by Jeff Mattas, Jan 12, 2011 6:00pm PST
Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.
Today's Filter features Tomb Raider, MaXplosion, Dragon Age 2, Bulletstorm, Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, Zeit2, LEGO Universe, Adam's Venture 2: Solomon's Secret, Champions Online, Fight Night Champion, Supremacy MMA, Dino Strike, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, and Mass Effect 2. Read more »
by Xav de Matos, Aug 16, 2010 6:00pm PDT
by Xav de Matos, Jul 22, 2010 7:00pm PDT
Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.
We've got yet another monster of content for Daily Filter as assets continue to flow from Comic-Con 2010. Today we've added new screens for Lionhead's Fable 3, the ARMA 2 expansion Operation Arrowhead, scratching sequel DJ Hero 2 featuring newly added pro DJ QBert, PlayStation Move's Kung Fu Rider, screens from the action-MMO Tera and PureSim Baseball 3. Read more »
by Jeff Mattas, Jun 18, 2010 6:00pm PDT
Plastic adventurers and would-be engineers have something to look forward to this October, when LEGO Universe snap-clicks its way onto store shelves. No fewer than four new trailers and ten new screenshots have been released to help get folks excited.
Developed by The LEGO Group, LEGO Universe enters the massively multiplayer online arena with a robust suite of tools players can use to build to their heart's desires, alongside the more standard questing and combat. The new screenshots above and the trailers below give a good idea of what's in store. Read more »
by Chris Faylor, Feb 09, 2010 7:50am PST
Developer NetDevil has opened beta registration for LEGO Universe (PC), providing the opportunity to help test the block-buster MMO before it launches sometime this year.
While some signups are a rather detailed affair, this one is relatively simple--after signing in with a LEGO ID, one simply states if they have no, some, or much experience testing online games. Of course, not everyone will be chosen to participate; " Read more »
by Alice O'Connor, Jan 27, 2010 7:20am PST
A mouse pad with fake breasts; a pillowcase bearing the likeness of a distressed anime girl; box art with young ladies in the nip--these are some of the horrific items found in a 'Really Naughty Limited Edition' of Record of Agarest War, publisher Aksys Games has announced.
Hitting Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this spring, it certainly seems that the strategy RPG developed jointly by Compile Heart, RED Entertainment and Idea Factory will deliver the promised "cornucopia of debauchery." Read more »
by Alice O'Connor, Jan 11, 2010 6:25am PST
LEGO Universe developer NetDevil has released new screenshots and a splendid cinematic trailer for the PC block-building MMO, having shown it off during CES 2010 last week.
The MMO features family-friendly minifig combat features as well as various ways to build items, ranging from the simple automated construction seen in Traveller's Tales LEGO series to brick-by-brick free-form building. Read more »
by Chris Faylor, Nov 13, 2009 11:30am PST
The North American release of suggestive strategy-RPG Record of Agarest War has been delayed, as publisher Akysys today announced that the downloadable "cornucopia of debauchery" is coming to Xbox 360 alongside the known PlayStation 3 version.
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by Alice O'Connor, Oct 26, 2009 8:22am PDT
New LEGO Universe screenshots reveal more of NetDevil's enigmatic MMO based upon the plastic building bricks, showing a "range of experiences available to players."
Among the items on display are the starting zone, where "players must familiarize themselves with their minifig avatar and build a rocket to exit the zone safely," a fireman and ninja fighting a robot, and "tension and excitement" as minifigs repair a bridge. Read more »
by Nick Breckon, Aug 19, 2009 3:54pm PDT
NetDevil today released the first screenshots of its upcoming cooperative MMO LEGO Universe.
The shots show off some of the ninja, pirate and space-themed LEGO sets players will encounter in the online game. They also provide a look at the character customization.
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by Maarten Goldstein, Jun 25, 2007 8:19am PDT
by Chris Remo, Jun 07, 2007 10:10am PDT
NetDevil's upcoming LEGO-branded massively multiplayer game will be known as LEGO Universe, Denmark-based licensor LEGO Group has revealed. Announced this March, the game will be NetDevil's third MMO following the RPG-flavored space-centric Jumpgate and last year's vehicular action-oriented Auto Assault. NetDevil is also the company behind the AGEIA-sponsored, PhysX-powered destructible shooter Warmonger, Operation: Downtown Destruction.
According to today's announcement, LEGO Universe will be a "child-safe" but full-scale MMO containing the range of social and community
interactions expected from games of the genre. In particular, the game's source material of LEGO bricks gives the game a strong focus on interaction and customization. Last month, NetDevil's Scott Brown indicated that the team is shooting for a "fully interactive environment" and noted that the game's construction components are likely to appeal particularly to older gamers despite the game's all-ages aesthetic. NetDevil has strong development history with real-time physics; Auto Assault featured extensive Havok physics integration, and Warmonger is heavily physics-based.
"LEGO Universe is being built as a place where fans and community members can discover nearly unlimited play possibilities," said lead producer Ryan Seabury. "Given the strength of the LEGO community, a large part of bringing the game to life will be working hand in hand with them to ensure that the core values of creativity, connectivity, and imagination are reflected in the end product."
LEGO Group has seen success licensing out its popular toy brand to video games. Traveller's Tales LEGO Star Wars and LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy were well received by fans and critics, and the studio is currently developing a LEGO game based on Batman.
NetDevil plans to ship LEGO Universe in Q4 2008.
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