2006 August

SEGA of America, Inc. today announced Sonic Riders is being developed for the PC and will ship this holiday season. Sonic Riders takes gamers on an electrifying ride on air boards at break-neck speeds through a wide variety of tracks. Catching massive air and pulling off insane aerial tricks will power up players against their [...]

Valve, creators of the Steam broadband gaming platform, and PopCap Games, the leading developer and publisher of casual games, today announced an agreement to deliver PopCap’s games via Steam.

Today’s game is designed to strain your brain with grain. Its title also rhymes just as well as we do. In Grain Strain you set up conveyers, funnels, and ramps to guide little yellow grains into a bucket. The faster you can set up your contraptions to collect the grain, the more points you’ll receive. [...]

Lunabean’s Unofficial The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Walkthrough and Strategy Guide is a comprehensive walkthrough covering every aspect of this huge game. It covers the main quest, all guilds, the Arena, Daedric shrines, master trainers, side quests, vampirism, nirnroots, and the list goes on and on. If you want to know each nook and cranny [...]

Activision, Inc. is delivering big-time fun to the palm of gamers’ hands this fall with a diverse line-up of titles for the PSP (PlayStation Portable) system, Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance platforms. Players will experience the untamed West in GUN Showdown, gear up for high jinx and hilarity in Over the Hedge: Hammy [...]

People Can Fly’s first-person shooter (FPS) “Painkiller: Hell Wars” (published by Dreamcatcher Interactive) has finally been released for the original Xbox console. The game blends elements from the both the original PC title and its expansion pack. But after numerous delays, is the game still worth picking-up for the aging Xbox console?

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced the expansion of the PlayStation2 line-up in Europe with the introduction of a new colour.
The new, limited edition Pink PlayStation 2 will be available from selected retailers throughout Europe from 8th November 2006 and will come complete with two Pink Analog Controller (DUALSHOCK2) and a Pink Memory Card [...]

Here at GameSpotter our first thought is your well-being. We try to find games that impart important life lessons while inspiring mental health. Well. We try. That said, today’s featured game may not be good for you, but at the very least it’s fun.
Today’s game is Super Fat Man. What, you ask, is super about [...]

Hang in there, parents. There is some hopeful news on the video-gaming front. Researchers have found that some of the large and hugely popular online video games - although condemned by many as time-gobbling, people-isolating monsters - actually have socially redeeming qualities.
In theory, anyway. After examining the form and function of what’s known in the [...]

For those who are curious about Microsoft’s upcoming “Xbox Live Vision Camera” for the Xbox 360 you can check out a pretty interesting six-page article that was posted up on Gamesutra. The article focuses on the camera features, which includes details on GestureTek and the camera’s ability for face mapping.

Precision Games presents Pursuit of Power, their new real time strategy game available from the Precision Games website. Pursuit of Power is a unique blend of role playing game and real time strategy that allows only a single command every few seconds. This blend of real time and turn based style makes the game feel [...]

Based on the anime series running on Cartoon Networks’ popular adult swim line-up, “Eureka Seven Vol 1: The New Wave” for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system is a combat adventure featuring lithe, adaptable mecha called LFOs (Light Finding Operation).

HyperKat Games is proud to announce its newest first-person shooting title, Special Operation Forces Raiders: Operation Eagle Talon. SOF/Raiders is a first person shooter game that combines the thrill of the hunt mixed with a strategic challenge to solve a mission objective. Play as a spec ops agents running in dark mode, equipped with [...]

Good news for PC gamers as they now download the multiplayer only “F.E.A.R. Combat” for FREE.
To download the game, simply head on over to www.joinfear.com and download the 1.77GB install.
See you on the battlefield!
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Sierra Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Games, today announced that the award-winning F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon), is currently in development for the PLAYSTATION 3 gaming and entertainment system and is scheduled to launch during November 2006.

Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced Star Wars: Lethal Alliance, an action-adventure game developed for the PSP (PlayStation Portable) system and Nintendo DS by Ubisoft’s Montreal and Casablanca Studios, respectively. Set for a worldwide launch in December 2006, Star Wars: Lethal Alliance is being created by Ubisoft under a long-term [...]

Looking for a simple way to catalogue your video game library? Then Bruji’s Gamepedia is the perfect affordable solution for you. Gamepedia is a Universal Mac OS X application (requires OS X 10.3 or better) that lets you organize and track your entire gaming library with ease. But what exactly makes Gamepedia different in comparison [...]

Big news today. Probably. We wouldn’t know. We’re here to track the best games on the Net. The news is outside our purview. Besides, why would you want to dip into the tragic world of news when, according to experts, playing games is thirty percent better for your heart? We saw that on a news [...]

Avast! (Not to be confused with the security software of the same name!) High adventure, turn-based strategy on the high seas!
Position your fleet against brigands and scallywags of all types as you sail the treacherous oceans harvesting items, racing to goals, collecting treasure and scuttling your opponents’ ships. Play through 50 unique levels with [...]

Famous game designer Reiner Knizia brings Free Ride Poker to TrayGames. TrayGames Chess added to its Classic Games series.
Free Ride Poker is an exciting Poker variant for 2 to 6 players that feels like traditional Poker without the complex bidding procedure. It shares elements of play with Texas Hold ‘em as cards are played visibly [...]