using irc.chatspike.net as the server and #Painkiller as the channel. If you have any problems just contact kurt.k@GamersHell.com.
-GamersHell.com have teamed up with Lik-sang.com to give away one copy of Bleach, the anime fighting game for Nintendo DS. Bleach features a very in-depth fighting system, 27 playable fighters, and multiplayer up to 4 players via Wi-Fi. Bleach is out now for US $49.90 from Lik-Sang with free shipping worldwide. Visit this thread for details.
Top Stories
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 20-25 February.
Monday we added 23 new screenshots to our gallery from the game Dead Rising, illustrating this survival horror game which will be available in North America, Europe and Japan in 2006. The hero of the story is Frank West, a grizzled freelance photographer who has made his way to an idyllic suburban town to get his hands on the scoop. To his surprise, he soon discovers that the town has been overrun with zombies. As he fights tooth and nail against hordes of gruesome zombies, Frank must discover the cause of the disturbing outbreak. You can view the screenshots here.
Also on Monday Capcom released new screenshots from their newest Xbox 360 title, Lost Planet. Set within the merciless frozen tundra of a hostile planet, humans struggle for survival as conflicts arise between man, the surrounding indigenous creatures and the monstrous beings that have invaded. With a gripping single player campaign and numerous multiplayer modes, Lost Planet promises to deliver an intense cinematic gameplay experience when it is released next winter. You can view the screenshots here and the original article here.
On Tuesday Capcom released a new batch of screenshots from Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting, the first Capcom title for Xbox Live Arcade. Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting takes advantage of the online features of Xbox 360 with its exclusive mode, Quarter Match and will be available on Xbox Live Arcade in early 2006. Check out the Press Release and the original article here.
EA Games announced that Battlefield 2: Euro Force has been postponed until sometime after the release of the upcoming Battlefield 2 1.21 patch which will remove the issues introduced by the previous patch. Battlefield 2: Euro Force will offer three new maps (Operation Smoke Screen, The Great Wall of China and Taraba Quarry), seven new weapons (FNP90, Tactical Shotgun) and four new vehicles. Battlefield 2: Euro Force will be priced $9.99 (€9.99 in Europe and £5.99 in the UK). Check out the full article here.
Wednesday GameSpot reported that Monolith has plans to develop sequels to F.E.A.R.(First Encounter Assault Recon). Because Vivendi Universal Games owns the name F.E.A.R., the Monolith' sequel(s) will have a new, as-yet-unannounced title. But Monolith owns the rights to the game's characters, so their sequels should have same story and same universe as original game. Check out the article here.
Thursday Turbine, Inc. announced that Midway will co-publish The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar in North America. Lord of the Rings Online is the world's first and only massively multiplayer online (MMO) role playing game based upon the literary works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Check out the Press Release here.
After rumours of another Half-Life 2 Episode on Tuesday, Eurogamers reported that Half-Life 2: Episode 1 will be a Stand-Alone game which means it won't be required to own Half Life 2 in order to play Episode 1. “Half-Life 2: Episode 1 won't actually require Half-Life 2 to play, Valve's explained, and although the game will be four to six hours ong, marketing director Doug Lombardi reckons it's "markedly richer" in terms of content quality.” You will be able to get your copy from Steam for only $19.99 April 24th.
Bethasda Softworks announced that Fallout 3 won’t be showcased at this year’s E3. Bethesda Softworks public relations head Pete Hines told GameSpot: "Much like with Oblivion, we don't like to talk about games until we're a fair ways along in development and cannot only talk about it, but show it".
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 :
Toca Race Driver 3 Multiplayer Demo
(542.76MB)
Battle of Europe Demo
(51.96MB)
Pacific Fighters v4.04 Merged Patch
(21.8MB)
Quake 4 v1.1 Beta Patch for Windows
(57.08MB)
Super Mario Kill Bill Trailer
(29.85MB)
The Godfather Movie #14
(4.24MB)
ROSE Online 7-Day Free Trial US Client
(476.63MB)
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