It Came From Hell Ep. 14

Spend more time playing... Less time patching! If you're serious about keeping up-to-date with the latest games patches, then life just got a whole lot easier. GameShadow manages all your games, whether on a single PC or multiple LAN-connected PCs, through a single interface. Slick and easy to set-up, check out the free trial version available now at www.gamesradar.com. Or see www.gameshadow.com for more. Nintendo's BIG announcement Nintendo will reveal details of a "new game product" in spring next year, president Satoru Iwata has told a Japanese news conference while discussing the Kyoto-based firm's ongoing business strategy. Some people suspect the news mainly to be about a new console but it is possible that this is not the mythical N5 console at all, and in fact some other form of device. The fact that Iwata-san has spoken of a "successor to GameCube" in the past and reportedly did not do so on this occasion could be significant. Also Nintendo are due to bring out a new points scheme where you can save up for things buy buying Nintendo games and hardware. Check out more info here. Xbox Aware Xbox Live service is getting a few extra features near the end of this month according to the official Microsoft website. Included in the update is the ability to track friends and get invited to a game while in a single player game. More information on the update can be found on the official site. Demos Demos Demos We seem to have been drowned by demos today! Three major demos no less! Ah not such good work on the PR side of things but nevermind, Gamer's Hell is on top of things as usual. The game that really interested me at the moment is XIII. It uses a modified cell shaded Unreal 2 engine, which I think looks fantastic. It is going to be released on most major consoles and PC by October, so check it out!! Microsoft, UbiSoft bidding for 3DO assets Can we expect to see HOMM and Army Men from Microsoft or UbiSoft in the future? Reuters reports that seven video game companies (Microsoft, Eidos, Ubi Soft, JoWooD Productions Software AG, Namco Hometek Inc., Turbine Entertainment Software Corp. and Crave Entertainment) have qualified to bid in the auction for the assets of bankrupt publisher 3DO, according to court papers filed on Thursday. Read the rest here. - Mark Tritschler and John Delbart